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Morarji Desai ministry

9th Ministry of the Republic of India
Date formed24 March 1977 (1977-03-24)
Date dissolved28 July 1979 (1979-07-28)
People and organisations
Head of stateBasappa Danappa Jatti (Acting)
(until 25 July 1977)
Neelam Sanjiva Reddy (from 25 July 1977)
Head of governmentMorarji Desai
Member partyJanata Party (Janata alliance)
Status in legislatureMajority295 / 542 (54%)
Opposition partyIndian National Congress
(Congress Alliance)
Opposition leaderYashwantrao Chavan
(1 July 1977 – 11 April 1978; from 10 July 1979)
C. M. Stephen (12 April 1978 – 9 July 1979) (Lok Sabha)
History
Election1977
Outgoing election1980
Legislature terms2 years, 4 months and 4 days
PredecessorThird Indira Gandhi ministry
SuccessorCharan Singh ministry

The Morarji Desai ministry was formed on 24 March 1977 following the 1977 Indian general election. Morarji Desai led the Janata Party to victory against the Congress party. Upon taking office, Morarji Desai became the first Indian Prime Minister not belonging to the Congress party.

Cabinet

Portfolio Minister Took office Left office Party Remarks
Prime Minister
And also in-charge of all other important portfolios and policy issues
not allocated to any Minister.		Morarji Desai24 March 197728 July 1979 JP 
Deputy Prime MinistersCharan Singh24 January 197916 July 1979 JP 
Jagjivan Ram24 January 197916 July 1979 JP 
Minister of Shipping and TransportMorarji Desai24 March 197714 August 1977 JPPrime Minister was responsible.
Minister of Home AffairsCharan Singh26 March 19771 July 1978 JP 
Morarji Desai1 July 197824 January 1979 JPPrime Minister was responsible.
Hirubhai M. Patel29 January 197928 July 1979 JP 
Minister of FinanceHirubhai M. Patel26 March 197724 January 1979 JP 
Charan Singh24 January 197916 July 1979 JP 
Minister of DefenceJagjivan Ram28 March 197728 July 1979 JP 
Minister of External AffairsAtal Bihari Vajpayee26 March 197728 July 1979 JP 
Minister of Information and BroadcastingL. K. Advani26 March 197728 July 1979 JP 
Minister of Education, Social Welfare and CulturePratap Chandra Chunder26 March 197728 July 1979 JP 
Minister of Education and Social WelfareRabi Ray25 January 197915 July 1979 JP 
Minister of RailwaysMadhu Dandavate26 March 197728 July 1979 JP 
Minister of Commerce
Minister of Civil Supplies and Cooperation		Mohan Dharia26 March 197728 July 1979 JP 
Minister of EnergyP. Ramachandran26 March 197728 July 1979 JP 
Minister of Law, Justice and Company AffairsShanti Bhushan26 March 197728 July 1979 JP 
Minister of Works, Housing, Supply and RehabilitionSikander Bakht26 March 197728 July 1979 JP 
Minister of Parliamentary Affairs
Minister of Labour		Ravindra Varma26 March 197728 July 1979 JP 
Minister of Steel and MinesBiju Patnaik26 March 197715 July 1979 JP 
Minister of CommunicationsParkash Singh Badal26 March 197727 March 1977 SAD 
George Fernandes27 March 19776 July 1977 JP 
Brij Lal Verma6 July 197728 July 1979 JP 
Minister of Tourism and Civil AviationPurushottam Kaushik26 March 197715 July 1979 JP 
Minister of Agriculture and IrrigationParkash Singh Badal28 March 197717 June 1977 SAD 
Surjit Singh Barnala18 June 197728 July 1979 SAD 
Minister of Health and Family WelfareRaj Narain28 March 19771 July 1978 JP 
Morarji Desai1 July 197824 January 1979 JPPrime Minister was responsible.
Minister of IndustryBrij Lal Verma28 March 19776 July 1977 JP 
George Fernandes6 July 197715 July 1979 JP 
Minister of Chemicals and FertilizersHemwati Nandan Bahuguna28 March 197729 March 1977 JPRenamed as Petroleum, Chemicals and Fertilizers.
Minister of Petroleum, Chemicals and FertilizersHemwati Nandan Bahuguna29 March 197715 July 1979 JP 

See also

References

  1. Kuldip Singh (11 April 1995). "OBITUARY: Morarji Desai". The Independent. Retrieved 27 June 2009.
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