First Vasantrao Naik ministry

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First Vasantrao Naik ministry
Seal of Maharashtra.svg
Ministry of Maharashtra
Date formed5 December 1963
Date dissolved1 March 1967
People and organisations
Governor Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit (1963-64)
P. V. Cherian (1964-67)
Chief Minister Vasantrao Naik
Total no. of members24
14 Cabinet ministers
(Incl. Chief Minister)
10 deputy ministers
Member parties Congress
Status in legislature Majority government
Opposition party PWPI
BJS
Opposition leader Legislative Assembly:
Krishnarao Dhulap (PWPI)
Legislative Council:
V. B. Gogate (BJS) (1963-66)
Ramjeevan Choudhary (BJS)
(1966-67)
History
Election 1962
Outgoing election 1967
Predecessor Kannamwar
Sawant (interim)
Successor V. Naik II

Vasantrao Naik became the chief minister of Maharashtra on 5 December 1963. [1] He succeeded P. K. Sawant's interim government that had been sworn in after Marotrao Kannamwar's death. [2] Naik's government served until 1967 legislative elections, after which Naik was sworn in for a second term.

Contents

List of ministers

The ministry consisted of 14 cabinet ministers. [3]

Cabinet members
PortfolioMinisterTook officeLeft officeParty
Chief Minister
  • General Administration,
  • Protocol
  • Revenue,
  • Planning,
  • Information and Public Relations
  • Forests
  • Relief & Rehabilitation
  • Dairy Development
  • Ex. Servicemen Welfare

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Cabinet Minister
  • Home Affairs,
  • Information Technology
  • Minority Development and Waqfs
  • Command Area Development
  • Sanitation
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Cabinet Minister
  • Rural Development
  • Horticulture
  • Transport
  • Food and Drug Administration
G. B. Khedkar
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Cabinet Minister
  • Agriculture,
  • Parliamentary Affairs
  • Medical Education
  • Other Backward Classes
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Cabinet Minister
  • Public Health,
  • Law and Judiciary
  • Skill Development, Employment and Entrepreneurship
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Cabinet Minister
  • Finance
  • Public Works
  • Sports and Youth Welfare
  • Culture Affairs
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Cabinet Minister
  • Irrigation
  • Power
  • Urban Development
  • Soil and Water Conservation
  • Marketing
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Cabinet Minister
  • Industries
  • Mining Department
  • Environment and Climate Change
  • Disaster Management
  • Marathi Language
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Cabinet Minister
  • Food, Civil Supplies
  • Housing
  • Printing Presses
  • Fisheries
  • Small Savings
  • Tourism
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Cabinet Minister
  • Prohibition
  • State Excise
  • Ports Development
  • Textiles
  • Majority Welfare
D. S. Palaspagar
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Cabinet Minister
  • Social Welfare
  • Woman and Child Development
  • Special Backward Classes Welfare
  • Employment Guarantee
Nirmala Raje Bhosale
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Cabinet Minister
  • Buildings
  • Communications
  • School Education
  • Higher and Technical Education
Madhukar Dhanaji Chaudhari
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Cabinet Minister
  • Cooperation
  • Nomadic Tribesl Department
  • Vimukta Jati
  • Water Supply
  • Khar Land Development
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Cabinet Minister
  • Labour
  • Special Assistance
  • Socially and Educationally Backward Classes
  • Animal Husbandry Department
  • Tribal Development
  • Earthquake Rehabilitation
Narendra Mahipati Tidke
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Deputy ministers

The ministry also contained 10 deputy ministers: [3]

References

  1. ↑ "Chief Ministers (1937 to 2019)" (PDF). Maharashtra Legislature (in Marathi). Retrieved 15 May 2021.
  2. ↑ "Kannamwar cremated, Interim set-up". The Indian Express . 26 November 1963. p. 1. Retrieved 4 June 2021.
  3. 1 2 "Wankhede Is Finance Minister: Distribution Of Portfolios". The Times of India . 5 December 1963. p. 1. ProQuest   741151503 . Retrieved 5 July 2022.
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