List of chief ministers from the Indian National Congress

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The Indian National Congress (INC) is one of the two major parties in the political system of the Republic of India, the other being the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). [1] [2] As of 3 December 2023, INC is in power in the three states of Himachal Pradesh, Karnataka and Telangana. In Tamil Nadu and Jharkhand it shares power with alliance partners Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam and Jharkhand Mukti Morcha respectively. [3] The party during the post-independence era has governed most of the states and union territories of India. [4]

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A chief minister is the head of government of each of the twenty-eight states and of three union territories (Delhi, Jammu and Kashmir and Puducherry). [5] According to the Constitution of India, at the state level, the governor is de jure head, but de facto executive authority rests with the chief minister. [6] Following elections to the state legislative assembly, the governor usually invites the party (or coalition) with a majority of seats to form the government. The governor appoints the chief minister, whose council of ministers are collectively responsible to the assembly. [5] The chief minister's term is usually for a maximum of five years with the confidence of the assembly. There are no limits to the number of terms the chief minister can serve. [7] The deputy Chief Minister is a member of the state government and usually the second highest ranking executive officer of their state's council of ministers. [8] While not a constitutional office, it seldom carries any specific powers. A deputy chief minister usually also holds a cabinet portfolio such as home minister or finance minister. [9] In the parliamentary system of government, the Chief Minister is treated as the "first among equals" in the cabinet; the position of deputy chief minister is used to bring political stability and strength within a coalition government. [10]

Five of the INC chief ministers have been women — Sucheta Kripalani for Uttar Pradesh, Nandini Satpathy for Odisha, Anwara Taimur for Assam, Rajinder Kaur Bhattal for Punjab, and Sheila Dikshit for Delhi. The longest-serving female chief minister was Sheila Dikshit, who served as the chief minister of Delhi for over fifteen years. [11] Okram Ibobi Singh who was chief minister of Manipur for 15 years and 11 days between March 2002 and March 2017 has been the longest-serving chief minister of the state. [12] Tarun Gogoi held the position of Chief Minister in Assam for a period of 15 years and 6 days. [13] A leader of the Indian National Congress, Virbhadra Singh holds the distinction of being the longest serving Chief Minister of Himachal Pradesh, holding the office from 1983 to 1990, from 1993 to 1998, from 2003 to 2007 and finally from 2012 to 2017. [14] Gegong Apang has not only been the longest-serving Chief Minister from the INC but also in the history of Arunachal Pradesh. [15] Apang also holds the record for the fourth-longest-serving Chief Minister of an Indian state, holding the post for over twenty-two years. [16]

Andhra Pradesh

Chief Minister of Hyderabad State (1948–1956)
PortraitNameConstituencyTerm in office [17] Assembly
Burgula Ramakrishna Rao, 1952.jpg Burgula Ramakrishna Rao N/A 6 March 1952 31 October 1956 4 years, 239 days 1
Chief Ministers of Andhra State [lower-alpha 1]
PortraitNameConstituencyTerm of office [18] Assembly
Tanguturi Prakasam 1972 stamp of India.jpg Tanguturi Prakasam N/A 1 October 1953 15 November 1954 1 year, 45 daysN/A
Bezawada Gopal Reddy (cropped).png Bezawada Gopala Reddy Atmakur 28 March 1955 1 November 1956 1 year, 218 days 1
Chief Ministers of United Andhra Pradesh [lower-alpha 2]
PortraitNameConstituencyTerm of office [18] Assembly
NeelamSanjeevaReddy.jpg Neelam Sanjiva Reddy Kalahasti 1 November 1956 11 January 1960 3 years, 71 days1
Dhone 12 March 1962 20 February 1964 1 year, 345 days 3
Damodaram Sanjivayya 2008 stamp of India.jpg Damodaram Sanjivayya Kurnool 11 January 1960 12 March 1962 2 years, 60 days 2
Kasu Brahmananda Reddy 2011 stamp of India.jpg Kasu Brahmananda Reddy Narasaraopet 21 February 1964 30 September 1971 7 years, 221 days 4
Visit of Narasimha Rao, Indian Minister for Foreign Affairs, to the CEC (cropped)(2).jpg P. V. Narasimha Rao Manthani 30 September 1971 10 January 1973 1 year, 102 days 5
Jalagam Vengala Rao Vemsoor 10 December 1973 6 March 1978 4 years, 86 days 6
DrMChannaReddy (cropped).jpg Marri Chenna Reddy Medchal 6 March 1978 11 October 1980 2 years, 219 days
Sanathnagar 3 December 1989 17 December 1990 1 year, 14 days9
Tanguturi Anjayya statue (cropped).jpg Tanguturi Anjaiah MLC 11 October 1980 24 February 1982 1 year, 136 days 6
Bhavanam Venkatarami Reddy MLC 24 February 1982 20 September 1982 208 days
Kaderbad Ravindranath with Vijay Bhaskar Reddy Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh (cropped).jpg Kotla Vijaya Bhaskara Reddy Kurnool 20 September 1982 9 January 1983 111 days
Panyam 9 October 1992 12 December 1994 2 years, 64 days 9
N Janardhana Reddy.jpg N. Janardhana Reddy Venkatagiri 17 December 1990 9 October 1992 1 year, 297 days
YS Rajasekhara Reddy 2010 stamp of India.jpg Y. S. Rajasekhara Reddy Pulivendla 14 May 2004 2 September 2009 5 years, 111 days 12
Konijeti Rosaiah BNC.jpg K. Rosaiah Guntur 3 September 2009 24 November 2010 1 year, 82 days 13
Kiran Kumar Reddy.JPG N. Kiran Kumar Reddy Pileru 25 November 2010 1 March 2014 3 years, 96 days

Arunachal Pradesh

Chief Ministers of Arunachal Pradesh
PortraitNameConstituencyTerm in office [19] Assembly
Gegong Apang.jpg Gegong Apang Tuting-Yingkiong 18 January 198019 February 19855 years, 32 days 2
21 February 198510 March 19905 years, 17 days 3
16 March 19909 April 19955 years, 24 days 4
17 April 199521 May 19994 years, 34 days 5
3 August 20039 April 20073 years, 249 days 7
Mukut Mithi.jpg Mukut Mithi Roing 19 January 19993 August 20034 years, 196 days 6
Dorjee Khandu.jpg Dorjee Khandu Mukto 9 April 200730 April 20114 years, 21 days 8
JarbomGamlin.jpg Jarbom Gamlin Liromoba 5 May 20111 November 2011180 days 9
Nabam Tuki.jpg Nabam Tuki Sagalee 1 November 201126 January 20164 years, 86 days
13 July 201617 July 20164 days
Pema Khandu in July 2016.jpg Pema Khandu Mukto 17 July 201616 September 201661 days

Assam

Chief Ministers of Assam
PortraitNameConstituencyTerm of office [20] Assembly
Gopinath Bordoloi.jpg Gopinath Bordoloi Kamrup Sadar (South)19 September 193817 November 19391 year, 59 days 1
Provincial
11 February 194625 January 19503 years, 348 days 2
Provincial
26 January 19506 August 1950192 days
Bishnuram Medhi.jpg Bishnu Ram Medhi Hajo 9 August 195027 December 19577 years, 140 days
Bimala Prasad Chaliha Sonari 28 December 19576 November 197012 years, 313 days 2
3
Mahendra Mohan Choudhry Gauhati East 11 November 197030 January 19721 year, 80 days 4
Sarat Chandra Singha.jpg Sarat Chandra Singha Kokrajhar East 31 January 197212 March 19786 years, 40 days 5
Anwara Taimur Dalgaon 6 December 198030 June 1981206 days 6
Kesab Chandra Gogoi Dibrugarh 13 January 198219 March 198265 days
Hiteswar Saikia with Shankar Dayal Sharma (cropped).jpg Hiteswar Saikia Nazira 27 February 198323 December 19852 years, 299 days 7
30 June 199122 April 19964 years, 297 days 8
Dr. Bhumidhar Barman, Former Chief Minister of Assam and Agriculture Adviser to the Chief Minister of Assam addressing at the Public Information Campaign on Bharat Nirman, organized by Press Information Bureau (cropped).jpg Bhumidhar Barman Barkhetry 22 April 199614 May 199622 days 9
Tarun Gogoi - Kolkata 2013-02-10 4891 Cropped.JPG Tarun Gogoi Titabar 17 May 200124 May 201615 years, 6 days 11
12
13

Bihar

Premier of Bihar
PortraitNameConstituencyTerm in office [21] Assembly
Shri Krishna Singh 2016 stamp of India.jpg Shri Krishna Sinha N/A20 July 193731 October 19392 years, 103 daysN/A
23 March 194625 January 19503 years, 308 daysN/A
Chief Ministers of Bihar
PortraitNameConstituencyTerm of office [21] Assembly
Shri Krishna Singh 2016 stamp of India.jpg Shri Krishna Sinha Basantpur West 2 April 194631 January 196113 years, 138 days 1
2
Deep Naranyan Singh (25 November 1894 - 7 December 1977).jpg Deep Narayan Singh Hajipur 1 February 196118 February 196117 days
Binodanand Jha portrait.gif Binodanand Jha Rajmahal 18 February 19612 October 19632 years, 226 days 3
Krishna Ballabh Sahay (cropped).jpg K. B. Sahay Patna West 2 October 19635 March 19673 years, 154 days
Satish Prasad Singh Parbatta 28 January 19681 February 19685 days 4
Babu Bp Mandal.jpg B. P. Mandal MLC 1 February 19682 March 196831 days
Harihar Singh Nayagram 26 February 196922 June 1969117 days 5
NitishKumarPayingTributeToDPRai.jpg Daroga Prasad Rai Parsa 16 February 197022 December 1970310 days
Bhola Pawan Shastri portrait.jpg Bhola Paswan Shastri Korha 2 June 19719 January 1972222 days
Kedar Pandey.jpg Kedar Pandey Nautan 19 March 19722 July 19731 year, 105 days 6
Abdul Ghafoor portrait.jpg Abdul Gafoor MLC2 July 197311 April 19751 year, 283 days
Jagannath Mishra (24 June 1937 - 19 August 2019).jpg Jagannath Mishra Jhanjharpur 11 April 197530 April 19772 years, 19 days7
8 June 198014 August 19833 years, 67 days 8
6 December 198910 March 199094 days 9
Chandrashekhar Singh Jhajha 14 August 198312 March 19851 year, 210 days8
B.dubey(3).jpg Bindeshwari Dubey Shahpur 12 March 198513 February 19882 years, 338 days9
Bhagwat Jha Azad.jpg Bhagwat Jha Azad MLC14 February 198810 March 19891 year, 24 days
Satyendra Narayan Sinha portrait.gif Satyendra Narayan Sinha MLC11 March 19896 December 1989270 days


Chhattisgarh

Chief Ministers of Chhattisgarh
PortraitNameConstituencyTerm in office [22] Assembly
Ajit Jogi.png Ajit Jogi Marwahi 1 November 20005 December 20033 years, 34 days Interim [lower-alpha 3]
Bhupesh Baghel, June 2018.jpg Bhupesh Baghel Patan 17 December 20183 December 20234 years, 351 days 5

Delhi

Chief Ministers of Delhi (Part-C State)
PortraitNameConstituencyTerm of office [24] Assembly
Chaudhary Brahm Parkash 2001 stamp of India.jpg Brahm Prakash Nangloi Jat 17 March 195212 February 19552 years, 332 days Interim
Gurumukh Nihal Singh.jpg Gurmukh Nihal Singh Daryaganj12 February 19551 November 19561 year, 263 days
Chief Minister of Delhi (UT)
PortraitNameConstituencyTerm in office [24] Assembly
Sheila Dikshit Ji.jpg Sheila Dikshit New Delhi 3 December 19981 December 20034 years, 363 days 2
2 December 200329 November 20084 years, 363 days 3
30 November 200828 December 20135 years, 28 days 4

Goa

Chief Minister of Union territory of Goa, Daman and Diu
PortraitNameConstituencyTerm of office [25] Assembly
Pratapsingh Rane.jpg Pratapsingh Rane Sattari 7 January 1985 30 May 1987 2 years, 143 days 4
Poriem 30 May 1987 9 January 1990 2 years, 224 days 5
Chief Ministers of Goa (State)
PortraitNameConstituencyTerm of office [25] Assembly
Pratapsingh Rane.jpg Pratapsingh Rane Poriem 9 January 1990 27 March 1990 77 days 1
16 December 1994 29 July 1998 3 years, 225 days 2
3 February 2005 4 March 2005 29 days 4
7 June 2005 7 June 2007 2 years, 0 days
Ravi Naik Marcaim 25 January 1991 18 May 1993 2 years, 113 days 1
2 April 1994 8 April 1994 6 days
Dr Wilfred de Souza, file photo (cropped).JPG Wilfred de Souza Saligao 18 May 1993 2 April 1994 319 days
8 April 1994 16 December 1994 252 days
29 July 1998 23 November 1998 117 days 2
Luizinho Faleiro Navelim 26 November 1998 8 February 1999 77 days
9 June 1999 24 November 1999 168 days 3
Digambar Kamat.jpg Digambar Kamat Madgaon 8 June 2007 8 March 2012 4 years, 274 days 5

Gujarat

Prime Ministers of Kathiawar/Saurashtra (1948-50)
PortraitNameConstituencyTerm in office [26] Assembly
U. N. Dhebar.png U. N. Dhebar N/A 6 March 1952 31 October 1956 4 years, 239 daysInterim
Chief Ministers of Saurashtra (1950-56)
PortraitNameConstituencyTerm in office [26] [27] Assembly
U. N. Dhebar.png U. N. Dhebar N/A 26 January 1950 19 December 1954 4 years, 327 daysInterim
Rasiklal Umedchand Parikh N/A 26 January 1950 19 December 1954 4 years, 327 days 2
Chief Ministers of Gujarat
PortraitNameConstituencyTerm of office [28] Assembly
Jivraj Mehta.jpg Jivraj Narayan Mehta Amreli 1 May 1960 3 March 1962 3 years, 141 days Interim
3 March 1962 19 September 1963 2
Balwantrai Mehta 2000 stamp of India (cropped).jpg Balwantrai Mehta Bhavnagar 25 February 1963 19 September 1965 2 years, 206 days
Hitendra Kanaiyalal Desai Olpad 19 September 1965 3 April 1967 1 year, 196 days
3 April 1967 12 November 1969 2 years, 223 days 3
12 November 1969 12 May 1971 1 year, 181 days
Ghanshyam Oza Dahegam 17 March 1972 17 July 1973 1 year, 122 days 4
Chimanbhai Patel Sankheda 17 July 1973 9 February 1974 207 days
4 March 1990 17 February 1994 3 years, 350 days 8
Madhav Singh Solanki Bhadran 24 December 1976 10 April 1977 107 days 5
7 June 1980 10 March 1985 4 years, 276 days 6
11 March 1985 6 July 1985 117 days 7
10 December 1989 3 March 1990 83 days
Amarsinh Chaudhary Vyara 6 July 1985 9 December 1989 4 years, 156 days
Chimanbhai Patel Unjha 25 October 1990 17 February 1994 3 years, 115 days 8
Chhabildas Mehta Mahuva 17 February 1994 31 March 1995 1 year, 42 days

Haryana

Chief Ministers of Haryana
PortraitNameConstituencyTerm of office [29] Assembly
Pt Bhagwat Dayal Sharma.JPG Bhagwat Dayal Sharma Jhajjar 1 November 1966 23 March 1967 142 days 1
Bansi Lal.jpg Bansi Lal Tosham 22 May 1968 30 November 1975 7 years, 192 days 3
5 July 1985 19 June 1987 1 year, 349 days 6
Banarsi Das Gupta.jpeg Banarsi Das Gupta Bhiwani 1 December 1975 30 April 1977 1 year, 150 days 4
The President of India, Dr. Shankar Dayal Sharma meeting with Shri Bhajan Lal, Chief Minister of Haryana at Rashtrapati Bhavan in New Delhi on April 02, 1994 (cropped).jpg Bhajan Lal Bishnoi Adampur 22 January 1980 5 July 1985 5 years, 164 days 6
23 July 1991 9 May 1996 4 years, 291 days 8
Bhupinder Singh Hooda.png Bhupinder Singh Hooda Garhi Sampla-Kiloi 5 March 2005 26 October 2014 9 years, 235 days 11

Himachal Pradesh

Chief Ministers of Bilaspur State(1950–1954)
PortraitNameConstituencyTerm of office [30] Assembly
Anand Chand N/A12 October 194826 January 19501 year, 106 daysN/A
K.S. Himmatsinhji N/A26 January 19501 July 19544 years, 156 daysN/A
Chief Ministers of Himachal Pradesh (Union Territory with Legislature)
PortraitNameConstituencyTerm of office [31] Assembly
Yashwant Singh Parmar 1988 stamp of India.jpg Yashwant Singh Parmar Pachhad 8 March 1952 31 October 1956 4 years, 237 days 1
Key
Chief Ministers of Himachal Pradesh
PortraitNameConstituencyTerm of office [31] Assembly
Yashwant Singh Parmar 1988 stamp of India.jpg Yashwant Singh Parmar Sri Renuka 1 July 1963 28 January 1977 13 years, 211 daysTerritorial Council
2
Thakur Ram Lal.jpg Thakur Ram Lal Jubbal-Kotkhai 28 January 1977 30 April 1977 92 days 3
14 February 1980 7 April 1983 3 years, 52 days
Virbhadra Singh HP.jpg Virbhadra Singh Jubbal-Kotkhai 8 April 1983 8 March 1985 1 year, 334 days 5
8 March 1985 5 March 1990 4 years, 362 days 6
Rohru 3 December 1993 23 March 1998 4 years, 110 days 8
6 March 2003 30 December 2007 4 years, 299 days 10
Shimla Rural 25 December 2012 27 December 2017 5 years, 2 days 12
Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu.jpg Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu * Nadaun 11 December 2022Incumbent1 year, 95 days* 14

Jammu and Kashmir

Prime Ministers of Jammu and Kashmir
PortraitNameConstituencyTerm of office [32] Assembly
Justice Mehr Chand Mahajan.jpg Mehr Chand Mahajan N/A15 October 19475 March 1948142 days 3
Gulam Mohammad Sadiq.png Ghulam Mohammed Sadiq Tankipura29 February 196430 March 19651 year, 30 daysN/A
Chief Ministers of Jammu and Kashmir (state)
PortraitNameConstituencyTerm of office [32] Assembly
Gulam Mohammad Sadiq.png Ghulam Mohammed Sadiq Tankipura30 March 196521 February 19671 year, 328 days 4
Amirakadal21 February 196712 December 19714 years, 294 days
Syed Mir Qasim Verinag12 December 197117 June 1972188 days
17 June 197225 February 19752 years, 253 days
Ghulam Nabi Azad-cropped.JPG Ghulam Nabi Azad Bhaderwah2 November 200511 July 20082 years, 252 days 10

Karnataka

Prime Minister of Mysore State
PortraitNameConstituencyTerm of office [33] Assembly
K. C. Reddy.jpg K. Chengalaraya Reddy N/A 25 October 194726 January 19502 years, 93 daysNot
established
yet
Chief Ministers of Mysore State [lower-alpha 4]
PortraitNameConstituencyTerm of office [35] Assembly
K. C. Reddy.jpg K. Chengalaraya Reddy N/A26 January 195030 March 19522 years, 64 days Legislative
Assembly
unestablished
Kengal Hanumanthaiah.gif Kengal Hanumanthaiah Ramanagara 30 March 195219 August 19564 years, 142 days 1
Kadidalmanjappa.webp Kadidal Manjappa Tirthahalli 19 August 195631 October 195673 days
Chief Ministers of Mysore (following the state's reorganisation) [lower-alpha 5]
PortraitNameConstituencyTerm of office [35] Assembly
Siddavanahalli Nijalingappa stamp (cropped).jpg S. Nijalingappa Molakalmuru 1 November 1956 16 May 1958 1 year, 197 days 1
Jamkhandi 21 June 1962 28 May 1968 5 years, 342 days3
4
B.D Jatti (cropped).png B. D. Jatti Jamkhandi 16 May 19589 March 19623 years, 297 days 2
S. R. Kanthi Hungund 14 March 196220 June 196298 days 3
Chief Minister of Coorg State
PortraitNameConstituencyTerm of office [35] Assembly
C M Poonacha.gif C. M. Poonacha N/A27 March 195231 October 19564 years, 218 days 1
Key
Chief Ministers of Karnataka
PortraitNameConstituencyTerm of office [37] Assembly
D. Devaraj Urs Hunsur 20 March 197231 December 19775 years, 286 days 5
28 February 19787 January 19801 year, 313 days 6
Gundurayaru.webp R. Gundu Rao Somwarpet 12 January 19806 January 19832 years, 359 days
Veerendra Patil Chincholi 30 November 198910 October 1990314 days 9
S. Bangarappa Sorab 17 October 199019 November 19922 years, 33 days
M. Veerappa Moily addressing at the valedictory session of the 11th International Oil & Gas Conference and Exhibition - PETROTECH-2014, in Noida, Uttar Pradesh on January 15, 2014.jpg M. Veerappa Moily Karkala 19 November 199211 December 19942 years, 22 days
Minister of External Affairs S.M. Krishna (4667878654) (cropped).jpg S. M. Krishna Maddur 11 October 199928 May 20044 years, 230 days 11
Dharam Singh.jpg Dharam Singh Jewargi 28 May 20042 February 20061 year, 250 days 12
The Chief Minister of Karnataka Siddaramaiah visits PMO.jpg Siddaramaiah* Varuna 13 May 201315 May 20185 years, 2 days 14
20 May 2023Incumbent300 days 16

Kerala

Prime Ministers of Travancore
PortraitNameConstituencyTerm of office [38] [39] Assembly
Pattom A. Thanu Pillai.jpg Pattom A. Thanu Pillai N/A 24 March 17 October 1948 210 daysAppointed by
Sir Chithira Thirunal
Balarama Varma
Parur T. K. Narayana Pillai N/A 22 October 1948 1 July 1949 253 days
Chief Ministers of Travancore-Cochin
PortraitNameConstituencyTerm of office [40] Assembly
Paravoor T. K. Narayana Pillai N/A 1 July 1949 1 March 1951 1 year, 243 days1
C Kesavan.jpg C. Kesavan N/A 3 March 1951 12 March 1952 1 year, 11 days 2
A. J. John N/A 12 March 1952 16 March 1954 2 years, 4 days
Panampilly Govinda Menon N/A 10 February 1955 23 March 1956 1 year, 42 days 3
Chief Ministers of Kerala
PortraitNameConstituencyTerm of office [41] Assembly
R. Sankar (cropped).jpg R. Sankar Cannanore I 26 September 1962 10 September 1964 1 year, 350 days 2
Karunakaran Kannoth.jpg Kannoth Karunakaran Mala 25 March 1977 27 April 1977 33 days 5
28 December 1981 17 March 1982 79 days 6
24 May 1982 26 March 1987 4 years, 306 days 7
24 June 1991 16 March 1995 3 years, 265 days 9
A. K. Antony.jpg A. K. Antony Kazhakkuttom 27 April 1977 27 October 1978 1 year, 183 days5
Tirurangadi 22 March 1995 9 May 1996 1 year, 48 days 9
Cherthala 17 May 2001 29 August 2004 3 years, 75 days 11
Oommen Chandy Kerala.jpg Oommen Chandy Puthuppally 31 August 2004 12 May 2006 1 year, 254 days 11
18 May 2011 20 May 2016 5 years, 2 days 12

Madhya Pradesh

Chief Ministers of Vindhya Pradesh (1948-1956)
PortraitNameConstituencyTerm of office [42] Assembly
Awadhesh Pratap Singh N/A28 May 194815 April 1949322 daysNot yet created
Sambhu Nath ShuklanN/A31 March 195231 October 19564 years, 214 days 1
Chief Ministers of Madhya Bharat (1948-1956)
PortraitNameConstituencyTerm of office [43] Assembly
Liladhar Joshi.jpg Liladhar Joshi N/A28 May 19481 May 1949338 daysNot yet created
Gopikrishna VijayavargiyaN/A10 May 194918 October 19501 year, 161 days
Takhatmal JainN/A18 October 195031 March 19521 year, 165 days
Mishrilal Gangwal N/A31 March 195216 April 19553 years, 16 days 1
Chief Ministers of Bhopal State (1949-1956)
PortraitNameConstituencyTerm in office [44] Assembly
Shankar Dayal Sharma 36.jpg Shankar Dayal Sharma N/A31 March 195231 October 19564 years, 214 days 1
Chief Ministers of Madhya Pradesh
PortraitNameConstituencyTerm of office [45] [46] Assembly
RavishankarShukla.jpg Ravishankar Shukla Saraipali 1 November 1956 31 December 1956 60 days 1
Bhagwantrao Mandloi Khandwa 9 January 1957 30 January 1957 21 days
12 March 1962 29 September 1963 1 year, 201 days 3
Kailash Nath Katju.jpg
Kailash Nath Katju Jaora 31 January 1957 14 March 1957 5 years, 39 days 2
14 March 1957 11 March 1962
Stamp of India - 2001 - Colnect 160764 - Dwarka Prasad Mishra.jpeg
Dwarka Prasad Mishra Katangi 30 September 1963 8 March 1967 3 years, 302 days 4
8 March 1967 29 July 1967
Shyama Charan Shukla 2012 stamp of India (cropped).jpg
Shyama Charan Shukla Rajim 26 March 1969 28 January 1972 2 years, 308 days
23 December 1975 30 April 1977 1 year, 128 days 5
9 December 1989 1 March 1990 82 days8
Prakash Chandra Sethi Ujjain North 29 January 1972 22 March 1972 5 years, 39 days 5
23 March 1972 23 December 1975
The Union Minister for Human Resource Development Shri Arjun Singh addressing a Press Conference in New Delhi on August 7, 2004.jpg
Arjun Singh Churhat 9 June 1980 13 March 1985 4 years, 277 days 7
Kharsia 14 February 1988 23 January 1989 344 days 8
Motilal Vora.jpg
Motilal Vora Durg 13 March 1985 13 February 1988 2 years, 337 days
25 January 1989 9 December 1989 318 days
Digvijaya Singh.jpg
Digvijaya Singh Raghogarh 7 December 1993 1 December 1998 10 years, 0 days 10
1 December 1998 7 December 2003 11
Kamal Nath 2012.jpg
Kamal Nath Chhindwara 17 December 201820 March 20201 year, 94 days 15

Maharashtra

Chief Ministers of Bombay State [lower-alpha 6]
PortraitNameConstituencyTerm of office [48] Assembly
BG Kher 1989 stamp of India (cropped).jpg B. G. Kher N/A15 August 194721 April 19524 years, 250 days Provincial
Morarji Desai 1978b.jpg
Morarji Desai Chikhli 21 April 195231 October 19564 years, 193 days 1
Chief Minister of Bombay State (after the States Reorganisation Act, 1956) [lower-alpha 7]
PortraitNameConstituencyTerm in office [50] Assembly
Yashwantrao Chavan.jpg
Yashwantrao Chavan Karad North 1 November 19565 April 19573 years, 181 days 1
5 April 195730 April 1960 2
Chief Ministers of Maharashtra
PortraitNameConstituencyTerm of office [51] Assembly
Yashwantrao Chavan.jpg
Yashwantrao Chavan Karad North 1 May 196019 November 19622 years, 202 days 1
Marotrao Kannamwar Saoli 20 November 196224 November 19631 year, 4 days 2
P. K. Sawant Chiplun 25 November 19634 December 19639 days
Vasantrao Naik portrait.jpg Vasantrao Naik Pusad 5 December 19631 March 196711 years, 77 days
1 March 196713 March 1972 3
13 March 197220 February 1975 4
Shankarrao Chavan 2007 stamp of India (cropped).jpg Shankarrao Chavan Bhokar 21 February 197516 May 19772 years, 84 days
12 March 198626 June 19882 years, 106 days7
Vasantdada Patil 2012 stamp of India (cropped).jpg
Vasantdada Patil MLC 17 May 19775 March 19781 year, 62 days4
2 February 19831 June 19852 years, 119 days 6
A. R. Antulay with Shivraj Patil (cropped).jpg A. R. Antulay Shrivardhan 9 June 198012 January 19821 year, 217 days
Babasaheb Bhosale.png Babasaheb Bhosale Kurla 21 January 19821 February 19831 year, 11 days
Shivajirao Patil Nilangekar Nilanga 3 June 19856 March 1986276 days 7
Sharad Pawar addressing the National Conference on Cooperatives for the celebration of International Year of Cooperatives, 2012, in New Delhi on May 15, 2012 (cropped).jpg
Sharad Pawar Baramati 18 July 197817 February 19801 year, 214 days 5
26 June 19883 March 19912 years, 364 days7
6 March 199314 March 19952 years, 8 days 8
Sudhakarrao Naik Pusad 25 June 199122 February 19931 year, 242 days
The Union Minister for Science and Technology and Earth Sciences, Shri Vilasrao Deshmukh addressing at the "Platinum Jubilee Celebration of Maharashtra Legislature", in Mumbai on October 18, 2011.jpg
Vilasrao Deshmukh Latur City 18 October 199916 January 20033 years, 90 days 10
1 November 20044 December 20084 years, 33 days11
Sushilkumar Shinde.jpg
Sushilkumar Shinde Solapur South 18 January 200330 October 20041 year, 286 days10
Ashok Chavan With Coat.jpeg Ashok Chavan Bhokar 8 December 200815 October 2009311 days 11
7 November 20099 November 20101 year, 2 days 12
Prithviraj Chavan - India Economic Summit 2011.jpg
Prithviraj Chavan MLC 11 November 201026 September 20143 years, 319 days

Manipur

Chief Ministers of Manipur
PortraitNameConstituencyTerm of office [52] Assembly
Mairembam Koireng Singh Thanga 1 July 1963 11 January 1967 3 years, 194 daysInterim
20 March 1967 4 October 1967 198 days
19 February 1968 16 October 1969 1 year, 239 days
Raj Kumar Dorendra Singh Yaiskul 6 December 1974 15 May 1977 2 years, 160 days 3
14 January 1980 26 November 1980 317 days
8 April 1992 10 April 1993 1 year, 2 days 6
Rishang Keishing Phungyar 27 November 1980 27 February 1981 92 days 4
19 June 1981 3 March 1988 6 years, 258 days
14 December 1994 15 December 1997 3 years, 1 day
Raj Kumar Jaichandra Singh Sagolband 4 March 1988 22 February 1990 1 year, 355 days 5
Okram Ibobi Singh.JPG Okram Ibobi Singh Thoubal 7 March 2002 1 March 2007 15 years, 11 days 9
2 March 2007 5 March 2012 10
6 March 2012 14 March 2017 11

Meghalaya

Chief Ministers of Meghalaya
PortraitNameConstituencyTerm of office [53] Assembly
Williamson A. Sangma Siju 2 April 1970 18 March 1972 7 years, 335 daysInterim
18 March 1972 21 November 1976 1
22 November 1976 3 March 1978
The former Lok Sabha Speaker Shri P.A. Sangma met the Prime Minister Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee in New Delhi on January 18, 2004 (cropped).png P. A. Sangma Tura 6 February 1988 25 March 1990 2 years, 47 days 2
D. D. Lapang.png D.D. Lapang Nongpoh 5 February 1992 19 February 1993 1 year, 14 days 4
4 March 2003 15 June 2006 3 years, 103 days 7
10 March 2007 4 March 2008 360 days
4 March 2008 19 March 2008 15 days 8
13 May 2009 19 April 2010 341 days
S. C. Marak Resubelpara 19 February 1993 27 February 1998 5 years, 19 days 5
27 February 1998 10 March 1998 11 days 6
J. D. Rymbai.png J. D. Rymbai Jirang 15 June 2006 10 March 2007 268 days 7
Mukul Sangma 2014.jpg Mukul Sangma Ampati 20 April 2010 5 March 2013 7 years, 320 days8
5 March 2013 6 March 2018 9

Mizoram

Chief Minister of Mizoram
PortraitNameConstituencyTerm of office [54] Assembly
Lal Thanhawla.jpg Lal Thanhawla Serchhip 5 May 1984 20 August 1986 2 years, 107 days 4
24 January 1989 7 December 1993 9 years, 313 days 6
8 December 1993 3 December 1998 7
11 December 2008 11 December 2013 10 years, 3 days 10
12 December 2013 14 December 2018 11

Nagaland

Chief Ministers of Nagaland
PortraitNameConstituencyTerm of office [55] Assembly
Hokishe Sema Akuluto 22 February 1969 26 February 1974 5 years, 4 days 2
29 October 1986 7 August 1988 1 year, 283 days 5

6

Governor S. C. Jamir with CM Naveen Patnaik and President Kovind (cropped).jpg S. C. Jamir Aonglenden 18 April 1980 5 June 1980 48 days 4
Mokokchung Town 25 January 1989 10 May 1990 1 year, 105 days 5
Aonglenden 22 February 1993 6 March 2003 10 years, 12 days 7
K. L. Chishi Atoizu 16 May 1990 19 June 1990 34 days

Odisha

Premiers of Orissa [lower-alpha 8]
PortraitNameConstituencyTerm of office [57] Assembly
Biswanath-Das.jpg Bishwanath Das N/A19 July 19374 November 19392 years, 108 days1

Pre-Independent

Harekrushna Mahatab 2000 stamp of India.jpg Harekrushna Mahatab N/A23 April 194615 August 19471 year, 114 days2

Pre-Independent
(1946-1952)

Chief Ministers of Odisha
PortraitNameConstituencyTerm of office [58] Assembly
Harekrushna Mahatab 2000 stamp of India.jpg Harekrushna Mahatab Soro 19 October 1956 25 February 1961 4 years, 129 days 1
2
Nabakrushna-Choudhury.jpg Nabakrushna Choudhury Barchana 12 May 1950 20 Feb 1952 6 years, 160 days1
20 Feb 1952 19 Oct 1956
Biju-Patnaik.jpg Biju Patnaik Choudwar 23 June 1961 2 October 1963 2 years, 101 days 3
Bhubaneswar 5 March 1990 15 March 1995 5 years, 10 days 10
Biren-Mitra.jpg Biren Mitra Cuttack City 2 October 1963 21 February 1965 1 year, 142 days 3
Sadasiva-Tripathy.jpg Sadashiva Tripathy Omerkote 21 February 1965 8 March 1967 2 years, 15 days
Nandini-Satapathy.jpg Nandini Satpathy Cuttack 14 June 1972 3 March 1973 262 days 5
Dhenkanal 6 March 1974 16 December 1976 2 years, 285 days 6
Binayak Acharya, Former CM, Odisha.jpg Binayak Acharya Berhampur 29 December 1976 30 April 1977 122 days
J B Pattnaik, Governor of Assam.jpg Janaki Ballabh Patnaik Athagarh 9 June 1980 10 Mar 1985 9 years, 181 days 8
10 Mar 1985 7 December 1989 9
15 March 1995 17 February 1999 3 years, 339 days 11
Hemananda-Biswal.jpg Hemananda Biswal Laikera 7 December 1989 5 March 1990 88 days
6 December 1999 5 March 2000 90 days
15 March 1995 17 February 1999 3 years, 339 days
6 December 1999 5 March 2000 90 days
Giridhar-Gamang.jpg Giridhar Gamang Laxmipur 17 February 1999 6 December 1999 292 days

Punjab

Chief Ministers of East Punjab
PortraitNameConstituencyTerm of office [59] Assembly
Gopi Chand Bhargava.png Gopi Chand Bhargava University 15 August 1947 13 April 1949 1 year, 241 days Interim
18 October 1949 20 June 1951 1 year, 245 days
Bhim Sen Sachar.png Bhim Sen Sachar Lahore City 13 April 1949 18 October 1949 188 days
Ludhiana City South 17 April 1952 22 July 1953 1 year, 96 days 1
Partap Singh Kairon.png Partap Singh Kairon Sujanpur 23 January 1956 9 April 1957 1 year, 76 days 2
Ram Kishan.png Ram Kishan Jalandhar North East 7 July 1964 5 July 1966 1 year, 363 days 3
Premier of PEPSU (1948–52)
PortraitNameConstituencyTerm in office [60] Assembly
Col. Raghbir Singh.jpg Raghbir Singh N/A23 May 195121 April 1952334 daysNot yet created
Chief Ministers of PEPSU (1952–56)
PortraitNameConstituencyTerm of office [61] [62] Assembly
Col. Raghbir Singh.jpg Raghbir Singh N/A 21 April 1952 22 April 1952 1 day 1
Patiala Sadar 8 March 1954 12 January 1955 310 days 2
Brish Bhan.png Brish Bhan Kalayat 12 January 1955 1 November 1956 1 year, 294 days
Chief Ministers of Punjab
PortraitNameConstituencyTerm of office [59] Assembly
Giani Gurmukh Singh Musafir 2001 stamp of India (cropped).jpg Giani Gurmukh Singh Musafir MLC 1 November 1966 8 March 1967 127 days 3
Giani Zail Singh 1995 stamp of India (cropped).png Zail Singh Anandpur Sahib 17 March 1972 30 April 1977 5 years, 44 days 6
Darbara Singh.png Darbara Singh Nakodar 6 June 1980 6 October 1983 3 years, 122 days 8
Beant Singh 2013 stamp of India (cropped).png Beant Singh Jalandhar Cantonment 25 February 1992 31 August 1995 3 years, 187 days 10
Harcharan Singh Brar ex CM.png Harcharan Singh Brar Muktsar 31 August 1995 21 November 1996 1 year, 82 days
Rajinder Kaur Bhattal.jpg Rajinder Kaur Bhattal Lehra 21 November 1996 11 February 1997 82 days
Amarinder Singh.jpg Amarinder Singh Patiala Urban 26 February 2002 1 March 2007 5 years, 3 days 12
16 March 2017 20 September 2021 4 years, 188 days 15
Charanjit Singh Channi.png Charanjit Singh Channi Chamkaur Sahib 20 September 2021 16 March 2022 177 days

Puducherry

Chief Ministers of Puducherry
PortraitNameConstituencyTerm of office [63] Assembly
Edouard Goubert Mannadipet 1 July 1963 24 August 1964 1 year, 54 days 1
V Venkatasubha Reddiar 2011 stamp of India.jpg V. Venkatasubha Reddiar Nettapacom 11 September 1964 9 April 1967 2 years, 210 days 2
6 March 1968 18 September 1968 196 days
The Governor of Jharkhand, Shri M.O.H Farook receiving the Queen's Baton 2010 Delhi, at Raj Bhavan Ranchi on August 06, 2010 (cropped).jpg M. O. H. Farook Karaikal North 9 April 1967 6 March 1968 332 days
Calapeth 17 March 1969 3 January 1974 4 years, 292 days 3
Lawspet 16 March 1985 4 March 1990 4 years, 353 days 7
Vaithilingam.jpg V. Vaithilingam Nettapakkam 4 July 1991 13 May 1996 4 years, 314 days 9
4 September 2008 16 May 2011 2 years, 254 days 12
P. Shanmugam Yanam 22 March 2000 15 May 2001 1 year, 218 days 10
24 May 2001 26 October 2001 11
N Rangaswamy.jpg N. Rangaswamy Thattanchavady 27 October 2001 12 May 2006 6 years, 313 days
13 May 2006 4 September 2008 12
VNarayanasamy.jpg V. Narayanasamy Nellithope 6 June 2016 22 February 2021 4 years, 261 days 14

Rajasthan

Chief Minister of Ajmer State
PortraitNameConstituencyTerm in office [64] Assembly
Pt. Haribhau Upadhyaya.jpg Haribhau Upadhyaya N/A24 March 195231 October 19564 years, 221 days 1
Chief Ministers of Rajasthan
PortraitNameConstituencyTerm of office [65] Assembly
Hiralal Shastri 1976 stamp of India.jpg Heera Lal Shastri N/A7 April 19495 January 19511 year, 273 daysN/A
C. S. Venkatachari N/A6 January 195125 April 1951109 days
Jai Narayan Vyas 1974 stamp of India.jpg Jai Narayan Vyas N/A26 April 19513 March 1952312 days
Kishangarh 1 November 195212 November 19542 years, 11 days 1
Tika Ram Paliwal Mahuwa 3 March 195231 October 1952242 days
Mohan Lal Sukhadia 1988 stamp of India.jpg Mohan Lal Sukhadia Udaipur 13 November 19541 April 19572 years, 139 days 2
11 April 195711 March 19624 years, 334 days 3
12 March 196213 March 19675 years, 1 day 4
26 April 19679 July 19714 years, 74 days 5
Barkatullah Khan Tijara 9 July 197111 August 19732 years, 33 days
Hari Dev Joshi Banswara 11 August 197329 April 19773 years, 261 days
10 March 198520 January 19882 years, 316 days 8
4 December 19894 March 199090 days
Jagannath Pahadia.jpg Jagannath Pahadia Weir 6 June 198013 July 19811 year, 37 days 7
Assam Governor Shiv Charan Mathur in 2008 (cropped).jpg Shiv Charan Mathur Mandalgarh 14 July 198123 February 19853 years, 224 days
20 January 19884 December 19891 year, 318 days8
Hira Lal Devpura Kumbhalgarh 23 February 198510 March 198515 days7
Ashok Gehlot 2012.jpg Ashok Gehlot Sardarpura 1 December 19988 December 20035 years, 7 days 15
12 December 200813 December 20135 years, 1 day
17 December 20183 December 20234 years, 351 days

Sikkim

Chief Ministers of Sikkim
PortraitNameConstituencyTerm of office [66] [67] Assembly
Kazi Lhendup Dorjee .jpg Kazi Lhendup Dorjee Tashiding 16 May 1975 17 August 1979 4 years, 93 days 1
B. B. Gurung Jorthang-Nayabazar 11 May 1984 25 May 1984 14 days 2

Tamil Nadu

Chief Ministers of Madras Presidency
PortraitNameConstituencyTerm of office [68] [69] Assembly
Chakravarthi Rajagopalachari 1973 stamp of India.jpg C. Rajagopalachari Presidency
Legislative Council
14 July 193729 October 19392 years, 107 days 1
Tanguturi Prakasam 1972 stamp of India.jpg T. Prakasam Presidency
Legislative Council
30 April 194623 March 1947327 days 2
OP Ramaswamy Reddiyar 2010 stamp of India.jpg O. P. Ramaswamy Reddiyar Presidency
Legislative Council
23 March 19476 April 19492 years, 14 days
PS Kumaraswamy Raja 1999 stamp of India.jpg P. S. Kumaraswamy Raja Presidency
Legislative Council
6 April 194925 January 1950294 days
Chief Ministers of Madras State
PortraitNameConstituencyTerm of office [68] [70] Assembly
PS Kumaraswamy Raja 1999 stamp of India.jpg P. S. Kumaraswamy Raja State
Legislative Council
26 January 19509 April 19522 years, 74 days 2
Chakravarthi Rajagopalachari 1973 stamp of India.jpg C. Rajagopalachari State
Legislative Council
10 April 195213 April 19542 years, 3 days 1
K Kamaraj 1976 stamp of India.jpg K. Kamaraj Gudiyatham 13 April 195412 April 19579 years, 172 days
Sattur 13 April 195714 March 1962 2
15 March 19622 October 1963 3
M Bhaktavatsalam 2008 stamp of India.jpg M. Bhakthavatsalam Sriperumbudur 2 October 19635 March 19673 years, 154 days

Telangana

Chief Minister of Telangana
PortraitNameConstituencyTerm in office [71] Assembly
Revanth Reddy.png Anumula Revanth Reddy * Kodangal 7 December 2023Incumbent99 days* 3

Tripura

Chief Ministers of Tripura
PortraitNameConstituencyTerm of office [72] Assembly
Sachindra Lal Singh Agartala Sadar II 1 July 1963 1 November 1971 8 years, 123 days 1
Sukhamoy Sen Gupta Agartala Town III 20 March 1972 31 March 1977 5 years, 11 days 3
Sudhir Ranjan Majumdar Town Bordowali 5 February 1988 19 February 1992 4 years, 14 days 6
Samir Ranjan Barman Bishalgarh 19 February 1992 10 March 1993 1 year, 19 days

Uttar Pradesh

Premier of United Provinces (1937–50)
PortraitNameConstituencyTerm of office [73] Assembly
Pandit Govind Ballabh Pant.jpg Govind Ballabh Pant N/A17 July 19372 November 19392 years, 108 days 1
provincial
1 April 194625 January 19503 years, 299 days 2
provincial
Chief Ministers of Uttar Pradesh
PortraitNameConstituencyTerm of office [73] Assembly
Pandit Govind Ballabh Pant.jpg Govind Ballabh Pant Bareilly Municipality26 January 195020 May 19524 years, 335 days2
provincial
20 May 195227 December 1954 1
Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh, Shri Swarupanand.jpg Sampurnanand Varanasi South 28 December 19549 April 19575 years, 344 days 2
10 April 19576 December 1960
Chandra Bhanu Gupta Ranikhet South 7 December 196014 March 19622 years, 298 days 3
14 March 19621 October 1963
Ranikhet 14 March 19672 April 196719 days 4
26 February 196917 February 1970356 days
Sucheta Kriplani official portrait.gif Sucheta Kripalani Menhdawal 2 October 196313 March 19673 years, 162 days3
Kamalapati Tripathi Chandauli4 April 197112 June 19732 years, 69 days 5
Hemwati Nandan Bahuguna stamp (cropped).jpg Hemwati Nandan Bahuguna Bara8 November 19734 March 19742 years, 21 days
5 March 197429 November 1975 6
Shri Narayan Dutt Tiwari.jpg Narayan Dutt Tiwari Kashipur 21 January 197630 April 19771 year, 99 days
3 August 198410 March 19851 year, 52 days8
11 March 198524 September 19859
25 June 19885 December 19891 year, 163 days
Visit of Vishwanath Pratap Sing, Indian Minister for Trade, to the CEC (cropped).jpg Vishwanath Pratap Singh Tindwari 9 June 198018 July 19822 years, 39 days 8
Sripati Mishra Isauli 19 July 19822 August 19842 years, 14 days
Vir Bahadur Singh Paniyara 24 September 198524 June 19882 years, 274 days9

Uttarakhand

Chief Ministers of Uttarakhand
PortraitNameConstituencyTerm of office [74] Assembly
Shri Narayan Dutt Tiwari.jpg Narayan Dutt Tiwari Ramnagar 2 March 2002 7 March 2007 5 years, 5 days 1
Vijay Bahuguna.jpg Vijay Bahuguna Dhumakot 13 March 2012 31 January 2014 1 year, 324 days 3
HarishRawat.jpg Harish Rawat Dharchula 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

West Bengal

Prime Ministers of West Bengal [lower-alpha 9]
PortraitNameConstituencyTerm of office [75] Assembly
Prafullachandra Ghosh at Writers' Building in 1947.jpg Prafulla Chandra Ghosh Appointed by

Governor

15 August 1947 22 January 1948 160 days Provincial [lower-alpha 10]
Photograph of Dr. Bidhan Chandra Roy, 2nd Chief Minister of West Bengal.jpg Bidhan Chandra Roy 23 January 1948 25 January 1950 2 years, 2 days
Chief Ministers of West Bengal
PortraitNameConstituencyTerm of office [78] Assembly
Photograph of Dr. Bidhan Chandra Roy, 2nd Chief Minister of West Bengal.jpg Bidhan Chandra Roy N/A 26 January 1950 30 March 1952 12 years, 156 days Provincial [lower-alpha 11]
Bowbazar [lower-alpha 12] 31 March 1952 5 April 1957 1
6 April 1957 2 April 1962 2
Chowrangee 3 April 1962 1 July 1962 3
PrafullaChandraSen.png Prafulla Chandra Sen [lower-alpha 13] Arambagh East 9 July 1962 28 February 1967 4 years, 234 days
Ajoy Mukherjee.jpg Ajoy Kumar Mukherjee Tamluk 1 March 1967 21 November 1967 265 days 4
25 February 1969 16 March 1970 1 year, 19 days 5
2 April 1971 28 June 1971 87 days 6
SiddharthaShankarRay.png Siddhartha Shankar Ray Malda 20 March 1972 30 April 1977 5 years, 41 days 7

See also

Notes

  1. The Andhra State was established on 1 October 1953, following the Andhra movement
  2. United Andhra Pradesh, was officially established on 1 November 1956, through the enactment of the States Reorganisation Act in August 1956. This led to the dissolution of Hyderabad State, with its divisions becoming part of Mysore State and Bombay State.
  3. The first Legislative Assembly of Chhattisgarh was constituted by the MLAs elected in the 1998 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election, whose constituencies were in the newly formed Chhattisgarh. [23]
  4. 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. [34]
  5. 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. [36]
  6. 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). [47]
  7. 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. [49]
  8. Orissa was the official name until 2011 [56]
  9. While the Assembly website calls the pre-1950 officeholders "Premiers of West Bengal", [75] the Times of India points out that they were universally referred to as "Prime Ministers of West Bengal" at the time. [76]
  10. This refers to the 90-member rump legislature that emerged following partition, representing the West Bengali constituencies of the erstwhile Bengal Legislative Assembly. It was constituted under the Government of India Act, 1935, not the Indian Constitution, which was still in the process of being drafted. [77]
  11. Following the promulgation of the Constitution of India, the provincial assembly carried on as the legislative assembly of West Bengal until fresh elections could be organised in 1952. [77]
  12. Until March 1952, Roy did not represent any constituency. For his last three months in office, during the Third Assembly, Roy represented Chowringhee constituency.
  13. According to some sources, Sen also acted as interim chief minister during 2–8 July 1962. [79]

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