Charan Singh ministry

Charan Singh ministry
8th ministry of the Republic of India
Date formed	28 July 1979
Date dissolved	14 January 1980
People and organisations
Head of government	Charan Singh
Deputy head of government	Yashwantrao Chavan
Head of state	Neelam Sanjiva Reddy
Member party	Janata Party (Secular) (Janata alliance)
Status in legislature	Majority
Opposition party	Indian National Congress (Congress alliance)
Opposition leader	Yashwantrao Chavan (In Lok Sabha) Kamalapati Tripathi (In Rajya Sabha)
History
Outgoing election	1980
Legislature term(s)	5 months and 17 days
Predecessor	Morarji Desai ministry
Successor	Third Indira Gandhi ministry

Chaudhary Charan Singh was sworn in as Prime Minister of India on 28 July 1979.^[1]

Cabinet

Portfolio	Minister		Took office	Left office	Party	Ref
Prime Minister		Charan Singh	28 July 1979	14 January 1980	JNP(S)	[1]
Deputy Prime Minister		Yashwantrao Chavan	28 July 1979	14 January 1980	IC(S)	[1]
Minister of Finance		Hemvati Nandan Bahuguna	28 July 1979	14 January 1980	JNP(S)	[2]
Minister of Home Affairs		Yashwantrao Chavan	28 July 1979	14 January 1980	IC(S)
Minister of External Affairs		Shyam Nandan Prasad Mishra	28 July 1979	14 January 1980	JNP(S)	[3]
Minister of Defence		Chidambaram Subramaniam	28 July 1979	14 January 1980	JNP(S)	[4]
Minister of Railways		T. A. Pai	30 July 1979	13 January 1980	JNP(S)	[5]
Minister of Information and Broadcasting		Purushottam Kaushik[6]	28 July 1979	14 January 1980	JNP(S)
Minister of Parliamentary Affairs		K. Gopal	4 August 1979	14 January 1980	JNP(S)	[7]

Ministers of state

• Rashida Haque Chowdhury, Minister of State of Social Welfare (1979-80).^[8]

References

1. "Dour farm leader of 76 named as India's fifth PM". The Montreal Gazette. New Delhi. AP. 27 July 1979. p. 8. Retrieved 29 May 2014.
2. Hemvati Nandan Bahuguna's buography
3. "Former Union minister dead". The Times of India. 2004-10-26. Retrieved 2013-03-17.
4. "Shri C. Subramaniam". Rajbhavan, Maharashra state, India. Archived from the original on 2013-04-07.
5. "Railway Ministers of Independent India". Indian Railways Fan Club (IRFCA). Retrieved January 29, 2014.
6. 9th Lok Sabha, Members Bioprofile : KAUSHIK, SHRI PURUSHOTTAM
7. http://legislativebodiesinindia.nic.in/LS/ataglace.htm LOK SABHA
8. "Worldwide Guide to Women in Leadership - Republic of India". Retrieved March 6, 2014.