Question

The first Governor of Madhya Pradesh was ______.
1. Ravishankar Shukla
2. S N Sinha
3. Pattabhi Sitaramayya
4. Hari Vinayak Pataskar

Answer 1

Correct Answer - Option 3 : Pattabhi Sitaramayya

The correct answer is Pattabhi Sitaramayya.

• Pattabhi Sitaramayya was the first Governor of Madhya Pradesh from 1952 to 1957.
• Bhogaraju Pattabhi Sitaramayya was an Indian independence activist and political leader in the state of Andhra Pradesh.
• He established Andhra Bank in Machilipatnam on 28 November 1923 which is currently one of the major commercial banks of India.
• Its present headquarters is located in Hyderabad.

• First Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh - Ravishankar Shukla
• Present Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh - Shivraj Singh Chauhan
• The present governor of Madhya Pradesh - Anandiben Patel
• Area under forest cover of Madhya Pradesh - 25.14%
• Literacy rate of Madhya Pradesh - 70.6%