P. S. Kumaraswamy Raja

P. S. Kumaraswamy Raja
P. S. Kumaraswamy Raja
4th Governor of Orissa
In office
10 February 1954 – 11 September 1956
Chief MinisterNabakrushna Choudhuri
Preceded bySaiyid Fazl Ali
Succeeded byBhim Sen Sachar
1st Chief Minister of Madras State
In office
26 January 1950 – 9 April 1952
GovernorKrishna Kumarasingh Bhavasingh
Preceded byPosition established
Succeeded byC. Rajagopalachari
ConstituencyLeader of Madras State Legislative Council
5th Premier of Madras Presidency
In office
6 April 1949 – 26 January 1950
GovernorKrishna Kumarasingh Bhavasingh
Preceded byO. P. Ramaswamy Reddiyar
Succeeded byPosition abolished
Personal details
Born
Poosapati Sanjeevi Kumarswamy Raja

(1898-07-08)8 July 1898
Rajapalayam, Madras Presidency, British India
(present-day Tamil Nadu, India)
Died16 March 1957(1957-03-16) (aged 58)
Madras, Madras State, India
(present-day Chennai, Tamil Nadu)
Political partyIndian National Congress
ProfessionPolitician

Poosapati Sanjeevi Kumaraswamy Raja (8 July 1898 – 16 March 1957) was an Indian politician who served as the last Premier of Madras Presidency from 6 April 1949 to 26 January 1950 and first Chief Minister of Madras State from 26 January 1950 to 10 April 1952[1] and Governor of Orissa between 1954 till 1956. He was born in Rajapalayam in Tamil Nadu.

  1. ^ Chief Ministers of Tamil Nadu since 1920. Government of Tamil Nadu