Desai ministry (Bombay State)

Desai ministry
Government of Bombay State
Date formed	21 April 1952
Date dissolved	31 October 1956
People and organisations
Governor	Raja Maharaj Singh (1952) Girija Shankar Bajpai (1952-54) Harekrushna Mahatab (1955-56)
Chief Minister	Morarji Desai
Total no. of members	20 10 Cabinet ministers (Incl. Chief Minister) 10 Deputy ministers
Member parties	Congress
Status in legislature	Majority government 269 / 315 (85%)
Opposition party	PWPI
Opposition leader	Tulsidas Jadhav
History
Election	1952
Legislature term	5 years
Predecessor	Kher
Successor	Chavan I

Morarji Desai became the Chief Minister of Bombay State on 21 April 1952,^[1] following the Indian National Congress' victory in 1952 Bombay Legislative Assembly election. He formed a nine-member ministry that continued till his resignation on 31 October 1956. Yashwantrao Chavan succeeded him as the head of government.

Government formation

B. G. Kher, Bombay's chief minister since 1946, did not seek another term and retired following the 1952 election.^[2] Desai had been Kher's home and revenue minister since 1946, and had previously served as agriculture, revenue, and rural development minister from 1937 to 1939. He was selected to replace Kher.

In October 1956, the Desai government faced a motion of no confidence tabled by Naushir Bharucha. The same was defeated in the assembly by 33 to 234 votes.

Motion of no-confidence Morarji Desai (Congress)
Ballot →		15 to 16 October 1956
Required majority →		Simple majority N
	Yes	33 / 267
	No	234 / 267
Source[3]

List of ministers

Sr	Minister	Constituency (Region)	Portfolio	Party		Reference
Chief Minister
1	Morarji Desai	Bulsar Chikhli (Seat 2) (Gujarat)	Chief Minister	Congress		[4]
Cabinet ministers
2	Jivraj Mehta	Amreeli Damnagar (Gujarat)	Finance Industry Prohibition	Congress		[4][5]
3	Yashwantrao Chavan	Karad North (Maharashtra)	Civil Supplies Local Self-Government Forests Community Projects			[4][6]
4	Shantilal Shah	Vile Parle Andheri Versova (Bombay)	Labour Public Health			[4][7]
5	B. S. Hiray	South Malegaon North Nandgaon (Maharashtra)	Revenue Agriculture			[4][8]
6	Malojirao Naik Nimbalkar	Phaltan (Maharashtra)	Public Works			[4]
7	Ganpatrao Devji Tapase	Phaltan (Seat 2) (Maharashtra)	Rehabilitation Fisheries Backward Classes			[4]
8	Dinkarrao N. Desai	Broach (Gujarat)	Education Law Aarey Milk Colony			[4]
9	M. P. Patil	Hukeri (Karnataka)	Local Self-Government Cooperation			[4]

Deputy ministers

Sr	Deputy Minister	Constituency (Region)	Portfolio	Party		Reference
1	Indumati Seth	Ahmedabad City III (Gujarat)	Education	Congress		[4]
2	Babubhai J. Patel	Nadiad South (Gujarat)	Public Works Public Transport
3	D. N. Wandrekar	Bandra Khar Juhu (Maharashtra)	Backward Classes
4	K. F. Patil	Ranebennur (Karnataka)	Agriculture Forests
5	B. D. Jatti	Jamkhandi (Karnataka)	Public Health
6	B. D. Deshmukh	Parola (Maharashtra)	Local Self-Government Cooperation
7	T. R. Naravane	Dadar Saitanchowky (Bombay)	Prohibition
8	Mustafa Faki	Bhivandi Murbad East Kalyan (Maharashtra)	Revenue
9	V. K. Sathe	Poona City Central (Maharashtra)	Civil Supplies
10	Nirmala Raje Bhosale	North Sholapur (Maharashtra)	Parliamentary Secretary to the Chief Minister

References

1. "Cabinet of 9 for Bombay? - High Command Gives Free Hand to Morarji". The Bombay Chronicle. 20 April 1952. p. 13. Retrieved 24 May 2021.
2. "Party to B. G. Kher". The Bombay Chronicle. 13 April 1952. p. 11. Retrieved 25 May 2021.
3. G. C. Malhotra (2004). Cabinet Responsibility to Legislature - Motions of Confidence and No-confidence in Lok Sabha and State Legislatures (PDF) (2nd Revised, 2004 ed.). Lok Sabha Secretariat / Metropolitan Book Co. Pvt. Ltd. p. 570. Retrieved 25 May 2021.
4. Frank Morales (ed.). Directory and Year Book including Whos Who 1954-55. Bennett, Coleman, & Co. Ltd. p. 336. Retrieved 24 May 2021.
5. "Fifth Lok Sabha, Members Bioprofile - MEHTA, DR. JIVRAJ N." Lok Sabha. Lok Sabha/National Informatics Center. Retrieved 23 May 2021.
6. "7th Lok Sabha, Members Bioprofile - CHAVAN, SHRI YESHWANTRAO". Lok Sabha. Lok Sabha/National Informatics Center. Retrieved 23 May 2021.
7. "4th Lok Sabha, Members Bioprofile - SHAH. SHRI SHANTILAL". Lok Sabha. Lok Sabha/National Informatics Center. Retrieved 23 May 2021.
8. Windmiller, Marshall (September 1956). "The Politics of States Reorganization in India: The Case of Bombay". Far Eastern Survey. 25 (9): 129–143. doi:10.2307/3024387. JSTOR 3024387. Retrieved 23 May 2021.