Third Nehru ministry

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Third Nehru ministry
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2nd ministry of the Republic of India
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Date formed17 April 1957 (1957-04-17)
Date dissolved2 April 1962 (1962-04-02)
People and organisations
Head of stateRajendra Prasad
Head of governmentJawaharlal Nehru
Member partyIndian National Congress
Status in legislatureMajority
371 / 494 (75%)
Opposition partyNone
Opposition leaderNone
History
Election(s)1957
Outgoing election1962
Legislature term(s)4 years, 11 months and 15 days
PredecessorSecond Nehru ministry
SuccessorFourth Nehru ministry

The Third Nehru ministry was formed on 17 April 1957 after the Indian National Congress won the 1957 general election with a vast majority.

Ministry[edit | edit source]

Key
  • † Died in office
  • RES Resigned

Cabinet ministers[edit | edit source]

Portfolio Minister Took office Left office Party Ref
Prime Minister
Minister of External Affairs
Minister of Finance (13 February-13 March 1958)
Department of Atomic Energy		 Jawaharlal NehruSecond Nehru MinistryFourth Nehru ministryINC[1]
Minister of Finance T. T. Krishnamachari17 April 195713 February 1958INC[1]
 Morarji Desai13 March 1958Fourth Nehru MinistryINC[1]
Minister of Home Affairs Govind Ballabh Pant17 April 19577 March 1961[†]INC[1]
 Lal Bahadur Shastri4 April 1961Fourth Nehru MinistryINC[2]
Minister of Defence V. K. Krishna Menon17 April 1957Fourth Nehru MinistryINC[1]
Minister of Railways Jagjivan Ram17 April 1957Fourth Nehru MinistryINC[1]
Minister of Education Abul Kalam AzadFirst Nehru Ministry22 February 1958[†]INC[1]
Minister of Commerce and Industry Morarji Desai17 April 195713 March 1958INC[1]
 Lal Bahadur Shastri13 March 19584 April 1961INC[3][2]
 K. Chengalaraya Reddy4 April 1961Fourth Nehru ministryINC
Minister of Labour and Planning Gulzarilal Nanda17 April 1957Fourth Nehru MinistryINC[1]
Minister of Transport and Communications Lal Bahadur Shastri17 April 195713 March 1958INC[1][3]
 S. K. Patil13 March 19582 September 1959INC[3][4]
 P. Subbarayan2 September 1959Fourth Nehru ministryINC[5][6]
Minister of Steel, Mines and Fuel Swaran Singh17 April 1957Fourth Nehru MinistryINC[1]
Minister of Works, Housing and Supply K. Chengalaraya Reddy17 April 19574 April 1961INC[1][2]
Minister of Food and Agriculture Ajit Prasad Jain17 April 1957August 1959[RES]INC[1][4]
 S. K. Patil2 September 1959Fourth Nehru ministryINC[4]
Minister of Irrigation and Power S. K. Patil17 April 195713 March 1958INC[1][3]
 Hafiz Mohammad Ibrahim13 March 1958Fourth Nehru ministryINC[3]

Ministers of State[edit | edit source]

Portfolio Minister Took office Left office Party Ref
Minister of Parliamentary Affairs Satya Narayan SinhaFirst Nehru ministryFourth Nehru ministryINC[1]
Minister of Information and Broadcasting B. V. KeskarSecond Nehru MinistryFourth Nehru MinistryINC[1]
Minister of Rehabilitation and Minority Affairs Mehr Chand KhannaSecond Nehru ministryFourth Nehru ministryINC[1][7]
Minister of Agriculture
(Minister of Cooperation April 1957-December 1958)		 Panjabrao DeshmukhSecond Nehru ministryFourth Nehru ministryINC[1][8][9]
Minister of Mines and Oil Keshav Dev Malaviya17 April 1957Fourth Nehru ministryINC[1][10]
Minister of Health D. P. Karmarkar17 April 1957Fourth Nehru ministryINC[1]
Minister of Commerce Nityanand Kanungo17 April 19571957INC[1][10]
Minister of State (Education and Scientific Research) K. L. Shrimali17 April 1957Fourth Nehru ministryINC[1]
Minister of Industry Manubhai ShahSecond Nehru ministryFourth Nehru ministryINC[1][10]
Minister of State (Home Affairs) B. N. DatarSecond Nehru ministryFourth Nehru MinistryINC[1]
Minister of Community Development
(Minister of Community Development and Cooperation from December 1958)		 S. K. DeySecond Nehru ministryFourth Nehru MinistryINC[1][9]
Minister of State (Transport and Communications) Raj BahadurSecond Nehru ministryFourth Nehru MinistryINC[1]
Minister of State (Transport and Communications) Humayun Kabir17 April 195713 March 1958INC[1][3]
Minister of Scientific Research and Culture Humayun Kabir13 March 1958Fourth Nehru ministryINC[3]
Minister of Law Ashoke Kumar Sen17 April 1957Fourth Nehru MinistryINC[1]
Minister of Economic Affairs
(Minister of Revenue and Civil Expenditure from May 1958)		 Bezawada Gopala Reddy13 March 19584 April 1961INC[3][11][2]
Minister of State (Works, Housing and Supply) Bezawada Gopala Reddy4 April 1961Fourth Nehru ministryINC[2]

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 1.26 1.27 "Press Communique - Members of the Cabinet" (PDF). Press Information Bureau of India - Archive. 17 April 1957. Retrieved 21 April 2020.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 "Redistribution of Portfolios" (PDF). Press Information Bureau of India - Archive. 4 April 1961. Retrieved 21 April 2020.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6 3.7 "Press Communique - Members of the Cabinet (March 1958)" (PDF). Press Information Bureau of India - Archive. 13 March 1958. Retrieved 21 April 2020.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 "Shri Patil to Take Charge of Food and Agriculture Ministry" (PDF). Press Information Bureau of India - Archive. 24 August 1959. Retrieved 21 April 2020.
  5. ↑ "Dr. Subbarayan to Take Charge of Ministry of Transport and Communications" (PDF). Press Information Bureau of India - Archive. 1 September 1959. Retrieved 21 April 2020.
  6. ↑ "Gazette of India - Extraordinary" (PDF). Press Information Bureau of India - Archive. 2 September 1959. Retrieved 21 April 2020.
  7. ↑ "Minister for Minority Affairs" (PDF). Press Information Bureau of India - Archive. 21 April 1957. Retrieved 21 April 2020.
  8. ↑ "Designations of Ministers" (PDF). Press Information Bureau of India - Archive. 25 April 1957. Retrieved 21 April 2020.
  9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 "Press Communique" (PDF). Press Information Bureau of India - Archive. 31 December 1958. Retrieved 21 April 2020.
  10. ↑ 10.0 10.1 10.2 "Designation of Ministers of State" (PDF). Press Information Bureau of India - Archive. 24 April 1957. Retrieved 21 April 2020.
  11. ↑ "Press Communique" (PDF). Press Information Bureau of India - Archive. 12 May 1958. Retrieved 21 April 2020.
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