<page_title> List of Chief Ministers of Punjab (India) </page_title> <section_title> Chief Minister of Punjab (1947-1966) (Punjab, Haryana and Himachal) </section_title> <table> <cell> Gopi Chand Bhargava (1889–1966) MLA for University <col_header> Name (birth–death); constituency </col_header> </cell> <cell> 15 August 1947 <col_header> Term of office </col_header> </cell> <cell> (Interim Assembly) <col_header> Elections (Vidhan Sabha) </col_header> </cell> </table>
On 15 August 1947 Gopi Chand Bhargava was elected the Chief Minister of Punjab by Members of Interim Assembly.