Indian states since 1947

States of India since 1947

States: Andhra Pradesh - Arunachal Pradesh - Assam - Bihar - Chhattisgarh - Goa - Gujarat - Haryana - Himachal Pradesh - Jharkhand - Karnataka - Kerala - Madhya Pradesh - Maharashtra - Manipur - Meghalaya - Mizoram - Nagaland - Odisha - Punjab - Rajasthan - Sikkim - Tamil Nadu - Telangana - Tripura - Uttar Pradesh - Uttarakhand - West Bengal - Union Territories: Andaman and Nicobar - Chandigarh - Dadra and Nagar-Haveli & Daman and Diu - Delhi - Jammu and Kashmir - Ladakh - Lakshadweep - Puducherry - Former States and Territories: Ajmer-Merwara - Bhopal - Bilaspur - Chandernagor - Cooch Behar - Coorg - Daman and Diu - Hyderabad - Kutch - Madhya Bharat - Matsya - Panth Piploda - Patiala and East Punjab States Union (PEPSU) - Saurashtra - Vindhya Pradesh -

Note:Between 26 Jan 1950 and 1 Nov 1956 there were four types of divisions: Part A states (under a governor), Part B states (under a rajpramukh), Part C states (under a chief commissioner), and one Part D territory; from 1956 there were only states (former Part A and B states) and union territories (former Part C states and Part D territory).Note: States and territories do not have flags, but the governments of states can be represented by a white banner depicting the emblem of the state. Only the state of Jammu and Kashmir had a flag until 2019.

Party abbreviations: AAP= Aam Aadmi Party (Common Man's Party, democratic socialist, anti-corruption, populist, est.26 Nov 2012); 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 (All India Namathu Rajiyam Congress, social-democratic, centrist, split from INC by N. Rangasamy, Puducherry regionalist,est.7 Feb 2011); AITMC= All India Trinamool Congress (All India Grassroots Congress, social-democratic, West Bengal regionalist,split from INC, est.1997); 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 (People in Majority Society Party,Dalit socialism, secularist,scheduled castes minority, est.1984);CPI= Communist Party of India (Bharatiya Kamyunist Parti, 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-leninistcommunist, split from CPI-M, est.1974); DMK= Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (Dravidian Progress Federation, social democratic, populist, Tamil Nadu regionalist, est.1949);GJM =Gorkha Janmukti Morcha (pro-creation of Gorkhaland state from parts of West Bengal, est.7 Oct 2007); GSRP= Goa Su-Raj Party (Goa Good Governance Party, anti-corruption, Goa regionalist, est.2002);IUML= Indian Union Muslim League (Kerala and Tamil Nadu regionalist, pro-muslim community, 1948-1980, re-est.1985);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);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); JKANC = Jammu and Kashmir Awami National Conference (named National Conference [Khalida] 1983-88, split from JKNC, est.1988);JKNC = All Jammu & Kashmir National Conference (Kashmir unity, pro-autonomy, pro-India, part of INC 6 Jun 1965-24 Feb 1975, named Oct 1932-11 Jun 1939 All Jammu and Kashmir Muslim Conference, est.11 Jun 1939); JMM= Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (Jharkhand Liberation Front, Jharkhand regionalist, center-right, est.2000); KRP =Khalsa Raj Party (Khalsa, Punjab regionalist, supports 'Khalistan' Sikh self-determination, est.2002);MGP= Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party (Goa regionalist, populist, centrist, est.1961);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.1967); NCP= Nationalist Congress Party (center-left, populist, secular, split from INC-I, est.25 May 1999); NDA= National Democratic Alliance (BJP coalition incl. ADMK, AITC, BJD, MNF, NPF, SAD, SHS, and TDP, est.1998); NDDP = Nationalist Democratic Progressive Party (Nagaland regionalist, former Democratic Progressive Party, est.17 May 2017);NF= National Front (formerly National Front-Left/United Front, leftist coalition: AGP, CPI, CPI-M, DMK, JD, JKNC, SP, TDP, DMK, RSP, and TMC);NNC = Naga National Council (Nagaland separatist, est.2 Feb 1946);NPF= Naga People's Front (Nagaland and Manipur regionalist, named Nagaland People's Front to 2009, former NPC, est.Oct 2002); NPP = National People's Party (Meghalaya regionalist, split from NCP, est.6 Jan 2013);PDP = Jammu and Kashmir People's Democratic Party (pro-self-rule in Jammu and Kashmir, est.1999); PPA= People's Party of Arunachal (Arunachal Pradesh regionalist,est.10 Apr 1977); RJD= Rashtriya Janata Dal (National People's Party, Bihar regionalist, socialist, social conservative, est.1997); SAD= Shiromani Akali Dal (Supreme Akail Party,Sikh religious party, est.1920);SAP= Samata Party (Equality Party,socialist, split from JD, est.1994);SHS = Shiv Sena (Army of Shivaji, conservative, Hindutva, Marathi nationalist, right-wing, est.19 Jun 1966);SJP= Samajwadi Janata Party (Socialist People's Party, split from JD, est.1990); SJP-R = Samajwadi Janata Party-Rashtriya (Socialist People's Party-National, split from JD, est.1990);SkDF = Sikkim Democratic Front (Sikkim regionalist, democratic socialist, est.1993); SKM = Sikkim Krantikari Morcha (Sikkim Revolutionary Front, Sikkim regionalist, democratic socialist, split from SkDF, est.4 Feb 2013);SP= Samajwadi Party (Socialist Party, democratic-socialist, anti-English language, est.1992);TDP= Telugu Desam (Party for Telugu Land and People, Andra Pradesh regionalist, populist, social liberal, est.1982); TRS= Telangana Rashtra Samithi (Telangana regionalist, center-right,est.27 Apr 2001);UDP= United Democratic Party (Meghalaya regionalist, populist, est.1997); YSRCP = Yuvajana Sramika Raithu Congress (Youth, Labour and Farmer Congress Party, centrist, Andhra Pradesh regionalist, split from INC, est.12 Mar 2011); ZPM = Zoram People's Movement (secular, conservative, anti-Hindutva Nationalism, Mizoram regionalist, est.2019);Mil = Military; - Former parties: AC-M= Arunachal Congress-Mithi (Arunachal Pradesh regionalist, split from ACby Mukut Mithi, 1998-1999,merged into INC); AGD = Azad Gomantak Dal (left-wing, supported the liberation of Goa and Dadra and Nagar Haveli); AISPC = All India States Peoples' Conference (social-democratic, association of princely states-based parties, 1927-Apr 1948, merged into INC); APHLC = All Party Hill Leaders Conference (Meghalaya regionalist, Hill people rights, 1960-af.1983); BAC= Bangla Congress Party (West Bengal regionalist, split from INC, 1965-1971,merged into INC); BKD= Bharatiya Kranti Dal (Indian Revolutionary Party, rightist, anti-communist, part of BLD, split from INC, Oct 1967-1977, merged into JP); BLD= Bharatiya Lok Dal (Indian Peoples' Party,INC-I opposition, 1974-1977, merged into JP); BJS= Bharatiya Jan Sangh (Indian People's Alliance, Hinduist, merged into JP 1977-1980, from 1980 BJP);CD= Congress for Democracy (split from INC-I, 1977, merged into JP); CNP = Council of the Naga People (Nagaland separatist, split from NNC, Nov 1968-1973);CPP = Cochin Progressive Party (center-left, pro-responsible government in Cochin, 1938-1948);GPC = Goa People's Congress (Goa regionalist, split from INC, 2000-2001, merged into INC);GRCP= Goa Rajiv Congress Party (Goa regionalist, split from INC, 1998-1999, merged into NCP);HPU= Hill People's Union (Meghalaya regionalist, 1988?-1997, merged into UDP); HVP= Haryana Vikas Party (Haryana Development Party, Haryana regionalist, 1996-2004, merged into INC);INC-I= Indian National Congress Party-Indira (INC-Indira Ghandi faction, also called "New Congress", populist, socialist, split from INC, 1977-1996);INC-O = Indian National Congress-Organisation ("Old Congress", rump INC that refused Indira Gandhi, 1968-1977, merged into JP);IPADF= Independent Progressive Democratic Alliance Front (West Bengal regionalist, leftist coalition, split from UF, 1967-1968);JD= Janata Dal (People's Party, social-democratic, 1988-2004merged with SPas JD-U); JKD= Jana Kranti Dal (Party of the People's Revolution,Bihar regionalist, split from INC, 1966-1967, merged into BKD); JM= Janata Morcha (People's Front, anti-Indria Gandhi opposition, 1974-1977, merged into JP); JP= Janata Party (People's Party, opposed INC-I, 1977-13 Aug 2013, merged into BJP); JP-S = Janata Party-Secular (anti-INC-I, split from JP, 1979-1980, renamed LD); LD= Lok Dal (People's Party, former JP-S, est.1980);MHU = Manipur Hills Union (Manipur regionalist, 1974-1976, merged into INC);MPA = Meghalaya Progressive Alliance (Meghalaya coalition, NCP and UPD, 2008-2009); MSCP= Manipur State Congress Party (Manipur regionalist, split from INC, 1997-2014, merged into INC); MU= Mizo Union (Mizoram regionalist, 1946-1974);MUF= Manipur United Front (Manipur regionalist, anti-INC alliance, 1967);NLMO = National Liberation Movement Organization (left-wing, supported liberation of Dadra and Nagar Haveli);NPC=Nagaland People's Convention (Naga regionalist, 1987?-1998); NNDP= Naga National Democratic Party (Nagaland regionalist, merger of UDF and Naga National Party, est.1980);NN0= Naga Nationalist Organization (Naga regionalist, pro-statehood, 1957-May 1976, merged into INC-I); PDF= Progressive Democratic Front (split from INC, in Goa and Maharashtra, 1978-c.1990);PSP= Praja Socialist Party (socialist, 1952-1972); RJP =Rashtriya Janata Party (National People's Party, Gujarat regionalist, split from BJP, 1996-1998, merged into INC); SD = Soshit Dal (Bihar regionalist, split from SVD, 1967-1972, renamed Shoshit Samaj Dal); SkJP= Sikkim Janata Parishad (Sikkim Popular Association, Sikkim regionalist, anti-merger, 1977-1981, merged into INC); SkSP = Sikkim Sangram Parishad (Sikkim Revolutionary Association, democratic-socialist, Sikkim regionalist, 1984-c.2004, merged into INC); SmP = Samata Party (socialist, 1994-2003, merged with JD as JD-U, minority continues as SmP); SSP= Samyukta Socialist Party (United Socialist Party, socialist, split from PSP, 1964-1972);SwP= Swatantra Party (Independent Party, conservative, merged with BKD, split from INC, 1959-1974);TMC= Tamil Maanila Congress (Tamil Nadu regionalist, centrist, split from INC by G.K. Moopanar, 1996-2002, merged into INC);UDF = United Democratic Front (Nagaland regionalist, founded as United Front of Nagaland, 1963-1980, merged into NNDP);UDF-P=United Democratic Front-Progressive (Nagaland regionalist, 1980 split from UDF, merged into INC-I); UF= United Front (leftist INC coalition, later NF); ULF = United Legislative Front (Nagaland, Manipur regionalist, merger of INC-I and Naga People's Convention, est.1990);UPLC = Uttar Pradesh Loktantrik Congress (Uttar Pradesh Democratic Congress Party,Uttar Pradesh regionalist, split from INC-I, est.Oct 1997); VHP = Vishal Haryana Party (Greater Haryana Party, Haryanaregionalist, 1967-1978, merged into INC-I)

Andaman and Nicobar

15 Aug 1947                Province
26 Jan 1950                Territory (Part D territory).
1 Nov 1956                Union territory

Chief Commissioners
15 Aug 1947 - 7 Jul 1949 Inam-ul Majid                      (b. 1895 - d. 19..)
Jul 1949 - 1953            Ajoy Kumar Ghosh                   (b. 1908 - d. 19..)
1953 - 1956                Sankar Nath Maitra                 (b. 1912 - d. ....)
1956                       C. Ramachandran    (b. 1915)
1956 - 1958                Tarakad Gopalakrishna Narayana   (b. 1902 - d. ....)                              Ayyar
1958 - 1961                Madhav Vinayak Rajwade    (b. 1917)
1961 - 5 Jun 1965         Bhola Nath Maheshwari       (b. 1914)
5 Jun 1965 - 1966         Brij Lal Chak                     (b. 1916 - d. ....)
1966 - 1968                Mahabir Singh    (b. 1915 - d. 1974)
Oct 1968 - 1972            Harcharan Singh Butalia            (b. 1921 - d. ....)
1972 - 1975                Harmander Singh
1975 - 1979                Surendra Mohan Krishnatry          (b. 1921)
1979 - 1982                Sunder Lal Sharma
Lieutenant governors
12 Nov 1982 - 3 Dec 1985 Manohar Lal Kampani                (b. 1925 - d. 2021)
4 Dec 1985 - 24 Feb 1990 Tirath Singh Oberoi                (b. 1926 - d. 1996)
Dec 1989 - 24 Feb 1990     Romesh Bhandari                    (b. 1928 - d. 2013)
(did not take office) 25 Feb 1990 - 4 Jul 1992 Ranjit Singh Dayal (1st time)    (b. 1928 – d. 2012)                              (acting) 4 Jul 1992 - 13 Aug 1992 Bhishma Narain Singh (b. 1933 - d. 2018) 14 Aug 1992 - 18 Mar 1993 Ranjit Singh Dayal (2nd time)    (s.a.)
                             (acting) 19 Mar 1993 - 18 Mar 1996 Vakkom Purushothaman               (b. 1928 - d. 2023)
19 Mar 1996 - 9 Nov 1996 Rajendra Kumari Bajpai (1st time) (b. 1925 – d. 1999) 10 Nov 1996 - 2 Dec 1996 Marri Chenna Reddy (acting)     (b. 1919 – d. 1996) 2 Dec 1996 - 22 Dec 1996 Rajendra Kumari Bajpai (2nd time) (s.a.)22 Dec 1996 - 25 May 2001 Ishwari Prasad Gupta               (b. 1931 - d. 2018)
26 May 2001 - 4 Jan 2004 Nagendra Nath Jha                  (b. 1935 - d. 2020)
5 Jan 2004 - 30 May 2006 Ramchandra "Ram" Kapse             (b. 1933 - d. 2015)
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 - 22 Aug 2016 Ajay Kumar Singh (b. 1933) 22 Aug 2016 - 8 Oct 2017 Jagdish Mukhi                      (b. 1942) 8 Oct 2017 -              Devendra Kumar Joshi               (b. 1954)

Andhra Pradesh


Government Flag to 14 Nov 2018

1 Oct 1953                Andhra State (Part A 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 (acting)             (b. 1916 - d. 1996)
10 Jan 1976 - 16 Jun 1976 Mohan Lal Sukhadia                 (b. 1916 - d. 1982)
16 Jun 1976 - 17 Feb 1977 Ramchandra Dhondiba Bhandare    (b. 1916 - d. 1988)
17 Feb 1977 - 5 May 1977 Bipinchandra Jivanlal Divan      (b. 1919 - d. 2012)                              (acting)
5 May 1977 - 15 Aug 1978 Sharda Mukherjee (f)       (b. 1919 - d. 2007)
15 Aug 1978 - 15 Aug 1983 Kochakkan Chacko Abraham           (b. 1899 - d. 1986)
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 - d. 2022)
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 Chakravarthi Rangarajan            (b. 1932)
3 Jan 2003 - 4 Nov 2004 Surjit Singh Barnala               (b. 1925 - d. 2017)
4 Nov 2004 - 29 Jan 2006 Sushil Kumar Shinde                (b. 1941)
29 Jan 2006 - 22 Aug 2007 Rameshwar Thakur                   (b. 1927 - d. 2015) 22 Aug 2007 - 27 Dec 2009 Narayn Dutt Tiwari                 (b. 1925 - d. 2018) 27 Dec 2009 -24 Jul 2019 Ekkadu Srinivasan Lakshmi          (b. 1945)                             Narasimhan 24 Jul 2019 - 24 Feb 2023 Biswa Bhusan Harichandan           (b. 1934) 24 Feb 2023 -              Syed Abdul Nazeer                  (b. 1958)

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 Pamulaparthi Venkata 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 Chenna 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 Takara Rama Rao (1st time)(b. 1923 - d. 1996) INC
16 Aug 1984 - 16 Sep 1984 Nadendla Bhaskara Rao              (b. 1935)            TDP
16 Sep 1984 - 3 Dec 1989 Nandamun Takara Rama Rao (2nd time)(s.a.)               INC;1985 TDP
3 Dec 1989 - 17 Dec 1990 Marri Chenna Reddy (2nd time)      (s.a.)               INC
17 Dec 1990 - 9 Oct 1992 Nedurumalli Janardhana Reddy (b. 1953 - d. 2014) INC
9 Oct 1992 - 12 Dec 1994 Kotla Vijaya Bhaskara Reddy        (s.a.)               INC
                             (2nd time)
12 Dec 1994 - 1 Sep 1995 Nandamun Takra Rama Rao (3rd time) (s.a.)               TDP
1 Sep 1995 - 14 May 2004 Nara Chandrababu Naidu (1st time) (b. 1950)            TDP
14 May 2004 - 2 Sep 2009 Yeduguri Sandinti Rajasekhara Reddy(b. 1949 - d. 2009) INC 2 Sep 2009 - 25 Nov 2010 Konijeti Rosaiah (b. 1933 - d. 2021) INC 25 Nov 2010 - 1 Mar 2014 Kiran Kumar Reddy          (b. 1960)    INC 1 Mar 2014 - 8 Jun 2014 President's rule 8 Jun 2014 -30 May 2019 Nara Chandrababu Naidu (2nd time) (s.a.)           TDP30 May 2019 - 12 Jun 2024 Yeduguri Sandinti Jagan Mohan Reddy(b. 1972)            YSRCP 12 Jun 2024 -              Nara Chandrababu Naidu (3rd time) (s.a.)               TDP

Hyderabad

24 Nov 1949 Accession to India agreed to as of India Republic Day.26 Jan 1950 State (Part B state). 1 Nov 1956 Part of Andhra Pradesh state.
Rajpramukh
26 Jan 1950 - 31 Oct 1956 Fath Jang Mir Sir Osman Ali Khan, (b. 1886 - d. 1967) Nizam of Hyderabad

Chief ministers
26 Jan 1950 - 6 Mar 1952 Mullath Kadingi Vellodi (b. 1896 - d. 1987) INC
6 Mar 1952 - 31 Oct 1956 Burgula Ramakrishna Rao (b. 1899 - d. 1967) INC

Arunachal Pradesh

[Arunachal
Pradesh state government flag (India)]

21 Jan 1972 Union territory created from part of Assam.
20 Feb 1987 State

Chief commissioners
21 Jan 1972 - 1973         K.A.A. Raja    (b. 1916 - d. 1995)
1974 - 15 Aug 1975         Manohar Lal Kampani                (b. 1925 - d. 2021)
Lieutenant governors
15 Aug 1975 - 18 Jan 1979 K.A.A. Raja                        (s.a.)
18 Jan 1979 - 23 Jul 1981 Ramdas NarayanHaldipur            (b. 1921 - d. 2003)
23 Jul 1981 - 10 Aug 1983 Hari Shankar Dhubey                (b. 1926)
10 Aug 1983 - 21 Nov 1985 Thanjavelu Rajeshwar               (b. 1926 - d. 2018)
21 Nov 1985 - 20 Feb 1987 Shri Shiva Swarup    (b. 1927)
Governors
20 Feb 1987 - 19 Mar 1987 Bhishma Narain Singh (acting)      (b. 1933 - d. 2018)
19 Mar 1987 - 17 Mar 1990 Ramchandra Dattatraya Pradhan    (b. 1928 - d. 2020)
17 Mar 1990 - 9 May 1990 Gopal Singh (acting)               (b. 1917 - d. 1990)
9 May 1990 - 17 Mar 1991 Devi Das Thakur    (b. 1929 - d. 2007)
17 Mar 1991 - 26 Mar 1991 Loknath Mishra (acting)    (b. 1922 - d. 2009)
26 Mar 1991 - 5 Jul 1993 Surendra Nath Dwivedi              (b. 1913 - d. 2001)
5 Jul 1993 - 21 Oct 1993 Madhukar Dighe (acting)    (b. 1920 - d. 2014)
21 Oct 1993 - 1 Apr 1996 Mata Prasad (1st time)   (b. 1925 - d. 2021) 2 Apr 1993 - 12 Apr 1996 Mundakkal Mathew Jacob (1st time) (b. 1926 - d. 2018)                              (acting) 13 Apr 1996 - 16 May 1999 Mata Prasad (2nd time) (s.a.)
17 May 1999 - 2 Aug 1999 Srinivas Kumar Sinha              (b. 1926 - d. 2016)
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 - 23 Jan 2007  Shilendra Kumar Singh(1st time)   (b. 1932 - d. 2009)24 Jan 2007 - 6 Apr 2007 Mundakkal Mathew Jacob (2nd time) (s.a.)                              (acting) 7 Apr 2007 - 14 Apr 2007 K. Sankaranarayanan (1st time)     (b. 1932 - d. 2022)    15 Apr 2007 - 3 Sep 2007 Shailendra Kumar Singh (2nd time) (s.a.)                              (acting) 4 Sep 2007 - 27 Jan 2008 K. Sankaranarayanan (2nd time)     (s.a.) 27 Jan 2008 - 29 May 2013 Joginder Jaswant Singh             (b. 1945) 29 May 2013 - 1 Jun 2015 Nirbhay Sharma                     (b. 1946) 1 Jun 2015 - 13 Sep 2016 Jyoti Prasad Rajkhowa              (b. 1944) 13 Sep 2016 - 28 Jan 2017 V. Shanmuganathan                  (b. 1949) 28 Jan 2017 - 3 Oct 2017 Padmanabha Balakrishna Acharya     (b. 1931 - d. 2023) 3 Oct 2017 - 16 Feb 2023 B.D. Mishra                        (b. 1939) 16 Feb 2023 -              Kaiwalya Trivikram Parnaik         (b. 1953)

Chief ministers
13 Aug 1975 - 18 Sep 1979 Prem Khandu Thungon                (b. 1946)            JP
18 Sep 1979 - 3 Nov 1979 Tomo Riba                          (b. 1937 - d. 2000) PPA
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. 1952)            AC-M
3 Aug 2003 - 9 Apr 2007 Gegong Apang (2nd time)            (s.a.)      UDF;2003 BJP;2004 INC 9 Apr 2007 - 30 Apr 2011 Dorjee Khandu    (b. 1955 - d. 2011) INC 5 May 2011 - 1 Nov 2011 Jarbom Gamlin                      (b. 1961 - d. 2014) INC 1 Nov 2011 - 26 Jan 2016 Nabam Tuki (1st time) (b. 1964)     INC 26 Jan 2016 - 19 Feb 2016 President's rule 19 Feb 2016 - 13 Jul 2016 Kalikho Pul                        (b. 1969 - d. 2016)INC:3-2-16 PPA 13 Jul 2016 - 17 Jul 2016 Nabam Tuki (2nd time)              (s.a.) INC 17 Jul 2016 -    Pema Khandu                        (b. 1979)        INC;16-9-16 PPA;                                                                                   31-12-16: BJP

Assam

[Assam government flag
(India)]

15 Aug 1947 Province
26 Jan 1950 State (until 1956: Part A).

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 Saiyid Fazl Ali                  (b. 1886 - d. 1959)
23 Aug 1959 - 14 Oct 1959 Chandreswar Prasad Sinha (b. 1899 - d. 1990)
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)    (b. 1901 - d. 1989)
13 Jan 1961 - 7 Sep 1962 Satyavant Mallannah Srinagesh      (s.a.)
                             (2nd time)
7 Sep 1962 - 17 Apr 1968 Vishnu Sahay (2nd time)    (s.a.)
17 Apr 1968 - 8 Dec 1970 Braj Kumar Nehru (1st time)        (b. 1909 - d. 2001)
8 Dec 1970 - 4 Jan 1971 Parbati Kumar Goswami (acting)     (b. 1913 – d. 1992) 4 Jan 1971 - 19 Sep 1973 Braj Kumar Nehru (2nd time)        (s.a.) 19 Sep 1973 - 10 Aug 1981 Lallan Prasad Singh                (b. 1912 - d. 1998)
10 Aug 1981 - 28 Mar 1984 Prakash Chandra Mehrotra           (b. 1925 - d. 1988)
28 Mar 1984 - 15 Apr 1984 Tribeni Sahai Misra    (b. 1922 - d. 2005)
15 Apr 1985 - 10 May 1989 Bhishma Narain Singh               (b. 1933 - d. 2018)
10 May 1989 - 21 Jul 1989 Harideo Joshi                      (b. 1921 - d. 1995)
21 Jul 1989 - 2 May 1990 Anisetti Roghuvir    (b. 1929 - d. 2007)
2 May 1990 - 17 Mar 1991 Devi Das Thakur    (b. 1929 - d. 2007)
17 Mar 1991 - 1 Sep 1997 Loknath Mishra (b. 1922 - d. 2009)
1 Sep 1997 - 21 Apr 2003 Srinivas Kumar Sinha               (b. 1926 - d. 2016)
21 Apr 2003 - 5 Jun 2003 Arvind Dave                        (b. 1940) 5 Jun 2003 - 4 Jul 2008 Ajai Singh                         (b. 1934 - d. 2023) 4 Jul 2008 - 25 Jun 2009 Shiv Charan Mathur                 (b. 1926 - d. 2009) 26 Jun 2009 - 27 Jul 2009 K. Sankaranarayanan                (b. 1932 - d. 2022) 27 Jul 2009 - 11 Dec 2009 Syed Sibtey Razi                   (b. 1939 - d. 2022)11 Dec 2009 - 11 Dec 2014 Janaki Ballabh Patnaik             (b. 1927 - d. 2015) 12 Dec 2014 - 22 Aug 2016 Padmanabha Balakrishna Acharya     (b. 1931 - d. 2023)22 Aug 2016 - 10 Oct 2017 Banwarilal Purohit                 (b. 1940) 10 Oct 2017 - 22 Feb 2023 Jagdish Mukhi                      (b. 1942) 22 Feb 2023 -30 Jul 2024 Gulab Chand Kataria                (b. 1944) 30 Jul 2024 -              Lakshman Prasad Acharya            (b. 1954)

Chief ministers15 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) INC28 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. 1997) JP
11 Dec 1979 - 12 Dec 1980 President's rule
12 Dec 1980 - 29 Jun 1981 Syeda Anwara Taimur (f)          (b. 1936 - d. 2020) INC
29 Jun 1981 - 13 Jan 1982 President's rule
13 Jan 1982 - 19 Mar 1982 Kesab Chandra Gogoi              (b. 1925 - 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 - d. 2021) INC
15 May 1996 - 18 May 2001 Prafulla Kumar Mahanta (2nd time) (s.a.)               AGP
18 May 2001 - 24 May 2016 Tarun Gogoi                        (b. 1936 - d. 2020) INC 24 May 2016 -10 May 2021 Sarbananda Sonowal                 (b. 1962)            BJP 10 May 2021 -              Himanta Biswa Sarma (b. 1969)            BJP

Bihar

15 Aug 1947 Province
26 Jan 1950 State (until 1956: Part A).

Governors
15 Aug 1947 - 11 Jan 1948 Jairamdas Daulatram                (b. 1891 - d. 1979)
12 Jan 1948 - 16 Jun 1952 Madhavrao Srihari Aney             (b. 1880 - d. 1968)
16 Jun 1952 - 5 Jul 1957 Ranganath Ramachandra Diwakar      (b. 1894 - d. 1990)
6 Jul 1957 - 11 May 1962 Zakir Husain                       (b. 1897 - d. 1969)
12 May 1962 - 6 Dec 1967 M. Ananthasayanam Ayyangar         (b. 1881 - d. 1978)
7 Dec 1967 - 20 Jan 1971 Nityanand Kanungo                  (b. 1900 - d. 1988)
20 Jan 1971 - 31 Jan 1971 Ujjal Narayan Sinha (acting) (b. 1910 - d. ....) 1 Feb 1971 - 3 Feb 1973 Dev Kanth Borooah                  (b. 1914 - d. 1996)
3 Feb 1973 - 15 Jun 1976 Ramchandra Dhondiba Bhandare    (b. 1916 - d. 1988)
16 Jun 1976 - 11 Sep 1979 Jagannath Kaushal (1st time)     (b. 1915 - d. 2001)
27 May 1978 - 26 Jun 1978 Krishna Ballabh Narayan Singh    (b. 1922 - d. 1999)    (1st time)(acting) 27 Jun 1978 - 30 Jan 1979 Jagannath Kaushal (2nd time)     (s.a.) 30 Jan 1979 - 19 Sep 1979 Krishna Ballabh Narayan Singh      (s.a.)    (2nd time)(acting) 20 Sep 1979 - 14 Mar 1985 Akhlaqur Rahman Kidwai (1st time) (b. 1920 - d. 2016)
15 Mar 1985 - 25 Feb 1988 Pendekanti Venkatasubbaiah         (b. 1921 - d. 1993)
26 Feb 1988 - 24 Jan 1989 Govind Narayan Singh               (b. 1920 - d. 2005)
24 Jan 1989 - 29 Jan 1989 Dipak Kumar Sen (acting)           (b. 1927) 29 Jan 1989 - 3 Mar 1989 Ramchandra Dattatraya Pradhan      (b. 1928 - d. 2020)                              (acting) 3 Mar 1989 - 2 Feb 1990 Jagannath Pahadia                  (b. 1932 - d. 2021)
2 Feb 1990 - 16 Feb 1990 Gangadhar Ganesh Sohani (acting) (b. 1928) 16 Feb 1990 - 14 Feb 1991 Mohammad Yunus Saleem              (b. 1912 - d. 2004)
14 Feb 1991 - 18 Mar 1991 B. Satyanarayan Reddy              (b. 1927 - d. 2012)
19 Mar 1991 - 13 Aug 1993 Mohammad Shafi Qureshi             (b. 1929 - d. 2016)
14 Aug 1993 - 26 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 - d. 2015)
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 - d. 2021)
1 Nov 2004 - 5 Nov 2004 Ved Prakash Marwah                 (b. 1932 - d. 2020)
5 Nov 2004 - 31 Jan 2006 Buta Singh                         (b. 1934 - d. 2021)31 Jan 2006 - 22 Jun 2006 Gopalkrishna Gandhi                (b. 1945) 22 Jun 2006 - 10 Jul 2008 Ramkrishnan Suryabhan Gavai        (b. 1929 - d. 2015) 10 Jul 2008 - 29 Jun 2009 Raghunandan Lal Bhatia             (b. 1921 - d. 2021) 29 Jun 2009 - 22 Mar 2013 Devanand Konwar                    (b. 1936 - d. 2020) 22 Mar 2013 - 26 Nov 2014 Dnyandeo Yashwantrao Patil         (b. 1935) 27 Nov 2014 - 16 Aug 2015 Keshari Nath Tripathi (1st time)   (b. 1934 - d. 2023) 16 Aug 2015 - 22 Jun 2017 Ram Nath Kovind                    (b. 1945) 22 Jun 2017 - 4 Oct 2017 Keshari Nath Tripathi (2nd time)   (s.a.) 4 Oct 2017 - 23 Aug 2018 Satya Pal Malik                    (b. 1946) 23 Aug 2018 - 29 Jul 2019 Lalji Tandon                       (b. 1935 - d. 2020) 29 Jul 2019 - 17 Feb 2023 Phagu Chauhan                      (b. 1948) 17 Feb 2023 -              Rajendra Arlekar                   (b. 1954)

Chief ministers15 Aug 1947 - 31 Jan 1961 Srikrishna Sinha                   (b. 1888 - d. 1961) INC
31 Jan 1961 - 18 Feb 1961 Deep Narayan Singh                 (b. 1894 - 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 - d. 1987) JKD
28 Jan 1968 - 1 Feb 1968 Satish Prasad Singh                (b. 1936 - d. 2020) INC
1 Feb 1968 - 23 Feb 1968 Bindeyyeshwari Prasad Mandal       (b. 1918 - d. 1982) INC
23 Feb 1968 - 29 Jun 1968 Bhola Paswan Shastri (1st time)    (b. 1914 - d. 1984) INC-O
29 Jun 1968 – 29 Feb 1968 President's rule
29 Feb 1969 - 22 Jun 1969 Harihar Prasad Singh               (b. 1899 - d. 1988) INC
22 Jun 1969 - 4 Jul 1969 Bhola Paswan Shastri (2nd time)    (s.a.)               INC-O
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) Socialist Pty
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 Panday                       (b. 1920 - d. 1983) 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 - d. 2019) 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 - d. 2015) 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-I
14 Feb 1988 - 11 Mar 1989 Bhagwat Jha Azad                   (b. 1922 - d. 2011) INC-I
11 Mar 1989 - 6 Dec 1989 Satyendra Narain Sinha             (b. 1917 - d. 2006) INC-I
6 Dec 1989 - 10 Mar 1990 Jagannath Mishra (3rd time)        (s.a.)               INC-I
10 Mar 1990 - 28 Mar 1995 Lalu Prasad Yadav (1st time)   (b. 1948)            JD
28 Mar 1995 - 4 Apr 1995 President's rule
4 Apr 1995 - 25 Jul 1997 Lalu Prasad Yadav (2nd time)     (s.a.)            JD;Jul 1997 RJD
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-U
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 - 20 May 2014 Nitish Kumar (2nd time)            (s.a.)               JD-U 20 May 2014 -22 Feb 2015 Jitan Ram Manjhi                   (b. 1944)    JD-U22 Feb 2015 -             Nitish Kumar (3rd time)            (s.a.)               JD-U

Chandigarh

[Chandigarh
government flag (India)]

1 Nov 1966 Union territory created from part of Punjab. 26 Jan 1986 Chandigarh was to be incorporated into Punjab, but the transfer was postponed.

Chief Commissioners
1 Nov 1966 - 31 Oct 1968 Mohinder Singh Randhawa (b. 1909 - d. 1986)
31 Oct 1968 - 8 Apr 1969 Damodar Dass     (b. 1914)
8 Apr 1969 - 1 Sep 1972 Bhupal Prasad Bagchi               (b. 1917)
1 Sep 1972 - 3 Dec 1975 Mohan Pal Mathur               (b. 1908 - d. ....)
4 Dec 1975 - 15 Jun 1976 G.P. Gupta
15 Jun 1976 - 14 Jun 1978 Triloki Nath Chaturvedi           (b. 1928 - d. 2020)
15 Jun 1978 - 19 Jul 1980 J.C. Agrawal
19 Jul 1980 - 8 Mar 1982 Bhupinder Singh Sarao    (b. 1929)
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


Government Flag from 4 Sep 2001

15 Aug 1947 Part of Central Provinces and Berar (from 26 Jan 1950, Madhya Pradesh). 1 Nov 2000 State

Governors 1 Nov 2000 - 2 Jun 2003 Dinesh Nandan Sahay (b. 1936 - d. 2018) 2 Jun 2003 - 25 Jan 2007 Krishna Mohan Seth (b. 1939) 25 Jan 2007 - 23 Jan 2010 Ekkadu Srinivasan Lakshmi (b. 1946) Narasimhan 23 Jan 2010 - 23 Jun 2014 Shekhar Dutt (b. 1945) 2 Jul 2014 - 25 Jul 2014 Ram Naresh Yadav (b. 1928 - d. 2016)25 Jul 2014 - 14 Aug 2018 Balramji Dass Tandon (b. 1927 - d. 2018)15 Aug 2018 - 29 Jul 2019 Anandiben Patel (f) (b. 1941) 29 Jul 2019 - 22 Feb 2023 Anusuiya Uikey (f) (b. 1957) 22 Feb 2023 - 31 Jul 2024 Biswa Bhusan Harichandan (b. 1934) 31 Jul 2024 - Ramen Deka (b. 1954) Chief ministers 1 Nov 2000 - 7 Dec 2003 Ajit Jogi (b. 1946 - d. 2020) INC 7 Dec 2003 -17 Dec 2018 Raman Singh (b. 1952) BJP 17 Dec 2018 -13 Dec 2023 Bhupesh Baghel (b. 1961) INC 13 Dec 2023 - Vishnu Deo Sai (b. 1964) BJP

Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu


Used by Dadra Nagar Haveli
15 Aug 1954 - 11 Aug 1961


Government Flag 1987- 26 Jan 2020


Government Flag from 26 Jan 2020

22 Jul 1954 Dadrá (Dadra) seized from Portuguese India by Indian nationalists. 28 Jul 1954 Naroli liberated from Portuguese rule (and Luthari on 30 Jul 1954). 2 Aug 1954 Nagar Áaveli (Nagar-Haveli) taken from Portuguese Indiaby Indian nationalists. 15 Aug 1954 End of Portuguese rule (FreeDadra and Nagar Haveli [Mukta Dadra ani Nagar Haveli])declared by Indian nationalists. 1 Jun 1961 Government of Free Dadra and Nagar Haveli votes to accede to India.11 Aug 1961 Union Territory of Dadra and Nagar Haveli(Indian annexation recognized by Portugal on 31 Dec 1974).26 Jan 2020 Merged with Daman and Diu as Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu.

Administrators22 Jul 1954 - 24 Jul 1954 R.V. Mudras (in Dadra)24 Jul 1954 - 1 Aug 1954 Jayantibhai Desai (in Dadra) 2 Aug 1954 - 15 Aug 1954 Vishwanath Lawande (b. 1923 - d. 1998) AGD15 Aug 1954 - May 1955 Atmaram Narsinh Karmalkar NLMO ("Appasaheb")May 1955 - 17 Oct 1960 Antonio Furtado Non-party?17 Oct 1960 - 8 Jun 1962 Kishinchand Gobindram Badlani (b. 1921 - d. 1997) Non-party 8 Jun 1962 - 29 May 1987 the Lieutenant governors of Goa, Daman and Diu 29 May 1987 - 18 Jul 1989 Gopal Singh (b. 1917 - d. 1990) 18 Jul 1989 - 25 Mar 1991 Khurshid Alam Khan (b. 1919 - d. 2013) 25 Mar 1991 - 16 Mar 1992 Bhanu Prakash Singh (b. 1929 - d. 2019) 16 Mar 1992 - 28 Mar 1994 Kesar Lal Singh Baidwan (b. 1943) 28 Mar 1994 - 15 Jul 1995 Ramesh Chandra 15 Jul 1995 - 26 Jun 1998 S.P. Aggarwal (b. 1945) 26 Jun 1998 - 23 Feb 1999 Ramesh Negi (1st time) (acting) (b. 1956) 23 Feb 1999 - 23 Apr 1999 Sanat Kaul (b. 1947) 23 Apr 1999 - 19 Jul 1999 Ramesh Negi (2nd time) (acting) (s.a.)19 Jul 1999 - 12 Nov 2002 Om Prakash Kelkar (b. 1947)12 Nov 2002 - 16 Nov 2005 Arun Mathur (b. 1952) 16 Nov 2005 - 26 May 2006 V.K. Singh26 May 2006 - 1 Jun 2006 Dharmendra (b. 1965) 1 Jun 2006 - 29 Jan 2008 Rajani Kant Verma (b. 1959)29 Jan 2008 - 7 Mar 2011 Satya Gopal (b. 1962) 7 Mar 2011 - 27 Sep 2012 Narendra Kumar (b. 1957)28 Sep 2012 - 17 Aug 2014 Bhupinder Singh Bhalla (b. 1964)18 Aug 2014 - 13 Mar 2016 Ashish Kundra (b. 1973)14 Mar 2016 - 3 Oct 2016 Vikram Dev Dutt (b. 1969) 4 Oct 2016 - 30 Dec 2016 Madhup Vyas (b. 1974)30 Dec 2016 - Praful Khodabhai Patel (b. 1957)

Prime minister of Free Dadra and Nagar Haveli 11 Aug 1961 (1 day) Kishinchand Gobindram Badlani (s.a.) Non-party

Daman and Diu

[Daman and Diu
former government flag to 2020 (India)]

19 Dec 1961 Goa, Daman, and Diu occupied by India. 16 Mar 1962 Annexed by India (recognized by Portugal on 31 Dec 1974) 20 Mar 1962 - 30 May 1987 Part of Goa, Daman, and Diu Union Territory (seeGoa). 30 May 1987 Separate Union Territory of Daman and Diu. 26 Jan 2020 Merged with Dadra and Nagar Haveli.

Administrators
30 May 1987 - 23 Aug 2016 the administrators of Dadra and Nagar Haveli 23 Aug 2016 - 26 Jan 2020 Praful Khodabhai Patel (b. 1957)

Delhi

[Delhi National Capital
Terr. government flag (India)]

15 Aug 1947                Province
26 Jan 1950                State (Part C state).
1 Nov 1956                Union territory
1 Feb 1992                National Capital Territory of Delhi

Chief commissioners
1947 - 1948        Sahibzada Khurshid Ahmed Khan Jul 1948 - 1954          Shankar Prasada                    (b. 1905 - d. ....)
1954 - 1959                Anand Dattahaya Pandit          (b. 1909 - d. ....)
1959 - 1963                Bhagwan Sahay                      (b. 1905 - d. 1986)
1963 - 1964 Dharma Vira (b. 1906 - d. 2000)
1964 - 6 Sep 1966         Venkata Vishwanathan               (b. 1909 - d. 1987)
7 Sep 1966 - 1 Nov 1966 Adity Nath Jha                     (b. 1911 - d. 1972)
Lieutenant governors
1 Nov 1966 - 19 Jan 1972 Adity Nath Jha                     (s.a.) 19 Jan 1972 - 23 Mar 1972 Moreshwar Gajanan Pimputkar        (b. 1919 - d. 1986) 24 Mar 1972 - 3 Oct 1974 Baleshwar Prasad                   (b. 1914 - d. 1996) 4 Oct 1974 - 30 Mar 1977 Krishan Chand                      (b. 1917 - d. 1978) 31 Mar 1977 - 16 Feb 1980 Dalip Rai Kohli                    (b. 1919 - d. 2007) 17 Feb 1980 - 30 Mar 1981 JagmohanMalhotra (1st time)   (b. 1927 - d. 2021) 30 Mar 1981 - 1 Sep 1982 Sundar Lal Khurana                 (b. 1918 - d. 2007) 2 Sep 1982 - 25 Apr 1984 JagmohanMalhotra (2nd time)   (s.a.) 26 Apr 1984 - 3 Nov 1984 Padmakar Ganesh Gavai        (b. 1926 - d. 2009) 4 Nov 1984 - 15 Nov 1985 Madan Mohan KishanWali    (b. 1927) 16 Nov 1985 - 3 Aug 1988 Harkrishan Lal Kapur              (b. 1923 - d. 2020) 4 Aug 1988 - 13 Dec 1989 Romesh Bhandari                    (b. 1928 - d. 2013) 14 Dec 1989 - 17 Dec 1990 Arjan Singh                        (b. 1919 - d. 2017) 17 Dec 1990 - 4 May 1992 Markandey Singh                    (b. 1925? - d. 2007) 4 May 1992 - 4 Jan 1997 Prasannabhai Karunashankar Dave    (b. 1923 - d. 2006) 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 Banwari Lal Joshi                  (b. 1934 - d. 2017) 9 Apr 2007 - 9 Jul 2013 Tejendra Khanna (2nd time)         (s.a.) 9 Jul 2013 - 31 Dec 2016 Najeeb Jung                        (b. 1951)31 Dec 2016 - 26 May 2022 Anil Baijal (b. 1946) 26 May 2022 -    Vinai Kumar Saxena (b. 1958)

Chief ministers 17 Mar 1952 - 12 Feb 1955 Chaudhary Brahm Prakash (b. 1918 - d. 1993) INC 12 Feb 1955 - 31 Oct 1956 Gurumukh Nihal Singh (b. 1895 - d. 1969) INC 1 Nov 1956 - 2 Dec 1993 Post abolished 2 Dec 1993 - 26 Feb 1996 Madan Lal Khurana (b. 1936 - d. 2018) 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 - d. 2019) BJP 3 Dec 1998 - 28 Dec 2013 Sheila Dikshit (f) (b. 1938 - d. 2019) INC 28 Dec 2013 - 14 Feb 2014 Arvind Kejriwal (1st time) (b. 1968) AAP 15 Feb 2014 - 14 Feb 2015 President's rule14 Feb 2015 - 21 Sep 2024 Arvind Kejriwal (2nd time) (s.a.) AAP (federal prisoner 21 Mar - 10 May 2024, 2 Jun - 13 Sep 2024) 21 Sep 2024 - Atishi Marlena Singh (f) (b. 1981) AAP

Goa


Government Flag from 1987

19 Dec 1961 Goa, Daman, and Diu (Portuguese India) occupied by India. 16 Mar 1962 Annexed by India (recognized by Portugal on 30 Dec 1974, ratified 3 Jun 1975). 20 Mar 1962 Goa, Daman, and Diu Union Territory. 30 May 1987 Split into Goa state andDaman and Diu union territory.

Military Governor
19 Dec 1961 - 6 Jun 1962 Kenneth Palat Candeth          (b. 1916 - d. 2003)
Lieutenant governors
7 Jun 1962 - 2 Sep 1963 Tumkur Sivasankar                  (b. 1902 - d. ....)
2 Sep 1963 - 8 Dec 1964 Mulk Raj Sachdev                   (b. 1903 – d. 1964)
12 Dec 1964 - 24 Feb 1965 Hari Sharma                        (b. 1910 - d. 1987)
24 Feb 1965 - 18 Apr 1967 Kashinath Raghunath Damle          (b. 1906 - d. ....)
18 Apr 1967 - 16 Nov 1972 Nakul Sen    (b. 1910 - d. ....)
16 Nov 1972 - 16 Nov 1977 S.K. Banerjee                      (b. 1913 - d. 2010)
16 Nov 1977 - 31 Mar 1981 Pratap Singh Gill                  (b. 1916 - d. 2000)
31 Mar 1981 - 30 Aug 1982 JagmohanMalhotra          (b. 1927 - d. 2021)
30 Aug 1982 - 24 Feb 1983 Idris Hasan Latif (1st time)       (b. 1923 - d. 2018)
                             (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. 1917 - d. 1990)
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 - d. 2019) 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 - d. 2013) 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 - d. 2009) 19 Apr 1998 - 26 Nov 1999 Jack Frederick Ralph Jacob         (b. 1923 - d. 2016) 26 Nov 1999 - 26 Oct 2002 Mohammed Fazal (1st time)          (b. 1922 - d. 2014) 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 Senayangba Chubatoshi Jamir        (b. 1931) 21 Jul 2008 - 8 Sep 2011 Shivinder Singh Sidhu              (b. 1929 - d. 2018) 8 Sep 2011 - 4 May 2012 K. Sankaranarayanan           (b. 1932 - d. 2022) 4 May 2012 - 12 Jul 2014 Bharat Vir Wanchoo                 (b. 1951)12 Jul 2014 - 7 Aug 2014 Margaret Alva (f)                  (b. 1942) 7 Aug 2014 - 31 Aug 2014 Om Prakash Kohli                   (b. 1935 - d. 2023) 31 Aug 2014 - 3 Nov 2019 Mridula Sinha (f)                  (b. 1942 - d. 2020) 3 Nov 2019 -19 Aug 2020 Satya Pal Malik    (b. 1946) 19 Aug 2020 - 15 Jul 2021 Bhagat Singh Koshiyari             (b. 1942) 15 Jul 2021 -              P.S. Sreedharan Pillai             (b. 1953)

Chief ministers
8 Jun 1962 - 2 Dec 1966 Dayanand B. Bandodkar (1st time)   (b. 1911 - d. 1973) MGP
2 Dec 1966 - 5 Apr 1967 President's rule
5 Apr 1967 - 12 Aug 1973 Dayanand B. Bandodkar (2nd time)   (s.a.)               MGP
12 Aug 1973 - 27 Apr 1979 Shashikala G. Kakodkar (f)         (b. 1935 - d. 2016) MGP
27 Apr 1979 - 16 Jan 1980 President's rule
16 Jan 1980 - 27 Mar 1990 Pratapsingh 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) PDF
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 - d. 2015) 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 Pratapsingh 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)            INC
9 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 - d. 2019) BJP
2 Feb 2005 - 4 Mar 2005 Pratapsingh Rane (3rd time)        (s.a.)               INC
4 Mar 2005 - 7 Jun 2005 President's rule
7 Jun 2005 - 8 Jun 2007 Pratapsingh Rane (4th time)        (s.a.)               INC 8 Jun 2007 -  9 Mar 2012 Digambar Kamat                   (b. 1954)    INC 9 Mar 2012 - 8 Nov 2014 Manohar Parrikar (2nd time)        (s.a.) BJP 8 Nov 2014 -14 Mar 2017 Laxmikant Parsekar                 (b. 1956)    BJP 14 Mar 2017 - 17 Mar 2019 Manohar Parrikar (3rd time)        (s.a.)    BJP 19 Mar 2019 -              Pramod Sawant                      (b. 1973) BJP

Gujarat

[Gujarat government flag
(India)]

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 Prafullachandra Natwarlal Bhagwati (b. 1921 - d. 2017)                              (1st time) (acting)
26 Dec 1967 - 17 Mar 1973 Shriman Narayan                    (b. 1912 - d. 1978)
17 Mar 1973 - 4 Apr 1973 Prafullachandra Natwarlal Bhagwati (s.a.)                              (2nd time) (acting)
4 Apr 1973 - 14 Aug 1978 Kambanthodath Kunhan Vishwanatham (b. 1914 - d. 1992)
14 Aug 1978 - 6 Aug 1983 Sharda Mukherjee (f)       (b. 1919 - d. 2007)
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 - d. 2015)
2 May 1990 - 21 Dec 1990 Mahipal Shastri (b. 1924 - d. 1994)
21 Dec 1990 - 1 Jul 1995 Sarup Singh    (b. 1917 - d. 2003) 1 Jul 1995 - 1 Mar 1996 Naresh Chandra                     (b. 1934 - d. 2017)
1 Mar 1996 - 25 Apr 1998 Krishna Pal Singh                  (b. 1922 - d. 1999)
25 Apr 1998 - 16 Jan 1999 Anshuman Singh                     (b. 1935 - d. 2021)
16 Jan 1999 - 18 Mar 1999 Konakuppakatil Gopinathan        (b. 1945)                              Balakrishnan (acting)
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 - d. 2016)
24 Jul 2004 - 30 Jul 2009 Nawal Kishore Sharma               (b. 1925 - d. 2012)30 Jul 2009 - 27 Nov 2009 Senayangba ChubatoshiJamir        (b. 1931) 27 Nov 2009 - 7 Jul 2014 Kamla Beniwal (f)                  (b. 1927 - d. 2024) 7 Jul 2014 - 16 Jul 2014 Margaret Alva (f)                  (b. 1942) 16 Jul 2014 -22 Jul 2019 Om Prakash Kohli                   (b. 1935 - d. 2023) 22 Jul 2019 -              Acharya Dev Vrat                   (b. 1959)

Chief ministers
1 May 1960 - 18 Sep 1963 Jivraj N. Mehta                    (b. 1887 - d. 1978) 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) JM
12 Mar 1976 - 24 Dec 1976 President's rule
24 Dec 1976 - 11 Apr 1977 Madhavsinh Solanki (1st time) (b. 1927 - d. 2021) 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 Madhavsinh 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.)               JD
17 Feb 1994 - 14 Mar 1995 Chhabildas Mehta                   (b. 1925 - d. 2008) INC
19 Mar 1995 - 21 Oct 1995 Keshubhai Patel (1st time)         (b. 1928 - d. 2020) 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)            RJP
28 Oct 1997 - 4 Mar 1998 Dilip Parikh                       (b. 1937 - d. 2019) RJP
4 Mar 1998 - 7 Oct 2001 Keshubhai Patel (2nd time)         (s.a.)               BJP
7 Oct 2001 - 22 May 2014 Narendra Modi                      (b. 1950)            BJP22 May 2014 - 7 Aug 2016 Anandiben Patel (f)    (b. 1941)    BJP 7 Aug 2016 -13 Sep 2021 Vijay Rupani                       (b. 1956)    BJP 13 Sep 2021 -              Bhupendra Patel                    (b. 1962)            BJP

Kutch

1 Jun 1948                Province
26 Jan 1950                State (Part C 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. 19..)
1952 - 1956 Sambhajirao Appasaheb Ghatge (b. 1901 - d. ....)

Saurashtra

15 Feb 1948        United State of Kathiawar. Nov 1948     Saurashtra State (from 1950: Part B).
1 Nov 1956                Part of Bombay.
1 May 1960                Part of Gujarat.

Rajpramukhs
15 Feb 1948 - 31 Oct 1956 Sir Digvijaysinhji Ranjitsinhji (b. 1895 - d. 1966) Jadeja, Maharaja of Nawanagar Jun 1948 – 1948 Sir Krishnakumarsinhji Bhavsinhji, (b. 1912 - d. 1965) Maharaja of Bhavnagar (acting for Maharaja of Nawanagar)

Chief ministers
15 Feb 1948 - Dec 1954 Uchharangray Navalshankar Dhebar (b. 1905 - d. 1977) INC
19 Dec 1954 - 1956 Rasiklal Umedchand Parikh (b. 1910 - d. 1982) INC

Haryana

[Haryana government flag
(India)]

1 Nov 1966 Haryana state created from part ofPunjab.

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. 1976) 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 Surjit Singh Sandhawalia (acting) (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 - d. 2014) 22 Feb 1988 - 7 Feb 1990 Hari Anand Barari (b. 1929 - d. 2016) 7 Feb 1990 - 14 Jun 1995 Dhanik Lal Mandal (b. 1932 - d. 2022) 14 Jun 1995 - 19 Jun 2000 Mahabir Prasad (b. 1939 - d. 2010) 19 Jun 2000 - 2 Jul 2004 Babu Parmanand (b. 1932 - d. 2008) 2 Jul 2004 - 7 Jul 2004 Om Prakash Verma (b. 1937 - d. 2015) 7 Jul 2004 - 27 Jul 2009 Akhlaqur Rahman Kidwai (b. 1920 - d. 2016)27 Jul 2009 - 26 Jul 2014 Jagannath Pahadia (b. 1932 - d. 2021)27 Jul 2014 - 25 Aug 2018 Kaptan Singh Solanki (b. 1939) 25 Aug 2018 - 15 Jul 2021 Satyadev Narayan Arya (b. 1939) 15 Jul 2021 - Bandaru Dattatreya (b. 1947)

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 rule 21 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;1980 INC-I 5 Jul 1985 - 19 Jun 1987 Bansi Lal (2nd time) (s.a.) JD 19 Jun 1987 - 17 Jul 1987 President's rule 17 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.) JD 12 Jul 1990 - 17 Jul 1990 Om Prakash Chautala (2nd time) (s.a.) JD 17 Jul 1990 - 22 Mar 1991 Hukam Singh (b. 1926 - d. 2015) JD 23 Mar 1991 - 6 Apr 1991 Om Prakash Chautala (3rd time) (s.a.) SJP 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.) HVP 24 Jul 1999 - 5 Mar 2005 Om Prakash Chautala (4th time) (s.a.) INLD 5 Mar 2005 - 26 Oct 2014 Bhupinder Singh Hooda (b. 1947) INC 26 Oct 2014 - 12 Mar 2024 Manohar Lal Khattar (b. 1954) BJP 12 Mar 2024 - Nayab Singh Saini (b. 1970) BJP

Himachal Pradesh


Government Flag from 25 Jan 1971

15 Apr 1948                Province
26 Jan 1950                State (Part C state).
1 Nov 1956                Union territory
25 Jan 1971                State

Chief Commissioners
25 Apr 1948 - 9 Jan 1950 Nanalal Chamanlal Mehta (b. 1892 - d. 1958) 10 Jan 1950 - 29 Mar 1951 Edward Penderel Moon           (b. 1905 – d. 1987)
30 Mar 1951 - 29 Feb 1952 Bhagwan Sahay                      (b. 1905 - d. 1986)
Lieutenant governors
1 Mar 1952 - 1 Jan 1955 Kumar Shri Himmatsinhji           (b. 1897 - d. 1973)
1 Jan 1955 - 14 Aug 1963 Bajrang Bahadur Singh Bhadri       (b. 1906 - d. 1973)
14 Aug 1963 - 26 Feb 1966 Bhagwan Sahay                      (s.a.)
26 Feb 1966 - 7 May 1967 Venkata Vishwanathan               (b. 1909 - d. 1987)
7 May 1967 - 16 May 1967 Om Parkash (acting)    (d. 1970)
16 May 1967 - 25 Jan 1971 Kanwar Bahadur Singh               (b. 1910 - d. 2007)
Governors
25 Jan 1971 - 17 Feb 1977 Subramaniam Chakravarti            (b. 1910 - d. ....)
17 Feb 1977 - 26 Aug 1981 Aminuddin Ahmad Khan               (b. 1911 - d. 1983)
26 Aug 1981 - 16 Apr 1983 Ahsoka Nath Banerji                (b. 1917 - d. 2006)
16 Apr 1983 - 8 Mar 1986 Hokishe Sema                       (b. 1921 - d. 2007)
8 Mar 1986 - 17 Apr 1986 Prabodh Dinkarrao Desai (acting)   (b. 1930 - d. 2004)
17 Apr 1986 - 1 Dec 1987 Rustom Khusro Shampoorjee Gandhi (b. 1924 - d. 2014)    (1st time)
2 Dec 1987 - 10 Jan 1988 Sayed Muzaffar Hussain Burney    (b. 1923 – d. 2014)                              (acting) 11 Jan 1988 - 19 Dec 1989 Rustom Khushro Shapoorjee Ghandhi (s.a.)    (2nd time) 20 Dec 1989 - 12 Jan 1990 Hari Anand Barari (acting)         (b. 1929 - d. 2016) 13 Jan 1990 - 15 Feb 1990 Rustom Khushro Shapoorjee Ghandhi (s.a.)                              (3rd time) 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)           (b. 1926 - 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 (acting)        (b. 1932 - d. 2020)
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 - d. 2015)
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 - 26 Jan 2015 Urmila Singh (f)                   (b. 1946) 28 Jan 2015 - 12 Aug 2015 Kalyan Singh                       (b. 1932 - d. 2021) 12 Aug 2015 -22 Jul 2019 Acharya Dev Vrat                   (b. 1959) 22 Jul 2019 -11 Sep 2019 Kalraj Mishra                      (b. 1941) 11 Sep 2019 -13 Jul 2021 Bandaru Dattatreya                 (b. 1947) 13 Jul 2021 - 18 Feb 2023 Rajendra Arlekar                   (b. 1954) 18 Feb 2023 -              Shiv Pratap Shukla                 (b. 1952)

Chief ministers 8 Mar 1952 - 31 Oct 1956 Yeshwant Singh Parmar (1st time) (b. 1906 - d. 1981) INC 31 Oct 1956 - 1 Jul 1963 Post abolished 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 - d. 2021) 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.) INC 30 Dec 2007 - 25 Dec 2012 Prem Kumar Dhumal (2nd time) (s.a.) BJP 25 Dec 2012 - 27 Dec 2017 Virbhadra Singh (4th time) (s.a.) INC 27 Dec 2017 - 11 Dec 2022 Jai Ram Thakur (b. 1965) BJP 11 Dec 2022 - Sukhwinder Singh Sukhu (b. 1964) INC

Bilaspur

12 Oct 1948                Province
26 Jan 1950                State (Part C state).
1 Jul 1954                Part of Himachal Pradesh.

Chief Commissioners
12 Oct 1948 - 2 Apr 1949 Sir Anand Chand, Raja of Bilaspur (b. 1913 - d. 1983) 2 Apr 1949 - 4 Nov 1953 Shri Chand Chhabra (b. 1914 - d. ....) 4 Nov 1953 - 1 Jul 1954 Kumar Shri Himmatsinhji (b. 1897 - d. 1973)

Jammu and Kashmir


7 Jun 1952 - 5 Aug 2019

17 Nov 1952 Constituent Assembly of the State of Jammu and Kashmir adopts a resolution abolishing the monarchy.17 Nov 1956 Constituent Assembly adopts a constitution for the state which declared it an integral part of India, with a special status.26 Jan 1957 The incorporation of Jammu and Kashmir into India is declared to be complete upon the constitution of the state becoming effective.21 Nov 1962 China takes control of the Aksai Chin region. 5 Aug 2019 The constitutional article providing for the special autonomy status of Jammu and Kashmir is revoked and legislation is introduced to split the state into two union territories, Ladakh and a smaller Jammu and Kashmir.31 Oct 2019 State divided into Jammu and Kashmir union territory and Ladakhunion territory.11 Dec 2023 The Supreme Court of India upholds the validity of the 2019 revocation of the special autonomy status of Jammu and Kashmir, but rules that the union territory shall be restored to statehood as soon as possible, and elections be held by 30 Sep 2024. Sadr-e Riyasat (roughly, "Head of State") 17 Nov 1952 - 9 Apr 1965 Karan Singh (b. 1931) Governors10 Apr 1965 - 15 Mar 1967 Karan Singh (s.a.)15 Mar 1967 - 14 May 1967 Janki Nath Wazir (acting) (b. 1905 - d. 1980) 15 May 1967 - 3 Jul 1973 Bhagwan Sahay (b. 1905 - d. 1986) 3 Jul 1973 - 22 Feb 1981 Lakshmi Kant Jha (b. 1913 - d. 1988)22 Feb 1981 - 26 Apr 1984 Braj Kumar Nehru (1st time) (b. 1909 - d. 2001)20 Feb 1984 - 2 Mar 1984 Vazhakkulangarayil Khalid (b. 1922 - d. 2017) 3 Mar 1984 - 26 Apr 1984 Braj Kumar Nehru (2nd time) (s.a.) 26 Apr 1984 - 10 Jul 1989 JagmohanMalhotra (1st time) (b. 1927 - d. 2021)11 Jul 1989 - 19 Jan 1990 Kotikalapudi Venkata Krishna Rao (b. 1923 - d. 2016) (1st time)19 Jan 1990 - 26 May 1990 Jagmohan Malhotra (2nd time) (s.a.)26 May 1990 - 12 Mar 1993 Girish Chandra Saxena (1st time) (b. 1928 - d. 2017)12 Mar 1993 - 2 May 1998 Kotikalapudi Venkata Krishna Rao (s.a.) (2nd time) 2 May 1998 - 4 Jun 2003 Girish Chandra Saxena (2nd time) (s.a.) 4 Jun 2003 - 25 Jun 2008 Srinivas Kumar Sinha (b. 1926 - d. 2016) 25 Jun 2008 - 23 Aug 2018 Narinder NathVohra (b. 1936) 23 Aug 2018 - 31 Oct 2019 Satya Pal Malik (b. 1946) Lieutenant governors 31 Oct 2019 - 7 Aug 2020 Girish Chandra Murmu (b. 1959) 7 Aug 2020 - Manoj Sinha (b. 1959) Prime ministers 9 Aug 1953 - 12 Oct 1963 Bakshi Ghulam Muhammad (b. 1907 - d. 1972) JKNC12 Oct 1963 - 29 Feb 1964 Khwaja Shams-ud-Din (b. 1922 - d. 1999) JKNC29 Feb 1964 - 30 Mar 1965 Ghulam Muhammad Sadiq (b. 1912 - d. 1971) INC Chief ministers30 Mar 1965 - 12 Dec 1971 Ghulam Muhammad Sadiq (s.a.) INC12 Dec 1971 - 25 Feb 1975 Seyd Mir Qasim (b. 1921 - d. 2004) INC25 Feb 1975 - 26 Mar 1977 Sheikh Muhammad Abdullah (s.a.) JKNC (1st time)26 Mar 1977 - 9 Jul 1977 Governor's rule 9 Jul 1977 - 8 Sep 1982 Sheikh Muhammad Abdullah (s.a.) JKNC (2nd time) 8 Sep 1982 - 2 Jul 1984 Farooq Abdullah (1st time) (b. 1937) JKNC 2 Jul 1984 - 6 Mar 1986 Ghulam Mohammad Shah (b. 1920 - d. 2009) JKANC 6 Mar 1986 - 7 Nov 1986 Governor's rule 7 Nov 1986 - 19 Jan 1990 Farooq Abdullah (2nd time) (s.a.) JKNC19 Jan 1990 - 9 Oct 1996 Governor's rule 9 Oct 1996 - 18 Oct 2002 Farooq Abdullah (3rd time) (s.a.) JKNC18 Oct 2002 - 2 Nov 2002 Governor's rule 2 Nov 2002 - 2 Nov 2005 Mufti Mohammad Sayeed (1st time) (b. 1936 - d. 2016) PDP 2 Nov 2005 - 10 Jul 2008 Ghulam Nabi Azad (b. 1949) INC 10 Jul 2008 - 5 Jan 2009 Governor's rule 5 Jan 2009 - 9 Jan 2015 Omar Abdullah (b. 1970) JKNC 9 Jan 2015 - 1 Mar 2015 Governor's rule 1 Mar 2015 - 7 Jan 2016 Mufti Mohammad Sayeed (2nd time) (s.a.) PDP 8 Jan 2016 - 4 Apr 2016 Governor's rule 4 Apr 2016 -20 Jun 2018 Mehbooba Mufti Sayeed (f) (b. 1959) PDP 20 Jun 2018 - 19 Dec 2018 Governor's rule 20 Dec 2018 - 5 Aug 2019 President's rule

Jharkhand


Government Flag 2000 - 15 Aug 2020

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 - d. 2021)
12 Jun 2003 - 10 Dec 2004 Ved Prakash Marwah                 (b. 1932 - d. 2020)
10 Dec 2004 - 26 Jul 2009 Syed Sibtey Razi                   (b. 1939 - d. 2022)26 Jul 2009 - 22 Jan 2010 K. Sankaranarayanan                (b. 1932 - d. 2022) 22 Jan 2010 -  4 Sep 2011 M.O. Hasan Farook Maricar          (b. 1937 - d. 2012) 4 Sep 2011 - 18 May 2015 Syed Ahmed                         (b. 1945 - d. 2015) 18 May 2015 -14 Jul 2021 Draupadi Murmu (f)                 (b. 1958) 14 Jul 2021 - 18 Feb 2023 Ramesh Bais                        (b. 1948) 18 Feb 2023 -31 Jul 2024 C.P. Radhakrishnan                 (b. 1957) 31 Jul 2024 -              Santosh Gangwar                    (b. 1948)

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-party 27 Aug 2008 - 19 Jan 2009 Shibu Soren (2nd time) (s.a.) JMM 19 Jan 2009 - 30 Dec 2009 President's rule30 Dec 2009 - 1 Jun 2010 Shibu Soren (3rd time) (s.a.) JMM 1 Jun 2010 - 11 Sep 2010 President's rule 11 Sep 2010 - 18 Jan 2013 Arjun Munda (3rd time) (s.a.) BJP 18 Jan 2013 - 13 Jul 2013 President's rule13 Jul 2013 - 28 Dec 2014 Hemant Soren (1st time) (b. 1975) JMM28 Dec 2014 - 29 Dec 2019 Raghubar Das (b. 1955) BJP 29 Dec 2019 - 2 Feb 2024 Hemant Soren (2nd time) (s.a.) JMM 2 Feb 2024 - Champai Soren (b. 1956) JMM

Karnataka


Government Flag

25 Jan 1950 Mysore state (1950-56: Part B).
1 Nov 1973 Renamed Karnataka.

Rajpramukh
25 Jan 1950 - 1 Nov 1956 Sir Jayachamarajendra Wodeyar,     (b. 1919 - d. 1974)                              Maharaja of Mysore
Governors
1 Nov 1956 - 4 May 1964 Sir Jayachamarajendra Wodeyar,     (s.a.)
                             Maharaja of Mysore 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)
30 Aug 1969 - 22 Oct 1969 A.R. Somnath Iyer (acting)         (b. 1907 - d. 1991) 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 Ahsoka Nath Banerji            (b. 1917 - d. 2006)
26 Feb 1988 - 5 Feb 1990 Pendekanti Venkatasubbaiah         (b. 1921 - d. 1993)
5 Feb 1990 - 7 May 1990 Shanmughasundaram Mohan (acting) (b. 1930 - d. 2019) 8 May 1990 - 6 Jan 1991 Bhanu Pratap Singh                 (b. 1917 - d. 2006)
6 Jan 1991 - 2 Dec 1999 Khurshid Alam Khan (1st time)      (b. 1919 - d. 2013)
30 May 1992 - 27 Jun 1992 Sam Piroj Bharucha (acting)        (b. 1937)    28 Jun 1992 - 30 Nov 1995 Khurshed Alam Khan (2nd time)    (s.a.) 1 Dec 1995 - 21 Dec 1995 Madhav Laxman Pendse (acting)      (b. 1935 - d. 20..) 22 Dec 1995 - 1 Dec 1999 Khurshed Alam Khan (3rd time)      (s.a.) 2 Dec 1999 - 21 Aug 2002 V.S. Rama Devi (f)                 (b. 1934 - d. 2013)
21 Aug 2002 - 21 Aug 2007 Triloki Nath Chaturvedi            (b. 1928 - d. 2020) 21 Aug 2007 - 29 Jun 2009 Rameshwar Thakur                   (b. 1927 - d. 2015) 29 Jun 2009 - 28 Jun 2014 Hansraj Bhardwaj                   (b. 1937 - d. 2020) 29 Jun 2014 - 1 Sep 2014 Konijeti Rosaiah                   (b. 1933 - d. 2021) 1 Sep 2014 - 11 Jul 2021 Vajubhai Rudabhai Vala             (b. 1937) 11 Jul 2021 -              Thaawarchand Gehlot (b. 1948)

Chief ministers
25 Jan 1950 - 30 Mar 1952 Kyasamballi Chengaluraya 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. 1908 - d. 1992) INC
1 Nov 1956 - 16 May 1958 Siddavanahalli 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      (b. 1908 - d. 1969) INC
21 Jun 1962 - 3 Mar 1967 Siddavanahalli 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. 1937 - 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) JP 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 Sarekoppa Bangarappa              (b. 1933 - d. 2011) INC-I 20 Nov 1992 - 11 Dec 1994 Marpadi 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 - d. 2017) INC 3 Feb 2006 - 9 Oct 2007 H.D. Kumaraswamy (1st time)        (b. 1959)            JD-S 9 Oct 2007 - 12 Nov 2007 President's rule12 Nov 2007 - 20 Nov 2007 B.S. Yeddyurappa (1st time)        (b. 1943)            BJP 20 Nov 2007 - 30 May 2008 President's rule30 May 2008 -  4 Aug 2011 B.S. Yeddyurappa (2nd time)        (s.a.)           BJP 4 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 - 17 May 2018 K. "Siddu" Siddaramaiah (1st time) (b. 1947)    INC17 May 2018 - 23 May 2018 B.S. Yediyurappa (3rd time)        (s.a.)               BJP 23 May 2018 - 26 Jul 2019 H.D. Kumaraswamy (2nd time)        (s.a.)               JD-S 26 Jul 2019 - 28 Jul 2021 B.S. Yeddyurappa (4th time)        (s.a.)               BJP 28 Jul 2021 - 20 May 2023 Basavaraj Somappa Bommai          (b. 1960)    BJP 20 May 2023 -    K. "Siddu" Siddaramaiah (2nd time) (s.a.)          INC

Coorg

15 Aug 1947                Province
26 Jan 1950                State (Part C state).
1 Nov 1956                Part of Mysore.

Chief Commissioners
1947 - Mar 1949 Ketoli Chengappa (b. 1878 - d. 1963) Mar 1949 - 1950 Conjeevaram Thiruvenkata Mudaliar (b. 1901/02 - d. ....)
1950 - 1956 Kanwar Daya Singh Bedi (b. 1899 - d. 1975)

Chief minister
17 Mar 1952 - 1956 Cheppudira Muthana Poonacha (b. 1910 - d. 1990) INC

Kerala


Government Flag from 1960

1 Jul 1949 United State of Travancore and Cochin
26 Jan 1950 Renamed State of Travancore-Cochin (Thiru-Kochi) (from 1950: Part B state). 1 Nov 1956 Renamed Kerala.

Rajpramukh
1 Jul 1949 - 31 Oct 1956 Sir Bala Rama Varma II, Maharaja (b. 1912 - d. 1991)                              ofTravancore
Governors
1 Nov 1956 - 21 Nov 1956 Shri P.S. Rao (acting)             (b. 1922) 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 - d. 1986)
15 May 1967 - 1 Apr 1973 Venkata Vishwanathan               (b. 1909 - d. 1987)
1 Apr 1973 - 14 Oct 1977 Niranja Nath Wanchoo               (b. 1910 - d. 1982)
14 Oct 1977 - 27 Oct 1982 Jothi Venkatachalam (f)            (b. 1917 - d. 1992)
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 - d. 2017)
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 Triloki Nath Chaturvedi           (b. 1928 - d. 2020) 23 Jun 2004 - 10 Jul 2008 Raghunandan Lal Bhatia             (b. 1921 - d. 2021) 10 Jul 2008 - 8 Sep 2011 Ramkrishnan Suryabhan Gavai        (b. 1929 - d. 2015) 8 Sep 2011 - 26 Jan 2012 M.O. Hasan Farook Maricar          (b. 1937 - d. 2012) 16 Jan 2012 - 23 Mar 2013 Hansraj Bhardwaj (1st time)      (b. 1937 - d. 2020) (acting [for Maricarto 26 Jan 2012])23 Mar 2013 - 5 Mar 2014 Nikhil Kumar                       (b. 1941) 5 Mar 2014 - 11 Mar 2014 Hansraj Bhardwaj (2nd time)(acting)(s.a.) 11 Mar 2014 - 5 Sep 2014 Sheila Dikshit (f)                 (b. 1938 - d. 2019) 5 Sep 2014 - 6 Sep 2019 Palanisamy Sathasivam              (b. 1949) 6 Sep 2019 -              Arif Mohammad Khan (b. 1951)

Chief ministers
1 Jul 1949 - 28 Feb 1951 T.K. Narayan Pillai                (b. 1890 - d. 1971) INC
28 Feb 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 (1st time)     (b. 1885 - d. 1970) PSP
10 Feb 1955 - 23 Mar 1956 Panampilly Govinda Menon           (b. 1906 - d. 1970) 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 (2nd 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-M
                             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 - d. 1983) IUML
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.)              CPI-M
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 - d. 2023) INC
18 May 2006 - 18 May 2011 Velikkakathu S. Achuthanandan      (b. 1923)            CPI-M
18 May 2011 - 25 May 2016 Oommen Chandy (2nd time)           (s.a.)          INC 25 May 2016 -              Pinarayi Vijayan                   (b. 1945)    CPI-M

Ladakh


Government Flag from 31 Oct 2019

31 Oct 2019 Ladakh union territory (split from Jammu and Kashmir).

Lieutenant governors 31 Oct 2019 - 19 Feb 2023 Radha Krishna Mathur (b. 1953) 19 Feb 2023 - B.D. Mishra (b. 1939)

Lakshadweep

[Lakshadweep
government flag (India)]

851 Called the Diva Kanbar (Coir Islands) by Sulayman al-Tajir; and from 1030 named as part of the Dzibat ul-Mahal by Al-Biruni. May 1498 - 1545 Portuguese occupation as Ilhas Laquedivas (Ilhas Lacha Divi), also called the Ilhas Mamale, Baixos de Pádua (Shoals of Padua), Ilhas Peli-Liu, Ilhas Palandura, and as Ilhas Lia (together with the Maldives). af.1545 Islands granted in jagir toKannur (Cannanore)by the Chirakkal (Kolathiris).1743 Referred to as the Lekker-Diva by Dutch governor of Ceylon, J.V. Stein Van Gollenesse, in the Memorandum on Administration of the Malabar Coast. 1787 - 1799 Amindivi (Amini Divi) Islands annexed by Tipoo Tip (seeMysore). 17 Dec 1790 Southern (Laccadive) islands, along withKannur, occupied by the British East India Co. 18 Mar 1792 Southern islands are ceded to British East India Co. by the Treaty of Seringapatam. 30 Oct 1796 Laccadive Islands restored toKannur under U.K. protection. 1799 Northern (Amindivi) Islands annexed by British East India Co., toMadras. 1854 - 1864 Laccadive Islands ofKannur sequestrated for arrears by British India. 3 Apr 1875 - 6 Feb 1909 Laccadive Islands of Kannur again sequestrated for arrears by British India. 1 Jul 1905 All Laccadive and Minicoy Islandsdeclared brought under U.K. sovereignty. 15 Dec 1908 Arakkal ruler of Laccadive and Minicoy Islands formally hands over sovereignty over the islands to the U.K. 6 Feb 1909 Laccadive and Minicoy Islands are formally ceded to U.K. by ex- rulersof Arakkal (retroactive to 1 Jul 1905), aspart of Madras province. 15 Aug 1947 Part of Madras (seeTamil Nadu). 1 Nov 1956 Laccadive, Minicoy, and Amindivi Islands union territory (separated from Madras). 1 Nov 1973 Renamed Lakshadweep union territory.

Administrators
1 Nov 1956 - 7 Nov 1956 U.R. Panicker
8 Nov 1956 - 21 Sep 1958 S. Moni                            (b. 1910 - d. ....)
22 Sep 1958 - 5 Dec 1961 C.K. Balakrishnan Nair
6 Dec 1961 - 8 Apr 1965 Murkot Ramunny (b. 1914 - d. 2009)
9 Apr 1965 - 31 Oct 1969 C.H. Naire (Naiyar)
1 Nov 1969 - 30 Apr 1973 K.D. Menon
22 May 1973 - 21 Jun 1975 Wungmareo Shaiza                   (b. 1926 – d. 2012)
22 Jun 1975 - 14 Feb 1977 M.C. Verma (Varma)                 (b. 1939)
21 Feb 1977 - 30 Jul 1978 S.D. Lahkar
31 Jul 1978 - 15 Jun 1981 P.M. Nair (Naiyar)           (b. 1944)
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 Jagdish Sagar    (b. 1944)
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                      (b. 1945)
4 May 1992 - 9 Sep 1994 Satish Chandra                     (b. 1952)
9 Sep 1994 - 14 Jun 1996 G.S. Chima
1 Aug 1996 - 1 Jun 1999 Rajeev Talwar    (b. 1954)
1 Jun 1999 - 20 Aug 1999 Rajani Kant Verma (1st time)       (b. 1959)
21 Aug 1999 - 30 Apr 2001 Chaman Lal (b. 1938)
1 May 2001 - 18 Jun 2001 Rajani Kant Verma (2nd time) (s.a.)
19 Jun 2001 - 20 Jun 2004 Kanwal Singh Mehra (b. 1952) 21 Jun 2004 - 21 Nov 2004 Sanjay Pratap Singh                (b. 1961) 22 Nov 2004 - 11 Aug 2006 Parimal Rai    (b. 1962) 11 Aug 2006 - 21 Dec 2006 Rajendra Kumar    (b. 1966)
22 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 Jitendra Kumar Dadoo     (b. 1957) 11 Jul 2011 - 2 Nov 2012 Amar Nath    (b. 1966) 7 Nov 2012 - 25 Oct 2015 H. Rajesh Prasad                   (b. 1967) 26 Oct 2015 - 6 Sep 2016 Vijay Kumar                        (b. 1970) 6 Sep 2016 - 13 Jul 2019 Farooq Khan                        (b. 1955) 13 Jul 2019 - 1 Nov 2019 R. Mihir Vardhan                   (b. 1960) 1 Nov 2019 - 4 Dec 2020 Dineshwar Sharma                   (b. 1954 - d. 2020) 5 Dec 2020 -             Praful Khodabhai Patel (b. 1957)

Madhya Pradesh

[Madhya Pradesh
government flag (India)]

15 Aug 1947                Central Provinces and Berar
26 Jan 1950                Madhya Pradesh state (until 1956: Part A).
Governors
Aug 1947 - Jul 1952        Mangaldas Mancharam Pakvasa        (b. 1882 - d. 1968)
Jul 1952 - 14 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)    (1st time)
3 Feb 1966 - 9 Feb 1966 P.V. Dixit (acting)                (b. 1905 - d. ....) 10 Feb 1966 - 8 Mar 1971 Kysasambally Chengalaraya Reddy    (s.a.)    (2nd time) 8 Mar 1971 - 14 Oct 1977 Satya Narayan Sinha                (b. 1900 - d. 1983)
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 - 26 May 1981 Bhagwat Dayal Sharma (1st time)    (b. 1918 - d. 1993)
26 May 1981 - 7 Sep 1981 Guru Prasanna Singh (1st time)     (b. 1922 - d. 2013)                            (acting) 7 Sep 1981 - 21 Sep 1983 Bhagwat Dayal Sharma (2nd time)    (s.a.) 21 Sep 1983 - 7 Oct 1983 Guru Prasanna Singh (2nd time)     (s.a.)                              (acting)  8 Oct 1983 - 15 May 1984 Bhagwat Dayal Sharma (3rd time)    (s.a.) 15 May 1984 - 1 Dec 1987 Kizhekethil Mathew Chandy    (b. 1920 - d. 1998)                              (1st time)
1 Dec 1987 - 29 Dec 1987 Narayan Dutta Ojha (acting)    (b. 1926 - d. ....)  30 Dec 1987 - 31 Mar 1989 Kizhekethil Mathew Chandy    (s.a.)                              (2nd time) 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 - d. 2016)
22 Apr 1998 - 7 May 2003 Bhai Mahavir                       (b. 1922 - d. 2016)
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 - d. 2016) 30 Jun 2009 -  8 Sep 2011 Rameshwar Thakur                   (b. 1927 - d. 2015) 8 Sep 2011 - 8 Sep 2016 Ram Naresh Yadav                   (b. 1928 - d. 2016) 8 Sep 2016 -23 Jan 2018 Om Prakash Kohli                   (b. 1935 - d. 2023) 23 Jan 2018 - 29 Jul 2019 Anandiben Patel (f) (1st time)     (b. 1941) 29 Jul 2019 -21 Jul 2020 Lalji Tandon                       (b. 1935 - d. 2020) 28 Jun 2020 - 8 Jul 2021 Anandiben Patel (f) (2nd time)     (s.a.)                              (acting [for Tandon to 21 Jul 2020] to 24 Jul 2020) 8 Jul 2021 -        Mangubhai C. Patel                 (b. 1944)

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 Naresh Chandra Singh, Raja         (b. 1908 - d. 1987) INC                              of Sarangarh
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 - d. 2019) 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. 1924 - d. 2016) 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 - d. 2020) 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 - d. 2019) BJP
29 Nov 2005 - 17 Dec 2018 Shivraj Singh Chauhan (1st time) (b. 1959)            BJP 17 Dec 2018 - 23 Mar 2020 Kamal Nath (b. 1946)    INC 23 Mar 2020 - 13 Dec 2023 Shivraj Singh Chauhan (2nd time)   (s.a.)          BJP 13 Dec 2023 -              Mohan Yadav    (b. 1965)    BJP

Madhya Bharat

28 May 1948 State (from 1950: Part B), upon founding also named United State of Gwalior, Indore and Malwa. 1 Nov 1956 Part of Madhya Pradesh.

Rajpramukh
28 May 1948 - 31 Oct 1956 Sir George Jivaji Rao Scindia, (b. 1916 - d. 1961) Maharaja of Gwalior

Chief ministers
May 1948 - May 1949        Liladhar Joshi                   (b. 1907 - d. 1957) INC
May 1949 - 18 Oct 1950     Gopikrishnan Vijayavargiya         (b. 1905 - d. 1984) INC
18 Oct 1950 - 3 Mar 1952 Takhatmal Babu Jain (1st time)     (b. 1895 - d. 1975) INC
3 Mar 1952 - 16 Apr 1955 Mishrilal Gangwal                  (b. 1902 - d. 1981) INC
16 Apr 1955 - 31 Oct 1956 Takhatmal Babu Jain (2nd time)     (s.a.) INC

Bhopal

1 Jun 1949 Province 26 Jan 1950 State (Part C). 1 Nov 1956 Part of Madhya Pradesh.

Chief Commissioners 1 Jun 1949 - 1 Apr 1950 Neil Bruniat Bonnerji (b. 1901 - d. 1976) 1 Apr 1950 - 1952 Venkata Vishwanathan (b. 1909 - d. 1987) 1952 Chandra Chhatra 1952 - Dec 1954 Bhagwan Sahay (b. 1905 - d. 1986) Dec 1954 - 1956 Kalka Prasad Bhargava (b. 1908 - d. 1965)

Chief ministerMar 1952 - 1 Nov 1956 Shankar Dayal Sharma (b. 1918 - d. 1999) INC

Panth Piploda

15 Aug 1947 Province26 Jan 1950 Part of Madhya Bharat.Chief CommissionersAug 1947 - 1948 Shankar Prasada (b. 1905 - d. ....)1948 Cadambi Sheshachar Venkatachari (b. 1899 - d. 1999)1948 - Jan 1950 Pendyala S. Rao (b. 1894 - d. 19..)

Vindhya Pradesh

4 Apr 1948 United State of Vindhya Pradesh (to Jul 1949 composed of the Baghelkhand and Bundelkhand divisions). 1 Jan 1950 Province. 26 Jan 1950 State (Part C). 1 Nov 1956 Part of Madhya Pradesh.

Rajpramukh 4 Apr 1948 - 31 Dec 1949 Martand Singh, Maharaja of Rewa (b. 1923 - d. 1995) Chief Commissioners 1 Jan 1950 - 20 Jan 1950 Shreenath Mehta (b. 1904 - d. ....) 20 Jan 1950 - Mar 1952 V.K. Balkrishna Pillai (b. 1901 - d. 1981) Lieutenant governors Mar 1952 - Jan 1956 K. Santhanam (b. 1895 - d. 1980) Jan 1956 - 31 Oct 1956 Tirumala Rao (b. 1901 - d. 1970)

Prime ministersApr 1948 - 15 Apr 1949 Awadesh Pratap Singh (b. 1888 - d. 1967) INC (for Baghelkhand division to Jul 1948)Apr 1948 - Jul 1948 Kamta Prasad Saxena (b. 19.. - d. 2013) INC (for Bundelkhand division)Chief ministers15 Apr 1949 - May 1949 Neil Bruniat Bonnerji (b. 1901 - d. 1976) Non-partyMay 1949 - 31 Dec 1949 Shreenath Mehta (s.a.) Non-party31 Dec 1949 - 13 Mar 1952 President's rule 13 Mar 1952 - 31 Oct 1956 Shambhunath Shukla (b. 1903 - d. 1978) INC

Maharashtra

[Maharashtra
government flag (India)]

15 Aug 1947                Bombay province
26 Jan 1950                State (until 1956: Part A).
1 May 1960                Divided into Maharashtra and Gujarat.

Governors
15 Aug 1947 - 6 Jan 1948 Sir David John Colville,           (b. 1894 - d. 1954)
                             Baron Clydesmuir
Jan 1948 - 30 May 1952     Raja Sir 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 Hashmatrai Khubchand Chainani (b. 1904 - d. 1965)                              (1st time)(acting)
5 Dec 1962 - 5 Sep 1963 Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit (f)         (b. 1900 - d. 1990)
                             (1st time)
5 Sep 1963 - 18 Dec 1963 Hashmatrai Khubchand Chainani      (s.a.)                              (2nd time)
18 Dec 1963 - 8 Oct 1964 Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit (f)(acting) (s.a.)
                             (2nd time)
8 Oct 1964 - 14 Nov 1964 Mangaldas Mancharam Pakvasa        (s.a.)
                             (2nd time)
14 Nov 1964 - 9 Nov 1969 Palathinkal Varkey Cherian         (b. 1893 - d. 1969)
9 Nov 1969 - 26 Feb 1970 Sohrab Pashotan Kotval (acting)    (b. 1910 - d. 1987)
26 Feb 1970 - 11 Dec 1976 Ali Yavar Jung Bahadur             (b. 1905 - d. 1976)
12 Dec 1976 - 30 Apr 1977 Ramanlal Maneklal Kantawala      (b. 1916 - d. 1992)                              (acting)
30 Apr 1977 - 3 Nov 1980 Sadiq Ali                          (b. 1910 - d. 2001)
3 Nov 1980 - 5 Feb 1982 Om Prakash Mehra                   (b. 1919 - d. 2015)
6 Mar 1982 - 18 Apr 1985 Idris Hasan Latif                  (b. 1923 - d. 2018)
18 Apr 1985 - 30 May 1985 K. Madhava Reddy (acting)          (b. 1923 - d. 1997)
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 Sharadchandra Krishnaprasad Desai (b. 1928 - d. 2011)                              (acting)
6 Nov 1987 - 20 Feb 1988 Chittatosh Mookerjee (acting)      (b. 1929)
20 Feb 1988 - 15 Feb 1990 Kasu Brahmananda Reddy             (b. 1909 - d. 1994)
15 Feb 1990 - 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 Chunilal Karsandas Thakker (acting)(b. 1943)
10 Oct 2002 - 6 Dec 2004 Mohammad Fazal                     (b. 1922 - d. 2014) 6 Dec 2004 - 9 Mar 2008 Somanahalli Mallaiah Krishna       (b. 1932) 9 Mar 2008 - 22 Jan 2010 Senayangba ChubatoshiJamir    (b. 1931) 22 Jan 2010 - 24 Aug 2014 K. Sankaranarayanan                (b. 1932 - d. 2022) 24 Aug 2014 - 30 Aug 2014 Om Prakash Kohli                   (b. 1935 - d. 2023) 30 Aug 2014 - 5 Sep 2019 Chennamaneni Vidyasagar Rao      (b. 1942) 5 Sep 2019 - 18 Feb 2023 Bhagat Singh Koshiyari             (b. 1942) 18 Feb 2023 - 31 Jul 2024 Ramesh Bais                        (b. 1948) 31 Jul 2024 -              C.P. Radhakrishnan                 (b. 1957)

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)            PDF
9 Jun 1980 - 20 Jan 1982 Abdul Rahman Antulay               (b. 1929 - d. 2014) INC
20 Jan 1982 - 2 Feb 1983 Babasaheb Anantrao Bhosale         (b. 1921 - d. 2007) INC
2 Feb 1983 - 2 Jun 1985 Vasantrao Patil (2nd time)         (s.a.)               INC-I
2 Jun 1985 - 13 Mar 1986 Shivajirao Patil Nilangekar        (b. 1931 - d. 2020) 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.)               INC
25 Jun 1991 - 3 Mar 1993 Sudhakarrao Naik                   (b. 1934 - d. 2001) INC
3 Mar 1993 - 14 Mar 1995 Sharad Pawar (3rd time)            (s.a.)               INC
14 Mar 1995 - 1 Feb 1999 Manohar Joshi                      (b. 1937 - d. 2024) SHS
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.)               INC 8 Dec 2008 - 11 Nov 2010 Ashok Chavan    (b. 1958)            INC 11 Nov 2010 - 28 Sep 2014 Prithviraj Chavan                  (b. 1946)            INC 28 Sep 2014 - 31 Oct 2014 President's rule 31 Oct 2014 - 12 Nov 2019 Devendra Gangadharrao Fadnavis     (b. 1970)            BJP                              (1st time) 12 Nov 2019 -23 Nov 2019 President's rule 23 Nov 2019 - 28 Nov 2019 Devendra Gangadharrao Fadnavis     (s.a.)         BJP                              (2nd time) 28 Nov 2019 -30 Jun 2022 Uddhav Bal Thackeray               (b. 1960)    SHS 30 Jun 2022 -              Eknath Sambhaji Rao Shinde (b. 1964)            SHS

Manipur


Government Flag from 19 Dec 1980

15 Oct 1949                Province 25 Jan 1950              State (Part C).
1 Nov 1956                Union territory
21 Jan 1972                State

Chief Commissioners
15 Oct 1949 - 18 Oct 1949 Rawal Amar Singh (acting)
19 Oct 1949 - 6 Apr 1951 Himmat Singh K. Maheswari    (b. 1889 - d. 19..)
6 Apr 1951 - 22 Sep 1952 Edward Penderel Moon     (b. 1905 – d. 1987)
22 Sep 1952 - 3 Jan 1955 Rameshwar Prasad Bhargava          (b. 1905 - d. 1985)
3 Jan 1955 - 25 Apr 1958 P.C. Mathew                        (b. 1913 - d. 2011)
26 Apr 1958 - 23 Nov 1963 Jagat Mohan Nath Raina       (b. 1911 - d. ....)
23 Nov 1963 - 19 Dec 1969 Baleshwar Prasad                   (b. 1914 - d. 1996)
Lieutenant governors
19 Dec 1969 - Jan 1970     Baleshwar Prasad                   (s.a.)
Jan 1970 - 21 Jan 1972     Dalip Rai Kohli                    (b. 1919 - d. 2007)
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 - d. 2014)
2 Jun 1984 - 10 Jul 1989 Kotikalapudi Venkata Krishna Rao (b. 1923 - d. 2016)
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                         (b. 1931 - d. 2015)
23 Dec 1994 - 2 Dec 1999 Oudh Narayn Shrivastava            (b. 1935)
2 Dec 1999 - 12 Jun 2003 Ved Prakash Marwah                 (b. 1932 - d. 2020)
12 Jun 2003 - 6 Aug 2004 Arvind Dave                        (b. 1940)
6 Aug 2004 - 23 Jul 2008 Shivinder Singh Sidhu              (b. 1929 - d. 2018) 23 Jul 2008 - 29 Jul 2013 Gurbachan Jagat                    (b. 1942) 29 Jul 2013 - 31 Dec 2013 Ashwani Kumar                      (b. 1950 - d. 2020) 31 Dec 2013 - 15 Sep 2014 Vinod Kumar Duggal                 (b. 1944) 15 Sep 2014 - 16 May 2015 Krishan Kant Paul                  (b. 1948) 16 May 2015 - 27 Sep 2015 Syed Ahmed                         (b. 1945 - d. 2015) 30 Sep 2015 -21 Aug 2016 V. Shanmuganathan                  (b. 1949) 21 Aug 2016 - 26 Jun 2019 Najma Akbar Ali Heptulla (f)       (b. 1940)                              (1st time) 26 Jun 2019 - 23 Jul 2019 Padmanabha Balakrishna Acharya (b. 1931 - d. 2023) 24 Jul 2019 -12 Aug 2021 Najma Akbar Ali Heptulla (f)       (s.a.)                              (2nd time) 12 Aug 2021 - 27 Aug 2021 Ganga Prasad Chaurasia             (b. 1939) 27 Aug 2021 - 22 Feb 2023 La. Ganesan Iyer                   (b. 1945) 22 Feb 2023 -31 Jul 2024 Anusuiya Uikey (f)                 (b. 1957) 31 Jul 2024 -              Lakshman Prasad Acharya            (b. 1954)

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              (b. 1906 - d. 1987) 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)      (b. 1920 - d. 1983) MPP
28 Mar 1973 - 4 Mar 1974 President's rule
4 Mar 1974 - 10 Jul 1974 Mohammed Alimuddin (2nd time)      (s.a.)               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 - d. 2018) 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
27 Nov 1980 - 28 Feb 1981 Rishang Keishing (1st time)        (b. 1920 - d. 2017) INC
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. 1930 - d. 2006) ULF
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) MSCP
15 Feb 2001 - 2 Jun 2001 Radhabinod Koijam                  (b. 1948)          SmP
2 Jun 2001 - 7 Mar 2002 President's rule
7 Mar 2002 - 15 Mar 2017 Okram Ibobi Singh                  (b. 1948)            INC 15 Mar 2017 -              Nongthombam Biren Singh            (b. 1961)            BJP

Meghalaya


Government Flag to 19 Jan 2022

2 Apr 1970 Meghalaya Autonomous State within Assam.
21 Jan 1972 Separate state of Meghalaya.

Governors 2 Apr 1970 - 18 Sep 1973 Braj Kumar Nehru (b. 1909 - d. 2001) 19 Sep 1973 - 11 Aug 1981 Lallan Prasad Singh (b. 1912 - d. 1998) 11 Aug 1981 - 29 Mar 1984 Prakash Chandra Mehrotra (b. 1925 - d. 1988) 29 Mar 1984 - 16 Apr 1984 Triveni Sahai Misra (b. 1922 - d. 2005) 16 Apr 1984 - 11 May 1989 Bhishma Narain Singh (b. 1933 - d. 2018) 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. 1920 - d. 2014) 19 Jun 1995 - 12 Apr 2007 Mundakkal Mathew Jacob (b. 1926 - d. 2018) 12 Apr 2007 - 29 Oct 2007 Banwari Lal Joshi (b. 1934 - d. 2017) 29 Oct 2007 - 1 Jul 2008 Shivinder Singh Sidhu (b. 1929 - d. 2018) 1 Jul 2008 - 8 Jul 2013 Ranjit Shekhar Mooshahary (b. 1946) 8 Jul 2013 - 6 Jan 2015 Krishan Kant Paul (b. 1948) 6 Jan 2015 - 20 May 2015 Keshari Nath Tripathi (b. 1934 - d. 2023) 20 May 2015 - 27 Jan 2017 V. Shanmuganathan (b. 1949) 27 Jan 2017 - 5 Oct 2017 Banwarilal Purohit (b. 1940) 5 Oct 2017 - 25 Aug 2018 Ganga Prasad Chaurasia (b. 1939) 25 Aug 2018 - 18 Dec2019 Tathagata Roy (1st time) (b. 1945) 18 Dec 2019 - 26 Jan 2020 Ravindra Narayana Ravi (acting) (b. 1952) 26 Jan 2020 - 19 Aug 2020 Tathagata Roy (2nd time) (s.a.) 19 Aug 2020 - 4 Oct 2022 Satya Pal Malik (b. 1946) 4 Oct 2022 - 18 Feb 2023 B.D. Mishra (b. 1939) 18 Feb 2023 -30 Jul 2024 Phagu Chauhan (b. 1948) 30 Jul 2024 - C.H. Vijayashankar (b. 1956)

Chief ministers 2 Apr 1970 - 10 Mar 1978 Williamson Ampang Sangma (1st time)(b. 1919 - d. 1990)APHLC;1976 INC10 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 Ampang Sangma (2nd time)(s.a.)               INC
2 Mar 1983 - 2 Apr 1983 Brington Buhai Lyngdoh (2nd time) (s.a.)               APHLC
2 Apr 1983 - 6 Feb 1988 Williamson Ampang Sangma (3rd time)(s.a.)             INC
6 Feb 1988 - 26 Mar 1990 Purno Agitok Sangma                (b. 1947 - d. 2016) INC
26 Mar 1990 - 11 Oct 1991 Brington Buhai Lyngdoh (3rd time) (s.a.)               HPU
11 Oct 1991 - 5 Feb 1992 President's rule
5 Feb 1992 - 19 Feb 1993 Donwa Dethwelson Lapang (1st time) (b. 1934)            INC
19 Feb 1993 - 10 Mar 1998 Salseng Chada Marak                (b. 1941 - d. 2024) INC
10 Mar 1998 - 8 Mar 2000 Brington Buhai Lyngdoh (4th time) (s.a.)               UDP
8 Mar 2000 - 8 Dec 2001 Evansius Kek Mawlong               (b. 1946 - d. 2008) UDP
8 Dec 2001 - 4 Mar 2003 Flinder Anderson Khonglam          (b. 1945)            Non-party
4 Mar 2003 - 15 Jun 2006 Donwa Dethwelson Lapang (2nd time) (s.a.)               INC
15 Jun 2006 - 10 Mar 2007 James Dringwell Rymbai             (b. 1934 - d. 2022) INC 10 Mar 2007 - 19 Mar 2008 Donwa Dethwelson Lapang (3rd time) (s.a.)               INC
19 Mar 2008 - 19 Mar 2009 Donkupar Roy                       (b. 1954 - d. 2019) UDP 19 Mar 2009 - 13 May 2009 President's rule 13 May 2009 -20 Apr 2010 Donwa Dethwelson Lapang (4th time) (s.a.)               INC 20 Apr 2010 - 6 Mar 2018 Mukul Manda Sangma                 (b. 1965) INC 6 Mar 2018 -              Conrad Kongkal Sangma              (b. 1978)            NPP

Mizoram

[Mizoram government flag
(India)]

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 (b. 1914)
Lieutenant governors
24 Apr 1972 - 12 Jun 1974 Shanti Priya Mukherjee             (b. 1914 - d. ....)
13 Jun 1974 - 26 Sep 1977 Sri Krishan Chhibber              (b. 1920 - d. 2016)
27 Sep 1977 - 15 Apr 1981 Mohan Prakash Mathur        (b. 1908 - d. ....)
16 Apr 1981 - 9 Aug 1983 Sourendra Nath Kohli (b. 1916 - d. 1997)
10 Aug 1983 - 10 Dec 1986 Hari Shankar Dhubey                (b. 1926)
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 Kotikalapudi Venkata Krishna Rao   (b. 1923 - d. 2016)                              (acting)
21 Jul 1989 - 7 Feb 1990 Williamson Ampang 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 - d. 2015)
14 Jan 1998 - 28 Jan 1998 Siddheshwar Prasad (b. 1929 - d. 2023)
29 Jan 1998 - 1 May 1998 Arun Prasad Mukherjee    (b. 1933 - d. 2020)
2 May 1998 - 30 Nov 2000 Anandam Padmanabhan                (b. 1928)
1 Dec 2000 - 17 May 2001 Ved Prakash Marwah                 (b. 1932 - d. 2020)
18 May 2001 - 24 Jul 2006 Amolak Rattan Kohli                (b. 1942)25 Jul 2006 -  2 Sep 2011 Madan Mohan Lakhera             (b. 1937) 2 Sep 2011 - 6 Jul 2014 Vakkom Purushothaman               (b. 1928 - d. 2023) 9 Jul 2014 - 8 Aug 2014 Kamla Beniwal (f)                  (b. 1927 - d. 2024) 8 Aug 2014 - 16 Sep 2014 Vinod Kumar Duggal                 (b. 1944)
16 Sep 2014 - 9 Jan 2015 Krishan Kant Paul                  (b. 1948) 9 Jan 2015 - 4 Apr 2015 Aziz Qureshi (b. 1940 - d. 2024) 4 Apr 2015 - 26 May 2015 Keshari Nath Tripathi              (b. 1934 - d. 2023) 26 May 2015 -29 May 2018 Nirbhay Sharma                     (b. 1946) 29 May 2018 - 9 Mar 2019 Kummanam Rajasekharan              (b. 1952) 9 Mar 2019 - 5 Nov 2019 Jagdish Mukhi                      (b. 1942) 5 Nov 2019 -19 Jul 2021 P.S. Sreedharan Pillai             (b. 1953) 19 Jul 2021 -             Hari Babu Kambhampati              (b. 1953)

Chief ministers
3 May 1972 - 10 May 1977 Lawrence Chal Chhunga              (b. 1915 - d. 1988) MU
10 May 1977 - 2 Jun 1977 President's rule
2 Jun 1978 - 10 Nov 1978 Thenphunga Sailo (1st time)        (b. 1922 - d. 2015) MPC
10 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 Lal Thanhawla (1st time)           (b. 1942)           INC-I
21 Aug 1986 - 7 Sep 1988 Laldenga                         (b. 1927 - d. 1990) MNF
7 Sep 1988 - 24 Jan 1989 President's rule
24 Jan 1989 - 3 Dec 1998 Lal Thanhawla (2nd time)           (s.a.)              INC-I
3 Dec 1998 - 11 Dec 2008 Zoramthanga (1st time)             (b. 1944)           MNF 11 Dec 2008 -15 Dec 2018 Lal Thanhawla (3rd time)           (s.a.)              INC 15 Dec 2018 - 8 Dec 2023 Zoramthanga (2nd time)         (s.a.)              MNF 8 Dec 2023 -              Lalduhoma    (b. 1949)           ZPM

Nagaland


Government Flag from 15 Aug 2005

1 Dec 1957 Naga Hills-Tuensang Areaformed (within Assam)out of Naga Hills District and Tuensang Frontier Division of the North East Frontier Agency (by Naga Hills-Tuensang Area Act, 29 Nov 1957). 26 Jul 1960 Agreement between India and the Naga People's Convention on establishment of a Nagaland state. 8 Feb 1961 Renamed Nagaland; Interim Body and Executive Council established (by Nagaland [Transitional Provisions] Regulation, 24 Jan 1961). 1 Dec 1963 Nagaland state (former Naga Hills-Tuensang Area ofAssam).

Chief Commissioners 1 Dec 1957 - 31 Mar 1960 Pran Nath Luthra (b. 1917 - d. 2000) 1 Apr 1960 - 31 Oct 1961 Murkot Ramunny (b. 1915 - d. 2009) 2 Nov 1961 - 30 Jan 1962 Gurcharan Singh Puri (d. ....)30 Jun 1962 - 22 Nov 1963 Uma Nath Sharma (b. 1917 - d. ....) (acting from 13 Nov 1963) 23 Nov 1963 - 30 Nov 1963 Lhuviniu Lungalang (acting) (b. 1914 - d. 1991)Governors 1 Dec 1963 - 16 Apr 1968 Vishnu Sahay (b. 1901 - d. 1989) 17 Apr 1968 - 18 Sep 1973 Braj Kumar Nehru (b. 1909 - d. 2001) 19 Sep 1973 - 9 Aug 1981 Lallan Prasad Singh (b. 1912 - d. 1998) 10 Aug 1981 - 12 Jun 1984 Saiyid Muzaffar Husain Burney (b. 1923 - d. 2014) 13 Jun 1984 - 19 Jul 1989 Kotikalapudi Venkata Krishna Rao (b. 1923 - d. 2016) 20 Jul 1989 - 3 May 1990 Gopal Singh (b. 1917 - d. 1990) 4 May 1990 - 9 May 1990 Chintamani Panigrahi (b. 1922 - d. 2000) 9 May 1990 - 12 Apr 1992 M.M. Thomas (b. 1916 - d. 1996) 13 Apr 1992 - 1 Oct 1993 Lok Nath Mishra (b. 1922 - d. 2009) 2 Oct 1993 - 4 Aug 1994 V.K. Nayar (b. 1931 - d. 2015) 5 Aug 1994 - 11 Nov 1996 Oudh Narain Shrivastava (b. 1935) 12 Nov 1996 - 27 Jan 2002 Om Prakash Sharma (b. 1937) 28 Jan 2002 - 2 Feb 2007 Shyamal Datta (b. 1941) 2 Feb 2007 - 4 Feb 2007 K. Wilson (acting) 4 Feb 2007 - 28 Jul 2009 K. Sankaranarayanan (b. 1932 - d. 2022)28 Jul 2009 - 14 Oct 2009 Gurbachan Jagat (b. 1942)15 Oct 2009 - 20 Mar 2013 Nikhil Kumar (b. 1941)21 Mar 2013 - 27 Jun 2014 Ashwani Kumar (b. 1950 - d. 2020) 2 Jul 2014 - 19 Jul 2014 Krishan Kant Paul (b. 1948)19 Jul 2014 - 31 Jul 2019 Padmanabha Balakrishna Acharya (b. 1931 - d. 2023) 1 Aug 2019 -17 Sep 2021 Ravindra Narayana Ravi (b. 1952) 17 Sep 2021 - 20 Feb 2023 Jagdish Mukhi (b. 1942) 20 Feb 2023 - La. Ganesan Iyer (b. 1945)

Chief Executive Councillor 18 Feb 1961 - 30 Nov 1963 Shilu Ao (b. 1916 - d. 1988) NNO Chief ministers 1 Dec 1963 - 14 Aug 1966 Shilu Ao (s.a.) NNO 14 Aug 1966 - 22 Feb 1969 Thepfula Nakhro Angami (b. 1913 - d. 1986) NNO 22 Feb 1969 - 26 Feb 1974 Hokishe Sema (1st time) (b. 1921 - d. 2007) NNO 26 Feb 1974 - 10 Mar 1975 VizolAngami (1st time) (b. 1914 - d. 2008) UDF 10 Mar 1975 - 22 Mar 1975 John Sosco Jasokie (1st time) (b. 1925 - d. 2005) NNO 22 Mar 1975 - 25 Nov 1977 President's rule 25 Nov 1977 - 18 Apr 1980 VizolAngami (2nd time) (s.a.) UDF 18 Apr 1980 - 5 Jun 1980 Senayangba Chubatoshi Jamir (b. 1931) UDF-P (1st time) 6 Jun 1980 - 18 Nov 1982 John Sosco Jasokie (2nd time) (s.a.) NNDP 18 Nov 1982 - 28 Oct 1986 Senayangba Chubatoshi Jamir (s.a.) UDF-P (2nd time) 29 Oct 1986 - 7 Aug 1988 Hokishe Sema (2nd time) (s.a.) INC-I 7 Aug 1988 - 25 Jan 1989 President's rule 25 Jan 1989 - 15 May 1990 Senayangba Chubatoshi Jamir (s.a.) INC-I (3rd time) 16 May 1990 - 19 Jun 1990 Keyezhe L. Chishi (b. 1943) ULF 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 Senayangba ChubatoshiJamir (s.a.) INC (4th time) 6 Mar 2003 - 3 Jan 2008 Neiphiu Rio (1st time) (b. 1950) NPF 3 Jan 2008 - 12 Mar 2008 President's rule 12 Mar 2008 - 24 May 2014 Neiphiu Rio (2nd time) (s.a.) NPF 24 May 2014 - 22 Feb 2017 T.R. Zeliang (1st time) (b. 1952) NPF 22 Feb 2017 - 19 Jul 2017 Shürhozelie Liezietsu (b. 1936) NPF 19 Jul 2017 - 8 Mar 2018 T.R. Zeliang (2nd time) (s.a.) NPF 8 Mar 2018 - Neiphiu Rio (3rd time) (s.a.) NDPP

Nagaland (in rebellion)

14 Aug 1947 Naga declare independence fromU.K.(not effected). 15 Aug 1947 Part of independent India (as part of Assam). 16 May 1951 Plebiscite on question of independence launched (completed Aug 1951 with /99% pro)(not recognized by India); resulting in increased violence. 18 Sep 1954 People's Sovereign Republic of Free Nagaland (Khunak Kautang Ngeukhuma) declared by Naga National Council (NNC)(not effected). 29 Jan 1956 Nagaland declared a "Disturbed Area", resulting in Indian military intervention with wide-ranging powers. 22 Mar 1956 Naga Central Government(NGC) established in rebellion by NNC; NGC on 6 Oct 1959 is renamed Federal Government of Nagaland (FGN).26 Jul 1960 Agreement between India and the Naga People's Convention on the establishment of a Nagaland state. 2 Nov 1968 Revolutionary Government of Nagaland (RGN) established in rebellion. 1 Sep 1972 FGN and NNC banned by India.16 Aug 1973 RGN surrenders to Indian forces.11 Nov 1975 Indian suzerainty accepted by FGN by accord.31 Jan 1980 National Socialist Council of Nagaland and Government of People's Republic of Nagaland declared (not effected).

Federal Government of Nagaland (to 6 Oct 1959, Naga Central Government) (in rebellion)

[Nagaland separatist flag
(India)] President of the Naga National Council (NNC) 15 Aug 1947 - 1956 Angami Zapu Phizo (b. 1904 - d. 1990) NNC Presidents (Kedahge) of the Naga Central Government(NCG)22 Mar 1956 - Feb 1959 Khrisanisa (Khriesanisa) Seyietsu NNCFeb 1959 - 6 Oct 1959 .... Presidents(Kedahge) of the Federal Government of Nagaland(FGN) 6 Oct 1959 - Sep 1966 Scato Swu (b. 1924 - d. 2014) NNCSep 1966 - Oct 1968 G. Mhiaseiu(Mashieu) NNCOct 1968 - 1971 Chumbemo Murry NNC (acting to 12 Nov 1968) 1971 - 1996 Zashie (Zashei) Huire NNC1996 - 2005 S. Singya (d. 1996) NNC2005 - Viyalie Metha NNC

Prime minister (Ato Kilonser) of the Federal Government of Nagaland) 1959 - 26 Oct 1967 Kughato Sukhai (d. ....) NNC 26 Oct 1967 Post abolished

Revolutionary Government of Nagaland (in rebellion, opposed to FGN)

President of the Revolutionary Government of Nagaland (RGN) 1 Nov 1968 - 16 Aug 1973 Kughato Sukhai (s.a.) CNPPrime Minister (Ato Kilonser) of the Revolutionary Government of Nagaland 2 Nov 1968 - 16 Aug 1973 Scato Swu (s.a.) CNP

Odisha


Government Flag from 3 Aug 1964

15 Aug 1947 Orissa Province26 Jan 1950 Orissa State (until 1956: Part A). 4 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. 1973)
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) (b. 1913 - d. 2009)
                             (acting)
8 Nov 1972 - 20 Aug 1974 Basappa Danappa Jatti              (b. 1912 - d. 2002)
21 Aug 1974 - 25 Oct 1974 Gatikrisina Misra (2nd time) (s.a.)
                             (acting)
25 Oct 1974 - 17 Apr 1976 Akbar Ali Khan                     (b. 1899 - d. 1994)
17 Apr 1976 - 7 Feb 1977 Shiv Narayin Sankar (acting)     (b. 1915)
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)(acting)(b. 1915 - d. 2001) 31 Jan 1997 - 12 Feb 1997 K.V. Raghunatha Reddy (1st time) (b. 1924 - d. 2002) 13 Feb 1997 - 13 Dec 1997 Gopala Ramanujam (2nd time)(acting)(s.a.) 13 Dec 1997 - 27 Apr 1998 K.V. Raghunatha Reddy (2nd time) (s.a.)
27 Apr 1998 - 14 Nov 1999 Chakravarthi Rangarajan            (b. 1932) 15 Nov 1999 - 17 Nov 2004 M.M. Rajendran                     (b. 1935 - d. 2023) 17 Nov 2004 - 21 Aug 2007 Rameshwar Thakur                   (b. 1927 - d. 2015) 21 Aug 2007 - 21 Mar 2013 Murlidhar Chandrakant Bhandare     (b. 1928 - d. 2024) 21 Mar 2013 - 21 Mar 2018 Senayangba Chubatoshi Jamir        (b. 1931) 21 Mar 2018 -29 May 2018 Satya Pal Malik                    (b. 1946) 29 May 2018 -31 Oct 2023 Ganeshi Lal                        (b. 1942) 31 Oct 2023 -              Raghubar Das                       (b. 1955)

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                              Maharaja of Patna
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 - d. 2015) INC-I
7 Dec 1989 - 5 Mar 1990 Hemananda Biswal (1st time)        (b. 1939 - d. 2022) INC-I
5 Mar 1990 - 15 Mar 1995 Bijayananda Patnaik (2nd time)     (s.a.)               JD
15 Mar 1995 - 15 Feb 1999 Janaki Ballabh Patnaik (2nd time) (s.a.)               INC
15 Feb 1999 - 6 Dec 1999 Giridhar Gamango                  (b. 1943)            INC
6 Dec 1999 - 5 Mar 2000 Hemananda Biswal (2nd time)        (s.a.)               INC
5 Mar 2000 - 12 Jun 2024 Naveen Patnaik                     (b. 1946)            BJD 12 Jun 2024 -              Mohan Charan Majhi                 (b. 1972)    BJP

Puducherry

[Puducherry government
flag (India)]

13 Jun 1954 Yanam (Yanaon) taken by Indian military police. 15 Jul 1954 Mahe (Mahé) taken by pro-Indian groups. 1 Nov 1954 Remaining French India territories (Pondicherry [Pondichéry] and Kariakal [Karikal]) transferredto India de facto. 16 Aug 1962 De jure transfer to India. 7 Jan 1963 Pondicherry union territory 1 Oct 2006 Renamed Puducherry.

Chief Commissioners 1 Nov 1954 - 17 Nov 1956 Kewal Singh                        (b. 1915 - d. 1991)17 Nov 1956 - 28 Aug 1958 Moti K. Kripalani                  (b. 1901 - d. ....)28 Aug 1958 - 8 Feb 1961 L.R.S. Singh (b. 1907 - d. ....) 2 May 1961 - 2 Aug 1963 Sarat Kumar Datta                  (b. 1908 - d. ....) 2 Aug 1963 - 14 Oct 1963 K.J. Somasundaram    (b. 1915) Lieutenant governors 14 Oct 1963 - 14 Oct 1968 Sayaji Laxman Silam    (b. 1896 - d. 19..) 14 Oct 1968 - 8 Nov 1972 Basappa Danappa Jatti              (b. 1912 - d. 2002) 8 Nov 1972 - 30 Aug 1976 Cheddi Lal (Chhedi Lal)     (b. 1911 - d. ....) 30 Aug 1976 - 1 Nov 1980 Bidesh Tukaram Kulkarni (1st time) (b. 1909 - d. 1988) 8 Jul 1978 - 22 Jul 1978 Prabhudas Balubhai Patwari         (b. 1909 – d. 1985)                              (acting)22 Jul 1978 - 1 Nov 1980 Bidesh Tukaram Kulkarni (2nd time) (s.a.) 1 Nov 1980 - 16 Apr 1981 Ram Kishore Vyas                   (b. 1908 - d. 1981)
16 Apr 1981 - 27 Jul 1981 Sadiq Ali                          (b. 1910 - d. 2001)
27 Jul 1981 - 15 May 1982  Ramdas NarayanHaldipur            (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. 1918 - d. 2007)
1 Oct 1984 - 22 Jun 1988 Tribhuvan Prasad Tiwari    (b. 1923 - d. 2015)
22 Jun 1988 - 19 Feb 1990 Ranjit Singh Dayal (b. 1928 - d. 2012)
19 Feb 1990 - 19 Dec 1990 Chandrawati (f)    (b. 1928 - d. 2020)
19 Dec 1990 - 6 Feb 1993 Swarup Singh       (b. 1917 - d. 2003)
6 Feb 1993 - 31 May 1993 Bhishma Narain Singh               (b. 1933 - d. 2018)
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 - d. 2013)
31 Jul 2002 - 27 Oct 2003 Kewalram Ratanmal 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 - d. 2020)
7 Jul 2004 - 19 Jul 2006 Madan Mohan 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 - d. 2017) 27 Jul 2009 - 10 Jul 2013 Iqbal Singh                        (b. 1945) 10 Jul 2013 - 17 Jul 2014 Virendra Kataria                   (b. 1931 - d. 2019) 17 Jul 2014 - 29 May 2016 Ajay Kumar Singh    (b. 1933) 29 May 2016 - 18 Feb 2021 Kiran Bedi (f) (b. 1949)18 Feb 2021 -22 Mar 2024 Tamilisai Soundararajan (f)        (b. 1961)22 Mar 2024 - 7 Aug 2024 C.P. Radhakrishnan                 (b. 1957) 7 Aug 2024 -    Kuniyil Kailashnathan              (b. 1953)

Chief councillors 17 Aug 1955 - 13 Jan 1956 R. Maurice A.S. Paquirissamypoullé (b. 1906 - d. 1956) INC                              (= R.M.A.S. Pakkiriswamy Pillai)
20 Apr 1956 - 28 Oct 1958 Édouard Goubert                    (b. 1894 - d. 1979) INC
28 Oct 1958 - 9 Sep 1959 Chief Commissioners rule 9 Sep 1959 - Mar 1963   V. Venkatasubha Reddiar    (b. 1909 - d. 1981) INC
Chief ministers 1 Jul 1963 - 11 Sep 1964 Edouard Goubert                    (s.a.) INC11 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)   (b. 1939 - d. 2017) AIADMK
28 Mar 1974 - 2 Jul 1977 President's rule
2 Jul 1977 - 12 Nov 1978 Subramanyan Ramaswamy (2nd time)   (s.a.)               AIADMK
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                   (b. 1941 - d. 2019) DMK
22 Mar 2000 - 27 Oct 2001 P. Shanmugam                       (b. 1927 - d. 2013) INC
27 Oct 2001 - 4 Sep 2008 N. Rangasamy (1st time)            (b. 1950)            INC 4 Sep 2008 - 16 May 2011 V. Vaithilingam (2nd time)    (s.a.)       INC 16 May 2011 - 6 Jun 2016 N. Rangasamy (2nd time)            (s.a.) AINRC 6 Jun 2016 - 24 Feb 2021 V. Narayanasamy                    (b. 1947)    INC 24 Feb 2021 - 7 May 2021 President's rule 7 May 2021 -             N. Rangasamy (3rd time)            (s.a.) AINRC

Punjab

[Punjab government flag
(India)]

15 Aug 1947 East Punjab Province.
26 Jan 1950 East Punjab State (until 1956: Part A). 1 Nov 1956 Punjab State.

Governors
15 Aug 1947 - 11 Mar 1953 Sir Chandulal Madhavlal Trivedi    (b. 1893 - d. 1981)
11 Mar 1953 - 15 Sep 1958 Sir Chandeshwar Prasad Narayan    (b. 1901 - d. 1993)                              Singh
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                        (b. 1908 - d. ....)
16 Oct 1967 - 21 May 1973 Danappa Cimtappa 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 Surjit Singh Sandhawalia (acting) (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. 1917 - d. 2009)
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 - d. 2007)
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 - d. 2015)
7 Aug 1991 - 9 Jul 1994 Surendra Nath                      (b. 1926 - d. 1994)10 Jul 1994 - 18 Sep 1994 Sudhakar Panditrao Kurdukar (b. 1935)                              (acting)18 Sep 1994 - 27 Nov 1999 Bakshi Krishan Nath Chhibber      (b. 1936)
27 Nov 1999 - 8 May 2003 Jack Frederick Ralph Jacob         (b. 1921 - d. 2016)
8 May 2003 - 3 Nov 2004 Om Prakash Verma                   (b. 1937 - d. 2015)
3 Nov 2004 - 16 Nov 2004 Akhlaqur Rahman Kidwai             (b. 1920 - d. 2016)16 Nov 2004 - 22 Jan 2010 Sunith Francis Rodrigues           (b. 1933 - d. 2022) 22 Jan 2010 - 21 Jan 2015 Shivraj Vishwanath Patil           (b. 1935) 22 Jan 2015 - 22 Aug 2016 Kaptan Singh Solanki     (b. 1939) 22 Aug 2016 -31 Aug 2021 Vijayendra Pal Singh Badnore     (b. 1948) 31 Aug 2021 - 31 Jul 2024 Banwarilal Purohit                 (b. 1940) 31 Jul 2024 -              Gulab Chand Kataria                (b. 1944)

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 1951 - 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 - 6 Jul 1964 Gopichand Bhargava (3rd time)      (s.a.)               INC 6 Jul 1964 - 5 Jul 1966 Ram Kishan                         (b. 1913 - d. 1971) 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) SAD
23 Aug 1968 - 17 Feb 1969 President's rule
17 Feb 1969 - 27 Mar 1970 Sardar Gurinam Singh (2nd time)    (s.a.)               SAD
27 Mar 1970 - 14 Jun 1971 Parkash Singh Badal (1st time)     (b. 1927 - d. 2023) 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 Parkash 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 - d. 2017) 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) INC
21 Nov 1996 - 12 Feb 1997 Rajinder Kaur Bhattal (f)          (b. 1945)            INC
12 Feb 1997 - 27 Feb 2002 Parkash Singh Badal (3rd time)     (s.a.)               SAD
27 Feb 2002 - 2 Mar 2007 Amarinder Singh (1st time)         (b. 1942)            INC 2 Mar 2007 - 16 Mar 2017 Parkash Singh Badal (4th time)     (s.a.)               SAD 16 Mar 2017 -20 Sep 2021 Amarinder Singh (2nd time)    (s.a.)       INC20 Sep 2021 - 16 Mar 2022 Charanjit Singh Channi             (b. 1963)            INC 16 Mar 2022 -              Bhagwant Singh Mann                (b. 1973)            AAP

Khalistan

[Khalistan,
Sikh separatists flag 1984-2007 (Punjab, India)]

12 Apr 1980 Khalistan National Councilformed at Anandpur Sahib, Punjab. 13 Jun 1984 "Republic of Khālistān" declared by Jagit Singh Chauhan in London exile (not recognized). 4 Apr 2007 AfterJagit Singh Chauhan'sdeath the Khalistan movement gradually dissolves.

President of the National Council of Khalistan 12 Apr 1980 - 13 Jun 1984 Jagit Singh Chauhan (b. 1929 - d. 2007)President of the "Republic of Khalistan" 13 Jun 1984 - 4 Apr 2007 Jagit Singh Chauhan (s.a.) 2002: KRP (in London, U.K. exile to 26 Jun 2001)

Patiala and East Punjab States Union (PEPSU)

15 Jul 1948 State (from 1950: Part B).
1 Nov 1956 Part of Punjab.

Rajpramukh
15 Jul 1948 - 31 Oct 1956 Sir Yadavindra Singh, Maharaja (b. 1913 - d. 1974) of Patiala

Premiers
22 Aug 1948 - 23 May 1951 Sardar Gian Singh Rarewala         (b. 1901 - d. 1979) Non-party
23 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 rule 8 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

[Rajasthan government
flag (India)]

25 Mar 1948 Rajasthan Union 18 Apr 1948 United States of Rajasthan 30 Mar 1949 United States of Greater Rajasthan 25 Jan 1950 Rajasthan State (Part B state until 1 Nov 1956).

Rajpramukhs 25 Mar 1948 - 18 Apr 1948 Sir Bhim Singh II, Maharao of     (b. 1909 - d. 1991)                            Kotah 18 Apr 1948 - 1 Apr 1949 Sir Bhopal Singh, Maharana of      (b. 1884 - d. 1955)                            Mewar Maharajpramukh 1 Apr 1949 - 4 Jul 1955 Sir Bhopal Singh, Maharana of      (s.a.)                            Mewar Rajpramukh 4 Jul 1955 - 31 Oct 1956 Sir Man Singh II, Maharaja of      (b. 1912 - d. 1970)                            JaipurGovernors 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 - 19 Nov 1970 Sardar Hukam Singh (1st time)    (b. 1895 - d. 1983)
20 Nov 1970 - 23 Dec 1970 Jagat Narayan (acting)             (b. 1911 - d. ....) 24 Dec 1970 - 30 Jun 1972 Sardar Hukam Singh (2nd time)    (s.a.) 1 Jul 1972 - 15 Feb 1977 Sardar Jogendra Singh              (b. 1903 - d. 1979)
15 Feb 1977 - 11 May 1977 Vedpal Tyagi (acting)    (b. 1915 - d. 1979)
17 May 1977 - 8 Aug 1981 Raghukul Tilak                     (b. 1900 - d. 1989)
8 Aug 1981 - 6 Mar 1982 Kalyan Dutta Sharma (acting) (b. 1921 - d. 2010)
6 Mar 1982 - 4 Jan 1985 Om Prakash Mehra (1st time)        (b. 1919 - d. 2015)
5 Jan 1985 - 31 Jan 1985 Pradyot Kumar Banerjee (b. 1923) 1 Feb 1985 - 3 Nov 1985 Om Prakash Mehra (2nd time)    (s.a.) 4 Nov 1985 - 19 Nov 1985 Dwarka Prasad Gupta                (b. 1926 - d. 1993) 20 Nov 1985 - 15 Oct 1987 Vasantrao Patil                    (b. 1917 - d. 1989)
15 Oct 1987 - 19 Feb 1988 Jagdish Sharan Verma (1st time)    (b. 1933 – d. 2013) 20 Feb 1988 - 3 Feb 1990 Sukhdev Prasad                     (b. 1921 - d. 1995)
3 Feb 1990 - 14 Feb 1990 Milap Chand Jain (acting)          (b. 1929 - d. 2015)
14 Feb 1990 - 26 Aug 1991 Debi Prasad Chattopadhyaya         (b. 1933 - d. 2022)
26 Aug 1991 - 5 Feb 1992 Sarup Singh (acting)               (b. 1917 - d. 2003)
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 - d. 2022)
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. 1935 - d. 2024)
16 Jan 1999 - 14 May 2003 Anshuman Singh                     (b. 1935 - d. 2021)
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 - d. 2018)
1 Nov 2004 - 8 Nov 2004 Thanjavelu Rajeshwar               (b. 1926 - d. 2018)
8 Nov 2004 - 23 Jun 2007 Pratibha Devisingh Patil (f)       (b. 1934) 23 Jun 2007 -  6 Sep 2007  Akhlaqur RahmanKidwai             (b. 1920 - d. 2016) 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 - 8 Aug 2014 Margaret Alva (f)                  (b. 1942) 8 Aug 2014 - 4 Sep 2014 Ram Naik                           (b. 1934) 4 Sep 2014 - 9 Sep 2019 Kalyan Singh                       (b. 1932 - d. 2021) 9 Sep 2019 - 31 Jul 2024 Kalraj Mishra                      (b. 1941) 31 Jul 2024 -              Haribhau Bagde                     (b. 1945)

Chief ministers
25 Mar 1948 - 18 Apr 1948 Gokul Lal Asawa                    (b. 1901 - d. 1981) 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 Sheshachar Venkatachari    (b. 1899 - d. 1999) 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 Paliwal                    (b. 1907 - d. 1995) 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 - d. 2021) 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.)               BJP
15 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)(1st time)      (b. 1953)            BJP 13 Dec 2008 - 13 Dec 2013 Ashok Gehlot (2nd time)            (s.a.)           INC13 Dec 2013 -17 Dec 2018 Vasundhara Raje (f) (2nd time)     (s.a.)               BJP 17 Dec 2018 - 15 Dec 2023 Ashok Gehlot (3rd time)            (s.a.)           INC 15 Dec 2023 -      Bhajan Lal Sharma                  (b. 1967)            BJP

Matsya

18 Mar 1948 United State of Matsya formed by merger of former princely states of Alwar, Bharatpur, Dholpur, and Karauli. 15 May 1949 Part of Rajasthan.

Rajpramukh 18 Mar 1948 - 15 May 1949 Sir Udai Bhan Singh, Maharaja of (b. 1893 - d. 1954) Dholpur

Chief minister
18 Mar 1948 - 15 May 1949 Shobha Ram Kumawat (b. 1914 - d. 1984) INC

Ajmer

15 Aug 1947                Ajmer-Merwara province
26 Jan 1950                Ajmer state (Part C state).
1 Nov 1956                Part of Rajasthan.

Chief Commissioners
1947 - 1948                Shankar Prasada                    (b. 1905 - d. ....)
1948 - 1951                Chandrakant Balwantrao Nagarkar    (b. 1894 - d. 19..)
Jan 1952 - Mar 1954        Anand Dattahaya Pandit         (b. 1909 - d. ....)
Mar 1954 - 31 Oct 1956     Moti K. Kripalani                  (b. 1901 - d. ....)

Chief minister
24 Mar 1952 - 1956 Hari Bhau Upadhyay (b. 1892 - d. 1972) INC

Sikkim

[Sikkim government flag
(India)]

16 May 1975 Annexed to India (retroactive to 26 Apr 1975) (pre-1975 see under India). 18 May 1975 State of Sikkim

Governors
18 May 1975 - 10 Jan 1981 Bipen Bihari Lal                   (b. 1917 - d. 2008)
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 - d. 2018)
21 Nov 1985 - 2 Mar 1989 Thanjavelu Rajeshwar               (b. 1926 - d. 2018)
2 Mar 1989 - 8 Feb 1990 S.K. Bhatnagar                     (b. 1930 - d. 2001)
8 Feb 1990 - 21 Sep 1994 Radhakrishna Hariram Tahiliani     (b. 1930 - d. 2015)
21 Sep 1994 - 12 Nov 1995 Punjala Shiv Shanker               (b. 1929 - d. 2017)
12 Nov 1995 - 10 Mar 1996 K.V. Raghunatha Reddy              (b. 1924 - d. 2002)
10 Mar 1996 - 18 May 2001 Chaudhury Randhir Singh    (b. 1924 - d. 2009)
18 May 2001 - 25 Oct 2002 Kidar Nath Sahani                  (b. 1926 - d. 2012)
25 Oct 2002 - 12 Jul 2006 V. Rama Rao (1st time)             (b. 1935 - d. 2016)13 Jul 2006 - 12 Aug 2006 R.S. Gavai (acting)    (b. 1929 - d. 2015) 13 Aug 2006 - 25 Oct 2007 V. Rama Rao (2nd time) (s.a.)             25 Oct 2007 - 9 Jul 2008 Sudarshan Agarwal                (b. 1931 - d. 2019) 9 Jul 2008 - 20 Jul 2013 Balmiki Prasad Singh               (b. 1942) 20 Jul 2013 - 26 Aug 2018 Shriniwas Dadasaheb Patil          (b. 1941) 26 Aug 2018 - 16 Feb 2023 Ganga Prasad Chaurasia             (b. 1939) 16 Feb 2023 - 31 Jul 2024 Lakshman Prasad Acharya            (b. 1954) 31 Jul 2024 -              Om Prakash Mathur                  (b. 1952)

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 - d. 2017) SkJP;1981 INC11 May 1984 - 25 May 1984 Bhim Bahadur Gurung                (b. 1929 - d. 2022) INC-I
25 May 1984 - 8 Mar 1985 President's rule
8 Mar 1985 - 17 Jun 1994 Nar Bahadur Bhandari (2nd time)    (s.a.)               SkSP
17 Jun 1994 - 12 Dec 1994 Sanchaman Limboo                   (b. 1949 - d. 2020) SkSP
12 Dec 1994 - 27 May 2019 Pawan Kumar Chamling               (b. 1950)            SkDF 27 May 2019 -              P.S. Golay (= Prem Singh Tamang) (b. 1968)      SKM

Tamil Nadu

[Tamil Nadu
government flag (India)]

15 Aug 1947                Madras province
26 Jan 1950                State (until 1956: Part A).
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)                              Maharaja of Bhavnagar
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 Sir Jayachamarajendra Wodeyar,     (b. 1919 - d. 1974)                              Maharaja of Mysore
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. 1986)
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 M.M. Ismail (acting) (b. 1921 - d. 2005)
4 Nov 1980 - 3 Sep 1982 Sadiq Ali                          (b. 1910 - d. 2001)
3 Sep 1982 - 17 Feb 1988 Sundar Lal Khurana                 (b. 1918 - d. 2007)
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 - d. 2017)
15 Feb 1991 - 31 May 1993 Bhishma Narain Singh               (b. 1933 - d. 2018)
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 Meera Sahib Fathima Beevi (f)      (b. 1927 - d. 2023)
3 Jul 2001 - 18 Jan 2002 Chakravarti Rangarajan (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 - 2 Sep 2016 Konijeti Rosaiah                   (b. 1933 - d. 2021) 2 Sep 2016 - 6 Oct 2017 Chennamaneni Vidyasagar Rao        (b. 1942) 6 Oct 2017 -18 Sep 2021 Banwarilal Purohit (b. 1940) 18 Sep 2021 -              Ravindra Narayana Ravi             (b. 1952)

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 (1st time)     (b. 1920 - d. 2000) DMK
                             (acting)
10 Feb 1969 - 31 Jan 1976 Kalaignar Muthuvel Karunanidhi     (b. 1924 - d. 2018) 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 (2nd time)     (s.a.)               AIADMK
                             (acting)
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 - d. 2016) 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 Ottakarathevar Panneerselvam       (b. 1951)            AIADMK                              (1st time)
2 Mar 2002 - 13 May 2006 Jayaram Jayalalitha (f) (3rd time) (s.a.)               AIADMK13 May 2006 - 16 May 2011 Kalaignar Muthuvel Karunanidhi     (s.a.)               DMK                             (4th time) 16 May 2011 - 29 Sep 2014 Jayaram Jayalalitha (f) (4th time) (s.a.)               AIADMK29 Sep 2014 - 23 May 2015 Ottakarathevar Panneerselvam       (s.a.)               AIADMK                              (2nd time) 23 May 2015 - 5 Dec 2016 Jayaram Jayalalitha (f) (5th time) (s.a.)               AIADMK12 Oct 2016 - 16 Feb 2017 OttakarathevarPanneerselvam       (s.a.)               AIADMK                              (acting for Jayalalitha to 5 Dec 2016)                              (3rd time) 16 Feb 2017 - 7 May 2021 Edappadi Karuppa Palaniswami     (b. 1954)            AIADMK 7 May 2021 -              Muthuvel Karunanidhi Stalin    (b. 1953)            DMK

Telangana

[Telangana first
government flag 2014 (India)] Government Flag 2 - 25 Jun 2014

2 Jun 2014 Telangana state, created from part ofAndhra Pradesh.

Governors 2 Jun 2014 - 8 Sep 2019 Ekkadu Srinivasan Lakshmi (b. 1945) Narasimhan 8 Sep 2019 - 20Mar 2024 Tamilisai Soundararajan (f) (b. 1961) 20 Mar 2024 - 31 Jul 2024 C.P. Radhakrishnan (b. 1957) 31 Jul 2024 - Jishnu Dev Varma (b. 1957)

Chief ministers 2 Jun 2014 - 7 Dec 2023 Kalvakuntla Chandrashekar Rao (b. 1954) TRS 7 Dec 2023 - Anumula Revanth Reddy (b. 1969) INC

Tripura

[Tripura government flag
(India)]

15 Oct 1949                Province
26 Jan 1950                State (Part C state).
1 Nov 1956                Union territory
21 Jan 1972                State

Chief Commissioners
15 Oct 1949 - 1951         Ranajit Kumar Ray                 (b. 1906 - d. 1990)
1951 - 1955                Venkatasubramani Nanjappa          (b. 1911 - d. ....)
1955 - 1956                Hiralal Atal       (b. 1905 - d. 1985)
1956 - 1958                Kalka Prasad Bhargava              (b. 1908 - d. 1965)
1958 - 1962                Nagari Mohan Patnaik     (b. 1911 - d. ....)
15 Nov 1962 - 17 Jan 1967 Shanti Priya Mukherjee (b. 1914)
17 Jan 1967 - 5 Nov 1967 U.N. Sharma                        (b. 1917)
5 Nov 1967 - 31 Jan 1970 Dilip Kumar Bhattacharya       (b. 1923)
31 Jan 1970 - 8 Aug 1971 Anthony Lancelot Dias              (b. 1910 - d. 2002)
8 Aug 1971 - 21 Jan 1972 Baleshwar Prasad                   (b. 1914 - d. 1996)
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 Mehrotra           (b. 1925 - d. 1988)
14 Aug 1981 - 14 Jun 1984 Saiyid Muzaffar Husain Burney      (b. 1923 - d. 2014)
14 Jun 1984 - 12 Jul 1989 Kotikalapudi Venkata Krishna Rao (b. 1923 - d. 2016)
12 Jul 1989 - 12 Feb 1990 Sultan Singh                       (b. 1923 - d. 2014)
12 Feb 1990 - 15 Aug 1993 K.V. Raghunatha Reddy              (b. 1924 - d. 2002)
15 Aug 1993 - 16 Jun 1995 Romesh Bhandari                    (b. 1928 - d. 2013)
16 Jun 1995 - 23 Jun 2000 Siddheshwar Prasad                 (b. 1929 - d. 2023)
23 Jun 2000 - 2 Jun 2003 Krishna Mohan Seth                 (b. 1939) 2 Jun 2003 - 15 Oct 2009 Dinesh Nandan Sahay                (b. 1936 - d. 2018) 15 Oct 2009 - 27 Nov 2009 Kamla Beniwal (f)                  (b. 1927 - d. 2024)27 Nov 2009 - 25 Mar 2013 Dnyandeo Yashwantrao Patil         (b. 1935) 25 Mar 2013 - 28 Jun 2014 Devanand Konwar                    (b. 1936 - d. 2020) 30 Jun 2014 - 21 Jul 2014 Vakkom Purushothaman               (b. 1928 - d. 2023) 21 Jul 2014 - 20 May 2015 Padmanabha Balakrishna Acharya     (b. 1931 - d. 2023) 20 May 2015 - 25 Aug 2018 Tathagata Roy                      (b. 1945) 25 Aug 2018 - 29 Jul 2019 Kaptan Singh Solanki               (b. 1939) 29 Jul 2019 -12 Jul 2021 Ramesh Bais                        (b. 1948) 12 Jul 2021 - 26 Oct 2023 Satyadev Narayan Arya              (b. 1939) 26 Oct 2023 -              Indrasena Reddy Nallu              (b. 1949)

Chief ministers
1 Jul 1963 - 1 Nov 1971 Sachindra Lal Singh (b. 1907 - d. 2000) INC 1 Nov 1971 - 27 Mar 1972 President's rule 27 Mar 1972 - 1 Apr 1977 Sukhamoy Sen Gupta (b. 1919 - d. 1997?) INC 1 Apr 1977 - 26 Jul 1977 Prafullah Kumar Das (b. c.1930) CD 26 Jul 1977 - 5 Nov 1977 Radhika Ranjan Gupta (b. 1928? - d. 1998) JP 5 Nov 1977 - 5 Jan 1978 President's rule 5 Jan 1978 - 5 Feb 1988 Nripen Chakraborty (b. 1904 - d. 2004) CPI-M 5 Feb 1988 - 19 Feb 1992 Sudhir Ranjan Majumdar (b. 1939 - d. 2009) INC-I 19 Feb 1992 - 11 Mar 1993 Samir Ranjan Barman (b. 1940) INC 11 Mar 1993 - 10 Apr 1993 President's rule 10 Apr 1993 - 11 Mar 1998 Dasarath Deb (b. 1916 - d. 1998) CPI-M 11 Mar 1998 - 9 Mar 2018 Manik Sarkar (b. 1949) CPI-M 9 Mar 2018 - 15 May 2022 Biplab Kumar Deb (b. 1969) BJP 15 May 2022 - Manik Saha (b. 1953) BJP

Uttar Pradesh

[Uttar Pradesh
government flag (India)]

15 Aug 1947 United Provinces 26 Jan 1950 Uttar Pradesh state (until 1956: Part A).

Governors 15 Aug 1947 - 2 Mar 1949 Sarojini Naidu (f) (b. 1879 - d. 1949) 3 Mar 1949 - 2 May 1949 Bidhubhusan Malik (acting) (b. 1895 - d. 1981) 2 May 1949 - 2 Jun 1952 Sir Hormasji Peroshaw Mody (b. 1881 - d. 1969) 2 Jun 1952 - 10 Jun 1957 Kanaiyalal Maneklal Munshi (b. 1887 - d. 1971) 10 Jun 1957 - 1 Jul 1960 Varahagiri Venkata Giri (b. 1894 - d. 1980) 1 Jul 1960 - 16 Apr 1962 Burgula Ramakrishna Rao (b. 1899 - d. 1967) 16 Apr 1962 - 1 May 1967 Biswanath Das (b. 1889 - d. 1984) 1 May 1967 - 1 Jul 1972 Bezawada Gopala Reddy (b. 1907 - d. 1997) 1 Jul 1972 - 14 Nov 1972 Shashi Kanta Verma (acting) (b. 1911 - d. 1988) 14 Nov 1972 - 25 Oct 1974 Akbar Ali Khan (b. 1899 - d. 1994) 25 Oct 1974 - 2 Oct 1977 Marri Channa Reddy (b. 1919 - d. 1996) 2 Oct 1977 - 28 Feb 1980 Ganpatrao Devji Tapase (b. 1909 - d. 1991) 28 Feb 1980 - 31 Mar 1985 Chandresvar Prasad Narain Singh (b. 1901 - d. 1993) 31 Mar 1985 - 12 Feb 1990 Mohammed Usman Arif (b. 1923 - d. 1995) 12 Feb 1990 - 27 May 1993 B. Satyanarayan Reddy (b. 1927 - d. 2012) 27 May 1993 - 3 May 1996 Motilal Vora (b. 1928 - d. 2020) 3 May 1996 - 19 Sep 1996 Mohammad Shafi Qureshi (1st time) (b. 1929 - d. 2016) 19 Sep 1996 - 17 Mar 1998 Romesh Bhandari (b. 1928 - d. 2013) 17 Mar 1998 - 20 Apr 1998 Mohammad Shafi Qureshi (2nd time) (s.a.) 20 Apr 1998 - 24 Nov 2000 Suraj Bhan (b. 1928 - d. 2006) 24 Nov 2000 - 2 Jul 2004 Vishnu Kant Shastri (b. 1929 - d. 2005) 2 Jul 2004 - 8 Jul 2004 Sudarshan Agarwal (b. 1931 - d. 2019) 8 Jul 2004 - 28 Jul 2009 Thanjavelu Rajeshwar (b. 1926 - d. 2018) 28 Jul 2009 -23 Jun 2014 Banwari Lal Joshi (b. 1934 - d. 2017)23 Jun 2014 - 22 Jul 2014 Aziz Qureshi (b. 1940 - d. 2024) 22 Jul 2014 - 29 Jul 2019 Ram Naik (b. 1934) 29 Jul 2019 - Anandiben Patel (f) (b. 1941)

Chief ministers
15 Aug 1947 - 28 Dec 1954 Govind Ballabh Pant                (b. 1887 - d. 1961) INC
28 Dec 1954 - 7 Dec 1960 Sampurnanand                       (b. 1891 - d. 1969) INC
7 Dec 1960 - 2 Oct 1963 Chandra Bhanu Gupta (1st time)     (b. 1902 - d. 1980) INC
2 Oct 1963 - 14 Mar 1967 Sucheta Kriplani (f)               (b. 1908 - d. 1974) INC
14 Mar 1967 - 3 Apr 1967 Chandra Bhanu Gupta (2nd time)     (s.a.)               INC
3 Apr 1967 - 17 Feb 1968 Charan Singh (1st time)            (b. 1902 - d. 1987) BKD
17 Feb 1968 - 26 Feb 1969 President's rule
26 Feb 1969 - 18 Feb 1970 Chandra Bhanu Gupta (3rd time)     (s.a.)               INC
18 Feb 1970 - 2 Oct 1970 Charan Singh (2nd time)            (s.a.)               BKD
2 Oct 1970 - 18 Oct 1970 President's rule
18 Oct 1970 - 4 Apr 1971 Tribhuvana Narayana Singh          (b. 1904 - d. 1982) INC
4 Apr 1971 - 12 Jun 1973 Kamalapathi Tripathi               (b. 1905 - d. 1990) INC
12 Jun 1973 - 8 Nov 1973 President's rule
8 Nov 1973 - 30 Nov 1975 Hemwati Nandan Bahuguna            (b. 1919 - d. 1989) INC
30 Nov 1975 - 21 Jan 1976 President's rule
21 Jan 1976 - 30 Apr 1977 Narain Dutt Tiwari (1st time)      (b. 1925 - d. 2018) INC
30 Apr 1977 - 23 Jun 1977 President's rule
23 Jun 1977 - 28 Feb 1979 Ram Naresh Yadav                   (b. 1928 - d. 2016) JP
28 Feb 1979 - 17 Feb 1980 Banarsi Das                        (b. 1912 - d. 1983) JP
17 Feb 1980 - 9 Jun 1980 President's rule
9 Jun 1980 - 19 Jul 1982 Vishwanath Pratap Singh            (b. 1931 - d. 2008) INC-I
19 Jul 1982 - 3 Aug 1984 Sripati Mishra                     (b. 1924 - d. 2002) INC-I
3 Aug 1984 - 24 Sep 1985 Narain Dutt Tiwari (2nd time)      (s.a.)               INC-I
24 Sep 1985 - 25 Jun 1988 Bir Bahadur Singh                  (b. 1935 - d. 1989) INC
25 Jun 1988 - 5 Dec 1989 Narain Dutt Tiwari (3rd time)      (s.a.)               INC-I
5 Dec 1989 - 24 Jun 1991 Mulayam Singh Yadav (1st time)     (b. 1939 - d. 2022) JD
24 Jun 1991 - 6 Dec 1992 Kalyan Singh (1st time)            (b. 1932 - d. 2021) BJP
6 Dec 1992 - 4 Dec 1993 President's rule
5 Dec 1993 - 3 Jun 1995 Mulayam Singh Yadav (2nd time)     (s.a.)               SP
3 Jun 1995 - 18 Oct 1995 Mayawati (f) (1st time)            (b. 1956)            BSP
18 Oct 1995 - 21 Mar 1997 President's rule
21 Mar 1997 - 21 Sep 1997 Mayawati (f) (2nd time)            (s.a.)               BSP
21 Sep 1997 - 21 Feb 1998 Kalyan Singh (2nd time)            (s.a.)               BJP
21 Feb 1998 - 23 Feb 1998 Jagdambika Pal                   (b. 1950)            UPLC
23 Feb 1998 - 12 Nov 1999 Kalyan Singh (3rd time)            (s.a.)               BJP
12 Nov 1999 - 28 Oct 2000 Ram Prakash Gupta                  (b. 1923 - d. 2004) BJP
28 Oct 2000 - 8 Mar 2002 Rajnath Singh                      (b. 1951)            BJP
8 Mar 2002 - 3 May 2002 President's rule
3 May 2002 - 29 Aug 2003 Mayawati (f) (3rd time)            (s.a.)               BSP
29 Aug 2003 - 13 May 2007 Mulayam Singh Yadav (3rd time)     (s.a.)