First Urs ministry

D. Devaraj Urs Ministry was the Council of Ministers in Mysore, a state in South India headed by D. Devaraj Urs^[1] of the Indian National Congress.

First Urs ministry
12th Council of Ministers of Mysore State
D. Devaraj Urs Chief Minister of Mysore
Date formed	20 March 1972
Date dissolved	31 December 1977
People and organisations
Head of state	Mohanlal Sukhadia (1 February 1972 – 10 January 1975) Uma Shankar Dikshit (10 January 1975 – 2 August 1977) Govind Narain (2 August 1977 – 15 April 1982)
Head of government	D. Devaraj Urs
Member parties	Indian National Congress
Status in legislature	Majority
Opposition party	Indian National Congress (Organisation) UOP
Opposition leader	H. D. Deve Gowda H. T. Krishnappa H. D. Deve Gowda(assembly)
History
Election	1972
Outgoing election	1978
Legislature terms	6 years (Council) 5 years (Assembly)
Predecessor	First Veerendra Patil ministry
Successor	Second Urs ministry

The ministry had multiple ministers including the Chief Minister.^[2] All ministers belonged to the Indian National Congress.

D. Devaraj Urs became Chief minister of Mysore after Indian National Congress emerged victorious 1972 Mysore elections.^[3]

Chief Minister & Cabinet Ministers

S.No	Portfolio	Name	Portrait	Constituency	Term of Office		Party
1	Chief Minister[4] *Other departments not allocated to any Minister.	D. Devaraj Urs [5]		Hunasuru[6]	20 March 1972	31 December 1977	Indian National Congress
2	Transport	R. Gundu Rao[7]		Somwarpet	1975	31 December 1977	Indian National Congress
3	Industries[8] Parliamentary Affairs[9]	S. M. Krishna		MLC	20 March 1972	31 December 1977	Indian National Congress
4	Irrigation[10]	H. N. Nanje Gowda		Arkalgud	20 March 1972	31 December 1977	Indian National Congress
5	Revenue[11]	B. Basavalingappa		Uttarahalli	20 March 1972	1973	Indian National Congress
		N. Huchmasthy Gowda		Huliyurdurga	1973	31 December 1977	Indian National Congress
6	Housing? Urban development?	B. Basavalingappa		Uttarahalli	1973	31 December 1977	Indian National Congress
7	.	M. Y. Ghorpade		Sandur	20 March 1972	31 December 1977	Indian National Congress
8	Forest[12]	K. H. Patil		Gadag	20 March 1972	31 December 1977	Indian National Congress

Minister of State

S.No	Portfolio	Name	Portrait	Constituency	Term of Office		Party
1	Information Sports Youth Services	R. Gundu Rao[7]		Somwarpet	20 March 1972	1975	Indian National Congress
2	Home	Sarekoppa Bangarappa[13]		Sorab	20 March 1972	31 December 1977	Indian National Congress
3	Small scale Industries	Veerappa Moily[14]		Karkal	20 March 1972	31 December 1977	Indian National Congress
4	.	H. C. Srikantaiah[15]		Shravanabelagola	20 March 1972	31 December 1977	Indian National Congress

See also

• Mysore Legislative Assembly
• Mysore Legislative Council
• Politics of Mysore