- List of Chief Ministers of Kerala
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The state of Kerala in India has an electorate of more than 20 million people[1]
The complete list of Chief Ministers of Kerala consists of the heads of government in the history of the state of Kerala in India since 1947.[2] The present-day state of Kerala was created when the Travancore-Cochin state was renamed in 1956.[3]
Contents
List of Chief Ministers
Travancore
Travancore in the Madras Presidency in 1859#[4] Name Took office Left office Term[5] Party 1 P. G. N. Unnithan August, 1947 March, 1948 1 2 Pattom A. Thanu Pillai 24 March 1948 20 October 1948 1 Indian National Congress 3 Parur T. K. Narayana Pillai 20 October 1948 30 June 1949 1 Indian National Congress 
Cochin
#[4] Name Took office Left office Term[5] Party 1 Panampilly Govinda Menon 1 September 1947 October, 1947 1 2 T. K. Nair 27 October 1947 20 September 1948 1 3 E. Ikkanda Warrier 20 September 1948 30 June 1949 1 
Travancore-Cochin
After India's independence in 1947, Travancore and Cochin were merged to form Travancore-Cochin on 1 July 1949. On 1 January 1950 (Republic Day), Travancore-Cochin was recognised as a state.
#[4] Name Took office Left office Term[5] Party Region 1 Parur T. K. Narayana Pillai 1 July 1949 January, 1951 1 Indian National Congress Travancore 2 C. Kesavan January, 1951 12 March 1952 1 Indian National Congress Travancore 3 A. J. John, Anaparambil 12 March 1952 16 March 1954 1 Indian National Congress Travancore 4 Pattom A. Thanu Pillai 16 March 1954 10 February 1955 1 Praja Socialist Party Travancore 5 Panampilly Govinda Menon 10 February 1955 23 March 1956 1 Indian National Congress Cochin President's rule[3] 23 March 1956 5 April 1957 
Kerala
The political state of Kerala in India was created in 1956 when erstwhile Travancore-Cochin was renamedThe Government of India's 1 November 1956 States Reorganisation Act inaugurated the new Kerala state, incorporating Malabar District, Travancore-Cochin (excluding 4 southern Taluks which were merged with Tamil Nadu), and the taluk of Kasaragod, South Kanara.[6] A new Legislative Assembly was also created, for which elections were held in 1957. These resulted in a communist-led government[6] — world's first democratically-elected[7] — headed by E.M.S. Namboodiripad.
See also
References
- ^ Times of India — Women electorate outnumber men in Kerala
- ^ Government of Kerala — CMs of Kerala
- ^ a b World Statesmen.org — Indian states since 1947
- ^ a b c The colours indicate the political party affiliation of each Chief Minister.
- ^ a b c d The ordinal number of the term being served by the person specified in the row in the corresponding period
- ^ a b Plunkett, Cannon & Harding 2001, p. 24.
- ^ Jose, D (1998), "EMS Namboodiripad dead", Rediff [link accessed 30 June 2007].
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