First Nehru ministry

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First Nehru ministry
Date formed15 August 1947 (1947-08-15)
Date dissolved15 April 1952 (1952-04-15)
People and organisations
PresidentRajendra Prasad (1950–52)
Governor-General
Prime minister
1951 Indian general election
Legislature term(s)4 years and 8 months
PredecessorInterim
SuccessorSecond 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

princely states
. The Congress thus secured a majority of 82%.

Jawaharlal Nehru took charge as the first

Lord Mountbatten, and later C. Rajagopalachari, served as Governor-General until 26 January 1950, when Rajendra Prasad was elected as the first President of India.[1]
[2]

Cabinet members

Lord Mountbatten swears in Jawaharlal Nehru as the first Prime Minister of India on 15 August 1947.

There were members from

Rajkumari Amrit Kaur was the only female Cabinet minister. The following is a list of the ministers in the first Cabinet.[1]

Key
Portfolio Minister Took office Left office Party
Prime Minister
Minister of External Affairs and Commonwealth Relations
Minister of Scientific Research
15 August 1947Second Nehru ministry INC
Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel
15 August 194715 December 1950[†] INC
Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel
15 August 194715 December 1950[†] INC
26 December 195025 October 1951[RES] INC
1951Second Nehru ministry INC
Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel
15 August 19471949 INC
194915 April 1952 INC
Minister of Finance15 August 19471950 INC
6 May 19501950[RES] INC
1950Second Nehru ministry INC
SCF
Minister of Defence15 August 1947Second Nehru ministry Panthic Party
Minister of Transport
15 August 194722 September 1948 INC
22 September 1948Second Nehru ministry INC
Maulana Abul Kalam Azad
15 August 1947Second Nehru ministry INC
Minister of Food and Agriculture
15 August 194714 Jan 1948 INC
19 Jan 194813 May 1950[RES] INC
Minister of Industries and Supplies15 August 19476 April 1950[RES] Hindu Mahasabha
13 May 195026 December 1950[RES] INC
Minister of Labour
15 August 194715 April 1952 INC
Cooverji Hormusji Bhabha
15 August 194715 April 1952 INC
Minister of Communications15 August 194715 April 1952 INC
Amrit Kaur
15 August 194715 April 1952 INC
Minister of Works, Minister ofMines and Power15 August 194715 April 1952 INC
K. C. Neogy
15 August 1947April 1950[RES] INC
Minister without portfolio15 August 194722 September 1948 INC
15 August 194715 April 1952 INC

References

  1. ^ . Retrieved 27 May 2014.
  2. ^ "The New Cabinet". Hindustan Times. 15 August 1947. Archived from the original on 30 March 2012. Retrieved 19 August 2011.
  3. ^ "New Cabinet of India". The Times of India. 15 August 1947. p. 1. Retrieved 19 August 2011.
  4. ^ a b Sidin Vadukut (8 November 2014). "Déjà View | The Chetty Affair | Mint". Livemint.com. Retrieved 19 April 2022.
  5. ^ "Rajya Sabha Members, Biographical Sketches, 1952 – 2003: D" (PDF).
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