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{{Infobox government cabinet<br />
| cabinet_name = Third Nehru ministry<br />
| cabinet_number = 2nd<br />
| cabinet_type= ministry<br />
| jurisdiction = the [[Republic of India]]<br />
| flag = Flag of India.svg<br />
| flag_border = true<br />
| incumbent = <br />
| image = Jnehru.jpg<br />
| image_size = <br />
| caption = <br />
| date_formed = {{Start date|df=yes|1957|04|17}}<br />
| date_dissolved = {{Start date|df=yes|1962|04|02}}<br />
| government_head = [[Jawaharlal Nehru]]<br />
| government_head_history = <br />
| deputy_government_head = <br />
| state_head = [[Rajendra Prasad]]<br />
| members_number = <br />
| former_members_number = <br />
| total_number = <br />
| political_party = [[Indian National Congress]]<br />
| legislature_status = [[Majority government|Majority]]{{Composition bar|371|494|{{party color|Indian National Congress}}|background-color=|border border-color=darkgray|width=|per=1}}<br />
| opposition_cabinet = <br />
| opposition_party = ''None''<br />
| opposition_leader = ''None''<br />
| election = [[1951 Indian general election|1957]]<br />
| last_election = [[1957 Indian general election|1962]]<br />
| legislature_term = {{Age in years, months and days|1957|04|18|1962|04|02}}<br />
| budget = <br />
| advice_and_consent1 = <br />
| advice_and_consent2 = <br />
<!-- etc. --><br />
| incoming_formation = <br />
| outgoing_formation =<br />
| previous = [[Second Nehru ministry]]<br />
| successor = [[Fourth Nehru ministry]]<br />
}}<br />
<br />
The '''Third Nehru ministry''' was formed on 17 April 1957 after the [[Indian National Congress]] won the [[1957 Indian general election|1957 general election]] with a vast majority.<br />
<br />
==Ministry==<br />
;Key<br />
* {{note label|†|†|†}} Died in office<br />
* {{note label|RES|RES|RES}} Resigned<br />
<br />
===Cabinet ministers===<br />
{{Cabinet table start|hiderefcol=n}}<br />
{{Cabinet table minister<br />
| title = [[Prime Minister of India|Prime Minister]]<br />[[Minister of External Affairs (India)|Minister of External Affairs]]<br />Minister of Finance (13 February-13 March 1958)<br />[[Department of Atomic Energy]]<br />
| minister1 = [[Jawaharlal Nehru]]<br />
| minister1_termstart = [[First Cabinet of Independent India|Second Nehru Ministry]]<br />
| minister1_termend = [[Fourth Nehru ministry]]<br />
| minister1_party = Indian National Congress<br />
| minister1_ref =<ref name="cabinet3">{{cite web|title=Press Communique - Members of the Cabinet|url=http://pibarchive.nic.in/archive/ArchiveFirstPhase/CABINET%20SECTT/1957/CAB-1957-04-17_139.pdf|website=Press Information Bureau of India - Archive|date=17 April 1957|accessdate=21 April 2020}}</ref><br />
}}<br />
{{Cabinet table minister<br />
| title = [[Minister of Finance (India)|Minister of Finance]]<br />
| minister1 = [[T. T. Krishnamachari]]<br />
| minister1_termstart = 17 April 1957<br />
| minister1_termend = 13 February 1958<br />
| minister1_party = Indian National Congress<br />
| minister1_ref =<ref name="cabinet3"/><br />
| minister2 = [[Morarji Desai]]<br />
| minister2_termstart = 13 March 1958<br />
| minister2_termend = Fourth Nehru Ministry<br />
| minister2_party = Indian National Congress<br />
| minister2_ref =<ref name="cabinet3"/><br />
}}<br />
{{Cabinet table minister<br />
| title = [[Minister of Home Affairs (India)|Minister of Home Affairs]]<br />
| minister1 = [[Govind Ballabh Pant]]<br />
| minister1_termstart = 17 April 1957<br />
| minister1_termend = 7 March 1961{{ref label|†|†|†}}<br />
| minister1_ref =<ref name="cabinet3"/><br />
| minister1_party = Indian National Congress<br />
| minister2 = [[Lal Bahadur Shastri]]<br />
| minister2_termstart = 4 April 1961<br />
| minister2_termend = Fourth Nehru Ministry<br />
| minister2_party = Indian National Congress<br />
| minister2_ref =<ref name="redistribution">{{cite web|title=Redistribution of Portfolios|url=http://pibarchive.nic.in/archive/ArchiveFirstPhase/CABINET%20SECTT/1961/CAB-1961-04-04_219.pdf|website=Press Information Bureau of India - Archive|date=4 April 1961|accessdate=21 April 2020}}</ref><br />
}}<br />
{{Cabinet table minister<br />
| title = [[Minister of Defence (India)|Minister of Defence]]<br />
| minister1 = [[V. K. Krishna Menon]]<br />
| minister1_termstart = 17 April 1957<br />
| minister1_termend = Fourth Nehru Ministry<br />
| minister1_party = Indian National Congress<br />
| minister1_ref =<ref name="cabinet3"/><br />
}}<br />
{{Cabinet table minister<br />
| title = [[Minister of Railways (India)|Minister of Railways]]<br />
| minister1 = [[Jagjivan Ram]]<br />
| minister1_termstart = 17 April 1957<br />
| minister1_termend = Fourth Nehru Ministry<br />
| minister1_party = Indian National Congress<br />
| minister1_ref =<ref name="cabinet3"/><br />
}}<br />
{{Cabinet table minister<br />
| title = [[Ministry of Human Resource Development (India)|Minister of Education]]<br />
| minister1 = [[Abul Kalam Azad]]<br />
| minister1_termstart = First Nehru Ministry<br />
| minister1_termend = 22 February 1958{{ref label|†|†|†}}<br />
| minister1_party = Indian National Congress<br />
| minister1_ref =<ref name="cabinet3"/><br />
}}<br />
{{Cabinet table minister<br />
| title = [[Minister of Commerce and Industry (India)|Minister of Commerce and Industry]]<br />
| minister1 = [[Morarji Desai]]<br />
| minister1_termstart = 17 April 1957<br />
| minister1_termend = 13 March 1958<br />
| minister1_party = Indian National Congress<br />
| minister1_ref =<ref name="cabinet3"/><br />
| minister2 = Lal Bahadur Shastri<br />
| minister2_termstart = 13 March 1958<br />
| minister2_termend = 4 April 1961<br />
| minister2_party = Indian National Congress<br />
| minister2_ref =<ref name="cabinet58"/><ref name="redistribution"/><br />
| minister3 = K. Chengalaraya Reddy<br />
| minister3_termstart = 4 April 1961<br />
| minister3_termend = Fourth Nehru ministry<br />
| minister3_party = Indian National Congress<br />
| minister3_ref =<br />
}}<br />
{{Cabinet table minister<br />
| title = [[Minister of Labour and Employment (India)|Minister of Labour and Planning]]<br />
| minister1 = [[Gulzarilal Nanda]]<br />
| minister1_termstart = 17 April 1957<br />
| minister1_termend = Fourth Nehru Ministry<br />
| minister1_party = Indian National Congress<br />
| minister1_ref =<ref name="cabinet3"/><br />
}}<br />
{{Cabinet table minister<br />
| title = Minister of Transport and Communications<br />
| minister1 = Lal Bahadur Shastri<br />
| minister1_termstart = 17 April 1957<br />
| minister1_termend = 13 March 1958<br />
| minister1_party = Indian National Congress<br />
| minister1_ref =<ref name="cabinet3"/><ref name="cabinet58">{{cite web|title=Press Communique - Members of the Cabinet (March 1958)|url=http://pibarchive.nic.in/archive/ArchiveFirstPhase/CABINET%20SECTT/1958/CAB-1958-03-13_195.pdf|website=Press Information Bureau of India - Archive|date=13 March 1958|accessdate=21 April 2020}}</ref><br />
| minister2 = S. K. Patil<br />
| minister2_termstart = 13 March 1958<br />
| minister2_termend = 2 September 1959<br />
| minister2_party = Indian National Congress<br />
| minister2_ref =<ref name="cabinet58"/><ref name="charge"/><br />
| minister3 = [[P. Subbarayan]]<br />
| minister3_termstart = 2 September 1959<br />
| minister3_termend = Fourth Nehru ministry<br />
| minister3_party = Indian National Congress<br />
| minister3_ref =<ref>{{cite web|title=Dr. Subbarayan to Take Charge of Ministry of Transport and Communications|url=http://pibarchive.nic.in/archive/ArchiveFirstPhase/CABINET%20SECTT/1959/CAB-1959-08-31_166.pdf|website=Press Information Bureau of India - Archive|date=1 September 1959|accessdate=21 April 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Gazette of India - Extraordinary|url=http://pibarchive.nic.in/archive/ArchiveFirstPhase/CABINET%20SECTT/1959/CAB-1959-09-02_169.pdf|website=Press Information Bureau of India - Archive|date=2 September 1959|accessdate=21 April 2020}}</ref><br />
}}<br />
{{Cabinet table minister<br />
| title = Minister of Steel, Mines and Fuel<br />
| minister1 = [[Swaran Singh]]<br />
| minister1_termstart = 17 April 1957<br />
| minister1_termend = Fourth Nehru Ministry<br />
| minister1_party = Indian National Congress<br />
| minister1_ref =<ref name="cabinet3"/><br />
}}<br />
{{Cabinet table minister<br />
| title = Minister of Works, Housing and Supply<br />
| minister1 = [[K. Chengalaraya Reddy]]<br />
| minister1_termstart = 17 April 1957<br />
| minister1_termend = 4 April 1961<br />
| minister1_party = Indian National Congress<br />
| minister1_ref =<ref name="cabinet3"/><ref name="redistribution"/><br />
}}<br />
{{Cabinet table minister<br />
| title = Minister of Food and Agriculture<br />
| minister1 = [[Ajit Prasad Jain]]<br />
| minister1_termstart = 17 April 1957<br />
| minister1_termend = August 1959{{ref label|RES|RES|RES}}<br />
| minister1_party = Indian National Congress<br />
| minister1_ref =<ref name="cabinet3"/><ref name="charge">{{cite web|title=Shri Patil to Take Charge of Food and Agriculture Ministry|url=http://pibarchive.nic.in/archive/ArchiveFirstPhase/CABINET%20SECTT/1959/CAB-1959-08-24_164.pdf|website=Press Information Bureau of India - Archive|date=24 August 1959|accessdate=21 April 2020}}</ref><br />
| minister2 = S. K. Patil<br />
| minister2_termstart = 2 September 1959<br />
| minister2_termend = Fourth Nehru ministry<br />
| minister2_party = Indian National Congress<br />
| minister2_ref =<ref name="charge"/><br />
}}<br />
{{Cabinet table minister<br />
| title = Minister of Irrigation and Power<br />
| minister1 = [[S. K. Patil]]<br />
| minister1_termstart = 17 April 1957<br />
| minister1_termend = 13 March 1958<br />
| minister1_party = Indian National Congress<br />
| minister1_ref =<ref name="cabinet3"/><ref name="cabinet58"/><br />
| minister2 = [[Hafiz Mohammad Ibrahim]]<br />
| minister2_termstart = 13 March 1958<br />
| minister2_termend = Fourth Nehru ministry<br />
| minister2_party = Indian National Congress<br />
| minister2_ref =<ref name="cabinet58"/><br />
}}<br />
|}<br />
<br />
===Ministers of State===<br />
{{Cabinet table start|hiderefcol=n}}<br />
{{Cabinet table minister<br />
| title = [[Minister of Parliamentary Affairs (India)|Minister of Parliamentary Affairs]]<br />
| minister1 = [[Satya Narayan Sinha]]<br />
| minister1_termstart = First Nehru ministry<br />
| minister1_termend = Fourth Nehru ministry<br />
| minister1_party = Indian National Congress<br />
| minister1_ref = <ref name="cabinet3"/><br />
}}<br />
{{Cabinet table minister<br />
| title = [[Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (India)|Minister of Information and Broadcasting]]<br />
| minister1 = [[B V Keskar|B. V. Keskar]]<br />
| minister1_termstart = Second Nehru Ministry<br />
| minister1_termend = Fourth Nehru Ministry<br />
| minister1_party = Indian National Congress<br />
| minister1_ref = <ref name="cabinet3"/><br />
}}<br />
{{Cabinet table minister<br />
| title = Minister of Rehabilitation and Minority Affairs<br />
| minister1 = [[Mehr Chand Khanna]]<br />
| minister1_termstart = Second Nehru ministry<br />
| minister1_termend = Fourth Nehru ministry<br />
| minister1_party = Indian National Congress<br />
| minister1_ref = <ref name="cabinet3"/><ref>{{cite web|title=Minister for Minority Affairs|url=http://pibarchive.nic.in/archive/ArchiveFirstPhase/CABINET%20SECTT/1957/CAB-1957-04-21_140.pdf|website=Press Information Bureau of India - Archive|date=21 April 1957|accessdate=21 April 2020}}</ref><br />
}}<br />
{{Cabinet table minister<br />
| title = Minister of Agriculture<br>(Minister of Cooperation April 1957-December 1958)<br />
| minister1 = [[Panjabrao Deshmukh]]<br />
| minister1_termstart = Second Nehru ministry<br />
| minister1_termend = Fourth Nehru ministry<br />
| minister1_party = Indian National Congress<br />
| minister1_ref = <ref name="cabinet3"/><ref>{{cite web|title=Designations of Ministers|url=http://pibarchive.nic.in/archive/ArchiveSecondPhase/CABINATE%20SECRETARIATE/1956-JAN-DEC-CABINET-SECRETARIAT/CAB-1957-04-25_057.pdf|website=Press Information Bureau of India - Archive|date=25 April 1957|accessdate=21 April 2020}}</ref><ref name="communiqueDEC58">{{cite web|title=Press Communique|url=http://pibarchive.nic.in/archive/ArchiveFirstPhase/CABINET%20SECTT/1958/CAB-1958-01-03_190.pdf|website=Press Information Bureau of India - Archive|date=31 December 1958|accessdate=21 April 2020}}</ref><br />
}}<br />
{{Cabinet table minister<br />
| title = Minister of Mines and Oil<br />
| minister1 = [[Keshav Dev Malaviya]]<br />
| minister1_termstart = 17 April 1957<br />
| minister1_termend = Fourth Nehru ministry<br />
| minister1_party = Indian National Congress<br />
| minister1_ref =<ref name="cabinet3"/><ref name="desig"/><br />
}}<br />
{{Cabinet table minister<br />
| title = Minister of Health<br />
| minister1 = D. P. Karmarkar<br />
| minister1_termstart = 17 April 1957<br />
| minister1_termend = Fourth Nehru ministry<br />
| minister1_party = Indian National Congress<br />
| minister1_ref = <ref name="cabinet3"/><br />
}}<br />
{{Cabinet table minister<br />
| title = Minister of Commerce<br />
| minister1 = [[Nityanand Kanungo]]<br />
| minister1_termstart = 17 April 1957<br />
| minister1_termend = 1957<br />
| minister1_party = Indian National Congress<br />
| minister1_ref = <ref name="cabinet3"/><ref name="desig"/><br />
}}<br />
{{Cabinet table minister<br />
| title = Minister of State (Education and Scientific Research)<br />
| minister1 = [[K. L. Shrimali]]<br />
| minister1_termstart = 17 April 1957<br />
| minister1_termend = Fourth Nehru ministry<br />
| minister1_party = Indian National Congress<br />
| minister1_ref = <ref name="cabinet3"/><br />
}}<br />
{{Cabinet table minister<br />
| title = Minister of Industry<br />
| minister1 = [[Manubhai Shah]]<br />
| minister1_termstart = Second Nehru ministry<br />
| minister1_termend = Fourth Nehru ministry<br />
| minister1_party = Indian National Congress<br />
| minister1_ref = <ref name="cabinet3"/><ref name="desig">{{cite web|title=Designation of Ministers of State|url=http://pibarchive.nic.in/archive/ArchiveFirstPhase/CABINET%20SECTT/1957/CAB-1957-04-24_141.pdf|website=Press Information Bureau of India - Archive|date=24 April 1957|accessdate=21 April 2020}}</ref><br />
}}<br />
{{Cabinet table minister<br />
| title = Minister of State (Home Affairs)<br />
| minister1 = B. N. Datar<br />
| minister1_termstart = Second Nehru ministry<br />
| minister1_termend = Fourth Nehru Ministry<br />
| minister1_party = Indian National Congress<br />
| minister1_ref = <ref name="cabinet3"/><br />
}}<br />
{{Cabinet table minister<br />
| title = Minister of Community Development<br>(Minister of Community Development and Cooperation from December 1958)<br />
| minister1 = [[S. K. Dey]]<br />
| minister1_termstart = Second Nehru ministry<br />
| minister1_termend = Fourth Nehru Ministry<br />
| minister1_party = Indian National Congress<br />
| minister1_ref = <ref name="cabinet3"/><ref name="communiqueDEC58"/><br />
}}<br />
{{Cabinet table minister<br />
| title = Minister of State (Transport and Communications)<br />
| minister1 = [[Raj Bahadur]]<br />
| minister1_termstart = Second Nehru ministry<br />
| minister1_termend = Fourth Nehru Ministry<br />
| minister1_party = Indian National Congress<br />
| minister1_ref = <ref name="cabinet3"/><br />
}}<br />
{{Cabinet table minister<br />
| title = Minister of State (Transport and Communications)<br />
| minister1 = [[Humayun Kabir]]<br />
| minister1_termstart = 17 April 1957<br />
| minister1_termend = 13 March 1958<br />
| minister1_party = Indian National Congress<br />
| minister1_ref = <ref name="cabinet3"/><ref name="cabinet58"/><br />
}}<br />
{{Cabinet table minister<br />
| title = Minister of Scientific Research and Culture<br />
| minister1 = Humayun Kabir<br />
| minister1_termstart = 13 March 1958<br />
| minister1_termend = Fourth Nehru ministry<br />
| minister1_party = Indian National Congress<br />
| minister1_ref = <ref name="cabinet58"/><br />
}}<br />
{{Cabinet table minister<br />
| title = Minister of Law<br />
| minister1 = [[Ashoke Kumar Sen]]<br />
| minister1_termstart = 17 April 1957<br />
| minister1_termend = Fourth Nehru Ministry<br />
| minister1_party = Indian National Congress<br />
| minister1_ref = <ref name="cabinet3"/><br />
}}<br />
{{Cabinet table minister<br />
| title = Minister of Economic Affairs<br>(Minister of Revenue and Civil Expenditure from May 1958)<br />
| minister1 = [[Bezawada Gopala Reddy]]<br />
| minister1_termstart = 13 March 1958<br />
| minister1_termend = 4 April 1961<br />
| minister1_party = Indian National Congress<br />
| minister1_ref = <ref name="cabinet58"/><ref>{{cite web|title=Press Communique|url=http://pibarchive.nic.in/archive/ArchiveFirstPhase/CABINET%20SECTT/1958/CAB-1958-05-12_181.pdf|website=Press Information Bureau of India - Archive|date=12 May 1958|accessdate=21 April 2020}}</ref><ref name="redistribution"/><br />
}}<br />
{{Cabinet table minister<br />
| title = Minister of State (Works, Housing and Supply)<br />
| minister1 = Bezawada Gopala Reddy<br />
| minister1_termstart = 4 April 1961<br />
| minister1_termend = Fourth Nehru ministry<br />
| minister1_party = Indian National Congress<br />
| minister1_ref = <ref name="redistribution"/><br />
}}<br />
|}<br />
<br />
==References==<br />
{{Reflist}}<br />
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{{Indian federal ministries}}<br />
{{Jawaharlal Nehru}}<br />
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[[Category:Indian union ministries]]<br />
[[Category:1957 establishments in India]]<br />
[[Category:Nehru administration]]<br />
[[Category:Cabinets established in 1962]]<br />
[[Category:1962 disestablishments in India]]<br />
[[Category:Cabinets disestablished in 1962]]</div>
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