List of Indian chief ministers who died in office

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This is a list of heads of government of Indian States who died in office. Such deaths have most often been from natural causes, but there are also cases of assassination and accidents.[1]

The list is in chronological order. The name is listed first, followed by the year of death, the state, political party, the location of the death and the cause of death.

S. No. Portrait Name Date of death (age) State Political party Place of death Cause of death Ref.
1 Gopinath Bordoloi 5 August 1950
(60)		 Assam Indian National Congress Guwahati Cardiac arrest [2]
2 Ravishankar Shukla 31 December 1956
(79)		 Madhya Pradesh New Delhi Cardiac arrest [3]
3 Shri Krishna Sinha 31 January 1961
(74)		 Bihar Patna Cardiac arrest [4]
4 Bidhan Chandra Roy 1 July 1962
(80)		 West Bengal Kolkata Stroke [5]
5 Marotrao Kannamwar 24 November 1963
(63)		 Maharashtra Bombay N/A [6]
6 Balwantrai Mehta 19 September 1965
(65)		 Gujarat Suthari Plane shot down [7]
7 C. N. Annadurai 3 November 1969
(59)		 Tamil Nadu / Madras State Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam Madras Cancer [8]
8 Dayanand Bandodkar 12 August 1973
(62)		 Goa, Daman and Diu Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party Bambolim Cardiac arrest [9]
9 Barkatullah Khan 11 October 1973
(52)		 Rajasthan Indian National Congress Jaipur Cardiac arrest [10]
10 Sheikh Abdullah 8 September 1982
(76)		 Jammu and Kashmir Jammu & Kashmir National Conference Srinagar Physical illness [11]
11 M. G. Ramachandran 24 December 1987
(70)		 Tamil Nadu All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam Madras Kidney failure [12]
12 Chimanbhai Patel 17 February 1994
(64)		 Gujarat Indian National Congress Ahmedabad Cardiac arrest [13]
13 Beant Singh 31 August 1995
(73)		 Punjab Chandigarh Bomb blast [14]
14 Hiteswar Saikia 22 April 1996
(61)		 Assam New Delhi Cardiac arrest [15]
15 Y. S. Rajasekhara Reddy 2 September 2009
(60)		 Andhra Pradesh Kurnool Helicopter crash [16]
16 Dorjee Khandu 30 April 2011
(56)		 Arunachal Pradesh Tawang Helicopter crash [17]
17 Mufti Mohammad Sayeed 7 January 2016
(79)		 Jammu and Kashmir Jammu and Kashmir People's Democratic Party New Delhi Multiple-organ failure [18]
18 J. Jayalalithaa 5 December 2016
(68)		 Tamil Nadu All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam Chennai Cardiac arrest [19]
19 Manohar Parrikar 17 March 2019
(63)		 Goa Bharatiya Janata Party Panaji Pancreatic cancer [20]

Former states

S. No. Portrait Name Date of death (age) State Political party Place of death Cause of death Ref.
1 Raghbir Singh 12 January 1955
(60)		 Patiala and East Punjab State Union Indian National Congress Patiala N/A [21]

Before independence

See also

References

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