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The first Indian cabinet formed on 15th August 1947 consisted of the following members,
Jawaharlal Nehru - Primeminister; External Affairs & common wealth- relations; Scientific Research
Sardar Vallabhbahai Patel - Home, Information & Broadcasting ; States
Dr.Rajendra Prasad - Food & Agriculture
Maulana Abul Kalam Azad - Education
Dr.John Mathai - Railways & Transport
R.K.shanmugham Chetty- Finance
Dr.B.R.Ambedkar- Law
Jagjivan Ram - Labour
Sardar Baldev Singh - Defence
Raj Kumari Amrit Kaur - Health
C.H.Bhabaha - commerce
Rafi Ahmed Kidwai - Communication
Dr.Shyam Prasad Mukherji - Industries & supplies
V.N.Gadgil - Works, Mines & power
PS:It took me a lot of googling to get a list of India's first cabinet ministers and the wikipedia does not have any record of India's first cabinet. It is an irony that even the official website of the Indian Government www.india.gov.in has no record of these greatest Indians. It does not feature even a photograph of Raj Kumari Amrit Kaur( first woman cabinet minister)!! It is highly worrying that the Indian Government is not properly utilizing its website. It is important that the moments of post Independence Indian history are properly recorded, and its heroes are properly recognized. Else the future generation may never learn about the architects of India.
