Chief Election Commissioner of India

The following is the list of held the post of the Chief Election Commissioner of India with duration details:

	Chief Election Commissioners	Held the post
1	Sukumar Sen	21-Mar-1950 to 19-Dec-1958
2	K. V. K. Sundaram	20-Dec-1958 to 30-Sep-1967
3	S. P. Sen Verma	1-Oct-1967 to 30-Sep-1972
4	Dr. Nagendra Singh	1-Oct-1972 to 6-Feb-1973
5	T. Swaminathan	7-Feb-1973 to 17-Jun-1977
6	S. L. Shakdhar	18-Jun-1977 to 17-Jun-1982
7	R. K. Trivedi	18-Jun-1982 to 31-Dec-1985
8	R. V. S. Peri Sastri	1-Jan-1986 to 25-Nov-1990
9	V. S. Ramadevi	26-Nov-1990 to 11-Dec-1990
10	T. N. Seshan	12-Dec-1990 to 11-Dec-1996
11	M. S. Gill	12-Dec-1996 to 13-Jun-2001
12	J. M. Lyngdoh	14-Jun-2001 to 7-Feb-2004
13	T. S. Krishnamurthy	8-Feb-2004 to 15-May-2005
14	B. B. Tandon	16-May-2005 to 29-Jun-2006
15	N. Gopalaswami	30-Jun-2006 to 20-Apr-2009
16	Navin Chawla	21-Apr-2009 to 29-Jul-2010
17	Shahabuddin Yaqoob Quraishi	30-Jul-2010 – till date

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List of Speaker of Lok Shabha in India

Name of Speaker	Position Held for the period
Smt. Meira Kumar	(03.06.2009 – till date)
Sh. Somnath Chatterjee	(04.06.2004 – 31.05.2009)
Sh. Manohar Joshi	(10.05.2002 – 02.06.2004)
Sh. G.M.C. Balyogi	(24.03.1998 – 19.10.1999) and (22.10.1999 – 03.03.2002)
Sh. P.A. Sangma	(23.05.1996 – 23.03.1998)
Sh. Shivraj V Patil	(10.07.1991 – 22.05.1996)
Sh. Rabi Ray	(19.12.1989 – 09.07.1991)
Sh. Bal Ram Jakhar	(22.01.1980 – 15.01.1985) and (16.01.1985 – 18.12.1989)
Sh. K.S. Hegde	(21.07.1977 – 21.01.1980)
Sh. Bali Ram Bhagat	(15.01.1976 – 25.03.1977)
Sh. G.S. Dhillon	(08.08.1969 – 17.03.1971) and (22.03.1971 – 01.12.1975)
Sh. N. Sanjiva Reddy	(17.03.1967 – 19.07.1969) and (26.03.1977 – 13.07.1977)
Sardar Hukam Singh	(17.04.1962 – 16.03.1967)
Sh. M. A. Ayyangar	(08.03.1956 – 10.05.1957) and (11.05.1957 – 16.04.1962)
Sh. G.V. Mavalankar	(15.05.1952 – 27.02.1956)

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List of Indian state and Union Territories

This is a list of Indian state and Union Territories with their two digit abbreviations.
States:

1. Andhra Pradesh (AP)
2. Arunachal Pradesh (AR)
3. Assam (AS)
4. Bihar (BR)
5. Chattisgarh (CG)
6. Goa (GA)
7. Gujarat (GJ)
8. Haryana (HR)
9. Himachal Pradesh (HP)
10. Jammu & Kashmir (JK)
11. Jharkhand (JH)
12. Karnataka (KA)
13. Kerala (KL)
14. Madhya Pradesh (MP)
15. Maharashtra (MH)
16. Manipur (MN)
17. Meghalaya (ML)
18. Mizoram (MZ)
19. Nagaland (NL)
20. Orissa (OR)
21. Punjab (PB)
22. Rajasthan (RJ)
23. Sikkim (SK)
24. Tamil Nadu (TN)
25. Tripura (TR)
26. Uttarakhand (UK (Formerly UA)
27. Uttar Pradesh (UP)
28. West Bengal (WB)

Union Territories:

1. Andaman & Nicobar (AN)
2. Chandigarh (CH)
3. Dadra and Nagar Haveli (DN)
4. Daman & Diu (DD)
5. Delhi (DL)
6. Lakshadweep (LD)
7. Puducherry (PY)

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