Morarji Desai Ministry
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Morarji Desai was sworn in as Prime Minister of India on 24 March 1977. Here is the list of ministers in his ministry with portfolios.
[edit] Cabinet ministers
- Morarji Desai-Prime Minister
- Charan Singh-Deputy Prime Minister of India-Home
- Jagjivan Ram-Deputy Prime Minister of India-Defence
- Atal Bihari Vajpayee-External affairs
- Lal Krishna Advani-Information & Broadcasting
- George Fernandes-Industry
- H.M. Patel-Finance
- Sikandar Bakht-Housing
- Surjit Singh Barnala-Agriculture
- Biju Patnaik
- Pratap Chandra Chunder-Education
- Shanti Bhushan-Law
- Brij Lal Verma-Communications
- Madhu Dandavate-Railways
- Raj Narain-Health
- Hemvati Nandan Bahuguna-Petroleum
- Ravindra Varma-Labour and parliamentary affairs
- Mohan Dharia-Commerce
Rabi Ray was inducted in January 1979 to fill in the vacancy caused by Raj Narain's exit.
