https://en.bharatpedia.org/w/index.php?action=history&feed=atom&title=Second_Kher_ministry_%28Bombay_Presidency%29 Second Kher ministry (Bombay Presidency) - Revision history 2026-08-19T07:17:08Z Revision history for this page on the wiki MediaWiki 1.43.6 https://en.bharatpedia.org/w/index.php?title=Second_Kher_ministry_(Bombay_Presidency)&diff=286489&oldid=prev ->Vijethnbharadwaj: Updated info 2021-12-27T12:13:26Z <p>Updated info</p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Infobox government cabinet<br /> | cabinet_type = Government<br /> | cabinet_number = <br /> | jurisdiction = [[Bombay Presidency]]<br /> | flag = File:British Raj Red Ensign.svg<br /> | flag_border = true<br /> | date_formed = 30 March 1946<br /> | date_dissolved = 15 August 1947<br /> | government_head = [[B. G. Kher]]<br /> | government_head_title = Prime Minister<br /> | deputy_government_head =<br /> | deputy_government_head_title = <br /> | state_head = [[John Colville, 1st Baron Clydesmuir|Sir John Colville]]<br /> | state_head_title = Governor<br /> | members_number = <br /> | former_members_number = <br /> | total_number = 18&lt;br /&gt;10 Cabinet ministers&lt;br /&gt;&lt;small&gt;(Incl. Chief Minister)&lt;/small&gt;&lt;br /&gt;8 Parliamentary secretaries<br /> | political_parties = [[Indian National Congress|Congress]]<br /> | legislature_status = <br /> | opposition_cabinet = <br /> | opposition_party = [[All-India Muslim League|AIML]]<br /> | opposition_leader = A. A. Khan<br /> | election = [[1946 Indian provincial elections|1946]]<br /> | last_election = <br /> | legislature_term = 5 years<br /> | previous = [[First Kher ministry (Bombay Presidency)|Kher I]] (1939)<br /> | successor = [[Kher ministry (Bombay State)|Kher (Bombay State)]]<br /> }}<br /> <br /> &#039;&#039;&#039;[[B. G. Kher]]&#039;&#039;&#039; became the [[Chief Minister of Maharashtra|prime minister]]&lt;ref&gt;{{cite web |url = http://pibmumbai.gov.in/scripts/detail.asp?releaseId=E2011FR24 |title=75 Years of Maharashtra Legislature |language=en |website=[[Press Information Bureau]], Mumbai |access-date=20 May 2021}}&lt;/ref&gt; of [[Bombay Presidency]] for the second time on 3 April 1946.&lt;ref&gt;{{cite journal |date= |title=Chronicle of Events - April 1946 |url=https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.206666/page/n61/mode/2up |journal=Indian Annual Register |volume=January–June 1946 |issue=Volume I |pages=48 |doi= |access-date=20 May 2021}}&lt;/ref&gt; He had [[First Kher ministry (Bombay Presidency)|previously served]] in the office from 1937 to 1939.&lt;ref&gt;{{Cite news |author=Nitin Bramhe |title=History reassembles |newspaper=[[Pune Mirror]] |date=6 July 2011 |url=https://punemirror.indiatimes.com/pune/cover-story/history-reassembles/articleshow/32110782.cms |access-date=20 May 2021}}&lt;/ref&gt; On account of [[Second World War]], the premiership was vacant from 1939 to 1946. Kher continued till [[Indian Independence Act 1947|Indian Independence]] on [[Independence Day (India)|15 August 1947]], after which, the office was abolished and Kher succeeded himself as the chief minister of [[Bombay State]].<br /> <br /> ==List of ministers==<br /> The ministry consisted of 10 [[cabinet ministers]] and 8 [[parliamentary secretary|parliamentary secretaries]].&lt;ref&gt;{{cite journal |date= |title=Administration of India 1946 - Government of Bombay |url=https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.206666/page/n21/mode/2up |journal=Indian Annual Register |volume=January–June 1946 |issue=Volume I |pages=8 |doi= |access-date=20 May 2021}}&lt;/ref&gt;<br /> {{Cabinet table start|hiderefcol=y}}<br /> {{Cabinet table minister<br /> | title = [[Chief Minister of Maharashtra|Prime Minister]]&lt;br /&gt;Political Service and Education<br /> | minister1 = [[B. G. Kher]]<br /> | minister1_termstart = 30 March 1946 <br /> | minister1_termend = 15 August 1947<br /> | minister1_party = Indian National Congress<br /> }}<br /> {{Cabinet table minister<br /> | title = Home and Revenue<br /> | minister1 = [[Morarji Desai]]<br /> | minister1_termstart = 30 March 1946 <br /> | minister1_termend = 15 August 1947<br /> | minister1_party = Indian National Congress<br /> }}<br /> {{Cabinet table minister<br /> | title = Health and Public Works<br /> | minister1 = M. D. D. Gilder<br /> | minister1_termstart = 30 March 1946 <br /> | minister1_termend = 15 August 1947<br /> | minister1_party = Indian National Congress<br /> }}<br /> {{Cabinet table minister<br /> | title = Excise and Reconstruction<br /> | minister1 = L. M. Patil<br /> | minister1_termstart = 30 March 1946 <br /> | minister1_termend = 15 August 1947<br /> | minister1_party = Indian National Congress<br /> }}<br /> {{Cabinet table minister<br /> | title = Law and Civil Supplies<br /> | minister1 = Dinkarrao Desai<br /> | minister1_termstart = 30 March 1946 <br /> | minister1_termend = 15 August 1947<br /> | minister1_party = Indian National Congress<br /> }}<br /> {{Cabinet table minister<br /> | title = Cooperation and Village Industries<br /> | minister1 = [[Vaikunthbhai Mehta|Vaikunth L. Mehta]]<br /> | minister1_termstart = 30 March 1946 <br /> | minister1_termend = 15 August 1947<br /> | minister1_party = Indian National Congress<br /> }}<br /> {{Cabinet table minister<br /> | title = Labour<br /> | minister1 = [[Gulzarilal Nanda]]<br /> | minister1_termstart = 30 March 1946 <br /> | minister1_termend = 15 August 1947<br /> | minister1_party = Indian National Congress<br /> }}<br /> {{Cabinet table minister<br /> | title = Forest and Agriculture<br /> | minister1 = M. P. Patil<br /> | minister1_termstart = 30 March 1946 <br /> | minister1_termend = 15 August 1947<br /> | minister1_party = Indian National Congress<br /> }}<br /> {{Cabinet table minister<br /> | title = Local Self-government<br /> | minister1 = G. D. Vartak<br /> | minister1_termstart = 30 March 1946 <br /> | minister1_termend = 15 August 1947<br /> | minister1_party = Indian National Congress<br /> }}<br /> {{Cabinet table minister<br /> | title = Industries, Fisheries, and&lt;br /&gt;Backward Classes<br /> | minister1 = [[Ganpatrao Devji Tapase|G. D. Tapase]]<br /> | minister1_termstart = 30 March 1946 <br /> | minister1_termend = 15 August 1947<br /> | minister1_party = Indian National Congress<br /> }}<br /> {{Cabinet table end}}<br /> <br /> ===Parliamentary secretaries===<br /> * [[S. R. Kanthi]]<br /> *[[B. D. Jatti]]<br /> * K. F. Patil<br /> * [[Sannappa Parameshwar Gaonkar|S. P. Gaonkar]]<br /> * Indumathi Seth<br /> * [[Yashwantrao Chavan]]<br /> * [[Nanasaheb Kunte|D. K. Kunte]]<br /> * D. N. Wandrekar<br /> * [[P. K. Sawant]]<br /> <br /> ==References==<br /> {{Reflist}}<br /> <br /> {{Maharashtra state government ministries}}<br /> <br /> [[Category:Indian National Congress]]<br /> [[Category:1946 in India]]<br /> [[Category:Maharashtra ministries|K]]<br /> [[Category:Cabinets established in 1946]]<br /> [[Category:Cabinets disestablished in 1947]]<br /> [[Category:Bombay Presidency]]</div> ->Vijethnbharadwaj