Shastri's cabinet

Prime Minister Lal Bahadur Shastri

The Shastri Cabinet was established in India on June 9, 1964 by Prime Minister Lal Bahadur Shastri . It replaced the Nehru IV cabinet and remained in office until January 24, 1966, after which it was replaced by the Indira Gandhi I cabinet . After Prime Minister Shastri died in office on January 11, 1966, Interior Minister Gulzarilal Nanda temporarily continued the official business until January 24, 1966.

minister

The Cabinet consisted of the following ministers:

Office	Surname	Political party	Beginning of the term of office	Term expires
prime minister	Lal Bahadur Shastri Gulzarilal Nanda (acting)	INC INC	June 9, 1964 January 11, 1966	January 11, 1966 January 24, 1966
Foreign minister	Lal Bahadur Shastri Sardar Swaran Singh	INC INC	June 9, 1964 July 20, 1964	July 20, 1964 January 24, 1966
Interior minister	Gulzari Lal Nanda	INC	June 9, 1964	January 24, 1966
Finance minister	TT Krishnamachari Sachindra Chaudhuri	INC INC	June 9, 1964 December 31, 1965	December 31, 1965 January 24, 1966
Minister for Information and Broadcasting	Indira Gandhi	INC	June 9, 1964	January 19, 1966
Minister for Industry and Supply	Sardar Swaran Singh H.C. Dasappa	INC INC	June 9, 1964 July 20, 1965	July 20, 1965 January 23, 1966
Railway Minister	SK Patil	INC	June 9, 1964	January 24, 1966
Minister for Justice and Communication	Ashoke Kumar Sen.	INC	June 9, 1964	January 23, 1966
Communications minister	Satya Narayan Sinha	INC	June 15, 1964	January 24, 1966
Defense Minister	Yeshwantrao Balwantrao Chavan	INC	June 9, 1964	January 24, 1966
Minister for Steel and Mining	Neelam Sanjiva Reddy	INC	June 9, 1964	January 23, 1966
Minister for Food and Agriculture	C. Subramaniam	INC	June 9, 1964	January 24, 1966
Minister for Petroleum and Chemicals	Humayun Kabir	INC	June 9, 1964	January 23, 1966
Minister for Parliamentary Affairs	Satya Narayan Sinha	INC	June 9, 1964	January 24, 1966
Minister for Civil Aviation	Satya Narayan Sinha	INC	June 9, 1964	June 15, 1964
Minister for Irrigation and Energy	HC Dasappa	INC	June 9, 1964	July 20, 1964
Minister of Education	Mahommedali Currim Chagla	INC	June 9, 1964	January 24, 1966
Minister for Labor and Employment	Damodaram Sanjivayya	INC	June 9, 1964	January 23, 1966
Minister for Rehabilitation	Mahavir Tyagi	INC	June 9, 1964	January 13, 1966
Attorney General	CK Daphtary	INC	June 9, 1964	January 13, 1966

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 SHASTRI 9.6.1964 - 24.1.1966
• Gopa Sabharwal: India Since 1947: The Independent Years , Penguin UK, 2007, ISBN 9-35214-089-3
• India: Key Ministers (rulers.org)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Renaming of the Ministry of Justice and Communication to Ministry of Justice and Social Security and creation of an independent Communication Ministry on June 15, 1964.