Past chief ministers of West Bengal

Mamata Banerjee has taken oath as the eighth chief minister of West Bengal and the first woman of the state in a ceremony at Raj Bhavan today marking the beginning of the journey of the first non-Left Front ministry in the state in 34 years. Here is a list of the past chief ministers of Bengal.

Mamata Banerjee has taken oath as the eighth chief minister of West Bengal and the first woman of the state in a ceremony at Raj Bhavan today marking the beginning of the journey of the first non-Left Front ministry in the state in 34 years. Here is a list of the past chief ministers of Bengal.

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Prafulla Chandra Ghosh

Aug 15, 1947

Jan 14, 1948

Congress

Bidhan Chandra Roy

Jan 14, 1948

July 1, 1962

Congress

Prafulla Chandra Sen

July 8, 1962

March 15 1967

Congress

Ajoy Mukherjee

March 15, 1967

Nov 2, 1967

Bangla Congress

Prafulla Chandra Ghosh

Nov 2, 1967

Feb 20, 1968

Ajoy Mukherjee

Feb 25, 1969

March 19, 1970

Bangla Congress

Ajoy Mukherjee

April 2,1971

June 28, 1971

Congress

Siddhartha Shankar Ray

March 19, 1972

June 21, 1977

Congress

Jyoti Basu

June 21, 1977

Nov 6, 2000

CPI(M)

Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee

Nov 6, 2000

May 17, 2011

CPI(M)

Mamata Banerjee

May 17, 2011

Trinamool Congress

NB: The gaps were President's Rule in the state.