Second Nehru ministry

Jawaharlal Nehru was sworn in as Prime Minister of India on 15 August 1947. After first Indian general election, Nehru became the first democratically elected Prime Minister of the country and his second term started on 15 April 1952. In his ministry upon reelection, the ministers were as follows.

Second Nehru ministry

1st ministry of the Republic of India
Date formed15 April 1952 (1952-04-15)
Date dissolved4 April 1957 (1957-04-04)
People and organisations
Head of stateRajendra Prasad
Head of governmentJawaharlal Nehru
Member partyIndian National Congress
Status in legislatureMajority
Opposition partyNone
Opposition leaderNone
History
Election(s)1951
Outgoing election1957
Legislature term(s)4 years, 11 months and 20 days
PredecessorFirst Nehru ministry
SuccessorThird Nehru ministry

Cabinet

Cabinet ministers
PortfolioMinisterTook officeLeft officePartyRef
Prime Minister
Minister of External Affairs
Minister of Defence (1952-10 January 1955; from 30 January 1957)		 Jawaharlal NehruFirst Nehru MinistryThird Nehru ministryINC
Minister without Portfolio (External Affairs) V. K. Krishna Menon14 February 1956Third Nehru MinistryINC[1]
Minister of Education, Natural Resources and Scientific Research Abul Kalam Azad15 April 1952Third Nehru ministryINC[2]
Minister of Finance C. D. DeshmukhFirst Nehru ministry24 July 1956INC[3]
 T. T. Krishnamachari1 September 1956Third Nehru ministryINC[4]
Minister of Home Affairs
(Minister of Heavy Industries - additional charge from September-November 1956)		 Kailash Nath KatjuFirst Nehru ministry1955INC
 Govind Ballabh Pant10 January 1955Third Nehru ministryINC[5][4]
Minister of Food and Agriculture Rafi Ahmed KidwaiFirst Nehru Ministry1954INC[2]
 Ajit Prasad Jain25 November 1954Third Nehru ministryINC[6]
Minister of Defence Baldev SinghFirst Nehru Ministry1952INC
 N. Gopalaswami Ayyangar13 May 19521952INC[2]
 Kailash Nath Katju10 January 195530 January 1957INC[7][8]
Minister of Law and Minority Affairs Charu Chandra Biswas15 April 1952Third Nehru MinistryINC[2]
Minister of Railways N. Gopalaswami AyyangarFirst Nehru Ministry13 May 1952INC
 Lal Bahadur Shastri13 May 19527 December 1956INC
 Jagjivan Ram7 December 1956Third Nehru MinistryINC
Minister of Communications Jagjivan Ram15 April 19527 December 1956INC[2]
Minister of Commerce and Industry (to September 1956)
Minister of Iron and Steel (from June 1955)		 T. T. Krishnamachari15 April 1952Third Nehru ministryINC[2][9]
Minister of Heavy Industry and Commerce and Consumer Industries (to January 1957)
Minister of Commerce and Industries (from January 1957)		 Morarji Desai14 November 1956Third Nehru ministryINC[10][11]
Minister of Labour V. V. Giri15 April 1952September 1954INC[2]
 Khandubhai Kasanji DesaiSeptember 1954Third Nehru MinistryINC[12]
Minister of Works, Housing and Supply
(Ministry of Commerce and Consumer Industries - additional charge September-November 1956)		 Swaran Singh15 April 1952Third Nehru MinistryINC[2][4]
Minister of Planning and River Valley Schemes Gulzarilal Nanda15 April 1952Third Nehru MinistryINC[2]
Minister of Health Amrit Kaur15 April 1952Third Nehru MinistryINC[2]
Minister of Production K. Chengalaraya Reddy15 April 1952Third Nehru MinistryINC[2]

Ministers of State
PortfolioMinisterTook officeLeft officePartyRef
Minister of Parliamentary Affairs Satya Narayan Sinha[13]First Nehru ministryThird Nehru ministryINC[2]
Minister of Rehabilitation Ajit Prasad Jain15 April 195224 November 1954INC[2]
 Mehr Chand Khanna7 December 1954Third Nehru ministryINC[14]
Minister of State (External Affairs) Syed Mahmud7 December 1954Third Nehru ministryINC[14]
Minister of Agriculture Panjabrao Deshmukh17 April 1952Third Nehru ministryINC
Minister of Legal Affairs
Minister of Civil Aviation (from 7 December 1956, additional charge)		 Hari Vinayak Pataskar7 December 1954Third Nehru ministryINC[14][15]
Minister of Natural Resources Keshav Dev Malaviya7 December 1954Third Nehru ministryINC[14]
Minister of Revenue and Expenditure Mahavir Tyagi15 April 195216 March 1953INC[2]
Minister of Revenue and Civil Expenditure Manilal Chaturbhai Shah7 December 1954Third Nehru ministryINC[14]
Minister of Revenue and Defence Expenditure Arun Chandra Guha7 December 1954Third Nehru ministryINC[14]
Minister of Defence Organisation Mahavir Tyagi16 March 1953Third Nehru ministryINC[16]
Minister of Commerce
(Minister of Trade from June 1956)		 D. P. Karmarkar6 August 1955Third Nehru ministryINC[17][18]
Minister of Industries
(Minister of Consumer Industries from June 1956)		 Nityanand Kanungo6 August 1955Third Nehru ministryINC[19][20][18]
Minister of Industrial Development
(Minister of Heavy Industry from June 1956)		 Manubhai ShahMay 1956Third Nehru ministryINC[21][18]
Minister of Information and Broadcasting B. V. Keskar15 April 1952Third Nehru MinistryINC[2]
Minister of State (Home Affairs) B. N. Datar14 February 1956Third Nehru MinistryINC[1]
Minister of Community Development S. K. DeySeptember 1956Third Nehru MinistryINC[22]
Minister of Communications Raj Bahadur14 February 1956Third Nehru MinistryINC[1]

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