No Name Term[2] (tenure length) Party[lower-alpha 1] 1 Mehr Chand Mahajan 15 October 1947 – 5 March 1948 (142 days) Indian National Congress 2 Sheikh Abdullah 5 March 1948 – 9 August 1953 (5 years, 157 days) National Conference 3 Bakshi Ghulam Mohammad MLA for Safa Kadal 9 August 1953 – 12 October 1963 (10 years, 64 days) 4 Khwaja Shamsuddin MLA for Anantnag 12 October 1963 – 29 February 1964 (140 days) 5 Ghulam Mohammed Sadiq MLA for Tankipura 29 February 1964 – 30 March 1965 (1 year, 30 days) Indian National Congress