First Kher ministry (Bombay Presidency)

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]

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)

List of ministers

The first Kher ministry consisted of the following:^[4]

Portfolio	Minister	Took office	Left office	Party
Prime Minister Education	B. G. Kher	19 July 1937	1939		INC
Finance	A. B. Latthe	19 July 1937	1939		INC
Home and Legal	K. M. Munshi	19 July 1937	1939		INC
Health and Excise	M. D. Gilder	19 July 1937	1939		INC
Revenue, Rural Development, and Agriculture	Morarji Desai	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

Parliamentary Secretaries

The ministry additionally included six parliamentary secretaries.^[2]

• Gulzarilal Nanda
• B. M. Gupte
• Hansa Mehta
• M. P. Patil
• T. R. Nesvi
• B. S. Hiray