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Lal Bahadur Shastri ministry

4th ministry of the Republic of India
Date formed9 June 1964 (1964-06-09)
Date dissolved11 January 1966 (1966-01-11)
People and organisations
Head of stateSarvepalli Radhakrishnan
Head of governmentLal Bahadur Shastri
Member partyIndian National Congress
Status in legislatureMajority
Opposition partyNone
Opposition leaderNone
History
Outgoing election1967
Legislature terms1 year, 7 months and 2 days
PredecessorFourth Nehru ministry
SuccessorFirst Indira Gandhi ministry

Lal Bahadur Shastri was sworn in as Prime Minister of India on 9 June 1964. In his initial ministry, the ministers were as follows.

Cabinet

Key
  • Died in office
  • RES Resigned
Portfolio Minister Took office Left office Party Ref
Prime Minister9 June 196411 January 1966[†] INC
Minister of External Affairs
Lal Bahadur Shastri
9 June 196417 July 1964 INC
18 July 1964First Indira Gandhi ministry INC[1]
Minister of Finance9 June 19641965 INC
1965First Indira Gandhi ministry INC
Minister of Home Affairs9 June 1964First Indira Gandhi ministry INC
Minister of Defence9 June 1964First Indira Gandhi ministry INC
Minister of Railways9 June 1964First Indira Gandhi ministry INC[2]
Minister of Law and Justice1964First Indira Gandhi ministry INC
Minister of Information and Broadcasting9 June 196411 January 1966 INC[3]
Minister of Industry
Swaran Singh
19641964 INC[1]
Minister of Food and Agriculture9 June 19641966 INC[4]
Minister of Parliamentary AffairsFourth Nehru ministryFirst Indira Gandhi ministry INC[5]

References

  1. ^ a b "Biography of Sardar Swaran Singh". Sikh-history.com. Retrieved 2015-02-23.
  2. ^ "Railway Ministers of Independent India". Indian Railways Fan Club (IRFCA). Retrieved January 29, 2014.
  3. ^ "Members Bioprofile". 164.100.47.132. Retrieved 2015-02-23.
  4. ^ https://web.archive.org/web/20130407175423/http://rajbhavan.maharashtra.gov.in/previous/subramaniambiodata.htm. Archived from the original on April 7, 2013. Retrieved May 28, 2014. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help); Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  5. ^ "Lok Sabha". Legislativebodiesinindia.nic.in. Retrieved 2015-02-23.

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