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)
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	Lal Bahadur Shastri 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

Cabinet Ministers


Portfolio		Took office	Left office	Party	Ref
Prime Minister	Indira Gandhi	24 January 1966	15 March 1971	INC (R)	[1]
Minister of Finance	Sachindra Chaudhuri	24 January 1966	13 March 1967	INC	[2]
	Morarji Desai	13 March 1967	16 July 1969	INC (R)	[2]
	Indira Gandhi	1970	1971	INC (R)	[2]
Minister of Home Affairs	Gulzarilal Nanda	24 January 1966	14 November 1966	INC	[3]
	Yashwantrao Chavan	14 November 1966	27 June 1970	INC (R)
	Indira Gandhi	27 June 1970	II. I. Gandhi	INC (R)
Minister of External Affairs	Sardar Swaran Singh	24 January 1966	14 November 1966	INC
	M. C. Chagla	14 November 1966	5 September 1967	INC
	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	II I. Gandhi	INC (R)
Minister of Defence	Yashwantrao Chavan	1966	1966	INC
Minister of Defence	Sardar Swaran Singh	1966	1970	INC (R)
Minister of Railways	S. K. Patil	24 January 1966	12 March 1967	INC	[4]
	C. M. Poonacha	13 March 1967	14 February 1969	INC (R)	[4]
	Ram Subhag Singh	14 February 1969	4 November 1969	INC (R)	[4]
	Panampilly Govinda Menon	4 November 1969	18 February 1970	INC (R)	[4]
	Gulzarilal Nanda	18 February 1970	17 March 1971	INC (R)	[4]
Minister of Information and Broadcasting	Ram Subhag Singh[5]	13 March 1967	14 February 1969	INC (R)
Minister of Information and Broadcasting	Kodardas Kalidas Shah	14 February 1969	1971	INC (R)
Minister of Agriculture	M. S. Gurupadaswamy	1967	1969	INC (R)	[6]
Minister of Health	Sushila Nayyar	1966	1967	INC	[7]
Minister of Parliamentary Affairs	Satya Narayan Sinha	Shastri ministry	13 March 1967	INC	[8]
Minister of Parliamentary Affairs	Ram Subhag Singh	13 March 1967	14 February 1969	INC (R)	[8]
Minister of Education	M. C. Chagla	24 January 1966	13 November 1966	INC	[9]
	Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed	14 November 1966	13 March 1967	INC (R)	[9]
	Triguna Sen	16 March 1967	18 March 1971	INC (R)	[9]

Ministers of State

Nandini Satpathy, Minister attached to PM
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References

"Mrs. Gandhi wins handily in Party vote". Milwaukee Journal. 19 January 1966.
"". India Infoline, Finance Ministers of India
Offices held by Gulzarilal Nanda on Gulzarilal Nanda Foundation
"". The Indian Railways Fan Club
"Rajya Sabha members, biographical sketches, 1952 - 2003" (PDF).
"M. S. Gurupadaswamy passes away". The Hindu. 10 May 2011. Retrieved 22 March 2013.
"Worldwide Guide to Women in Leadership - Republic of India". Retrieved 6 June 2014.
http://legislativebodiesinindia.nic.in/LS/ataglace.htm Archived 21 May 2014 at the Wayback Machine LOK SABHA
"List of former Ministers in charge of Education/HRD Government, Ministry of Human Resource Development, Government of India". National Informatics Centre, New Delhi/Ministry of Human Resource Development, Government of India. Archived from the original on 25 June 2014. Retrieved 14 June 2013.

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[1] "Mrs. Gandhi wins handily in Party vote". Milwaukee Journal. 19 January 1966.

[iifl-2] "". India Infoline, Finance Ministers of India

[3] Offices held by Gulzarilal Nanda on Gulzarilal Nanda Foundation

[irfca-4] "". The Indian Railways Fan Club

[5] "Rajya Sabha members, biographical sketches, 1952 - 2003" (PDF).

[6] "M. S. Gurupadaswamy passes away". The Hindu. 10 May 2011. Retrieved 22 March 2013.

[womenleaders-7] "Worldwide Guide to Women in Leadership - Republic of India". Retrieved 6 June 2014.

[ls-8] ttp://legislativebodiesinindia.nic.in/LS/ataglace.htm Archived 21 May 2014 at the Wayback Machine LOK SABHA

[mhrd-9] "List of former Ministers in charge of Education/HRD Government, Ministry of Human Resource Development, Government of India". National Informatics Centre, New Delhi/Ministry of Human Resource Development, Government of India. Archived from the original on 25 June 2014. Retrieved 14 June 2013.