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15th AUGUST 1947 GOVERNMENT OF FREE INDIA WITH PANDIT NEHRU PRIME MINISTER

First Nehru ministry

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First Nehru ministry
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The cabinet of India on 31 January 1950, along with the newly appointed President Rajendra Prasad.(L to R sitting) Dr. B.R. Ambedkar, Rafi Ahmed Kidwai, Sardar Baldev Singh, Maulana Abul Kalam Azad, Jawaharlal Nehru, Dr. Rajendra Prasad, Sardar Patel, Dr. John Mathai, Shri Jagjivan Ram, Rajkumari Amrit Kaur and Dr. S. P. Mukherjee. (L to R standing) Khurshed Lal, R.R. Diwakar, Mohanlal Saksena, N. Gopalaswami Ayyangar, N.V. Gadgil, K. C. Neogy, Jairamdas Daulatram, K. Santhanam,Satya Narayan Sinha and Dr. B. V. Keskar.
Date formed15 August 1947
Date dissolved15 April 1952
People and organisations
Head of governmentJawaharlal Nehru
Deputy head of governmentVallabhbhai Patel (until 15 December 1950)
Head of stateLord Mountbatten (Governor-General)
(15 August 1947 – 21 June 1948)
C. Rajagopalachari (Governor-General)
(21 June 1948 – 26 January 1950)
Rajendra Prasad (President)
(from 26 January 1950)
Member partyIndian National Congress
Status in legislatureMajority
Opposition partyNone
Opposition leaderNone
History
Election(s)1946
Outgoing election1951
Legislature term(s)4 years and 8 months
PreviousNone
SuccessorSecond Nehru ministry
After independence, on 15 August 1947, Jawaharlal Nehru assumed office as the first Prime Minister of India and chose fifteen ministers to form the First Nehru ministry.

Background[edit]

The Constituent Assembly was set up while India was still under British rule, following negotiations between Indian leaders and members of the 1946 Cabinet Mission to India from the United Kingdom. The provincial assembly elections had been conducted early in 1946. The Constituent Assembly members were elected to it indirectly by the members of these newly elected provincial assemblies, and initially included representatives for those provinces which came to form part of Pakistan, some of which are now within Bangladesh. The Constituent Assembly had 299 representatives, including nine women.
The Interim Government of India was formed on 2 September 1946 from the newly elected Constituent Assembly. The Indian National Congress held a large majority in the Assembly, with 69 percent of all of the seats, while the Muslim League held almost all of the seats reserved in the Assembly for Muslims. There were also some members from smaller parties, such as the Scheduled Caste Federation, the Communist Party of India, and the Unionist Party. In June 1947, the delegations from the provinces of Sindh, East Bengal, Baluchistan, West Punjab, and the North West Frontier Province withdrew, to form the Constituent Assembly of Pakistan, meeting in Karachi. On 15 August 1947, the Dominion of India and Dominion of Pakistan became independent nations, and the members of the Constituent Assembly who had not withdrawn to Karachi became India's Parliament. Only 28 members of the Muslim League finally joined the Indian Assembly. Later, 93 members were nominated from the princely states. The Congress thus secured a majority of 82%.
Jawaharlal Nehru took charge as the first Prime Minister of India on 15 August 1947, and chose 15 other members for his cabinet. Vallabhbhai Patel served as the first Deputy Prime Minister until his death on 15 December 1950. Lord Mountbatten, and later C. Rajagopalachari, served as Governor-General until 26 January 1950, when Rajendra Prasad was elected as the first President of India.[1] [2]

Cabinet members[edit]

Lord Mountbatten swears in Jawaharlal Nehru as the first Prime Minister of India on 15 August 1947.
There were members from Hindu, Muslim, Christian and Sikh communities. There were two members from the Dalit caste as well.[3][4][5][6] Rajkumari Amrit Kaur was the only female Cabinet minister. The following is a list of the ministers in the first Cabinet.[1]
Key
  • † Died in office
  • RES Resigned
PortfolioMinisterTook officeLeft officeParty
Prime Minister
Minister of External Affairs and Commonwealth Relations
Minister of Scientific Research		 Jawaharlal Nehru15 August 1947Second Nehru ministryINC
Deputy Prime Minister Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel15 August 194715 December 1950[†]INC
Minister of Home Affairs and States Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel15 August 194715 December 1950[†]INC
 C. Rajagopalachari[7]26 December 195025 October 1951[RES]INC
 Kailash Nath Katju1951Second Nehru ministryINC
Minister of Information and Broadcasting Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel15 August 19471949INC
 R. R. Diwakar[8]194915 April 1952INC
Minister of Finance R. K. Shanmukham Chetty15 August 19471949INC
 John Mathai19491950[RES]INC
 C. D. Deshmukh1950Second Nehru ministryINC
Minister of Law B. R. Ambedkar[9]15 August 19471951[RES]SCF
Minister of Defence Baldev Singh15 August 1947Second Nehru ministryPanthic Party
Minister of Railways and Transport John Mathai15 August 194722 September 1948INC
 N. Gopalaswami Ayyangar22 September 1948Second Nehru ministryINC
Minister of Education Maulana Abul Kalam Azad15 August 1947Second Nehru ministryINC
Minister of Food and Agriculture Jairamdas Daulatram15 August 194715 April 1952INC
Minister of Industries and Supplies Syama Prasad Mookerjee15 August 19476 April 1950[RES]Hindu Mahasabha
Minister of Labour Jagjivan Ram15 August 194715 April 1952INC
Minister of Commerce Cooverji Hormusji Bhabha15 August 194715 April 1952INC
Minister of Communications Rafi Ahmed Kidwai15 August 194715 April 1952INC
Minister of Health Amrit Kaur15 August 194715 April 1952INC
Minister of Works, Mines and Power Narhar Vishnu Gadgil15 August 194715 April 1952INC
Minister of Relief and Rehabilitation K. C. Neogy15 August 1947April 1950[RES]INC
Minister without portfolio N. Gopalaswami Ayyangar[10]15 August 194722 September 1948INC
 Mohanlal Saxena15 August 194715 April 1952INC
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