First Kher ministry (Bombay Presidency)

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First Kher ministry
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Government of Bombay Presidency
Date formed19 July 1937
Date dissolved1939
People and organisations
GovernorRobert Duncan Bell (1937)
The Earl of Scarbrough (1937-39)
Prime MinisterB. G. Kher
Total no. of members7 Cabinet ministers (Incl. Chief Minister)
6 Parliamentary secretaries
Member partiesCongress
Opposition partyAIML
Opposition leaderAli Muhammad Khan Dehlavi
History
Election(s)1937
Legislature term(s)5 years
PredecessorCooper
SuccessorKher II (1946)

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 inclusion of British India in the Second World War.[3]

List of ministers[]

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

Portfolio Minister Took office Left office Party
Prime Minister
Education
B. G. Kher19 July 19371939 INC
FinanceA. B. Latthe19 July 19371939 INC
Home and LegalK. M. Munshi19 July 19371939 INC
Health and ExciseM. D. Gilder19 July 19371939 INC
Revenue, Rural Development,
and Agriculture
Morarji Desai19 July 19371939 INC
Public WorksM. Y. Nuri19 July 19371939 INC
Local Self-government and MiscellaneousL. M. Patel19 July 19371939 INC

Parliamentary Secretaries[]

The ministry additionally included six parliamentary secretaries.[2]

References[]

  1. ^ "75 Years of Maharashtra Legislature". Press Information Bureau, Mumbai. Retrieved 17 May 2021.
  2. ^ a b Bombay 1937-1938: A Review of the Administration of the Bombay Presidency. Mumbai: Government Central Press, Bombay. 1939. pp. 160–161.
  3. ^ Shoaib Daniyal (17 May 2015). "Forgotten fact: Most Mumbaiites are breaking the law when they grab a drink". Scroll.in. Retrieved 17 May 2021.
  4. ^ "Administration of India 1937 - Govt. of Bombay". Indian Annual Register. January–June 1937 (Volume I): ii. Retrieved 17 May 2021.
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