First Vasantrao Naik ministry

Ministry of Maharashtra
Date formed5 December 1963
Date dissolved1 March 1967
People and organisations
GovernorVijaya Lakshmi Pandit (1963-64)
P. V. Cherian (1964-67)
Chief MinisterVasantrao Naik
Total no. of members24
14 Cabinet ministers
(Incl. Chief Minister)
10 deputy ministers
Member partiesCongress
Status in legislatureMajority government
Opposition partyPWPI
BJS
Opposition leaderLegislative Assembly:
Krishnarao Dhulap (PWPI)
Legislative Council:
V. B. Gogate (BJS) (1963-66)
Ramjeevan Choudhary (BJS)
(1966-67)
History
Election(s)1962
Outgoing election1967
PredecessorSawant
SuccessorV. Naik II

Vasantrao Naik became the chief minister of Maharashtra on 5 December 1963.[1] He succeeded P. K. Sawant's interim government that had been sworn in after Marotrao Kannamwar's death.[2] Naik's government served until 1967 legislative elections, after which Naik was sworn in for a second term.

List of ministers

The ministry consisted of 14 cabinet ministers.[3]

PortfolioMinisterTook officeLeft officeParty
Chief Minister
  • General Administration,
  • Revenue,
  • Planning,
  • Information and Public Relations
  • Forests

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Cabinet Minister
  • Home Affairs,
  • Information Technology
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Cabinet Minister
  • Rural Development
G. B. Khedkar
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Cabinet Minister
  • Agriculture,
  • Parliamentary Affairs.
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Cabinet Minister
  • Public Health,
  • Law and Judiciary
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Cabinet Minister
  • Finance
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Cabinet Minister
  • Irrigation,
  • Power,
  • Urban Development
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Cabinet Minister
  • Industries
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Cabinet Minister
  • Food, Civil Supplies
  • Housing
  • Printing Presses
  • Fisheries
  • Small Savings
  • Tourism
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Cabinet Minister
  • Prohibition
D. Z. Palaspagar
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Cabinet Minister
  • Social Welfare
Nirmala Raje Bhosale
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Cabinet Minister
  • Buildings
  • Communications
  • Education
Madhukar Dhanaji Chaudhari
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Cabinet Minister
  • Cooperation
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Cabinet Minister
  • Labour
Narendra Mahipati Tidke
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Deputy ministers

The ministry also contained 10 deputy ministers:[3]

References

  1. ↑ "Chief Ministers (1937 to 2019)" (PDF). Maharashtra Legislature (in Marathi). Retrieved 15 May 2021.
  2. ↑ "Kannamwar cremated, Interim set-up". The Indian Express. 26 November 1963. p. 1. Retrieved 4 June 2021.
  3. 1 2 "Wankhede Is Finance Minister: Distribution Of Portfolios". The Times of India. 5 December 1963. p. 1. ProQuest 741151503. Retrieved 5 July 2022.
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