List_of_heads_of_government_of_the_Kingdom_of_Sikkim Knowpia

This article lists the heads of government of the Kingdom of Sikkim from 1944 to 1975, when Sikkim became the 22nd state of India following a referendum.^[1]

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(Dates in italics indicate de facto continuation of office)

No.	Name	Term	Notes
President of the State Council
1	Palden Thondup Namgyal	1944–1949	Later reigned as the twelfth and last Chogyal, in 1963–1975.
Chief Minister
2	Tashi Tshering	9 May 1949 – 6 June 1949
3	Harishwar Dayal	6 June 1949 – 11 August 1949	Interim
Dewan
4	John S. Lall	11 August 1949 – 1954
5	Nari Kaikhosru Rustomji	1954–1959
6	Baleshwar Prasad	22 August 1959 – 1963
Principal Administrative Officer
7	Ramdas Narayan Haldipur	1963–1969
Sidlon
8	Inder Sen Chopra	1969 – July 1972
Chief Administrative Officer
9	Brajbir Saran Das	9 April 1973 – 23 July 1974
Prime Minister
10	Kazi Lhendup Dorjee	23 July 1974 – 16 May 1975	Afterwards served as the first Chief Minister of Sikkim, in 1975–1979.^[2]

^ Gupta, Ranjan (September 1975). "Sikkim: The Merger with India". Asian Survey. 15 (9): 786–798. doi:10.2307/2643174. JSTOR 2643174.
^ "Sikkim's first Chief Minister Kazi Lhendup Dorjee dies". The Times of India. 30 July 2007. Archived from the original on 17 October 2012. Retrieved 16 August 2007.