Kamaraj ministry

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{{Short description|Government of Madras, India (1954–1963)}}
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{{Use Indian English|date=July 2021}}
{{Infobox government cabinet
| cabinet_name = Kamaraj ministries
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| jurisdiction =
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| incumbent = {{Hlist
| 1954–1957
| 1957–1962
| 1962–1963}}
| image = K Kamaraj 1976 stamp of India.jpg
| date_formed = {{unbulleted list
| First: {{Start date|1954|04|13|df=y}}
| Second: {{Start date|1957|||df=y}}
| Third: {{Start date|1962|||df=y}}}}
| date_dissolved = {{unbulleted list
| First: {{End date|1957|||df=y}}
| Second: {{End date|1962|||df=y}}
| Third: {{Start date|1963|10|02|df=y}}}}
| government_head_title = [[Chief Minister of Madras|Chief Minister]]
| government_head = [[K. Kamaraj]]
| government_head_history = 1954–1963
| state_head_title = Governor
| state_head = {{ubl|[[Sri Prakasa]]|[[A. J. John]]|[[Bishnuram Medhi]]}}
| political_party =
| legislature_status =
| legislature_term = {{unbulleted list
| [[1st Madras Assembly|1952–1957]]
| [[2nd Madras Assembly|1957–1962]]
| [[3rd Madras Assembly|1962–1967]]}}
| election = {{unbulleted list
| [[1952 Madras Legislative Assembly election|1952]]
| [[1957 Madras Legislative Assembly election|1957]]
| [[1962 Madras Legislative Assembly election|1962]]}}
| last_election = [[1967 Madras Legislative Assembly election|1967]]
| opposition_party =
| opposition_leader =
| previous = [[Chief ministership of C. Rajagopalachari#Second term|C. Rajagopalachari ministry]]
| successor = [[Bhaktavatsalam ministry]]
}}

'''[[K. Kamaraj]]''' was sworn in as the [[Chief Minister of Madras]] State on 13 April 1954. [[K. Kamaraj]] ousted Rajaji on 31 March 1954 and was elected the leader of Congress Legislative Party. Kamaraj consolidated his position by offering ministerial position to leaders of [[Tamil Nadu Toilers Party]] and [[Commonweal Party]].<ref name="James Walch">{{cite book | title=Faction and front: Party systems in South India| edition=| first=James | last=Walch| date=| pages=162–163| publisher= Young Asia Publications| isbn=}}</ref><ref>[http://www.assembly.tn.gov.in/archive/Resumes/review_01assly/table04.pdf A Review of the Madras Legislative Assembly (1952–1957)] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131017181036/http://www.assembly.tn.gov.in/archive/Resumes/review_01assly/table04.pdf |date=17 October 2013 }}</ref>

== First Ministry ==

Members of ministry who served between 13 April 1954 – 13 April 1957 under the Chief Ministership of Kamraj are
{| width="70%" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" border="1" style="border-collapse: collapse; border: 2px #DEE8F1 solid;"
! style="background-color:#00c3ff; color:white"|Minister
! style="background-color:#00c3ff; color:white"|Portfolio
|-
|K. Kamaraj
|Chief Minister; Minister of Public and Police in the Home Department
|-
|[[A. B. Shetty]]
|Minister in charge of medical and public health, cooperation, housing and ex-servicemen
|-
|[[M. Bhaktavatsalam]]
|Minister in charge of Agriculture, Forests, Fisheries, Cinchona, Rural Welfare, Community Projects, National Extension Scheme, Women's Welfare, Industries and Labour and Animal Husbandry and Veterinary
|-
|[[C. Subramaniam]]
|Minister in charge of Finance, Food, Education, Elections and Information and Publicity and Law (Courts and Prisons)
|-
|[[M. A. Manickavelu Naicker]]
|Minister in charge of Land Revenue and Commercial Taxes and Rural Development.
|-
|[[Shanmugha Rajeswara Sethupathi|Raja Sri Shanmuga Rajeswara Sethupathi]]
|Minister in charge of Public Works, Accommodation Control, Engineering Colleges, Stationery and Printing including Establishment questions of the Stationery Department and the Government Press
|-
|[[B. Parameswaran]]
|Minister in charge of Transport, Harijan Uplift, Hindu Religious Endowments, Registration and Prohibition
|-
|[[S. S. Ramasami Padayachi]]
|Minister in charge of Local Administration
|}

=== Former Members ===
* Following the States Reorganisation Act of 1956, A. B. Shetty quit the Ministry on 1 March 1956 and his portfolio was shared between other ministers in the cabinet.

==Second Ministry==
Kamaraj's council of ministers during kamaraja's second tenure as Chief Minister (1 April 1957 – 1 March 1962):<ref name="kan1">{{cite book |last=Kandaswamy |first=P. |title=The Political Career of K. Kamaraj |publisher=Concept Publishing Company |year=2001 |pages=62–64 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bOjT3qffnMkC |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170731095725/https://books.google.com/books?id=bOjT3qffnMkC |archive-date=31 July 2017 }}</ref>

{| width="70%" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" border="1" style="border-collapse: collapse; border: 2px #DEE8F1 solid;"
! style="background-color:#00c3ff; color:white"|Minister
! style="background-color:#00c3ff; color:white"|Portfolio
|-
|-
|K. Kamaraj
|Chief Minister, Public Planning and Development (including Local Development Works, Women's Welfare, Community Projects and Rural Welfare), National Extension Scheme
|-
|[[M. Bhaktavatsalam]]
|Home
|-
|[[C. Subramaniam]]
|Finance
|-
|[[R. Venkataraman]]
|Industries
|-
|[[M. A. Manickavelu Naicker]]
|Revenue
|-
|[[P. Kakkan]]
| Works
|-
|[[V. Ramaiah]]
|Electricity
|-
|[[Lourdhammal Simon]]
|Local Administration
|}

==Third Ministry==
Kamaraj's council of ministers during his third tenure as Chief Minister (3 March 1962 – 2 October 1963):<ref name="kan1"/><ref>[http://www.assembly.tn.gov.in/archive/Resumes/03assly/03_01_1%20&%202.pdf The Madras Legislative Assembly, Third Assembly I Session] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110514042744/http://www.assembly.tn.gov.in/archive/Resumes/03assly/03_01_1%20%26%202.pdf |date=14 May 2011 }}</ref><ref>[http://www.assembly.tn.gov.in/archive/Resumes/03assly/03_02_1.pdf The Madras Legislative Assembly, Third Assembly II Session] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110514042650/http://www.assembly.tn.gov.in/archive/Resumes/03assly/03_02_1.pdf |date=14 May 2011 }}</ref>

{| width="70%" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" border="1" style="border-collapse: collapse; border: 2px #DEE8F1 solid;"
! style="background-color:#00c3ff; color:white"|Minister
! style="background-color:#00c3ff; color:white"|Portfolio
|-
|-
|K. Kamaraj
|Chief Minister, Public Planning and Development (including Local Development Works, Women's Welfare, Community Projects and Rural Welfare), National Extension Scheme
|-
|[[M. Bhaktavatsalam]]
|Finance and Education
|-
|[[Jothi Venkatachalam]]
|Public Health
|-
|[[R. Venkataraman]]
|Revenue
|-
|[[S. M. Abdul Majid]]
|Local Administration
|-
|[[P. Kakkan]]
|Agriculture
|-
|N. Nallasenapathi Sarkarai Mandradiar
|Cooperation, Forests
|-
|[[G. Bhuvaraghan]]
|Publicity and Information
|}

==References==
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[[Category:Indian organisations established in 1954]]
[[Category:Political history of Tamil Nadu]]
[[Category:1957 disestablishments in India]]
[[Category:Tamil Nadu ministries]]
[[Category:1950s in Madras State]]
[[Category:1960s in Tamil Nadu]]
[[Category:Indian National Congress state ministries of Madras]]

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