List of Chief Ministers of Punjab (India)
Chief Minister of Punjab (1947-1966) (Punjab, Haryana and Himachal)

List of Chief Ministers of Punjab (India)

Section Title: Chief Minister of Punjab (1947-1966) (Punjab, Haryana and Himachal)
Table Section Text: None

№	Name (birth–death); constituency	Portrait	Party (coalition with)	Term of office	Elections (Vidhan Sabha)	Appointed by(Governor)

1	Gopi Chand Bhargava (1889–1966) MLA for University	Indian National Congress	15 August 1947	13 April 1949	1 year, 241 days	(Interim Assembly)	Chandulal Madhavlal Trivedi

2	Bhim Sen Sachar (1894–1978) MLA for Lahore City	-	13 April 1949	18 October 1949	188 days

(1)	Gopi Chand Bhargava (1889–1966) MLA for University	18 October 1949	20 June 1951	1 year, 245 days

(i)	Vacant (President's rule)	None	20 June 1951	17 April 1952	302 days	—	Rajendra Prasad

(2)	Bhim Sen Sachar (1894–1978) MLA for Ludhiana City South	-	Indian National Congress	17 April 1952	23 January 1956	3 years, 281 days	1952 (1st)	Chandulal Madhavlal Trivedi

3	Partap Singh Kairon (1901–1965) MLA for Sujanpur	-	23 January 1956	9 April 1957	8 years, 150 days	Chandeshwar Prasad Narayan Singh

9 April 1957	11 March 1962	1957 (2nd)

11 March 1962	21 June 1964	1962 (3rd)	Narhar Vishnu Gadgil

(1)	Gopi Chand Bhargava (1889–1966) MLC in Vidhan Parishad	21 June 1964	6 July 1964	15 days	Hafiz Mohamad Ibrahim

4	Ram Kishan MLA for Jullundur City North East	7 July 1964	5 July 1966	1 year, 363 days

(ii)	Vacant (President's rule)	None	5 July 1966	1 November 1966	119 days	—	Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan

Sentence(s)

Gopi Chand Bhargava (1889 – 1966) was the first Chief Minister of Punjab from 15 August 1947 to 13 April 1949, and again between 18 October 1949, to 20 June 1951, and for the third time between 21 June 1964, and 6 July 1964.

final_sentence: Gopi Chand Bhargava (1889 – 1966) was the first Chief Minister of Punjab from 15 August 1947 to 13 April 1949, and again between 18 October 1949, to 20 June 1951, and for the third time between 21 June 1964, and 6 July 1964.