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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Short description|1967 cabinet in the Indian state of Assam}}<br />
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{{Infobox government cabinet<br />
| date_formed = 16 March 1967<br />
| date_dissolved = 11 November 1970<br />
| government_head = [[Bimala Prasad Chaliha]]<br />
| state_head = [[Vishnu Sahay]]<br>[[Braj Kumar Nehru]]<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 = [[Second Chaliha ministry|Chaliha II]]<br />
| successor = [[Mahendra Mohan Choudhry ministry|Choudhry ministry]]<br />
| image = Bimala Prasad Chaliha.jpg<br />
| election = [[1967 Assam Legislative Assembly election|1967]]<br />
}}<br />
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The '''Third 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 1967 to 11 November 1970.<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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== Ministers ==<br />
<br />
=== Cabinet ===<br />
{| class="wikitable"<br />
|+<br />
!Name<br />
!Portfolios<br />
!Constituency<br />
!Party<br />
|-<br />
|[[Bimala Prasad Chaliha]]<br />
Chief Minister<br />
|<br />
* Home<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://www.google.co.uk/books/edition/All_India_Civil_List/vrLxpLcBH0AC?hl=en&gbpv=0&bsq=bimala%20prasad%20chaliha%20home%20political |title=All-India Civil List: A Complete Directory of the Indian Civil and Administrative Services and Other Higher Services Under the Union and the State Governments |date=1969 |publisher=[Manager of Publications], Ministry of Home Affairs |language=en}}</ref><br />
* Political<br />
* General Administration<br />
* Secretariat Administration<br />
* Information and Public Relations<br />
* Minority Affairs<br />
* Tourism<br />
* Town and Country Planning <br />
* Municipal Administration <br />
* Transport<br />
* Statistics<br />
* '''Other portfolios not allocated to other ministers'''<br />
|[[Sonari (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Sonari]]<br />
|[[Indian National Congress|INC]]<br />
|-<br />
| colspan="4" |'''Cabinet Ministers'''<br />
|-<br />
|[[Kamakhya Prasad Tripathy]]<br />
|<br />
* Finance<br />
* Labour<br />
|[[Biswanath Assembly constituency|Biswanath]]<br />
|[[Indian National Congress|INC]]<br />
|-<br />
|Biswadev Sarma<br />
|<br />
* Power (Electricity)<br />
* Mines and Minerals<br />
* Industries (and Cottage industries)<br />
|Balipara<br />
|[[Indian National Congress|INC]]<br />
|-<br />
|Chatrasing Teron<br />
|<br />
* Tribal areas<br />
* Backward classes<br />
* Soil conservation<br />
|[[Howraghat Assembly constituency|Howraghat]]<br />
|[[Indian National Congress|INC]]<br />
|-<br />
|[[Joy Bhadra Hagjer]]<br />
|<br />
* Education<br />
|[[Haflong Assembly constituency|Haflong]]<br />
|[[Indian National Congress|INC]]<br />
|-<br />
|[[Mahendra Mohan Choudhry]]<br />
|<br />
* Revenue<br />
* Forests<br />
* Flood control<br />
* Irrigation<br />
* Parliamentary Affairs<br />
|[[Gauhati East Assembly constituency|Gauhati East]]<br />
|[[Indian National Congress|INC]]<br />
|-<br />
|[[Ramesh Chandra Barooah]]<br />
|<br />
* Supply<br />
* Excise<br />
* Trade and commerce<br />
|[[Dibrugarh Assembly constituency|Dibrugarh]]<br />
|[[Indian National Congress|INC]]<br />
|-<br />
|Lakshmi Prasad Goswami<br />
|<br />
* Agriculture<br />
* Veterinary and Livestock<br />
* Panchayat (including development and cooperation)<br />
|[[Jamunamukh Assembly constituency|Jamunamukh]]<br />
|[[Indian National Congress|INC]]<br />
|-<br />
|[[Satindra Mohon Dev]]<br />
|<br />
* Health<ref>{{Cite book |last=Assembly |first=Assam (India) Legislature Legislative |url=https://www.google.co.uk/books/edition/Assam_Legislative_Assembly_Debates/QBXjeLexU9gC?hl=en&gbpv=0 |title=Assam Legislative Assembly Debates: Official report |date=1967 |language=en}}</ref><br />
* Relief and Rehabilitation <br />
* Registration and stamps<br />
* Printing and stationery<br />
|[[Silchar Assembly constituency|Silchar]]<br />
|[[Indian National Congress|INC]]<br />
|-<br />
|Mohendra Nath Hazarika<br />
|<br />
* Jails<br />
* Khadi and village industries<br />
* Sericulture and weaving<br />
* Fisheries<br />
|Bokani<br />
|[[Indian National Congress|INC]]<br />
|-<br />
|[[Abdul Matlib Mazumdar]]<br />
|<br />
* Law<br />
* Political sufferers<br />
* Social Welfare<br />
|[[Hailakandi Assembly constituency|Hailakandi]]<br />
|[[Indian National Congress|INC]]<br />
|-<br />
| colspan="4" |'''Ministers of State'''<br />
|-<br />
|Syed Ahmed Ali<br />
|<br />
* Education<br />
* Wakf property<br />
|[[Dhubri Assembly constituency|Dhubri]]<br />
|[[Indian National Congress|INC]]<br />
|-<br />
|[[Padma Kumari Gohain]]<br />
|<br />
* Social Welfare<br />
* Relief<br />
* Rehabilitation <br />
|[[Moran Assembly constituency|Moran]]<br />
|[[Indian National Congress|INC]]<br />
|-<br />
|[[Prabin Kumar Chaudhuri|Prabin Kumar Choudhury]]<br />
|<br />
* Transport<br />
* Parliamentary Affairs<br />
|[[Boko Assembly constituency|Boko]]<br />
|[[Indian National Congress|INC]]<br />
|-<br />
|Devendra Nath Hazarika<br />
|<br />
* Community development<br />
* Panchayat<br />
|Saikhowa<br />
|[[Indian National Congress|INC]]<br />
|-<br />
|[[Altaf Hussain Mazumdar]]<br />
|<br />
* Public Works (roads and buildings) Department <br />
|[[Barkhola Assembly constituency|Barkhola]]<br />
|[[Indian National Congress|INC]]<br />
|-<br />
|Ranendra Basumatry<br />
|<br />
* Revenue<br />
* Forests<br />
* Welfare of Backward Classes<br />
|[[Udalguri Assembly constituency|Udalguri]]<br />
|[[Indian National Congress|INC]]<br />
|-<br />
| colspan="4" |'''Deputy Ministers'''<br />
|-<br />
|Sai Sai Terang<br />
|<br />
* Tribal Areas<br />
* Welfare of Backward Classes<br />
|[[Bokajan Assembly constituency|Bokajan]]<br />
|[[Indian National Congress|INC]]<br />
|-<br />
|[[Dandi Ram Dutta]]<br />
|<br />
* Agriculture<br />
* Flood control<br />
* Irrigation<br />
|[[Kalaigaon Assembly constituency|Kalaigaon]]<br />
|[[Indian National Congress|INC]]<br />
|}<br />
<br />
== References ==<br />
{{Reflist}}<br />
{{Template:Assam ministries}}<br />
[[Category:Assam ministries]]<br />
[[Category:Indian National Congress state ministries]]<br />
[[Category:Indian ministries established in 1967]]<br />
[[Category:Indian ministries disestablished in 1970]]<br />
[[Category:1967 in Indian politics]]</div>
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