Cabinet Nehru I

Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru (1946)

The first Nehru cabinet on January 31, 1950

The Nehru I cabinet was formed by Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru in India after independence from the United Kingdom on August 15, 1947 . It remained in office until April 15, 1952, when it was replaced by the Nehru II cabinet .

minister

The Cabinet consisted of the following ministers:

Office	Surname	Political party	Beginning of the term of office	Term expires
prime minister	Jawaharlal Nehru	INC	August 15, 1947	April 15, 1952
Minister for Foreign Affairs and Relations with the Commonwealth of Nations	Jawaharlal Nehru	INC	August 15, 1947	April 15, 1952
Minister for Scientific Research	Jawaharlal Nehru	INC	August 15, 1947	April 15, 1952
Deputy Prime Minister	Vallabhbhai Patel	INC	August 15, 1947	December 15, 1950 (†)
Interior minister	Vallabhbhai Patel C. Rajagopalachari Kailash Nath Katju	INC INC INC	August 15, 1947 December 26, 1950 October 25, 1951	December 15, 1950 (†) October 25, 1951 April 15, 1952
Minister for the States	Vallabhbhai Patel N. Gopalaswami Ayyangar	INC INC	August 15, 1947 December 26, 1950	December 15, 1950 (†) April 15, 1952
Minister for Information and Broadcasting	Vallabhbhai Patel R. R. Diwakar	INC INC	August 15, 1947 1949	1949 April 15, 1952
Finance minister	RK Shanmukham Chetty John Matthai Chintamanrao Deshmukh	INC INC INC	August 15, 1947 September 1948 May 26, 1950	September 1948 May 26th 1950 April 15th 1952
Minister of Justice	Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar Kailash Nath Katju	SCF INC	August 15, 1947 November 1951	November 1951 April 15, 1952
Defense Minister	Baldev Singh	PP	August 15, 1947	April 15, 1952
Minister for Railways and Transport	John Matthai N. Gopalaswami Ayyangar	INC INC	August 15, 1947 September 15, 1948	September 22, 1948 April 15, 1952
Minister of Education	Abul Kalam Azad	INC	August 15, 1947	April 15, 1952
Minister for Food and Agriculture	Rajendra Prasad Jairamdas Daulatram Kanaiyalal Maneklal Munshi	INC INC INC	August 15, 1947 1948 May 5, 1950	1948 May 5, 1950 April 15, 1952
Minister for Production and Supply	Syama Prasad Mukherjee Narhar Vishnu Gadgil	ABHM INC	August 15, 1947 April 15, 1950	April 15, 1950 April 15, 1952
Minister of Labor	Jagjivan Ram	INC	August 15, 1947	April 15, 1952
Minister of Commerce since April 15, 1950 Minister of Trade and Industry	Cooverji Hormusji Bhabha Narhar Vishnu Gadgil Kshitish Chandra Neogy Harekrushna Mahtab	INC INC INC INC	August 15, 1947 1948 1948 April 15, 1950	1948 1948 April 15, 1950 April 15, 1952
Communications minister	Rafi Ahmed Kidwai Amrit Kaur	INC INC	August 15, 1947 July 18, 1951	July 18, 1951 April 15, 1952
Minister of Health	Amrit Kaur	INC	August 15, 1947	April 15, 1952
Minister for Public Works	Narhar Vishnu Gadgil	INC	August 15, 1947	April 15, 1952
Minister for Mining and Energy	Narhar Vishnu Gadgil	INC	August 15, 1947	1950
Minister for Welfare and Rehabilitation	Kshitish Chandra Neogy Mohanlal Saksena Ajit Prasad Jain	INC INC INC	August 15, 1947 August 16, 1948 1950	August 16, 1948 1950 April 15, 1952
Minister with no portfolio	N. Gopalaswami Ayyangar	INC	August 15, 1947	September 22, 1948
Solicitor General	CK Daphtary	INC	1951	April 15, 1952

Minister of State

The following ministers of state belonged to the cabinet:

Office	Surname	Political party	Beginning of the term of office	Term expires
Parliamentary State Secretary to the Prime Minister	Shyam Nandan Mishra	INC	1951	1952
Minister of State in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs	Charu Chandra Biswas	INC	1950	April 15, 1952
Minister of State for Parliamentary Affairs	Satya Narayan Sinha	INC	1948	April 15, 1952
Vice Minister for Trade and Industry	Dattatraya Parasuram Karmarkar	INC	1950	1952

Web links

• All Members of Lok Sabha (Since 1952): Members Biographical Sketches on the Lok Sabha homepage
• RAJYA SABHA MEMBERS: BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES 1952 - 2003 on the homepage of Rajya Sabha
• COUNCIL OF MINISTERS. NEHRU August 16, 1947 - May 13, 1952
• Gopa Sabharwal: India Since 1947: The Independent Years , Penguin UK, 2007, ISBN 9-35214-089-3
• India: Key Ministers (rulers.org)