Second Indira Gandhi ministry

Second Indira Gandhi ministry

6th ministry of the Republic of India
Date formed 16 March 1971 (1971-03-16)
Date dissolved 24 March 1977 (1977-03-24)
People and organisations
Head of state

Varahagiri Venkata Giri
(until 24 August 1974)
Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed
(24 August 1974 – 11 February 1977)

Basappa Danappa Jatti (Acting)
(from 11 February 1977)
Head of government Indira Gandhi
Member party Indian National Congress (R)
Status in legislature Majority
Opposition party Indian National Congress (Organization)
Opposition leader Ram Subhag Singh
History
Election(s) 1971
Outgoing election 1977
Legislature term(s) 6 years and 8 days
Predecessor First Indira Gandhi ministry
Successor Morarji Desai ministry

Indira Gandhi sworn in as Prime Minister of India on 24 January 1966. Her second term started on 16 March 1971.

Cabinet

PortfolioMinisterTook officeLeft officeParty
Prime Minister Indira GandhiFirst Indira Gandhi ministry24 March 1977INC (R)
Minister of Finance Yashwantrao Chavan19711975INC (R)
 Chidambaram Subramaniam19751977INC (R)
Minister of Home Affairs Indira GandhiFirst Indira Gandhi ministry4 February 1973INC (R)
 Uma Shankar Dikshit4 February 19731974INC (R)
 Kasu Brahmananda Reddy197424 March 1977INC (R)
Minister of External Affairs Sardar Swaran SinghFirst Indira Gandhi ministry10 October 1974INC (R)
 Yaswantrao Chavan10 October 197424 March 1977INC (R)
Minister of Defence Jagjivan Ram19701974INC (R)
 Sardar Swaran Singh19741975INC (R)
 Indira Gandhi19751975INC (R)
 Bansi Lal21 December 197524 March 1977INC (R)
Minister of Railways K. Hanumanthaiya[1]18 March 197122 July 1972INC (R)
 T. M. A. Pai[1]23 July 19724 February 1973INC (R)
 Lalit Narayan Mishra[1]5 February 19732 January 1975INC (R)
 Kamalapati Tripathi[1]11 February 197523 March 1977INC (R)
Minister of Information and Broadcasting Indira Gandhi[2]19711974INC (R)
 Inder Kumar Gujral[3][4]19751975INC (R)
 Vidya Charan Shukla[5]197523 March 1977INC (R)
Minister of Steel and Mines Mohan Kumaramangalam[6]May 197130 May 1973INC (R)
Minister of Parliamentary Affairs Raj Bahadur[7]18 March 19715 February 1973INC (R)
 Kotha Raghuramaiah[7]5 February 197324 March 1977INC (R)

Ministers of State

  • Dr. Sarojini Mahishi, Ministry of Tourism and Civil Aviation (1971–74), Ministry of Law, Justice and Company Affairs (1974–76).[2]
  • Nandini Satpathy, Ministry of Information (1971–72).[2]
  • Sushila Rohatgi, Ministry of Finance (1971–77).[2]
  • Saroj Khaparde, Ministry of Health (1972–74), Ministry of Family Welfare (1976–77).[2]
  • Manorama Pandey, (1972–74).[2]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Railway Ministers of Independent India". Indian Railways Fan Club (IRFCA). Retrieved January 29, 2014.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Worldwide Guide to Women in Leadership - Republic of India". Retrieved March 6, 2014.
  3. ↑ "Inder Kumar Gujral". Encyclopædia Britannica. Retrieved 4 November 2014.
  4. ↑ "Ex-Prime Minister IK Gujral dies at 92". The Tribune. 1 December 2012. Retrieved 4 November 2014.
  5. ↑ "VC Shukla, the man who dared muzzle the Press and Kishore Kumar". Hindustan Times. 11 June 2013. Archived from the original on 4 November 2014. Retrieved 4 November 2014.
  6. ↑
  7. 1 2 "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2014-05-21. Retrieved 2014-07-17. LOK SABHA


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