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There were members from Hindu, Muslim, Christian, Sikh and Parsi communities represented in India's first ministry. There were two members from the Dalit community represented as well. [3] [4] Rajkumari Amrit Kaur was the only female Cabinet minister. The following is a list of the ministers in the first Cabinet. [1] Key † Died in office; RES ...
The following is a list of women who have been elected or appointed head of state or government of their respective countries since the interwar period (1918–1939). The first list includes female presidents who are heads of state and may also be heads of government, as well as female heads of government who are not concurrently head of state, such as prime ministers.
There have been 15 presidents of India since the post was established when India was declared as a republic with the adoption of the Indian constitution in 1950. [4] Apart from these fifteen, three acting presidents have also been in office for short periods of time. V. V. Giri became the acting president in 1969 after Zakir Husain died in ...
Administrative regions during the Indian general election, 1951–52. The First Lok Sabha was constituted on 17 April 1952 after India's first general election. It completed its full tenure of five years and was dissolved on 4 April 1957. [1] The year 1951 is often misleadingly associated with the election for first Lok Sabha.
After India's independence, Amrit Kaur became part of Jawaharlal Nehru's first Cabinet; she was the first woman to hold Cabinet rank, serving for ten years. In January 1949, she was appointed a Dame of the Order of Saint John (DStJ). [29] She was assigned the Ministry of Health. [13]
Since 1963, India has had 18 female chief ministers. The first woman to become chief minister was Sucheta Kripalani of the Indian National Congress party, who was sworn in on 2 October 1963 as chief minister of Uttar Pradesh. The longest-serving female chief minister was Sheila Dikshit from the Indian National Congress, who served as the chief ...
Indian National Congress: Jawaharlal Nehru: 2 Nehru II: 15 April 1952 1951–52: 3 Nehru III: 4 April 1957 1957: 4 Nehru IV: 2 April 1962 1962: Acting Nanda I: 27 May 1964 None Gulzarilal Nanda: 5 Shastri: 9 June 1964 None Lal Bahadur Shastri: Acting Nanda II: 11 January 1966 None Gulzarilal Nanda: 6 Indira I: 24 January 1966 None Indira Gandhi ...
Pages in category "Women members of the Cabinet of India" The following 16 pages are in this category, out of 16 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. B.