First Nanda ministry

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

First Nanda ministry
Interim Cabinet of the Republic of India
Date formed	27 May 1964
Date dissolved	9 June 1964
People and organisations
Head of state	Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan
Head of government	Gulzarilal Nanda
Member party	Indian National Congress
Status in legislature	Majority
Opposition party	None
Opposition leader	None
History
Election(s)	None
Outgoing election	None
Legislature term(s)	13 days
Predecessor	Fourth Nehru ministry
Successor	Lal Bahadur 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.