Rajiv Gandhi ministry
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Rajiv Gandhi Ministry | |
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10th ministry of the Republic of India | |
Date formed | 31 October 1984 |
Date dissolved | 2 December 1989 |
People and organisations | |
Head of state | Zail Singh (until 25 July 1987) R. Venkataraman (from 25 July 1987) |
Head of government | Rajiv Gandhi |
Member party | Indian National Congress (Congress alliance) |
Status in legislature | Majority 414 / 541 (77%) |
Opposition party | None |
Opposition leader | None |
History | |
Election(s) | 1984 |
Outgoing election | 1989 |
Legislature term(s) | 5 years, 1 month and 2 days |
Predecessor | Third Indira Gandhi ministry |
Successor | V. P. Singh ministry |
Rajiv Gandhi was sworn in as Prime Minister of India on 31 October 1984.[1]
Rajiv Gandhi's cabinet included 7 Agriculturists, 15 Lawyers, 4 Journalists and 3 former Princely state rulers.[2]
Cabinet[edit]
- Key
Portfolio | Minister | Took office | Left office | Party | Ref | |
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Prime Minister | Rajiv Gandhi | 31 October 1984 | 2 December 1989 | INC | [3] | |
Minister of Law and Justice | Ashoke Kumar Sen | 31 December 1984 | 24 January1987 | INC | [4] | |
P. Shiv Shankar | 24 January 1987 | 14 February 1988 | INC | [4] | ||
Bindeshwari Dubey | 14 February 1988 | 26 June 1988 | INC | [4] | ||
B. Shankaranand | 26 June 1988 | 2 December 1989 | INC | [4] | ||
Minister of Home Affairs | Shankarrao Chavan | 31 December 1984 | 12 March 1986 | INC | [5] | |
Arun Nehru | September 1985 | October 1986 | INC | [6] | ||
P. V. Narasimha Rao | 12 March 1986 | 12 May 1986 | INC | |||
Buta Singh | 12 May 1986 | 2 December 1989 | INC | [7] | ||
Minister of External Affairs | Rajiv Gandhi | 31 October 1984 | 25 September 1985 | INC | ||
Bali Ram Bhagat | 25 September 1985 | 12 May 1986 | INC | |||
P. Shiv Shankar | 12 May 1986 | 22 October 1986 | INC | [8] | ||
N.D. Tiwari | 22 October 1986 | 25 July 1987 | INC | [9] | ||
Rajiv Gandhi | 25 July 1987 | 25 June 1988 | INC | |||
P. V. Narasimha Rao | 25 June 1988 | 2 December 1989 | INC | |||
Minister of Railways | Bansi Lal | 31 December 1984 | 4 June 1986 | INC | [10] | |
Mohsina Kidwai | 24 June 1986 | 21 October 1986 | INC | [10] | ||
Madhavrao Scindia | 22 October 1986 | 1 December 1989 | INC | [10] | ||
Minister of Defence | P. V. Narasimha Rao | 1984 | 1985 | INC | ||
Rajiv Gandhi | 1985 | 1987 | INC | |||
V. P. Singh | 1987 | 1987 | INC | |||
K. C. Pant | 1987 | 1989 | INC | |||
Minister of Information and Broadcasting | H. K. L. Bhagat | Third Indira Gandhi ministry | December 1984 | INC | ||
V. N. Gadgil | January 1985 | October 1986 | INC | |||
Ajit Kumar Panja | 1986 | 1988 | INC | |||
H. K. L. Bhagat | February 1988 | 2 December 1989 | INC | |||
Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development | Buta Singh | 1984 | 12 May 1986 | INC | ||
Gurdial Singh Dhillon | 12 May 1986[8] | 14 February 1988 | INC | [11] | ||
Bhajan Lal | 14 February 1988 | 2 Dec 1989 | INC | [4] | ||
Minister of Tourism | Rajiv Gandhi | 31 December 1984 | 25 September 1985 | INC | [4] | |
H. K. L. Bhagat | 25 September 1985 | 12 May 1986 | INC | [4] | ||
Mufti Mohammad Sayeed | 12 May 1986 | 14 July 1987 | INC | [4] | ||
Mohsina Kidwai | 14 February 1988 | 25 June 1988 | INC | [4] | ||
Minister of Parliamentary Affairs | Buta Singh | 31 October 1984 | 31 December 1984 | INC | [12] | |
H. K. L. Bhagat | 31 December 1984 | 1989 | INC | [13] | ||
Minister of Health and Family Welfare | Mohsina Kidwai | 31 December 1984 | 24 June 1986 | INC | [14] | |
P. V. Narasimha Rao | 24 June 1986 | 14 February 1988 | INC | [4] | ||
Motilal Vora | 14 February 1988 | 25 January 1989 | INC | [4] | ||
Ram Niwas Mirdha | 25 January 1989 | 1 December 1989 | INC | [4] | ||
Minister of Finance | V. P. Singh | 31 December 1984 | 24 January 1987 | INC | [15] | |
Rajiv Gandhi | 24 January 1987 | 25 July 1987 | INC | |||
N. D. Tiwari | 25 July 1987 | 25 June 1988 | INC | [9] | ||
Shankarrao Chavan | 25 June 1988 | 2 December 1989 | INC | [5] | ||
Minister of Labour and Employment | Bindeshwari Dubey | 26 June 1988 | 2 December 1989 | INC | [4] | |
Minister of Works and housing | Abdul Gafoor | 31 December 1984 | 25 September 1985 | INC | [4] | |
Minister of Irrigation | B. Shankaranand | 31 December 1984 | 25 September 1985 | INC | [4] | |
Minister of Power | B. Shankaranand | 31 December 1984 | 25 September 1985 | INC | [4] | |
Vasant Sathe | 25 September 1985 | 1 December 1989 | INC | [4] | ||
Minister of Environment and Forest | Rajiv Gandhi | 31 December 1984 | 22 October 1986 | INC | [4] | |
Bhajan Lal | 22 October 1986 | 14 February 1988 | INC | [4] | ||
Z. R. Ansari | 25 June 1988 | 1 December 1989 | INC | [4] | ||
Minister of Water Resources | B. Shankaranand | 25 September 1985 | 21 August 1987 | INC | [4] | |
Rajiv Gandhi | 21 August 1987 | 14 February 1988 | INC | [4] | ||
Dinesh Singh | 14 February 1988 | 25 June 1988 | INC | [4] | ||
B. Shankaranand | 25 June 1988 | 2 December 1989 | INC | [4] | ||
Minister of Human Resource Development | K. C. Pant | 31 December 1984 | 25 September 1985 | INC | [4] | |
P. V. Narasimha Rao | 25 September 1985 | 25 June 1988 | INC | [4] | ||
P. Shiv Shankar | 25 June 1988 | 1 December 1989 | INC | [4] | ||
Minister of Planning | P. V. Narasimha Rao | 31 December 1984 | 25 September 1985 | INC | [4] | |
Rajiv Gandhi | 25 September 1985 | 14 February 1988 | INC | [4] | ||
P. Shiv Shankar | 14 February 1988 | 25 June 1988 | INC | [4] | ||
Madhav Singh Solanki | 25 June 1988 | 1 December 1989 | INC | [4] | ||
Minister of Food and Civil Supplies | Rao Birendra Singh | 31 December 1984 | 25 September 1985 | INC | [4] | |
H. K. L. Bhagat | 12 May 1986 | 14 February 1988 | INC | [4] | ||
Minister of Steel & Mines | Vasant Sathe | 31 December 1984 | 25 September 1985 | INC | [4] | |
K. C. Pant | 25 September 1985 | 12 April 1987 | INC | [4] | ||
Vasant Sathe | 12 April 1987 | 25 July 1987 | INC | [4] | ||
Makhan Lal Fotedar | 25 July 1987 | 1 December 1989 | INC | [4] | ||
Minister of Coal | Vasant Sathe | 31 December 1984 | 25 September 1985 | INC | [4] | |
Minister of Chemicals and Fertilizers | Veerendra Patil | 31 December 1984 | 25 September 1985 | INC | [4] | |
Minister of Industry | Veerendra Patil | 31 December 1984 | 25 September 1985 | INC | [4] | |
Narayan Dutt Tiwari | 25 September 1985 | 22 October 1986 | INC | [4] | ||
Jalagam Vengala Rao | 22 October 1986 | 2 December 1989 | INC | [4] | ||
Minister of Commerce | Rajiv Gandhi | 31 December 1984 | 14 January 1985 | INC | [4] | |
V. P. Singh | 14 January 1985 | 25 September 1985 | INC | [4] | ||
Arjun Singh | 15 November 1985 | 19 January 1986 | INC | [4] | ||
P. Shiv Shankar | 20 January 1986 | 25 July 1987 | INC | [4] | ||
Narayan Dutt Tiwari | 25 July 1987 | 25 June 1988 | INC | [4] | ||
Dinesh Singh | 25 June 1988 | 1 December 1989 | INC | [4] | ||
Minister of Urban Development | Abdul Gafoor | 25 September 1985 | 22 October 1986 | INC | [4] | |
Mohsina Kidwai | 22 October 1986 | 1 December 1989 | INC | [4] | ||
Minister of Civil Aviation | Rajiv Gandhi | 31 December 1984 | 25 September 1985 | INC | [4] | |
Bansi Lal | 25 September 1985 | 24 June 1986 | INC | [4] | ||
Motilal Vora | 14 February 1988 | 25 June 1988 | INC | [4] | ||
Minister of Transport | Bansi Lal | 25 September 1985 | 24 June 1986 | INC | [4] | |
Mohsina Kidwai | 24 June 1986 | 22 October 1986 | INC | [4] | ||
Minister of Programme Implementation | A. B. A. Ghani Khan Choudhury | 25 September 1985 | 4 May 1987 | INC | [4] | |
P. Shiv Shankar | 25 July 1987 | 25 June 1988 | INC | [4] | ||
Madhav Singh Solanki | 25 June 1988 | 1 December 1989 | INC | [4] | ||
Minister of Communications | Arjun Singh | 22 October 1986 | 14 February 1988 | INC | [4] | |
Vasant Sathe | 14 February 1988 | 25 June 1988 | INC | [4] | ||
Vir Bahadur Singh | 25 June 1988 | 30 May 1989 | INC | [4] | ||
Minister of Information and Broadcasting | H. K. L. Bhagat | 14 February 1988 | 1 December 1989 | INC | [4] | |
Minister of Textiles | Ram Niwas Mirdha | 14 February 1988 | 1 December 1989 | INC | [4] |
Ministers of State[edit]
SI No. | Name | Department | Party | |
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1. | Shivraj Patil | Ministry of Science and Technology, Ministry of Atomic Energy, Ministry of Electronics, Ministry of Space and Ocean Development.[16] | INC | |
2. | K. Natwar Singh | Ministry of External Affairs (from 1985) | INC | |
3. | Margaret Alva | Ministry of Parliamentary affairs (from 1985) | INC | |
4. | Sitaram Kesri | (from 1985 to 1986) | INC | |
5. | Laliteshwar Prasad Shahi | Ministry of Education and Culture.[17] | INC | |
6. | Chandrashekhar Singh | Ministry of Petroleum (from 1985 to 9 July 1986) | INC | |
7. | V.N. Gadgil | Ministry of Information and broadcasting (from 1984 to November 1986) | INC | |
8. | Khurshid Alam Khan | Ministry of Tourism, Civil aviation and Commerce (from 1984 to November 1986) | INC | |
9. | Ajit Kumar Panja | Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (independent charge) (from November 1986) | INC | |
10. | P. Chidambaram | Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions (from 1984) | INC | |
11. | Madhavrao Scindia | Railways, under Transport Minister (from 1984 to November 1986); (from 1986 he got independent charge) | INC | |
12. | Rajesh Pilot | Ministry of Surface Transport, under Transport Minister (from 1984 to November 1986); (from 1986 he got independent charge) | INC | |
13. | Jagdish Tytler | Ministry of Civil Aviation, under Transport Minister (from 1984 to November 1986); (from 1986 he got independent charge); later got labour under Cabinet Minister | INC | |
14. | P.A. Sangma | Ministry of Labour. | INC | |
15. | Yogendra Makwana | Ministry of Steel. | INC | |
16. | H.R. Bhardwaj | Ministry of Law & Justice. | INC | |
17. | Ram Dulari Sinha | Ministry of Home Affairs.[18] | INC | |
14. | Shyamlal Yadav | Ministry of Agriculture. | INC |
Parliamentary Secretary (Prime Minister's Office)[edit]
References[edit]
- ↑ Sanjoy Hazarika (1 January 1985). "Rajiv Gandhi Becomes Prime Minister Amid Thunderous Applause". Sarasota Herald-Tribune.
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- ↑ 9.0 9.1 "Lok Sabha Members Bioprofile". National Informatics Centre, New Delhi.
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- ↑ "Rajiv Gandhi takes oath as India's Prime Minister". Deseret News. 31 December 1984. Retrieved 10 March 2013.
- ↑ "Rajya Sabha Members Bioprofile". National Informatics Centre, New Delhi. Archived from the original on 5 February 2012.
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