Female CMs in indian History , who is the 1st female chiefminister ?

List of female cms in indian history ,

Female CMs in indian History , who is the 1st female chiefminister ? India has seen a significant representation of women in leadership roles, particularly as Chief Ministers (CMs) across various states. As of February 2025, with the recent appointment of Rekha Gupta as the Chief Minister of Delhi, the number of female CMs in Indian history has increased.

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NAME	STATE	TENURE
Sucheta Kripalani	Uttar Pradesh	October 2, 1963 – March 14, 1967
Nandini Satpathy	Odisha	March 14, 1973 – September 1, 1977
Shashikala Kakodkar	Goa	August 1973 – April 1979
Anwara Taimur	Assam	December 1980 – June 1981
Vaikom Narayani Janaki Ramachandran	Tamil Nadu	January 7, 1988 – January 30, 1988
J. Jayalalithaa	Tamil Nadu	May 14, 1991 – May 15, 1996 (1st term); May 2001 – September 27, 2001 (2nd term); May 23, 2015 – December 5, 2016 (3rd term)
Mayawati	Uttar Pradesh	June 3, 1995 – October 18, 1995 (1st term); May 2007 – March 15, 2012 (2nd term)
Rajinder Kaur Bhattal	Punjab	February 1997 – May 1997
Rabri Devi	Bihar	July 1997 – February 2005
Sushma Swaraj	Delhi	October 1998 – February 1999
Sheila Dikshit	Delhi	December 1998 – December 2013
Uma Bharti	Madhya Pradesh	November 2003 – August 2004
Vasundhara Raje	Rajasthan	December 2003 – December 2008 (1st term); December 2013 – January 2018 (2nd term)
Anandiben Patel	Gujarat	BENGULURMay 2014 – August 2016U
Mehbooba Mufti	Jammu and Kashmir	April 4, 2016 – June 19, 2018
Mamata Banerjee	West Bengal	May 20, 2011 – Present
Atishi	Delhi	February – February (2025 interim)
Rekha Gupta	Delhi	February 20, 2025 – Present

Since 1963, India has had 18 female chief ministers. The first woman to become chief minister was Sucheta Kripalani of the Indian National Congress party, who was sworn in on 2 October 1963 as chief minister of Uttar Pradesh. The longest-serving female chief minister was Sheila Dikshit from the Indian National Congress, who served as the chief minister of Delhi and held the office for over fifteen years. J. Jayalalithaa, former general secretary of the All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam, served as chief minister of Tamil Nadu and has the second-longest tenure; she held the office until her death in 2016, becoming the first female chief minister to die in office .

while V. N. Janaki Ramachandran of the same state and party has the shortest tenure (only 23 days). Only 12 states and 1 union territory in India had female chief ministers out of 28 states and 3 union territories that have legislature systems.

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