First Pawar ministry explained

Cabinet Type:	Ministry
Date Formed:	18 July 1978
Election:	1978
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Government Head:	Sharad Pawar INC(S)
Jurisdiction:	the State of Maharashtra
Legislature Status:	Coalition
Legislature Term:	5 Years
Opposition Party:	Indian National Congress
Political Parties:	Janata Party+ (99) INC(S) (69) PWPI (13)
Total Number:	181
Date Dissolved:	18 February 1980
Previous:	Second Vasantdada Patil ministry
Successor:	Antulay ministry

Sharad Pawar broke away in 1978 from Government of Maharashtra led by Vasantdada Patil of Indian National Congress, formed the Indian National Congress (Socialist), allied with the Janata party and the Peasants' and Workers' Party of India (PWP) to form a coalition government of the Progressive Democratic Front (PDF) or Purogami Lokshahi Aghadi. The Progressive Democratic Front government was sworn in on 18 July 1978. This government was dismissed on 18 February 1980 following Indira Gandhi's return to power at the Centre.^{[1] [2]}

Cabinet Ministers

SI No.	Name	Constituency	Department	Party
Chief Minister
1	Sharad Pawar	Baramati	General Administration Home Planning Law Judiciary. Information Public Relations. Information Technology. Public Works (Including Public Undertakings)	Indian National Congress (Socialist)
Deputy Chief Minister
2	Sundarrao Solanke	Majalgaon	Finance Disaster Management Tribal Development	Indian National Congress (Socialist)
Cabinet Ministers
3	Uttamrao Patil	Paola - Bhadgaon	Revenue Relief & Rehabilitation Special Assistance	Janata Party
4	Hashu Advani	Chembur	Urban Development Marketing Skill Development, Employment Entrepreneurship	Janata Party
5	Sadanand Varde	Vandre	School Education (18 July 1978 - 19 November 1979) State Excise Prohibition Forests (18 July 1978 - 19 November 1979)	Janata Party
6	Jagannathrao Jadhav	Sangameshwar	Food & Civil Supply Consumer Affairs Housing Ex. Servicemen Welfare	Janata Party
7	Ganpatrao Deshmukh	Sangole	Horticulture Protocol Forest (19 November 1979 - 18 February 1980) Mining. Marathi Language. Earthquake Rehabilitation	Peasants and Workers Party of India
8	Shankarrao Chavan	Bhokar	Jails Water Resources Command Area Developmen Industry.	Indian National Congress (Socialist)
9	Arjunrao Kasture		Agriculture Water supply (18 July 1978 - 19 November 1979) Medical Education School Education (19 November 1979 - 18 February 1980)	Indian National Congress (Socialist)
10	N. D. Patil	MLC	Co-operation Animal Husbandry. Dairy Development (18 July 1978 - 25 May 1979) Sports, Youth Welfare	Peasants and Workers Party of India
11	Nihal Ahmed Maulavi Mohammed Usman	Malegaon	Technical, Higher Education Minority Affairs Revenue. Rural Development. Ports. Khar, Development.	Janata Party
12	Govindrao Adik	Shrirampur	Women, child development Transport. Parliamentary Affairs. Social Justice	Indian National Congress (Socialist)
13	Sushilkumar Shinde	Solapur North	Soil, Water Conservation Dairy Development (25 May 1979 - 18 February 1980) Fisheries Labour Tourism Majority Welfare Development Other Backward Bahujan Welfare	Indian National Congress (Socialist)
14	Bhausaheb Surve	Nagpur Central	Other Backward Classes. Socially, Educationally, Backward Classes. Vimukta Jati. Nomadic Tribes. Special Backward Classes Welfare	Indian National Congress (Socialist)
15			Public Health, Family Welfare Environment Water Supply (19 November 1979 - 18 February 1980) Sanitation	Indian National Congress (Socialist)
16			Food, Drug Administration Textile Cultural Affairs	Janata Party
17			Public Works (Excluding Public Undertakings) Energy Employment Guarantee	Janata Party

Ministers of State

SI No.	Name	Constituency	Department	Party
1	Bhai Vaidya^[3]		Home
2	Datta Meghe
3	Shankarrao Kale		Education Co-operation
4	Prataprao Baburao Bhosale
5	Dilversingh Padvi		Planning Social Justice Public Works
6	Dr. Ishaq Jamkhanawala		Housing Finance Waqf Labour Protocol
7	Kisanrao Deshmukh		Consumer Affairs Food & Civil Supply
8	Sakharam Nakhate		Special Assistance Skill Development
9	Shripatrao Bondre		Water Resources Command Area Development
10	Bhaurao Mulak
11	Balkrishna Patil
12	Vinayak Patil	Niphad	Environment Climate Change
13	Dr. Padamsinh Bajirao Patil		Energy Excise
14	Shanti Naik
15	Babanrao Dhakane
16	Namdeo Gadekar

Notes and References

1. https://www.google.com.au/webhp?sourceid=chrome-instant&ion=1&espv=2&ie=UTF-8#q=1978++pawar+patil+solanke+Kasture+nihal+tople+Gadekar&tbm=bks Google
2. https://indianexpress.com/article/opinion/editorials/forty-years-ago-july-18-1978-sharad-pawar-to-be-cm-5263733/ Forty Years Ago, July 18, 1978: Pawar to be CM
3. https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/other-states/veteran-socialist-leader-and-former-maharashtra-minister-bhai-vaidya-passes-away/article23418001.ece Veteran Socialist leader and former Maharashtra minister Bhai Vaidya passes away