First Indira Gandhi ministry

The First Indira Gandhi ministry was formed on 24 January 1966[1] under the premiership of Indira Gandhi who was elected as the Prime Minister of India by the Congress Parliamentary Party to succeed Gulzarilal Nanda who was serving as the acting prime minister since 11 January 1966 following the untimely demise of Lal Bahadur Shastri. The cabinet remained in office until the 1967 general election in which Indira Gandhi was re-elected to office.

First Indira Gandhi ministry

6th ministry of the Republic of India
Date formed24 January 1966 (1966-01-24)
Date dissolved13 March 1967 (1967-03-13)
People and organisations
Head of stateSarvepalli Radhakrishnan
Head of governmentIndira Gandhi
Member partyIndian National Congress
Status in legislatureMajority
Opposition partyNone
Opposition leaderNone
History
Outgoing election1967
PredecessorSecond Nanda ministry
SuccessorSecond Indira Gandhi ministry

Background

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Prime Minister Lal Bahadur Shastri passed away suddenly on 11 January 1966 at Tashkent during his visit to Uzbek SSR, just a day after signing the Tashkent Declaration which formally ended the Indo-Pakistani War of 1965. He was succeeded by Home Minister Gulzarilal Nanda as the Acting Prime Minister. Nanda remained the prime minister for thirteen days until the election of Indira Gandhi who served as Minister of Information and Broadcasting in the cabinets of Shastri and Nanda. Indira Gandhi was formally elected as the Prime Minister by the ruling Indian National Congress party. She was thereupon formally sworn-in as the nation's third prime minister on 24 January 1966 by President Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan.

Composition

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Gandhi's council of ministers included a majority of the ministers from her predecessor's cabinet. Outgoing acting prime minister Gulzarilal Nanda was re-appointed home minister. She retained Defence Minister Yashwantrao Chavan, Education Minister M. C. Chagla, Railways Minister S. K. Patil, Finance Minister Sachindra Chaudhuri, Communications and Parliamentary Minister Satya Narayan Sinha, Agriculture Minister Chidambaram Subramaniam, External Affairs Minister Swaran Singh in their respective portfolios. Other ministers who were retained from the predecessor cabinet included Neelam Sanjiva Reddy, Damodaram Sanjivayya, Manubhai Shah, Mehr Chand Khanna, Raj Bahadur, Surendra Kumar Dey, Sushila Nayyar, Jaisukhlal Hathi, Kotha Raghuramaiah, O. V. Alagesan, Ram Subhag Singh, Bali Ram Bhagat, A. M. Thomas, C. M. Poonacha, Jagannath Rao, C. R. Pattabhiraman, Bibudhendra Mishra, Tribhuvan Narain Singh, Shah Nawaz Khan, Dajisaheb Chavan, Purnendu Sekhar Naskar, B. S. Murthy, Lalit Narayan Mishra, T. S. Soundaram, Bhakt Darshan, Sham Nath, B. C. Bhagawati, Shyam Dhar Mishra.

Ministers

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Cabinet Ministers

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Portfolio Minister Took office Left office Party Remarks
Prime Minister
Minister of Atomic Energy
And also in-charge of all other important portfolios and
policy issues not allocated to any Minister.
24 January 1966[1]13 March 1967 INC
Minister of Home Affairs24 January 1966[1]9 November 1966 INC
9 November 196613 November 1966 INC
13 November 1966[2]13 March 1967 INC
Minister of Labour, Employment and Rehabilitation24 January 1966[1]13 March 1967 INC
Minister of External Affairs24 January 1966[1]13 November 1966 INC
13 November 1966[2]13 March 1967 INC
Minister of Railways24 January 1966[1]13 March 1967 INC
Minister of Defence24 January 1966[1]13 November 1966 INC
13 November 196613 March 1967 INC
Minister of Transport and Aviation24 January 1966[1]13 March 1967 INC
Minister of Food, Agriculture, Community Development and Cooperation24 January 1966[1]13 March 1967 INC
Minister of Finance24 January 1966[1]13 March 1967 INC
Minister of Parliamentary Affairs and Communications24 January 1966[1]13 March 1967 INC
Minister of Education24 January 1966[1]13 November 1966 INC
13 November 1966[2]13 March 1967 INC
Minister of Industry24 January 1966[1]13 March 1967 INC
Minister of Planning24 January 1966[1]25 March 1966 INCRenamed as Planning and Social Welfare.
Minister of Planning and Social Welfare25 March 1966[3]13 March 1967 INC 
Minister of Commerce24 January 1966[1]13 March 1967 INC
Minister of Law24 January 1966[1]13 March 1967 INC
Minister of Irrigation and Power29 January 1966[4]13 November 1966 INC
13 November 1966[2]13 March 1967 INCMinister of State was responsible.

Ministers of State

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Portfolio Minister Took office Left office Party Remarks
Minister of Works, Housing and Urban Development24 January 1966[1]13 March 1967 INC
Minister of Information and Broadcasting24 January 1966[1]13 March 1967 INC
Minister of Mines and Metals24 January 1966[1]13 March 1967 INC
Minister of Health and Family Planning24 January 1966[1]13 March 1967 INC
Minister of State in the Ministry of Home Affairs24 January 1966[1]13 November 1966 INC
Minister of Defence Supplies in the Ministry of Defence24 January 1966[1]13 November 1966 INC
Minister of Technical Development and Supply24 January 1966[1]25 March 1966 INCRenamed as Supply, Technical Development and Materials Planning.
Minister of Supply, Technical Development and Materials Planning25 March 196613 March 1967 INC 
Minister of Social Welfare28 January 1966[5]25 March 1966 INCMerged with Ministry of Planning.
Minister of Petroleum and Chemicals24 January 1966[1]13 March 1967 INC
Minister of State in the Ministry of Railways24 January 1966[1]13 March 1967 INC
Minister of State in the Ministry of Irrigation and Power24 January 1966[1]13 March 1967 INC
Minister of State in the Ministry of Finance24 January 1966[1]13 March 1967 INC
Minister of State in the Ministry of Defence24 January 1966[1]31 January 1966 INC
13 November 1966[2]13 March 1967 INC
Minister of State in the Ministry of Defence
(Department of Defence Production)
31 January 196613 March 1967 INC
Minister of State in the Ministry of Transport and Aviation24 January 1966[1]13 March 1967 INC
Minister of State in the Ministry of Law24 January 1966[1]13 March 1967 INC
Minister of State in the Ministry of Labour, Employment and Rehabilitation24 January 1966[1]14 February 1966[6] INC
Minister of State in the Ministry of Home Affairs24 January 1966[1]13 March 1967 INC
Minister of State in the Ministry of Food, Agriculture, Community Development
and Cooperation
24 January 1966[1]13 March 1967 INC
Minister of State in the Ministry of Industry24 January 1966[1]13 March 1967 INC
Minister of Iron and Steel29 January 1966[4]13 March 1967 INC
Minister of State in the Department of Parliamentary Affairs
Minister of State in the Department of Communications
14 February 1966[6]13 March 1967 INC

Deputy Ministers

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Portfolio Minister Took office Left office Party
Deputy Minister in the Ministry of Labour, Employment and Rehabilitation24 January 1966[1]13 March 1967 INC
14 February 1966[6]13 March 1967 INC
Deputy Minister in the Ministry of Home Affairs24 January 1966[1]13 March 1967 INC
14 February 1966[6]13 March 1967 INC
Deputy Minister in the Ministry of Health and Family Planning24 January 1966[1]13 March 1967 INC
Deputy Minister in the Ministry of Irrigation and Power24 January 1966[1]13 March 1967 INC
Deputy Minister in the Ministry of Education24 January 1966[1]13 March 1967 INC
24 January 1966[1]13 March 1967 INC
Deputy Minister in the Ministry of Planning24 January 1966[1]14 February 1966[6] INC
Deputy Minister in the Department of Social Welfare24 January 1966[1]13 March 1967 INC
Deputy Minister in the Ministry of Railways
Sham Nath
24 January 1966[1]13 March 1967 INC
Deputy Minister in the Ministry of Works, Housing and Urban Development24 January 1966[1]13 March 1967 INC
Deputy Minister in the Ministry of Defence24 January 1966[1]14 February 1966[6] INC
Deputy Minister in the Ministry of Iron and Steel24 January 1966[1]13 March 1967 INC
Deputy Minister in the Ministry of Food, Agriculture, Community Development and Cooperation24 January 1966[1]13 March 1967 INC
14 February 1966[6]13 March 1967 INC
Deputy Minister in the Department of Parliamentary Affairs
Deputy Minister in the Department of Communications
24 January 1966[1]14 February 1966[6] INC
Deputy Minister in the Ministry of Petroleum and Chemicals24 January 1966[1]13 March 1967 INC
Deputy Minister in the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting29 January 1966[4]13 March 1967 INC
Deputy Minister in the Ministry of Commerce29 January 1966[4]13 March 1967 INC
Deputy Minister in the Ministry of Transport and Aviation15 February 1966[7]13 March 1967 INC
Deputy Minister in the Ministry of Mines and Metals
Syed Ahmad Mehdi
15 February 1966[7]13 March 1967 INC

Parliamentary Secretaries

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Portfolio Minister Took office Left office Party
Parliamentary Secretary in the Department of Atomic Energy15 February 1966[8]13 March 1967 INC
Parliamentary Secretary in the Department of Communications15 February 1966[8]13 March 1967 INC
Parliamentary Secretary in the Ministry of External Affairs15 February 1966[8]13 March 1967 INC
Parliamentary Secretary in the Ministry of Home Affairs15 February 1966[8]13 March 1967 INC

Trivia

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Notes

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References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af ag ah ai aj ak al am an ao ap aq ar as at au av aw "Press Communique: Allocation of portfolios among members of union council of ministers" (PDF). archive.pib.gov.in. 24 January 1966.
  2. ^ a b c d e Rashtrapati Bhavan (13 November 1966). "Press Communique: Re-allocation of portfolios among members of the council of ministers" (PDF). archive.pib.gov.in.
  3. ^ Cabinet Secretariat (25 March 1966). "Press Communique: Re-allocation of portfolio upon Shri Asoka Mehta" (PDF). archive.pib.gov.in.
  4. ^ a b c d Cabinet Secretariat (29 January 1966). "Press Communique: Assumption of offices by ministers of the union" (PDF). archive.pib.gov.in.
  5. ^ Cabinet Secretariat (28 January 1966). "Press Communique: Allocation of Department of Social Welfare on Shri Kotha Raghuramaiah" (PDF). archive.pib.gov.in.
  6. ^ a b c d e f g h Cabinet Secretariat (14 January 1966). "Press Communique: Re-allocation of portfolios among members of the union council of ministers" (PDF). archive.pib.gov.in.
  7. ^ a b Cabinet Secretariat (15 February 1966). "Press Communique: Assumption of office by Ministers of State - Jahanara Jaipal Singh and Syed Ahmad Mahdi" (PDF). archive.pib.gov.in.
  8. ^ a b c d Cabinet Secretariat (15 February 1966). "Press Communique: Allocation of portfolios among parliamentary secretaries" (PDF). archive.pib.gov.in.