First Chief Ministers Of India – Full List Of First Chief Ministers of Indian States
Looking for the list of the first Chief Ministers of India? Want to know about the longest serving chief ministers of India? Here is a complete list of the first Chief Ministers of India from the time of independence.
First Chief Ministers Of India – Some Interesting Facts
Find below some interesting facts about the first chief ministers of India:
- The office of the Chief Minister of Delhi was abolished in 1956 and re-established in 1993
- Madan Lal Khurana became the Chief Minister of Delhi in 1993
- The State of Assam had the office of Prime Minister instead of Chief Minister till August 1947
- Gopinath Bordoloi held the office of Prime Minister of Assam from February, 1946 to August, 1947
- The erstwhile State of Jammu and Kashmir had the post of Prime Minister till 1965
- Mehr Chand Mahajan held office of first Prime Minister of Jammu and Kashmir
- Sucheta Kripalani was the first woman to hold office as Chief Minister of an Indian State.
- She served as the Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh from 1963 to 1967
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Full List Of First Chief Ministers Of India
Find below the full list of first Chief ministers of India.
| State | First Chief Ministers | Tenure |
| Andhra | Tanguturi Prakasham Pantulu | October 01, 1953 to November 15, 1954 |
| Hyderabad (State) | M.K. Vellodi | January 26, 1950 to March 06, 1952 |
| Andhra Pradesh (Undivided) | Neelam Sanjiva Reddy | November 01, 1956 to January 11, 1960 |
| Andhra Pradesh (After separation of Telangana) | N Chandrababu Naidu | June 08, 2014 to May 29, 2019 |
| Arunachal Pradesh | Prem Khandu Thungan | August 13, 1975 to September 18, 1979 |
| Assam | Gopinath Bordoloi | February 11, 1946 to August 06, 1950 |
| Bihar (Undivided) | Sri Krishna Sinha | January 26, 1950 to January 31, 1961 |
| Bihar (After separation of Jharkhand) | Rabri Devi | March 11, 2000 to March 06, 2005 |
| Chhattisgarh | Ajit Jogi | November 01, 2000 to December 07, 2003 |
| Delhi | Chaudhary Brahm Prakash | March 17, 1952 to February 12, 1955 |
| Goa, Daman and Diu (UT) | Dayanand Bandodkar | December 20, 1963 to December 02, 1966 |
| Goa (State) | Pratap Singh Rane | May 30, 1987 to March 27, 1990 |
| Gujarat | Jivraj Narayan Mehta | May 01, 1960 to September 19, 1963 |
| Haryana | Pandit Bhagwat Dayal Sharma | November 01, 1966 to March 23, 1967 |
| Himachal Pradesh | Yashwant Singh Parmar | March 08, 1952 to October 31, 1956 |
| Jammu and Kashmir (Erstwhile J&K State) | Gulam Mohammed Sadiq | March 30, 1965 to December 12, 1971 |
| Jharkhand | Babu Lal Marandi | November 15, 2000 to March 18, 2003 |
| Karnataka (State of Mysore) | K. Chengalaraya Reddy (State of Mysore) | October 25, 1947 to March 30,1952 |
| Kerala | E. M. S. Namboodiripad | April 05, 1957 to July 31, 1959 |
| Madhya Pradesh (undivided) | Ravishankar Shukla | November 01, 1956 to December 31, 1956 |
| Madhya Pradesh (After Sepatation of Chhatisgarh) | Digvijay Singh | December1, 1998 to December 7, 2003 |
| Bombay State | B.G. Kher | August 15, 1947 to April 21, 1952 |
| Maharashtra | Yashwantrao Chavan | May 01, 1960 to November 19, 1962 |
| Manipur | Mairembam Koireng Singh | July 01, 1963 to January 11, 1967 |
| Meghalaya | Williamson A. Sangma | April 2, 1970 to March 03, 1978 |
| Mizoram | Ch. Chhunga | May 03, 1972 to May 10, 1977 |
| Nagaland | P. Shilu Ao | December 01, 1963 to August 14, 1966 |
| Odisha | Harekrushna Mahatab | April 23, 1946 to May 12, 1950 |
| Puducherry | Edouard Goubert | July 29, 1964 to August 14, 1979 |
| Punjab (United) | Gopi Chand Bhargava | August 15, 1947 to April 13, 1949 |
| Punjab (after division of Haryana) | Giani Gurmukh Singh Musaffi | November 01, 1966 to Match 08, 1967 |
| Rajasthan | Heera Lal Shastri | April 07, 1949 to January 05, 1951 |
| Sikkim | Kazi Lhendup Dorjee | May 16, 1974 to August 17, 1979 |
| Madras Presidency | O.P. Ramaswamy Reddiyar | March 23, 1947 to April 06, 1949 |
| Madras State | P.S. Kumaraswamy Raja | January 26, 1950 to April 10, 1952* |
| Tamil Nadu | C.N. Annadurai | January 14, 1969 to February 03, 2969 |
| Telangana | K Chandrashekhar Rao | June 02, 2014 to Incumbent |
| Tripura | Sachindra Lal Singh | July 01, 1963 to November 01, 1971 |
| Uttar Pradesh (Undivided) | Govind Ballabh Pant | January 26, 1950 to December 27, 1954 |
| Uttar Pradesh (After Separation of Uttarakhand) | Rajnath Singh | October 28, 2000 to March 07, 2002 |
| Uttarakhand (erstwhile Uttaranchal) | Nityanand Swami | November 09, 2000 to october 29, 2001 |
| West Bengal | Prafulla Chandra Gosh (Held Office As Premier of West Bengal) | August 15, 1947 to January 22, 1948 |
Chief Ministers Of India Who Also Served As The Indian Prime Ministers
| Name | State |
| Morarji Desai | Bombay Presidency |
| Charan Singh | Uttar Pradesh |
| VP Singh | Uttar Pradesh |
| PV Narasimha Rao | Andhra Pradesh |
| HD Deve Gowda | Karnataka |
| Narendra Modi | Gujarat |
Chief Ministers Of India Who Also Held The President’s Office
| Name | State |
| Neelam Sanjeeva Reddy (6th President) | Andhra Pradesh (undivided) |
| Giani Zail Singh (7th President) | Punjab |
| Basappa Danappa Jatti (Acting President) | Karnataka |
| Shankar Dayal Sharma (9th President) | Bhopal State |
Source: worldstatesmen.org
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