I. K. Gujral ministry

I. K. Gujral ministry
16th ministry of the Republic of India
Date formed	21 April 1997
Date dissolved	19 March 1998
People and organisations
Head of government	I. K. Gujral
Head of state	Shankar Dayal Sharma (until 25 July 1997) K. R. Narayanan (from 25 July 1997)
Member party	Janata Dal (United Front) (supported by Indian National Congress)
Status in legislature	Coalition
Opposition party	Bharatiya Janata Party
Opposition leader	Atal Bihari Vajpayee (until 4 December 1997)
History
Outgoing election	1998
Legislature term(s)	10 months and 26 days
Predecessor	H. D. Deve Gowda ministry
Successor	Second Vajpayee ministry

Inder Kumar Gujral was sworn in as Prime Minister of India on 21 April 1997. In his initial ministry, the ministers were as follows.

Cabinet ministers

The cabinet ministers in I. K. Gujral ministry were as follows.^[1]

Portfolio	Minister		Took office	Left office	Party
Prime Minister		I. K. Gujral	21 April 1997	19 March 1998	Janata Dal
Minister of Home Affairs		Indrajit Gupta	21 April 1997	19 March 1998	CPI
Minister of Finance		P. Chidambaram	1 May 1997	19 March 1998	TMC
Minister of Defence		Mulayam Singh Yadav[2]	21 April 1997	19 March 1998	SP
Minister of Railways		Ram Vilas Paswan[3]	21 April 1997	19 March 1998	Janata Dal
Minister of Communications		Beni Prasad Verma[4]	21 April 1997	19 March 1998	SP
Minister of Agriculture		Chaturanan Mishra[5]	21 April 1997	19 March 1998	CPI
Minister of Industry		Murasoli Maran[6]	21 April 1997	19 March 1998	DMK
Minister of Civil Aviation		C. M. Ibrahim[7]	21 April 1997	19 March 1998	Janata Dal
Minister of Textiles		R. L. Jalappa[8]	21 April 1997	19 March 1998	Janata Dal
Minister of Social Welfare		Balwant Singh Ramoowalia[9]	21 April 1997	19 March 1998	CPI(M)
Minister of Mines		Birendra Prasad Baishya[10]	21 April 1997	19 March 1998	AGP
Minister of Rural Areas		Kinjarapu Yerran Naidu[11]	21 April 1997	19 March 1998	TDP
Minister of Forests and Environment		Saifuddin Soz[12]	21 April 1997	19 March 1998	INC
Minister of Parliamentary Affairs		Srikant Kumar Jena[13]	21 April 1997	19 March 1998	Janata Dal
Minister of Surface Transpor		T. G. Venkatraman[14]	21 April 1997	19 March 1998	DMK

Ministers of State

• Bolla Buli Ramaiah
• Chandradev Prasad Varma
• Dilip Kumar Ray
• Capt. Jai Narayan Prasad Nishad
• Kanti Singh
• M. P. Veerendra Kumar
• Muhi Ram Saikia
• N. V. N. Somu
• Raghubans Prasad Singh
• Ramakant Khalap
• Dr. S. Venugopalachari
• Satpal Maharaj
• T. R. Baalu.
• Dr. U. Venkatewarlu.
• Yoginder K. Alagh.

References

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3. The Economic Times, 2 July 2011
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5. The Economic Times, 2 July 2011
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9. www.nriinternet.com/NRIpoliticians/INDIA/A_Z/R/Ramuwalia/BIO.htm
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13. http://legislativebodiesinindia.nic.in/LS/ataglace.htm LOK SABHA
14. http://legislativebodiesinindia.nic.in/LS/ataglace.htm LOK SABHA