Viceroy's Executive Council

The Viceroy's Executive Council was the cabinet of the government of British India headed by the Viceroy of India. It was transformed from an advisory council into a cabinet run by the portfolio system by the Indian Councils Act 1861.

Indians in the Council

• Satyendra Prasanno Sinha - the first Indian member of the Viceroy's Executive Council in 1909
• Muhammad Ali Jinnah
• P. S. Sivaswami Iyer (1912)
• C. Sankaran Nair (1915): Education
• Muhammad Shafi (1919–1924)
• Tej Bahadur Sapru(1920-1923)
• B. N. Sarma (1920-1925)
• N.C. Kelkar (1924-1929)
• Muhammad Habibullah (1925–1930)
• Satish Ranjan Das: Law
• Mohammad Usman
• Fazli Husain (1930)
• C. P. Ramaswami Iyer (1931–1936)
• Bepin Behary Ghose (1933): Law
• Kurma Venkata Reddy Naidu (1934–1937)
• Muhammad Zafrulla Khan (1935–1941)
• Arcot Ramasamy Mudaliar (1939–1942)
• Girija Shankar Bajpai (1940): Health, Education and Lands
• Syed Sultan Ahmed (1941–1943)
• Sir Homi Mody (1941-1943) : Supply
• Akbar Hydari (1941-1942)
• V.T. Krishnamachari (1941–1946)
• Gurunath_Venkatesh_Bewoor (1941-1946) Post and Air
• Nalini Ranjan Sarkar (1941–1943): Health, Education and Lands
• Ardeshir Dalal: Health, Education and Lands
• B.R. Ambedkar: Labour
• Jogendra Singh: Health, Education and Lands
• Narayan Bhaskar Khare (1943-1946)
• Mohammad Azizul Huque (1943–1945):

Commerce, industries, civil supplies, food

Interim Government

Main article: Interim Government of India

As per the Cabinet Mission Plan, the Executive Council was expanded to consist of only Indian members except the Viceroy and the Commander-in-Chief. This formed the Interim Government of India.

Members of Interim Government

Portfolio	Minister
Vice-President of the Executive Council External Affairs and Commonwealth Relations	Jawaharlal Nehru
Home Affairs Information and Broadcasting	Vallabhbhai Patel
Defence	Baldev Singh
Industries and Supplies	John Mathai
Education	C. Rajagopalachari
Works, Mines and Power	Sarat Chandra Bose
Works, Mines and Power	C.H. Bhabha
Food and Agriculture	Rajendra Prasad
Railways and Transport	Asaf Ali
Labour	Jagjivan Ram
Finance	Liaquat Ali Khan
Commerce	Ibrahim Ismail Chundrigar
Health	Ghazanfar Ali Khan
Posts and Air	Abdur Rab Nishtar
Law	Jogendra Nath Mandal