First Indira Gandhi ministry

First Indira Gandhi ministry
First Indira Gandhi ministry
; 5th ministry of the Republic of India
Date formed	24 January 1966
Date dissolved	15 March 1971
People and organisations
Head of state	Dr. Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan; (until 13 May 1967); Zakir Hussain; (13 May 1967 – 3 May 1969); Varahagiri Venkata Giri (Acting); (3 May 1969 – 20 July 1969); Muhammad Hidayatullah (Acting); (20 July 1969 – 24 August 1969); Varahagiri Venkata Giri (from 24 August 1969)
Head of government	Indira Gandhi
Member party	Indian National Congress; (24 January 1966 - 1967); Indian National Congress (R); (1966 - 15 March 1967)
Status in legislature	Majority (until November 1969); Minority (from November 1969) 284 / 520 (55%)
Opposition party	Indian National Congress (Organization)
Opposition leader	Ram Subhag Singh
History
Election(s)	1967
Outgoing election	1971
Legislature term(s)	5 years, 1 month and 19 days
Predecessor	Second Nanda ministry
Successor	Second Indira Gandhi ministry

Indira Gandhi was sworn in as Prime Minister of India for the first time on 24 January 1966. In her ministry, the ministers were as follows:

Cabinet

Key

^† Died in office
^RES Resigned

Cabinet Ministers


Portfolio	Minister	Took office	Left office		Ref
Prime Minister and Minister of Atomic Energy (and Planning from 5 September 1967)	Indira Gandhi	24 January 1966	15 March 1971	INC (R)	[1][2][3][4]
Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance	Morarji Desai	21 March 1967	6 December 1969	INC	[2]
Minister of Finance	Sachindra Chaudhuri	24 January 1966	13 March 1967	INC	[5]
	Morarji Desai	13 March 1967	16 July 1969^RES	INC	[5][2]
	Indira Gandhi	18 February 1970	27 June 1970	INC (R)	[5]
	Yashwantrao Chavan	27 June 1970	15 March 1971	INC (R)	[6]
Minister of Home Affairs	Gulzarilal Nanda	24 January 1966	14 November 1966	INC	[7][1]
	Yashwantrao Chavan	14 November 1966	27 June 1970	INC (R)
	Indira Gandhi	27 June 1970	15 March 1971	INC (R)
Minister of External Affairs	Sardar Swaran Singh	24 January 1966	14 November 1966	INC	[1][2]
	M. C. Chagla	14 November 1966	5 September 1967	INC	[2]
	Indira Gandhi	6 September 1967	13 February 1969	INC (R)
	Dinesh Singh	13 February 1969	27 June 1970	INC (R)
	Sardar Swaran Singh	27 June 1970	15 March 1971	INC (R)
Minister of Defence	Yashwantrao Chavan	24 January 1966	13 November 1966	INC	[1]
	Sardar Swaran Singh	13 March 1967	27 June 1970	INC (R)	[2][8][6]
	Jagjivan Ram	27 June 1970	15 March 1971	INC (R)	[6]
Minister of Transport, Aviation and Shipping and Minister of Tourism (Tourism and Civil Aviation from 1967)	Neelam Sanjiva Reddy	24 January 1966	13 March 1967	INC	[1]
	Karan Singh	13 March 1967	15 March 1971	INC (R)	[2][8]
Minister of Transport and Shipping	V. K. R. V. Rao[n 1]	14 November 1967	14 February 1969	INC	[1][2][9]
Minister of Information and Broadcasting (and Communications from 14 February 1969)	Kodardas Kalidas Shah[n 2]	14 November 1967	14 February 1969	INC	[1][2][9]
	Satya Narayan Sinha	14 February 1969	15 March 1971	INC (R)	[2][9][8]
Minister of Labour and Employment (Rehabilitation from 18 February 1966)	Jagjivan Ram	24 January 1966	13 March 1967	INC	[1]
	Jaisukh lal Hathi	13 March 1967	1969	INC	[2]
	Damodaram Sanjivayya	18 February 1970	15 March 1971	INC (R)	[8]
Minister of Railways	S. K. Patil	24 January 1966	12 March 1967	INC	[1][10]
	C. M. Poonacha	13 March 1967	14 February 1969	INC	[10][2]
	Ram Subhag Singh	14 February 1969	4 November 1969	INC	[10][9]
	Panampilly Govinda Menon	4 November 1969	18 February 1970	INC (R)	[10]
	Gulzarilal Nanda	18 February 1970	17 March 1971	INC (R)	[10]
Minister of Agriculture (and Food from 1967)	Chidambaram Subramaniam	24 January 1966	13 March 1967	INC	[1]
	Jagjivan Ram	13 March 1967	27 June 1970	INC (R)	[2][6]
	Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed	27 June 1970	15 March 1971	INC (R)	[2][6]
Minister of Parliamentary Affairs (and Shipping and Transport from 27 June 1970)	Satya Narayan Sinha	24 January 1966	13 March 1967	INC	[11][1]
	Ram Subhag Singh	13 March 1967	14 February 1969	INC	[11]
	Kotha Raghuramaiah	27 June 1970[n 3]	15 March 1971	INC (R)	[6]
Minister of Education (and Youth Services from 14 February 1969)	M. C. Chagla	24 January 1966	13 November 1966	INC	[12]
	Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed	14 November 1966	13 March 1967	INC	[12]
	Triguna Sen	16 March 1967	14 February 1969	INC	[12]
	V. K. R. V. Rao	14 February 1969	15 March 1971	INC (R)	[9]
Minister of Industry	Damodaram Sanjivayya	24 January 1966	13 March 1967	INC	[1]
Minister of Commerce	Manubhai Shah	24 January 1966	13 March 1967	INC	[1]
Minister of Commerce	Dinesh Singh	13 March 1967	1969	INC	[2]
Minister of Petroleum and Chemicals and Social Welfare (and Planning until 5 September 1967)	Asoka Mehta	24 January 1966	14 February 1969	INC	[1][2][3]
Minister of Law	Gopal Swarup Pathak	24 January 1966	13 March 1967	INC	[1]
	Panampilly Govinda Menon	13 March 1967	18 May 1970^[†]	INC	[2]
	Kengal Hanumanthaiah	27 June 1970	15 March 1971	INC (R)	[6]
Minister of Irrigation and Power	Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed	29 January 1966	14 November 1966	INC	[13]
Minister of Industrial Development and Company Affairs	Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed	13 March 1967	27 June 1970	INC (R)	[2][9]
Minister of Industrial Development and Company Affairs	Dinesh Singh	27 June 1970	15 March 1971	INC (R)	[6]
Minister of Steel, Mines and Metals	Marri Chenna Reddy	13 March 1967	14 February 1969	INC	[2]
Minister of Petrochemicals, Mines and Metals	Triguna Sen	14 February 1969	15 March 1971	INC (R)	[9][8]
Minister of Steel and Heavy Engineering	C. M. Poonacha	14 February 1969	1969	INC	[9]
Minister of Steel and Heavy Engineering	Bali Ram Bhagat	27 June 1970	15 March 1971	INC (R)	[6]
Minister without Portfolio	Satya Narayan Sinha	13 March 1967	14 November 1967	INC	[2]
Minister of Health, Family Planning and Urban Development	Satya Narayan Sinha	14 November 1967	14 February 1969	INC	[14][9]
Minister of Health, Family Planning and Urban Development	Kodardas Kalidas Shah	18 February 1970	15 March 1971	INC (R)	[2][9][8]
Minister of Foreign Trade and Supply	Bali Ram Bhagat	14 February 1969	27 June 1970	INC (R)	[9]

Ministers of State


Portfolio	Minister	Took office	Left office		Ref
Minister of Works, Housing, and Urban Development	Mehr Chand Khanna	24 January 1966	1967	INC	[1]
Minister of Information and Broadcasting	Nandini Satpathy	24 January 1966	13 March 1967	INC	[1]
	Ram Subhag Singh	13 March 1967	14 February 1969	INC	[15]
	Inder Kumar Gujral	14 February 1969	15 March 1971	INC (R)	[9][8]
Minister of State (Communications)	Sher Singh	14 February 1969	15 March 1971	INC (R)	[9][8]
Minister of Health and Family Planning (Urban Development from 14 November 1967, Works and Housing from 14 February 1969)	Sushila Nayyar	24 January 1966	13 March 1967	INC	[1][16]
	Sripati Chandrasekhar	13 March 1967	27 June 1970	INC (R)	[2][14][8]
	Bayya Suryanarayana Murthy	14 February 1969	15 March 1971	INC (R)	[9][8]
	Parimal Ghosh	27 June 1970	15 March 1971	INC (R)	[17]
Minister of State (Home Affairs) (and Defence Supplies in the Ministry of Defence to 13 March 1967)	Jaisukh lal Hathi	24 January 1966	13 March 1967	INC	[1]
	Vidya Charan Shukla	13 March 1967	27 June 1970	INC (R)	[1][17]
	K. C. Pant[n 4] Ram Niwas Mirdha	27 June 1970	15 March 1971	INC (R)	[17]
Minister of State (External Affairs)	Dinesh Singh	24 January 1966	14 November 1967	INC	[1][14]
Minister of State (External Affairs)	Bali Ram Bhagat	14 November 1967	14 February 1969	INC	[14][9]
Minister of Supply and Technical Development	Kotha Raghuramaiah	24 January 1966	13 March 1967	INC	[1]
Minister of State (Works, Housing and Supply)	Jagannath Rao	13 March 1967	14 February 1969	INC	[2][9]
Minister of State (Supply)	Raghunath Keshav Khadilkar[n 5]	4 November 1969	15 March 1971	INC (R)	[18][8]
Minister of Petroleum and Chemicals	O. V. Alagesan	24 January 1966	5 September 1967	INC	[1]
Minister of State (Petroleum, Chemicals and Social Welfare)	Kotha Raghuramaiah	5 September 1967	14 February 1969	INC	[1][3]
Minister of State (Petrochemicals)	Jagannath Rao	14 February 1969	27 June 1970	INC (R)	[9][8]
Minister of State (Petrochemicals)	Dajisaheb Chavan	27 June 1970	15 March 1971	INC (R)	[17]
Minister of State (Railways)	Ram Subhag Singh	24 January 1966	13 March 1967	INC	[1]
Minister of State (Railways)	Parimal Ghosh	13 March 1967	27 June 1970	INC (R)	[2][17]
Minister of State (Law)	C. R. Pattabhiraman	24 January 1966	1967	INC	[1]
Minister of State (Law)	Kotha Raghuramaiah	13 March 1967	5 September 1967	INC	[2][3]
Minister of State (Social Welfare) (and Law from 14 February 1969)	Phulrenu Guha	13 March 1967	27 June 1970	INC (R)	[2][9][8]
	Jagannath Rao	27 June 1970	15 March 1971	INC (R)	[17]
Minister of State (Irrigation and Power)	K. L. Rao	24 January 1966	15 March 1971	INC (R)	[1][8]
Minister of State (Finance)	Bali Ram Bhagat	24 January 1966	13 March 1967	INC	[1]
	K. C. Pant	13 March 1967	14 February 1969	INC	[2]
	Prakash Chandra Sethi	14 February 1969	27 June 1970	INC (R)	[9][17]
	Vidya Charan Shukla	27 June 1970	15 March 1971	INC (R)	[17]
Minister of State (Defence)	A.M. Thomas	24 January 1966	13 March 1967	INC	[1][2]
	Bali Ram Bhagat	13 March 1967	14 November 1967	INC	[1][2][14]
	Lalit Narayan Mishra	14 February 1969	27 June 1970	INC (R)	[9]
	Narendrasingh Mahida Prakash Chandra Sethi	27 June 1970	15 March 1971	INC (R)	[17]
Minister of State (Defence Production)	Lalit Narayan Mishra	14 November 1967	14 February 1969	INC	[14][9]
Minister of State (Labour, Employment and Rehabilitation)	Jagannath Rao	24 January 1966	13 March 1967	INC	[1]
	Lalit Narayan Mishra	13 March 1967	14 November 1967	INC	[2][14]
	Bhagwat Jha Azad	14 February 1969	15 March 1971	INC (R)	[9][17]
Minister of State (Food, Agriculture and Community Development), Rehabilitation to 18 February 1966	Panampilly Govinda Menon	24 January 1966	1967	INC	[1]
	Annasaheb Shinde	13 March 1967	15 March 1971	INC (R)	[2][17]
	M. S. Gurupadaswamy	14 February 1969	1969	INC	[9]
Minister of Mines and Metals	S. K. Dey	24 January 1966	13 March 1967	INC	[1]
Minister of State (Iron and Steel) (and Mines and Metals from 13 March 1967)	T. N. Singh	18 February 1966	13 March 1967	INC	[19]
	Prakash Chandra Sethi	13 March 1967	14 February 1969	INC	[2][4][9]
	Dajisaheb Chavan	14 February 1969	27 June 1970	INC (R)	[9][8][17]
	Nitiraj Singh	27 June 1970	15 March 1971	INC (R)	[6]
Minister of State (Steel and Heavy Engineering)	K.C. Pant	14 February 1969	27 June 1970	INC (R)	[9][8][17]
Minister of State (Industry)	Bibhudhendra Misra	24 January 1966	13 March 1967	INC	[1]
Minister of State (Company Affairs) (and Industrial Development until 27 June 1970)	K. V. Raghunatha Reddy	13 March 1967	15 March 1971	INC (R)	[2][17]
Minister of State (Foreign Trade)	Lalit Narayan Mishra	27 June 1970	15 March 1971	INC (R)
Minister of State (Atomic Energy) (and Planning from 27 June 1970)	M. S. Gurupadaswamy	18 March 1967	6 December 1967	INC	[20][21]
	Nandini Satpathy	27 June 1970	15 March 1971	INC (R)	[17]
Minister of State (Transport and Aviation)	C. M. Poonacha	24 January 1966	6 December 1967	INC	[1]
Minister of State (Tourism and Civil Aviation)	M. S. Gurupadaswamy	6 December 1967	14 February 1969	INC	[21][9]
Minister of State (Education) (and Youth Services from 14 February 1969)	Bhagwat Jha Azad	18 March 1967	14 February 1969	INC	[20][9]
	Sher Singh	14 November 1967	14 February 1969	INC	[4][9]
	Bhakt Darshan	14 February 1969	15 March 1971	INC (R)	[9][17]
Minister of State (Parliamentary Affairs and Communications) (and Shipping and Transport from 14 February 1969)	Inder Kumar Gujral	18 March 1967	14 February 1969	INC	[20]
	Kotha Raghuramaiah	14 February 1969	27 June 1970	INC (R)	[9][11]
	Om Mehta	28 June 1970	15 March 1971	INC (R)	[22]

Notes

Minister of State (independent charge) from 13 March 1967.[4]
Minister of State (independent charge) from 13 March 1967.[4]
Minister of State from 14 February 1969.[9]
With additional charge as Minister of State (Electronics and Scientific and Industrial Research) in the Cabinet Secretariat.[17]
Minister of State (Finance) from February 1970 (additional charge).[8]

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[9] Minister of State (independent charge) from 13 March 1967.[4]

[11] Minister of State (independent charge) from 13 March 1967.[4]

[14] Minister of State from 14 February 1969.[9]

[21] With additional charge as Minister of State (Electronics and Scientific and Industrial Research) in the Cabinet Secretariat.[17]

[22] Minister of State (Finance) from February 1970 (additional charge).[8]

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