N. Gopalaswami Ayyangar

N. Gopalaswami Ayyangar
2nd Minister of Defence
In office
13 May 1952 – 10 February 1953
PresidentRajendra Prasad
Prime MinisterJawaharlal Nehru
Preceded byBaldev Singh
Succeeded byJawaharlal Nehru
1st Leader of the House in Rajya Sabha
In office
13 May 1952 – 10 February 1953
PresidentRajendra Prasad
Prime MinisterJawaharlal Nehru
Preceded byPosition established
Succeeded byCharu Chandra Biswas
Minister of Railways & Transport
In office
22 September 1948 – 13 May 1952
MonarchKing George VI (1936-1950)
PresidentRajendra Prasad
Prime MinisterJawaharlal Nehru
Succeeded byLal Bahadur Shastri
Prime Minister of Jammu and Kashmir
In office
1937 – 9 April 1943
MonarchHari Singh
Succeeded byKailash Nath Haksar
Personal details
Born
Narasimha Ayyangar Gopalaswami Ayyangar

31 March 1882
Tanjore district, Madras Presidency, British India
Died10 February 1953(1953-02-10) (aged 70)
Madras, Madras State, India
(now Chennai, Tamil Nadu)

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]

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.

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference HinduObit was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ "Forgotten fathers of the Constitution". Zee News. 26 January 2010. Archived from the original on 29 May 2012.