Charan Singh Ministry

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Charan Singh Ministry
8th Cabinet of Republic of India
Date formed 28 July 1979
Date dissolved 14 January 1980
People and organizations
Head of government Charan Singh
Head of state Neelam Sanjiva Reddy
Member party Janata Party (Secular)
Opposition party Indian National Congress
Opposition leader Yashwantrao Chavan (In Lok Sabha)
Kamalapati Tripathi (In Rajya Sabha)
History
Previous Morarji Desai Ministry
Successor Third Indira Gandhi Ministry

Chaudhary Charan Singh was sworn in as Prime Minister of India for the first time on 28 July 1979.[1] In his ministry, the ministers were as follows.

Cabinet

Portfolio Minister Took office Left office Party
Prime Minister Charan Singh[1]28 July 197914 January 1980JNP(S)
Minister of Finance Hemvati Nandan Bahuguna[2]28 July 197914 January 1980JNP(S)
Minister of Home Affairs Yashwantrao Chavan28 July 197914 January 1980JNP(S)
Minister of External Affairs Shyam Nandan Prasad Mishra[3]28 July 197914 January 1980JNP(S)
Minister of Defence Chidambaram Subramaniam[4]28 July 197914 January 1980JNP(S)
Minister of Railways T. M. A. Pai[5]30 July 197913 January 1980JNP(S)

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=nRQyAAAAIBAJ&sjid=dqQFAAAAIBAJ&dq=charan%20singh%20becomes%20prime%20minister&pg=3913%2C3452059". Dour farm leader of 76 named as India's fifth PM, Montreal Gazette, 27 July 1979
  2. ↑ Hemvati Nandan Bahuguna's buography
  3. ↑ "Former Union minister dead". The Times of India. 2004-10-26. Retrieved 2013-03-17. 
  4. ↑ "Shri C. Subramaniam". Rajbhavan, Maharashra state, India. 
  5. ↑ "Railway Ministers of Independent India". Indian Railways Fan Club (IRFCA). Retrieved January 29, 2014. 
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