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.Death of 18 Indian chief ministers who died in office.
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.
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S. No. Portrait Name Date of death (age) StatePolitical party Place of death Cause of death Ref.1Gopinath Bordoloi5 August 1950 (60)AssamGuwahatiCardiac arrest130 years ago on this day a leader was born, the history of lokapriya gopinath bordoloi2Raghbir Singh12 January 1955(60)Patiala and East Punjab State UnionPatialaN/ABiography of ex pepsu cm col. Raghbir Singh released in Chandigarh.3Ravishankar Shukla31 December 1956(79)Madhya PradeshNew DelhiCardiac arrestStory of Ravi Shankar Shukla, first chief minister of Madhya Pradesh who died in office4Shri Krishna Sinha31 January 1961(74)BiharPatnaCardiac arrestKnow his life on the death anniversary of Krishan Singh, first chief minister of Bihar5Bidhan Chandra Roy1 July 1962(80)West BengalKolkataStrokeDr BC Roy dies, Indian leader-80-West Bengal Chief minister6Marotrao Kannamwar24 November 1963(63)MaharashtraBombayN/A7Balwantrai Mehta19 September 1965(65)GujaratSuthariPlane shot down8C. N. Annadurai3 November 1969(59)Tamil Nadu / MadrasMadrasCancer9Dayanand Bandodkar12 August 1973(62)Goa, Daman and DiuBambolimCardiac arrest10Barkatullah Khan11 October 1973(52)RajasthanJaipurCardiac arrest11Sheikh Abdullah8 September 1982(76)Jammu and KashmirSrinagarPhysical illness40 years ago Sheikh Abdullah dies12M. G. Ramachandran24 December 1987(70)Tamil NaduMadrasKidney failure13Chimanbhai Patel17 February 1994(64)GujaratAhmedabadCardiac arrestChimanbhai patel widow and second in command compete to don his mantle14Beant Singh31 August 1995(73)PunjabChandigarhBomb blast15Hiteswar Saikia22 April 1996(61)AssamNew DelhiCardiac arrestAssam, 22nd death anniversary of Hiteswar Saikia16Y. S. Rajasekhara Reddy2 September 2009(60)Andhra PradeshKurnoolHelicopter crashRajashekhara Reddy and four others killed in helicopter crash17Dorjee Khandu30 April 2011(56)Arunachal PradeshTawangHelicopter crash18Mufti Mohammad Sayeed7 January 2016(79)Jammu and KashmirNew DelhiMultiple-organ failure19J. Jayalalithaa5 December 2016(68)Tamil NaduChennaiCardiac arrest20Manohar Parrikar17 March 2019(63)GoaPanajiPancreatic cancer
See also List of current Indian chief ministers List of longest-serving Indian chief ministers
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