First Nanda ministry

The First Gulzarilal Nanda ministry was formed as an acting cabinet upon the death in office of Jawaharlal Nehru on 27 May 1964.

First Gulzarilal Nanda ministry
Acting Cabinet of the Republic of India
Date formed	27 May 1964 (1964-05-27)
Date dissolved	9 June 1964 (1964-06-09)
People and organisations
Head of state	Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan
Head of government	Gulzarilal Nanda
Member party	Indian National Congress
Status in legislature	Majority 361 / 494 (73%)
Opposition party	None
Opposition leader	None
History
Election	None
Outgoing election	None
Legislature term	13 days
Predecessor	Fourth Nehru ministry
Successor	Shastri ministry

Cabinet

Cabinet ministers

Portfolio	Minister	Took office	Left office	Party		Ref
Prime Minister, Minister of Home Affairs, Minister of External Affairs and Minister of Atomic Energy	Gulzarilal Nanda	27 May 1964	9 June 1964		INC	[1]
Minister of Finance	T. T. Krishnamachari	27 May 1964	9 June 1964		INC	[1]
Minister without Portfolio	Lal Bahadur Shastri	27 May 1964	9 June 1964		INC	[1]
Minister of Defence	Yashwantrao Chavan	27 May 1964	9 June 1964		INC	[2]
Minister of Petroleum and Chemicals	Humayun Kabir	27 May 1964	9 June 1964		INC	[2]
Minister of Railways	H. C. Dasappa	27 May 1964	9 June 1964		INC	[1]
Minister of Education	M. C. Chagla	27 May 1964	9 June 1964		INC	[1]
Minister of Labour and Planning	Damodaram Sanjivayya	27 May 1964	9 June 1964		INC	[1]
Minister of Parliamentary Affairs and Minister of Information and Broadcasting	Satya Narayan Sinha	27 May 1964	9 June 1964		INC	[1]
Minister of Steel, Mines and Heavy Engineering	Chidambaram Subramaniam	27 May 1964	9 June 1964		INC	[1]
Minister of Food and Agriculture	Swaran Singh	27 May 1964	9 June 1964		INC	[1]
Minister of Law and Minister of Communications	Ashoke Kumar Sen	27 May 1964	9 June 1964		INC	[1]
Minister of Rehabilitation	Mahavir Tyagi	27 May 1964	9 June 1964		INC	[1]

Ministers of State

Portfolio	Minister	Took office	Left office	Party		Ref
Minister of Works and Housing	Mehr Chand Khanna	27 May 1964	9 June 1964		INC	[1]
Minister of International Trade	Manubhai Shah	27 May 1964	9 June 1964		INC	[1]
Minister of Industry	Nityanand Kanungo	27 May 1964	9 June 1964		INC	[1]
Minister of Transport	Raj Bahadur	27 May 1964	9 June 1964		INC	[1]
Minister of Community Development and Cooperation	S. K. Dey	27 May 1964	9 June 1964		INC	[1]
Minister of Health	Sushila Nayyar	27 May 1964	9 June 1964		INC	[1]
Minister of State (Home Affairs)	Jaisukh lal Hathi	27 May 1964	9 June 1964		INC	[1]
Minister of State (External Affairs)	Lakshmi N. Menon	27 May 1964	9 June 1964		INC	[1]
Minister of Defence Production	Kotha Raghuramaiah	27 May 1964	9 June 1964		INC	[1]
Minister of State (Petroleum and Chemicals)	O. V. Alagesan	27 May 1964	9 June 1964		INC	[1]
Minister of State (Food and Agriculture)	Ram Subhag Singh	27 May 1964	9 June 1964		INC	[1]
Minister of Supply	Ramchandra Martand Hajarnavis	27 May 1964	9 June 1964		INC	[1]
Minister of Irrigation and Power	K. L. Rao	27 May 1964	9 June 1964		INC	[1]
Minister of Planning	Bali Ram Bhagat	27 May 1964	9 June 1964		INC	[1]
Minister of State (Food and Agriculture)	A.M. Thomas	27 May 1964	9 June 1964		INC	[1]

References

1. "New Council of Ministers Announced" (PDF). Press Information Bureau of India - Archive. 27 May 1964. Retrieved 17 April 2020.
2. "Press Communique" (PDF). Press Information Bureau of India - Archive. 30 May 1964. Retrieved 17 April 2020.