First Mahanta ministry explained

Date Formed:	24 December 1985
Date Dissolved:	28 November 1990
Government Head:	Prafulla Kumar Mahanta
State Head:	Bhishma Narain Singh Hari Dev Joshi Anisetti Raghuvir Devi Das Thakur
Political Party:	AGP
Opposition Party:	Indian National Congress
Election:	1985
Legislature Term:	5 years
Predecessor:	First Saikia Ministry
Successor:	President's rule
State Head Title:	Governor
Government Head Title:	Chief Minister

The First Ministry of Prafulla Kumar Mahanta was the Cabinet of Assam headed by Chief Minister of Assam Prafulla Kumar Mahanta that was formed after the 1985 Assam Legislative Assembly election.^[1] ^[2] Mahanta became the youngest Chief Minister in India and was sworn in at the Nehru Stadium on 24 December 1985 by Governor Bhishma Narain Singh, the youngest Governor in India.^[3] ^[4] ^[5] The first cabinet consisted of Mahanta along with 13 cabinet ministers and 7 ministers of state.^[6] ^[7] The ministry was reshuffled in 1986 and 1988.^[8] ^[9]

Ministers

!Name!Portfolio!Party
Cabinet Ministers
Prafulla Kumar Mahanta Chief Minister	Personnel Finance Accord Implementation Administration Forest Health Election Planning and Development Cultural Affairs Sports and Youth Welfare Other departments not allotted specifically	AGP
Bhrigu Kumar Phukan	Home Political General Administration Publicity Jails Printingand Stationery Excise Tourism	AGP
Lalit Chandra Rajkhowa	Food and Civil Supplies Transport Corporation Rural Development	AGP
Atul Bora	Public Works Department Town and Country Planning	AGP
Brindaban Goswami	Education Science Technology Environment	AGP
Thaneswar Boro	Revenue Registration Stamps Relief Rehabilitation	AGP
Bharat Narah	Flood Control Irrigation Welfare of Plains and Tribal Areas	AGP
Digen Bora	Industry Power Mines Minerals Public Health Engineering	AGP
Surendra Nath Medhi	Law Justice Legislative Judicial	AGP
Nagen Sarma	Veterinary Handloom Textiles Sericulture Weaving	AGP
Bargi Prasad Telenga	Labour Employment	AGP
Sahidul Alam Choudhury	Administration Wagf Properties Haj Committee	AGP
Chandra Arandhara	Panchayat and Community Development	AGP
Nilamoni Das	Agriculture Fisheries	AGP
Ministers of State
Dipen Tanti	Transport and Labour	AGP
Pradip Gogoi	Parliamentary Affairs	AGP
Anirudha Singh Choudhury	Relief and Rehabilitation Backward Classes	AGP
Rekha Rani Das Boro	Women Social Welfare Handloom Textile Sericulture Weaving	AGP
Jatin Mali	Health Family and Child Welfare	AGP
Padmeswar Doley	Industries Power Mines Minerals	AGP
Moti Das	Agriculture Fisheries	AGP

Notes and References

Web site: 2006-05-13 . Assam Legislative Assembly - Chief Ministers since 1937 . 2023-04-07 . https://web.archive.org/web/20060513013923/http://assamassembly.gov.in/cm-list.html . 2006-05-13 .
Web site: 2019-05-15 . Assam 1985 - Assam - Election Commission of India . 2023-04-15 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190515060853/https://www.eci.gov.in/files/file/4000-assam-1985/ . 2019-05-15 .
Web site: Prafulla Kumar Mahanta 1985 ministers . 2018-11-05 . shodhganga.inflibnet.ac.in/.
Book: Malhotra, G. C. . Cabinet Responsibility to Legislature: Motions of Confidence and No-confidence in Lok Sabha and State Legislatures . 2004 . Lok Sabha Secretariat . 978-81-200-0400-9 . en.
Web site: Victory of Asom Gana Parishad ushers in new era of hope and change in Assam . 2023-04-15 . India Today . 15 January 1986 . en.
Book: Asian Recorder . 1986 . en.
Book: The Journal of Parliamentary Information . 1986 . Lok Sabha Secretariat . en.
Book: Sainik Samachar . 1986 . Director of Public Relations, Ministry of Defence. . en.
Web site: Assam Chief Minister Prafulla Kumar Mahanta reshuffles ministry . 2023-04-15 . India Today . 15 November 1988 . en.