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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Short description|1962 cabinet in the Indian state of Assam}}<br />
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{{Infobox government cabinet<br />
| date_formed = 22 March 1962<br />
| date_dissolved = 16 March 1967<br />
| government_head = [[Bimala Prasad Chaliha]]<br />
| state_head = [[S. M. Shrinagesh]]<br>[[Vishnu Sahay]]<br />
| state_head_title = Governor<br />
| government_head_title = Chief Minister<br />
| opposition_party = [[All Party Hill Leaders Conference|AHL]]<br />
| political_parties = *'''[[Indian National Congress|INC]]'''<br />
| predecessor = [[First Chaliha ministry|Chaliha I]]<br />
| successor = [[Third Chaliha ministry|Chaliha III]]<br />
| image = Bimala Prasad Chaliha.jpg<br />
| election = [[1962 Assam Legislative Assembly election|1962]]<br />
| last_election = [[1967 Assam Legislative Assembly election|1967]]<br />
}}<br />
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The '''Second Chaliha ministry''' was the Cabinet of Assam headed by [[Chief Minister of Assam]] [[Bimala Prasad Chaliha]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Chaliha ministry |url=https://shodhganga.inflibnet.ac.in/bitstream/10603/50847/10/10_chapter%201.pdf}}</ref> The Ministry lasted from 22 March 1962<ref>{{Cite book |last=Assembly |first=Assam (India) Legislature Legislative |url=https://www.google.co.uk/books/edition/Debates_Official_Report/FjUgAQAAIAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=0 |title=Debates; Official Report |date=1966 |language=en}}</ref> to 1967.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Assam Legislative Assembly - Chief Ministers since 1937 |url=http://assamassembly.nic.in/cm-list.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140116091830/http://assamassembly.nic.in/cm-list.html |archive-date=2014-01-16 |access-date=2026-02-26 |website=assamassembly.nic.in}}</ref><br />
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== History ==<br />
Komol Kumari Barua was appointed a Minister of State on 23 April 1966, becoming the third female Assamese minister.<ref>{{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=bishnuram%20medhi%2022%20April%201957 |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><br />
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== Ministers ==<br />
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{{Cabinet table start|hiderefcol=y}}<br />
! Constituency<br />
{{Cabinet table minister<br />
| title = {{ubl|[[List of chief ministers of Assam|'''Chief Minister''']] and also in-charge of:|Department of Appointments|Department of Home|Department of Political|General Administration Department|Secretariat Administration Department|Department of Information and Publicity|Department of Minority Affairs|Department of Public Works (Roads and Buildings)|All other departments not allocated to any other minister.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Assembly |first=Assam (India) Legislature Legislative |url=https://www.google.co.uk/books/edition/Debates_Official_Report/FjUgAQAAIAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=0 |title=Debates; Official Report |date=1966 |language=en}}</ref>}}<br />
| minister1 = [[Bimala Prasad Chaliha]]<br />
| minister1_termstart = 1 March 1962<br />
| minister1_termend = 16 March 1967<br />
| minister1_party = Indian National Congress<br />
| minister1_ref = [[Sonari Assembly constituency|Sonari]]<br />
}}<br />
{{Cabinet table minister<br />
| title = {{ubl|Minister of Finance|Minister of Law|Minister of Panchayats|Minister of Community Projects|Minister of Wakf Property}}<br />
| minister1 = [[Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed]]<br />
| minister1_termstart = 1 March 1962<br />
| minister1_termend = 2 April 1966<br />
| minister1_party = Indian National Congress<br />
| minister1_ref = [[Jania Assembly constituency|Jania]]<br />
}}<br />
{{Cabinet table minister<br />
| title = {{ubl|Minister of Power (Electricity)|Minister of Industries (including Cottage Industries)|Minister of Planning and Development|Minister of Town and Country Planning|Minister of Labour|Minister of Statistics}}<br />
| minister1 = [[Kamakhya Prasad Tripathi]]<br />
| minister1_termstart = 1 March 1962<br />
| minister1_termend = 16 March 1967<br />
| minister1_party = Indian National Congress<br />
| minister1_ref = [[Biswanath Assembly constituency|Biswanath]]<br />
}}<br />
{{Cabinet table minister<br />
| title = {{ubl|Minister of Revenue|Minister of Transport|Minister of Forests|Minister of Political Sufferers}}<br />
| minister1 = Siddhinath Sarma<br />
| minister1_termstart = 1 March 1962<br />
| minister1_termend = 16 March 1967<br />
| minister1_party = Indian National Congress<br />
| minister1_ref = [[Rangiya Assembly constituency|Rangiya]]<br />
}}<br />
{{Cabinet table minister<br />
| title = {{ubl|Minister of Education|Minister of Co-operation|Minister of Tourism}}<br />
| minister1 = [[D. K. Barooah]]<br />
| minister1_termstart = 1 March 1962<br />
| minister1_termend = 16 March 1967<br />
| minister1_party = Indian National Congress<br />
| minister1_ref = [[Samaguri Assembly constituency|Samaguri]]<br />
}}<br />
{{Cabinet table minister<br />
| title = {{ubl|Minister of Health|Minister of Excise|Minister of Printing and Stationery}}<br />
| minister1 = Baidyanath Mookerjee<br />
| minister1_termstart = 1 March 1962<br />
| minister1_termend = 16 March 1967<br />
| minister1_party = Indian National Congress<br />
| minister1_ref = [[Ratabari Assembly constituency|Ratabari]]<br />
}}<br />
{{Cabinet table minister<br />
| title = {{ubl|[[Department of Agriculture and Horticulture (Assam)#Ministers|Minister of Agriculture]]|Minister of Pisciculture|Minister of Veterinary and Livestock|Minister of Flood Control and Irrigation|Minister of Parliamentary Affairs}}<br />
| minister1 = [[Moinul Hoque Choudhury]]<br />
| minister1_termstart = 1 March 1962<br />
| minister1_termend = 16 March 1967<br />
| minister1_party = Indian National Congress<br />
| minister1_ref = [[Silchar Assembly constituency|Silchar East]]<br />
}}<br />
{{Cabinet table minister<br />
| title = {{ubl|Minister of Supply|Minister of Trade and Commerce|Minister of Registration and Stamps|Minister of Relief and Rehabilitation}}<br />
| minister1 = [[Rupnath Brahma]]<br />
| minister1_termstart = 1 March 1962<br />
| minister1_termend = 16 March 1967<br />
| minister1_party = Indian National Congress<br />
| minister1_ref = [[Sidli Assembly constituency|Sidli]]<br />
}}<br />
{{Cabinet table minister<br />
| title = {{ubl|Minister of Khadi and Village Industries|Minister of Sericulture and Weaving|Minister of Jails}}<br />
| minister1 = Mahendra Nath Hazarika<br />
| minister1_termstart = 1 March 1962<br />
| minister1_termend = 16 March 1967<br />
| minister1_party = Indian National Congress<br />
| minister1_ref = [[Raha Assembly constituency|Raha]]<br />
}}<br />
{{Cabinet table minister<br />
| title = {{ubl|Minister of Tribal Areas|Minister of Welfare of Backward Classes|Minister of Municipal Administration|Minister of Social Welfare}}<br />
| minister1 = Chatrasing Teron<br />
| minister1_termstart = 1 March 1962<br />
| minister1_termend = 16 March 1967<br />
| minister1_party = Indian National Congress<br />
| minister1_ref = Mikir Hills West<br />
}}<br />
{{Cabinet table end}}<br />
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=== Ministers of State ===<br />
<br />
{{Cabinet table start|hiderefcol=y}}<br />
! Constituency<br />
{{Cabinet table minister<br />
| title = Minister of State for Public Works (Roads and Buildings)<br />
| minister1 = [[Girindra Nath Gogoi]]<br />
| minister1_termstart = 1 March 1962<br />
| minister1_termend = 16 March 1967<br />
| minister1_party = Indian National Congress<br />
| minister1_ref = [[Sibsagar Assembly constituency|Sibsagar]]<br />
}}<br />
{{Cabinet table minister<br />
| title = Minister of State for Revenue<br />
| minister1 = Radhika Ram Das<br />
| minister1_termstart = 1 March 1962<br />
| minister1_termend = 16 March 1967<br />
| minister1_party = Indian National Congress<br />
| minister1_ref = [[Palasbari Assembly constituency|Palasbari]]<br />
}}<br />
{{Cabinet table minister<br />
| title = {{ubl|Minister of State for Community Projects|Minister of State for Tribal Areas|Minister of State for Welfare of Backward Classes|Minister of State for Power (Electricity)}}<br />
| minister1 = Emonsingh Sangma<br />
| minister1_termstart = 1 March 1962<br />
| minister1_termend = 16 March 1967<br />
| minister1_party = Indian National Congress<br />
| minister1_ref = [[Phulbari Assembly constituency|Phulbari]]<br />
}}<br />
{{Cabinet table end}}<br />
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=== Deputy Ministers ===<br />
<br />
{{Cabinet table start|hiderefcol=y}}<br />
! Constituency<br />
{{Cabinet table minister<br />
| title = {{ubl|Deputy Minister of Tribal Areas|Deputy Minister of Welfare of Backward Classes|Deputy Minister of Cooperatives|Deputy Minister of Forests}}<br />
| minister1 = [[Lalit Kumar Doley]]<br />
| minister1_termstart = 1 March 1962<br />
| minister1_termend = 16 March 1967<br />
| minister1_party = Indian National Congress<br />
| minister1_ref = [[Dhakuakhana Assembly constituency|Dhakuakhana]]<br />
}}<br />
{{Cabinet table minister<br />
| title = {{ubl|Deputy Minister of Education|Deputy Minister of Social Welfare}}<br />
| minister1 = Komol Kumari Barua<br />
| minister1_termstart = 23 April 1966<br />
| minister1_termend = 16 March 1967<br />
| minister1_party = Indian National Congress<br />
| minister1_ref = Katonigaon<br />
}}<br />
{{Cabinet table minister<br />
| title = {{ubl|Deputy Minister of Panchayats|Deputy Minister of Community Projects}}<br />
| minister1 = Devendra Nath Hazarika<br />
| minister1_termstart = 1 March 1962<br />
| minister1_termend = 16 March 1967<br />
| minister1_party = Indian National Congress<br />
| minister1_ref = Saikhowa<br />
}}<br />
{{Cabinet table end}}<br />
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=== Parliamentary Secretary ===<br />
<br />
{{Cabinet table start|hiderefcol=y}}<br />
! Constituency<br />
{{Cabinet table minister<br />
| title = Parliamentary Secretary for Relief and Rehabilitation<br />
| minister1 = Sai Sai Terang<br />
| minister1_termstart = 1 March 1962<br />
| minister1_termend = 16 March 1967<br />
| minister1_party = Indian National Congress<br />
| minister1_ref = Mikir Hills East<br />
}}<br />
{{Cabinet table end}}<br />
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== References ==<br />
{{Reflist}}<br />
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[[Category:Assam ministries]]<br />
[[Category:Indian National Congress state ministries]]<br />
[[Category:Indian ministries established in 1962]]<br />
[[Category:Indian ministries disestablished in 1967]]<br />
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