15 Aug 1947 Province
26 Jan 1950 Territory
01 Nov 1956 Union Territory
Chief Commissioners
1947 - 1949 Inam-ul Majid
1949 - 1953 Ajoy Kumar Ghosh
1953 - 1956 Sankar Nath Maitra
1956 C. Ramachandran
1956 - 1958 Tarakad Gopalakrishna Narayana Ayyar
1958 - 1961 Madhav Vinayak Rajawade
1961 - 05 Jun 1965 Bhola Nath Maheshwari
05 Jun 1965 - 1966 Brij Lal Chak
1966 - 1968 Mahabir Singh
1968 - 1972 Harcharan Singh Butalia
1972 - 1975 Harmander Singh
1975 - 1979 Surendra Mohan Krishnatry
1979 - 1982 Sunder Lal Sharna
Lieutenant-governors
12 Nov 1982 - 03 Dec 1985 Manohar Lal Kampani .................. 1925-2021
04 Dec 1985 - 24 Feb 1990 Tirath Singh Oberoi .................. 1926-1996
Dec 1989 - 24 Feb 1990 Romesh Bhandari ...................... 1928-2013
25 Feb 1990 - 04 Jul 1992 Ranjit Singh Dival ................... 1928-2012
04 Jul - 13 Aug 1992 Bhishma Narain Singh ................. 1933-2018
14 Aug 1992 - 15 Mar 1993 Ranjit Singh Dayal
19 Mar 1993 - 18 Mar 1996 Vakkom Purushothaman
19 Mar - 09 Nov 1996 Rajendra Kumari Bajpai (1st Time) .... 1925-1999
10 Nov - 02 Dec 1996 M. Chenna Reddy ...................... 1919-1996
02 Dec - 22 Dec 1996 Rajendra Kumari Bajpai (2nd Time)
22 Dec 1996 - 25 May 2001 Ishwari Prasad Gupta ................. 1931-2018
26 May 2001 - 04 Jan 2004 Nagendra Nath Jha .................... 1935-2020
05 Jan 2004 - 30 May 2006 Ramchandra Kapse ..................... 1933-2015
12 Feb - 29 Dec 2006 Madan Mohan Lakhera
29 Dec 2006 - 08 Jul 2013 Bhopinder Singh
08 Jul 2013 - 22 Aug 2016 Ajay Kumar Singh
22 Aug 2016 - 08 Oct 2017 Jagdish Mukhi
08 Oct 2017 - Devendra Kumar Joshi
01 Nov 1966 Union Territory and City of Chandigarh,
joint capital of Haryana and Punjab states
Chief Commissioners
01 Nov 1966 - 31 Oct 1968 Mohindar Singh Randhawa .............. 1909-1988
31 Oct 1968 - 08 Apr 1969 Damodar Dass
08 Apr 1969 - 31 Aug 1972 Bhupal Prasad Bagchi
01 Sep 1972 - 03 Dec 1975 Mohan Prakesha Mathur
04 Dec 1975 - 15 Jun 1976 G.P Gupta
15 Jun 1976 - 14 Jun 1978 Triloki Nath Chaturvedi .............. 1928-2020
15 Jun 1978 - 19 Jun 1980 J.C Agrawal
19 Jun 1980 - 08 Mar 1982 Bhupinder Singh Sarao
08 Mar 1982 - 02 Jun 1984 Krishna Banerji (1st Time)
02 Aug 1984 - 30 May 1985 Krishna Banerji (2nd Time)
30 May 1985 - The Governors of Punjab
15 Aug 1947 Province
26 Jan 1950 State
01 Nov 1956 Union Territory
01 Feb 1992 National Capital Territory
Chief Commissioners
1948 - 1954 Shankar Prasad
1954 - 1959 Anand Dattahaya Pandit
1959 - 1963 Bhagwan Sahay ........................ 1905-1986
1963 - 1964 Dharma Vira .......................... 1906-2000
1964 - 07 Sep 1966 Venkata Vishwanathan
Lieutenant Governors
07 Sep 1966 - 19 Jan 1972 Adity Nath Jha ....................... 1911-1972
19 Jan - 23 Mar 1972 M.G. Pimputkar ....................... 1919-
24 Mar 1972 - 03 Oct 1974 Baleshwar Prasad ..................... 1914-1996
04 Oct 1974 - 30 Mar 1977 Krishan Chand ........................ 1917-1978
31 Mar 1977 - 16 Feb 1980 Dalip Rai Kohli ...................... 1919-2007
17 Feb 1980 - 30 Mar 1981 Jagmohan Malhotra (1st Time) ......... 1927-2021
30 Mar 1981 - 01 Sep 1982 Sundar Lal Kohli ..................... 1918-2007
02 Sep 1982 - 25 Apr 1984 Jagmohan Malhotra (2nd Time)
25 Apr - 03 Nov 1984 P.G. Gavai ........................... 1926-2009
03 Nov 1984 - 15 Nov 1985 Mohan M.K. Wali ...................... 1927-
16 Nov 1985 - 03 Aug 1988 Harkishan Lal Kapoor ................. 1923-2020
03 Aug 1988 - 13 Dec 1989 Romesh Bhandari ...................... 1928-2013
14 Dec 1989 - 17 Dec 1990 Arjun Singh .......................... 1919-2017
17 Dec 1990 - 04 May 1992 Markandey Singh ...................... 1925-2007
04 May 1992 - 04 Jun 1997 Prasannabhai Karunashankar Deva ...... 1923-2006
04 Jan 1997 - 20 Apr 1998 Tejendra Khanna (1st Time) ........... 1938-
20 Apr 1998 - 09 Jun 2004 Vijai Kapoor ......................... 1938-
09 Jun 2004 - 09 Apr 2007 Bawari Lal Joshi ..................... 1934-2017
09 Apr 2007 - 30 Jun 2013 Tejendra Khanna (2nd Time)
01 Jul 2013 - 31 Dec 2016 Najeeb Jung .......................... 1951-
01 Jan 2017 - 26 May 2022 Anil Baijal .......................... 1946-
26 May 2022 - Vinai Kumar Saxena ................... 1958-
Chief Ministers
17 Mar 1952 - 12 Feb 1955 Chaudhary Brahm Prakash............... 1918-1993
12 Feb 1955 - Nov 1956 Gurumukh Nihal Singh ................. 1895-1969
1956 - 26 Feb 1993 President's Rule
26 Feb 1993 - 26 Feb 1996 Madan Lal Khurana..................... 1936-2018 BJP
26 Feb 1996 - 12 Oct 1998 Sahib Singh Verma .................... 1943-2007 BJP
12 Oct - 03 Dec 1998 Sushma Swaraj......................... 1952-2019 BJP
03 Dec 1998 - 28 Dec 2013 Sheila Dixhit......................... 1938-2019 INC
28 Dec 2013 - 17 Feb 2014 Arvind Kejriwal ...................... 1968- AAP
17 Feb 2014 - 15 Feb 2015 President's Rule
15 Feb 2015 - 17 Sep 2024 Arvind Kejriwal (2nd Time)
(federal prisoner 21 May - 10 May, 02 Jun - 13 Sep 2024)
17 Sep 2024 - Atishi Marlena Singh ................. 1981-
14 Aug 1947 Jammu and Kashmir declared independent
04 Oct 1947 Azad (Free) Kashmir declared by pro-Pakistani Muslim rebelion
22 Oct 1947 Azad Kashmir incorporated in Pakistan
22 Oct 1947 - 01 Jan 1949 Indo-Pakistani war over Kashmir
26 Oct 1947 Jammu and Kashmir requests accession to India
following an invasion from Pakistan
27 Oct 1947 Accession of Jammu and Kashmir to India
(princly state autonomy continues to 1952)
01 Nov 1947 Northern Areas (Gilgit) incorporated into Pakistan,
separated from Azad Kashmir on 29 Apr 1949
16 Nov 1947 Gilgit under Pakistani administration
31 Dec 1948 U.N monitored ceasefire line between Pakistan and India
17 Nov 1956 Jammu and Kashmir declared an integral part of India
26 Jan 1957 Incorporation into India declared complete
21 Nov 1962 Aksai Chin region annexed by China
16 Dec 1971 - 04 Aug 1972 India occupies part of Pakistani administrated Kashmir
05 Aug 2019 Autonomy revoked by India
31 Oct 2019 Jammu and Kashmir Union Territory
Lieutenant-governors
31 Oct 2019 - 07 Aug 2020 Girish Chandra Murmu .................. 1959-
07 Aug 2020 - Manoj Singh ........................... 1959-
Chief-Minister
16 Oct 2024 - Omar Abdullah ......................... 1970-
17 Sep 1842 Ladakh incorporated into Jammu (Jammu and Kashmir from 1846)
27 Oct 1947 Declared part of India (withing Jammu and Kashmir)
21 Nov 1962 Aksin Chai occupied by China
31 Oct 2019 Ladakh Union Territory separated from Jammu and Kashmir
Lieutenant-governors
31 Oct 2019 - 19 Feb 2023 Radha Krishna Mathur .................. 1953-
19 Feb 2023 - B.D. Mishra ........................... 1939-