First Nanda ministry

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First Gulzarilal Nanda ministry

Interim Cabinet of the Republic of India
Date formed27 May 1964 (1964-05-27)
Date dissolved9 June 1964 (1964-06-09)
People and organisations
Head of stateSarvepalli Radhakrishnan
Head of governmentGulzarilal Nanda
Member partyIndian National Congress
Status in legislatureMajority
Opposition partyNone
Opposition leaderNone
History
Election(s)None
Outgoing electionNone
Legislature term(s)13 days
PredecessorFourth Nehru ministry
SuccessorShastri ministry

The First Gulzarilal Nanda ministry was formed as an interim cabinet upon the death in office of Jawaharlal Nehru on 27 May 1964.

Cabinet[edit | edit source]

Cabinet ministers[edit | edit source]

Portfolio Minister Took office Left office Party Ref
Prime Minister, Minister of Home Affairs, Minister of External Affairs and Minister of Atomic Energy Gulzarilal Nanda27 May 19649 June 1964INC[1]
Minister of Finance T. T. Krishnamachari27 May 19649 June 1964INC[1]
Minister without Portfolio Lal Bahadur Shastri27 May 19649 June 1964INC[1]
Minister of Defence Yashwantrao Chavan27 May 19649 June 1964INC[2]
Minister of Petroleum and Chemicals Humayun Kabir27 May 19649 June 1964INC[2]
Minister of Railways H. C. Dasappa27 May 19649 June 1964INC[1]
Minister of Education M. C. Chagla27 May 19649 June 1964INC[1]
Minister of Labour and Planning Damodaram Sanjivayya27 May 19649 June 1964INC[1]
Minister of Parliamentary Affairs and Minister of Information and Broadcasting Satya Narayan Sinha27 May 19649 June 1964INC[1]
Minister of Steel, Mines and Heavy Engineering Chidambaram Subramaniam27 May 19649 June 1964INC[1]
Minister of Food and Agriculture Swaran Singh27 May 19649 June 1964INC[1]
Minister of Law and Minister of Communications Ashoke Kumar Sen27 May 19649 June 1964INC[1]
Minister of Rehabilitation Mahavir Tyagi27 May 19649 June 1964INC[1]

Ministers of State[edit | edit source]

Portfolio Minister Took office Left office Party Ref
Minister of Works and Housing Mehr Chand Khanna27 May 19649 June 1964INC[1]
Minister of International Trade Manubhai Shah27 May 19649 June 1964INC[1]
Minister of Industry Nityanand Kanungo27 May 19649 June 1964INC[1]
Minister of Transport Raj Bahadur27 May 19649 June 1964INC[1]
Minister of Community Development and Cooperation S. K. Dey27 May 19649 June 1964INC[1]
Minister of Health Sushila Nayyar27 May 19649 June 1964INC[1]
Minister of State (Home Affairs) Jaisukh lal Hathi27 May 19649 June 1964INC[1]
Minister of State (External Affairs) Lakshmi N. Menon27 May 19649 June 1964INC[1]
Minister of Defence Production Kotha Raghuramaiah27 May 19649 June 1964INC[1]
Minister of State (Petroleum and Chemicals) O. V. Alagesan27 May 19649 June 1964INC[1]
Minister of State (Food and Agriculture) Ram Subhag Singh27 May 19649 June 1964INC[1]
Minister of Supply Ramchandra Martand Hajarnavis27 May 19649 June 1964INC[1]
Minister of Irrigation and Power K. L. Rao27 May 19649 June 1964INC[1]
Minister of Planning Bali Ram Bhagat27 May 19649 June 1964INC[1]
Minister of State (Food and Agriculture) A.M. Thomas27 May 19649 June 1964INC[1]

References[edit | edit source]

  1. ↑ 1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 1.11 1.12 1.13 1.14 1.15 1.16 1.17 1.18 1.19 1.20 1.21 1.22 1.23 1.24 1.25 "New Council of Ministers Announced" (PDF). Press Information Bureau of India - Archive. 27 May 1964. Retrieved 17 April 2020.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Press Communique" (PDF). Press Information Bureau of India - Archive. 30 May 1964. Retrieved 17 April 2020.


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