Second Nehru ministry

Jawaharlal Nehru was sworn in as Prime Minister of India on 15 August 1947. After first Indian general election, Nehru became the first democratically elected Prime Minister of the country and his second term started on 15 April 1952. In his ministry upon reelection, the ministers were as follows.

Second Jawaharlal Nehru ministry
2nd ministry of the Republic of India
Date formed	15 April 1952 (1952-04-15)
Date dissolved	4 April 1957 (1957-04-04)
People and organisations
Head of state	Rajendra Prasad
Head of government	Jawaharlal Nehru
Member party	Indian National Congress
Status in legislature	Majority
Opposition party	None
Opposition leader	None
History
Election	1951
Outgoing election	1957
Legislature terms	4 years, 11 months and 20 days
Predecessor	First Nehru ministry
Successor	Third Nehru ministry

Cabinet

Cabinet ministers

Portfolio	Minister	Took office	Left office	Party		Ref
Prime Minister Minister of External Affairs Minister of Defence (1952-10 January 1955; from 30 January 1957)	Jawaharlal Nehru	First Nehru Ministry	Third Nehru ministry		INC
Minister without Portfolio (External Affairs)	V. K. Krishna Menon	14 February 1956	Third Nehru Ministry		INC	[1]
Minister of Education, Natural Resources and Scientific Research	Abul Kalam Azad	15 April 1952	Third Nehru ministry		INC	[2]
Minister of Finance	C. D. Deshmukh	First Nehru ministry	24 July 1956		INC	[3]
	T. T. Krishnamachari	1 September 1956	Third Nehru ministry		INC	[4]
Minister of Home Affairs (Minister of Heavy Industries - additional charge from September–November 1956)	Kailash Nath Katju	First Nehru ministry	1955		INC
	Govind Ballabh Pant	10 January 1955	Third Nehru ministry		INC	[5][4]
Minister of Food and Agriculture	Rafi Ahmed Kidwai	First Nehru Ministry	1954		INC	[2]
	Ajit Prasad Jain	25 November 1954	Third Nehru ministry		INC	[6]
Minister of Defence	Baldev Singh	First Nehru Ministry	1952		INC
	N. Gopalaswami Ayyangar	13 May 1952	1952		INC	[2]
	Kailash Nath Katju	10 January 1955	30 January 1957		INC	[7][8]
Minister of Law and Minority Affairs	Charu Chandra Biswas	15 April 1952	Third Nehru Ministry		INC	[2]
Minister of Railways	N. Gopalaswami Ayyangar	First Nehru Ministry	13 May 1952		INC
	Lal Bahadur Shastri	13 May 1952	7 December 1956		INC
	Jagjivan Ram	7 December 1956	Third Nehru Ministry		INC
Minister of Communications	Jagjivan Ram	15 April 1952	7 December 1956		INC	[2]
Minister of Commerce and Industry (to September 1956) Minister of Iron and Steel (from June 1955)	T. T. Krishnamachari	15 April 1952	Third Nehru ministry		INC	[2][9]
Minister of Heavy Industry and Commerce and Consumer Industries (to January 1957) Minister of Commerce and Industries (from January 1957)	Morarji Desai	14 November 1956	Third Nehru ministry		INC	[10][11]
Minister of Labour	V. V. Giri	15 April 1952	September 1954		INC	[2]
	Khandubhai Kasanji Desai	September 1954	Third Nehru Ministry		INC	[12]
Minister of Works, Housing and Supply (Ministry of Commerce and Consumer Industries - additional charge September–November 1956)	Swaran Singh	15 April 1952	Third Nehru Ministry		INC	[2][4]
Minister of Planning and River Valley Schemes	Gulzarilal Nanda	15 April 1952	Third Nehru Ministry		INC	[2]
Minister of Health	Amrit Kaur	15 April 1952	Third Nehru Ministry		INC	[2]
Minister of Production	K. Chengalaraya Reddy	15 April 1952	Third Nehru Ministry		INC	[2]

Ministers of State

Portfolio	Minister	Took office	Left office	Party		Ref
Minister of Parliamentary Affairs	Satya Narayan Sinha[13]	First Nehru ministry	Third Nehru ministry		INC	[2]
Minister of Rehabilitation	Ajit Prasad Jain	15 April 1952	24 November 1954		INC	[2]
	Mehr Chand Khanna	7 December 1954	Third Nehru ministry		INC	[14]
Minister of State (External Affairs)	Syed Mahmud	7 December 1954	Third Nehru ministry		INC	[14]
Minister of Agriculture	Panjabrao Deshmukh	17 April 1952	Third Nehru ministry		INC
Minister of Legal Affairs Minister of Civil Aviation (from 7 December 1956, additional charge)	Hari Vinayak Pataskar	7 December 1954	Third Nehru ministry		INC	[14][15]
Minister of Natural Resources	Keshav Dev Malaviya	7 December 1954	Third Nehru ministry		INC	[14]
Minister of Revenue and Expenditure	Mahavir Tyagi	15 April 1952	16 March 1953		INC	[2]
Minister of Revenue and Civil Expenditure	Manilal Chaturbhai Shah	7 December 1954	Third Nehru ministry		INC	[14]
Minister of Revenue and Defence Expenditure	Arun Chandra Guha	7 December 1954	Third Nehru ministry		INC	[14]
Minister of Defence Organisation	Mahavir Tyagi	16 March 1953	Third Nehru ministry		INC	[16]
Minister of Commerce (Minister of Trade from June 1956)	D. P. Karmarkar	6 August 1955	Third Nehru ministry		INC	[17][18]
Minister of Industries (Minister of Consumer Industries from June 1956)	Nityanand Kanungo	6 August 1955	Third Nehru ministry		INC	[19][20][18]
Minister of Industrial Development (Minister of Heavy Industry from June 1956)	Manubhai Shah	May 1956	Third Nehru ministry		INC	[21][18]
Minister of Information and Broadcasting	B. V. Keskar	15 April 1952	Third Nehru Ministry		INC	[2]
Minister of State (Home Affairs)	B. N. Datar	14 February 1956	Third Nehru Ministry		INC	[1]
Minister of Community Development	S. K. Dey	September 1956	Third Nehru Ministry		INC	[22]
Minister of Communications	Raj Bahadur	14 February 1956	Third Nehru Ministry		INC	[1]