First Indira Gandhi ministry

List of Council of Ministers in Indira Gandhi's First Government

First Indira Gandhi ministry

6th ministry of the Republic of India
Date formed| 24 January 1966 (1966-01-24)
Date dissolved| 13 March 1967 (1967-03-13)
People and organisations
Head of state| Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan
Head of government| Indira Gandhi
Member party| Indian National Congress
Status in legislature| Majority
Opposition party| None
Opposition leader| None
History
Outgoing election| 1967
Predecessor| Second Nanda ministry
Successor| Second Indira Gandhi ministry
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Prime Minister of India

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National policy

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Legislation

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* COFEPOSA
* Enemy Property Act, 1968
* The Gold (Control) Act, 1968
* IMDT
* MISA
* NPE
* North-Eastern Reorganisation Act
* Privy Purse

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Treaties and accords

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* Delhi Agreement
* Indira–Sheikh Accord
* Shimla Agreement
* Sirima–Gandhi Pact

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Missions and projects

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* Operation Blue Star
* Operation Flood
* Operation Lal Dora
* Operation Steeplechase
* Operation Sundown
* 1975 Sikkimese monarchy referendum
* Samjhauta Express
* Smiling Buddha

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Controversies

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* Emergency
* Baroda dynamite case
* State of Uttar Pradesh v. Raj Narain
* Turkman gate

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Riots and attacks

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* 1966 anti-cow slaughter agitation
* 1974 railway strike in India
* 1975 Sikkimese monarchy referendum
* 1980 Moradabad riots
* Insurgency in Punjab
* Airbus hijacking

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Gallery: Picture, Sound, Video

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The First Indira Gandhi ministry was formed on 24 January 1966[1] under the premiership of Indira Gandhi who was elected as the Prime Minister of India by the Congress Parliamentary Party to succeed Gulzarilal Nanda who was serving as the acting prime minister since 11 January 1966 following the untimely demise of Lal Bahadur Shastri. The cabinet remained in office until the 1967 general election in which Indira Gandhi was re-elected to office.

## Background

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Prime Minister Lal Bahadur Shastri passed away suddenly on 11 January 1966 at Tashkent during his visit to Uzbek SSR, just a day after signing the Tashkent Declaration which formally ended the Indo-Pakistani War of 1965. He was succeeded by Home Minister Gulzarilal Nanda as the Acting Prime Minister. Nanda remained the prime minister for thirteen days until the election of Indira Gandhi who served as Minister of Information and Broadcasting in the cabinets of Shastri and Nanda. Indira Gandhi was formally elected as the Prime Minister by the ruling Indian National Congress party. She was thereupon formally sworn-in as the nation's third prime minister on 24 January 1966 by President Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan.

## Composition

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Gandhi's council of ministers included a majority of the ministers from her predecessor's cabinet. Outgoing acting prime minister Gulzarilal Nanda was re-appointed home minister. She retained Defence Minister Yashwantrao Chavan, Education Minister M. C. Chagla, Railways Minister S. K. Patil, Finance Minister Sachindra Chaudhuri, Communications and Parliamentary Minister Satya Narayan Sinha, Agriculture Minister Chidambaram Subramaniam, External Affairs Minister Swaran Singh in their respective portfolios. Other ministers who were retained from the predecessor cabinet included Neelam Sanjiva Reddy, Damodaram Sanjivayya, Manubhai Shah, Mehr Chand Khanna, Raj Bahadur, Surendra Kumar Dey, Sushila Nayyar, Jaisukhlal Hathi, Kotha Raghuramaiah, O. V. Alagesan, Ram Subhag Singh, Bali Ram Bhagat, A. M. Thomas, C. M. Poonacha, Jagannath Rao, C. R. Pattabhiraman, Bibudhendra Mishra, Tribhuvan Narain Singh, Shah Nawaz Khan, Dajisaheb Chavan, Purnendu Sekhar Naskar, B. S. Murthy, Lalit Narayan Mishra, T. S. Soundaram, Bhakt Darshan, Sham Nath, B. C. Bhagawati, Shyam Dhar Mishra.

## Ministers

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### Cabinet Ministers

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Portfolio | Minister | Took office | Left office | Party  | Remarks

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Prime Minister
Minister of Atomic Energy
And also in-charge of all other important portfolios and
policy issues not allocated to any Minister.|

Indira Gandhi

| 24 January 1966[1]| 13 March 1967|  | INC
Minister of Home Affairs|

Gulzarilal Nanda

| 24 January 1966[1]| 9 November 1966|  | INC

Indira Gandhi

| 9 November 1966| 13 November 1966|  | INC

Yashwantrao Chavan

| 13 November 1966[2]| 13 March 1967|  | INC
Minister of Labour, Employment and Rehabilitation|

Jagjivan Ram

| 24 January 1966[1]| 13 March 1967|  | INC
Minister of External Affairs|

Swaran Singh

| 24 January 1966[1]| 13 November 1966|  | INC

M. C. Chagla

| 13 November 1966[2]| 13 March 1967|  | INC
Minister of Railways|

S. K. Patil

| 24 January 1966[1]| 13 March 1967|  | INC
Minister of Defence|

Yashwantrao Chavan

| 24 January 1966[1]| 13 November 1966|  | INC

Swaran Singh

| 13 November 1966| 13 March 1967|  | INC
Minister of Transport and Aviation|

Neelam Sanjiva Reddy

| 24 January 1966[1]| 13 March 1967|  | INC
Minister of Food, Agriculture, Community Development and Cooperation|

Chidambaram Subramaniam

| 24 January 1966[1]| 13 March 1967|  | INC
Minister of Finance|

Sachindra Chaudhuri

| 24 January 1966[1]| 13 March 1967|  | INC
Minister of Parliamentary Affairs and Communications|

Satya Narayan Sinha

| 24 January 1966[1]| 13 March 1967|  | INC
Minister of Education|

M. C. Chagla

| 24 January 1966[1]| 13 November 1966|  | INC

Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed

| 13 November 1966[2]| 13 March 1967|  | INC
Minister of Industry|

Damodaram Sanjivayya

| 24 January 1966[1]| 13 March 1967|  | INC
Minister of Planning|

Asoka Mehta

| 24 January 1966[1]| 25 March 1966|  | INC| Renamed as Planning and Social Welfare.
Minister of Planning and Social Welfare|

Asoka Mehta

| 25 March 1966[3]| 13 March 1967|  | INC|
Minister of Commerce|

Manubhai Shah

| 24 January 1966[1]| 13 March 1967|  | INC
Minister of Law|

Gopal Swarup Pathak

| 24 January 1966[1]| 13 March 1967|  | INC
Minister of Irrigation and Power|

Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed

| 29 January 1966[4]| 13 November 1966|  | INC

Kanuri Lakshmana Rao

| 13 November 1966[2]| 13 March 1967|  | INC| Minister of State was responsible.

### Ministers of State

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Portfolio | Minister | Took office | Left office | Party  | Remarks

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Minister of Works, Housing and Urban Development|

Mehr Chand Khanna

| 24 January 1966[1]| 13 March 1967|  | INC
Minister of Information and Broadcasting|

Raj Bahadur

| 24 January 1966[1]| 13 March 1967|  | INC
Minister of Mines and Metals|

Surendra Kumar Dey

| 24 January 1966[1]| 13 March 1967|  | INC
Minister of Health and Family Planning|

Sushila Nayyar

| 24 January 1966[1]| 13 March 1967|  | INC
Minister of State in the Ministry of Home Affairs|

Jaisukhlal Hathi

| 24 January 1966[1]| 13 November 1966|  | INC
Minister of Defence Supplies in the Ministry of Defence|

Jaisukhlal Hathi

| 24 January 1966[1]| 13 November 1966|  | INC
Minister of Technical Development and Supply|

Kotha Raghuramaiah

| 24 January 1966[1]| 25 March 1966|  | INC| Renamed as Supply, Technical Development and Materials Planning.
Minister of Supply, Technical Development and Materials Planning|

Kotha Raghuramaiah

| 25 March 1966| 13 March 1967|  | INC|
Minister of Social Welfare|

Kotha Raghuramaiah

| 28 January 1966[5]| 25 March 1966|  | INC| Merged with Ministry of Planning.
Minister of Petroleum and Chemicals|

O. V. Alagesan

| 24 January 1966[1]| 13 March 1967|  | INC
Minister of State in the Ministry of Railways|

Ram Subhag Singh

| 24 January 1966[1]| 13 March 1967|  | INC
Minister of State in the Ministry of Irrigation and Power|

Kanuri Lakshmana Rao

| 24 January 1966[1]| 13 March 1967|  | INC
Minister of State in the Ministry of Finance|

Bali Ram Bhagat

| 24 January 1966[1]| 13 March 1967|  | INC
Minister of State in the Ministry of Defence|

A. M. Thomas

| 24 January 1966[1]| 31 January 1966|  | INC

Jaisukhlal Hathi

| 13 November 1966[2]| 13 March 1967|  | INC
Minister of State in the Ministry of Defence
(Department of Defence Production)|

A. M. Thomas

| 31 January 1966| 13 March 1967|  | INC
Minister of State in the Ministry of Transport and Aviation|

C. M. Poonacha

| 24 January 1966[1]| 13 March 1967|  | INC
Minister of State in the Ministry of Law|

C. R. Pattabhiraman

| 24 January 1966[1]| 13 March 1967|  | INC
Minister of State in the Ministry of Labour, Employment and Rehabilitation|

Jagannath Rao

| 24 January 1966[1]| 14 February 1966[6]|  | INC
Minister of State in the Ministry of Home Affairs|

Dinesh Singh

| 24 January 1966[1]| 13 March 1967|  | INC
Minister of State in the Ministry of Food, Agriculture, Community Development
and Cooperation|

Panampilly Govinda Menon

| 24 January 1966[1]| 13 March 1967|  | INC
Minister of State in the Ministry of Industry|

Bibudhendra Mishra

| 24 January 1966[1]| 13 March 1967|  | INC
Minister of Iron and Steel|

Tribhuvan Narain Singh

| 29 January 1966[4]| 13 March 1967|  | INC
Minister of State in the Department of Parliamentary Affairs
Minister of State in the Department of Communications|

Jagannath Rao

| 14 February 1966[6]| 13 March 1967|  | INC

### Deputy Ministers

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Portfolio | Minister | Took office | Left office | Party

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Deputy Minister in the Ministry of Labour, Employment and Rehabilitation|

Shah Nawaz Khan

| 24 January 1966[1]| 13 March 1967|  | INC

Dajisaheb Chavan

| 14 February 1966[6]| 13 March 1967|  | INC
Deputy Minister in the Ministry of Home Affairs|

Purnendu Sekhar Naskar

| 24 January 1966[1]| 13 March 1967|  | INC

Vidya Charan Shukla

| 14 February 1966[6]| 13 March 1967|  | INC
Deputy Minister in the Ministry of Health and Family Planning|

B. S. Murthy

| 24 January 1966[1]| 13 March 1967|  | INC
Deputy Minister in the Ministry of Irrigation and Power|

Lalit Narayan Mishra

| 24 January 1966[1]| 13 March 1967|  | INC
Deputy Minister in the Ministry of Education|

T. S. Soundaram

| 24 January 1966[1]| 13 March 1967|  | INC

Bhakt Darshan

| 24 January 1966[1]| 13 March 1967|  | INC
Deputy Minister in the Ministry of Planning|

Dajisaheb Chavan

| 24 January 1966[1]| 14 February 1966[6]|  | INC
Deputy Minister in the Department of Social Welfare|

Maragatham Chandrasekar

| 24 January 1966[1]| 13 March 1967|  | INC
Deputy Minister in the Ministry of Railways|

Sham Nath

| 24 January 1966[1]| 13 March 1967|  | INC
Deputy Minister in the Ministry of Works, Housing and Urban Development|

Bijoy Chandra Bhagavati

| 24 January 1966[1]| 13 March 1967|  | INC
Deputy Minister in the Ministry of Defence|

Shyam Dhar Mishra

| 24 January 1966[1]| 14 February 1966[6]|  | INC
Deputy Minister in the Ministry of Iron and Steel|

Prakash Chandra Sethi

| 24 January 1966[1]| 13 March 1967|  | INC
Deputy Minister in the Ministry of Food, Agriculture, Community Development and Cooperation|

Annasaheb Shinde

| 24 January 1966[1]| 13 March 1967|  | INC

Shyam Dhar Mishra

| 14 February 1966[6]| 13 March 1967|  | INC
Deputy Minister in the Department of Parliamentary Affairs
Deputy Minister in the Department of Communications|

Vidya Charan Shukla

| 24 January 1966[1]| 14 February 1966[6]|  | INC
Deputy Minister in the Ministry of Petroleum and Chemicals|

Sardar Iqbal Singh

| 24 January 1966[1]| 13 March 1967|  | INC
Deputy Minister in the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting|

Nandini Satpathy

| 29 January 1966[4]| 13 March 1967|  | INC
Deputy Minister in the Ministry of Commerce|

Mohammad Shafi Qureshi

| 29 January 1966[4]| 13 March 1967|  | INC
Deputy Minister in the Ministry of Transport and Aviation|

Jahanara Jaipal Singh

| 15 February 1966[7]| 13 March 1967|  | INC
Deputy Minister in the Ministry of Mines and Metals|

Syed Ahmad Mehdi

| 15 February 1966[7]| 13 March 1967|  | INC

### Parliamentary Secretaries

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Portfolio | Minister | Took office | Left office | Party

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Parliamentary Secretary in the Department of Atomic Energy|

Sarojini Mahishi

| 15 February 1966[8]| 13 March 1967|  | INC
Parliamentary Secretary in the Department of Communications|

Bhanu Prakash Singh

| 15 February 1966[8]| 13 March 1967|  | INC
Parliamentary Secretary in the Ministry of External Affairs|

S. C. Jamir

| 15 February 1966[8]| 13 March 1967|  | INC
Parliamentary Secretary in the Ministry of Home Affairs|

Daying Ering

| 15 February 1966[8]| 13 March 1967|  | INC

## Trivia

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* Two of the cabinet ministers, viz. Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed and Neelam Sanjiva Reddy would later serve as the 5th and 6th President of India respectively. Reddy would also serve as the Speaker of the Lok Sabha on two separate occasions.
* Minister of Law Gopal Swarup Pathak would later be elected as the 4th Vice President of India in 1969.
* Chidambaram Subramaniam, Satya Narayan Sinha, Gopal Swarup Pathak, Jaisukhlal Hathi, Bali Ram Bhagat, C. M. Poonacha, Tribhuvan Narain Singh, Mohammad Shafi Qureshi, Bhanu Prakash Singh, S. C. Jamir would later be appointed as governors of several states.
* Tribhuvan Narain Singh would later serve as Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh, Prakash Chandra Sethi as Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh and S. C. Jamir as Chief Minister of Nagaland.

## Notes

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## References

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1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af ag ah ai aj ak al am an ao ap aq ar as at au av aw "Press Communique: Allocation of portfolios among members of union council of ministers" (PDF). archive.pib.gov.in. 24 January 1966.
2. ^ a b c d e Rashtrapati Bhavan (13 November 1966). "Press Communique: Re-allocation of portfolios among members of the council of ministers" (PDF). archive.pib.gov.in.
3. ^ Cabinet Secretariat (25 March 1966). "Press Communique: Re-allocation of portfolio upon Shri Asoka Mehta" (PDF). archive.pib.gov.in.
4. ^ a b c d Cabinet Secretariat (29 January 1966). "Press Communique: Assumption of offices by ministers of the union" (PDF). archive.pib.gov.in.
5. ^ Cabinet Secretariat (28 January 1966). "Press Communique: Allocation of Department of Social Welfare on Shri Kotha Raghuramaiah" (PDF). archive.pib.gov.in.
6. ^ a b c d e f g h Cabinet Secretariat (14 January 1966). "Press Communique: Re-allocation of portfolios among members of the union council of ministers" (PDF). archive.pib.gov.in.
7. ^ a b Cabinet Secretariat (15 February 1966). "Press Communique: Assumption of office by Ministers of State - Jahanara Jaipal Singh and Syed Ahmad Mahdi" (PDF). archive.pib.gov.in.
8. ^ a b c d Cabinet Secretariat (15 February 1966). "Press Communique: Allocation of portfolios among parliamentary secretaries" (PDF). archive.pib.gov.in.

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