State First Chief Minister Tenure Timeline Political Party Andhra Pradesh Tanguturi Prakasam Oct 1953 – Nov 1954 INC Arunachal Pradesh Prem Khandu Thungon Aug 1975 – Sept 1979 JP Assam Gopinath Bordoloi Feb 1946 – Aug 1950 INC Bihar Krishna Singh Jan 1950 – Jan 1961 INC Chhattisgarh Ajit Jogi Nov 2000 – Dec 2003 INC Goa Dayanand Bandodkar Dec 1963 – Dec 1966 MGP Gujarat Jivraj Narayan Mehta May 1960 – Sept 1963 INC Haryana Bhagwat Dayal Sharma Nov 1966 – Mar 1967 INC Himachal Pradesh Yashwant Singh Parmar Mar 1952 – Oct 1956 INC Jharkhand Babulal Marandi Nov 2000 – Mar 2003 BJP Karnataka K. Chengalaraya Reddy Oct 1947 – Mar 1952 INC Kerala E. M. S. Namboodiripad Apr 1957 – July 1959 CPI Madhya Pradesh Ravishankar Shukla Nov 1956 – Dec 1956 INC Maharashtra Yashwantrao Chavan May 1960 – Nov 1962 INC Manipur Mairembam Koireng Singh July 1963 – Oct 1967 INC Meghalaya Williamson A. Sangma Apr 1970 – Mar 1978 APHLC Mizoram Ch. Chhunga May 1972 – May 1977 Mizo Union Nagaland P. Shilu Ao Dec 1963 – Aug 1966 NNC Odisha Harekrushna Mahatab Jan 1950 – May 1950 INC Punjab Gopi Chand Bhargava Aug 1947 – Apr 1949 INC Rajasthan Heera Lal Shastri Apr 1949 – Jan 1951 INC Sikkim Kazi Lhendup Dorjee May 1974 – Aug 1979 SNC Tamil Nadu C. N. Annadurai Jan 1969 – Feb 1969 DMK Telangana K. Chandrashekar Rao June 2014 – Dec 2023 BRS Tripura Sachindra Lal Singh July 1963 – Nov 1971 INC Uttar Pradesh Govind Ballabh Pant Jan 1950 – Dec 1954 INC Uttarakhand Nityanand Swami Nov 2000 – Oct 2001 BJP West Bengal Prafulla Chandra Ghosh Aug 1947 – Jan 1948 INC Important Historical Context The Reorganization Act (1956): Many states like Kerala and Karnataka saw their first formal Chief Ministers appointed after the linguistic reorganization of states in 1956. Andhra Pradesh vs. Andhra State: Tanguturi Prakasam was the first CM of “Andhra State” (formed in 1953). Neelam Sanjiva Reddy became the first CM of the unified “Andhra Pradesh” in 1956. Bombay State: Before the split into Maharashtra and Gujarat in 1960, leaders like Morarji Desai served as the Chief Minister of the unified Bombay State. Share WhatsApp Telegram Facebook X Copy link Last updated: — Auto-scroll to newest Loading updates…