Charan Singh ministry

Charan Singh ministry

8th ministry of the Republic of India
Charan Singh
Date formed 28 July 1979 (1979-07-28)
Date dissolved 14 January 1980 (1980-01-14)
People and organisations
Head of state Neelam Sanjiva Reddy
Head of government Charan Singh
Deputy head of government Yashwantrao Chavan
Member party Janata Party (Secular)
(Janata alliance)
Status in legislature Majority
Opposition party Indian National Congress
(Congress alliance)
Opposition leader Yashwantrao Chavan (In Lok Sabha)
Kamalapati Tripathi (In Rajya Sabha)
History
Outgoing election 1980
Legislature term(s) 5 months and 17 days
Predecessor Morarji Desai ministry
Successor Third Indira Gandhi ministry

Chaudhary Charan Singh was sworn in as Prime Minister of India on 28 July 1979.[1]

Cabinet

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PortfolioMinisterTook officeLeft officePartyRef
Prime Minister Charan Singh28 July 197914 January 1980JNP(S)[1]
Deputy Prime Minister Yashwantrao Chavan28 July 197914 January 1980IC(S)[1]
Minister of Finance Hemvati Nandan Bahuguna28 July 197914 January 1980JNP(S)[2]
Minister of Home Affairs Yashwantrao Chavan28 July 197914 January 1980IC(S)
Minister of External Affairs Shyam Nandan Prasad Mishra28 July 197914 January 1980JNP(S)[3]
Minister of Defence Chidambaram Subramaniam28 July 197914 January 1980JNP(S)[4]
Minister of Railways T. A. Pai30 July 197913 January 1980JNP(S)[5]
Minister of Information and Broadcasting Purushottam Kaushik[6]28 July 197914 January 1980JNP(S)
Minister of Parliamentary Affairs K. Gopal4 August 197914 January 1980JNP(S)[7]

Ministers of state

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Dour farm leader of 76 named as India's fifth PM". The Montreal Gazette. New Delhi. AP. 27 July 1979. p. 8. Retrieved 29 May 2014.
  2. ↑ Hemvati Nandan Bahuguna's buography
  3. ↑ "Former Union minister dead". The Times of India. 2004-10-26. Retrieved 2013-03-17.
  4. ↑ "Shri C. Subramaniam". Rajbhavan, Maharashra state, India. Archived from the original on 2013-04-07.
  5. ↑ "Railway Ministers of Independent India". Indian Railways Fan Club (IRFCA). Retrieved January 29, 2014.
  6. ↑ 9th Lok Sabha, Members Bioprofile : KAUSHIK, SHRI PURUSHOTTAM
  7. ↑ http://legislativebodiesinindia.nic.in/LS/ataglace.htm LOK SABHA
  8. ↑ "Worldwide Guide to Women in Leadership - Republic of India". Retrieved March 6, 2014.
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