First Nehru ministry
First Nehru ministry | |
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Date formed | 15 August 1947 |
Date dissolved | 15 April 1952 |
People and organisations | |
President | Rajendra Prasad (1950–52) |
Governor-General |
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Prime minister | 1951 Indian general election |
Legislature term(s) | 4 years and 8 months |
Predecessor | Interim |
Successor | Second Nehru ministry |
After power transformation, on 15 August 1947, Jawaharlal Nehru assumed office as the first Prime Minister of India and chose fifteen ministers to form the First Nehru ministry.
Background
The Constituent Assembly was set up while India was still under British rule, following negotiations between Indian leaders and members of the 1946 Cabinet Mission to India from the United Kingdom. The provincial assembly elections had been conducted early in 1946. The Constituent Assembly members were elected to it indirectly by the members of these newly elected provincial assemblies, and initially included representatives for those provinces which came to form part of Pakistan, some of which are now within Bangladesh. The Constituent Assembly had 299 representatives, including nine women.
The
Jawaharlal Nehru took charge as the first
Cabinet members
There were members from
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Portfolio | Minister | Took office | Left office | Party | |
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Prime Minister Minister of External Affairs and Commonwealth Relations Minister of Scientific Research | 15 August 1947 | Second Nehru ministry | INC | ||
Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel | 15 August 1947 | 15 December 1950[†] | INC | ||
Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel | 15 August 1947 | 15 December 1950[†] | INC | ||
26 December 1950 | 25 October 1951[RES] | INC | |||
1951 | Second Nehru ministry | INC | |||
Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel | 15 August 1947 | 1949 | INC | ||
1949 | 15 April 1952 | INC | |||
Minister of Finance | 15 August 1947 | 1950 | INC | ||
6 May 1950 | 1950[RES] | INC | |||
1950 | Second Nehru ministry | INC | |||
SCF | |||||
Minister of Defence | 15 August 1947 | Second Nehru ministry | Panthic Party | ||
Minister of Transport | 15 August 1947 | 22 September 1948 | INC | ||
22 September 1948 | Second Nehru ministry | INC | |||
Maulana Abul Kalam Azad | 15 August 1947 | Second Nehru ministry | INC | ||
Minister of Food and Agriculture | 15 August 1947 | 14 Jan 1948 | INC | ||
19 Jan 1948 | 13 May 1950[RES] | INC | |||
Minister of Industries and Supplies | 15 August 1947 | 6 April 1950[RES] | Hindu Mahasabha | ||
13 May 1950 | 26 December 1950[RES] | INC | |||
Minister of Labour | 15 August 1947 | 15 April 1952 | INC | ||
Cooverji Hormusji Bhabha | 15 August 1947 | 15 April 1952 | INC | ||
Minister of Communications | 15 August 1947 | 15 April 1952 | INC | ||
Amrit Kaur | 15 August 1947 | 15 April 1952 | INC | ||
Minister of Works, Minister ofMines and Power | 15 August 1947 | 15 April 1952 | INC | ||
K. C. Neogy | 15 August 1947 | April 1950[RES] | INC | ||
Minister without portfolio | 15 August 1947 | 22 September 1948 | INC | ||
15 August 1947 | 15 April 1952 | INC |
References
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