Article 356 implemented in India

State	Date of imposition	Date of revocation	Duration	Notes
Andhra Pradesh[1]	18 January 1973	10 December 1973	326 days	Break down of Law & Order due to Jai Andhra Agitation, in P. V. Narasimha Rao's tenure.
Andhra Pradesh[2]	28 February 2014	8 June 2014	100 days	Political impasse following the resignation of Chief Minister Kiran Kumar Reddy and several other congress party legislators from the Government as well as the Party, in protest against Indian Parliament passing Andhra Pradesh Reorganisation Bill to bifurcate united Andhra Pradesh and create a separate Telangana State. President's rule revoked from Telangana areas on 2 June 2014 and bifurcated Andhra Pradesh areas on 8 June 2014.
Andhra State [1]	15 November 1954	29 March 1955	134 days	Loss of Majority.
Arunachal Pradesh [1]	3 November 1979	18 January 1980	76 days	Loss of Majority following defections in a fluid political environment during Janata party rule at the Centre.
Arunachal Pradesh [2]	25 January 2016	19 February 2016	26 days	21 Congress MLAs joined hands with 11 of the BJP and two Independents, making the current government a minority government.
Assam [1]	12 December 1979	5 December 1980	359 days	'Assam Agitation' against illegal foreign national staying in Assam started to take roots under the leadership of the All Assam Students’Union (AASU). The violence fuelled by United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA) resulted in break down of law and order.
Assam [2]	30 June 1981	13 January 1982	197 days	Congress (I) government led by Anwara Taimur representing immigrant minorities collapsed following intensification of 'Assam Agitation' against illegal foreign national staying in Assam.
Assam [3]	19 March 1982	27 February 1983	345 days	Congress (I) government led by Kesab Gogoi representing ethnic Asom people collapsed following continued violence in Assam.
Assam [4]	28 November 1990	30 June 1991	214 days	Govt. dismissed in spite of AGP CM Mr. Prafulla Mahanta enjoying majority support in Assembly. The dismissal was triggered apparently by the threat to internal security due to banned organisation ULFA's activities. During President's rule, Operation Bajrang was launched to flush out ULFA militants.
Bihar [1]	29 June 1968	26 February 1969	242 days	Loss of Majority following defections in a fluid political environment.
Bihar [2]	4 July 1969	16 February 1970	227 days	Loss of Majority following defections in a fluid political environment due to split in ruling Congress party
Bihar [3]	9 January 1972	19 March 1972	70 days	Loss of Majority following defections in a fluid political environment.
Bihar [4]	30 April 1977	24 June 1977	55 days	Government dismissed in spite of Dr. Jagannath Mishra enjoying majority support in Assembly
Bihar [5]	17 February 1980	8 June 1980	112 days	Government dismissed in spite of Mr. Ram Sundar Das enjoying majority support in Assembly
Bihar [6]	28 March 1995	5 April 1995	8 days	President’s rule imposed for a brief period of one week to facilitate passage of vote on account (to permit day-to-day government expenses in Bihar) by Parliament while awaiting the results of Assembly elections held during the Chief Ministership of Mr Laloo Prasad.
Bihar [7]	12 February 1999	9 March 1999	25 days	Breakdown of law and order, killings of 11 Dalits at Narayanpur. The Vajpayee Government, revoked President’s rule within 26 days since the coalition did not have a majority in the Rajya Sabha.
Bihar [8]	7 March 2005	24 November 2005	262 days	Indecisive outcome of elections.
Delhi [1]	14 February 2014	11 February 2015	362 days	Arvind Kejriwal resigned as Chief Minister after failing to table the Jan Lokpal Bill in the Delhi Assembly.
Goa [1]	2 December 1966	5 April 1967	124 days	The Union Territory of Goa's Assembly was dissolved to conduct an opinion poll to determine whether Goa should be merged with Maharashtra.
Goa [2]	27 April 1979	16 January 1980	264 days	Loss of majority following split in the ruling MGP Party
Goa [3]	14 December 1990	25 January 1991	42 days	C.M. resigned consequent upon his disqualification by High Court - No other Government found viable
Goa [4]	9 February 1999	9 June 1999	120 days	Loss of majority and no alternate claimant to form next government
Goa [5]	4 March 2005	7 June 2005	95 days	Government dismissed after controversial confidence vote secured in the Assembly by CM Pratap Sinh Rane
Gujarat [1]	12 May 1971	17 March 1972	310 days	Loss of Majority following vertical split in Congress during 1969 presidential election
Gujarat [2]	9 February 1974	18 June 1975	1 year,  129 days	Chimanbhai Patel led Congress government resigned due to Navnirman MovementAnti-Corruption protests. The protesters forced MLA's resignations, forcing dissolution of assembly.
Gujarat [3]	12 March 1976	24 December 1976	287 days	"Non-Passage" of budget leading to collapse of government
Gujarat [4]	17 February 1980	8 June 1980	112 days	Government dismissed in spite of Babubhai J Patel enjoying majority support in the Assembly
Gujarat [5]	19 September 1996	23 October 1996	34 days	Government dismissed following a controversial confidence vote. The Assembly was placed in suspended animation, which led to subsequent installation of Vaghela government, supported by Congress
Haryana [1]	2 November 1967	22 May 1968	202 days	Government dismissed in spite of having a tenuous majority.
Haryana [2]	30 April 1977	21 June 1977	52 days	Government dismissed in spite of B D Gupta enjoying majority support in Assembly
Haryana [3]	6 April 1991	23 July 1991	108 days	Rebellion in the ruling party
Himachal Pradesh[1]	30 April 1977	22 June 1977	53 days	Government dismissed in spite of Thakur Ram Lal enjoying majority support in Assembly
Himachal Pradesh[2]	15 December 1992	3 December 1993	353 days	Government dismissed in the aftermath of the destruction of Babri Masjid-Ram Janmasthan in Uttar Pradesh.
Jammu and Kashmir [1]	26 March 1977	9 July 1977	105 days	Sheikh Abdullah led National Conference government bowed out after being reduced to a minority following withdrawal of support by the Congress Party
Jammu and Kashmir [2]	6 March 1986	7 November 1986	246 days	Loss of majority
Jammu and Kashmir [3]	19 January 1990	9 October 1996	6 years, 264 days	Insurgency and break down of law and order.
Jammu and Kashmir [4]	18 October 2002	2 November 2002	15 days	Indecisive outcome of elections.
Jammu and Kashmir [5]	11 July 2008	5 January 2009	178 days	Loss of majority following collapse of coalition. CM Gulam Nabi Azad's decision to transfer land for Amarnath pilgrimage led to PDP pulling out of coalation Govt.
Jammu and Kashmir [6]	9 January 2015	1 March 2015	51 days	Failure of Government formation after fractured verdict in Assembly elections. BJP & PDP reached an understanding to form an alliance to form Government in J&K.[10]
Jammu and Kashmir [7]	8 January 2016	4 April 2016	128 days	Death of Chief minister Mufti Mohammad Sayeed
Jharkhand [1]	19 January 2009	29 December 2009	344 days	Loss of Majority
Jharkhand [2]	1 June 2010	11 September 2010	102 days	Loss of Majority
Jharkhand [3]	18 January 2013	12 July 2013	175 days	Loss of Majority. BJP's ruling coalition partner JMM withdrew its support to the government pushing it into a minority. Chief Minister Arjun Munda resigned and sought dissolution of the state Assembly.
Karnataka [1]	19 March 1971	20 March 1972	1 year,    1 day	Loss of Majority
Karnataka [2]	31 December 1977	28 February 1978	59 days	Government dismissed in spite of Congress CM Devraj Urs enjoying majority support in Assembly
Karnataka [3]	21 April 1989	30 November 1989	223 days	Loss of majority of CM S. R. Bommai, followed by dissolution of Assembly. On an appeal by Mr. S. R. Bommai, in a landmark judgement delivered in 1994, the Indian Supreme Court laid out the procedure to be followed before dissolving an elected assembly. The historic ruling in this case reduced the scope for misuse of Article 356 by future central governments and governors.
Karnataka [4]	10 October 1990	17 October 1990	7 days	Government of Veerendra Patil dismissed by Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi and state was placed under President's rule with the assembly placed in suspended animation until next chief Minister was elected
Karnataka [5]	9 October 2007	11 November 2007	33 days	Loss of majority
Karnataka [6]	20 November 2007	27 May 2008	189 days	Loss of majority
Kerala [1]	31 July 1959	22 February 1960	206 days	Government dismissed in spite of Communist CM EMS Namboodiripad enjoying majority support in Assembly
Kerala [2]	10 September 1964	6 March 1967	2 years, 177 days	Loss of majority followed by indecisive outcome of elections
Kerala [3]	1 August 1970	4 October 1970	64 days	Loss of majority
Kerala [4]	1 December 1979	25 January 1980	55 days	Loss of majority
Madhya Pradesh[1]	29 April 1977	25 June 1977	57 days	Government dismissed in spite of Shyama Charan Shukla enjoying majority support in Assembly
Madhya Pradesh[2]	18 February 1980	8 June 1980	111 days	Govt. dismissed in spite of Mr. Sundar Lal Patwa enjoying majority support in Assembly
Madhya Pradesh[3]	15 December 1992	7 December 1993	357 days	Govt. dismissed in the aftermath of Babri Masjid-Ram Janmasthan destruction in Uttar Pradesh.
Maharashtra [1]	17 February 1980	8 June 1980	112 days	Govt. dismissed in spite of Mr. Sharad Pawar enjoying majority support in the Assembly
Maharashtra [2]	28 September 2014	31 October 2014	33 days	Govt. dismissed since Congress Separated from its allies NCP and Others.
Manipur [1]	12 January 1967	19 March 1967	66 days	First Elections to Manipur Union Territory Assembly held.
Manipur [2]	25 October 1967	18 February 1968	116 days	Short lived ministry collapsed following resignation of speaker, resulting in neither ruling nor opposition congress having a clear majority in the assembly. Assembly kept in suspended animation.
Manipur [3]	17 October 1969	22 March 1972	2 years, 157 days	Violent secessionist insurgency and statehood demands resulted in breakdown of law and order
Manipur [4]	28 March 1973	3 March 1974	340 days	President's rule was imposed even though the opposition had a "tenuous" majority and could have formed a government
Manipur [5]	16 May 1977	28 June 1977	43 days	Collapse of Government following defections
Manipur [6]	14 November 1979	13 January 1980	60 days	Discontent within Janata Party Government and corruption charges led to dismissal of government and dissolution of Assembly.
Manipur [7]	28 February 1981	18 June 1981	110 days	Incumbent Government fell following defections. Governor did not permit an alternate government to be formed by People's Democratic Front on the basis of his assessment regarding stability of the proposed ministry.
Manipur [8]	7 January 1992	7 April 1992	91 days	Incumbent coalition Government fell following defections. President's rule imposed keeping assembly in suspension.
Manipur [9]	31 December 1993	13 December 1994	347 days	1000 persons died in Naga-Kuki clashes and continued violence
Manipur [10]	2 June 2001	6 March 2002	277 days	Loss of majority
Meghalaya [1]	11 October 1991	5 February 1992	117 days	The Centre imposed President's rule in Meghalaya in the wake of a political crisis after the then Speaker PR Kyndiah suspended five MLAs, mostly independents, on grounds of defection.
Meghalaya [2]	18 March 2009	12 May 2009	55 days	Government dismissed after controversial confidence vote secured in the Assembly by CM Donkupar Roy
Mizoram [1]	11 May 1977	1 June 1978	1 year,   21 days	Mizo Union Ministry led by Chief Minister Chhunga resigned in May 1977, ostensibly to facilitate the progress of peace talks. see Lost Opportunities: 50 Years of Insurgency in the North-east and India's Response, By S. P. Sinha, Page 95
Mizoram [2]	10 November 1978	8 May 1979	179 days	Chief Minister Sailo's refusal to grant undue favours caused dissension in his party which led to the fall of his government and imposition of President's rule. see Lost Opportunities: 50 Years of Insurgency in the North-east and India's Response, By S. P. Sinha, Page 96-97
Mizoram [3]	7 September 1988	24 January 1989	139 days	Defections reduced the Government to minority
Nagaland [1]	20 March 1975	25 November 1977	2 years, 250 days	Defections and counter defections led to imposition of President's rule
Nagaland [2]	7 August 1988	25 January 1989	171 days	The state was under a brief spell of central rule again after the Hokishe Sema-led Congress government was reduced to a minority. The decision was challenged in the Supreme Court in held to be invalid in 1994.
Nagaland [3]	2 April 1992	22 February 1993	326 days	Fluid party position and deteriorating law and order situation
Nagaland [4]	3 January 2008	12 March 2008	69 days	Government dismissed after controversial confidence vote secured in the Assembly by CM Neiphiu Rio
Orissa [1]	25 February 1961	23 June 1961	118 days	Dr. Harekrishna Mahtab led Congress-Gantantra Parishad Minority Government resigned on 21 February 1961 due to differences in the Congress Party. President’s Rule was imposed on 25 February 1961.
Orissa [2]	11 January 1971	3 April 1971	82 days	Break-up of coalition
Orissa [3]	3 March 1973	6 March 1974	1 year,    3 days	Facing imminent collapse of government, incumbent chief minister recommended dissolution of assembly and fresh elections.
Orissa [4]	16 December 1976	29 December 1976	13 days	Chief Minister Nandini Satpathy was forced out and assembly placed under suspended animation. A new Congress government was sworn in after revocation of President's rule.
Orissa [5]	30 April 1977	26 June 1977	57 days	Government dismissed in spite of Binayak Acharya enjoying majority support in Assembly
Orissa [6]	17 February 1980	9 June 1980	113 days	Government dismissed in spite of Nilamani Routray enjoying majority support in Assembly
Patiala and East Punjab States Union [1]	5 March 1953	8 March 1954	1 year,    3 days	President's rule was invoked in the erstwhile PEPSU (Patiala and East Punjab States Union ) State when the Akali Dal government, led by Gian Singh Rarewala, was dismissed
Pondicherry [1]	18 September 1968	17 March 1969	180 days	Assembly was dissolved and President's rule imposed as opposition parties had a chance to form a government after the fall of the Congress government.
Pondicherry [2]	3 January 1974	6 March 1974	62 days	Assembly dissolved after fall of DMK government following decision of two ministers to join newly formed ADMK.
Pondicherry [3]	28 March 1974	2 July 1977	3 years,  96 days	Fall of coalition government of ADMK, Congress(O)following division of votes by Congress(R) and DMK. The Assembly was dissolved.
Pondicherry [4]	12 November 1978	16 January 1980	1 year,   65 days	Fall of government due to political instability
Pondicherry [5]	24 June 1983	16 March 1985	1 year,  265 days	Government dismissed following withdrawal of Congress(I) from coalition government. In spite of incumbent chief minister asking for an opportunity to prove his majority on the floor of the house, the assembly was dissolved.
Pondicherry [6]	4 March 1991	3 July 1991	121 days	DMK Government dismissed in spite of having a majority in the Assembly
Punjab [1]	20 June 1951	17 April 1952	302 days	Pandit Nehru kept the Punjab Assembly in suspension for nine months and 28 days to help the state Congress government get its act together.
Punjab [2]	5 July 1966	1 November 1966	119 days	State administration was taken over, ostensibly to facilitate bifurcation of Punjab state into two, Punjab and Haryana
Punjab [3]	23 August 1968	17 February 1969	178 days	Break-up of coalition
Punjab [4]	14 June 1971	17 March 1972	277 days	Following poor performance in March, 1971 Lok Sabha Elections, incumbent Chief Minister advised dissolving state assembly and holding fresh elections to state legislature.
Punjab [5]	30 April 1977	20 June 1977	51 days	Government dismissed in spite of Giani Zail Singh enjoying majority support in Assembly
Punjab [6]	17 February 1980	6 June 1980	110 days	Government dismissed in spite of Parkash Singh Badal enjoying majority support in Assembly
Punjab [7]	10 October 1983	29 September 1985	1 year,  354 days	Insurgency and breakdown of law and order
Punjab [8]	11 June 1987	25 February 1992	4 years, 259 days	Insurgency and breakdown of law and order
Rajasthan [1]	13 March 1967	26 April 1967	44 days	Indecisive outcome of elections
Rajasthan [2]	29 April 1977	22 June 1977	54 days	Government dismissed in spite of Hari Dev Joshi enjoying majority support in Assembly
Rajasthan [3]	16 February 1980	6 June 1980	111 days	Government dismissed in spite of Bhairon Singh Shekhawat enjoying majority support in Assembly
Rajasthan [4]	15 December 1992	4 December 1993	354 days	Government dismissed in spite of Bhairon Singh Shekhawat enjoying majority support in Assembly
Sikkim [1]	18 August 1978	18 October 1979	1 year,   61 days	Loss of majority following split in Mr. Kazi Lhendup Dorji led Janata Party government. The central government imposed president's rule and followed up with electoral reforms before ordering fresh elections.
Sikkim [2]	25 May 1984	8 March 1985	287 days	Congress Government formed following induced collapse of Mr. Nar Bahadur Bandari Sikkim Janata Parishad Government was dismissed as it did not enjoy a majority in the Assembly.
Tamil Nadu [1]	31 January 1976	30 June 1977	1 year,  150 days	Government dismissed in spite of Karunanidhi enjoying majority support in Assembly
Tamil Nadu [2]	17 February 1980	6 June 1980	110 days	Government dismissed in spite of M G Ramachandran enjoying majority support in Assembly
Tamil Nadu [3]	30 January 1988	27 January 1989	362 days	Government dismissed after controversial confidence vote secured in the Assembly by CM Janaki Ramachandran
Tamil Nadu [4]	30 January 1991	24 June 1991	145 days	Government headed by Mr. M. Karunanidhi dismissed by Prime Minister Chandrashekhar on charges of supporting anti-national activities, in spite of the then Governor Barnala's report and enjoying majority support in the Assembly.
Travancore-Cochin [1]	23 March 1956	5 April 1957	1 year,   13 days	Loss of majority following split in Congress Party
Tripura [1]	1 November 1971	20 March 1972	140 days	In the backdrop of refugee influx due to Bangladesh Liberation War, split in the Congress and Communist agitation for Tripura to become a full-fledged state, President's rule was imposed. On 1 January 1972 Tripura became a State and assembly elections held subsequently.
Tripura [2]	5 November 1977	5 January 1978	61 days	Collapse of short lived government in a fluid political environment
Tripura [3]	11 March 1993	10 April 1993	30 days	Elections postponed from 15 February 1993 to 3 April 1993 on account of deteriorating law and order situation. Caretaker CM resigns.
Uttar Pradesh [1]	25 February 1968	26 February 1969	1 year, 1 day	Loss of majority following withdrawal of support by Corgress (R) led by Ms. Indira Gandhi.
Uttar Pradesh [2]	1 October 1970	18 October 1970	17 days	Charan Singh Ministry supported by Congress collapsed following split in Congress party.
Uttar Pradesh [3]	13 June 1973	8 November 1973	148 days	Chief Minister resigned as a result of the 1973 Provincial Armed Constabulary revolt.
Uttar Pradesh [4]	30 November 1975	21 January 1976	52 days	Congress Government of H N Bahuguna tendered resignation due to infighting within the party.
Uttar Pradesh [5]	30 April 1977	23 June 1977	54 days	Government dismissed in spite of N D Tiwari enjoying majority support in Assembly
Uttar Pradesh [6]	17 February 1980	9 June 1980	113 days	Government dismissed in spite of Banarasi Das enjoying majority support in Assembly
Uttar Pradesh [7]	6 December 1992	4 December 1993	363 days	Government dismissed in the aftermath of the destruction of Babri Masjid-Ram Janmasthan
Uttar Pradesh [8]	18 October 1995	21 March 1997	1 year,  154 days	Loss of Majority following collapse of coalition followed by indecisive outcome of fresh elections
Uttar Pradesh [9]	8 March 2002	3 May 2002	56 days	Indecisive outcome of elections.
Uttarakhand [1]	27 March 2016	10 May 2016	49 days	Collapse of CM Harish Rawat's ministry following a split in the state unit of Congress party.
Vindhya Pradesh[1]	8 April 1949	13 March 1952	2 years, 340 days	President's rule was imposed in the erstwhile Vindya Pradesh State when Chief Minister resigned. President's rule was revoked following independent India's first general elections.
West Bengal [1]	1 July 1962	8 July 1962	7 days	Interim Period between death of incumbent Chief Minister and election of new leader.
West Bengal [2]	20 February 1968	25 February 1969	1 year,    5 days	State placed under President's rule following collapse of two successive short lived coalition governments.
West Bengal [3]	19 March 1970	2 April 1971	1 year,   14 days	Collapse of United Front Coalition between Bangla Congress and CPI(M)
West Bengal [4]	28 June 1971	19 March 1972	265 days	Collapse of United Front Coalition between Bangla Congress and CPI(M)