Note: Between 26 Jan 1950 and 1 Nov 1956 there were four types of divisions: states under a governor, states under a rajpramukh, states under a chief commissioner, and one territory; from 1956 there were only states (former governor and rajpramukh states) and union territories (former chief commissioner states and the territory). Party Abbreviations: AC = Arunachal Congress (Arunachal Pradesh regionalist, split from INC, est.1996); AGP = Asom Gana Parishad (Assam Peoples Association, Assam regionalist, est.1985); AIADMK = All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (Dravida Progressive Foundation, centrist, social democratic, Tamil Nadu regionalist, split from DMK, est.1972); AINRC = All India N.R. Congress (social-democratic, split from INC, Puducherry regionalist, est.2011); AITC = All India Trinamool Congress (All India Grassroots Congress, West Bengal regionalist, split from INC, est.1998); APHLC = All Party Hill Leader's Conference (Meghalaya regionalist, est.1960); BDP = Bhartiya Democratic Party; BJD = Biju Janata Dal (Biju People's Party, center-left, Odisha regionalist, est.1997); BJP = Bharatiya Janata Party (Indian People's Party, conservative, Hindu populist, est.1980); BSP = Bahujan Samaj Party (Majority Society Party, center-left, secularist, scheduled castes minority, est.1984); CPI = Communist Party of India (communist, est.1925); CPI-M = Communist Party of India-Marxist (marxist communist, split from CPI, est.1964); CPI-ML = Communist Party of India/Marxist-Leninist Liberation (marxist communist, split from CPI-M, est.1974); DAN = Democratic Alliance of Nagaland (Nagaland coalition, NPF largest party); DMK = Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (Federation for Progress of Dravidians, Tamil Nadu regionalist, est.1949); GJM = Gorkha Janmukti Morcha (campaigns for creation of Gorkhaland state out of districts in north of West Bengal, est.2007); GSRP = Goa Su-Raj Party (Goa Good Governance Party, Goa regionalist, est.2002); INC = Indian National Congress Party (populist, social-democratic, est.1885; split 1967/77 into separate parties INC-I, INC-O, INC-S, the INC-I was later recognized by the election commission as the successor to the INC, use of INC-I continues); INLD = Indian National Lok Dal (Indian National People's Party, Haryana regionalist, est.1987); INPT = Indigenous Nationalist Party of Twipra (Tripura regionalist, est.2002); JD-S = Janata Dal-Secular (People's Party-Secular, center-left, est.1999); JD-U = Janata Dal-United (People's Party-United, social-democratic, merger of JD and SP, est.Oct 2003); JKD = Jana Kranti Dal (Party of the People's Revolution, est.1967); JMM = Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (Jharkhand Liberation Front, Jharkhand, Bihar and Odisha communist, regionalist, est.2000); LDF = Leftist Democratic Front; MG = Maharashtrawi Gomantak (Goa regionalist, est.1961); MHU = Manipur Hills Union; MLKSC = Muslim League Kerala State Committee; MNF = Mizo National Front (Mizoram regionalist, Mizo nationalist, social democratic, est.1961); MPC = Mizoram People's Conference (Mizoram regionalist, est.1975); MPP = Manipur People's Party (Manipur regionalist, split from INC, est.1968); MU = Mizo Union (Mizoram regionalist); MUA = Meghalaya United Alliance (coalition of INC and independents, successor to MDP); MUF = Manipur United Front (Manipur regionalist); NCP = Nationalist Congress Party (progressive, populist, secular, moderate-left, split from INC-I, est.1999); NDA = National Democratic Alliance (BJP coalition incl. ADMK, AITC, BJD, MNF, NPF, SAD, SHS, and TDP); NF = National Front (formerly National Front-Left/United Front, leftist coalition: AGP, CPI, CPI-M, DMK, JD, Jammu & Kashmir National Congress, SP, TDP, DMK, RSP, and TMC); NNDP = Naga National Democratic Party (Nagaland regionalist, est.1964); NNP = Naga National Party (Nagaland regionalist); NPF = Nagaland People's Front (Nagaland regionalist, 2010 renamed Naga People's Front); PFM = People's Front of Meghalaya; RJD = Rashtriya Janata Dal (National People's Party, Bihar regionalist, socialist, social conservative, est.1997); RLD = Rashtriya Lok Dal (National People's Party, Uttar Pradesh regionalist, est.2002); RPI = Republican Party of India (Bharatiya Ripublikan Paksha); SAD = Shiromani Akail Dal (Supreme Akail Party, Sikh religious party, est.1920); SAP = Samata Party (Equality Party, socialist, split from JD, est.1994); SBP = Swatantra Bharat Party (Liberal Party of India, est.1994); SHS = Shiv Sena (Shivaji's Army, extreme Hinduist party, est.1966); SJP = Samajwadi Janata Party (Socialist People's Party); SkDF = Sikkim Democratic Front (Sikkim regionalist, democratic socialist, est.1993); SkJP = Sikkim Janata Parishad (Sikkim Popular Association, Sikkim regionalist, 1977-1981, from 1984); SkSP = Sikkim Sangram Parishad (Sikkim Revolutionary Forum, Sikkim regionalist, est.1984); SP = Samajwadi Party (Socialist Party, democratic-socialist, anti-English language est.1992); TDP = Telugu Desam (Telugu Land Party, Andra Pradesh regionalist, progressive, est.1982); TNC = All India Trinamool Congress (social-democratic, anti-communist, est.1998); UDF = United Democratic Front; UDF-P = United Democratic Front-Progressive; UDP = United Democratic Party; UGDP = United Goans Democratic Party; Mil = Military; - Former parties: AC-M = Arunachal Congress-Mithi (Arunachal Pradesh regionalist, split from AC by Mukut Mithi, merged into INC, 1998-1999); BCP = Bangla Congress Party (West Bengal regionalist, split from INC, rejoined INC, 1965-1971); BKD = Bharatiya Kranti Dal (Indian Revolutionary Party, merged into JP, 1967-1977); BLD = Bharatiya Lok Dal (Indian Peoples' Party, Indira Ghandi opposition, merged into JP, 1974-1977); BJS = Bharatiya Jan Sangh (Indian People's Alliance, Hinduist, merged into JP 1977-1980, from 1980 BJP); DCP = Democratic Congress Party; GPC = Goa People's Congress (Goa regionalist, split from INC, 2000-2001); GRCP = Goa Rajiv Congress Party (Goa regionalist, Rajiv Ghandi personalist, split from INC, 1998-1999); HVP = Haryana Vikas Party (Haryana Development Party, Haryana regionalist, 1996-Oct 2004, merged into INC); INC-I = Indian National Congress Party-Indira (INC-'Indira' Ghandi faction, also called "New Congress", populist- socialist, split 1967 from original INC); JD = Janata Dal (People's Party, social-democratic, merged with SP 2004 as JD-U); JD-A = Janata Dal-Ajit (People's Party-Ajit Singh, 1990's merged into INC); JP = Janata Parishad (People's Party, opposed INC-I, 1977-1988); KCP = Karnataka Congress Party (S. Bangarappa personalist, split from INC, 1994-1997); LD = Lok Dal (People's Party); MDA = Meghalaya Democratic Alliance (coalition of INC, UDP and independents, 2003-2008); PC = Progressive Congress; MPA = Meghalaya Progressive Alliance (Meghalaya coalition, NCP and UPD, 2008-2009); PDF = Progressive Democratic Front; PLF = Progressive Legislative Front; PPAP = People's Party of Arunachal Pradesh (Arunachal Pradesh regionalist, 1977-1989); PSP = Praja Socialist Party (1952-1972); RJP = Rashtriya Janata Party (National People's Party, split from BJP, est.1996, merged into INC); SD = Soshit Dal (Bihar regionalist, split from SVD, 1967-1972, then Shoshit Samaj Dal); SmP = Samata Party (merged with JD as JD-U, minority continues as SmP); SPC = Sikkim Pradesh Congress(I) (est. 1981-1984 by SkJP); SSP = Samyukta Socialist Party (United Socialist Party, split from PSP, 1964-1972); SwP = Swatantra Party (Independent Party, merged with BKD, split from INC, 1959-1974); TMC = Tamil Maanila Congress (Tamil regionalist, centrist, split from INC, 1995-2001); UF = United Front (leftist INC coalition, later NF and also a 1966-1971 leftist West Bengal coalition); VHP =Vishal Haryana Party (Haryana regionalist, 1967-78, merged with INC-I)

Andaman and Nicobar 15 Aug 1947 Province 26 Jan 1950 Territory 1 Nov 1956 Union territory Chief commissioners 1947 - 1949 Inamul Majid 1949 - 1953 Ajoy Kumar Ghosh (b. 1908) 1953 - 1956 Sankar Nath Maitra (b. 1912) 1956 C. Ramachandran 1956 - 1958 T.G.N. Ayyar 1958 - 1961 M.V. Rajawade 1961 - 1965 B.N. Maheshwari 1965 - 1966 B.L. Chak 1966 - 1968 Mahabir Singh 1968 - 1972 H.S. Butalia 1972 - 1975 Harmander Singh 1975 - 1979 Surendra Mohan Krishnatry (b. 1921) 1979 - 1982 S.L. Sharma Lieutenant governors 12 Nov 1982 - 3 Dec 1985 Manohar L. Kampani (b. 1923) 4 Dec 1985 -25 Feb 1990 Tirath Singh Oberoi Dec 1989 - 24 Feb 1990 Romesh Bhandari (b. 1928) (did not take office)25 Feb 1990 - Dec 1990 Ranjit Singh Dayal (b. 1928 - d. 2012) Dec 1990 - 18 Mar 1993 Surjit Singh Barnala (b. 1925) 19 Mar 1993 - 18 Mar 1996 Vakkom Purushothaman (b. 1928) 19 Mar 1996 - 25 May 2001 Ishwari Prasad Gupta 26 May 2001 - 4 Jan 2004 Nagendra Nath Jha (b. 1935) 5 Jan 2004 - 30 May 2006 Ramchandra "Ram" Kapse (b. 1933) 12 Feb 2006 -29 Dec 2006 Madan Mohan Lakhera (b. 1937) (acting [for Kapse to 30 May 2006]) 29 Dec 2006 - 8 Jul 2013 Bhopinder Singh (b. 1946)8 Jul 2013 - A.K. Singh

Andhra Pradesh

1 Oct 1953 Andhra State created from part of Madras (see Tamil Nadu). 1 Nov 1956 Andhra Pradesh. Governors 1 Oct 1953 - 1 Aug 1957 Sir Chandulal Madhavlal Trivedi (b. 1893 - d. 1981) 1 Aug 1957 - 8 Sep 1962 Bhim Sen Sachar (b. 1893 - d. 1978) 8 Sep 1962 - 4 May 1964 Satyavant Mallannah Srinagesh (b. 1903 - d. 1977) 4 May 1964 - 11 Apr 1968 Pattom Thanu Pillai (b. 1885 - d. 1970) 11 Apr 1968 - 25 Jan 1975 Khandubhai Kasanji Desai (b. 1898 - d. 1975) 25 Jan 1975 - 10 Jan 1976 S. Obul Reddy (b. 1916) 10 Jan 1976 - 16 Jun 1976 Mohan Lal Sukhadia (b. 1916 - d. 1982) 16 Jun 1976 - 17 Feb 1977 R.D. Bhandare (b. 1916 - d. 1988) 17 Feb 1977 - 5 May 1977 B.J. Diwan 5 May 1977 - 15 Aug 1978 Sharada Mukherjee (f) (b. 1919) 15 Aug 1978 - 15 Aug 1983 Kochakkan Chacko Abraham (b. 1899 - d. ....) 15 Aug 1983 - 29 Aug 1984 Thakur Ram Lal (b. 1929 - d. 2002) 29 Aug 1984 - 26 Nov 1985 Shankar Dayal Sharma (b. 1918 - d. 1999) 26 Nov 1985 - 7 Feb 1990 Manishankar Kumudben Joshi (f) (b. 1934) 7 Feb 1990 - 22 Aug 1997 Krishan Kant (b. 1927 - d. 2002) 22 Aug 1997 - 24 Nov 1997 Gopala Ramanujam (b. 1915 - d. 2001) 24 Nov 1997 - 3 Jan 2003 Chakravarti Rangarajan (b. 1932?) 3 Jan 2003 - 4 Nov 2004 Surjit Singh Barnala (b. 1925) 4 Nov 2004 - 29 Jan 2006 Sushil Kumar Shinde (b. 1941) 29 Jan 2006 - 22 Aug 2007 Rameshwar Thakur (b. 1927)22 Aug 2007 - 27 Dec 2009 Narain Dutt Tiwari (b. 1925)27 Dec 2009 - E.S.L. Narasimhan (b. 1945)Chief ministers 1 Oct 1953 - 15 Nov 1954 Tanguturi Prakasam (b. 1872 - d. 1957) INC 15 Nov 1954 - 28 Mar 1955 President's rule 28 Mar 1955 - 1 Nov 1956 Bezawada Gopala Reddy (b. 1907 - d. 1997) INC 1 Nov 1956 - 11 Jan 1960 Neelam Sanjiva Reddy (1st time) (b. 1913 - d. 1996) INC 11 Jan 1960 - 12 Mar 1962 Damodaram Sanjivayya (b. 1921 - d. 1972) INC 12 Mar 1962 - 29 Feb 1964 Neelam Sanjiva Reddy (2nd time) (s.a.) INC 29 Feb 1964 - 30 Sep 1971 Kasu Brahmananda Reddy (b. 1909 - d. 1994) INC 30 Sep 1971 - 10 Jan 1973 P.V. Narasimha Rao (b. 1921 - d. 2004) INC 10 Jan 1973 - 10 Dec 1973 President's rule 10 Dec 1973 - 6 Mar 1978 Jalagam Vengala Rao (b. 1921 - d. 1999) INC 6 Mar 1978 - 11 Oct 1980 Marri Channa Reddy (1st time) (b. 1919 - d. 1996) INC-I 11 Oct 1980 - 24 Feb 1982 Tanguturi Anjaiah (b. 1919 - d. 1986) INC-I 24 Feb 1982 - 20 Sep 1982 Bhabaram Venkataram Reddy (b. 1931 - d. 2002) INC-I 20 Sep 1982 - 9 Jan 1983 Kotla Vijaya Bhaskara Reddy (b. 1920 - d. 2001) INC-I (1st time) 9 Jan 1983 - 16 Aug 1984 Nandamun T. Rama Rao (1st time) (b. 1923 - d. 1996) TDP 16 Aug 1984 - 16 Sep 1984 Nadendla Bhaskara Rao (b. 1935) INC 16 Sep 1984 - 3 Dec 1989 Nandamun T. Rama Rao (2nd time) (s.a.) TDP 3 Dec 1989 - 17 Dec 1990 Marri Channa Reddy (2nd time) (s.a.) INC 17 Dec 1990 - 9 Oct 1992 N. Janardhan Reddy (b. 1953) INC 9 Oct 1992 - 12 Dec 1994 Kotla Vijaya Bhaskara Reddy (s.a.) INC (2nd time) 12 Dec 1994 - 1 Sep 1995 Nandamun T. Rama Rao (3rd time) (s.a.) TDP 1 Sep 1995 - 14 May 2004 Nara Chandrababu Naidu (b. 1950) TDP 14 May 2004 - 2 Sep 2009 Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy (b. 1949 - d. 2009) INC2 Sep 2009 - 25 Nov 2010 Konijeti Rosaiah (b. 1933) INC25 Nov 2010 - Nallari Kiran Kumar Reddy (b. 1960) INC

Hyderabad 17 Sep 1948India military occupies Hyderabad. 24 Nov 1949 Accession to India agreed to as of Indian Republic Day. 26 Jan 1950 State 1 Nov 1956 Part of Andhra Pradesh State. Military governor 17 Sep 1948 - Dec 1949 Joyanto Nath Chaudhuri (b. 1908 - d. 1983) Mil Rajpramukh 26 Jan 1950 - 31 Oct 1956 Fath Jang Mir Osman Ali Khan (b. 1886 - d. 1967) Chief ministers 26 Jan 1950 - 6 Mar 1952 M.K. Vellodi (b. 1896 - d. ....) INC 6 Mar 1952 - 31 Oct 1956 Burgula Ramakrishna Rao (b. 1899 - d. 1967) INC

Arunachal Pradesh

21 Jan 1972 Union territory created from part of Assam. 20 Feb 1987 State Chief commissioners 20 Jan 1972 - 1973 K.A.A. Raja 1974 - 1975 Manohar L. Kampani (b. 1923) Lieutenant governors 15 Aug 1975 - 18 Jan 1979 K.A.A. Raja 18 Jan 1979 - 23 Jul 1981 Ramdas Narayan Haldipur (b. 1921 - d. 2003) 23 Jul 1981 - 10 Aug 1983 H.S. Dubey 10 Aug 1983 - 21 Nov 1985 Thanjavelu Rajeshwar (b. 1926) 21 Nov 1985 - 20 Feb 1987 Shiva Swaroop Governors 20 Feb 1987 - 19 Mar 1987 Bhishma Narain Singh (acting) (b. 1933) 19 Mar 1987 - 17 Mar 1990 R.D. Pradhan 17 Mar 1990 - 9 May 1990 Gopal Singh (acting) (b. 1919) 9 May 1990 - 17 Mar 1991 D.D. Thakur (acting) 17 Mar 1991 - 26 Mar 1991 Loknath Mishra (acting) (b. 1920? - d. 2009) 26 Mar 1991 - 5 Jul 1993 Surendra Nath Dwivedi (b. 1913 - d. 2001) 5 Jul 1993 - 21 Oct 1993 Madhukar Dighe (acting) 21 Oct 1993 - 17 May 1999 Mata Prasad 17 May 1999 - 2 Aug 1999 S.K. Sinha (b. 1926) 2 Aug 1999 - 13 Jun 2003 Arvind Dave (b. 1940) 13 Jun 2003 - 16 Dec 2004 Vinod Chandra Pande (b. 1932 - d. 2005) 16 Dec 2004 -4 Sep 2007Shilendra Kumar Singh (b. 1932 - d. 2009)4 Sep 2007 - 27 Jan 2008 K. Sankaranarayanan (b. 1932)27 Jan 2008 - 29 May 2013 Joginder Jaswant Singh (b. 1945)29 May 2013 - Nirbhay Sharma (b. 1947?)

Chief ministers 13 Aug 1975 - 18 Sep 1979 Prem Khandu Thungon INC 18 Sep 1979 - 3 Nov 1979 Tomo Riba (b. 1937 - d. 2000) PPAP 3 Nov 1979 - 18 Jan 1980 President's rule 18 Jan 1980 - 19 Jan 1999 Gegong Apang (1st time) (b. 1947) INC:1996 AC 19 Jan 1999 - 3 Aug 2003 Mukut Mithi (b. 1954) AC-M 3 Aug 2003 - 9 Apr 2007 Gegong Apang (2nd time) (s.a.) BJP:2004 INC9 Apr 2007 - 30 Apr 2011 Dorjee Khandu (b. 1955 - d. 2011) INC5 May 2011 - 1 Nov 2011 Jarbom Gamlin (b. 1961) INC1 Nov 2011 - Nabam Tuki (b. 1964) INC

Assam

15 Aug 1947 Province 26 Jan 1950 State Governors 15 Aug 1947 - 28 Dec 1948 Sir Muhammad Salid Akbar Hydari (b. 1894 - d. 1948) 30 Dec 1948 - 16 Feb 1949 Sir Ronald Francis Lodge (acting) (b. 1889 - d. 1960) 16 Feb 1949 - 27 May 1950 Sri Prakasa (b. 1890 - d. 1971) 27 May 1950 - 15 May 1956 Jairamdas Daulatram (b. 1891 - d. 1979) 15 May 1956 - 22 Aug 1959 Sir Saiyid Fazl Ali (b. 1886 - d. 1959) 23 Aug 1959 - 14 Oct 1959 Chandreswar Prasad 14 Oct 1959 - 12 Nov 1960 Satyavant Mallannah Srinagesh (b. 1903 - d. 1977) (1st time) 12 Nov 1960 - 13 Jan 1961 Vishnu Sahay (1st time) 13 Jan 1961 - 7 Sep 1962 Satyavant Mallannah Srinagesh (s.a.) (2nd time) 7 Sep 1962 - 17 Apr 1968 Vishnu Sahay (2nd time) 17 Apr 1968 - 19 Sep 1973 Braj Kumar Nehru (b. 1909 - d. 2001) 19 Sep 1973 - 10 Aug 1981 Lallan Prasad Singh (b. 1912 - d. 1998) 10 Aug 1981 - 28 Mar 1984 Prakash Chandra Mehrotra (b. 1925) 28 Mar 1984 - 15 Apr 1984 Triveni Sahai Misra 15 Apr 1985 - 10 May 1989 Bhishma Narain Singh (b. 1933) 10 May 1989 - 21 Jul 1989 Harideo Joshi (b. 1921 - d. 1995) 21 Jul 1989 - 2 May 1990 Anisetti Roghuvir 2 May 1990 - 17 Mar 1991 D.D. Thakur 17 Mar 1991 - 1 Sep 1997 Loknath Mishra (b. 1920? - d. 2009) 1 Sep 1997 - 21 Apr 2003 S.K. Sinha (b. 1926) 21 Apr 2003 - 5 Jun 2003 Arvind Dave (b. 1940) 5 Jun 2003 - 4 Jul 2008 Ajai Singh (b. 1935)4 Jul 2008 - 25 Jun 2009 Shiv Charan Mathur (b. 1926 - d. 2009)26 Jun 2009 - 27 Jul 2009 K. Sankaranarayanan (b. 1932)27 Jul 2009 - 11 Dec 2009 Syed Sibtey Razi (b. 1939)11 Dec 2009 - Janaki Ballabh Patnaik (b. 1927)Chief ministers 15 Aug 1947 - 6 Aug 1950 Srijut Gopinath Bardoloi (b. 1891 - d. 1950) INC 9 Aug 1950 - 28 Dec 1957 Bishnuram Medhi (b. 1888 - d. 1981) INC 28 Dec 1957 - 6 Nov 1970 Bimali Prasad Chaliha (b. 1912 - d. 1971) INC 11 Nov 1970 - 31 Jan 1972 Mahendra Mohan Choudhury (b. 1908 - d. 1983) INC 31 Jan 1972 - 12 Mar 1978 Sarat Chandra Sinha (b. 1914 - d. 2005) INC 12 Mar 1978 - 4 Sep 1979 Golap Borbora (b. 1926 - d. 2006) JP 9 Sep 1979 - 11 Dec 1979 Jogendra Nath Hazarika (b. 1924 - d. ....) JP 11 Dec 1979 - 12 Dec 1980 President's rule 12 Dec 1980 - 29 Jun 1981 Anwara Taimur (f) (b. 1936) INC 29 Jun 1981 - 13 Jan 1982 President's rule 13 Jan 1982 - 19 Mar 1982 Keshav Chandra Gogoi (b. 1922? - d. 1998) INC 27 Feb 1983 - 24 Dec 1985 Hiteshwar Saikia (1st time) (b. 1934 - d. 1996) INC 24 Dec 1985 - 27 Nov 1990 Prafulla Kumar Mahanta (1st time) (b. 1952) AGP 27 Nov 1990 - 30 Jun 1991 President's rule 30 Jun 1991 - 22 Apr 1996 Hiteshwar Saikia (2nd time) (s.a.) INC 22 Apr 1996 - 15 May 1996 Bhumidhar Barman (b. 1931) INC 15 May 1996 - 18 May 2001 Prafulla Kumar Mahanta (2nd time) (s.a.) AGP 18 May 2001 - Tarun Gogoi (b. 1936) INC

Assam Separatist Flag

Bihar 15 Aug 1947 Province 26 Jan 1950 State Governors 1947 Jairamdas Daulatram (b. 1891 - d. 1979) 12 Jan 1948 - 16 Jun 1952 Madhavrao Srihari Aney (b. 1880 - d. 1968) 16 Jun 1952 - 1957 Ranganath Ramachandra Diwakar (b. 1894 - d. 1990) 1957 - 12 May 1962 Zakir Husain (b. 1897 - d. 1969) 12 May 1962 - Dec 1967 M. Ananthasayanam Ayyangar (b. 1881 - d. 1978) Dec 1967 - 1 Feb 1971 Nityanand Kanungo (b. 1900 - d. 1988) 1 Feb 1971 - Feb 1973 Dev Kanth Borooah (b. 1914 - d. 1996) 1974 - Jun 1976 R.D. Bhandare (b. 1916 - d. 1988) Jun 1976 - 11 Sep 1979 Jagannath Kaushal (b. 1915 - d. 2001) 11 Sep 1979 - 1985 Akhlaqur Rahman Kidwai (1st time) (b. 1920) 1985 - Feb 1988 Pendekanti Venkatasubbaiah (b. 1921 - d. ....) Feb 1988 - 1989 Govind Narayan Singh (b. 1920 - d. 2005) 1989 - Feb 1990 Jagannath Pahadia (b. 1932) Feb 1990 - Feb 1991 Mohammad Yunus Saleem (b. 1912 - d. 2004) Feb 1991 - 1991 B. Satyanarayan Reddy (b. 1927 - d. 2012) 1991 - Aug 1993 Mohammed Shafi Qureshi (b. 1929) Aug 1993 - Apr 1998 Akhlaqur Rahman Kidwai (2nd time) (s.a.) 27 Apr 1998 - 15 Mar 1999 Sunder Singh Bhandari (b. 1921 - d. 2005) 15 Mar 1999 - 6 Oct 1999 Brij Mohan Lal (acting) (b. 1937) 6 Oct 1999 - 23 Nov 1999 Suraj Bhan (b. 1928 - d. 2006) 23 Nov 1999 - 12 Jun 2003 Vinod Chandra Pande (b. 1932 - d. 2005) 12 Jun 2003 - 1 Nov 2004 M. Rama Jois (b. 1931) 1 Nov 2004 - 5 Nov 2004 Ved Marwah (b. 1932) 5 Nov 2004 - 31 Jan 2006 Buta Singh (b. 1934) 31 Jan 2006 - 22 Jun 2006 Gopalkrishna Gandhi (b. 1945) 22 Jun 2006 - 10 Jul 2008 R.S. Gavai (b. 1929)10 Jul 2008 - 29 Jun 2009 Raghunandan Lal Bhatia (b. 1921)29 Jun 2009 - 22 Mar 2013 Devanand Konwar (b. 1935?)22 Mar 2013 - D.Y. Patil (b. 1935)

Chief ministers 15 Aug 1947 - 31 Jan 1961 Srikrishna Sinha (b. 1888 - d. 1961) INC 31 Jan 1961 - 18 Feb 1961 Deep Narayan Singh (d. 1977) INC 18 Feb 1961 - 1 Oct 1963 Pandit Binodananda Jha (b. 1900 - d. 1971) INC 1 Oct 1963 - 5 Mar 1967 Krishna Ballabh Sahay (b. 1898 - d. 1974) INC 5 Mar 1967 - 28 Jan 1968 Mahamaya Prasad Sinha (b. 1909) SD 28 Jan 1968 - 1 Feb 1968 Satish Prasad Sinha SD 1 Feb 1968 - 23 Feb 1968 Bindeyyeshwari Prasad Mandal (b. 1918 - d. 1982) SD 23 Feb 1968 - 29 Jun 1968 Bhola Paswan Shastri (1st time) (b. 1914 - d. 1985) INC 29 Jun 1968 29 Feb 1968 President's rule 29 Feb 1969 - 22 Jun 1969 Harihar Prasad Singh (b. 1899? - d. 19..) INC 22 Jun 1969 - 4 Jul 1969 Bhola Paswan Shastri (2nd time) (s.a.) INC 4 Jul 1969 - 16 Feb 1970 President's rule 16 Feb 1970 - 22 Dec 1970 Daroga Prasad Rai (b. 1922 - d. 1981) INC 22 Dec 1970 - 2 Jun 1971 Karpoori Thakur (1st time) (b. 1924 - d. 1988) BKD 2 Jun 1971 - 9 Jan 1972 Bhola Paswan Shastri (3rd time) (s.a.) INC 9 Jan 1972 - 19 Mar 1972 President's rule 19 Mar 1972 - 2 Jul 1973 Kedar Pandey (b. 1920 - d. 19..) INC 2 Jul 1973 - 11 Apr 1975 Abdul Ghafoor (b. 1918 - d. 2004) INC 11 Apr 1975 - 30 Apr 1977 Jagannath Mishra (1st time) (b. 1937) INC 30 Apr 1977 - 24 Jun 1977 President's rule 24 Jun 1977 - 21 Apr 1979 Karpoori Thakur (2nd time) (s.a.) JP 21 Apr 1979 - 17 Feb 1980 Ram Sundar Das (b. 1923) JP 17 Feb 1980 - 8 Jun 1980 President's rule 8 Jun 1980 - 14 Aug 1983 Jagannath Mishra (2nd time) (s.a.) INC-I 14 Aug 1983 - 25 Mar 1985 Chandra Shekhar Singh (b. 1927 - d. 2007) INC-I 25 Mar 1985 - 14 Feb 1988 Bindeshwari Dubey (b. 1921 - d. 1993) INC 14 Feb 1988 - 11 Mar 1989 Bhagwat Jha Azad INC 11 Mar 1989 - 6 Dec 1989 Satyendra Narain Sinha (b. 1917 - d. 2006) INC 6 Dec 1989 - 10 Mar 1990 Jagannath Mishra (3rd time) (s.a.) INC 10 Mar 1990 - 28 Mar 1995 Laloo Prasad Yadav (1st time) (b. 1948) JD 28 Mar 1995 - 4 Apr 1995 President's rule 4 Apr 1995 - 25 Jul 1997 Laloo Prasad Yadav (2nd time) (s.a.) JD 25 Jul 1997 - 12 Feb 1999 Rabri Devi Yadav (f)(1st time) (b. 1959) RJD 12 Feb 1999 - 8 Mar 1999 President's rule 9 Mar 1999 - 3 Mar 2000 Rabri Devi Yadav (f)(2nd time) (s.a.) RJD 3 Mar 2000 - 10 Mar 2000 Nitish Kumar (1st time) (b. 1951) JD 10 Mar 2000 - 7 Mar 2005 Rabri Devi Yadav (f)(3rd time) (s.a.) RJD 7 Mar 2005 - 24 Nov 2005 President's rule 24 Nov 2005 - Nitish Kumar (2nd time) (s.a.) JD-U

Chandigarh

1 Nov 1966 Union territory created from part of Punjab. Chief Commissioners 1 Nov 1966 - 31 Oct 1968 Mohinder Singh Randhawa (b. 1909 - d. 1988) 31 Oct 1968 - 8 Apr 1969 Damodar Dass 8 Apr 1969 - 1 Sep 1972 B.P. Bagchi 1 Sep 1972 - Dec 1975 Mohan Prakash Mathur (b. 1908) Dec 1975 - 15 Jun 1976 G.P. Gupta 15 Jun 1976 - Jun 1978 T.N. Chaturvedi (b. 1928) Jun 1978 - 19 Jul 1980 J.C. Agrawal 19 Jul 1980 - 8 Mar 1982 B.S. Sarao 8 Mar 1982 - 2 Jun 1984 Krishna Banerji (1st time) 2 Jun 1984 - 2 Aug 1984 the governor of Punjab as administrator 2 Aug 1984 - 30 May 1985 Krishna Banerji (2nd time) 30 May 1985 - the governors of Punjab as administrators

Chhattisgarh

15 Aug 1947 Province 1 Jan 1948 Part of Central Provinces and Berar (later Madhya Pradesh). 1 Nov 2000 State Chief commissioner 1947 - 1 Jan 1948 S.N. Mehta (b. 1904) Governors 1 Nov 2000 - 2 Jun 2003 Dinesh Nandan Sahay (b. 1936) 2 Jun 2003 - 25 Jan 2007 Krishna Mohan Seth (b. 1939)25 Jan 2007 -23 Jan 2010 E.S.L. Narasimhan (b. 1945)23 Jan 2010 - Shekhar Dutt (b. 1945)

Chief ministers 1 Nov 2000 - 7 Dec 2003 Ajit Jogi (b. 1946) INC 7 Dec 2003 - Raman Singh (b. 1952) BJP

Dadra and Nagar-Haveli

22 Jul 1954 Dadra liberated by Indian nationalists.2 Aug 1954 Nagar Haveli liberated by Indian nationalists.15 Aug 1954 End of Portuguese rule (Free Dadra and Nagar Haveli). 11 Aug 1961 Union territory of Dadra and Nagar-Haveli. Administrators 22 Jul 1954 - Aug 1954 R.V. Mudras (in Dadra)Aug 1954 - 15 Aug 1954 Vishwanath Lawande (b. 1924? - d. 1998) 15 Aug 1954 - May 1955 Appasaheb Karmalkar (Atmaram Narsinh) May 1955 - 17 Oct 1960 Antonio Furtado17 Oct 1960 - 8 Jun 1962 K.G. Badlani (b. 1921)8 Jun 1962 - 2 Sep 1963 Tumkur Sivasankar (b. 1902) 2 Sep 1963 - 8 Dec 1964 M.R. Sachdev 12 Dec 1964 - 24 Feb 1965 Hari Sharma (b. 1910) 24 Feb 1965 - 18 Apr 1967 Kashinath Raghunath Damle (b. 1906) 18 Apr 1967 - 16 Nov 1972 Nakul Sen 16 Nov 1972 - 16 Nov 1977 S.K. Banerjee (b. 1913) 16 Nov 1977 - 31 Mar 1981 Pratap Singh Gill (b. 1916 - d. 2000) 31 Mar 1981 - 30 Aug 1982 Jagmohan (b. 1927) 30 Aug 1982 - 24 Feb 1983 Idris Hasan Latif (1st time) (b. 1923) (acting) 24 Feb 1983 - 4 Jul 1984 Kershasp Tehmurasp Satarawala (b. 1916 - d. 2001) 4 Jul 1984 - 24 Sep 1984 Idris Hasan Latif (2nd time) (s.a.) (acting) 24 Sep 1984 - 18 Jul 1989 Gopal Singh (b. 1919) 18 Jul 1989 - 25 Mar 1991 Khurshid Alam Khan (b. 1919 - d. 2013) 25 Mar 1991 - 16 Mar 1992 Bhanu Prakash Singh (b. 1929) 16 Mar 1992 - 28 Mar 1994 K.S. Baidwan 28 Mar 1994 - 15 Jul 1995 Ramesh Chandra 15 Jul 1995 - 26 Jun 1998 S.P. Aggarwal 26 Jun 1998 - 23 Feb 1999 Ramesh Negi (1st time) (acting) 23 Feb 1999 - 23 Apr 1999 Sanat Kaul 23 Apr 1999 - 19 Jul 1999 Ramesh Negi (2nd time) (acting) 19 Jul 1999 - 12 Nov 2002 O.P. Kelkar12 Nov 2002 - 16 Nov 2005 Arun Mathur16 Nov 2005 - 26 May 2006 V.K. Singh26 May 2006 - 1 Jun 2006 Dharmendra1 Jun 2006 - 29 Jan 2008 R.K. Verma29 Jan 2008 - 7 Mar 2011 Satya Gopal (b. 1962)7 Mar 2011 - Narendra Kumar (b. 1957)

Daman and Diu

19 Dec 1961 Goa, Daman, and Diu occupied by India. 16 Mar 1962 Annexed by India (recognized by Portugal for Diu 1974 and 1978 for Daman); Goa, Daman, and Diu Union Territory (see Goa). 30 May 1987 Separate Union Territory of Daman and Diu. Administrators 30 May 1987 - the administrators of Dadra and Nagar Haveli

Delhi

15 Aug 1947 Province 26 Jan 1950 State 1 Nov 1956 Union territory 1 Feb 1992 National Capital Territory of Delhi Chief commissioners 1948 - 1954 Shankar Prasada (b. 1905) 1954 - 1959 Anand Dattahaya Pandit (b. 1909) 1959 - 1963 Bhagwan Sahay (b. 1905) 1963 - 1964 Dharma Vira (b. 1906 - d. 2000)1964 - 7 Sep 1966 Venkata Vishwanathan (b. 1909) 7 Sep 1966 - 1 Nov 1966 Adity Nath Jha (b. 1911) Lieutenant governors 1 Nov 1966 - 1970 Adity Nath Jha (s.a.) 1970 - 1971 M.C. Pimputkar 1971 - 1974 Baleshwar Prasad (b. 1914) 1974 - 1978 Krishan Chand 1978 - 1979 Dalip Rai Kohli Feb 1980 - 1981 Jagmohan (1st time) (b. 1927) 1981 - Sep 1982 Sundar Lal Khurana (b. 1919) Sep 1982 - Mar 1984 Jagmohan (2nd time) (s.a.) Mar 1984 - Nov 1984 P.G. Gavai Nov 1984 - Nov 1985 Mohan M.K. Wali Nov 1985 - Aug 1988 Harkishan Lal Kapoor (b. 1923?) Aug 1988 - Dec 1989 Romesh Bhandari (b. 1928) Dec 1989 - Dec 1990 Arjun Singh (b. 1930 - d. 2011) Dec 1990 - 1992 Markandey Singh (b. 1925? - d. 2007)4 May 1992 - 4 Jan 1997 Prasannabhai Karunashankar Dave 4 Jan 1997 - 20 Apr 1998 Tejendra Khanna (1st time) (b. 1938)20 Apr 1998 - 9 Jun 2004 Vijai Kapoor (b. 1938) 9 Jun 2004 - 9 Apr 2007 B.L. Joshi (b. 1934)9 Apr 2007 - 9 Jul 2013 Tejendra Khanna (2nd time) (s.a.)9 Jul 2013 - Najeeb Jung (b. 1951)

Chief ministers 17 Mar 1952 - 12 Feb 1955 Chaudhary Brahm Prakash (b. 1918 - d. 1993) INC 12 Feb 1955 - Nov 1956 G.N. Singh INC Nov 1956 - 2 Dec 1993 President's rule 2 Dec 1993 - 26 Feb 1996 Madan Lal Khurana (b. 1936) BJP 26 Feb 1996 - 12 Oct 1998 Sahib Singh Verma (b. 1943 - d. 2007) BJP 12 Oct 1998 - 3 Dec 1998 Sushma Swaraj (f) (b. 1952) BJP 3 Dec 1998 - Sheila Dikshit (f) (b. 1938) INC

Goa

19 Dec 1961 Goa, Daman, and Diu occupied by India. 16 Mar 1962 Annexed by India (recognized by Portugal in 1974); Goa, Daman, and Diu Union Territory. 30 May 1987 Split into Goa state and Daman and Diu union territory. Military Governor 19 Dec 1961 - 6 Jun 1962 Kenneth P. Candeth (b. 1916 - d. 2003) Lieutenant governors 7 Jun 1962 - 2 Sep 1963 Tumkur Sivasankar (b. 1902) 2 Sep 1963 - 8 Dec 1964 M.R. Sachdev 12 Dec 1964 - 24 Feb 1965 Hari Sharma (b. 1910) 24 Feb 1965 - 18 Apr 1967 Kashinath Raghunath Damle (b. 1906) 18 Apr 1967 - 16 Nov 1972 Nakul Sen 16 Nov 1972 - 16 Nov 1977 S.K. Banerjee (b. 1913) 16 Nov 1977 - 31 Mar 1981 Pratap Singh Gill (b. 1916 - d. 2000) 31 Mar 1981 - 30 Aug 1982 Jagmohan (b. 1927) 30 Aug 1982 - 24 Feb 1983 Idris Hasan Latif (1st time) (b. 1923) (acting) 24 Feb 1983 - 3 Jul 1984 Kershasp Tehmurasp Satarawala (b. 1916 - d. 2001) 4 Jul 1984 - 24 Sep 1984 Idris Hasan Latif (2nd time) (s.a.) (acting) 24 Sep 1984 - 29 May 1987 Gopal Singh (b. 1919) Governors 30 May 1987 - 18 Jul 1989 Gopal Singh (s.a.) 18 Jul 1989 - 18 Mar 1991 Khurshid Alam Khan (b. 1919 - d. 2013) 18 Mar 1991 - 4 Apr 1994 Bhanu Prakash Singh (b. 1929) 4 Apr 1994 - 4 Aug 1994 B. Rachaiah (b. 1922 - d. 2000) 4 Aug 1994 - 16 Jun 1995 Gopala Ramanujam (b. 1915 - d. 2001) 16 Jun 1995 - 19 Jul 1996 Romesh Bhandari (b. 1928) 19 Jul 1996 - 16 Jan 1998 P. Cherian Alexander (b. 1921 - d. 2011) 16 Jan 1998 - 19 Apr 1998 Tumkur Ramaiya Satish Chandran (b. 1929) 19 Apr 1998 - 26 Nov 1999 Jack Frederick Ralph Jacob (b. 1921) 26 Nov 1999 - 26 Oct 2002 Mohammed Fazal (1st time) (b. 1922) 26 Oct 2002 - 2 Jul 2004 Kidar Nath Sahani (b. 1926 - d. 2012) 2 Jul 2004 - 17 Jul 2004 Mohammed Fazal (2nd time) (s.a.) 17 Jul 2004 - 21 Jul 2008 S. Chubatoshi Jamir (b. 1931)21 Jul 2008 - 8 Sep 2011 Shivinder Singh Sidhu (b. 1929)8 Sep 2011 - 4 May 2012 K. Sankaranarayanan (b. 1932)4 May 2012 - B.V. Wanchoo (b. 1951)Chief ministers 8 Jun 1962 - 2 Dec 1966 Dayanand B. Bandodkar (1st time) (b. 1911 - d. 1973) MG 2 Dec 1966 - 5 Apr 1967 President's rule 5 Apr 1967 - 12 Aug 1973 Dayanand B. Bandodkar (2nd time) (s.a.) MG 12 Aug 1973 - 27 Apr 1979 Shashikala G. Kakodkar (f) (b. 1935) MG 27 Apr 1979 - 16 Jan 1980 President's rule 16 Jan 1980 - 27 Mar 1990 Pratapsing Rane (1st time) (b. 1939) INC 27 Mar 1990 - 14 Apr 1990 Churchill Braz Alemao (b. 1949) PDF 14 Apr 1990 - 14 Dec 1990 Luis Proto Barbosa (b. 1927 - d. 2011) INC 14 Dec 1990 - 25 Jan 1991 President's rule 25 Jan 1991 - 18 May 1993 Ravi S. Naik (1st time) (b. 1946) INC 18 May 1993 - 2 Apr 1994 Wilfred D'Souza (1st time) (b. 1927) INC 2 Apr 1994 - 8 Apr 1994 Ravi S. Naik (2nd time) (s.a.) INC 8 Apr 1994 - 16 Dec 1994 Wilfred D'Souza (2nd time) (s.a.) INC 16 Dec 1994 - 30 Jul 1998 Pratapsing Rane (2nd time) (s.a.) INC 30 Jul 1998 - 26 Nov 1998 Wilfred D'Souza (3rd time) (s.a.) GRCP 26 Nov 1998 - 9 Feb 1999 Luizinho Faleiro (1st time) (b. 1951) INC9 Feb 1999 - 9 Jun 1999 President's rule 9 Jun 1999 - 24 Nov 1999 Luizinho Faleiro (2nd time) (s.a.) INC 24 Nov 1999 - 24 Oct 2000 Francisco Sardinha (b. 1946) GPC 24 Oct 2000 - 2 Feb 2005 Manohar Parrikar (1st time) (b. 1955) BJP 2 Feb 2005 - 4 Mar 2005 Pratapsing Rane (3rd time) (s.a.) INC 4 Mar 2005 - 7 Jun 2005 President's rule 7 Jun 2005 - 8 Jun 2007 Pratapsing Rane (4th time) (s.a.) INC 8 Jun 2007 -9 Mar 2012 Digambar Kamat (b. 1954) INC9 Mar 2012 - Manohar Parrikar (2nd time) (s.a.) BJP

Gujarat

1 May 1960 Gujarat created from part of Bombay state (see Maharashtra). Governors 1 May 1960 - 1 Aug 1965 Mehdi Nawaz Jung (b. 1894 - d. 1967) 1 Aug 1965 - 7 Dec 1967 Nityanand Kanungo (b. 1900 - d. 1988) 7 Dec 1967 - 26 Dec 1967 P.N. Bhagwati (1st time) (acting) (b. 1921) 26 Dec 1967 - 17 Mar 1973 Shriman Narayan (b. 1912 - d. 1978) 17 Mar 1973 - 4 Apr 1973 P.N. Bhagwati (2nd time) (acting) (s.a.) 4 Apr 1973 - 14 Aug 1978 Kambanthodath Kunhan Vishwanatham (b. 1914) 14 Aug 1978 - 6 Aug 1983 Sharada Mukherjee (f) (b. 1919) 6 Aug 1983 - 26 Apr 1984 Kizhekethil Mathew Chandy (b. 1920 - d. 1998) 26 Apr 1984 - 26 Feb 1986 Braj Kumar Nehru (b. 1909 - d. 2001) 26 Feb 1986 - 2 May 1990 Ram Krishna Trivedi (b. 1921) 2 May 1990 - 21 Dec 1990 Mahipal Shastri (b. 1924) 21 Dec 1990 - 1 Jul 1995 Sarup Singh (b. 1917 - d. 2003) 1 Jul 1995 - 1 Mar 1996 Naresh Chandra (b. 1936) 1 Mar 1996 - 25 Apr 1998 Krishna Pal Singh (b. 1922 - d. 1999) 25 Apr 1998 - 16 Jan 1999 Anshuman Singh (b. 1935) 16 Jan 1999 - 18 Mar 1999 K.G. Balakrishnan (acting) (b. 1945) 18 Mar 1999 - 7 May 2003 Sunder Singh Bhandari (b. 1921 - d. 2005) 7 May 2003 - 2 Jul 2004 Kailashpati Mishra (b. 1926 - d. 2012) 2 Jul 2004 - 24 Jul 2004 Balram Jakhar (b. 1923) 24 Jul 2004 - 30 Jul 2009 Nawal Kishore Sharma (b. 1925 - d. 2012)30 Jul 2009 - 27 Nov 2009 S. Chubatoshi Jamir (b. 1931)27 Nov 2009 - Kamla Beniwal (f) (b. 1927)Chief ministers 1 May 1960 - 18 Sep 1963 Jivraj N. Mehta (b. 1887 - d. 1977) INC 18 Sep 1963 - 19 Sep 1965 Balwantrai Mehta (b. 1899 - d. 1965) INC 19 Sep 1965 - 1 Oct 1965 President's rule 1 Oct 1965 - 13 May 1971 Hitendra Kanaiyalal Desai (b. 1915 - d. 1993) INC 13 May 1971 - 17 Aug 1972 President's rule 17 Aug 1972 - 20 Jul 1973 Ganshyam Bhai Oza (b. 1911 - d. 2002) INC 20 Jul 1973 - 9 Feb 1974 Chimanbhai Patel (1st time) (b. 1929 - d. 1994) INC 9 Feb 1974 - 18 Jun 1975 President's rule 18 Jun 1975 - 12 Mar 1976 Babhubai Jashbai Patel (1st time) (b. 1911 - d. 2002) JP 12 Mar 1976 - 24 Dec 1976 President's rule 24 Dec 1976 - 11 Apr 1977 Madhav Sinh Solanki (1st time) (b. 1927) INC 11 Apr 1977 - 17 Feb 1980 Babhubai Jashbai Patel (2nd time) (s.a.) JP 17 Feb 1980 - 7 Jun 1980 President's rule 7 Jun 1980 - 6 Aug 1985 Madhav Sinh Solanki (2nd time) (s.a.) INC-I 6 Aug 1985 - 10 Dec 1989 Amarsinh Chaudhury (b. 1941 - d. 2004) INC 10 Dec 1989 - 4 Mar 1990 Madhavsinh Solanki (3rd time) (s.a.) INC-I 4 Mar 1990 - 17 Feb 1994 Chimanbhai Patel (2nd time) (s.a.) JP 17 Feb 1994 - 14 Mar 1995 Chhabildas Mehta (b. 1925 - d. 2008) JD 19 Mar 1995 - 21 Oct 1995 Keshubhai Patel (1st time) (b. 1929) BJP 21 Oct 1995 - 19 Sep 1996 Suresh Chandra Mehta (b. 1936) BJP 19 Sep 1996 - 28 Oct 1996 President's rule 28 Oct 1996 - 28 Oct 1997 Shankersinh Vaghela (b. 1940) RJP28 Oct 1997 - 4 Mar 1998 Dilip Parikh (b. 1937) RJP4 Mar 1998 - 7 Oct 2001 Keshubhai Patel (2nd time) (s.a.) BJP 7 Oct 2001 - Narendra Modi (b. 1950) BJP

Kutch 1948 Province 26 Jan 1950 State 1 Nov 1956 Part of Bombay. 1 May 1960 Part of Gujarat. Chief commissioners 1 Jun 1948 - 1952 Chhotalal Khovshaldan Desai (b. 1893 - d. ....) 1952 - 1956 Sambhajirao Appasaheb Ghatge (b. 1901)

Saurashtra 1948 State 1 Nov 1956 Part of Bombay. 1 May 1960 Part of Gujarat Rajpramukhs Jun 1948 - 1948 Sir Krishnakumarsinhji Bhavsinhji (b. 1912 - d. 1965) (acting) 1948 - 31 Oct 1956 Digvijaysinhji Ranjitsinhji Jadeja (b. 1895 - d. 1966) Chief ministers 1948 - Dec 1954 Uchharangray Navalshankar Dhebar (b. 1905 - d. 1977) INC 19 Dec 1954 - 1956 Rasiklal Umedchand Parikh (b. 1910) INC

Haryana

1 Nov 1966 Haryana state created from part of Punjab. Governors 1 Nov 1966 - 15 Sep 1967 Dharma Vira (b. 1906 - d. 2000) 15 Sep 1967 - 27 Mar 1976 Birendra Narayan Chhakravarti (b. 1904 - d. 19..) 27 Mar 1976 - 14 Aug 1976 Ranjit Singh Narula (b. 1915 - d. 2005) 14 Aug 1976 - 24 Sep 1977 Jaisukh Lal Hathi (b. 1909 - d. 1982) 24 Sep 1977 - 10 Dec 1979 Harcharan Singh Brar (b. 1922 - d. 2009) 10 Dec 1979 - 28 Feb 1980 S.S. Sandhawalia (b. 1925 - d. 2007)28 Feb 1980 - 14 Jun 1984 Ganpatrao Devji Tapase (b. 1908 - d. 1991) 14 Jun 1984 - 22 Feb 1988 Saiyid Muzaffar Husain Burney (b. 1923) 22 Feb 1988 - 7 Feb 1990 Hara Anand Barari 7 Feb 1990 - 14 Jun 1995 Dhanik Lal Mandal (b. 1932) 14 Jun 1995 - 19 Jun 2000 Mahabir Prasad (b. 1939 - d. 2010) 19 Jun 2000 - 2 Jul 2004 Babu Parmanand (b. 1932) 2 Jul 2004 - 7 Jul 2004 Om Prakash Verma (b. 1937) 7 Jul 2004 - 27 Jul 2009 Akhlaqur Rahman Kidwai (b. 1920)27 Jul 2009 - Jagannath Pahadia (b. 1932)Chief ministers 1 Nov 1966 - 24 Mar 1967 Bhagwat Dayal Sharma (b. 1918 - d. 1993) INC 24 Mar 1967 - 21 Nov 1967 Rao Birendra Singh (b. 1921 - d. 2009) VHP 21 Nov 1967 - 21 May 1968 President's rule21 May 1968 - 7 Dec 1975 Bansi Lal (1st time) (b. 1927 - d. 2006) INC 7 Dec 1975 - 21 May 1977 Banarsi Das Gupta (1st time) (b. 1917 - d. 2007) INC 21 May 1977 - 28 Jun 1979 Devi Lal (1st time) (b. 1914 - d. 2001) JP 28 Jun 1979 - 5 Jul 1985 Bhajan Lal (1st time) (b. 1930 - d. 2011) JP/INC-I 5 Jul 1985 - 19 Jun 1987 Bansi Lal (2nd time) (s.a.) JD 19 Jun 1987 - 17 Jul 1987 President's rule17 Jul 1987 - 2 Dec 1989 Devi Lal (2nd time) (s.a.) JP 2 Dec 1989 - 22 May 1990 Om Prakash Chautala (1st time) (b. 1935) JD 22 May 1990 - 12 Jul 1990 Banarsi Das Gupta (2nd time) (s.a.) INC 12 Jul 1990 - 17 Jul 1990 Om Prakash Chautala (2nd time) (s.a.) JD 17 Jul 1990 - 22 Mar 1991 Hukam Singh (b. 1926) 23 Mar 1991 - 6 Apr 1991 Om Prakash Chautala (3rd time) (s.a.) JD 6 Apr 1991 - 23 Jul 1991 President's rule 23 Jul 1991 - 11 May 1996 Bhajan Lal (2nd time) (s.a.) INC-I 11 May 1996 - 24 Jul 1999 Bansi Lal (3rd time) (s.a.) HVP24 Jul 1999 - 5 Mar 2005 Om Prakash Chautala (4th time) (s.a.) INLD5 Mar 2005 - Bhupinder Singh Hooda (b. 1947) INC

Himachal Pradesh

15 Apr 1948 Province 26 Jan 1950 State 1 Nov 1956 Union territory 25 Jan 1971 State Chief Commissioners Apr 1948 - 1951 E.P. Menon 1951 - 1952 Bhagwan Sahay (b. 1905) Lieutenant governors 1 Mar 1952 - 1 Jan 1955 M.S. Himmatsinhji (b. 1897 - d. ....) 1 Jan 1955 - 14 Aug 1963 Bajrang Bahadur Singh Bhadri 14 Aug 1963 - 26 Feb 1966 Bhagwan Sahay (s.a.) 26 Feb 1966 - 7 May 1967 Venkata Vishwanathan (b. 1909) 7 May 1967 - 16 May 1967 Om Prakash 16 May 1967 - 25 Jan 1971 Kanwar Bahadur Singh (b. 1910 - d. 2007) Governors 25 Jan 1971 - 17 Feb 1977 Subramaniam Chhakravarti (b. 1910) 17 Feb 1977 - 26 Aug 1981 Aminuddin Ahmad Khan (b. 1911 - d. 1983) 26 Aug 1981 - 16 Apr 1983 Asoka Nath Banerji (b. 1917) 16 Apr 1983 - 8 Mar 1986 Hokishe Sema (b. 1921) 8 Mar 1986 - 17 Apr 1986 Prabodh Dinkarrao Desai (acting) (b. 1930) 17 Apr 1986 - 16 Feb 1990 Rustom Khusro Shampoorjee Gandhi 16 Feb 1990 - 20 Dec 1990 B. Rachaiah (b. 1922 - d. 2000) 20 Dec 1990 - 30 Jan 1993 Virendra Verma (b. 1916 - d. 2009) 30 Jan 1993 - 11 Feb 1993 Surendra Nath (1st time) (d. 1994) 11 Feb 1993 - 30 Jun 1993 Bali Ram Bhagat (b. 1922 - d. 2011) 30 Jun 1993 - 27 Nov 1993 Gulsher Ahmed (b. 1921 - d. 2002) 27 Nov 1993 - 10 Jul 1994 Surendra Nath (2nd time) (s.a.) 10 Jul 1994 - 30 Jul 1994 Viswanathan Ratnam (b. 1932) 30 Jul 1994 - 18 Sep 1995 Sudhakarrao Naik (b. 1934 - d. 2001) 18 Sep 1995 - 17 Nov 1995 Mahabir Prasad (1st time) (b. 1939 - d. 2010)17 Nov 1995 - 23 Apr 1996 Sheila Kaul (f) (b. 1915) 23 Apr 1996 - 26 Jul 1997 Mahabir Prasad (2nd time) (s.a.) 26 Jul 1997 - 2 Dec 1999 V.S. Rama Devi (f) (b. 1934 - d. 2013) 2 Dec 1999 - 24 Nov 2000 Vishnu Kant Shastri (b. 1929 - d. 2005) 24 Nov 2000 - 8 May 2003 Suraj Bhan (b. 1928 - d. 2006) 8 May 2003 - 19 Jul 2008 Vishnu Sadashiv Kokje (b. 1939)19 Jul 2008 - 25 Jan 2010 Prabha Rau (f) (b. 1935 - d. 2010)25 Jan 2010 - Urmila Singh (f) (b. 1946)Chief ministers 8 Mar 1952 - 31 Oct 1956 Yeshwant Singh Parmar (1st time) (b. 1906 - d. 1981) INC 31 Oct 1956 - 1 Jul 1963 President's rule 1 Jul 1963 - 28 Jan 1977 Yeshwant Singh Parmar (2nd time) (s.a.) INC 28 Jan 1977 - 22 Jun 1977 Ram Lal Chauhan (1st time) (b. 1929 - d. 2002) INC 22 Jun 1977 - 14 Feb 1980 Shanta Kumar (1st time) (b. 1934) JP 14 Feb 1980 - 8 Apr 1983 Thakur Ram Lal (2nd time) (s.a.) INC 8 Apr 1983 - 5 Mar 1990 Virbhadra Singh (1st time) (b. 1934) INC 5 Mar 1990 - 3 Dec 1993 Shanta Kumar (2nd time) (s.a.) BJP 3 Dec 1993 - 24 Mar 1998 Virbhadra Singh (2nd time) (s.a.) INC 24 Mar 1998 - 6 Mar 2003 Prem Kumar Dhumal (1st time) (b. 1944) BJP 6 Mar 2003 - 30 Dec 2007 Virbhadra Singh (3rd time) (s.a.) INC30 Dec 2007 -25 Dec 2012 Prem Kumar Dhumal (2nd time) (s.a.) BJP25 Dec 2012 - Virbhadra Singh (4th time) (s.a.) INC

Bilaspur 15 Aug 1947 Province 26 Jan 1950 State 1 Jul 1954 Part of Himachal Pradesh. Chief commissioners 3 Mar 1948 - 1950 Tikka Anand Chand (b. 1913 - d. 1983) 1950 - 1952 M.S. Himmatsinhji (b. 1897 - d. ....)

Jammu and Kashmir: see under entry for India

Jharkhand

15 Nov 2000 Jharkhand state created from part of Bihar. Governors 15 Nov 2000 - 1 Feb 2002 Prabhat Kumar (b. 1940) 1 Feb 2002 - 15 Jul 2002 Vinod Chandra Pande (b. 1932 - d. 2005) 15 Jul 2002 - 12 Jun 2003 M. Rama Jois (b. 1931) 12 Jun 2003 - 10 Dec 2004 Ved Prakash Marwah (b. 1932) 10 Dec 2004 - 26 Jul 2009 Syed Sibtey Razi (b. 1939)26 Jul 2009 - 22 Jan 2010 K. Sankaranarayanan (b. 1932)22 Jan 2010 -4 Sep 2011 M.O. Hasan Farook Maricar (b. 1937 - d. 2012)4 Sep 2011 - Syed Ahmad (b. 1945)Chief ministers 15 Nov 2000 - 18 Mar 2003 Babulal Marandi (b. 1958) BJP 18 Mar 2003 - 2 Mar 2005 Arjun Munda (1st time) (b. 1968) BJP 2 Mar 2005 - 12 Mar 2005 Shibu Soren (1st time) (b. 1944) JMM 12 Mar 2005 - 18 Sep 2006 Arjun Munda (2nd time) (s.a.) BJP 18 Sep 2006 - 27 Aug 2008 Madhu Koda (b. 1971) Non-party27 Aug 2008 - 19 Jan 2009 Shibu Soren (2nd time) (s.a.) JMM19 Jan 2009 - 30 Dec 2009 President's rule30 Dec 2009 - 1 Jun 2010 Shibu Soren (3rd time) (s.a.) JMM1 Jun 2010 - 11 Sep 2010 President's rule11 Sep 2010 - 18 Jan 2013 Arjun Munda (3rd time) (s.a.) BJP18 Jan 2013 - 13 Jul 2013 President's rule13 Jul 2013 - Hemant Soren (b. 1975) JMM

Karnataka

15 Aug 1947 Mysore state 1 Nov 1973 Renamed Karnataka. Rajpramukh 1947 - 1 Nov 1956 Jayachamarajendra Wodeyar (b. 1919 - d. 1974) Governors 1 Nov 1956 - 4 May 1964 Jayachamarajendra Wodeyar (s.a.) 4 May 1964 - 2 Apr 1965 Satyavant Mallannah Srinagesh (b. 1903 - d. 1977) 2 Apr 1965 - 13 May 1967 Vaharagiri Venkata Giri (b. 1894 - d. 1980) 13 May 1967 - 30 Aug 1969 Gopal Swarup Pathak (b. 1896 - d. 1982) 23 Oct 1969 - 1 Feb 1972 Dharma Vira (b. 1906 - d. 2000) 1 Feb 1972 - 10 Jan 1976 Mohan Lal Sukhadia (b. 1916 - d. 1982) 10 Jan 1976 - 2 Aug 1977 Uma Shankar Dikshit (b. 1901 - d. 1991) 2 Aug 1977 - 15 Apr 1983 Govind Narain (b. 1916 - d. 2012) 16 Apr 1983 - 25 Feb 1988 Asoka Nath Banerji (b. 1917) 26 Feb 1988 - 5 Feb 1990 Pendekanti Venkatasubbaiah (b. 1921 - d. ....) 8 May 1990 - 6 Jan 1991 Bhanu Pratap Singh (b. 1917) 6 Jan 1991 - 2 Dec 1999 Khurshid Alam Khan (b. 1919 - d. 2013) 2 Dec 1999 - 21 Aug 2002 V.S. Rama Devi (f) (b. 1934 - d. 2013) 21 Aug 2002 - 21 Aug 2007 T.N. Chaturvedi (b. 1928)21 Aug 2007 - 29 Jun 2009 Rameshwar Thakur (b. 1927)29 Jun 2009 - Hansraj Bhardwaj (b. 1937)Chief ministers 1946 - 25 Oct 1947 Arcot Ramaswami Mudaliar (b. 1887 - d. 1976) 25 Oct 1947 - 30 Mar 1952 Kysasambally Chengalaraya Reddy (b. 1902 - d. 1976) INC 30 Mar 1952 - 19 Aug 1956 Kengal Hanumanthaiah (b. 1908 - d. 1980) INC 19 Aug 1956 - 1 Nov 1956 Kadidal Manjappa (b. 1910 - d. ....) INC 1 Nov 1956 - 16 May 1958 Siddhavvanahalli Nijalingappa (b. 1902 - d. 2000) INC (1st time) 16 May 1958 - 9 Mar 1962 Basappa Danappa Jatti (b. 1912 - d. 2002) INC 9 Mar 1962 - 14 Mar 1964 President's rule 14 Mar 1962 - 21 Jun 1962 Shivalingappa Rudrappa Kanthi INC 21 Jun 1962 - 3 Mar 1967 Siddhavvanahalli Nijalingappa (s.a.) INC (2nd time) 3 Mar 1967 - 29 May 1968 President's rule 29 May 1968 - 27 Mar 1971 Veerendra Patil (1st time) (b. 1924 - d. 1997) INC 27 Mar 1971 - 20 Mar 1972 President's rule 20 Mar 1972 - 31 Dec 1977 Devaraj Urs (1st time) (b. 1915 - d. 1982) INC 31 Dec 1977 - 28 Feb 1978 President's rule 28 Feb 1978 - 12 Jan 1980 Devaraj Urs (2nd time) (s.a.) INC 12 Jan 1980 - 10 Jan 1983 R. Gundu Rao (b. 1936 - d. 1993) INC 10 Jan 1983 - 13 Aug 1988 Ramakrishna Hegde (b. 1926 - d. 2004) JP 13 Aug 1988 - 21 Apr 1989 Somappa Royappa Bommai (b. 1924 - d. 2007) JD 21 Apr 1989 - 30 Nov 1989 President's rule 30 Nov 1989 - 10 Oct 1990 Veerendra Patil (2nd time) (s.a.) INC 10 Oct 1990 - 17 Oct 1990 President's rule 17 Oct 1990 - 20 Nov 1992 S. Bangarappa (b. 1933 - d. 2011) INC-I 20 Nov 1992 - 11 Dec 1994 M. Veerappa Moily (b. 1940) INC-I 11 Dec 1994 - 31 May 1996 H.D. Deve Gowda (b. 1933) JD 31 May 1996 - 11 Oct 1999 Jayadevappa Hallapa Patel (b. 1930 - d. 2000) JD 11 Oct 1999 - 28 May 2004 Somanahalli Mallaiah Krishna (b. 1932) INC 28 May 2004 - 3 Feb 2006 Dharam Singh (b. 1936) INC 3 Feb 2006 - 9 Oct 2007 H.D. Kumaraswamy (b. 1959) JD-S9 Oct 2007 - 12 Nov 2007 President's rule12 Nov 2007 - 20 Nov 2007 B.S. Yeddyurappa (1st time) (b. 1943) BJP20 Nov 2007 - 30 May 2008 President's rule30 May 2008 -4 Aug 2011 B.S. Yeddyurappa (2nd time) (s.a.) BJP4 Aug 2011 - 12 Jul 2012 D.V. Sadananda Gowda (b. 1953) BJP12 Jul 2012 - 13 May 2013 Jagadish Shivappa Shettar (b. 1955) BJP13 May 2013 - K. Siddaramaiah (b. 1948) INC

Coorg 15 Aug 1947 Province 26 Jan 1950 State 1 Nov 1956 Part of Mysore. Chief commissioners 1949 - 1950 C.T. Mudaliar 1950 - 1956 Kanwar Daya Singh Bedi (b. 1899 - d. ....) Chief minister 17 Mar 1952 - 1956 Cheppudira Muthana Poonacha (b. 1910 - d. 1990) INC

Kerala

1 Jul 1949 Travancore-Cochin state formed. 1 Nov 1956 Renamed Kerala. Rajpramukh 1 Jul 1949 - 31 Oct 1956 Sir Bala Rama Varma II (b. 1912 - d. 1991) Governors 22 Nov 1956 - 1 Jul 1960 Burgula Ramakrishna Rao (b. 1899 - d. 1967) 1 Jul 1960 - 2 Apr 1965 Varahagiri Venkata Giri (b. 1894 - d. 1980) 2 Apr 1965 - 6 Feb 1966 Ajit Prasad Jain (b. 1902 - d. 1977) 6 Feb 1966 - 15 May 1967 Bhagwan Sahay (b. 1905) 15 May 1967 - 1 Apr 1973 Venkata Vishwanathan (b. 1909) 1 Apr 1973 - 14 Oct 1977 Niranja Nath Wanchoo (b. 1910 - d. 1982) 14 Oct 1977 - 27 Oct 1982 Jyoti Venkatachalam (f) (b. 1917) 27 Oct 1982 - 23 Feb 1988 Parthasarathy Ramachandran (b. 1921 - d. 2001) 23 Feb 1988 - 12 Feb 1990 Ram Dulari Sinha (f) (b. 1922 - d. 1994) 12 Feb 1990 - 20 Dec 1990 Sarup Singh (b. 1917 - d. 2003)20 Dec 1990 - 12 Nov 1995 B. Rachaiah (b. 1922 - d. 2000) 12 Nov 1995 - 4 May 1996 Punjala Shiv Shanker (b. 1929) 4 May 1996 - 25 Jan 1997 Khurshid Alam Khan (b. 1919 - d. 2013) 25 Jan 1997 - 18 Apr 2002 Sukhdev Singh Kang (b. 1931 - d. 2012)18 Apr 2002 - 23 Feb 2004 Sikander Bakht (b. 1918 - d. 2004) 25 Feb 2004 - 23 Jun 2004 T.N. Chaturvedi (b. 1928) 23 Jun 2004 - 10 Jul 2008 Raghunandan Lal Bhatia (b. 1921)10 Jul 2008 - 8 Sep 2011 R.S. Gavai (b. 1929)8 Sep 2011 - 26 Jan 2012 M.O. Hasan Farook Maricar (b. 1937 - d. 2012)16 Jan 2012 - 23 Mar 2013 Hansraj Bhardwaj (b. 1937) (acting [forMaricar to 26 Jan 2012])23 Mar 2013 - Nikhil Kumar (b. 1941) Chief ministers of Kochin 1 Sep 1947 - Oct 1947 Panampilly Govinda Menon (b. 1908 - d. 1970) 27 Oct 1947 - 20 Sep 1948 T.K. Nair 20 Sep 1948 - 30 Jun 1949 E. Ikkanda Warrier (b. 1890 - d. 1977) Chief ministers of Travancore 19 Aug 1947 - 24 Mar 1948 P.G.N. Unnithan (b. 1898 - d. 1965) 24 Mar 1948 - 20 Oct 1948 Pattom Thanu Pillai (1st time) (b. 1885 - d. 1970) INC 20 Oct 1948 - 30 Jun 1949 T.K. Narayan Pillai (b. 1890 - d. 1971) INC Chief ministers 1 Jul 1949 - Jan 1951 T.K. Narayan Pillai (s.a.) INC Jan 1951 - 12 Mar 1952 C. Kesavan (b. 1891 - d. 1969) INC 12 Mar 1952 - 16 Mar 1954 Anapparambul Joseph John (b. 1893 - d. 1957) INC 16 Mar 1954 - 10 Feb 1955 Pattom Thanu Pillai (2nd time) (s.a.) PSP 10 Feb 1955 - 23 Mar 1956 Panampilly Govinda Menon (s.a.) INC 23 Mar 1956 - 5 Apr 1957 President's rule 5 Apr 1957 - 31 Jul 1959 Elamkulam M. Sankaran (b. 1909 - d. 1998) CPI Namboodiripad (1st time) 31 Jul 1959 - 22 Feb 1960 President's rule 22 Feb 1960 - 25 Sep 1962 Pattom Thanu Pillai (3rd time) (s.a.) PSP 25 Sep 1962 - 9 Sep 1964 R. Sankar (b. 1908 - d. 1972) INC 5 Mar 1967 - 1 Nov 1969 Elamkulam M. Sankaran (s.a.) CPI Namboodiripad (2nd time) 1 Nov 1969 - 4 Aug 1970 Chelath Achutha Menon (1st time) (b. 1913 - d. 1991) CPI 4 Aug 1970 - 4 Oct 1970 President's rule 4 Oct 1970 - 11 Apr 1977 Chelath Achutha Menon (2nd time) (s.a.) CPI 11 Apr 1977 - 25 Apr 1977 K. Karunakaran (1st time) (b. 1918 - d. 2010) INC 25 Apr 1977 - 29 Oct 1978 A.K. Antony (1st time) (b. 1940) INC 29 Oct 1978 - 11 Oct 1979 P.K. Vasudevan Nair (b. 1926 - d. 2005) CPI 11 Oct 1979 - 5 Dec 1979 C.H. Mohammed Koya (b. 1927) MLKSC 5 Dec 1979 - 25 Jan 1980 President's rule 25 Jan 1980 - 20 Oct 1981 E.K. Nayanar (1st time) (b. 1919 - d. 2004) CPI-M 20 Oct 1981 - 18 Dec 1981 President's rule 28 Dec 1981 - 17 Mar 1982 K. Karunakaran (2nd time) (s.a.) INC-I 17 Mar 1982 - 24 May 1982 President's rule 24 May 1982 - 25 Mar 1987 K. Karunakaran (3rd time) (s.a.) INC-I 26 Mar 1987 - 23 Jun 1991 E.K. Nayanar (2nd time) (s.a.) CPI-M 24 Jun 1991 - 22 Mar 1995 K. Karunakaran (4th time) (s.a.) INC 22 Mar 1995 - 20 May 1996 A.K. Antony (2nd time) (s.a.) INC 20 May 1996 - 18 May 2001 E.K. Nayanar (3rd time) (s.a.) LDF 18 May 2001 - 31 Aug 2004 A.K. Antony (3rd time) (s.a.) INC 31 Aug 2004 - 18 May 2006 Oommen Chandy (1st time) (b. 1943) INC 18 May 2006 -18 May 2011 Velikkakathu S. Achuthanandan (b. 1923) CPI-M 18 May 2011 - Oommen Chandy (2nd time) (s.a.) INC

Lakshadweep

May 1498 - 1545 Portuguese occupation (Laquedivas). af.1545 Granted as a jaidir to the Rajas of Cannanore. 1787 - 1799 Amindivi Islands ruled by Tipoo Tip (see Mysore). 18 Dec 1790 Minicoy surrendered to British East India Co. rule, Cannanore retains nominal sovereignty. 1792 Laccadive Islands a British protectorate. 1799 Amindivi Islands part of British India, part of Madras. 1877 Laccadive Islands part of British India, part of Madras. 9 Feb 1909 Minicoy ceded to U.K. by Cannanore (retroactive to 1 Jul 1905). 15 Aug 1947 Part of Indian state of Madras (see Tamil Nadu). 1 Nov 1956 Laccadive, Minicoy, and Amindivi Islands union territory (separated from Madras [see Tamil Nadu]). 1 Nov 1973 Renamed Lakshadweep. Administrators 1 Nov 1956 - 7 Nov 1956 U.R. Panicker 8 Nov 1956 - 21 Sep 1958 S. Mony22 Sep 1958 - 5 Dec 1961 C.K. Balakrishnan Nair 6 Dec 1961 - 8 Apr 1965 M. Ramunny 9 Apr 1965 - 31 Oct 1969 C.H. Naire 1 Nov 1969 - 30 Apr 1973 K.D. Menon 22 May 1973 - 21 Jun 1975 W. Shaiza 22 Jun 1975 - 14 Feb 1977 M.C. Verma 21 Feb 1977 - 30 Jul 1978 S.D. Lakhar 31 Jul 1978 - 15 Jun 1981 P.M. Nair 15 Jun 1981 - 21 Jul 1982 Pradip Mehra (b. 1952)21 Jul 1982 - 9 Jul 1985 Omesh Saigal (b. 1941) 9 Jul 1985 - 8 Sep 1987 J. Sagar 8 Sep 1987 - 31 Jan 1990 Wajahat Habibulla (b. 1945) 1 Feb 1990 - 1 May 1990 Pradip Singh 2 May 1990 - 3 May 1992 S.P. Aggarwal 4 May 1992 - 9 Sep 1994 Satish Chandra 9 Sep 1994 - 14 Jun 1996 G.S. Chima 1 Aug 1996 - 1 Jun 1999 Rajeev Talwar 1 Jun 1999 - 20 Aug 1999 R.K. Varma (1st time) 21 Aug 1999 - 30 Apr 2001 Chaman Lal 1 May 2001 - 18 Jun 2001 R.K. Varma (2nd time) 19 Jun 2001 - 20 Jun 2004 K.S. Mehra21 Jun 2004 - 21 Nov 2004 S.P. Singh22 Nov 2004 - 11 Aug 2006 Parimal Rai (b. 1962)11 Aug 2006 - 21 Dec 2006 Rajendra Kumar22 Dec 2006 - 16 May 2009 B.V. Selvaraj (b. 1953)27 May 2009 - 12 Jul 2009 Satya Gopal (b. 1962)13 Jul 2009 - 15 Jun 2011 J.K. Dadoo (b. 1957)15 Jun 2011 - Amar Nath

Madhya Pradesh

15 Aug 1947 Central Provinces and Berar 1 Nov 1956 Merged with Madhya Bharat, Bhopal, and Vindhya Pradesh to form Madhya Pradesh state. Governors 1947 - 1952 Mangaldas Mancharam Pakvasa (b. 1882 - d. 1968) 1952 - 13 Jun 1957 B. Pattabhi Sitaramayya (b. 1880 - d. 1959) 14 Jun 1957 - 11 Feb 1965 Hari Vinayaha Pataskar (b. 1892 - d. 1970) 11 Feb 1965 - 8 Mar 1971 Kysasambally Chengalaraya Reddy (b. 1902 - d. 1976) 8 Mar 1971 - 14 Oct 1977 Satya Narayan Sinha (b. 1900 - d. 19..) 14 Oct 1977 - 17 Aug 1978 Niranja Nath Wanchoo (b. 1910 - d. 1982) 17 Aug 1978 - 30 Apr 1980 Cheppudira Muthana Poonacha (b. 1910 - d. 1990) 30 Apr 1980 - 15 May 1984 Bhagwat Dayal Sharma (b. 1918 - d. 1993) 15 May 1984 - 31 Mar 1989 Kizhekethil Mathew Chandy (b. 1920 - d. 1998) 31 Mar 1989 - 6 Feb 1990 Sarla Grewal (f) (b. 1927 - d. 2002) 6 Feb 1990 - 24 Jun 1993 Kunwar Mahmood Ali Khan (b. 1920 - d. 2001) 24 Jun 1993 - 22 Apr 1998 Mohammed Shafi Qureshi (b. 1929) 22 Apr 1998 - 7 May 2003 Bhai Mahavir (b. 1922) 7 May 2003 - 1 May 2004 Ram Prakash Gupta (b. 1923 - d. 2004) 2 May 2004 - 30 Jun 2004 Krishna Mohan Seth (acting) (b. 1939) 30 Jun 2004 - 30 Jun 2009 Balram Jakhar (b. 1923)30 Jun 2009 -8 Sep 2011 Rameshwar Thakur (b. 1927)8 Sep 2011 - Ram Naresh Yadav (b. 1928)Chief ministers 15 Aug 1947 - 31 Dec 1956 Ravi Shankar Shukla (b. 1877 - d. 1956) INC 1 Jan 1957 - 31 Jan 1957 Bhagwantrao Mandloi (1st time) (b. 1892 - d. 1977) INC 31 Jan 1957 - 11 Mar 1962 Kailash Nathi Katju (b. 1887 - d. 1968) INC 11 Mar 1962 - 30 Sep 1963 Bhagwantrao Mandloi (2nd time) (s.a.) INC 30 Sep 1963 - 30 Jul 1967 Dwarka Prasad Mishra (b. 1901 - d. 1988) INC 30 Jul 1967 - 13 Mar 1969 Govind Narayan Singh (b. 1920 - d. 2005) INC 13 Mar 1969 - 26 Mar 1969 Raja Naresh Chandra Singh (b. 1908 - d. 1987) INC 26 Mar 1969 - 29 Jan 1972 Shyama Charan Shukla (1st time) (b. 1925 - d. 2007) INC 29 Jan 1972 - 23 Dec 1975 Prakash Chandra Sethi (b. 1920 - d. 1996) INC 23 Dec 1975 - 29 Apr 1977 Shyama Charan Shukla (2nd time) (s.a.) INC 29 Apr 1977 - 26 Jun 1977 President's rule 26 Jun 1977 - 18 Jan 1978 Kailash Chandra Joshi (b. 1929) JP 18 Jan 1978 - 20 Jan 1980 Virendra Kumar Sakhlecha (b. 1930 - d. 1999) JP 20 Jan 1980 - 17 Feb 1980 Sunderlal Patwa (1st time) (b. 1925) JP 17 Feb 1980 - 9 Jun 1980 President's rule 9 Jun 1980 - 14 Mar 1985 Arjun Singh (1st time) (b. 1930 - d. 2011) INC-I 14 Mar 1985 - 14 Feb 1988 Motilal Vora (1st time) (b. 1928) INC 14 Feb 1988 - 25 Jan 1989 Arjun Singh (2nd time) (s.a.) INC-I 25 Jan 1989 - 9 Dec 1989 Motilal Vora (2nd time) (s.a.) INC 9 Dec 1989 - 5 Mar 1990 Shyama Charan Shukla (3rd time) (s.a.) INC 5 Mar 1990 - 15 Dec 1992 Sunderlal Patwa (2nd time) (s.a.) BJP 15 Dec 1992 - 7 Dec 1993 President's rule 7 Dec 1993 - 8 Dec 2003 Digvijay Singh (b. 1947) INC 8 Dec 2003 - 23 Aug 2004 Uma Bharti (f) (b. 1959) BJP 23 Aug 2004 - 29 Nov 2005 Babulal Gaur (b. 1930) BJP 29 Nov 2005 - Shivraj Singh Chauhan (b. 1959) BJP

Madhya Bharat 1948 State 1 Nov 1956 Part of Madhya Pradesh. Rajpramukh 28 May 1948 - 31 Oct 1956 Sir George Jivaji Rao Scindia (b. 1916 - d. 1961) Chief ministers Jan 1948 - May 1949 Lilasthar Joshi INC May 1949 - 18 Oct 1950 Gopikrishnan Vijayavargiya (b. 1905 - d. 1984) INC 18 Oct 1950 - 3 Mar 1952 Takhatmal Jain (1st time) INC 3 Mar 1952 - 16 Apr 1955 Mishrilal Gangwal INC 16 Apr 1955 - 31 Oct 1956 Takhatmal Jain (2nd time) INC

Bhopal 1 Jun 1949 State 1 Nov 1956 Part of Madhya Pradesh. Chief commissioners 1 Jun 1949 - 1 Apr 1950 N.P. Bonnerji 1 Apr 1950 - 1952 Venkata Vishwanathan (b. 1909) 1952 Chandra Chhatra 1952 - Dec 1954 Bhagwan Sahay (b. 1905) Dec 1954 - 1956 Kalka Prasad Bhargawa (b. 1908) Chief ministers Apr 1948 - Jan 1949 Oudhnarain Bisatya Jan 1949 - 1952 Pandit Chatur Narain Malviya (b. 1900) 1952 - 1956 Shankar Dayal Sharma (b. 1918 - d. 1999) INC

Vindhya Pradesh 1948 State 1 Nov 1956 Part of Madhya Pradesh. Rajpramukh 1948 - 1949 Martand Singh (b. 1923 - d. 1995) Chief commissioners 1949 - 1950 S.N. Mehta (b. 1904) 1950 - Mar 1952 V.K.B. Pillai Lieutenant governors Mar 1952 - Jan 1956 K. Santhanam (b. 1895 - d. 1980) Jan 1956 - 31 Oct 1956 Tirumala Rao Chief ministers Apr 1948 - Apr 1949 Awadesh Pratap Singh (b. 1888 - d. 1987) INC Apr 1949 - 13 Mar 1952 President's rule 13 Mar 1952 - 31 Oct 1956 Shambhunath Shukla (b. 1903) INC

Maharashtra

15 Aug 1947 Bombay province 26 Jan 1950 State 1 May 1960 Divided into Maharashtra and Gujarat. Governors 15 Aug 1947 - 6 Jan 1948 David John Colville, (b. 1894 - d. 1954) Baron Clydesmuir Jan 1948 - 30 May 1952 Raja Maharaj Singh (b. 1878 - d. 1959) 30 May 1952 - 5 Dec 1954 Sir Girja Shankar Bajpai (b. 1891 - d. 1954) 5 Dec 1954 - 1 Mar 1955 Mangaldas Mancharam Pakvasa (b. 1882 - d. 1968) (1st time) 1 Mar 1955 - 14 Oct 1956 Harekrushna Mahatab (b. 1899 - d. 1987) 14 Oct 1956 - 10 Dec 1956 Mohomedali Currim Chagla (b. 1900 - d. 1981) 10 Dec 1956 - 16 Apr 1962 Sri Prakasa (b. 1890 - d. 1971) 16 Apr 1962 - 6 Oct 1962 P. Subbarayan (b. 1889 - d. 1963) 6 Oct 1962 - 5 Dec 1962 H.K. Chainani (1st time) (b. 1904 - d. ....) 5 Dec 1962 - 5 Sep 1963 Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit (f) (1st time) (b. 1900 - d. 1990) 5 Sep 1963 - 18 Dec 1963 H.K. Chainani (2nd time) (s.a.) 18 Dec 1963 - 8 Oct 1964 Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit (f) (2nd time) (s.a.) 8 Oct 1964 - 14 Nov 1964 Mangaldas Mancharam Pakvasa (s.a.) (2nd time) 14 Nov 1964 - 9 Nov 1969 P.V. Cherian (b. 1893 - d. 1969) 9 Nov 1969 - 26 Feb 1970 S.P. Kotval 26 Feb 1970 - 11 Dec 1976 Ali Yavar Jung Bahadur (b. 1905 - d. 1976) 12 Dec 1976 - 30 Apr 1977 R.M. Kantawala (b. 1916) 30 Apr 1977 - 3 Nov 1980 Sadiq Ali (b. 1910 - d. 2001) 3 Nov 1980 - 5 Feb 1982 Om Prakash Mehra (b. 1919) 6 Mar 1982 - 18 Apr 1985 Idris Hasan Latif (b. 1923) 18 Apr 1985 - 30 May 1985 K. Madhava Reddy (b. 1923 - d. 199.) 30 May 1985 - 3 Apr 1986 Kona Prabhakara Rao (b. 1916 - d. 1990) 3 Apr 1986 - 3 Sep 1987 Shankar Dayal Sharma (b. 1918 - d. 1999) 3 Sep 1987 - 6 Nov 1987 S.K. Desai 6 Nov 1987 - 20 Feb 1988 Chittatosh Mookerjee (b. 1929) 20 Feb 1988 - 15 Feb 1989 Kasu Brahmananda Reddy (b. 1909 - d. 1994) 15 Feb 1989 - 12 Jan 1993 Chidambaram Subramaniam (b. 1910 - d. 2000) 12 Jan 1993 - 13 Jul 2002 P. Cherian Alexander (b. 1921 - d. 2011) 13 Jul 2002 - 10 Oct 2002 C.K. Thakkar (acting) (b. 1943) 10 Oct 2002 - 6 Dec 2004 Mohammad Fazal (b. 1922) 6 Dec 2004 - 9 Mar 2008 S.M. Krishna (b. 1932)9 Mar 2008 - 22 Jan 2010 S. Chubatoshi Jamir (b. 1931)22 Jan 2010 - K. Sankaranarayanan (b. 1932)Chief ministers 15 Aug 1947 - 21 Apr 1952 Bal Gangadhar Kher (b. 1888 - d. 1957) INC 21 Apr 1952 - 1 Nov 1956 Morarji Desai (b. 1896 - d. 1995) INC 1 Nov 1956 - 19 Nov 1962 Yeshwantrao Balwantrao Chavan (b. 1913 - d. 1984) INC 19 Nov 1962 - 25 Nov 1963 Marotrao Sambashio Kannamwar (b. 1900 - d. 1963) INC 5 Dec 1963 - 20 Feb 1975 Vasantrao Phulsing Naik (b. 1913 - d. 1979) INC 20 Feb 1975 - 1 Apr 1977 Shankarrao Bhaorao Chavan (b. 1920 - d. 2004) INC (1st time) 1 Apr 1977 - 18 Jul 1978 Vasantrao Patil (1st time) (b. 1917 - d. 1989) INC 18 Jul 1978 - 9 Jun 1980 Sharad Pawar (1st time) (b. 1940) PC 9 Jun 1980 - 20 Jan 1982 Abdul Rahman Antulay (b. 1929) INC20 Jan 1982 - 2 Feb 1983 Babasaheb Anantrao Bhosale (b. 1921 - d. 2007) INC2 Feb 1983 - 2 Jun 1985 Vasantrao Patil (2nd time) (s.a.) INC-I 2 Jun 1985 - 13 Mar 1986 Shivajirao Patil Nilangekar (b. 1931) INC 13 Mar 1986 - 24 Jun 1988 Shankarrao Bhaorao Chavan (s.a.) INC (2nd time) 25 Jun 1988 - 25 Jun 1991 Sharad Pawar (2nd time) (s.a.) PC 25 Jun 1991 - 3 Mar 1993 Sudhakarrao Naik (b. 1934 - d. 2001) NCP 3 Mar 1993 - 14 Mar 1995 Sharad Pawar (3rd time) (s.a.) PC 14 Mar 1995 - 1 Feb 1999 Manohar Joshi (b. 1937) SHS/BJP 1 Feb 1999 - 18 Oct 1999 Narayan Rane (b. 1952) SHS 18 Oct 1999 - 18 Jan 2003 Vilasrao Dadoji Deshmukh (1st time)(b. 1945 - d. 2012) INC 18 Jan 2003 - 1 Nov 2004 Sushil Kumar Shinde (b. 1941) INC 1 Nov 2004 - 8 Dec 2008 Vilasrao Dadoji Deshmukh (2nd time)(s.a.) INC8 Dec 2008 - 11 Nov 2010 Ashok Chavan (b. 1958) INC11 Nov 2010 - Prithviraj Chavan (b. 1946) INC

Manipur

15 Oct 1949 State 1 Nov 1956 Union territory 21 Jan 1972 State Chief commissioners 15 Oct 1949 - 18 Oct 1949 Rawal Amar Singh 18 Oct 1949 - Dec 1950 Himmat Singh K. Maheswari Jan 1951 - 22 Sep 1952 E.P. Moon Jan 22 Sep 1952 - 3 Jan 1955 Rameshwar Prasad Bharagava 3 Jan 1955 - 25 Apr 1958 P.C. Mathew (b. 1913) 26 Apr 1958 - 23 Nov 1963 Jagat Mohan Raina (b. 1911) 23 Nov 1963 - 19 Dec 1969 Baleshwar Prasad (b. 1914) Lieutenant governors 19 Dec 1969 - Jan 1970 Baleshwar Prasad (s.a.) Jan 1970 - 21 Jan 1972 Dalip Rai Kohli Governors 21 Jan 1972 - 21 Sep 1973 Braj Kumar Nehru (b. 1909 - d. 2001) 21 Sep 1973 - 12 Aug 1981 Lallan Prasad Singh (b. 1912 - d. 1998) 12 Aug 1981 - 2 Jun 1984 Saiyid Muzaffar Husain Burney (b. 1923) 2 Jun 1984 - 10 Jul 1989 K.V. Krishna Rao (b. 1923) 10 Jul 1989 - 20 Mar 1993 Chintamani Panigrahi (b. 1922 - d. 2000) 20 Mar 1993 - 31 Aug 1993 K.V. Raghunatha Reddy (b. 1924 - d. 2002) 31 Aug 1993 - 23 Dec 1994 V.K. Nayar 23 Dec 1994 - 2 Dec 1999 Oudh Narain Shrivastava 2 Dec 1999 - 12 Jun 2003 Ved Prakash Marwah (b. 1932) 12 Jun 2003 - 6 Aug 2004 Arvind Dave (b. 1940) 6 Aug 2004 - 23 Jul 2008 Shivinder Singh Sidhu (b. 1929)23 Jul 2008 - 29 Jul 2013 Gurbachan Jagat (b. 1942)29 Jul 2013 - Ashwani Kumar (b. 1950)

Chief ministers 1 Jul 1963 - 12 Jan 1967 Mairembam Koireng Singh (1st time) (b. 1915 - d. 1994) INC 12 Jan 1967 - 20 Mar 1968 President's rule 20 Mar 1967 - 4 Oct 1967 Mairembam Koireng Singh (2nd time) (s.a.) INC 13 Oct 1967 - 25 Oct 1967 Longjam Thambou Singh MUF 25 Oct 1967 - 19 Feb 1968 President's rule 19 Feb 1968 - 17 Oct 1969 Mairembam Koireng Singh (3rd time) (s.a.) INC 17 Oct 1969 - 23 Mar 1972 President's rule 23 Mar 1972 - 28 Mar 1973 Mohammed Alimuddin (1st time) INC 28 Mar 1973 - 4 Mar 1974 President's rule 4 Mar 1974 - 10 Jul 1974 Mohammed Alimuddin (2nd time) MPP 10 Jul 1974 - 6 Dec 1974 Yangmasho Shaiza (1st time) (b. 1923 - d. 1984) MHU 6 Dec 1974 - 16 May 1977 Raj Kumar Dorendra Singh (1st time) (b. 1934) INC 16 May 1977 - 29 Jun 1977 President's rule 29 Jun 1977 - 14 Nov 1979 Yangmasho Shaiza (2nd time) (s.a.) JP 14 Nov 1979 - 14 Jan 1980 President's rule 14 Jan 1980 - 27 Nov 1980 Raj Kumar Dorendra Singh (2nd time) (s.a.) INC-I 27 Nov 1980 - 28 Feb 1981 Rishang Keishing (1st time) (b. 1920) INC-I 28 Feb 1981 - 19 Jun 1981 President's rule 19 Jun 1981 - 4 Mar 1988 Rishang Keishing (2nd time) (s.a.) INC-I 4 Mar 1988 - 23 Feb 1990 R.K. Jaichandra Singh (b. 1942 - d. 1994) INC 23 Feb 1990 - 7 Jan 1992 Raj Kumar Ranbir Singh (b. 1929? - d. 2006) MPP 7 Jun 1992 - 8 Apr 1992 President's rule 8 Apr 1992 - 31 Dec 1993 Raj Kumar Dorendra Singh (3rd time) (s.a.) INC 31 Dec 1993 - 14 Dec 1994 President's rule 14 Dec 1994 - 16 Dec 1997 Rishang Keishing (3rd time) (s.a.) INC 16 Dec 1997 - 15 Feb 2001 Wahengbam Nipamacha Singh (b. 1930 - d. 2012) INC 15 Feb 2001 - 2 Jun 2001 Radhabinod Koijam (b. 1943) SmP 2 Jun 2001 - 7 Mar 2002 President's rule 7 Mar 2002 - Okram Ibobi Singh (b. 1948) INC

Manipur Separatist Flag

Meghalaya

2 Apr 1970 Meghalaya Autonomous State within Assam. 21 Jan 1972 Separate state of Meghalaya. Governors 2 Apr 1970 - Sep 1973 Braj Kumar Nehru (b. 1909 - d. 2001)Sep 1973 - 11 Aug 1981 Lallan Prasad Singh (b. 1912 - d. 1998)11 Aug 1981 - 29 Mar 1984 Prakash Chandra Mehrotra (b. 1925)29 Mar 1984 - 16 Apr 1984 Triveni Sahai Misra16 Apr 1984 - 11 May 1989 Bhishma Narain Singh (b. 1933)11 May 1989 - 27 Jul 1989 Harideo Joshi (b. 1921 - d. 1995)27 Jul 1989 - 9 May 1990 Abubakar Abdul Rahim (b. 1920? - d. 1995)9 May 1990 - 19 Jun 1995 Madhukar Dighe (b. 1923)19 Jun 1995 - 12 Apr 2007 M.M. Jacob (b. 1928)12 Apr 2007 - 29 Oct 2007 B.L. Joshi (b. 1934)29 Oct 2007 - 1 Jul 2008 Shivinder Singh Sidhu (b. 1929)1 Jul 2008 - 8 Jul 2013 Ranjit Shekhar Mooshahary (b. 1946)8 Jul 2013 - Krishan Kant Paul

Chief ministers 2 Apr 1970 - 10 Mar 1978 Williamson A. Sangma (1st time) (b. 1919 - d. 1990) APHLC 10 Mar 1978 - 7 May 1979 Darwin Diengdoh Pugh (b. 1927 - d. 2008) APHLC 7 May 1979 - 7 May 1981 Brighton Buhai Lyngdoh (1st time) (b. 1922 - d. 2003) APHLC 7 May 1981 - 2 Mar 1983 Williamson A. Sangma (2nd time) (s.a.) APHLC 2 Mar 1983 - 2 Apr 1983 Brington Buhai Lyngdoh (2nd time) (s.a.) APHLC 2 Apr 1983 - 6 Feb 1988 Williamson A. Sangma (3rd time) (s.a.) APHLC 6 Feb 1988 - 26 Mar 1990 Purno Agitok Sangma (b. 1947) NCP 26 Mar 1990 - 11 Oct 1991 Brington Buhai Lyngdoh (3rd time) (s.a.) APHLC 11 Oct 1991 - 5 Feb 1992 President's rule 5 Feb 1992 - 19 Feb 1993 D.D. Lapang (1st time) (b. 1934) INC 19 Feb 1993 - 10 Mar 1998 Salseng C. Marak (b. 1941?) INC 10 Mar 1998 - 8 Mar 2000 Brington Buhai Lyngdoh (4th time) (s.a.) APHLC 8 Mar 2000 - 8 Dec 2001 E.K. Mawlong (b. 1946 - d. 2008) UDP 8 Dec 2001 - 4 Mar 2003 Flinder Anderson Khonglam (b. 1945) PFM 4 Mar 2003 - 15 Jun 2006 D.D. Lapang (2nd time) (s.a.) INC/MDA15 Jun 2006 - 10 Mar 2007 J. Dringwell Rymbai (b. 1934) INC10 Mar 2007 - 19 Mar 2008 D.D. Lapang (3rd time) (s.a.) INC/MDA19 Mar 2008 - 19 Mar 2009 Donkupar Roy (b. 1954) UDP/MPA19 Mar 2009 - 13 May 2009 President's rule13 May 2009 - 20 Apr 2010 D.D. Lapang (4th time) (s.a.) INC/MUA20 Apr 2010 - Mukul M. Sangma (b. 1965) INC/MUA

Mizoram

21 Jan 1972 Mizoram Union territory created from part of Assam. 20 Feb 1987 Mizoram state Chief commissioner 21 Jan 1972 - 24 Apr 1972 S.J. Das Lieutenant governors 24 Apr 1972 - 12 Jun 1974 Shanti Priya Mukherjee 13 Jun 1974 - 26 Sep 1977 S.K. Chhibbar (b. 1920) 27 Sep 1977 - 15 Apr 1981 Mohan Prakash Mathur (b. 1908) 16 Apr 1981 - 9 Aug 1983 S.N. Kohli 10 Aug 1983 - 10 Dec 1986 Mari Shankar Dhube 11 Dec 1986 - 19 Feb 1987 Hiteshwar Saikia (b. 1934 - d. 1996) Governors 20 Feb 1987 - 30 Apr 1989 Hiteshwar Saikia (s.a.) 1 May 1989 - 20 Jul 1989 K.V. Krishna Rao21 Jul 1989 - 7 Feb 1990 Williamson A. Sangma (b. 1919 - d. 1990) 8 Feb 1990 - 10 Feb 1993 Swaraj Kaushal (b. 1952) 10 Feb 1993 - 13 Jan 1998 Paty Ripple Kyndiah (b. 1928) 14 Jan 1998 - 28 Jan 1998 Siddheshwas Prasad29 Jan 1998 - 1 May 1998 Arun Prasad Mukherjee 2 May 1998 - 30 Nov 2000 Anandam Padmanabhan (b. 1928) 1 Dec 2000 - 17 May 2001 Ved Prakash Marwah (b. 1932) 18 May 2001 - 24 Jul 2006 Amolak Rattan Kohli (b. 1942) 25 Jul 2006 -2 Sep 2011 M.M. Lakhera (b. 1937)2 Sep 2011 - Vakkom Purushothaman (b. 1928)Chief ministers 3 May 1972 - 10 May 1977 L. Chal Chhunga MU 10 May 1977 - 2 Jun 1977 President's rule 2 Jun 1978 - 10 Nov 1978 Thenphunga Sailo (1st time) (b. 1922) MPC10 Nov 1978 - 8 May 1979 President's rule 8 May 1979 - 4 May 1984 Thenphunga Sailo (2nd time) (s.a.) MPC 5 May 1984 - 20 Aug 1986 Pu Lalthanhawla (1st time) (b. 1942) INC-I 21 Aug 1986 - 7 Sep 1988 Laldenga (b. 1937? - d. 1990)MNF 7 Sep 1988 - 24 Jan 1989 President's rule 24 Jan 1989 - 3 Dec 1998 Pu Lalthanhawla (2nd time) (s.a.) INC-I 3 Dec 1998 - 11 Dec 2008 Zoramthanga (b. 1944) MNF11 Dec 2008 - Pu Lalthanhawla (3rd time) (s.a.) INC

Mizo Separatist Flag

Nagaland

14 Aug 1947 Naga declare independence from Britain (not recognized). 22 Mar 1956 Secession from India declared by Naga rebels (not recognized). 1 Dec 1963 Nagaland state created from part of Assam. Governors 1 Dec 1963 - 17 Apr 1968 Vishnu Sahay 17 Apr 1968 - 19 Sep 1973 Braj Kumar Nehru (b. 1909 - d. 2001) 19 Sep 1973 - 10 Aug 1981 Lallan Prasad Singh (b. 1912 - d. 1998) 10 Aug 1981 - 13 Jun 1984 Saiyid Muzaffar Husain Burney (b. 1923) 13 Jun 1984 - 20 Jul 1989 K.V. Krishna Rao (b. 1923) 20 Jul 1989 - 4 May 1990 Gopal Singh (b. 1919) 4 May 1990 - 9 May 1990 Chintamani Panigrahi (b. 1922 - d. 2000) 9 May 1990 - 13 Apr 1992 M.M. Thomas (b. 1916 - d. 1996) 13 Apr 1992 - 2 Oct 1993 Loknath Mishra (b. 1920? - d. 2009) 2 Oct 1993 - 5 Aug 1994 V.K. Nayar 5 Aug 1994 - 12 Nov 1996 Oudh Narain Shrivastava 12 Nov 1996 - 28 Jan 2002 Om Prakash Sharma (b. 1937) 28 Jan 2002 - 3 Feb 2007 Shyamal Datta (b. 1941)3 Feb 2007 - 28 Jul 2009 K. Sankaranarayanan (b. 1932)28 Jul 2009 - 15 Oct 2009 Gurbachan Jagat (b. 1942)15 Oct 2009 - 21 Mar 2013 Nikhil Kumar (b. 1941) 21 Mar 2013 - Ashwani Kumar (b. 1950) Chief ministers 1 Dec 1963 - 14 Aug 1966 Shilu Ao NNP 14 Aug 1966 - 22 Feb 1969 T.N. Angami (b. 1916) NNP 22 Feb 1969 - 26 Feb 1974 Hokishe Sema (1st time) (b. 1921) NNP 26 Feb 1974 - 10 Mar 1975 Vizol (1st time) (b. 1916 - d. 2008) UDF 10 Mar 1975 - 22 Mar 1975 John Sosco Jasokie (1st time) (b. 1925 - d. 2005) NNDP 22 Mar 1975 - 25 Nov 1977 President's rule 25 Nov 1977 - 18 Jan 1980 Vizol (2nd time) (s.a.) UDF 18 Jan 1980 - 18 Apr 1980 George A. Pang 18 Apr 1980 - 5 Jun 1980 S. Chubatoshi Jamir (1st time) (b. 1931) UDF-P 5 Jun 1980 - 17 Nov 1982 John Sosco Jasokie (2nd time) (s.a.) NNDP 18 Nov 1982 - 29 Oct 1986 S. Chubatoshi Jamir (2nd time) (s.a.) UDF-P 29 Oct 1986 - 7 Aug 1988 Hokishe Sema (2nd time) (s.a.) NNP 7 Aug 1988 - 25 Jan 1989 President's rule 25 Jan 1989 - 15 May 1990 S. Chubatoshi Jamir (2nd time) (s.a.) INC 15 May 1990 - 19 Jun 1990 K.L. Chishi INC 19 Jun 1990 - 2 Apr 1992 Vamuzo Phesao (b. 1938 - d. 2000) INC 2 Apr 1992 - 22 Feb 1993 President's rule 22 Feb 1993 - 6 Mar 2003 S. Chubatoshi Jamir (3rd time) (s.a.) INC 6 Mar 2003 - 3 Jan 2008 Neiphiu Rio (1st time) (b. 1950) DAN/NPF 3 Jan 2008 - 12 Mar 2008 President's rule12 Mar 2008 - Neiphiu Rio (2nd time) (s.a.) DAN/NPF

Adopted 14 Aug 1947Presidents of theNaga National Council (in rebellion)2 Feb 1946 1947 T. Aliba Imti (b. 1919) 1947 - 1948 Mhondamo Kithan1948 - Nov 1949 Visar AngamiNov 1949 - 1956 Zapu Phizo (b. 1903 - d. 1990)

Odisha

15 Aug 1947 Orissa Province 26 Jan 1950 Orissa State4 Nov 2011 Renamed Odisha. Governors 15 Aug 1947 - 20 Jun 1948 Kailash Nath Katju (b. 1887 - d. 1968) 21 Jun 1948 - 6 Jun 1952 Janab M. Asaf Ali (b. 1888 - d. 1953) 7 Jun 1952 - 9 Feb 1954 Sir Saiyid Fazl Ali (b. 1886 - d. 1959) 10 Feb 1954 - 11 Sep 1956 Poosapati S. Kumaraswamy Raja (b. 1898 - d. 1957) 12 Sep 1956 - 31 Jul 1957 Bhim Sen Sachar (b. 1893 - d. 1978) 31 Jul 1957 - 15 Sep 1962 Yeshwant Narayan Sukthankar (b. 1897 - d. 19..) 16 Sep 1962 - 30 Jan 1968 Ajudhia Nath Khosla (b. 1892 - d. 1984) 31 Jan 1968 - 20 Sep 1971 Shaukatullah Shah Ansari (b. 1908 - d. 1972) 20 Sep 1971 - 30 Jun 1972 Sardar Jogendra Singh (b. 1903 - d. 1979) 1 Jul 1972 - 8 Nov 1972 Gatikrisina Misra (1st time) (acting) 8 Nov 1972 - 20 Aug 1974 Basappa Danappa Jatti (b. 1912 - d. 2002) 21 Aug 1974 - 25 Oct 1974 Gatikrisina Misra (2nd time) (acting) 25 Oct 1974 - 17 Apr 1976 Akbar Ali Khan (b. 1899 - d. ....) 17 Apr 1976 - 7 Feb 1977 Shiva Narayin Sankar (acting) 7 Feb 1977 - 22 Sep 1977 Harcharan Singh Brar (b. 1922 - d. 2009) 23 Sep 1977 - 30 Apr 1980 Bhagwat Dayal Sharma (b. 1918 - d. 1993) 30 Apr 1980 - 17 Aug 1983 Cheppudira Muthana Poonacha (b. 1910 - d. 1990) 17 Aug 1983 - 20 Nov 1988 Bishambhar Nath Pande (b. 1906 - d. 1998) 20 Nov 1988 - 6 Feb 1990 Nurul Hasan (1st time) (b. 1921 - d. 1993) 7 Feb 1990 - 1 Feb 1993 Yagya Dutt Sharma (b. 1922 - d. 1996) 1 Feb 1993 - 31 May 1993 Nurul Hasan (2nd time) (s.a.) 1 Jun 1993 - 17 Jun 1995 B. Satyanarayan Reddy (b. 1927 - d. 2012) 18 Jun 1995 - 30 Jan 1997 Gopala Ramanujam (1st time) (b. 1915 - d. 2001)31 Jan 1997 - 12 Feb 1997 K.V. Raghunatha Reddy (1st time) (b. 1927)13 Feb 1997 - 13 Dec 1997 Gopala Ramanujam (2nd time) (s.a.)13 Dec 1997 - 27 Apr 1998 K.V. Raghunatha Reddy (2nd time) (s.a.)27 Apr 1998 - 14 Nov 1999 Chakravarti Rangarajan (b. 1932) 15 Nov 1999 - 17 Nov 2004 M.M. Rajendran (b. 1935) 17 Nov 2004 - 21 Aug 2007 Rameshwar Thakur (b. 1927)21 Aug 2007 - 21 Mar 2013 Murlidhar Chandrakant Bhandare (b. 1928) 21 Mar 2013 - S.C. Jamir (b. 1931) Chief ministers 15 Aug 1947 - 12 May 1950 Harekrishna Mahatab (1st time) (b. 1899 - d. 1987) INC 12 May 1950 - 15 Oct 1956 Nabakrushna Choudhury (b. 1901 - d. 1984) INC 15 Oct 1956 - 25 Feb 1961 Harekrishna Mahatab (2nd time) (s.a.) INC 25 Feb 1961 - 16 Jun 1961 President's rule 16 Jun 1961 - 2 Oct 1962 Bijayananda Patnaik (1st time) (b. 1916 - d. 1997) INC 2 Oct 1962 - 21 Feb 1965 Biren Mitra (b. 1917 - d. 1978) INC 21 Feb 1965 - 8 Mar 1967 Sadasiva Tripathy (b. 1910 - d. 1980) INC 8 Mar 1967 - 11 Jan 1971 Rajendra Narayana Singh Deo (b. 1912 - d. 1975) SwP 11 Jan 1971 - 3 Apr 1971 President's rule 3 Apr 1971 - 14 Jun 1972 Biswanath Das (b. 1889 - d. 1984) Non-party 14 Jun 1972 - 3 Mar 1973 Nandini Satpathy (f) (1st time) (b. 1931 - d. 2006) INC 3 Mar 1973 - 6 Mar 1974 President's rule 6 Mar 1974 - 16 Dec 1976 Nandini Satpathy (f) (2nd time) (s.a.) INC 16 Dec 1976 - 29 Dec 1976 President's rule 29 Dec 1976 - 25 Jun 1977 Binayak Acharya (b. 1918 - d. 1983) INC 25 Jun 1977 - 17 Feb 1980 Nilamoni Routray (b. 1920 - d. 2004) JP 17 Feb 1980 - 9 Jun 1980 President's rule 9 Jun 1980 - 7 Dec 1989 Janaki Ballabh Patnaik (1st time) (b. 1927) INC-I 7 Dec 1989 - 5 Mar 1990 Hemananda Biswal (1st time) (b. 1939) INC-I 5 Mar 1990 - 15 Mar 1995 Bijayananda Patnaik (2nd time) (s.a.) INC 15 Mar 1995 - 15 Feb 1999 Janaki Ballabh Patnaik (2nd time) (s.a.) INC-I 15 Feb 1999 - 6 Dec 1999 Giridhar Gomango (b. 1943) BJD/JD 6 Dec 1999 - 5 Mar 2000 Hemananda Biswal (2nd time) (s.a.) INC-I 5 Mar 2000 - Naveen Patnaik (b. 1946) BJD

Puducherry (Pondicherry)

13 Jun 1954 Yanaon taken by Indian military police. 15 Jul 1954 Mah taken by pro-Indian groups. 1 Nov 1954 Remaining territories (Pondichry and Karikal) transferred to India de facto.16 Aug 1962 De jure transfer to India. 7 Jan 1963 Pondicherry union territory1 Oct 2006 Renamed Puducherry.Chief commissioners 1 Nov 1954 - 17 Nov 1956 Kewal Singh (b. 1915)17 Nov 1956 - 28 Aug 1958 Moti K. Kripalani (b. 1901)28 Aug 1958 - 8 Feb 1961 L.R.S. Singh2 May 1961 - 2 Aug 1963 Sarat Kumar Datta (b. 1908)2 Aug 1963 - 14 Oct 1963 K.J. SomasundaramLieutenant governors 14 Oct 1963 - 14 Oct 1968 Sayaji Laxman Silam14 Oct 1968 - 8 Nov 1972 Basappa Danappa Jatti (b. 1912 - d. 2002) 8 Nov 1972 - 30 Aug 1976 Cheddy Lal 30 Aug 1976 - 1 Nov 1980 Bidesh T. Kulkarni 1 Nov 1980 - 16 Apr 1981 Ram Kishore Vyas 16 Apr 1981 - 27 Jul 1981 Sadiq Ali (b. 1910 - d. 2001) 27 Jul 1981 - 15 May 1982Ramdas Narayan Haldipur (b. 1921 - d. 2003) 15 May 1982 - 5 Aug 1983 Kizhekethil Mathew Chandy (b. 1920 - d. 1998) 19 Aug 1983 - 18 Jun 1984 Kona Prabhakara Rao (b. 1916 - d. 1990) 18 Jun 1984 - 1 Oct 1984 Sundar Lal Khurana (b. 1919) 1 Oct 1984 - 22 Jun 1988 Thiru Tribhuvan Prasad Tewary 22 Jun 1988 - 19 Feb 1990 Ranjit Singh Dayal (b. 1928 - d. 2012) 19 Feb 1990 - 19 Dec 1990 Chandrawati (f) 19 Dec 1990 - 6 Feb 1993 Swarup Singh 6 Feb 1993 - 31 May 1993 Bhishma Narain Singh (b. 1933) 31 May 1993 - 2 May 1995 Marri Channa Reddy (b. 1919 - d. 1996) 2 May 1995 - 23 Apr 1998 Rajendra Kumari Bajpai (f) (b. 1925 - d. 1999) 23 Apr 1998 - 31 Jul 2002 Rajani Rai (f) (b. 1931) 31 Jul 2002 - 27 Oct 2003 K.R. Malkani (b. 1921 - d. 2003) 31 Oct 2003 - 5 Jan 2004 P.S. Ramamohan Rao -Administrator (b. 1934) 5 Jan 2004 - 7 Jul 2004 Nagendra Nath Jha (b. 1935) 7 Jul 2004 - 19 Jul 2006 M.M. Lakhera (b. 1937) 19 Jul 2006 - 15 Mar 2008 Mukut Mithi (b. 1954)15 Mar 2008 - 23 Jul 2008 Bhopinder Singh (b. 1946)23 Jul 2008 - 6 Apr 2009 Govind Singh Gurjar (b. 1932 - d. 2009)8 Apr 2009 - 27 Jul 2009 Surjit Singh Barnala-Administrator(b. 1925)27 Jul 2009 - 10 Jul 2013 Iqbal Singh (b. 1945)10 Jul 2013 - Virendra Kataria (b. 1933?)Chief counsellors1955 - 13 Jan 1956 Maurice Paquirissamypoull (b. 1906 - d. 1956) INC20 Apr 1956 - 1959? Edouard Goubert (b. 1894 - d. 1979) INC Aug 1959 - 1963? V. Venkatasubha Reddiar (d. 1981) INC Chief ministers 1 Jul 1963 - 11 Sep 1964 Edouard Goubert (s.a.) INC 11 Sep 1964 - 9 Apr 1967 V. Venkatasubha Reddiar (1st time) (s.a.) INC 9 Apr 1967 - 6 Mar 1968 M.O. Hasan Farook Maricar (b. 1937 - d. 2012) INC (1st time) 6 Mar 1968 - 18 Sep 1968 V. Venkatasubha Reddiar (2nd time) (s.a.) INC 18 Sep 1968 - 17 Mar 1969 President's rule 17 Mar 1969 - 3 Jan 1974 M.O. Hasan Farook Maricar (s.a.) DMK (2nd time) 6 Mar 1974 - 28 Mar 1974 Subramanyan Ramaswamy (1st time) ADMK 28 Mar 1974 - 2 Jul 1977 President's rule 2 Jul 1977 - 12 Nov 1978 Subramanyan Ramaswamy (2nd time) ADMK 12 Nov 1978 - 16 Jan 1980 President's rule 16 Jan 1980 - 24 Jun 1983 M.D.R. Ramachandran (1st time) DMK 24 Jun 1983 - 16 Mar 1985 President's rule 16 Mar 1985 - 19 Jan 1989 M.O. Hasan Farook Maricar (s.a.) INC-I (3rd time) 19 Jan 1989 - 5 Mar 1990 President's rule 5 Mar 1990 - 12 Jan 1991 M.D.R. Ramachandran (2nd time) DMK 12 Jan 1991 - 4 Jul 1991 President's rule 4 Jul 1991 - 14 May 1996 V. Vaithilingam (1st time) (b. 1950) INC 14 May 1996 - 26 May 1996 President's rule 26 May 1996 - 18 Mar 2000 R.V. Janakiraman INC 22 Mar 2000 - 27 Oct 2001 P. Shanmugam (b. 1927 - d. 2013) INC 27 Oct 2001 - 4 Sep 2008 N. Rangaswamy (1st time) (b. 1950) INC4 Sep 2008 - 16 May 2011 V. Vaithilingam (2nd time) (s.a.) INC16 May 2011 - N. Rangasamy (2nd time) (s.a.) AINRC

Punjab

15 Aug 1947 Province 26 Jan 1950 State Governors 15 Aug 1947 - 11 Mar 1953 Sir Chandulal Madhavlal Trivedi (b. 1893 - d. 1981) 11 Mar 1953 - 15 Sep 1958 Chandeshwar Prasad Narayan Singh (b. 1901 - d. 1993) 15 Sep 1958 - 1 Oct 1962 Narhar Vishnu Gadgil (b. 1886 - d. 1966) 1 Oct 1962 - 4 May 1964 Pattom Thanu Pillai (b. 1885 - d. 1970) 4 May 1964 - 1 Sep 1965 Hafiz Muhammad Ibrahim (b. 1889 - d. 1968) 1 Sep 1965 - 26 Jun 1966 Sardar Ujjal Singh (b. 1895 - d. 1983) 27 Jun 1966 - 1 Jun 1967 Dharma Vira (b. 1906 - d. 2000) 1 Jun 1967 - 16 Oct 1967 Mehar Singh 16 Oct 1967 - 21 May 1973 Dadasaheb Chintanani Pavate (b. 1899 - d. 1979) 21 May 1973 - 1 Sep 1977 Mahendra Mohan Choudhury (b. 1908 - d. 1983) 1 Sep 1977 - 24 Sep 1977 Ranjit Singh Narula (b. 1915 - d. 2005) 24 Sep 1977 - 26 Aug 1981 Jaisukh Lal Hathi (b. 1909 - d. 1982) 26 Aug 1981 - 21 Apr 1982 Aminuddin Ahmad Khan (b. 1911 - d. 1983) 21 Apr 1982 - 7 Feb 1983 Marri Channa Reddy (b. 1919 - d. 1996) 7 Feb 1983 - 21 Feb 1983 S.S. Sandhawalia (b. 1925 - d. 2007)21 Feb 1983 - 10 Oct 1983 Anant Prasad Sharma (b. 1919 - d. 1988) 10 Oct 1983 - 3 Jul 1984 Bhairab Dutt Pande (b. 1912) 3 Jul 1984 - 14 Mar 1985 Kershasp Tehmurasp Satarawala (b. 1916 - d. 2001) 14 Mar 1985 - 14 Nov 1985 Arjun Singh (b. 1930 - d. 2011) 14 Nov 1985 - 26 Nov 1985 Hokishe Sema (b. 1921) 26 Nov 1985 - 2 Apr 1986 Shankar Dayal Sharma (b. 1918 - d. 1999) 2 Apr 1986 - 8 Dec 1989 Siddharta Shankar Ray (b. 1920 - d. 2010) 8 Dec 1989 - 14 Jun 1990 Nirmal Mukarji (b. 1921 - d. 2002) 14 Jun 1990 - 18 Dec 1990 Virendra Verma (b. 1916 - d. 2009) 18 Dec 1990 - 7 Aug 1991 Om Prakash Malhotra (b. 1922) 7 Aug 1991 - 9 Jul 1994 Surendra Nath (d. 1994) 10 Jul 1994 - 18 Sep 1994 Sudhakar Panditrao Kurdukar (b. 1935) 18 Sep 1994 - 27 Nov 1999 B.K.N. Chhibber (b. 1936) 27 Nov 1999 - 8 May 2003 Jack Frederick Ralph Jacob (b. 1921) 8 May 2003 - 3 Nov 2004 Om Prakash Verma (b. 1937) 3 Nov 2004 - 16 Nov 2004 Akhlaqur Rahman Kidwai (b. 1920) 16 Nov 2004 -22 Jan 2010 S.F. Rodrigues (b. 1933)22 Jan 2010 - Shivraj Vishwanath Patil (b. 1935) Chief ministers 15 Aug 1947 - 13 Apr 1949 Gopichand Bhargava (1st time) (b. 1890 - d. 1966) INC 13 Apr 1949 - 18 Oct 1949 Bhim Sen Sachar (1st time) (b. 1893 - d. 1978) INC 18 Oct 1949 - 20 Jun 1951 Gopichand Bhargava (2nd time) (s.a.) INC 20 Jun 1952 - 17 Apr 1952 President's rule 17 Apr 1952 - 23 Jan 1956 Bhim Sen Sachar (2nd time) (s.a.) INC 23 Jan 1956 - 21 Jun 1964 Sardar Pratap Singh Kairon (b. 1910 - d. 1965) INC 21 Jun 1964 - 5 Jul 1966 Ram Kishan INC 5 Jul 1966 - 1 Nov 1966 President's rule 1 Nov 1966 - 8 Mar 1967 Gurumukh Singh Musafir (b. 1899 - d. 1976) INC 8 Mar 1967 - 25 Nov 1967 Sardar Gurinam Singh (1st time) (b. 1899 - d. 1973) SAD 25 Nov 1967 - 23 Aug 1968 Sardar Lachhman Singh Gill (b. 1917 - d. 1969) JP 23 Aug 1968 - 17 Feb 1969 President's rule 17 Feb 1969 - 27 Mar 1970 Sardar Gurinam Singh (2nd time) (s.a.) JP 27 Mar 1970 - 14 Jun 1971 Prakash Singh Badal (1st time) (b. 1927) SAD 14 Jun 1971 - 17 Mar 1972 President's rule 17 Mar 1972 - 30 Apr 1977 Zail Singh (b. 1916 - d. 1994) INC 30 Apr 1977 - 20 Jun 1977 President's rule 20 Jun 1977 - 17 Feb 1980 Prakash Singh Badal (2nd time) (s.a.) SAD 17 Feb 1980 - 7 Jun 1980 President's rule 7 Jun 1980 - 6 Oct 1983 Darbara Singh (b. 1916 - d. 1990) INC-I 6 Oct 1983 - 29 Sep 1985 President's rule 29 Sep 1985 - 11 May 1987 Surjit Singh Barnala (b. 1925) SAD 11 May 1987 - 25 Feb 1992 President's rule 25 Feb 1992 - 31 Aug 1995 Beant Singh (b. 1922 - d. 1995) INC 31 Aug 1995 - 21 Nov 1996 Harcharan Singh Brar (b. 1922 - d. 2009) PCC 21 Nov 1996 - 12 Feb 1997 Rajinder Kaur Bhattal (f) (b. 1945) INC 12 Feb 1997 - 27 Feb 2002 Prakash Singh Badal (3rd time) (s.a.) SAD 27 Feb 2002 - 2 Mar 2007 Amarinder Singh (b. 1942) INC2 Mar 2007 - Prakash Singh Badal (4th time) (s.a.) SAD'Republic of Khalistan' in Exile

Khalistan Separatist Flag President13 Jun 1984 - 3 Apr 2007 Jagit Singh Chauhan (b. 1927 - d. 2007) (in London, U.K. exile to 26 Jun 2001)

Patiala and East Punjab States Union (PEPSU) 15 Jul 1948 State 1 Nov 1956 Part of Punjab. Rajpramukh 15 Jul 1948 - 31 Oct 1956 Yadavindra Singh (b. 1913 - d. 1974) Premiers 22 Aug 1948 - 23 May 1951 Sardar Gian Singh Rarewala (b. 1901 - d. 1979) Non-party23 May 1951 - 22 Apr 1952 Sardar Raghbir Singh (b. 1894 - d. 1955) INC Chief ministers 22 Apr 1952 - 5 Mar 1953 Sardar Gian Singh Rarewala (s.a.) UF 5 Mar 1953 - 8 Mar 1953 President's rule8 Mar 1954 - 7 Jan 1955 Sardar Raghbir Singh (s.a.) INC 12 Jan 1955 - 31 Oct 1956 Brish Bhan (b. 1908 - d. 1988) INC

Rajasthan

25 Mar 1948 Rajasthan 18 Apr 1948 United States of Rajasthan 15 May 1949 United States of Greater Rajasthan 1 Nov 1956 Rajasthan Rajpramukhs 25 Mar 1948 - 18 Apr 1948 Bhim Singh II (b. 1909 - d. 1991) 18 Apr 1948 - 1 Apr 1949 Sir Bhopal Singh (b. 1884 - d. 1955) Maharajpramukh 1 Apr 1949 - 4 Jul 1955 Sir Bhopal Singh (s.a.) Governors 1 Nov 1956 - 16 Apr 1962 Gurumukh Nihal Singh (b. 1895 - d. 1969) 16 Apr 1962 - 16 Apr 1967 Sampurnanand (b. 1891 - d. 1969) 16 Apr 1967 - 1 Jul 1972 Sardar Hukam Singh (b. 1895 - d. 1983) 1 Jul 1972 - 15 Feb 1977 Sardar Jogendra Singh (b. 1903 - d. 1979) 15 Feb 1977 - 11 May 1977 Vedpal Tyagi (acting) 17 May 1977 - 8 Aug 1981 Raghukul Tilak (b. 1900) 8 Aug 1981 - 6 Mar 1982 K.D. Sharma (acting) 6 Mar 1982 - 4 Jan 1985 Om Prakash Mehra (b. 1919) 20 Nov 1985 - 15 Oct 1987 Vasantrao Patil (b. 1917 - d. 1989) 20 Feb 1988 - 3 Feb 1990 Sukhdev Prasad 3 Feb 1990 - 14 Feb 1990 Milap Chand Jain (acting) (b. 1929) 14 Feb 1990 - 26 Aug 1991 Debi Prasad Chattopadhyaya (b. 1933) 26 Aug 1991 - 5 Feb 1992 Swarup Singh (acting) 5 Feb 1992 - 31 May 1993 Marri Channa Reddy (b. 1919 - d. 1996) 31 May 1993 - 30 Jun 1993 Dhanik Lal Mandal (acting) (b. 1932) 30 Jun 1993 - 1 May 1998 Bali Ram Bhagat (b. 1922 - d. 2011)1 May 1998 - 24 May 1998 Darbara Singh (b. 1927 - d. 1998) 25 May 1998 - 16 Jan 1999 Navrang Lal Tibrewal (acting) (b. 1937) 16 Jan 1999 - 14 May 2003 Anshuman Singh (b. 1935) 14 May 2003 - 22 Sep 2003 Nirmal Chandra Jain (b. 1928 - d. 2003) 22 Sep 2003 - 14 Jan 2004 Kailashpati Mishra (b. 1926 - d. 2012) 14 Jan 2004 - 1 Nov 2004 Madan Lal Khurana (b. 1936) 1 Nov 2004 - 8 Nov 2004 Thanjavelu Rajeshwar (b. 1926) 8 Nov 2004 - 23 Jun 2007 Pratibha Patil (f) (b. 1934)23 Jun 2007 -6 Sep 2007Akhlaqur Rahman Kidwai (b. 1920)6 Sep 2007 - 1 Dec 2009 Shilendra Kumar Singh (b. 1932 - d. 2009)2 Dec 2009 - 26 Apr 2010 Prabha Rau (f) (b. 1935 - d. 2010)28 Apr 2010 - 12 May 2012 Shivraj Vishwanath Patil (b. 1935)12 May 2012 - Margaret Alva (f) (b. 1942) Chief ministers 25 Mar 1948 - 18 Apr 1948 Gokul Lal Asawa INC 18 Apr 1948 - 7 Apr 1949 Manikya Lal Verma (b. 1897 - d. 1969) Non-party 7 Apr 1949 - 5 Jan 1951 Hiralal Shastri (b. 1899 - d. 1974) INC 6 Jan 1951 - 26 Apr 1951 Cadambi Seshachar Venkatachari (b. 1899 - d. ....) INC (acting) 26 Apr 1951 - 3 Mar 1952 Jai Narayan Vyas (1st time) (b. 1899 - d. 1963) INC 3 Mar 1952 - 1 Nov 1952 Tikaram Palliwal (b. 1907) INC 1 Nov 1952 - 13 Nov 1954 Jai Narayan Vyas (2nd time) (s.a.) INC 13 Nov 1954 - 13 Mar 1967 Mohan Lal Sukhadia (1st time) (b. 1916 - d. 1982) INC 13 Mar 1967 - 26 Apr 1967 President's rule 26 Apr 1967 - 9 Jul 1971 Mohan Lal Sukhadia (2nd time) (s.a.) INC 9 Jul 1971 - 11 Oct 1973 Barkatullah Khan (b. 1920 - d. 1973) INC 11 Oct 1973 - 23 Oct 1973 President's rule 23 Oct 1973 - 22 Jun 1977 Harideo Joshi (1st time) (b. 1921 - d. 1995) INC 22 Jun 1977 - 16 Feb 1980 Bhairon Singh Shekhawat (1st time) (b. 1923 - d. 2010) JP 16 Feb 1980 - 6 Jun 1980 President's rule 6 Jun 1980 - 14 Jul 1981 Jagannath Pahadia (b. 1932) INC-I 14 Jul 1981 - 23 Feb 1985 Shiv Charan Mathur (1st time) (b. 1926 - d. 2009) INC-I 23 Feb 1985 - 10 Mar 1985 Heera Lal Devpura (b. 1925 - d. 2004) INC 10 Mar 1985 - 20 Jan 1988 Harideo Joshi (2nd time) (s.a.) INC 20 Jan 1988 - 4 Dec 1989 Shiv Charan Mathur (2nd time) (s.a.) INC-I 4 Dec 1989 - 4 Mar 1990 Harideo Joshi (3rd time) (s.a.) INC 4 Mar 1990 - 15 Dec 1992 Bhairon Singh Shekhawat (2nd time) (s.a.) BJP15 Dec 1992 - 4 Dec 1993 President's rule 4 Dec 1993 - 1 Dec 1998 Bhairon Singh Shekhawat (3rd time) (s.a.)BJP 1 Dec 1998 - 8 Dec 2003 Ashok Gehlot (1st time) (b. 1951) INC 8 Dec 2003 - 13 Dec 2008 Vasundhara Raje (f) (b. 1953) BJP13 Dec 2008 - Ashok Gehlot (2nd time) (s.a.) INC

Matsya 18 Mar 1948 Matsya Union formed by merger of former princely states of Alwar, Bharatpur, Dholpur, and Karauli. 15 May 1949 Part of Rajasthan. Chief minister 18 Mar 1948 - 15 May 1949 Shobha Ram INC?

Ajmer 15 Aug 1947 Ajmer-Merwara province 26 Jan 1950 Ajmer state 1 Nov 1956 Part of Rajasthan Chief commissioners 1947 - 1948 Shankar Prasada (b. 1905) 1948 - 1951 Chandrakant Balwantrao Nagarkar Jan 1952 - Mar 1954 Anand Dattahaya Pandit (b. 1909) Mar 1954 - 31 Oct 1956 M.K. Kripalani Chief minister 24 Mar 1952 - 1956 Hari Bhau Upadhyay (b. 1892 - d. 1972) INC

Sikkim

16 May 1975 State of Sikkim Governors 16 May 1975 - 10 Jan 1981 Bipen Bihari Lal (b. 1917) 10 Jan 1981 - 16 Jun 1984 Homi J.H. Taleyarkhan (b. 1917 - d. 1998) 16 Jun 1984 - 31 May 1985 Kona Prabhakara Rao (b. 1916 - d. 1990) 31 May 1985 - 21 Nov 1985 Bhishma Narain Singh (b. 1933) 21 Nov 1985 - 2 Mar 1989 Thanjavelu Rajeshwar (b. 1926) 2 Mar 1989 - 8 Feb 1990 S.K. Bhatnagar (b. 1930? - d. 2001) 8 Feb 1990 - 21 Sep 1994 Radhakrishnan Tahiliani (b. 1930) 21 Sep 1994 - 12 Nov 1995 Punjala Shiv Shanker (b. 1929) 12 Nov 1995 - 10 Mar 1996 K.V. Raghunatha Reddy (b. 1924 - d. 2002) 10 Mar 1996 - 18 May 2001 Chaudhury Randhir Singh 18 May 2001 - 25 Oct 2002 Kidar Nath Sahani (b. 1926 - d. 2012) 25 Oct 2002 - 25 Oct 2007 V. Rama Rao (b. 1935)25 Oct 2007 - 9 Jul 2008 Sudarshan Agarwal (b. 1931)9 Jul 2008 - 20 Jul 2013 Balmiki Prasad Singh (b. 1941)20 Jul 2013 - Shriniwas Dadasaheb Patil (b. 1941)

Chief ministers 16 May 1975 - 18 Aug 1979 Kazi Lhendup Dorjee Khangsarpa (b. 1904 - d. 2007) INC 18 Aug 1979 - 18 Oct 1979 President's rule 18 Oct 1979 - 11 May 1984 Nar Bahadur Bhandari (1st time) (b. 1940) SkJP:1981 SPC11 May 1984 - 25 May 1984 Bhim Bhadur Gurung (b. 1929) INC 25 May 1984 - 8 Mar 1985 President's rule 8 Mar 1985 - 17 Jun 1994 Nar Bahadur Bhandari (2nd time) (s.a.) SSP 17 Jun 1994 - 12 Dec 1994 Sanchaman Limboo (b. 1949) SSP12 Dec 1994 - Pawan Kumar Chamling (b. 1950) SDF

Tamil Nadu

15 Aug 1947 Madras province 26 Jan 1950 State 14 Jan 1969 Renamed Tamil Nadu. Governors 15 Aug 1947 - 7 Sep 1948 Sir Archibald Edward Nye (b. 1895 - d. 1967) 7 Sep 1948 - 12 Mar 1952 Sir Krishnakumarsimhji Bhavsimhji (b. 1912 - d. 1965) 12 Mar 1952 - 10 Dec 1956 Sri Prakasa (b. 1890 - d. 1971) 10 Dec 1956 - 30 Sep 1957 Anapparambul Joseph John (b. 1893 - d. 1957) 1 Oct 1957 - 24 Jan 1958 Pakala Venkata Rajamannar (acting) (b. 1901 - d. 1979) 24 Jan 1958 - 4 May 1964 Bishnuram Medhi (b. 1888 - d. 1981) 4 May 1964 - 28 Jun 1966 Jayachamarajendra Udaiyar (b. 1919 - d. 1974) 28 Jun 1966 - 27 May 1971 Sardar Ujjal Singh (b. 1895 - d. 1983) (acting to 16 Jun 1967) 27 May 1971 - 16 Jun 1976 Kodardas Kalidas Shah (b. 1908 - d. ....) 16 Jun 1976 - 8 Apr 1977 Mohan Lal Sukhadia (b. 1916 - d. 1982) 8 Apr 1977 - 27 Apr 1977 Chandreswar Prasad Narain Singh (b. 1901 - d. 1993) (acting) 27 Apr 1977 - 27 Oct 1980 Prabhudas Balubhai Patwari (b. 1909 - d. 1985)27 Oct 1980 - 4 Nov 1980 Thiru M.M. Ismail (acting)4 Nov 1980 - 3 Sep 1982 Sadiq Ali (b. 1910 - d. 2001) 3 Sep 1982 - 17 Feb 1988 Sundar Lal Khurana (b. 1919) 17 Feb 1988 - 24 May 1990 P. Cherian Alexander (b. 1921 - d. 2011) 24 May 1990 - 15 Feb 1991 Surjit Singh Barnala (1st time) (b. 1925) 15 Feb 1991 - 31 May 1993 Bhishma Narain Singh (b. 1933) 31 May 1993 - 2 Dec 1996 Marri Channa Reddy (b. 1919 - d. 1996) 2 Dec 1996 - 25 Jan 1997 Krishan Kant (b. 1927 - d. 2002) 25 Jan 1997 - 3 Jul 2001 M. Fathima Beevi (f) (b. 1927) 3 Jul 2001 - 18 Jan 2002 Chakravarti Rangarajan (acting) (b. 1932) 18 Jan 2002 - 3 Nov 2004 P.S. Ramamohan Rao (b. 1934) 3 Nov 2004 -31 Aug 2011 Surjit Singh Barnala (2nd time) (s.a.)31 Aug 2011 - Konijeti Rosaiah (b. 1933)Chief ministers 15 Aug 1947 - 6 Apr 1949 Omandur P. Ramaswami Reddiar (b. 1895 - d. 1970) INC 6 Apr 1949 - 10 Apr 1952 Poosapati S. Kumaraswamy Raja (b. 1898 - d. 1957) INC 10 Apr 1952 - 13 Apr 1954 Chakravarti Rajagopalachari (b. 1878 - d. 1972) INC 13 Apr 1954 - 2 Oct 1963 Kumaraswami Kamaraj (b. 1903 - d. 1975) INC 2 Oct 1963 - 6 Mar 1967 M. Bhaktavatsalam (b. 1897 - d. 1987) INC 6 Mar 1967 - 3 Feb 1969 Conjeeveram Natarajan Annadurai (b. 1909 - d. 1969) DMK 3 Feb 1969 - 10 Feb 1969 V.R. Nedunchezhiyan (acting) (b. 1920 - d. 2000) DMK (1st time) 10 Feb 1969 - 31 Jan 1976 Kalaignar Muthuvel Karunanidhi (b. 1924) DMK (1st time) 31 Jan 1976 - 30 Jun 1977 President's rule 30 Jun 1977 - 17 Feb 1980 Marudur Gopala Ramachandran (b. 1917 - d. 1987) AIADMK (1st time) 17 Feb 1980 - 9 Jun 1980 President's rule 9 Jun 1980 - 24 Dec 1987 Marudur Gopala Ramachandran (s.a.) AIADMK (2nd time) 24 Dec 1987 - 7 Jan 1988 V.R. Nedunchezhiyan (acting) (s.a.) AIADMK (2nd time) 7 Jan 1988 - 30 Jan 1988 Janaki Ramachandran (f) (b. 1923 - d. 1996) AIADMK 30 Jan 1988 - 27 Jan 1989 President's rule 27 Jan 1989 - 30 Jan 1991 Kalaignar Muthuvel Karunanidhi (s.a.) DMK (2nd time) 30 Jan 1991 - 24 Jun 1991 President's rule 24 Jun 1991 - 13 May 1996 Jayaram Jayalalitha (f) (1st time) (b. 1948) AIADMK 13 May 1996 - 14 May 2001 Kalaignar Muthuvel Karunanidhi (s.a.) DMK (3rd time) 14 May 2001 - 21 Sep 2001 Jayaram Jayalalitha (f) (2nd time) (s.a.) AIADMK 21 Sep 2001 - 2 Mar 2002 O. Paneerselvam (b. 1951) AIADMK 2 Mar 2002 - 13 May 2006 Jayaram Jayalalitha (f) (3rd time) (s.a.) AIADMK 13 May 2006 - 16 May 2011 Kalaignar Muthuvel Karunanidhi (s.a.) DMK (4th time)16 May 2011 - Jayaram Jayalalitha (f) (4th time) (s.a.) AIADMK

Tripura

15 Oct 1949 Province 26 Jan 1950 State 1 Nov 1956 Union territory 21 Jan 1972 State Chief commissioners 15 Oct 1949 - 1951 R.K. Ray 1951 - 1955 Venkatasubrami Nanjappa (b. 1911) 1955 - 1956 H.L. Atal 1956 - 1958 Kalka Prasad Bhargawa (b. 1908) 1958 - 1962 N.M. Patnaik 15 Nov 1962 - 17 Jan 1967 Shanti Priya Mukherjee 17 Jan 1967 - 5 Nov 1967 U.N. Sharma (b. 1917) 5 Nov 1967 - 31 Jan 1970 D.K. Bhattacharya 31 Jan 1970 - 8 Aug 1971 Anthony Lancelot Dias (b. 1910 - d. 2002) 8 Aug 1971 - 21 Jan 1972 Baleshwar Prasad (b. 1914) Governors 21 Jan 1972 - 23 Sep 1973 Braj Kumar Nehru (b. 1909 - d. 2001) 23 Sep 1973 - 10 Aug 1980 Lallan Prasad Singh (b. 1912 - d. 1998) 10 Aug 1980 - 14 Aug 1981 Prakash Chandra Mehotra (b. 1925) 14 Aug 1981 - 14 Jun 1984 Saiyid Muzaffar Husain Burney (b. 1923) 14 Jun 1984 - 12 Jul 1989 K.V. Krishna Rao (b. 1923) 12 Jul 1989 - 12 Feb 1990 Sultan Singh 12 Feb 1990 - 15 Aug 1993 K.V. Raghunatha Reddy (b. 1924 - d. 2002) 15 Aug 1993 - 16 Jun 1995 Romesh Bhandari (b. 1928) 16 Jun 1995 - 23 Jun 2000 Siddheswar Prasad 23 Jun 2000 - 2 Jun 2003 Krishna Mohan Seth (b. 1939) 2 Jun 2003 - 15 Oct 2009 Dinesh Nandan Sahay (b. 1936)15 Oct 2009 - 27 Nov 2009 Kamla Beniwal (f) (b. 1927)27 Nov 2009 - 25 Mar 2013 D.Y. Patil (b. 1935)25 Mar 2013 - Devanand Konwar (b. 1935?)

Chief ministers 1 Jul 1963 - 1 Nov 197