P. S. Kumaraswamy Raja

P. S. Kumaraswamy Raja
P. S. Kumaraswamy Raja
4th Governor of Orissa
In office 10 February 1954 – 11 September 1956
Chief Minister	Nabakrushna Choudhuri
Preceded by	Saiyid Fazl Ali
Succeeded by	Bhim Sen Sachar
1st Chief Minister of Madras State
In office 26 January 1950 – 9 April 1952
Governor	Krishna Kumarasingh Bhavasingh
Preceded by	Position established
Succeeded by	C. Rajagopalachari
Constituency	Leader of Madras State Legislative Council
5th Prime Minister of Madras Province
In office 6 April 1949 – 26 January 1950
Governor	Krishna Kumarasingh Bhavasingh
Preceded by	O. P. Ramaswamy Reddiyar
Succeeded by	Position abolished
Personal details
Born	Poosapati Sanjeevi Kumarswamy Raja (1898-07-08)8 July 1898 Rajapalayam, Madras Presidency, British India (present-day Tamil Nadu, India)
Died	16 March 1957(1957-03-16) (aged 58) Madras, Madras State, India (present-day Chennai, Tamil Nadu)
Political party	Indian National Congress
Profession	Politician

Poosapati Sanjeevi Kumaraswamy Raja (8 July 1898 – 16 March 1957) was an Indian politician who served as the last Prime Minister of Madras Province from 6 April 1949 to 26 January 1950 and first Chief Minister of Madras State from 26 January 1950 to 10 April 1952^[1] and Governor of Orissa between 1954 till 1956. He was born in Rajapalayam in Tamil Nadu.