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First Chaliha ministry

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First Chaliha ministry
Date formed27 December 1957
Date dissolved1 March 1962
People and organisations
GovernorSaiyid Fazl Ali (until 22 Aug 1959)
Chandreswar Prasad Sinha (23 Aug–14 Oct 1959)
S. M. Shrinagesh (14 Oct 1959 – 12 Nov 1960)
Vishnu Sahay (12 Nov 1960 – 13 Jan 1961)
Vishnu Sahay (13 Jan 1961 – 7 Sep 1962)
Chief MinisterBimala Prasad Chaliha
Member parties  Indian National Congress
History
Election1957
Outgoing election1962
PredecessorSecond Medhi ministry
SuccessorSecond Chaliha ministry

The First Chaliha ministry was the state ministry of Assam headed by Chief Minister Bimala Prasad Chaliha of the Indian National Congress from 27 December 1957 and served until the 1962 Assembly election. Bimala Prasad Chaliha replaced chief minister Bishnuram Medhi on 27 December 1957 to become the state's third chief minister.

The ministry remained in office until the party's re-election in 1962 and after the formation of the government for a second term under the leadership of chief minister Bimala Prasad Chaliha.

Composition

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The ministry was formed on 27 December 1957 and sworn in into office by Governor Saiyid Fazl Ali. It consisted of Chief Minister Bimala Prasad Chaliha, eight cabinet ministers and three deputy ministers. The cabinet ministers included Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed, Debeswar Sarmah, Rupnath Brahma, Kamakhya Prasad Tripathi, Hareswar Das, Mahendra Nath Hazarika, Moinul Hoque Choudhury, and Williamson A. Sangma; while the deputy ministers were Girindra Nath Gogoi, Biswadev Sarma, and Larsingh Khyriem. Four others were appointed as parliamentary secretaries, which included A. Thanglura, Pu Lalmawia, Lalit Kumar Doley, and Sai Sai Terang.[1][2]

Of among the ministers, Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed and Moinul Hoque Choudhury would later go on to become cabinet ministers in the union government under prime minister Indira Gandhi. Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed would later become the 5th President of India in 1974. Another minister, Williamson A. Sangma later served as the inaugural Chief Minister of Meghalaya in 1972.

Ministers

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Cabinet Ministers

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Portfolio Minister Took office Left office Party Constituency
Chief Minister and also in-charge of:
Department of Appointments
Department of Political
Department of General Administration
Department of Secretariat Administration
Department of Relief and Rehabilitation
Minority Commission
Department of Co-operation
And all other departments and subjects not allocated to any other minister.
28 December 19571 March 1962 INCBadarpur
Minister of Public Works Development (Roads and Buildings)
Minister of Jails
Minister of Education
28 December 19571 March 1962 INCJorhat
Minister of Medical and Public Health
Minister of Printing and Stationery
Minister of Registration and Stamps
28 December 19571 March 1962 INCKokrajhar
Minister of Planning and Development
Minister of Statistics
Minister of Labour
Minister of Town and Country Planning
Minister of Industries
Minister of Power (Electricity)
Minister of Trade and Commerce
Kamakhya Prasad Tripathi
28 December 19571 March 1962 INCBiswanath
Minister of Revenue
Minister of Forests
Minister of Excise
Hareswar Das
28 December 19571 March 1962 INCNorth Salmara
Minister of Rural Development (Panchayats)
Minister of Sericulture and Weaving
Minister of Khadi and Village Industries Boards
Mahendra Nath Hazarika
28 December 19571 March 1962 INCNowgong
Minister of Agriculture
Minister of Pisciculture
Minister of Veterinary and Livestock
Minister of Supply (Consumer Goods and Textile)
Minister of Parliamentary Affairs
Minister of Flood Control and Irrigation
Minister of Co-operatives
28 December 19571 March 1962 INCSilchar East
Minister of Tribal Areas
Minister of Publicity and Information
Minister of Transport
28 December 19571 March 1962 INCPhulbari

Deputy Ministers

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Portfolio Minister Took office Left office Party Constituency
Deputy Minister in the Department of Public Works Department (Roads and Buildings)
Deputy Minister in the Department of Local Self-Government
28 December 19571 March 1962 INCSibsagar
Deputy Minister in the Department of Co-operatives
Deputy Minister in the Department of Labour
Deputy Minister in the Department of Political Sufferers
Biswadev Sarma
28 December 19571 March 1962 INCBalipara
Deputy Minister in the Department of Agriculture
Deputy Minister in the Department of Cottage and Village Industries
Larsingh Khyriem
28 December 19571 March 1962 INCJowai

Parliamentary Secretaries

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Portfolio Minister Took office Left office Party Constituency
Parliamentary Secretary in the Department of Community Projects
Parliamentary Secretary in the Department of Transport
A. Thanglura
28 December 19571 March 1962 INCAijal West
Parliamentary Secretary in the Department of Tribal Areas
Parliamentary Secretary in the Department of Printing and Stationery
Parliamentary Secretary in the Department of Publicity and Information
Pu. Lalmawia
28 December 19571 March 1962 INCAijal East
Parliamentary Secretary in the Department of Forests
Parliamentary Secretary in the Department of Tribal Areas
Parliamentary Secretary in the Department of Social Welfare
28 December 19571 March 1962 INCMoran
Parliamentary Secretary in the Department of Relief and Rehabilitation
Sai Sai Terang
28 December 19571 March 1962 INCMikir Hills East

References

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  1. ^ "Assam Legislative Assembly Debates: Budget Session Volume I, No. 1" (PDF). aladigitallibrary.in. 24 February 1959.
  2. ^ "Bimala Prasad Chaliha ministry" (PDF). shodhganga.inflibnet.ac.in/. p. 11. Retrieved 5 November 2018.