Cabinet Type: | Government |
Jurisdiction: | Bombay Presidency |
Flag: | File:British Raj Red Ensign.svg |
Flag Border: | true |
Date Formed: | 19 July 1937 |
Date Dissolved: | 1939 |
Government Head: | B. G. Kher |
Government Head Title: | Prime Minister |
State Head: | Robert Duncan Bell (1937) The Earl of Scarbrough (1937-39) |
State Head Title: | Governor |
Total Number: | 7 Cabinet ministers (Incl. Chief Minister) 6 Parliamentary secretaries |
Political Parties: | Congress |
Opposition Party: | AIML |
Opposition Leader: | Ali Muhammad Khan Dehlavi |
Election: | 1937 |
Legislature Term: | 5 years |
Previous: | Cooper |
Successor: | Kher II (1946) |
B. G. Kher became the Prime Minister[1] of the Bombay Presidency for the first time on 19 July 1937.[2] The 7-member government resigned in November 1939 to protest the inclusion of British India in the Second World War.[3]
The first Kher ministry consisted of the following:[4]
The ministry additionally included six parliamentary secretaries.