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List of Constitutional Posts - CMs Governors and Chief Justice of India are an integral part of the
general awareness section in most of the Government exams. Questions related to Constitutional
Posts Like CM’s, Governor’s and Chief Justice of India are common in the general awareness section
of Government exams like SSC CGL, SSC CPO, UPSC and more.
a) M. Patanjali Sastri
b) Ajit Nath Ray
c) Sabyasachi Mukharji
d) H J Kania
Solution: Option d. H J Kania
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Date of Date of
Number Name Apointment retirement
1 H J Kania 26-Jan-50 06-Nov-51
2 M. Patanjali Sastri 07-Nov-51 03-Jan-54
3 Mehr Chand Mahajan 04-Jan-54 22-Dec-54
4 Bijan Kumar Mukherjea 23-Dec-54 31-Jan-56
5 Sudhi Ranjan Das 01-Feb-56 30-Sep-59
6 Bhuvaneshwar Prasad Sinha 01-Oct-59 31-Jan-64
7 P. B. Gajendragadkar 01-Feb-64 15-Mar-66
8 Amal Kumar Sarkar 16-Mar-66 29-Jun-66
9 Koka Subba Rao 30-Jun-66 11-Apr-67
10 Kailas Nath Wanchoo 12-Apr-67 24-Feb-68
11 Mohammad Hidayatullah[2] 25-Feb-68 16-Dec-70
12 Jayantilal Chhotalal Shah 17-Dec-70 21-Jan-71
13 Sarv Mittra Sikri 22-Jan-71 25-Apr-73
14 Ajit Nath Ray 26-Apr-73 27-Jan-77
15 Mirza Hameedullah Beg 28-Jan-77 21-Feb-78
16 Yeshwant Vishnu Chandrachud 22-Feb-78 11-Jul-85
17 Prafullachandra Natwarlal Bhagwati 12-Jul-85 20-Dec-86
18 Raghunandan Swarup Pathak 21-Dec-86 18-Jun-89
19 Engalaguppe Seetharamiah Venkataramiah 19-Jun-89 17-Dec-89
20 Sabyasachi Mukharji 18-Dec-89 25-Sep-90
21 Ranganath Misra 26-Sep-90 24-Nov-91
22 Kamal Narain Singh 25-Nov-91 12-Dec-91
23 Madhukar Hiralal Kania 13-Dec-91 17-Nov-92
24 Lalit Mohan Sharma 18-Nov-92 11-Feb-93
25 Manepalli Narayana Rao Venkatachaliah 12-Feb-93 24-Oct-94
26 Aziz Mushabber Ahmadi 25-Oct-94 24-Mar-97
27 Jagdish Sharan Verma 25-Mar-97 17-Jan-98
28 Madan Mohan Punchhi 18-Jan-98 09-Oct-98
29 Adarsh Sein Anand 10-Oct-98 31-Oct-01
30 Sam Piroj Bharucha 01-Nov-01 05-May-02
31 Bhupinder Nath Kirpal 06-May-02 07-Nov-02
32 Gopal Ballav Pattanaik 08-Nov-02 18-Dec-02
33 V. N. Khare 19-Dec-02 01-May-04
34 S. Rajendra Babu 02-May-04 31-May-04
35 Ramesh Chandra Lahoti 01-Jun-04 31-Oct-05
36 Yogesh Kumar Sabharwal 01-Nov-05 13-Jan-07
37 K. G. Balakrishnan 14-Jan-07 12-May-10
38 S. H. Kapadia 12-May-10 28-Sep-12
39 Altamas Kabir 29-Sep-12 18-Jul-13
40 P. Sathasivam 19-Jul-13 26-Apr-14
41 Rajendra Mal Lodha 27-Apr-14 27-Sep-14
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