Second Nehru ministry

Government of India, 1952–1957

Second Jawaharlal Nehru ministry

2nd ministry of the Republic of India
Date formed| 15 April 1952 (1952-04-15)
Date dissolved| 4 April 1957 (1957-04-04)
People and organisations
Head of state| Rajendra Prasad
Head of government| Jawaharlal Nehru
Member party| Indian National Congress
Status in legislature| Majority

364 / 489 (74%)

Opposition party| None
Opposition leader| None
History
Election| 1951
Outgoing election| 1957
Legislature terms| 4 years, 11 months and 20 days
Predecessor| First Nehru ministry
Successor| Third Nehru ministry

Jawaharlal Nehru was sworn in as Prime Minister of India on 15 August 1947. After first Indian general election, Nehru became the first democratically elected Prime Minister of the country and his second term started on 15 April 1952. In his ministry upon reelection, the ministers were as follows.

## Cabinet

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### Cabinet ministers

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Portfolio | Minister | Took office | Left office | Party | Ref

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Prime Minister
Minister of External Affairs
Minister of Defence (1952-10 January 1955; from 30 January 1957)|

Jawaharlal Nehru

| First Nehru Ministry| Third Nehru ministry|  | INC
Minister without Portfolio (External Affairs)|

V. K. Krishna Menon

| 14 February 1956| Third Nehru Ministry|  | INC| [1]
Minister of Education, Natural Resources and Scientific Research|

Abul Kalam Azad

| 15 April 1952| Third Nehru ministry|  | INC| [2]
Minister of Finance|

C. D. Deshmukh

| First Nehru ministry| 24 July 1956|  | INC| [3]

T. T. Krishnamachari

| 1 September 1956| Third Nehru ministry|  | INC| [4]
Minister of Home Affairs
(Minister of Heavy Industries - additional charge from September–November 1956)|

Kailash Nath Katju

| First Nehru ministry| 1955|  | INC

Govind Ballabh Pant

| 10 January 1955| Third Nehru ministry|  | INC| [5][4]
Minister of Food and Agriculture|

Rafi Ahmed Kidwai

| First Nehru Ministry| 1954|  | INC| [2]

Ajit Prasad Jain

| 25 November 1954| Third Nehru ministry|  | INC| [6]
Minister of Defence|

Baldev Singh

| First Nehru Ministry| 1952|  | INC

N. Gopalaswami Ayyangar

| 13 May 1952| 1952|  | INC| [2]

Kailash Nath Katju

| 10 January 1955| 30 January 1957|  | INC| [7][8]
Minister of Law and Minority Affairs|

Charu Chandra Biswas

| 15 April 1952| Third Nehru Ministry|  | INC| [2]
Minister of Railways|

N. Gopalaswami Ayyangar

| First Nehru Ministry| 13 May 1952|  | INC

Lal Bahadur Shastri

| 13 May 1952| 7 December 1956|  | INC

Jagjivan Ram

| 7 December 1956| Third Nehru Ministry|  | INC
Minister of Communications|

Jagjivan Ram

| 15 April 1952| 7 December 1956|  | INC| [2]
Minister of Commerce and Industry (to September 1956)
Minister of Iron and Steel (from June 1955)|

T. T. Krishnamachari

| 15 April 1952| Third Nehru ministry|  | INC| [2][9]
Minister of Heavy Industry and Commerce and Consumer Industries (to January 1957)
Minister of Commerce and Industries (from January 1957)|

Morarji Desai

| 14 November 1956| Third Nehru ministry|  | INC| [10][11]
Minister of Labour|

V. V. Giri

| 15 April 1952| September 1954|  | INC| [2]

Khandubhai Kasanji Desai

| September 1954| Third Nehru Ministry|  | INC| [12]
Minister of Works, Housing and Supply
(Ministry of Commerce and Consumer Industries - additional charge September–November 1956)|

Swaran Singh

| 15 April 1952| Third Nehru Ministry|  | INC| [2][4]
Minister of Planning and River Valley Schemes|

Gulzarilal Nanda

| 15 April 1952| Third Nehru Ministry|  | INC| [2]
Minister of Health|

Amrit Kaur

| 15 April 1952| Third Nehru Ministry|  | INC| [2]
Minister of Production|

K. Chengalaraya Reddy

| 15 April 1952| Third Nehru Ministry|  | INC| [2]

### Ministers of State

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Minister of Parliamentary Affairs|

Satya Narayan Sinha[13]

| First Nehru ministry| Third Nehru ministry|  | INC| [2]
Minister of Rehabilitation|

Ajit Prasad Jain

| 15 April 1952| 24 November 1954|  | INC| [2]

Mehr Chand Khanna

| 7 December 1954| Third Nehru ministry|  | INC| [14]
Minister of State (External Affairs)|

Syed Mahmud

| 7 December 1954| Third Nehru ministry|  | INC| [14]
Minister of Agriculture|

Panjabrao Deshmukh

| 17 April 1952| Third Nehru ministry|  | INC
Minister of Legal Affairs
Minister of Civil Aviation (from 7 December 1956, additional charge)|

Hari Vinayak Pataskar

| 7 December 1954| Third Nehru ministry|  | INC| [14][15]
Minister of Natural Resources|

Keshav Dev Malaviya

| 7 December 1954| Third Nehru ministry|  | INC| [14]
Minister of Revenue and Expenditure|

Mahavir Tyagi

| 15 April 1952| 16 March 1953|  | INC| [2]
Minister of Revenue and Civil Expenditure|

Manilal Chaturbhai Shah

| 7 December 1954| Third Nehru ministry|  | INC| [14]
Minister of Revenue and Defence Expenditure|

Arun Chandra Guha

| 7 December 1954| Third Nehru ministry|  | INC| [14]
Minister of Defence Organisation|

Mahavir Tyagi

| 16 March 1953| Third Nehru ministry|  | INC| [16]
Minister of Commerce
(Minister of Trade from June 1956)|

D. P. Karmarkar

| 6 August 1955| Third Nehru ministry|  | INC| [17][18]
Minister of Industries
(Minister of Consumer Industries from June 1956)|

Nityanand Kanungo

| 6 August 1955| Third Nehru ministry|  | INC| [19][20][18]
Minister of Industrial Development
(Minister of Heavy Industry from June 1956)|

Manubhai Shah

| May 1956| Third Nehru ministry|  | INC| [21][18]
Minister of Information and Broadcasting|

B. V. Keskar

| 15 April 1952| Third Nehru Ministry|  | INC| [2]
Minister of State (Home Affairs)|

B. N. Datar

| 14 February 1956| Third Nehru Ministry|  | INC| [1]
Minister of Community Development|

S. K. Dey

| September 1956| Third Nehru Ministry|  | INC| [22]
Minister of Communications|

Raj Bahadur

| 14 February 1956| Third Nehru Ministry|  | INC| [1]

## References

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1. ^ a b c "Press Communique" (PDF). Press Information Bureau of India - Archive. 14 February 1956. Retrieved 19 April 2020.
2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o "Parliamentary Debates" (PDF). Lok Sabha Debates. 1 (1). 13 May 1952. Retrieved 19 April 2020.
3. ^ "Press Communique" (PDF). Press Information Bureau of India - Archive. 24 July 1956. Retrieved 19 April 2020.
4. ^ a b c "Press Note" (PDF). Press Information Bureau of India - Archive. 30 August 1956. Retrieved 19 April 2020.
5. ^ "Press Communique" (PDF). Press Information Bureau of India - Archive. 10 January 1955. Retrieved 19 April 2020.
6. ^ "Press Communique" (PDF). Press Information Bureau of India - Archive. 25 November 1954. Retrieved 19 April 2020.
7. ^ "Press Communique" (PDF). Press Information Bureau of India - Archive. 10 January 1955. Retrieved 19 April 2020.
8. ^ "Press Communique" (PDF). Press Information Bureau of India - Archive. 30 January 1957. Retrieved 21 April 2020.
9. ^ "Press Communique" (PDF). Press Information Bureau of India - Archive. 29 May 1955. Retrieved 19 April 2020.
10. ^ "Shri Morarji Desai" (PDF). Press Information Bureau of India - Archive. 14 November 1956. Retrieved 19 April 2020.
11. ^ "Press Note" (PDF). Press Information Bureau of India - Archive. 1 January 1957. Retrieved 19 April 2020.
12. ^ "Press Communique" (PDF). Press Information Bureau of India - Archive. 8 September 1954. Retrieved 19 April 2020.
13. ^ "Lok Sabha". Archived from the original on 21 May 2014. Retrieved 17 July 2014. LOK SABHA
14. ^ a b c d e f "Press Communique" (PDF). Press Information Bureau of India - Archive. 7 December 1954. Retrieved 19 April 2020.
15. ^ "Press Note" (PDF). Press Information Bureau of India - Archive. 7 December 1956. Retrieved 19 April 2020.
16. ^ "Shri Tyagi Appointed Minister of Defense Organisation" (PDF). Press Information Bureau of India - Archive. 15 March 1953. Retrieved 19 April 2020.
17. ^ "Minister for Industries" (PDF). Press Information Bureau of India - Archive. 6 August 1955. Retrieved 19 April 2020.
18. ^ a b c "Ministers' Designations" (PDF). Press Information Bureau of India - Archive. 13 June 1956. Retrieved 19 April 2020.
19. ^ "Minister for Industries" (PDF). Press Information Bureau of India - Archive. 6 August 1955. Retrieved 19 April 2020.
20. ^ "Ministers' Designations" (PDF). Press Information Bureau of India - Archive. 13 June 1956. Retrieved 19 April 2020.
21. ^ "Portfolios of New Ministers" (PDF). Press Information Bureau of India - Archive. 30 May 1956. Retrieved 19 April 2020.
22. ^ "Minister for Community Development" (PDF). Press Information Bureau of India - Archive. 14 February 1956. Retrieved 19 April 2020.

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Jawaharlal Nehru

Life events
and administration|

* Indian National Congress
* Champaran Satyagraha
* Indian independence movement
* Non-cooperation movement
* Purna Swaraj
* flag
* Salt March
* Aundh Experiment
* Quit India
* Tryst with Destiny
* The light has gone out of our lives
* Constituent Assembly of India
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* List of international prime ministerial trips made by Jawaharlal Nehru
* Non-Aligned Movement
* First Nehru ministry
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* Third Nehru ministry
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* Indo-Pakistani War of 1947-1948
* Annexation of Goa
* Sino-Indian War

Philosophy|

* Scientific temper
* Secular humanism
* Secularism
* Secular state

Publications|

* An Autobiography
* Before Freedom: Nehru's Letters to His Sister 1909–1947
* The Discovery of India
* Glimpses of World History
* Letters from a Father to His Daughter
* National Herald

Influences|

* Theosophy
* G. M. Trevelyan
* Giuseppe Garibaldi
* Mahatma Gandhi
* Motilal Nehru
* Socialism
* Fabian Society

Associates|

* Abul Kalam Azad
* Subhas Chandra Bose
* V. K. Krishna Menon
* Panjabrao Deshmukh
* Vallabhbhai Patel
* Jagjivan Ram
* Morarji Desai
* Govind Vallabh Pant
* CD Deshmukh

Legacy|

* Gandhi cap
* Nehru jacket
* Nehru vest
* Nehru Brigade
* List of things named after Jawaharlal Nehru
* Jawaharlal Nehru Award
* Jawaharlal Nehru Fellowship
* Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya
* Jawaharlal Nehru University

Family|

* Raj Kaul
* Gangadhar Nehru
* Nandlal Nehru
* Motilal Nehru
* Swarup Rani Nehru
* Brijlal Nehru
* Rameshwari Nehru
* Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit
* Uma Nehru
* Krishna Hutheesing
* Indira Gandhi
* Braj Kumar Nehru
* Nayantara Sahgal
* Feroze Gandhi
* Rajiv Gandhi
* Sanjay Gandhi
* Arun Nehru
* Sonia Gandhi
* Maneka Gandhi
* Rahul Gandhi
* Priyanka Vadra
* Varun Gandhi
* Robert Vadra

Influenced|

* Nelson Mandela
* Shashi Tharoor
* Atal Bihari Vajpayee
* Gamal Abdel Nasser
* P. B. Gajendragadkar

Memorials|

| International stadiums|

* Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium (Chennai)
* Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium (Delhi)
* Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium (Kochi)

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Observances|

* Death and state funeral of Jawaharlal Nehru
* Children's Day (India)

Other|

* Anand Bhavan
* Teen Murti Bhavan
* Nehru Planetarium
* Jawahar Planetarium
* Shantivan
* Nehru Memorial Museum & Library
* Nehru: A Contemporary's Estimate

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