Tanka Acharya cabinet, 1956

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Tanka Acharya cabinet, 1956
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Cabinet of Nepal
January 1956–July 1957
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Tanka Prasad Acharya
Date formed27 January 1956 (1956-01-27)
Date dissolved26 July 1957 (1957-07-26)
People and organisations
Monarch King Mahendra
Prime Minister Tanka Prasad Acharya
Total no. of members18 appointments
Member party Nepal Praja Parishad
History
Predecessor M.P. Koirala cabinet, 1953
Successor K.I. Singh cabinet, 1957

Tanka Prasad Acharya formed a government on 27 January 1956 after being appointed as prime minister by King Mahendra. [1] [2] [3] The cabinet was expanded in February 1957 to add more deputy ministers. [4]

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Acharya resigned on 26 July 1957 after informing the king that he could not hold the scheduled elections in November of the same year and was replaced by Kunwar Inderjit Singh on the same day. [5] [6]

Cabinets

January 1956–February 1957

PortfolioMinisterTook officeLeft office
Prime Minister

Minister of Home Affairs

Minister for General Administration

Hon. Tanka Prasad Acharya 27 January 195626 July 1957
Minister of Foreign Affairs

Minister for Forest Department

Minister for Food and Agriculture

Chuda Prasad Sharma27 January 195626 July 1957
Minister of Finance

Minister for Land Revenue

Minister for Planning

Minister for Industry and Commerce

Gunja Man Singh27 January 195626 July 1957
Minister for Public Works and CommunicationsPashupati Nath Ghosh27 January 195626 July 1957
Minister of Defence Purendra Bikram Singh27 January 195626 July 1957
Minister for Education

Minister of Health

Minister for Local Autonomous Administration

Balchandra Sharma27 January 195626 July 1957
Minister for Law and Parliamentary Affairs Anirudra Prasad Singh27 January 19565 February 1957

February 1957–July 1957

PortfolioMinisterTook officeLeft office
Minister for Law and Parliamentary Affairs Arun SJB Rana5 February 195726 July 1957
State Minister for Ministry of PlanningKiran SJB Rana5 February 195726 July 1957
State Minister for Ministry of General Administration

State Minister for Ministry of Home Affairs

Ranga Nath Sharma5 February 195726 July 1957
Deputy Minister for Industry and CommerceKashi Raj Upadhyaya5 February 195726 July 1957
Deputy Minister for Forest DepartmentNageshwar Jha5 February 195726 July 1957
Deputy Minister for Food and AgricultureSurya Bahadur Bhardwaj5 February 195726 July 1957
Deputy Minister of FinanceRatna Prasad Kharel11 February 195726 July 1957
Deputy Minister for Land RevenueDevman Angdambe11 February 195726 July 1957
Deputy Minister for Public Works and CommunicationsPushkar Nath Upreti25 February 195726 July 1957
Deputy Minister for Local Autonomous AdministrationChhimananda Mahato25 February 195726 July 1957
Deputy Minister of HealthKhagendra Jang Gurung3 March 195726 July 1957

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