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{{Short description|1946 cabinet in the Indian state of Assam}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2026}}
{{Use Indian English|date=March 2026}}

{{Infobox government cabinet
| date_formed = 11 February 1946
| date_dissolved = 25 January 1950
| government_head = [[Gopinath Bordoloi]]
| state_head = [[Andrew Clow]] [[Frederick Chalmers Bourne]] [[Henry Foley Knight]] [[Andrew Clow]] [[Muhammad Saleh Akbar Hydari]] [[Ronald Lodge]]
| state_head_title = Governor
| government_head_title = Prime Minister
| political_parties = *'''[[Indian National Congress|INC]]'''
| predecessor = [[Third Saadulah ministry|Saadulah III]]
| successor = [[Bordoloi ministry (Assam)|Bordoloi ministry]]
| image = File:1st Assam Ministry after Independence, 1947.jpg
| election = 1946
}}

The '''Second''' '''Bordoloi provincial government''', was the Cabinet of [[Assam Province|Assam province]] headed by [[Chief Minister of Assam|Prime Minister of Assam]] [[Gopinath Bordoloi]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Bordoloi government |url=https://shodhganga.inflibnet.ac.in/bitstream/10603/50847/10/10_chapter%201.pdf}}</ref> The Ministry lasted from 11 February 1946 until 25 January 1950, when the [[Bordoloi ministry (Assam)|Bordoloi ministry]] was formed.<ref name=":0">{{Cite book |last=Rao |first=V. Venkata |url=https://www.google.co.uk/books/edition/A_Century_of_Government_and_Politics_in/wm9DAAAAYAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=0&bsq=bardoloi%20Bishnuram%20Medhi%20omeo%20kumar%20das |title=A Century of Government and Politics in North East India, 1874-1980: Assam |last2=Hazarika |first2=Niru |date=1983 |publisher=S. Chand |language=en}}</ref>

== History and changes ==
[[Muhammed Saadulah]] resigned on 10 February 1946 following the [[1946 Indian provincial elections|1946 elections]]. Abdul Kalam Azad had held discussions with Saadulah to explore the possibility of forming a ministry of the [[Indian National Congress]] with the [[All-India Muslim League]] but Saadulah rejected the proposal.<ref name=":0" />

The Bordoloi government assumed office on 11 February 1946, and originally consisted of six members. [[Bhimbor Deori]], a nominated member of [[Assam Legislative Council]], and Abdur Rasheed were appointed ministers on 23 September 1946. Deori resigned on 12 April 1947 on health grounds, and on the same day his father-in-law, Rupanath Brahma inherited his portfolios.<ref name=":0" />

A new cabinet was formed following the [[Indian independence movement|independence of India]]. [[Basanta Kumar Das (Pakistani politician)|Basanta Kumar Das]], Baidyanath Mookherjee and Abdur Rasheed were dropped from the previous ministry as [[Sylhet Division|Sylhet]] [[1947 Sylhet referendum|had decided]] to join [[Pakistan]].<ref>{{Cite book |last=Rajkumar |first=Nagoji Vasudev |url=https://www.google.co.uk/books/edition/One_Year_of_Freedom/ogBXAAAAMAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&bsq=omeo+kumar+das+tayyebulla&dq=omeo+kumar+das+tayyebulla&printsec=frontcover |title=One Year of Freedom |date=1948 |publisher=Acharya Jugal Kishore |language=en}}</ref>

On 9 May 1949, Muhammad Tayabulla was appointed a minister but he resigned on 21 January 1950.<ref name=":0" />

== Ministers (1946) ==

=== Cabinet ===
{| class="wikitable"
|+
!Name
!Portfolios
!Party
|-
|[[Gopinath Bordoloi]]
Chief Minister
|
* Appointment<ref>{{Cite web |title=1946 cabinet |url=http://aladigitallibrary.in/bitstream/123456789/2061/1/12th%20March%201946.pdf |website=Assam Legislative Assembly Digital Library}}</ref>
* Education
* Transport
* Publicity
* Legislative
|[[Indian National Congress|INC]]
|-
| colspan="3" |'''Cabinet Ministers'''
|-
|[[Basanta Kumar Das (Pakistani politician)|Basanta Kumar Das]]
|
* Home
* Judicial
* Legislative
* Registration
* General Departments
|[[Indian National Congress|INC]]
|-
|[[Bishnuram Medhi]]
|
* Finance
* Revenue
|[[Indian National Congress|INC]]
|-
|Abdul Matlib Mazumder
|
* Agriculture
* Local self-government
* Veterinary
|[[Indian National Congress|INC]]
|-
|Baidyanath Mookherjee
|
* Supply
* Reconstruction
* Mechanically propelled vehicles
* Jail departments
|[[Indian National Congress|INC]]
|-
|[[James Joy Mohan Nichols Roy]]
|
* Public Works Department
|[[Indian National Congress|INC]]
|-
|Ram Nath Das
|
* Public Health
* Medical
* Excise
|[[Indian National Congress|INC]]
|-
|[[Bhimbor Deori]]<ref>{{Cite book |last=Congress |first=Indian National |url=https://www.google.co.uk/books/edition/Congress_Hand_book_1946/EfI1AAAAIAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=0 |title=Congress Hand-book, 1946 |date=1946 |publisher=All India Congress Committee |language=en}}</ref>
|
* Labour
* Forest
|[[Indian National Congress|INC]]
|-
|Abdur Rasheed
|
* Industries
* Cooperative departments
* Muslim education
|[[Indian National Congress|INC]]
|-
| colspan="3" |'''Parliamentary Secretary to the Chief Minister'''
|-
| colspan="2" |[[Purnananda Chetia]]
|[[Indian National Congress|INC]]
|}

== Ministers (1947) ==

=== Cabinet ===
{| class="wikitable"
!Name
!Portfolios
!Party
|-
|[[Gopinath Bordoloi]]
Chief Minister
|
* Home
* Education
* Transport
* Industries
* Cooperation
|[[Indian National Congress|INC]]
|-
| colspan="3" |'''Cabinet Ministers'''
|-
|[[Bishnuram Medhi]]
|
* Finance
* Revenue
* Legislative
|[[Indian National Congress|INC]]
|-
|[[James Joy Mohan Nichols Roy]]
|
* Public Works Department
|[[Indian National Congress|INC]]
|-
|Ram Nath Das
|
* Public Health
* Medical
* Electricity
|[[Indian National Congress|INC]]
|-
|[[Rupnath Brahma]]
|
* Forest
* Judicial
* Registration
|[[Indian National Congress|INC]]
|-
|[[Omeo Kumar Das]]
|
* Food
* Supply
* Labour
|[[Indian National Congress|INC]]
|-
|Md. Tayyebulla
|
* Excise
* Publicity
* Jails
|[[Indian National Congress|INC]]
|-
|[[Abdul Muhib Mazumder]]
|
* Local self-government
* Agriculture
* Veterinary
|[[Indian National Congress|INC]]
|}

== References ==
{{Reflist}}
{{Template:Assam ministries}}
[[Category:Assam ministries]]
[[Category:Indian National Congress state ministries]]

Second Bordoloi ministry (Assam Province) - Revision history

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