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 was succeeded by fellow Congressman Bhim Sen Sachar, who then was replaced after 188 days by former Chief Minister Gopi Chand Bhargava.

final_sentence: Gopi Chand Bhargava was succeeded by fellow Congressman Bhim Sen Sachar, who then was replaced after 188 days by former Chief Minister Gopi Chand Bhargava.