First Mahanta ministry

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]

First Mahanta ministry
Date formed	24 December 1985
Date dissolved	28 November 1990
People and organisations
Governor	Bhishma Narain Singh Hari Dev Joshi Anisetti Raghuvir Devi Das Thakur
Chief Minister	Prafulla Kumar Mahanta
Member party	AGP
Opposition party	Indian National Congress
History
Election	1985
Legislature term	5 years
Predecessor	Saikia I
Successor	President's rule

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