40. FIRST CABINET OF INDIA

Portfolio	Minister		Took office	Left office	Party
Prime Minister Minister of External Affairs and Commonwealth Relations Minister of Scientific Research		Jawaharlal Nehru	15 August 1947	Second Nehru ministry	INC
Deputy Prime Minister		Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel	15 August 1947	15 December 1950[†]	INC
Minister of Home Affairs and States		Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel	15 August 1947	15 December 1950[†]	INC
		C. Rajagopalachari[5]	26 December 1950	25 October 1951[RES]	INC
		Kailash Nath Katju	1951	Second Nehru ministry	INC
Minister of Information and Broadcasting		Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel	15 August 1947	1949	INC
		R. R. Diwakar[6]	1949	15 April 1952	INC
Minister of Finance		R. K. Shanmukham Chetty	15 August 1947	1949	INC
		John Mathai	1949	1950[RES]	INC
		C. D. Deshmukh	1950	Second Nehru ministry	INC
Minister of Law		B. R. Ambedkar[5]	15 August 1947	1951[RES]	SCF
Minister of Defence		Baldev Singh	15 August 1947	Second Nehru ministry	Panthic Party
Minister of Railways and Transport		John Mathai	15 August 1947	22 September 1948	INC
		N. Gopalaswami Ayyangar	22 September 1948	Second Nehru ministry	INC
Minister of Education		Maulana Abul Kalam Azad	15 August 1947	Second Nehru ministry	INC
Minister of Food and Agriculture		Rajendra Prasad	15 August 1947	15 April 1952	INC
Minister of Industries and Supplies		Syama Prasad Mookerjee	15 August 1947	6 April 1950[RES]	Hindu Mahasabha
Minister of Labour		Jagjivan Ram	15 August 1947	15 April 1952	INC
Minister of Commerce		Cooverji Hormusji Bhabha	15 August 1947	15 April 1952	INC
Minister of Communications		Rafi Ahmed Kidwai	15 August 1947	15 April 1952	INC
Minister of Health		Amrit Kaur	15 August 1947	15 April 1952	INC
Minister of Works, Mines and Power		Narhar Vishnu Gadgil	15 August 1947	15 April 1952	INC
Minister of Relief and Rehabilitation		K. C. Neogy	15 August 1947	April 1950[RES]	INC
Minister without portfolio		N. Gopalaswami Ayyangar[7]	15 August 1947	22 September 1948	INC
		Mohanlal Saxena	15 August 1947	15 April 1952	INC