N. Gopalaswami Ayyangar

Dewan Bahadur, Sir N. Gopalaswami Ayyangar CSI, CIE
2nd Minister of Defence
In office 13 May 1952 – 10 February 1953
President	Rajendra Prasad
Prime Minister	Jawaharlal Nehru
Preceded by	Baldev Singh
Succeeded by	Jawaharlal Nehru
1st Leader of the House in Rajya Sabha
In office 13 May 1952 – 10 February 1953
President	Rajendra Prasad
Prime Minister	Jawaharlal Nehru
Preceded by	Position established
Succeeded by	Charu Chandra Biswas
Minister of Railways & Transport
In office 22 September 1948 – 13 May 1952
Monarch	King George VI (1936-1950)
President	Rajendra Prasad
Prime Minister	Jawaharlal Nehru
Succeeded by	Lal Bahadur Shastri
Prime Minister of Jammu and Kashmir
In office 1937 – 9 April 1943
Monarch	Hari Singh
Succeeded by	Kailash Nath Haksar
Personal details
Born	Narasimha Ayyangar Gopalaswami Ayyangar 31 March 1882 Tanjore district, Madras Presidency, British India
Died	10 February 1953(1953-02-10) (aged 70) Madras, Madras State, India (now Chennai, Tamil Nadu)

Diwan Bahadur Sir Narasimha Gopalaswami Ayyangar CSI CIE (31 March 1882 – 10 February 1953) was an Indian civil servant and statesman, who served as the Prime Minister of the princely state of Jammu and Kashmir and later a minister in the first cabinet of independent India. He was a member of the drafting committee of the Constitution of India, the leader of the Rajya Sabha, a 'minister without portfolio' looking after Kashmir Affairs, and the Minister for Railways.^[1][2]

In his Kashmir Affairs role, he represented India at the United Nations Security Council and later drafted the Article 370 of the Indian Constitution that granted autonomy to Jammu and Kashmir.