First Chaliha ministry explained

Cabinet Type:Ministry
Cabinet Number:4th
Date Formed:27 December 1957
Date Dissolved:1 March 1962
Government Head:Bimala Prasad Chaliha
Government Head Title:Chief Minister
State Head:Saiyid Fazl Ali
Chandreswar Prasad Sinha
S. M. Shrinagesh
Vishnu Sahay
Vishnu Sahay
State Head Title:Governor
Political Parties: Indian National Congress
Election:1957
Last Election:1962
Previous:Second Medhi ministry
Successor:Second 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

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 became the 5th President of India in 1974. Another minister, Williamson A. Sangma later served as the inaugural Chief Minister of Meghalaya in 1972.

Ministers

Cabinet Ministers

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Deputy Ministers

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Parliamentary Secretaries

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Assam Legislative Assembly Debates: Budget Session Volume I, No. 1. 24 February 1959. aladigitallibrary.in.
  2. Web site: Bimala Prasad Chaliha ministry. 11. shodhganga.inflibnet.ac.in/ . 2018-11-05.