A Chief Minister makes many policy decisions to run the government.
The names of the Chief Ministers of India are often asked in GK questions.
There are a total of 29 states and 8 Union Territories in India. The Chief Minister makes many policy decisions to run the government of each state and promote its development. He also has to maintain the relationship and balance with both the state and the central government. The names of the Chief Ministers of the various states of India are often asked in general knowledge questions. If you are preparing for an exam or an interview, you should know their names. Here is a list of the Chief Ministers of Indian states and the Lieutenant Governors or Administrators of Union Territories:
• Andhra Pradesh: N Chandrababu Naidu
• Arunachal Pradesh: Pema Khandu
• Assam: Himanta Biswa Sarma
• Bihar: Nitish Kumar
• Chhattisgarh: Vishnudev Say
• Goa: Pramod Sawant
• Gujarat: Bhupendra Patel
• Haryana: Nayab Singh Saini
• Himachal Pradesh: Sukhwinder Singh Sukhu
• Jharkhand: Hemant Soren
• Karnataka: Siddaramaiah
• Kerala: Pinarayi Vijayan
• Madhya Pradesh: Mohan Yadav
• Maharashtra: Eknath Shinde
• Manipur: Biren Singh
• Meghalaya: Conrad Sangma
• Mizoram: Lalduhoma
• Nagaland: Neiphiu Rio
• Odisha: Mohan Charan Majhi
• Punjab: Bhagwant Singh Mann
• Rajasthan: Bhajan Lal Sharma
• Sikkim: PS Gole
• Tamil Nadu: MK Stalin
• Telangana: A Revanth Reddy
• Tripura: Maana Sahi
• Uttar Pradesh: Yogi Adityanath
• Uttarakhand: Pushkar Singh Dhami
• West Bengal: Mamata Banerjee
Union Territories and their Lieutenant Governors/Administrators:
• Andaman and Nicobar Islands: Admiral DK Joshi (Retd) (Lieutenant Governor)
• Chandigarh: Shri Gulab Chand Kataria (Administrator)
• Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu: Shri Praful Patel (Administrator)
• Delhi (NCT): Shri Vinay Kumar Saxena (Lieutenant Governor)
• Jammu and Kashmir: Shri Manoj Sinha (Lieutenant Governor)
• Lakshadweep: Shri Praful Patel (Administrator)
• Puducherry: Shri K Kailashnathan (Lieutenant Governor)
• Ladakh: Brigadier Dr BD Mishra (Lieutenant Governor)
This list provides an overview of the current leaders across India’s states and Union Territories.
Apart from this list, Delhi and Puducherry also have Chief Ministers. The Chief Minister of Delhi is Arvind Kejriwal and that of Puducherry is Shri N Rangaswamy.