| State | First Chief Ministers |
| Andhra (State) | Tanguturi Prakasham Pantulu (1953 – 1954) |
| Hyderabad (State) | M.K. Vellodi (1950 – 1952) |
| Andhra Pradesh (United) | Neelam Sanjiva Reddy (1956 – 1960) |
| Andhra Pradesh (Separated) | N Chandrababu Naidu (2014 – ) |
| Telangana | K Chandrashekhar Rao (2014 – ) |
| Arunachal Pradesh | Prem Khandu Thungan (1975 – 1979) |
| Assam | Gopinath Bordoloi (1947 – 1950) |
| Bihar | Sri Krishna Sinha (1947 – 1961) |
| Chhattisgarh | Ajit Jogi (2000 – 2003) |
| Delhi | Chaudhary Brahm Prakash (1952 – 1955) |
| Goa, Daman and Diu (UT) | Dayanand Bandodkar (1963 – 1966) |
| Goa | Pratap Singh Rane (1987 – 1990) |
| Gujarat | Jivraj Narayan Mehta (1960 – 1963) |
| Haryana | Pandit Bhagwat Dayal Sharma (1966 – 1977) |
| Himachal Pradesh | Yashwant Singh Parmar (1952 – 1956) |
| Jammu and Kashmir | Gulam Mohammed Sadiq (1965 – 1971) |
| Jharkhand | Babu Lal Marandi (2000 – 2003) |
| Karnataka | K. Chengalaraya Reddy (1947 – 1952) (State of Mysore) |
| Kerala | E. M. S. Namboodiripad (1957 – 1959) |
| Madhya Pradesh | Ravishankar Shukla (Nov 1956 – Dec 1956) |
| Bombay State | B.G. Kher (1947 – 1952) |
| Maharashtra | Yashwantrao Chavan (1960 – 1962) |
| Manipur | Mairembam Koireng Singh (1963 – 1967) |
| Meghalaya | Williamson A. Sangma (1970 – 1972) |
| Mizoram | Ch. Chhunga (1972 – 1977) |
| Nagaland | P. Shilu Ao (1963 – 1966) |
| Odisha | Harekrushna Mahatab (1946 – 1950) |
| Punjab (United) | Gopi Chand Bhargava (1947 – 1949) |
| Punjab (after division of Haryana) | Giani Gurmukh Singh Musaffir (1966 – 1977) |
| Rajasthan | Heera Lal Shastri (1949 – 1951) |
| Sikkim | Kazi Lhendup Dorjee (1975 – 1979) |
| Madras State | O.P. Ramaswamy Reddiyar (1947 – 1949) |
| Madras State | C. Rajagopalachari (1952 – 1954) |
| Tamil Nadu | C.N. Annadurai (Jan 1969 – Feb 1969) |
| Tripura | Sachindra Lal Singh (1963 – 1971) |
| Uttar Pradesh | Govind Ballabh Pant (1950 – 1954) |
| Uttarakhand | Nityanand Swami (2000 – 2001) |
| West Bengal | Prafulla Chandra Gosh (1947 – 1948) |