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.
^ abcdeRashtrapati Bhavan (13 November 1966). "Press Communique: Re-allocation of portfolios among members of the council of ministers" (PDF). archive.pib.gov.in.
^Cabinet Secretariat (25 March 1966). "Press Communique: Re-allocation of portfolio upon Shri Asoka Mehta" (PDF). archive.pib.gov.in.
^ abcdCabinet Secretariat (29 January 1966). "Press Communique: Assumption of offices by ministers of the union" (PDF). archive.pib.gov.in.
^Cabinet Secretariat (28 January 1966). "Press Communique: Allocation of Department of Social Welfare on Shri Kotha Raghuramaiah" (PDF). archive.pib.gov.in.
^ abcdefghCabinet Secretariat (14 January 1966). "Press Communique: Re-allocation of portfolios among members of the union council of ministers" (PDF). archive.pib.gov.in.
^ abCabinet 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.
^ abcdCabinet Secretariat (15 February 1966). "Press Communique: Allocation of portfolios among parliamentary secretaries" (PDF). archive.pib.gov.in.
Notesedit
Referencesedit
December 13, 2023
first, indira, gandhi, ministry, formed, january, 1966, under, premiership, indira, gandhi, elected, prime, minister, india, congress, parliamentary, party, succeed, gulzarilal, nanda, serving, acting, prime, minister, since, january, 1966, following, untimely. 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 ministry5th ministry of the Republic of IndiaDate formed24 January 1966 1966 01 24 Date dissolved13 March 1967 1967 03 13 People and organisationsHead of stateSarvepalli RadhakrishnanHead of governmentIndira GandhiMember partyIndian National CongressStatus in legislatureMajorityOpposition partyNoneOpposition leaderNoneHistoryOutgoing election1967PredecessorSecond Nanda ministrySuccessorSecond Indira Gandhi ministry Contents 1 Background 2 Composition 3 Ministers 3 1 Cabinet Ministers 3 2 Ministers of State 3 3 Deputy Ministers 3 4 Parliamentary Secretaries 4 Trivia 5 References 6 Notes 7 ReferencesBackground editPrime 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 editGandhi 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 editCabinet Ministers edit Portfolio Minister Took office Left office Party RemarksPrime MinisterMinister of Atomic EnergyAnd also in charge of all other important portfolios andpolicy issues not allocated to any Minister Indira Gandhi24 January 1966 1 13 March 1967 INCMinister of Home AffairsGulzarilal Nanda24 January 1966 1 9 November 1966 INCIndira Gandhi9 November 196613 November 1966 INCYashwantrao Chavan13 November 1966 2 13 March 1967 INCMinister of Labour Employment and RehabilitationJagjivan Ram24 January 1966 1 13 March 1967 INCMinister of External AffairsSwaran Singh24 January 1966 1 13 November 1966 INCM C Chagla13 November 1966 2 13 March 1967 INCMinister of RailwaysS K Patil24 January 1966 1 13 March 1967 INCMinister of DefenceYashwantrao Chavan24 January 1966 1 13 November 1966 INCSwaran Singh13 November 196613 March 1967 INCMinister of Transport and AviationNeelam Sanjiva Reddy24 January 1966 1 13 March 1967 INCMinister of Food Agriculture Community Development and CooperationChidambaram Subramaniam24 January 1966 1 13 March 1967 INCMinister of FinanceSachindra Chaudhuri24 January 1966 1 13 March 1967 INCMinister of Parliamentary Affairs and CommunicationsSatya Narayan Sinha24 January 1966 1 13 March 1967 INCMinister of EducationM C Chagla24 January 1966 1 13 November 1966 INCFakhruddin Ali Ahmed13 November 1966 2 13 March 1967 INCMinister of IndustryDamodaram Sanjivayya24 January 1966 1 13 March 1967 INCMinister of PlanningAsoka Mehta24 January 1966 1 25 March 1966 INCRenamed as Planning and Social Welfare Minister of Planning and Social WelfareAsoka Mehta25 March 1966 3 13 March 1967 INC Minister of CommerceManubhai Shah24 January 1966 1 13 March 1967 INCMinister of LawGopal Swarup Pathak24 January 1966 1 13 March 1967 INCMinister of Irrigation and PowerFakhruddin Ali Ahmed29 January 1966 4 13 November 1966 INCKanuri Lakshmana Rao13 November 1966 2 13 March 1967 INCMinister of State was responsible Ministers of State edit Portfolio Minister Took office Left office Party RemarksMinister of Works Housing and Urban DevelopmentMehr Chand Khanna24 January 1966 1 13 March 1967 INCMinister of Information and BroadcastingRaj Bahadur24 January 1966 1 13 March 1967 INCMinister of Mines and MetalsSurendra Kumar Dey24 January 1966 1 13 March 1967 INCMinister of Health and Family PlanningSushila Nayyar24 January 1966 1 13 March 1967 INCMinister of State in the Ministry of Home AffairsJaisukhlal Hathi24 January 1966 1 13 November 1966 INCMinister of Defence Supplies in the Ministry of DefenceJaisukhlal Hathi24 January 1966 1 13 November 1966 INCMinister of Technical Development and SupplyKotha Raghuramaiah24 January 1966 1 25 March 1966 INCRenamed as Supply Technical Development and Materials Planning Minister of Supply Technical Development and Materials PlanningKotha Raghuramaiah25 March 196613 March 1967 INC Minister of Social WelfareKotha Raghuramaiah28 January 1966 5 25 March 1966 INCMerged with Ministry of Planning Minister of Petroleum and ChemicalsO V Alagesan24 January 1966 1 13 March 1967 INCMinister of State in the Ministry of RailwaysRam Subhag Singh24 January 1966 1 13 March 1967 INCMinister of State in the Ministry of Irrigation and PowerKanuri Lakshmana Rao24 January 1966 1 13 March 1967 INCMinister of State in the Ministry of FinanceBali Ram Bhagat24 January 1966 1 13 March 1967 INCMinister of State in the Ministry of DefenceA M Thomas24 January 1966 1 31 January 1966 INCJaisukhlal Hathi13 November 1966 2 13 March 1967 INCMinister of State in the Ministry of Defence Department of Defence Production A M Thomas31 January 196613 March 1967 INCMinister of State in the Ministry of Transport and AviationC M Poonacha24 January 1966 1 13 March 1967 INCMinister of State in the Ministry of LawC R Pattabhiraman24 January 1966 1 13 March 1967 INCMinister of State in the Ministry of Labour Employment and RehabilitationJagannath Rao24 January 1966 1 14 February 1966 6 INCMinister of State in the Ministry of Home AffairsDinesh Singh24 January 1966 1 13 March 1967 INCMinister of State in the Ministry of Food Agriculture Community Developmentand CooperationPanampilly Govinda Menon24 January 1966 1 13 March 1967 INCMinister of State in the Ministry of IndustryBibudhendra Mishra24 January 1966 1 13 March 1967 INCMinister of Iron and SteelTribhuvan Narain Singh29 January 1966 4 13 March 1967 INCMinister of State in the Department of Parliamentary AffairsMinister of State in the Department of CommunicationsJagannath Rao14 February 1966 6 13 March 1967 INCDeputy Ministers edit Portfolio Minister Took office Left office PartyDeputy Minister in the Ministry of Labour Employment and RehabilitationShah Nawaz Khan24 January 1966 1 13 March 1967 INCDajisaheb Chavan14 February 1966 6 13 March 1967 INCDeputy Minister in the Ministry of Home AffairsPurnendu Sekhar Naskar24 January 1966 1 13 March 1967 INCVidya Charan Shukla14 February 1966 6 13 March 1967 INCDeputy Minister in the Ministry of Health and Family PlanningB S Murthy24 January 1966 1 13 March 1967 INCDeputy Minister in the Ministry of Irrigation and PowerLalit Narayan Mishra24 January 1966 1 13 March 1967 INCDeputy Minister in the Ministry of EducationT S Soundaram24 January 1966 1 13 March 1967 INCBhakt Darshan24 January 1966 1 13 March 1967 INCDeputy Minister in the Ministry of PlanningDajisaheb Chavan24 January 1966 1 14 February 1966 6 INCDeputy Minister in the Department of Social WelfareMaragatham Chandrasekar24 January 1966 1 13 March 1967 INCDeputy Minister in the Ministry of RailwaysSham Nath24 January 1966 1 13 March 1967 INCDeputy Minister in the Ministry of Works Housing and Urban DevelopmentB C Bhagawati24 January 1966 1 13 March 1967 INCDeputy Minister in the Ministry of DefenceShyam Dhar Mishra24 January 1966 1 14 February 1966 6 INCDeputy Minister in the Ministry of Iron and SteelPrakash Chandra Sethi24 January 1966 1 13 March 1967 INCDeputy Minister in the Ministry of Food Agriculture Community Development and CooperationAnnasaheb Shinde24 January 1966 1 13 March 1967 INCShyam Dhar Mishra14 February 1966 6 13 March 1967 INCDeputy Minister in the Department of Parliamentary AffairsDeputy Minister in the Department of CommunicationsVidya Charan Shukla24 January 1966 1 14 February 1966 6 INCDeputy Minister in the Ministry of Petroleum and ChemicalsSardar Iqbal Singh24 January 1966 1 13 March 1967 INCDeputy Minister in the Ministry of Information and BroadcastingNandini Satpathy29 January 1966 4 13 March 1967 INCDeputy Minister in the Ministry of CommerceMohammad Shafi Qureshi29 January 1966 4 13 March 1967 INCDeputy Minister in the Ministry of Transport and AviationJahanara Jaipal Singh15 February 1966 7 13 March 1967 INCDeputy Minister in the Ministry of Mines and MetalsSyed Ahmad Mehdi15 February 1966 7 13 March 1967 INCParliamentary Secretaries edit Portfolio Minister Took office Left office PartyParliamentary Secretary in the Department of Atomic EnergySarojini Mahishi15 February 1966 8 13 March 1967 INCParliamentary Secretary in the Department of CommunicationsBhanu Prakash Singh15 February 1966 8 13 March 1967 INCParliamentary Secretary in the Ministry of External AffairsS C Jamir15 February 1966 8 13 March 1967 INCParliamentary Secretary in the Ministry of Home AffairsDaying Ering15 February 1966 8 13 March 1967 INCTrivia editTwo of the cabinet ministers viz Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed and Neelam Sanjiva Reddy would later serve as the 5th and 6th President of India respectively Reddy would also serve as the Speaker of the Lok Sabha on two separate occasions Minister of Law Gopal Swarup Pathak would later be elected as the 4th Vice President of India in 1969 Chidambaram Subramaniam Satya Narayan Sinha Gopal Swarup Pathak Jaisukhlal Hathi Bali Ram Bhagat C M Poonacha Tribhuvan Narain Singh Mohammad Shafi Qureshi Bhanu Prakash Singh S C Jamir would later be appointed as governors of several states Tribhuvan Narain Singh would later serve as Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh Prakash Chandra Sethi as Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh and S C Jamir as Chief Minister of Nagaland References edit 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 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 Cabinet Secretariat 25 March 1966 Press Communique Re allocation of portfolio upon Shri Asoka Mehta PDF archive pib gov in a b c d Cabinet Secretariat 29 January 1966 Press Communique Assumption of offices by ministers of the union PDF archive pib gov in Cabinet Secretariat 28 January 1966 Press Communique Allocation of Department of Social Welfare on Shri Kotha Raghuramaiah PDF archive pib gov in 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 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 a b c d Cabinet Secretariat 15 February 1966 Press Communique Allocation of portfolios among parliamentary secretaries PDF archive pib gov in Notes editReferences edit Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title First Indira Gandhi ministry amp oldid 1188890983, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
