First Vasantdada Patil ministry

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First Vasantdada Patil ministry
Seal of Maharashtra.svg
Ministry of the State of Maharashtra
People and organisations
Head of government Vasantdada Patil
Member partyCongress
Status in legislature Coalition
222 / 288(77%)
Opposition party BJP

SHS

JD
History
Election(s) 1972
Legislature term(s)5 Years
Predecessor First Shankarrao Chavan ministry
Successor Second Vasantdada Patil ministry

Vasantdada Patil became the Chief Minister of Maharashtra for the first time on 17 April 1977, [1] [2] replacing Shankarrao Chavan. The government continued until the 1978 legislative elections, after which Patil continued with his second ministry.

List of ministers

The ministry consisted of the following: [1]

PortfolioMinisterTookofficeLeftofficeParty
Chief Minister
  • General Administration
  • Information and Public Relations,
  • Information Technology
  • Animal Husbandry
  • Dairy Development
  • Other Backward Classes
  • Employment Guarantee
  • Environment and Climate Change

Departments or portfolios not allocated to any minister.
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Cabinet Minister
  • Industries
  • Mining Department
  • Sports
  • Disaster Management
  • Vimukta Jati
  • Public Works
(Including Public Undertakings)
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Cabinet Minister
  • Public Works

(Excluding Public Undertakings)

  • Socially And Educationally Backward Classes
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Cabinet Minister
  • Revenue
  • Special Backward Classes Welfare
  • Majority Welfare Development
  • Textile
Madhukarrao Chaudhari
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Cabinet Minister
  • Energy
  • Planning
  • Legislative Affairs
Narendra Mahipati Tidke
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Cabinet Minister
  • Tribal Development
  • Tourism
  • Marathi language
  • Woman and Child Development
  • Water supply
  • Sanitation
  • Ex. Servicemen Welfare
  • Other Backward Bahujan Welfare
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Cabinet Minister
  • Finance
  • Earthquake Rehabilitation
  • Special Assistance
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Cabinet Minister
  • Agriculture
  • Command Area Development
  • Ports Development
B. G. Vartak
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Cabinet Minister
  • School Education
  • Minority Development and Aukaf
  • Water Resources
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Cabinet Minister
  • Labour
  • Relief & Rehabilitation
S. B. Patil
21 April 19776 March 1978  INC
Cabinet Minister
  • Home Affairs
  • Youth Service
  • Horticulture
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Cabinet Minister
  • Forests
  • Nomadic Tribes
R. J. Deotale
21 April 19776 March 1978  INC
Cabinet Minister
  • Urban Development
  • Marketing
  • Medical Education
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Cabinet Minister
  • Social Welfare
  • Cultural Affairs,
  • Skill Development
  • Employment and Entrepreneurship
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Cabinet Minister
  • Rural Development
  • Food and Drug Administration
K. M. Patil
21 April 19776 March 1978  INC
Cabinet Minister
  • Irrigation
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Cabinet Minister
  • Cooperation
  • Soil and Water Conservation
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Cabinet Minister
  • Food and Civil Supplies
S. D. Gedam
21 April 19776 March 1978  INC
Cabinet Minister
  • Public Health and Family Welfare
Govindrao Sarnayak
21 April 19776 March 1978  INC
Cabinet Minister
  • Transport
  • Jails
21 April 19776 March 1978  INC
Cabinet Minister
  • Law and Judiciary
  • Fisheries
  • Khar Lands Development
  • Protocol
21 April 19776 March 1978  INC
Cabinet Minister
Vasant Hoshing
21 April 19776 March 1978  INC
Cabinet Minister
  • Prohibition
  • Excise
  • Printing Presses
  • Small Savings,
Shankarrao Rakh
21 April 19776 March 1978  INC

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References

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  2. "Chief Ministers (1937 to 2019)" (PDF). Maharashtra Legislature (in Marathi). Retrieved 15 May 2021.
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