Graphical list of chief ministerial tenures and important events of Tamil Nadu

The following is a graphical list of chief ministerial tenures and important events in the state of Tamil Nadu in India.

Timeline events

  • Political parties:
  • Congress resigns from provincial governments
  • Indian independence\n(creation of Madras State)
  • General election (universal suffrage)
  • Andhra State carved out on linguistic lines
  • States Reorganisation Act\n(Kerala and Mysore carved out)
  • Madras State renamed Tamil Nadu
  • President's Rule imposed on corruption charges
  • \nagainst M. Karunanidhi's government
  • President's Rule after Janaki Ramachandran
  • \nfails to win vote of confidence
  • \n(Supreme Court of India nullifies Jayalalitha's term)
  • \n(Jayalalitha convicted for misusing \n her office during her tenure of 1991-96 \n loses MLA seat and subsequently CM post)
  • A. Subbarayalu
  • Panagal Raja
  • P. Subbarayan
  • P. Munuswamy Naidu
  • Ramakrishna Ranga Rao
  • P. T. Rajan
  • Kurma Venkata Reddy Naidu
  • C. Rajagopalachari
  • Tanguturi Prakasam
  • O. P. Ramaswamy Reddiyar
  • P. S. Kumaraswamy Raja
  • K. Kamaraj
  • M. Bakthavatsalam
  • C. N. Annadurai
  • M. Karunanidhi
  • M. G. Ramachandran
  • Janaki Ramachandran
  • J. Jayalalithaa
  • O. Panneerselvam