First Kher ministry | |
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Government of Bombay Presidency | |
Date formed | 19 July 1937 |
Date dissolved | 1939 |
People and organisations | |
Governor |
Robert Duncan Bell (1937) The Earl of Scarbrough (1937-39) |
Prime Minister | B. G. Kher |
Total no. of members | 7 Cabinet ministers (Incl. Chief Minister) 6 Parliamentary secretaries |
Member parties | Congress |
Opposition party | AIML |
Opposition leader | Ali Muhammad Khan Dehlavi |
History | |
Election | 1937 |
Legislature term | 5 years |
Predecessor | 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]
Portfolio | Minister | Took office | Left office | Party | |
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Prime Minister Education | 19 July 1937 | 1939 | INC | ||
Finance | 19 July 1937 | 1939 | INC | ||
Home and Legal | 19 July 1937 | 1939 | INC | ||
Health and Excise | M. D. Gilder | 19 July 1937 | 1939 | INC | |
Revenue, Rural Development, and Agriculture | 19 July 1937 | 1939 | INC | ||
Public Works | M. Y. Nuri | 19 July 1937 | 1939 | INC | |
Local Self-government and Miscellaneous | L. M. Patel | 19 July 1937 | 1939 | INC |
The ministry additionally included six parliamentary secretaries. [2]
First Kher ministry | |
---|---|
Government of Bombay Presidency | |
Date formed | 19 July 1937 |
Date dissolved | 1939 |
People and organisations | |
Governor |
Robert Duncan Bell (1937) The Earl of Scarbrough (1937-39) |
Prime Minister | B. G. Kher |
Total no. of members | 7 Cabinet ministers (Incl. Chief Minister) 6 Parliamentary secretaries |
Member parties | Congress |
Opposition party | AIML |
Opposition leader | Ali Muhammad Khan Dehlavi |
History | |
Election | 1937 |
Legislature term | 5 years |
Predecessor | 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]
Portfolio | Minister | Took office | Left office | Party | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Prime Minister Education | 19 July 1937 | 1939 | INC | ||
Finance | 19 July 1937 | 1939 | INC | ||
Home and Legal | 19 July 1937 | 1939 | INC | ||
Health and Excise | M. D. Gilder | 19 July 1937 | 1939 | INC | |
Revenue, Rural Development, and Agriculture | 19 July 1937 | 1939 | INC | ||
Public Works | M. Y. Nuri | 19 July 1937 | 1939 | INC | |
Local Self-government and Miscellaneous | L. M. Patel | 19 July 1937 | 1939 | INC |
The ministry additionally included six parliamentary secretaries. [2]