Cabinet of Rajiv Gandhi

Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi (1989)

The Rajiv Gandhi cabinet was established in India on October 31, 1984 by Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi of the Indian National Congress (INC). It replaced Indira Gandhi III's cabinet after Rajiv Gandhi's mother and long-time Prime Minister Indira Gandhi was murdered on October 31, 1984. The Gandhi cabinet remained in office until December 2, 1989, when it was replaced by the VP Singh cabinet .

From the parliamentary elections on December 24th, 27th and 28th, 1984 , Gandhi's INC emerged as the strongest party and had a clear absolute majority with 404 of the 516 members in the Lok Sabha . This was followed by an extensive cabinet reshuffle. In the parliamentary elections on November 22nd and 26th, 1989 , the INC lost 9.57 percentage points and 207 of its 404 seats, so that it only provided 197 of the 531 members of the Lok Sabha. Then formed Vishwanath Pratap Singh of the Janata Dal with the support of several other parties a new government, the first in nearly a decade that has not been made of INC.

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The Cabinet consisted of the following ministers:

Office	Surname	Political party	Beginning of the term of office	Term expires
prime minister	Rajiv Gandhi	INC	October 31, 1984	2nd December 1989
Foreign minister	Rajiv Gandhi Bali Ram Bhagat P. Shiv Shankar Narayan Dutt Tiwari Rajiv Gandhi P. V. Narasimha Rao	INC INC INC INC INC INC	October 31, 1984 September 25, 1985 May 12, 1986 October 22, 1986 July 25, 1987 June 25, 1988	September 25, 1985 May 12, 1986 October 22, 1986 July 25, 1987 June 25, 1988 December 1, 1989
Minister for Environment and Forestry	Rajiv Gandhi Bhajan Lal Ziaur Rahman Ansari	INC INC INC	October 31, 1984 October 22, 1986 June 25, 1988	October 22, 1986 February 14, 1988 December 1, 1989
Minister for Sport, Public Works and Housing	Buta Singh Abdul Ghafoor	INC INC	October 31, 1984 December 31, 1984	December 31, 1984 September 25, 1985
Minister of Law and Justice	Jagannath Kaushal Ashoke Kumar Sen P. Shiv Shankar Bindeshwari Dubey B. Shankaranand	INC INC INC INC INC	November 4, 1984 December 31, 1984 July 25, 1987 February 14, 1988 June 25, 1988	December 31, 1984 March 27, 1987 February 14, 1988 June 25, 1988 December 1, 1989
Minister for Irrigation and Energy	B. Shankaranand Rajiv Gandhi Dinesh Singh B. Shankaranand	INC INC INC INC	December 31, 1984 August 21, 1987 February 14, 1988 June 25, 1988	August 21, 1987 February 14, 1988 June 25, 1988 December 1, 1989
Energy minister	Vasant Sathe	INC	September 25, 1985	December 1, 1989
Railway Minister	ABA Ghani Khan Choudhury Bansi Lal	INC INC	November 4, 1984 December 31, 1984	December 31, 1984 June 4, 1986
Minister of Agriculture	Rao Birender Singh Buta Singh Gurdial Singh Dhillon Bhajan Lal	INC INC INC	November 4, 1984 December 31, 1984 May 12, 1986 February 14, 1988	December 31, 1984 May 12, 1986 February 14, 1988 December 1, 1989
Minister for Rural Development	Mohsina Kidwai	INC	4th November 1984	December 31, 1984
Minister for Parliamentary Affairs	Buta Singh H. KL Bhagat	INC INC	October 31, 1984 December 31, 1984	December 31, 1984 December 1, 1989
Minister of Education	KC Pant P.V. Narasimha Rao P. Shiv Shankar	INC INC INC	October 31, 1984 September 25, 1985 June 25, 1988	September 25, 1985 June 25, 1988 December 1, 1989
Minister for Health and Family Planning	B. Shankaranand Mohsina Kidwai P.V. Narasimha Rao Motilal Vora Ram Niwas Mirdha	INC INC INC INC INC	November 4, 1984 December 31, 1984 June 24, 1986 February 14, 1988 January 25, 1989	December 31, 1984 June 24, 1986 February 14, 1988 January 25, 1989 December 1, 1989
Defense Minister	Shankarrao Chavan P.V. Narasimha Rao Rajiv Gandhi Vishwanath Pratap Singh K.C. Pant	INC INC INC INC INC	November 4, 1984 December 31, 1984 September 25, 1985 January 24, 1987 April 12, 1987	December 31, 1984 September 25, 1985 January 24, 1987 April 12, 1987 December 1, 1989
Minister of Planning	Primary Narasimha Rao Rajiv Gandhi P. Shiv Shankar Madhavsinh Solanki	INC INC INC INC	November 4, 1984 September 25, 1985 February 14, 1988 June 25, 1988	September 25, 1985 February 14, 1988 June 25, 1988 December 1, 1989
Minister for Food and Civilian Services	Rao Birender Singh H. KL Bhagat	INC INC	December 31, 1984 May 12, 1986	September 25, 1985 February 14, 1988
Interior minister	PV Narasimha Rao Shankarrao Chavan P.V. Narasimha Rao (acting) Buta Singh	INC INC INC INC	October 31, 1984 December 31, 1984 March 12, 1986 May 12, 1986	December 31, 1984 March 12, 1986 May 12, 1986 December 1, 1989
Minister for Industry, Steel and Mining	Kotla Vijaya Bhaskara Reddy Vasant Sathe K.C. Pant Vasant Sathe (acting) Makhan Lal Fotedar	INC INC INC INC INC	November 4, 1984 December 31, 1984 September 25, 1985 April 12, 1987 July 25, 1987	December 29, 1984 September 25, 1985 April 12, 1987 July 25, 1987 December 1, 1989
Minister for Petroleum, Energy and Coal	P. Shiv Shankar	INC	October 31, 1984	December 29, 1984
Minister for Chemicals and Fertilizers	Vasant Sathe Veerendra Patil	INC INC	November 4, 1984 December 31, 1984	December 31, 1984 September 25, 1985
Minister for Industry and Business Affairs	Veerendra Patil (acting) Narayan Dutt Tiwari Jalagam Vengala Rao	INC INC INC	December 31, 1984 September 25, 1985 October 22, 1986	September 25, 1985 October 22, 1986 December 1, 1989
Finance minister	Pranab Mukherjee Vishwanath Pratap Singh Rajiv Gandhi Narayan Dutt Tiwari Shankarrao Chavan	INC INC INC INC INC	October 31, 1984 December 31, 1984 January 24, 1987 July 25, 1987 June 25, 1988	December 31, 1984 January 24, 1987 July 25, 1987 June 25, 1988 December 1, 1989
Minister of Commerce	Pranab Mukherjee Rajiv Gandhi Vishwanath Pratap Singh (acting) Arjun Singh P. Shiv Shankar Narayan Dutt Tiwari Dinesh Singh	INC INC INC INC INC INC INC	October 31, 1984 December 31, 1984 January 14, 1985 September 25, 1985 January 20, 1986 July 25, 1987 June 25, 1988	December 31, 1984 January 14, 1985 September 25, 1985 January 19, 1986 July 25, 1987 June 25, 1988 December 1, 1989
Minister for Urban Development	Abdul Ghafoor Mohsina Kidwai	INC INC	September 25, 1985 October 22, 1986	October 22, 1986 December 1, 1989
Minister for Tourism and Civil Aviation	Rajiv Gandhi H. KL Bhagat Mohammad Sayeed Mohsina Kidwai	INC INC INC INC	December 31, 1984 September 25, 1985 May 12, 1986 February 14, 1988	September 25, 1985 May 12, 1986 July 14, 1987 June 25, 1988
Minister for Transport and Shipping	Veerendra Patil	INC	4th November 1984	December 31, 1984
Minister for Transport and Civil Aviation	Bansi Lal Mohsina Kidwai	INC INC	September 25, 1985 June 24, 1986	June 24, 1986 October 22, 1986
Minister for Civil Aviation	Motilal Vora	INC	February 14, 1988	June 25, 1988
Minister for Program Introduction	ABA Ghani Khan Choudhury P. Shiv Shankar Madhavsinh Solanki	INC INC INC	September 25, 1985 July 25, 1987 June 25, 1988	May 4, 1987 June 25, 1988 December 1, 1989
Communications minister	Arjun Singh Vasant Sathe Bir Bahadur Singh	INC INC INC	October 22, 1986 February 14, 1988 June 25, 1988	February 14, 1988 June 25, 1988 May 30, 1989
Minister for Information and Broadcasting	HKL Bhagat	INC	February 14, 1988	December 1, 1989
Minister for Textiles	Ram Niwas Mirdha	INC	February 14, 1988	December 1, 1989
Minister for Labor and Rehabilitation	Veerendra Patil	INC	4th November 1984	December 31, 1984
Minister of Labor	Bindeshwari Dubey	INC	June 25, 1988	December 1, 1989

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 MINISTER R.GANDHI October 31, 1984 - December 31, 1984
• COUNCIL OF MINISTER R.GANDHI 2 December 31, 1984 - December 1, 1989
• Gopa Sabharwal: India Since 1947: The Independent Years , Penguin UK, 2007, ISBN 9-35214-089-3
• India: Key Ministers (rulers.org)

Individual evidence

1. ^ Minister for Public Works and Housing since December 31, 1984.
2. ↑ Since September 25, 1985 Minister for Water Resources and creation of an independent Ministry of Energy.
3. ^ On December 31, 1984 the Ministry of Agriculture was merged with the Ministry of Rural Development to form the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development.
4. ^ On September 25, 1985, the Ministry of Education was renamed the Ministry of Human Resource Development.
5. ^ On December 31, 1984, the Ministry of Industry, Steel and Mining was renamed the Ministry of Steel, Mining and Coal and an independent Ministry of Industry and Business was created.
6. ^ On September 25, 1985, the Ministry of Steel, Mining and Coal was renamed Ministry of Steel and Mining.
7. ↑ On September 25, 1985, the Ministry of Industry and Corporate Affairs was renamed the Ministry of Industry.
8. ^ From December 31, 1984 to November 15, 1985, the Ministry of Commerce was renamed the Ministry of Trade and Supply.
9. ^ On September 25, 1985, the Ministry of Tourism and Civil Aviation was renamed the Ministry of Tourism and responsibility for civil aviation was transferred to the Ministry of Transport and Civil Aviation.
10. ^ On June 24, 1986, the Ministry of Transport and Civil Aviation was renamed the Ministry of Transport.