N. Gopalaswami Ayyangar
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Diwan Bahadur Sir Narasimha Gopalaswami Ayyangar CSI CIE (31 March 1882 – 10 February 1953) was an Indian civil servant and statesman, who served as the Prime Minister of the princely state of Jammu and Kashmir and later a minister in the first cabinet of independent India. He was a member of the drafting committee of the Constitution of India, the leader of the Rajya Sabha, a 'minister without portfolio' looking after Kashmir Affairs, and the Minister for Railways.[1][2]
N. Gopalaswami Ayyangar | |
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2nd Minister of Defence | |
In office 13 May 1952 – 10 February 1953 | |
President | Rajendra Prasad |
Prime Minister | Jawaharlal Nehru |
Preceded by | Baldev Singh |
Succeeded by | Jawaharlal Nehru |
1st Leader of the House in Rajya Sabha | |
In office 13 May 1952 – 10 February 1953 | |
President | Rajendra Prasad |
Prime Minister | Jawaharlal Nehru |
Preceded by | Position established |
Succeeded by | Charu Chandra Biswas |
Minister of Railways & Transport | |
In office 22 September 1948 – 13 May 1952 | |
Monarch | King George VI (1936-1950) |
President | Rajendra Prasad |
Prime Minister | Jawaharlal Nehru |
Succeeded by | Lal Bahadur Shastri |
Prime Minister of Jammu and Kashmir | |
In office 1937 – 9 April 1943 | |
Monarch | Hari Singh |
Succeeded by | Kailash Nath Haksar |
Personal details | |
Born | Narasimha Ayyangar Gopalaswami Ayyangar 31 March 1882 Tanjore district, Madras Presidency, British India |
Died | 10 February 1953(1953-02-10) (aged 70) Madras, Madras State, India (now Chennai, Tamil Nadu) |
In his Kashmir Affairs role, he represented India at the United Nations Security Council and later drafted the Article 370 of the Indian Constitution that granted autonomy to Jammu and Kashmir.