As of April 2021[update], the Indian National Congress (INC) is in power in the states of Punjab, Chhattisgarh and Rajasthan where the party has majority support. In Tamil Nadu, Jharkhand & Maharashtra it shares power with alliance partners Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam, Jharkhand Mukti Morcha & Shiv Sena respectively. The party during the post-independence era has governed most of the States and union territories of India.
Chief Ministers from the Indian National Congress[edit | edit source]
Andhra Pradesh[edit | edit source]
| No | Name | Portrait | Term of office | Tenure | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chief Minister of Andhra State | |||||
| 1 | T. Prakasam | 
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1 October 1953 | 15 November 1954 | 1 year, 45 days |
| 2 | B. Gopala Reddy MLA for Atmakur |
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28 March 1955 | 1 November 1956 | 1 year, 218 days |
| Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh | |||||
| 1 | Neelam Sanjiva Reddy MLA for Kalahasti |
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1 November 1956 | 11 January 1960 | 3 years, 71 days |
| 2 | Damodaram Sanjivayya MLA from Kurnool |
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11 January 1960 | 12 March 1962 | 2 years, 60 days |
| (1) | Neelam Sanjiva Reddy MLA from Dhone |
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12 March 1962 | 20 February 1964 | 1 year, 345 days |
| 3 | Kasu Brahmananda Reddy MLA from Narasaraopet |
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21 February 1964 | 30 September 1971 | 7 years, 221 days |
| 4 | P. V. Narasimha Rao MLA from Manthani |
30 September 1971 | 10 January 1973 | 1 year, 102 days | |
| 5 | Jalagam Vengala Rao MLA for Vemsoor |
10 December 1973 | 6 March 1978 | 4 years, 86 days | |
| 6 | Marri Chenna Reddy MLA from Medchal |
6 March 1978 | 11 October 1980 | 11 years, 219 days | |
| 7 | Tanguturi Anjaiah MLC, Hyderabad |
11 October 1980 | 24 February 1982 | 1 year, 136 days | |
| 8 | Bhavanam Venkatarami Reddy MLC, Guntur |
24 February 1982 | 20 September 1982 | 208 days | |
| 9 | Kotla Vijaya Bhaskara Reddy MLA from Kurnool |
20 September 1982 | 9 January 1983 | 111 days | |
| (6) | Marri Chenna Reddy MLA from Sanathnagar |
3 December 1989 | 17 December 1990 | 1 year, 14 days | |
| 12 | N. Janardhana Reddy MLA from Venkatagiri |
17 December 1990 | 9 October 1992 | 1 year, 297 days | |
| (9) | Kotla Vijaya Bhaskara Reddy MLA from Panyam |
9 October 1992 | 12 December 1994 | 2 years, 64 days | |
| 14 | Y. S. Rajasekhara Reddy MLA from Pulivendla |
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14 May 2004 | 2 September 2009 | 5 years, 111 days |
| 15 | K. Rosaiah MLC, Guntur |
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3 September 2009 | 24 November 2010 | 1 year, 82 days |
| 16 | N. Kiran Kumar Reddy MLA from Pileru |
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25 November 2010 | 1 March 2014 | 3 years, 96 days |
Arunachal Pradesh[edit | edit source]
| S No. | Name (Constituency) |
Term | Tenure | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | Gegong Apang MLA for Tuting Yingkiong |
18 January 1980 | 19 January 1999 | 19 years, 1 day |
| 4 | Mukut Mithi MLA for Roing |
19 January 1999 | 3 August 2003 | 4 years, 196 days |
| (3) | Gegong Apang MLA for Tuting Yingkiong |
3 August 2003 | 9 April 2007 | 3 years, 249 days |
| 5 | Dorjee Khandu MLA for Mukto |
9 April 2007 | 30 April 2011 | 4 years, 21 days |
| 6 | Jarbom Gamlin MLA for Liromoba |
5 May 2011 | 1 November 2011 | 180 days |
| 7 | Nabam Tuki MLA for Sagalee |
1 November 2011 | 26 January 2016 | 4 years, 86 days |
| (7) | Nabam Tuki[1] MLA for Sagalee |
13 July 2016 | 17 July 2016 | 4 days |
| 9 | Pema Khandu MLA for Mukto |
17 July 2016[2] | 16 September 2016 | 61 days |
Assam[edit | edit source]
| No | Name | Portrait | Term of office[3] | Tenure | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gopinath Bordoloi MLA for Kamrup Sadar (South) |
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11 February 1946 | 6 August 1950 | 4 years, 176 days |
| 2 | Bishnu Ram Medhi MLA for Hajo |
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9 August 1950 | 27 December 1957 | 7 years, 140 days |
| 3 | Bimala Prasad Chaliha MLA for Sonari |
28 December 1957 | 6 November 1970 | 12 years, 313 days | |
| 4 | Mahendra Mohan Choudhry MLA for Gauhati East |
11 November 1970 | 30 January 1972 | 1 year, 80 days | |
| 5 | Sarat Chandra Singha MLA for Kokrajhar East |
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31 January 1972 | 12 March 1978 | 6 years, 40 days |
| 8 | Anwara Taimur MLA for Dalgaon |
6 December 1980 | 30 June 1981 | 206 days | |
| 9 | Kesab Chandra Gogoi MLA for Dibrugarh |
13 January 1982 | 19 March 1982 | 65 days | |
| 10 | Hiteswar Saikia MLA for Nazira |
27 February 1983 | 23 December 1985 | 2 years, 299 days | |
| 30 June 1991 | 22 April 1996 | 4 years, 297 days | |||
| 12 | Bhumidhar Barman MLA for Barkhetry |
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22 April 1996 | 14 May 1996 | 22 days |
| 13 | Tarun Gogoi MLA for Titabar |
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17 May 2001 | 24 May 2016 | 15 years, 6 days |
Bihar[edit | edit source]
| No | Name[4] | Portrait | Term | Tenure | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sri Krishna Singh MLA for Basantpur West |
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2 April 1946 | 31 January 1961 | 5419 days |
| 2 | Deep Narayan Singh | 1 February 1961 | 18 February 1961 | 18 days | |
| 3 | Binodanand Jha MLA for Rajmahal |
18 February 1961 | 2 October 1963 | 926 days | |
| 4 | K. B. Sahay MLA for Patna West |
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2 October 1963 | 5 March 1967 | 1250 days |
| 6 | Satish Prasad Singh | 28 January 1968 | 1 February 1968 | 5 days | |
| 7 | B. P. Mandal | 1 February 1968 | 2 March 1968 | 31 days | |
| 9 | Harihar Singh MLA for Nayagram |
26 February 1969 | 22 June 1969 | 117 days | |
| 10 | Daroga Prasad Rai MLA for Parsa |
16 February. 1970 | 22 December 1970 | 310 days | |
| (8) | Bhola Paswan Shastri [3] MLA for Korha |
2 June 1971 | 9 January 1972 | 222 days (total 335 days) | |
| 12 | Kedar Pandey MLA for Nautan |
19 March 1972 | 2 July 1973 | 471 days | |
| 13 | Abdul Gafoor MLC |
2 July 1973 | 11 April 1975 | 649 days | |
| 14 | Jagannath Mishra MLA for Jhanjharpur |
11 April 1975 | 30 April 1977 | 750 days | |
| 8 June 1980 | 14 August 1983 | 1133 days | |||
| 16 | Chandrashekhar Singh | 14 August 1983 | 12 March 1985 | 577 days | |
| 17 | Bindeshwari Dubey MLA for Shahpur |
12 March 1985 | 13 February 1988 | 1068 days | |
| 18 | Bhagwat Jha Azad MLC |
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14 February 1988 | 10 March 1989 | 391 days |
| 19 | Satyendra Narayan Sinha MLC |
11 March 1989 | 6 December 1989 | 271 days | |
| (14) | Jagannath Mishra [3] MLA for Jhanjharpur |
6 December 1989 | 10 March 1990 | 95 days (Total 1978 days) | |
Chhattisgarh[edit | edit source]
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| No | Name | Portrait | Term | Tenure | |
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| 1 | Ajit Jogi MLA for Marwahi |
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1 November 2000 | 5 December 2003 | 3 years, 34 days |
| 3
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Bhupesh Baghel MLA for Patan |
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17 December 2018 | Incumbent | 7 years, 272 days* |
Delhi[edit | edit source]
| No[lower-alpha 1] | Name (constituency) |
Portrait | Term[5] | Tenure | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chaudhary Brahm Prakash Yadav (Nangloi) |
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17 March 1952 | 12 February 1955 | 2 years, 332 days |
| 2 | Gurmukh Nihal Singh |
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12 February 1955 | 1 November 1956 | 1 year, 263 days |
| Office abolished, 1956–93 | |||||
| 6 | Sheila Dikshit |
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3 December 1998 | 1 December 2003 | 15 years, 25 days |
| 1 December 2003 | 29 November 2008 | ||||
| 30 November 2008 | 28 December 2013 | ||||
Goa[edit | edit source]
| No[lower-alpha 2] | Name (constituency) |
Portrait | Term[6] | Tenure | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chief-Minister of Goa, Daman & Diu (Union Territory) | |||||
| 3 | Pratapsingh Rane Satari |
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7 January 1985 | 30 May 1987 | 2 years, 143 days |
| Chief-Minister of Goa (State) | |||||
| (3) | Pratapsingh Rane Poriem |
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30 May 1987 | 9 January 1990 | 2 years, 224 days |
| 9 January 1990 | 27 March 1990 | 77 days | |||
| 6 | Ravi S. Naik Marcaim |
25 January 1991 | 18 May 1993 | 2 years, 113 days | |
| 7 | Wilfred de Souza Saligao |
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18 May 1993 | 2 April 1994 | 319 days |
| (6) | Ravi S. Naik Marcaim |
2 April 1994 | 8 April 1994 | 6 days | |
| (7) | Wilfred de Souza Saligao |
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8 April 1994 | 16 December 1994 | 252 days |
| (3) | Pratapsingh Rane Poriem |
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16 December 1994 | 29 July 1998 | 3 years, 225 days |
| 8 | Luizinho Faleiro Navelim |
26 November 1998 | 8 February 1999 | 77 days | |
| 9 June 1999 | 24 November 1999 | 168 days | |||
| (3) | Pratapsingh Rane Poriem |
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3 February 2005 | 4 March 2005 | 29 days |
| 7 June 2005 | 7 June 2007 | 2 years, 0 days | |||
| 11 | Digambar Kamat Margao |
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8 June 2007 | 8 March 2012 | 4 years, 274 days |
Gujarat[edit | edit source]
| No[lower-alpha 3] | Name Constituency |
Portrait | Term of office[7] | Tenure | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dr. Jivraj Narayan Mehta |
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1 May 1960 | 3 March 1962 | 1238 days |
| 3 March 1962 | 19 September 1963 | ||||
| 2 | Balwantrai Mehta |
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19 September 1963 | 19 September 1965 | 733 days |
| 3 | Hitendra Kanaiyalal Desai |
19 September 1965 | 3 April 1967 | 561 days | |
| 4 | Ghanshyam Oza |
17 March 1972 | 17 July 1973 | 488 days | |
| 5 | Chimanbhai Patel |
17 July 1973 | 9 February 1974 | 207 days | |
| 7 | Madhav Singh Solanki |
24 December 1976 | 10 April 1977 | 107 days | |
| 7 June 1980 | 10 March 1985 | 1737 days | |||
| 11 March 1985 | 6 July 1985 | 117 days | |||
| 8 | Amarsinh Chaudhary |
6 July 1985 | 9 December 1989 | 1618 days | |
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(7) |
Madhav Singh Solanki |
10 December 1989 | 3 March 1990 | 85 days (Total: 2049 days) | |
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(5) |
Chimanbhai Patel |
25 October 1990 | 17 February 1994 | 1211 days (Total: 1418 days) | |
| 9 | Chhabildas Mehta |
17 February 1994 | 13 March 1995 | 391 days | |
Haryana[edit | edit source]
| No[lower-alpha 4] | Name Constituency |
Portrait | Term of office[8] | Tenure | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | BhagwatiDayal Sharma Jhajjar |
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1 November 1966 | 23 March 1967 | 142 days |
| 3 | Bansi Lal Tosham |
22 May 1968 | 30 November 1975 | 7 years, 192 days | |
| 4 | Banarsi Das Gupta Bhiwani |
1 December 1975 | 30 April 1977 | 1 year, 150 days | |
| 6 | Bhajan Lal Adampur |
22 January 1980 | 5 July 1985 | 5 years, 164 days | |
| (3) | Bansi Lal | 5 July 1985 | 19 June 1987 | 1 year, 349 days | |
| (6) | Bhajan Lal Adampur |
23 July 1991 | 9 May 1996 | 4 years, 291 days | |
| 9 | Bhupinder Singh Hooda Garhi, |
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5 March 2005 | 26 October 2014 | 9 years, 235 days |
Himachal Pradesh[edit | edit source]
| No[lower-alpha 5] | Name Constituency |
Portrait | Term of office | Tenure | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yashwant Singh Parmar Pachhad |
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8 March 1952 | 31 October 1956 | 4 years, 237 days |
| Office abolished, 1956–63 | |||||
| (1) | Yashwant Singh Parmar Renuka |
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1 July 1963 | 28 January 1977 | 13 years, 211 days |
| 2 | Thakur Ram Lal Jubbal Kotkhai |
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28 January 1977 | 30 April 1977 | 92 days |
| 14 February 1980 | 7 April 1983 | 3 years, 52 days | |||
| 4 | Virbhadra Singh Jubbal Kotkhai |
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8 April 1983 | 8 March 1985 | 1 year, 334 days |
| 8 March 1985 | 5 March 1990 | 4 years, 362 days | |||
| 3 December 1993 | 23 March 1998 | 4 years, 110 days | |||
| 6 March 2003 | 30 December 2007 | 4 years, 299 days | |||
| 25 December 2012 | 27 December 2017 | 5 years, 2 days | |||
Jammu and Kashmir[edit | edit source]
| No | Name | Portrait | Term[9] | Tenure | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Prime Minister of Jammu and Kashmir | |||||
| 1 | Mehr Chand Mahajan | 15 October 1947 | 5 March 1948 | 142 days | |
| 5 | Ghulam Mohammed Sadiq MLA for Tankipura |
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29 February 1964 | 30 March 1965 | 1 year, 30 days |
| Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir | |||||
| 1 | Ghulam Mohammed Sadiq MLA for Amirakadal |
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30 March 1965 | 21 February 1967 | 1 year, 328 days |
| 21 February 1967 | 12 December 1971 | 4 years, 294 days | |||
| 2 | Syed Mir Qasim MLA for Verinag |
– | 12 December 1971 – | 17 June 1972 | 188 days |
| 17 June 1972 | 25 February 1975 | 2 years, 253 days | |||
| 7 | Ghulam Nabi Azad MLA for Bhaderwah |
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2 November 2005 | 11 July 2008 | 2 years, 252 days |
Karnataka[edit | edit source]
| No.[lower-alpha 6] | Portrait | Name | Term | Tenure | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chief Minister of Mysore[lower-alpha 7] | |||||
| 1 | K. Chengalaraya Reddy | 
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25 October 1947 | 30 March 1952 | 4 years, 157 days |
| 2 | K. Hanumanthaiah | 30 March 1952 | 19 August 1956 | 4 years, 142 days | |
| 3 | Kadidal Manjappa | 19 August 1956 | 31 October 1956 | 73 days | |
| Chief Minister of Mysore (following the state's reorganisation)[lower-alpha 8] | |||||
| 4 | S. Nijalingappa MLA for Molakalmuru |
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1 November 1956 | 16 May 1958 | 1 year, 197 days |
| 5 | B. D. Jatti MLA for Jamkhandi |
16 May 1958 | 9 March 1962 | 3 years, 297 days | |
| 6 | S. R. Kanthi MLA for Hungund |
14 March 1962 | 20 June 1962 | 98 days | |
| (4) | S. Nijalingappa MLA for Shiggaon |
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21 June 1962 | 28 May 1968 | 5 years, 342 days |
| Chief Minister of Karnataka | |||||
| 8 | D. Devaraj Urs MLA for Hunsur |
20 March 1972 | 31 December 1977 | 5 years, 286 days | |
| 28 February 1978 | 7 January 1980 | 1 year, 313 days | |||
| 9 | R. Gundu Rao MLA for Somwarpet |
12 January 1980 | 6 January 1983 | 2 years, 359 days | |
| (7) | Veerendra Patil MLA for Chincholi |
30 November 1989 | 10 October 1990 | 314 days | |
| 12 | S. Bangarappa MLA for Sorab |
17 October 1990 | 19 November 1992 | 2 years, 33 days | |
| 13 | M. Veerappa Moily MLA for Karkala |
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19 November 1992 | 11 December 1994 | 2 years, 22 days |
| 16 | S. M. Krishna MLA for Maddur |
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11 October 1999 | 28 May 2004 | 4 years, 230 days |
| 17 | Dharam Singh MLA for Jewargi |
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28 May 2004 | 2 February 2006 | 1 year, 250 days |
| 22 | Siddaramaiah MLA for Varuna |
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13 May 2013 | 15 May 2018 | 5 years, 2 days |
Kerala[edit | edit source]
| No. | Name | Portrait | Term[12][13] (tenure length) |
Tenure | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Prime Minister of Travancore | |||||
| 1 | Pattom A. Thanu Pillai | 24 March | 17 October 1948 | 210 days | |
| 2 | Parur T. K. Narayana Pillai | 22 October 1948 | 1 July 1949 | 253 days | |
| Chief Minister of Travancore-Cochin | |||||
| 1 | Parur T. K. Narayana Pillai | 1 July 1949 | 1 March 1951 | 1 year, 243 days | |
| 2 | C. Kesavan | 
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3 March 1951 | 12 March 1952 | 1 year, 11 days |
| 3 | A. J. John | 12 March 1952 | 16 March 1954 | 2 years, 4 days | |
| 5 | Panampilly Govinda Menon | 10 February 1955 | 23 March 1956 | 1 year, 42 days | |
| Chief Minister of Kerala | |||||
| 3 | R. Sankar MLA for Cannanore I |
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26 September 1962 | 10 September 1964 | 1 year, 350 days |
| 5 | K. Karunakaran MLA for Mala |
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25 March 1977 | 25 April 1977 | 31 days |
| 6 | A. K. Antony MLA for Kazhakkuttom |
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27 April 1977 | 27 October 1978 | 1 year, 183 days |
| (5) | K. Karunakaran MLA for Mala |
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28 December 1981 | 17 March 1982 | 79 days |
| 24 May 1982 | 25 March 1987 | 4 years, 305 days | |||
| 24 June 1991 | 16 March 1995 | 3 years, 265 days; (
Total 8 years, 315 days) | |||
| (6) | A. K. Antony MLA for Cherthala |
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22 March 1995 | 9 May 1996 | 1 year, 48 days |
| 17 May 2001 | 29 August 2004 | 3 years, 75 days; ( Total 5 years, 306 days) | |||
| 10 | Oommen Chandy MLA for Puthuppally |
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31 August 2004 | 12 May 2006 | 1 year, 254 days |
| 18 May 2011 | 20 May 2016 | 5 years, 2 days ( Total 6 years, 256 days) | |||
Madhya Pradesh[edit | edit source]
| No.[lower-alpha 9] | Name |
Portrait | Tenure[14][15] | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ravishankar Shukla MLA for Saraipali |
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1 November 1956 | 31 December 1956 | 60 days |
| 2 | Bhagwantrao Mandloi MLA for Khandwa |
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9 January 1957 | 30 January 1957 | 21 days |
| 3 | Kailash Nath Katju MLA for Jaora |
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31 January 1957 | 14 March 1957 | 5 years, 39 days |
| 14 March 1957 | 11 March 1962 | ||||
| (2) | Bhagwantrao Mandloi MLA for Khandwa |
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12 March 1962 | 29 September 1963 | 1 year, 201 days |
| 4 | Dwarka Prasad Mishra MLA for Katangi |
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30 September 1963 | 8 March 1967 | 3 years, 302 days |
| 8 March 1967 | 29 July 1967 | ||||
| 7 | Shyama Charan Shukla MLA for Rajim |
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26 March 1969 | 28 January 1972 | 2 years, 308 daysl |
| 8 | Prakash Chandra Sethi MLA for Ujjain Uttar |
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29 January 1972 | 22 March 1972 | 3 years, 328 days |
| 23 March 1972 | 23 December 1975 | ||||
| (7) | Shyama Charan Shukla MLA for Rajim |
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23 December 1975 | 30 April 1977 | 1 year, 128 days |
| 12 | Arjun Singh MLA for Churhat |
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9 June 1980 | 10 March 1985 | 4 years, 276 days |
| 11 March 1985 | 12 March 1985 | ||||
| 13 | Motilal Vora MLA for Durg |
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13 March 1985 | 13 February 1988 | 2 years, 337 days |
| (12) | Arjun Singh MLA for Kharsia |
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14 February 1988 | 23 January 1989 | 344 days |
| (13) | Motilal Vora MLA for Durg |
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25 January 1989 | 9 December 1989 | 318 days |
| (7) | Shyama Charan Shukla | |
9 December 1989 | 1 March 1990 | 82 days |
| 14 | Digvijaya Singh MLA for Raghogarh |
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7 December 1993 | 1 December 1998 | 10 years, 0 days |
| 1 December 1998 | 7 December 2003 | ||||
| 18 | Kamal Nath MLA for Chhindwara |
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17 December 2018 | 20 March 2020 | 1 year, 94 days |
Maharashtra[edit | edit source]
| No | Name (Constituency) |
Portrait | Term of office | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chief Ministers of Bombay State [lower-alpha 10] | |||||
| 1 | B. G. Kher | .jpg)
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15 August 1947 | 21 April 1952 | 4 years, 250 days |
| 2 | Morarji Desai Bulsar Chikhli |
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21 April 1952 | 31 October 1956 | 4 years, 193 days |
| Chief Ministers of Bombay State (after the States Reorganisation Act, 1956) [lower-alpha 11] | |||||
| 3 | Yashwantrao Chavan Karad (North) |
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1 November 1956 | 5 April 1957 | 3 years, 181 days |
| 5 April 1957 | 30 April 1960 | ||||
| Chief Ministers of Maharashtra | |||||
| 1 | Yashwantrao Chavan |
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1 May 1960 | 19 November 1962 | 2 years, 202 days |
| 2 | Marotrao Kannamwar |
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20 November 1962 | 24 November 1963 | 1 year, 4 days |
| 3 | P. K. Sawant |
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25 November 1963 | 4 December 1963 | 9 days |
| 4 | Vasantrao Naik |
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5 December 1963 | 1 March 1967 | 11 years, 77 days |
| 1 March 1967 | 13 March 1972 | ||||
| 13 March 1972 | 20 February 1975 | ||||
| 5 | Shankarrao Chavan |
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21 February 1975 | 16 May 1977 | 2 years, 84 days |
| 6 | Vasantdada Patil |
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17 May 1977 | 5 March 1978 | 1 year, 62 days |
| 8 | Abdul Rehman Antulay |
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9 June 1980 | 12 January 1982 | 1 year, 217 days |
| 9 | Babasaheb Bhosale |
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21 January 1982 | 1 February 1983 | 1 year, 11 days |
| (6) | Vasantdada Patil [3] | |
2 February 1983 | 1 June 1985 | 2 years, 119 days (of 3 years, 181 day) |
| 10 | Shivajirao Patil Nilangekar |
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3 June 1985 | 6 March 1986 | 276 days |
| (5) | Shankarrao Chavan [2] |
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12 March 1986 | 26 June 1988 | 2 years, 106 days (of 4 years, 190 days) |
| (7) | Sharad Pawar [2] |
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26 June 1988 | 3 March 1990 | 2 years, 364 days (of 6 years, 221 days) |
| 4 March 1990 | 25 June 1991 | ||||
| 11 | Sudhakarrao Naik |
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25 June 1991 | 22 February 1993 | 1 year, 242 days |
| (7) | Sharad Pawar [3] |
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6 March 1993 | 14 March 1995 | 2 years, 8 days (of 6 years, 221 days) |
| 14 | Vilasrao Deshmukh |
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18 October 1999 | 16 January 2003 | 3 years, 90 days (of 7 years, 123 days) |
| 15 | Sushilkumar Shinde |  |
18 January 2003 | 30 October 2004 | 1 year, 286 days |
| (14) | Vilasrao Deshmukh [2] |
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1 November 2004 | 4 December 2008 | 4 years, 33 days (of 7 years, 123 days) |
| 16 | Ashok Chavan |
8 December 2008 | 15 October 2009 | 1 year, 336 days | |
| 7 November 2009 | 9 November 2010 | ||||
| 17 | Prithviraj Chavan |
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11 November 2010 | 26 September 2014 | 3 years, 319 days |
Manipur[edit | edit source]
| No[lower-alpha 12] | Name | Portrait | Term of office | Tenure | |
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| 1 | Mairembam Koireng Singh MLA for Thanga |
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1 July 1963 | 11 January 1967 | 3 years, 194 days |
| 20 March 1967 | 4 October 1967 | 198 days | |||
| 19 February 1968 | 16 October 1969 | 1 year, 239 days ( Total 2097 Days) | |||
| 5 | Raj Kumar Dorendra Singh MLA for Yaiskul |
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6 December 1974 | 15 May 1977 | 2 years, 160 days |
| 14 January 1980 | 26 November 1980 | 317 days | |||
| 6 | Rishang Keishing MLA for Phungyar |
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27 November 1980 | 27 February 1981 | 92 days |
| 19 June 1981 | 3 March 1988 | 6 years, 258 days | |||
| 7 | Raj Kumar Jaichandra Singh MLA for Sagolband |
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4 March 1988 | 22 February 1990 | 1 year, 355 days |
| (5) | Raj Kumar Dorendra Singh MLA for Yaiskul |
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8 April 1992 | 10 April 1993 | 1 year, 2 days ( Total 1577 Days) |
| (6) | Rishang Keishing MLA for Phungyar |
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14 December 1994 | 15 December 1997 | 3 years, 1 day ( Total 3491 Days) |
| 11 | Okram Ibobi Singh MLA for Thoubal |
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7 March 2002 | 1 March 2007 | 15 years, 11 days |
| 2 March 2007 | 5 March 2012 | ||||
| 6 March 2012 | 14 March 2017 | ||||
Meghalaya[edit | edit source]
| No[lower-alpha 13] | Name | Portrait | Term of office[18] | Tenure | |
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| 1 | Williamson A. Sangma MLA for Siju |
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22 November 1976 | 3 March 1978 | 437 Days |
| 7 May 1981 | 24 February 1983 | 657 Days | |||
| 2 April 1983 | 5 February 1988 | 1769 Days | |||
| 4 | P. A. Sangma MLA for Tura |
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6 February 1988 | 25 March 1990 | 779 Days |
| 5 | D.D. Lapang MLA for Nongpoh |
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5 February 1992 | 19 February 1993 | 381 Days |
| 6 | S. C. Marak MLA for Resubelpara |
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19 February 1993 | 27 February 1998 | 1835 Days |
| 27 February 1998 | 10 March 1998 | 13 Days [Total 1848 Days] | |||
| (5) | D. D. Lapang MLA for Nongpoh |
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4 March 2003 | 15 June 2006 | 1230 Days |
| 9 | J. D. Rymbai MLA for Jirang |
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15 June 2006 | 10 March 2007 | 268 Days |
| (5) | D. D. Lapang MLA for Nongpoh |
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10 March 2007 | 4 March 2008 | 360 Days |
| 4 March 2008 | 19 March 2008 | 16 Days | |||
| 13 May 2009 | 19 April 2010 | 341 Days [Total 2328 Days] | |||
| 11 | Mukul Sangma MLA for Ampati |
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20 April 2010 | 5 March 2013 | 2877 Days |
| 5 March 2013 | 6 March 2018 | ||||
Mizoram[edit | edit source]
| No | Name | Portrait | Term | Tenure | |
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| 3 | Lal Thanhawla MLA for Serchhip |
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5 May 1984 | 20 August 1986 | 2 years, 107 days |
| 24 January 1989 | 7 December 1993 | 9 years, 313 days | |||
| 8 December 1993 | 3 December 1998 | ||||
| 11 December 2008 | 11 December 2013 | 10 years, 3 days | |||
| 12 December 2013 | 14 December 2018 | ||||
Nagaland[edit | edit source]
| No | Name | Portrait | Term | Tenure | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (3) | Hokishe Sema |
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29 October 1986 | 7 August 1988 | 1 year, 283 days |
| (6) | S. C. Jamir MLA for Mokokchung Town |
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25 January 1989 | 10 May 1990 | 1 year, 105 days |
| 7 | K. L. Chishi MLA for Atoizu |
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16 May 1990 | 19 June 1990 | 34 days |
| (6) | S. C. Jamir MLA for Aonglenden |
|
22 February 1993 | 6 March 2003 | 10 years, 12 days |
Odisha[edit | edit source]
| No | Name | Portrait | Term of office | Tenure | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Harekrushna Mahatab | 
|
23 April 1946 | 12 May 1950 | 1002 days |
| 2 | Nabakrushna Choudhury MLA for Barchana |
|
12 May 1950 | 20 Feb 1952 | 2352 days |
| 20 Feb 1952 | 19 Oct 1956 | ||||
|
(1) |
Harekrushna Mahatab MLA for Soro |
|
19 October 1956 | 6 Apr 1957 | 1591 days (Total 2593 days) |
| 6 Apr 1957 | 22 May 1959 | ||||
| 22 May 1959 | 25 Feb 1961 | ||||
| 3 | Biju Patnaik MLA for Choudwar |
|
23 June 1961 | 2 October 1963 | 832 days |
| 4 | Biren Mitra MLA for Cuttack City |
|
2 October 1963 | 21 February 1965 | 509 days |
| 5 | Sadashiva Tripathy MLA for Omerkote |
|
21 February 1965 | 8 March 1967 | 746 days |
| 8 | Nandini Satpathy | 
|
14 June 1972 | 3 March 1973 | 263 days |
|
(8) |
Nandini Satpathy MLA for Dhenkanal |
|
6 March 1974 | 16 December 1976 | 1016 days (Total 1279 days) |
| 9 | Binayak Acharya MLA for Berhampur |
File:Binayak Acharya, Former CM, Odisha.jpg | 29 December 1976 | 30 April 1977 | 123 days |
| 11 | Janaki Ballabh Patnaik MLA for Athagarh |
|
9 June 1980 | 10 Mar 1985 | 3469 days |
| 10 Mar 1985 | 7 Dec 1989 | ||||
| 12 | Hemananda Biswal MLA for Laikera |
|
7 December 1989 | 5 March 1990 | 89 days |
|
(11) |
Janaki Ballabh Patnaik MLA for Begunia |
|
15 March 1995 | 17 February 1999 | 1437 days (Total 4906 days) |
| 13 | Giridhar Gamang MLA for Laxmipur |
|
17 February 1999 | 6 December 1999 | 291 days |
|
(12) |
Hemananda Biswal MLA for Laikera |
|
6 December 1999 | 5 March 2000 | 91 days (Total 180 days) |
Punjab[edit | edit source]
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| No | Name (Constituency) |
Portrait | Term of office | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chief Ministers of East Punjab[lower-alpha 14] | |||||
| 1 | Gopi Chand Bhargava | 
|
15 August 1947 | 13 April 1949 | 1 year, 241 days |
| 2 | Bhim Sen Sachar | 
|
13 April 1949 | 18 October 1949 | 188 days |
| (1) | Gopi Chand Bhargava |
|
18 October 1949 | 20 June 1951 | 1 year, 245 days |
| (2) | Bhim Sen Sachar (Ludhiana South Assembly) |
|
17 April 1952 | 22 July 1953 | 3 years, 281 days |
| 3 | Partap Singh Kairon (Sujanpur) |
|
23 January 1956 | 9 April 1957 | 8 years, 150 days |
| 4 | Ram Kishan (Jalandhar-North East) |
|
7 July 1964 | 5 July 1966 | 1 year, 363 days |
| Chief Ministers of Punjab [lower-alpha 15] | |||||
| 5 | Giani Gurmukh Singh Musafir (MLC) |
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1 November 1966 | 8 March 1967 | 127 days |
| 9 | Giani Zail Singh |
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17 March 1972 | 30 April 1977 | 5 years, 44 days |
| 10 | Darbara Singh (Nakodar) |
|
6 June 1980 | 6 October 1983 | 3 years, 122 days |
| 12 | Beant Singh |
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25 February 1992 | 31 August 1995 [†] |
3 years, 187 days |
| 13 | Harcharan Singh Brar (Muktsar) |
|
31 August 1995 | 21 November 1996 | 1 year, 82 days |
| 14 | Rajinder Kaur Bhattal (Lehra) |
|
21 November 1996 | 11 February 1997 | 82 days |
| 15 | Amarinder Singh |
|
26 February 2002 | 1 March 2007 | 5 years, 3 days |
| 16 March 2017 | 20 September 2021 | 4 years, 188 days | |||
| 16
|
Charanjit Singh Channi |
|
20 September 2021 | Incumbent | 4 years, 360 days |
Puducherry[edit | edit source]
| S. No. | Name Constituency |
Portrait | Tenure | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Edouard Goubert | 
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1 July 1963 | 24 August 1964 | 1 year, 54 days |
| 2 | V. Venkatasubha Reddiar |
|
11 September 1964 | 9 April 1967 | 2 years, 228 days |
| 3 | M. O. H. Farook |
9 April 1967 | 6 March 1968 | 332 days | |
| (2) | V. Venkatasubha Reddiar |
|
6 March 1968 | 18 September 1968 | 196 days |
| (3) | M. O. H. Farook (Lawspet) |
16 March 1985 | 4 March 1990 | 4 years, 353 days | |
| 6 | V. Vaithilingam |
|
4 July 1991 | 13 May 1996 | 4 years, 314 days |
| 8 | P. Shanmugam (Yanam) |
22 March 2000 | 15 May 2001 | 1 year, 55 days | |
| 24 May 2001 | 26 October 2001 | 164 days | |||
| 9 | N. Rangaswamy |
|
27 October 2001 | 12 May 2006 | 4 years, 198 days |
| 13 May 2006 | 4 September 2008 | 2 years, 115 days | |||
| (6) | V. Vaithilingam |
|
4 September 2008 | 16 May 2011 | 2 years, 252 days |
| 10 | V. Narayanasamy |
|
6 June 2016 | 22 February 2021 | 4 years, 261 days |
Rajasthan[edit | edit source]
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Denotes the person is the incumbent chief minister |
| No | Name | Portrait | Term of office | Tenure | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Heera Lal Shastri | 
|
7 April 1949 | 5 January 1951 | 1 year, 273 days |
| 2 | C. S. Venkatachari |
|
6 January 1951 | 25 April 1951 | 109 days |
| 3 | Jai Narayan Vyas | 
|
26 April 1951 | 3 March 1952 | 312 days |
| 4 | Tika Ram Paliwal MLA for Mahuwa |
|
3 March 1952 | 31 October 1952 | 242 days |
| (3) | Jai Narayan Vyas [2] MLA for Kishangarh |
|
1 November 1952 | 12 November 1954 | 2 years, 11 days |
| 5 | Mohan Lal Sukhadia MLA for Udaipur |
|
13 November 1954 | 13 March 1967 | 12 years, 120 days |
| 26 April 1967 | 9 July 1971 | 4 years, 74 days | |||
| 6 | Barkatullah Khan MLA for Tijara |
|
9 July 1971 | 11 August 1973 | 2 years, 33 days |
| 7 | Hari Dev Joshi MLA for Banswara |
|
11 August 1973 | 29 April 1977 | 3 years, 261 days |
| 9 | Jagannath Pahadia MLA for Weir |
|
6 June 1980 | 13 July 1981 | 1 year, 37 days |
| 10 | Shiv Charan Mathur MLA for Mandalgarh |
|
14 July 1981 | 23 February 1985 | 1320 days |
| 11 | Hira Lal Devpura MLA for Kumbhalgarh |
|
23 February 1985 | 10 March 1985 | 16 days |
| (7) | Hari Dev Joshi MLA for Banswara |
|
10 March 1985 | 20 January 1988 | 2 years, 316 days |
| (10) | Shiv Charan Mathur MLA for Mandalgarh |
|
20 January 1988 | 4 December 1989 | 1 year, 318 days |
| (7) | Hari Dev Joshi MLA for Banswara |
|
4 December 1989 | 4 March 1990 | 90 days |
| 12
|
Ashok Gehlot MLA for Sardarpura |
|
1 December 1998 | 8 December 2003 | 5 years, 7 days |
| 12 December 2008 | 13 December 2013 | 5 years, 1 day | |||
| 17 December 2018 | Incumbent | 7 years, 272 days | |||
Sikkim[edit | edit source]
| No | Name | Portrait | Tenure | Tenure | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kazi Lhendup Dorjee | 
|
16 May 1975 | 17 August 1979 | 4 years, 93 days |
| 3 | B. B. Gurung MLA for Jorthang-Nayabazar |
|
11 May 1984 | 25 May 1984 | 14 days |
Tamil Nadu[edit | edit source]
| No. | Name | Portrait | Term of office | Tenure | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chief-Ministers of Madras Presidency | |||||
| 8 | C. Rajagopalachari | 
|
14 July 1937 | 29 October 1939 | 837 days |
| 9 | Tanguturi Prakasam |
|
30 April 1946 | 23 March 1947 | 327 days |
| 10 | O. P. Ramaswamy Reddiyar | 
|
23 March 1947 | 6 April 1949 | 745 days |
| 11 | P. S. Kumaraswamy Raja | 
|
6 April 1949 | 26 January 1950 | 295 days |
| Chief-Ministers of Madras State | |||||
| 1 | P. S. Kumaraswamy Raja |
|
27 January 1950 | 9 April 1952 | 805 days |
| 2 | C. Rajagopalachari |
|
10 April 1952 | 12 April 1954 | 733 days |
| 3 | K. Kamaraj | 
|
13 April 1954 | 31 March 1957 | 1,083 days |
| 13 April 1957 | 1 March 1962 | 1,783 days | |||
| 15 March 1962 | 2 October 1963 | 566 days | |||
| 4 | M. Bhakthavatsalam | 
|
3 October 1963 | 5 March 1967 | 1,251 days |
Tripura[edit | edit source]
| No | Name | Portrait | Term of office[19] | Tenure | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sachindra Lal Singh MLA for Agartala Sadar II |
1 July 1963 | 1 November 1971 | 8 years, 123 days | |
| 2 | Sukhamoy Sen Gupta MLA for Agartala Town III |
20 March 1972 | 31 March 1977 | 5 years, 11 days | |
| 6 | Sudhir Ranjan Majumdar MLA for Town Bordowali |
5 February 1988 | 19 February 1992 | 4 years, 14 days | |
| 7 | Samir Ranjan Barman MLA for Bishalgarh |
19 February 1992 | 10 March 1993 | 1 year, 19 days | |
Uttar Pradesh[edit | edit source]
| No | Name Constituency |
Portrait | Term of office[20][21] | Tenure | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Govind Ballabh Pant Bareilly Municipality |
|
26 January 1950 | 20 May 1952 | 4 years, 335 days |
| 20 May 1952 | 27 December 1954 | ||||
| 2 | Sampurnanand |
|
28 December 1954 | 9 April 1957 | 5 years, 344 days |
| 10 April 1957 | 6 December 1960 | ||||
| 3 | Chandra Bhanu Gupta |
7 December 1960 | 14 March 1962 | 2 years, 298 days | |
| 14 March 1962 | 1 October 1963 | ||||
| 4 | Sucheta Kripalani |
2 October 1963 | 13 March 1967 | 3 years, 162 days | |
| (3) | Chandra Bhanu Gupta |
14 March 1967 | 2 April 1967 | 19 days | |
| 26 February 1969 | 17 February 1970 | 356 days | |||
| 7 | Kamalapati Tripathi |
4 April 1971 | 12 June 1973 | 2 years, 69 days | |
| 8 | Hemwati Nandan Bahuguna |
|
8 November 1973 | 4 March 1974 | 2 years, 21 days |
| 5 March 1974 | 29 November 1975 | ||||
| 9 | N. D. Tiwari |
|
21 January 1976 | 30 April 1977 | 1 year, 99 days |
| 11 | Banarasi Das |
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28 February 1979 | 17 February 1980 | 354 days |
| 12 | V. P. Singh |
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9 June 1980 | 18 July 1982 | 2 years, 39 days |
| 13 | Sripati Mishra |
19 July 1982 | 2 August 1984 | 2 years, 14 days | |
| (9) | N. D. Tiwari |
|
3 August 1984 | 10 March 1985 | 1 year, 52 days |
| 11 March 1985 | 24 September 1985 | ||||
| 14 | Vir Bahadur Singh |
24 September 1985 | 24 June 1988 | 2 years, 274 days | |
| (9) | N. D. Tiwari |
|
25 June 1988 | 5 December 1989 | 1 year, 163 days |
Uttarakhand[edit | edit source]
| No. | Name | Portrait | Term[22] | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | N. D. Tiwari |
|
2 March 2002 | 7 March 2007 | 5 years, 5 days |
| 6 | Vijay Bahuguna | 
|
13 March 2012 | 31 January 2014 | 1 year, 324 days |
| 7 | Harish Rawat | 
|
1 February 2014 | 27 March 2016 | 2 years, 55 days |
| 21 April 2016 | 22 April 2016 | 1 day | |||
| 11 May 2016 | 18 March 2017 | 311 days (Total 3 years, 2 days) | |||
West Bengal[edit | edit source]
| No. | Name | Portrait | Term of office[23] | Tenure | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Prime Ministers of West Bengal[lower-alpha 16] | |||||
| 1 | Prafulla Chandra Ghosh | 
|
15 August 1947 | 22 January 1948 | 160 days |
| 2 | Bidhan Chandra Roy | 
|
23 January 1948 | 25 January 1950 | 2 years, 2 days |
| Chief Ministers of West Bengal | |||||
| (2) | Bidhan Chandra Roy |
|
26 January 1950 | 30 March 1952 | 12 years, 156 days (total: 14 years, 158 days) |
| 31 March 1952 | 5 April 1957 | ||||
| 6 April 1957 | 2 April 1962 | ||||
| 3 April 1962 | 1 July 1962 | ||||
| 3 | Prafulla Chandra Sen[lower-alpha 18] |
9 July 1962 | 28 February 1967 | 4 years, 234 days | |
| (4) | Ajoy Kumar Mukherjee |
|
2 April 1971 | 28 June 1971 | 87 days |
| 5 | Siddhartha Shankar Ray |
20 March 1972 | 30 April 1977 | 5 years, 41 days | |
See also[edit | edit source]
- List of current Indian chief ministers
- List of current Indian deputy chief ministers
- List of longest-serving Indian chief ministers
- List of female chief ministers in India
- List of chief ministers from the Bharatiya Janata Party
- List of chief ministers from the Communist Party of India (Marxist)
Notes[edit | edit source]
- ↑ A number inside brackets indicates that the incumbent has previously held office.
- ↑ A number inside brackets indicates that the incumbent has previously held office.
- ↑ A number inside brackets indicates that the incumbent has previously held office.
- ↑ A number inside brackets indicates that the incumbent has previously held office.
- ↑ A number inside brackets indicates that the incumbent has previously held office.
- ↑ A parenthetical number indicates that the incumbent has previously held office.
- ↑ Mysore State came into being in August 1947 when Maharaja Jayachamarajendra Wodeyar signed the Instrument of Accession to merge the Princely State of Mysore with the Dominion of India.[10]
- ↑ On 1 November 1956, via the States Reorganisation Act, Mysore State was significantly expanded along linguistic lines. The Kannada-speaking districts of Bombay, Hyderabad and Madras states, as well as the entirety of Coorg, were added to it.[11]
- ↑ A number in parentheses indicates that the incumbent has previously held office.
- ↑ After India's Independence, Bombay State was created and its territory underwent constant change in the following years. It comprised Bombay Presidency (roughly equating to the present-day Indian state of Maharashtra, excluding South Maharashtra and Vidarbha), the princely states of the Baroda, Western India and Gujarat (the present-day Indian state of Gujarat) and Deccan States (which included parts of the present-day Indian states of Maharashtra and Karnataka).[16]
- ↑ States Reorganisation Act, 1956: Bombay State was enlarged by the addition of Saurashtra State and Kutch State, the Marathi-speaking districts of Nagpur Division of Madhya Pradesh and Marathwada region of Hyderabad State. The southernmost districts of the Bombay Presidency were transferred to Mysore State.[17]
- ↑ A number inside brackets indicates that the incumbent has previously held office.
- ↑ A number inside brackets indicates that the incumbent has previously held office.
- ↑ East Punjab came into existence as a result of partition of Punjab in 1947. After 1950, the state was simply referred to as Punjab. After the States Reorganisation Act, 1956, PEPSU state was merged into Punjab.
- ↑ Punjab Reorganisation Act, 1966: The states of Punjab and Haryana were carved out of the Punjabi and Hindi/Haryanvi speaking areas of the larger East Punjab state, some territory was transferred to Himachal Pradesh, and Chandigarh was made a union territory.
- ↑ While the Assembly website calls the pre-1950 officeholders "Premiers of West Bengal",[23] the Times of India points out that they were universally referred to as "Prime Ministers of West Bengal" at the time.[24]
- ↑ Until March 1952, Roy did not represent any constituency. For his last three months in office, during the Third Assembly, Roy represented Chowringhee consistuency.
- ↑ According to some sources, Sen also acted as interim chief minister during 2–8 July 1962.[25]
References[edit | edit source]
- General
- "States of India since 1947". worldstatesmen.org. Retrieved 2 August 2013.
- Specific
- ↑ "अरुणाचल प्रदेश में बीजेपी को बड़ा झटका, Sc ने कांग्रेस की सरकार बहाल की". 13 July 2016.
- ↑ Pema Khandu sworn in as Chief Minister of Arunachal Pradesh
- ↑ Chief Ministers Archived 16 January 2014 at the Wayback Machine from the Assam Assembly website
- ↑ "Chief Ministers of Bihar". Bihar Chief Minister's website. Archived from the original on 19 March 2011.
- ↑ "States of India since 1947". Retrieved 9 March 2011.
- ↑ "Statistical Report on General Election, 1984, to the Legislative Assembly of Goa, Daman and Diu". Election Commission of India. Retrieved on 20 March 2014.
- ↑ Chief Ministers of Gujarat. Gujarat Vidhan Sabha. Retrieved on 18 December 2012.
- ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 13 May 2017. Retrieved 14 November 2019.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ↑ Prime Ministers and Chief Ministers of Jammu and Kashmir since 1947. General Administration Department, Government of Jammu and Kashmir. Retrieved on 29 April 2014.
- ↑ "Corrections and Clarifications". The Hindu. 4 October 2006. Archived on 6 March 2014.
- ↑ M. S. Prabhakara. "New names for old". The Hindu. 24 July 2007.
- ↑ Responsible Governments (1947–56). Kerala Legislature. Retrieved on 22 April 2014.
- ↑ History of Kerala Legislature. Government of Kerala. Archived on 6 October 2014.
- ↑ "Honorable Chief Ministers of Madhya Pradesh" (in Hindi). Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly. Retrieved on 14 September 2018.
- ↑ "Instances of 'President's Rule' in Madhya Pradesh" (in Hindi). Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly. Retrieved on 14 September 2018.
- ↑ Desai, S. H. (1972). A critical study of the development of secondary education for girls in Gujarat its history and present day problems (PhD Thesis). Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda: Shodhganga : a reservoir of Indian theses @ INFLIBNET. pp. 411–420. hdl:10603/57937.
- ↑ "The States Reorganisation Act, 1956" (PDF). India Code - Digital Repository of Legislations. 31 August 1956. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 May 2018.
- ↑ http://megassembly.gov.in/governors_chiefministers.htm
- ↑ Former Chief Ministers of Tripura. Government of Tripura. Retrieved on 21 August 2013.
- ↑ Chief Ministers. Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly. Retrieved on 27 July 2013.
- ↑ President's rule. Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly. Retrieved on 27 July 2013.
- ↑ Former Chief Ministers of Uttarakhand. Government of Uttarakhand. Retrieved on 21 August 2013.
- ↑ 23.0 23.1 Premiers/Chief Ministers of West Bengal. West Bengal Legislative Assembly. Archive link from 12 March 2016.
- ↑ Saibal Sen. "Post-Independence, a Prime Minister for Bengal!". The Times of India. 15 August 2013. Archived on 16 July 2018.
- ↑ List of Chief Ministers of West Bengal. Panchayat & Rural Development Department, Hooghly. Retrieved on 27 July 2018. Archived on 27 July 2018.
