<Tr> <Td> Mizoram (2) </Td> <Td> 10 November 1978 </Td> <Td> 8 May 1979 </Td> <Td> 7002179000000000000 ♠ 179 days </Td> <Td> 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 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Mizoram (3) </Td> <Td> 7 September 1988 </Td> <Td> 24 January 1989 </Td> <Td> 7002139000000000000 ♠ 139 days </Td> <Td> Defections reduced the Government to minority </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Nagaland (1) </Td> <Td> 20 March 1975 </Td> <Td> 25 November 1977 </Td> <Td> 7002981000000000000 ♠ 2 years, 250 days </Td> <Td> Defections and counter defections led to imposition of President's rule </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Nagaland (2) </Td> <Td> 7 August 1988 </Td> <Td> 25 January 1989 </Td> <Td> 7002171000000000000 ♠ 171 days </Td> <Td> 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 . </Td> </Tr>

When was for the first time governor's rule imposed in j&k