Third Nehru ministry

Third Jawaharlal Nehru ministry
3rd ministry of the Republic of India
Date formed	17 April 1957 (1957-04-17)
Date dissolved	2 April 1962 (1962-04-02)
People and organisations
Head of state	Rajendra Prasad
Head of government	Jawaharlal Nehru
Member party	Indian National Congress
Status in legislature	Majority
Opposition party	None
Opposition leader	None
History
Election	1957
Outgoing election	1962
Legislature terms	4 years, 11 months and 15 days
Predecessor	Second Nehru ministry
Successor	Fourth Nehru ministry

The Third Jawaharlal Nehru ministry was formed on 17 April 1957 after the Indian National Congress won the 1957 general election with a vast majority.

Ministry

Key

• ^† Died in office
• ^RES Resigned

Cabinet ministers

Cabinet members

Portfolio	Minister	Took office	Left office	Party		Ref
Prime Minister Minister of External Affairs Minister of Finance (13 February-13 March 1958) Department of Atomic Energy	Jawaharlal Nehru	Second Nehru Ministry	Fourth Nehru ministry		INC	[1]
Minister of Finance	T. T. Krishnamachari	17 April 1957	13 February 1958		INC	[1]
	Morarji Desai	13 March 1958	Fourth Nehru Ministry		INC	[1]
Minister of Home Affairs	Govind Ballabh Pant	17 April 1957	7 March 1961 [†]		INC	[1]
	Lal Bahadur Shastri	4 April 1961	Fourth Nehru Ministry		INC	[2]
Minister of Defence	V. K. Krishna Menon	17 April 1957	Fourth Nehru Ministry		INC	[1]
Minister of Railways	Jagjivan Ram	17 April 1957	Fourth Nehru Ministry		INC	[1]
Minister of Education	Abul Kalam Azad	First Nehru Ministry	22 February 1958 [†]		INC	[1]
Minister of Commerce and Industry	Morarji Desai	17 April 1957	13 March 1958		INC	[1]
	Lal Bahadur Shastri	13 March 1958	4 April 1961		INC	[3] [2]
	K. Chengalaraya Reddy	4 April 1961	Fourth Nehru ministry		INC
Minister of Labour and Planning	Gulzarilal Nanda	17 April 1957	Fourth Nehru Ministry		INC	[1]
Minister of Transport and Communications	Lal Bahadur Shastri	17 April 1957	13 March 1958		INC	[1] [3]
	S. K. Patil	13 March 1958	2 September 1959		INC	[3] [4]
	P. Subbarayan	2 September 1959	Fourth Nehru ministry		INC	[5] [6]
Minister of Steel, Mines and Fuel	Swaran Singh	17 April 1957	Fourth Nehru Ministry		INC	[1]
Minister of Works, Housing and Supply	K. Chengalaraya Reddy	17 April 1957	4 April 1961		INC	[1] [2]
Minister of Food and Agriculture	Ajit Prasad Jain	17 April 1957	August 1959 [RES]		INC	[1] [4]
	S. K. Patil	2 September 1959	Fourth Nehru ministry		INC	[4]
Minister of Irrigation and Power	S. K. Patil	17 April 1957	13 March 1958		INC	[1] [3]
	Hafiz Mohammad Ibrahim	13 March 1958	Fourth Nehru ministry		INC	[3]

Ministers of State

Cabinet members

Portfolio	Minister	Took office	Left office	Party		Ref
Minister of Parliamentary Affairs	Satya Narayan Sinha	First Nehru ministry	Fourth Nehru ministry		INC	[1]
Minister of Information and Broadcasting	B. V. Keskar	Second Nehru Ministry	Fourth Nehru Ministry		INC	[1]
Minister of Rehabilitation and Minority Affairs	Mehr Chand Khanna	Second Nehru ministry	Fourth Nehru ministry		INC	[1] [7]
Minister of Agriculture (Minister of Cooperation April 1957-December 1958)	Panjabrao Deshmukh	Second Nehru ministry	Fourth Nehru ministry		INC	[1] [8] [9]
Minister of Mines and Oil	Keshav Dev Malaviya	17 April 1957	Fourth Nehru ministry		INC	[1] [10]
Minister of Health	D. P. Karmarkar	17 April 1957	Fourth Nehru ministry		INC	[1]
Minister of Commerce	Nityanand Kanungo	17 April 1957	1957		INC	[1] [10]
Minister of State (Education and Scientific Research)	K. L. Shrimali	17 April 1957	Fourth Nehru ministry		INC	[1]
Minister of Industry	Manubhai Shah	Second Nehru ministry	Fourth Nehru ministry		INC	[1] [10]
Minister of State (Home Affairs)	B. N. Datar	Second Nehru ministry	Fourth Nehru Ministry		INC	[1]
Minister of Community Development (Minister of Community Development and Cooperation from December 1958)	S. K. Dey	Second Nehru ministry	Fourth Nehru Ministry		INC	[1] [9]
Minister of State (Transport and Communications)	Raj Bahadur	Second Nehru ministry	Fourth Nehru Ministry		INC	[1]
Minister of State (Transport and Communications)	Humayun Kabir	17 April 1957	13 March 1958		INC	[1] [3]
Minister of Scientific Research and Culture	Humayun Kabir	13 March 1958	Fourth Nehru ministry		INC	[3]
Minister of Law	Ashoke Kumar Sen	17 April 1957	Fourth Nehru Ministry		INC	[1]
Minister of Economic Affairs (Minister of Revenue and Civil Expenditure from May 1958)	Bezawada Gopala Reddy	13 March 1958	4 April 1961		INC	[3] [11] [2]
Minister of State (Works, Housing and Supply)	Bezawada Gopala Reddy	4 April 1961	Fourth Nehru ministry		INC	[2]

References

1. "Press Communique - Members of the Cabinet" (PDF). Press Information Bureau of India - Archive. 17 April 1957. Retrieved 21 April 2020.
2. "Redistribution of Portfolios" (PDF). Press Information Bureau of India - Archive. 4 April 1961. Retrieved 21 April 2020.
3. "Press Communique - Members of the Cabinet (March 1958)" (PDF). Press Information Bureau of India - Archive. 13 March 1958. Retrieved 21 April 2020.
4. "Shri Patil to Take Charge of Food and Agriculture Ministry" (PDF). Press Information Bureau of India - Archive. 24 August 1959. Retrieved 21 April 2020.
5. "Dr. Subbarayan to Take Charge of Ministry of Transport and Communications" (PDF). Press Information Bureau of India - Archive. 1 September 1959. Retrieved 21 April 2020.
6. "Gazette of India - Extraordinary" (PDF). Press Information Bureau of India - Archive. 2 September 1959. Retrieved 21 April 2020.
7. "Minister for Minority Affairs" (PDF). Press Information Bureau of India - Archive. 21 April 1957. Retrieved 21 April 2020.
8. "Designations of Ministers" (PDF). Press Information Bureau of India - Archive. 25 April 1957. Retrieved 21 April 2020.
9. "Press Communique" (PDF). Press Information Bureau of India - Archive. 31 December 1958. Retrieved 21 April 2020.
10. "Designation of Ministers of State" (PDF). Press Information Bureau of India - Archive. 24 April 1957. Retrieved 21 April 2020.
11. "Press Communique" (PDF). Press Information Bureau of India - Archive. 12 May 1958. Retrieved 21 April 2020.