Shastri ministry

Lal Bahadur Shastri ministry
5th ministry of the Republic of India
Date formed	9 June 1964 (1964-06-09)
Date dissolved	11 January 1966 (1966-01-11)
People and organisations
Head of state	Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan
Head of government	Lal Bahadur Shastri
Member party	Indian National Congress
Status in legislature	Majority
Opposition party	None
Opposition leader	None
History
Election	None
Outgoing election	None
Legislature terms	1 year, 7 months and 2 days
Predecessor	First Nanda ministry (interim) Fourth Nehru ministry
Successor	Second Nanda ministry (interim) First Indira Gandhi ministry

Lal Bahadur Shastri was sworn in as Prime Minister of India on 9 June 1964. In his ministry, the ministers were as follows.

Cabinet

Cabinet Ministers

Key

• ^† Died in office
• ^RES Resigned

Portfolio	Minister	Took office	Left office	Party		Ref
Prime Minister	Lal Bahadur Shastri	9 June 1964	11 January 1966 [†]		INC
Minister of External Affairs	Lal Bahadur Shastri	9 June 1964	17 July 1964		INC
	Swaran Singh	18 July 1964	11 January 1966		INC	[1]
Minister of Finance	T. T. Krishnamachari	9 June 1964	31 December 1965		INC	[2]
	Sachindra Chaudhuri	1 January 1966	11 January 1966		INC	[3]
Minister of Home Affairs	Gulzarilal Nanda	9 June 1964	11 January 1966		INC	[2]
Minister of Education	M. C. Chagla	9 June 1964	11 January 1966		INC	[2]
Minister of Defence	Yashwantrao Chavan	9 June 1964	11 January 1966		INC	[2]
Minister of Railways	S. K. Patil	9 June 1964	11 January 1966		INC	[4] [2]
Minister of Law and Justice and Communications	Ashoke Kumar Sen	9 June 1964	11 January 1966		INC	[2]
Minister of Information and Broadcasting	Indira Gandhi	2 July 1964	11 January 1966		INC	[5] [6]
Minister of Industry	Ram Subhag Singh	9 June 1964	13 June 1964		INC	[2]
	Swaran Singh	9 June 1964	18 July 1964		INC	[1] [2]
	H. C. Dasappa	19 July 1964	29 October 1964		INC	[7]
Minister of Food and Agriculture	Chidambaram Subramaniam	9 June 1964	11 January 1966		INC	[8] [2]
Minister of Parliamentary Affairs and Civil Aviation	Satya Narayan Sinha	9 June 1964	11 January 1966		INC	[9] [2]
Minister of Irrigation and Power	H. C. Dasappa	9 June 1964	19 July 1964		INC	[2] [7]
Minister of Labour and Employment	Damodaram Sanjivayya	9 June 1964	11 January 1966		INC	[2]
Minister of Steel and Mines	Neelam Sanjiva Reddy	9 June 1964	11 January 1966		INC	[2]
Minister of Rehabilitation	Mahavir Tyagi	9 June 1964	11 January 1966		INC	[2]
Minister of Petroleum and Chemicals	Humayun Kabir	9 June 1964	11 January 1966		INC	[2]

Ministers of State

Portfolio	Minister	Took office	Left office	Party
Minister of Works and Housing	Mehr Chand Khanna	9 June 1964	11 January 1966		INC	[2]
Minister of Commerce and Textiles and Jute	Manubhai Shah	9 June 1964	11 January 1966		INC	[2]
Minister of Cultural Affairs	Nityanand Kanungo	9 June 1964	11 January 1966		INC	[2]
Minister of Transport	Raj Bahadur	9 June 1964	11 January 1966		INC	[2]
Minister of Community Development and Cooperation	S. K. Dey	9 June 1964	11 January 1966		INC	[2]
Minister of Health	Sushila Nayyar	9 June 1964	11 January 1966		INC	[2]
Minister of State (Home Affairs)	Jaisukh lal Hathi	9 June 1964	11 January 1966		INC	[2]
Minister of State (External Affairs)	Lakshmi N. Menon	9 June 1964	11 January 1966		INC	[2]
Minister of State (Labour and Employment)	Kotha Raghuramaiah	9 June 1964	11 January 1966		INC	[2]
Minister of State (Petroleum and Chemicals)	O. V. Alagesan	9 June 1964	11 January 1966		INC	[2]
Minister of Social Security and Cottage Industries	Ram Subhag Singh	9 June 1964	11 January 1966		INC	[2]
Minister of Supply	Ramchandra Martand Hajarnavis	9 June 1964	11 January 1966		INC	[2]
Minister of State(Irrigation and Power)	K. L. Rao	9 June 1964	11 January 1966		INC	[2]
Minister of Planning	Bali Ram Bhagat	9 June 1964	11 January 1966		INC	[2]
Minister of State (Food and Agriculture)	A.M. Thomas	9 June 1964	11 January 1966		INC	[2]
Minister of State (Revenue and Expenditure)	C. M. Poonacha	2 January 1966	11 January 1966		INC	[10]

References

1. "Biography of Sardar Swaran Singh". Sikh-history.com. Retrieved 23 February 2015.
2. "Press Communique" (PDF). Press Information Bureau of India - Archive. 9 June 1964. Retrieved 17 April 2020.
3. "Press Communique" (PDF). Press Information Bureau of India - Archive. 1 January 1966. Retrieved 22 April 2020.
4. "Railway Ministers of Independent India". Indian Railways Fan Club (IRFCA). Retrieved 29 January 2014.
5. "Members Bioprofile". 164.100.47.132. Retrieved 23 February 2015.
6. "Shrimati Gandhi Assumes Office" (PDF). Press Information Bureau of India - Archive. 2 July 1964. Retrieved 22 April 2020.
7. "Swaran Singh and Dasappa Assume Charge of Their New Portfolios" (PDF). Press Information Bureau of India - Archive. 19 July 1964. Retrieved 22 April 2020.
8. "Shri C. Subramaniam". Raj Bhavan Maharashtra State. Archived from the original on 7 April 2013. Retrieved 28 May 2014.
9. "Lok Sabha". Legislativebodiesinindia.nic.in. Archived from the original on 21 May 2014. Retrieved 23 February 2015.
10. "Press Communique" (PDF). Press Information Bureau of India - Archive. 2 January 1966. Retrieved 22 April 2020.

Further reading

• Inder Malhotra (23 July 2012) In Nehru's oversized shoes - The Indian Express