Fourth Nehru ministry

Fourth Jawaharlal Nehru ministry
4th Cabinet of the Republic of India
Date formed	2 April 1962 (1962-04-02)
Date dissolved	27 May 1964 (1964-05-27)
People and organisations
Head of state	Rajendra Prasad Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan
Head of government	Jawaharlal Nehru
Member party	Indian National Congress
Status in legislature	Majority
Opposition party	None
Opposition leader	None
History
Election	1962
Outgoing election	None
Legislature terms	2 years, 1 month and 25 days
Predecessor	Third Nehru ministry
Successor	First Nanda ministry (interim) Lal Bahadur Shastri ministry

The Fourth Jawaharlal Nehru ministry was formed on 2 April 1962 after the Indian National Congress won the 1962 general election.

Cabinet

Key

• ^† Died in office
• ^RES Resigned

Cabinet ministers

Portfolio	Minister	Took office	Left office	Party		Ref
Prime Minister	Jawaharlal Nehru	Third Nehru ministry	27 May 1964 [†]		INC
Minister of Finance	Morarji Desai	Third Nehru ministry	31 August 1963		INC	[1] [2]
	T. T. Krishnamachari	31 August 1963	27 May 1964		INC	[2]
Minister of Home Affairs	Lal Bahadur Shastri	Third Nehru ministry	1 September 1963		INC	[1] [2]
	Gulzarilal Nanda	1 September 1963	27 May 1964		INC	[1] [2]
Minister of Defence	V. K. Krishna Menon	Third Nehru ministry	31 October 1962		INC	[1]
	Yashwantrao Chavan	21 November 1962	27 May 1964		INC	[3]
Minister of Railways	Swaran Singh	10 April 1962	21 September 1963		INC	[1] [4]
	H. C. Dasappa	21 September 1963	27 May 1964		INC	[4]
Minister without Portfolio	Lal Bahadur Shastri	24 January 1964	27 May 1964		INC	[5]
Minister of Transport and Communications	Jagjivan Ram	10 April 1962	1 September 1963 (ministry abolished)		INC	[1] [6]
Minister of Education	K. L. Shrimali	10 April 1962	31 August 1963		INC	[1] [2]
	Humayun Kabir	1 September 1963	21 November 1963		INC	[7]
	M. C. Chagla	21 November 1963	27 May 1964		INC	[7]
Minister of Commerce and Industry	K. Chengalaraya Reddy	Third Nehru ministry	19 July 1963		INC	[1] [8]
Minister of Labour and Planning	Gulzarilal Nanda	Third Nehru ministry	24 January 1964		INC	[4] [5]
	Damodaram Sanjivayya	24 January 1964	27 May 1964		INC	[5]
Minister of Information and Broadcasting	B. V. Keskar	Third Nehru ministry	27 May 1964		INC
Minister of Law (additional charge of Department of Posts and Telegraphs from 1 September 1963)	Ashoke Kumar Sen	10 April 1962	27 May 1964		INC	[1] [2]
Minister of Mines and Fuel	Keshav Dev Malaviya	10 April 1962	27 May 1964		INC	[1]
Minister of Food and Agriculture	S. K. Patil	Third Nehru ministry	1 September 1963		INC	[1] [2]
	Swaran Singh	1 September 1963	27 May 1964		INC
Minister of Scientific Research and Cultural Affairs	Humayun Kabir	10 April 1962	21 November 1963 (ministry abolished)		INC	[1] [2] [7]
Minister of Petroleum and Chemicals	Humayun Kabir	21 November 1963	27 May 1964		INC	[7]
Minister of Irrigation and Power	Hafiz Mohammad Ibrahim	Third Nehru ministry	27 May 1964		INC	[1]
Minister of Information and Broadcasting	Bezawada Gopala Reddy	10 April 1962	31 August 1963		INC	[1] [2]
Minister of Rehabilitation	Mahavir Tyagi	16 April 1964	27 May 1964		INC	[9]
Minister of Steel and Heavy Industries (Minister of Steel, Mines and Heavy Engineering from 21 November 1963)	Chidambaram Subramaniam	10 April 1962	27 May 1964		INC	[1] [7]
Minister of Parliamentary Affairs (additional charge of Ministry of Information and Broadcasting from 1 September 1963)	Satya Narayan Sinha	10 April 1962	27 May 1964		INC	[1] [2]
Minister of Economic and Defence Coordination (Minister without Portfolio 8 June-14 November)	T. T. Krishnamachari	14 November 1962	1 September 1963 (ministry abolished)		INC	[10] [11] [6]

Ministers of State

Portfolio	Minister	Took office	Left office	Party		Ref
Minister of Works and Housing (and Supply to 24 January 1964)	Mehr Chand Khanna	10 April 1962	27 May 1964		INC	[1]
Minister of Industry	Nityanand Kanungo	10 April 1962	27 May 1964		INC	[1]
Minister of Shipping (additional charge of the Ministry of Transport from 1 September 1963)	Raj Bahadur	10 April 1962	27 May 1964		INC	[1] [2]
Minister of Health	Sushila Nayyar	10 April 1962	27 May 1964		INC	[1]
Minister of International Trade	Manubhai Shah	16 April 1962	27 May 1964		INC	[12]
Minister of State (Home Affairs)	B. N. Datar	Second Nehru ministry	22 February 1963		INC	[12]
	Ramchandra Martand Hajarnavis	22 February 1963	10 March 1964		INC	[13] [14]
	Jaisukh Lal Hathi	10 March 1964	27 May 1964		INC	[14]
Minister of State (Defence)	Kotha Raghuramaiah	16 April 1962	27 May 1964		INC	[12]
Minister of State (External Affairs)	Lakshmi N. Menon	16 April 1962	27 May 1964		INC	[12]
Minister of State (Supply)	Jaisukh Lal Hathi	24 January 1964	10 March 1964		INC
	Ramchandra Martand Hajarnavis	10 March 1964	27 May 1964		INC	[14]
Minister of Labour	Jaisukh lal Hathi	16 April 1962	24 January 1964		INC	[12] [5]
Minister of Community Development (Minister of Community Development and Cooperation from December 1958 Minister of Community Development, Panchayati Raj and Cooperation from April 1962)	S. K. Dey	Second Nehru ministry	27 May 1964		INC	[1]
Minister of State (Food and Agriculture)	Ram Subhag Singh	16 April 1962	27 May 1964		INC	[15]
Minister of State (Mines and Fuel)	O. V. Alagesan	19 July 1963	21 November 1963		INC	[8] [7]
Minister of State (Petroleum and Chemicals)	O. V. Alagesan	21 November 1963	27 May 1964		INC	[7]
Minister of State (Food and Agriculture)	A.M. Thomas	21 November 1963	27 May 1964		INC	[7]
Minister of State (Irrigation and Power)	O. V. Alagesan	8 May 1962	19 July 1963		INC	[15] [8]
	K. L. Rao	19 July 1963	27 May 1964		INC	[8]
Minister of State (Planning)	Bali Ram Bhagat	21 September 1963	27 May 1964		INC	[4]

References

1. "Press Communique - Members of the Cabinet" (PDF). Press Information Bureau of India - Archive. 10 April 1962. Retrieved 21 April 2020.
2. "Changes in Council of Ministers" (PDF). Press Information Bureau of India - Archive. 1 September 1963. Retrieved 22 April 2020.
3. "Shri Chavan Sworn In as Defence Minister" (PDF). Press Information Bureau of India - Archive. 21 November 1962. Retrieved 22 April 2020.
4. "New Ministers Take Over" (PDF). Press Information Bureau of India - Archive. 21 September 1963. Retrieved 21 April 2020.
5. "Changes in the Council of Ministers" (PDF). Press Information Bureau of India - Archive. 19 July 1963. Retrieved 22 April 2020.
6. "Two Ministries Abolished" (PDF). Press Information Bureau of India - Archive. 1 September 1963. Retrieved 22 April 2020.
7. "Changes in the Council of Ministers" (PDF). Press Information Bureau of India - Archive. 21 November 1963. Retrieved 22 April 2020.
8. "Ministerial Changes" (PDF). Press Information Bureau of India - Archive. 19 July 1963. Retrieved 21 April 2020.
9. "Changes in the Council of Ministers" (PDF). Press Information Bureau of India - Archive. 16 April 1964. Retrieved 22 April 2020.
10. "Press Communique" (PDF). Press Information Bureau of India - Archive. 8 June 1962. Retrieved 21 April 2020.
11. "Shri Krishnamachari's New Assignment" (PDF). Press Information Bureau of India - Archive. 14 November 1962. Retrieved 21 April 2020.
12. "Press Communique" (PDF). Press Information Bureau of India - Archive. 16 April 1962. Retrieved 21 April 2020.
13. "Press Communique" (PDF). Press Information Bureau of India - Archive. 22 February 1963. Retrieved 21 April 2020.
14. "Press Communique" (PDF). Press Information Bureau of India - Archive. 10 March 1964. Retrieved 22 April 2020.
15. "New Ministers and Deputy Ministers Assume Officer" (PDF). Press Information Bureau of India - Archive. 8 May 1962. Retrieved 21 April 2020.