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{{Infobox government cabinet
| cabinet_type = Government
| cabinet_number =
| jurisdiction = [[Bombay Presidency]]
| flag = File:British Raj Red Ensign.svg
| flag_border = true
| date_formed = 1 April 1937
| date_dissolved = 19 July 1937
| government_head = [[Dhanjishah Cooper]]
| government_head_title = Prime Minister
| deputy_government_head =
| deputy_government_head_title =
| state_head = [[Michael Knatchbull, 5th Baron Brabourne|Lord Brabourne]]
| state_head_title = Governor
| members_number =
| former_members_number =
| total_number = 4 Cabinet ministers <small>(Incl. Chief Minister)</small>
| political_parties = [[Independent (politician)|Independents]]<br />[[Democratic Swarajya Party|DSP]]<br />[[All-India Muslim League|AIML]]
| legislature_status =
| opposition_cabinet =
| opposition_party = [[Indian National Congress|Congress]]
| opposition_leader =
| election = [[1937 Bombay Presidency elections|1937]]
| last_election =
| legislature_term = 5 years
| previous = ''None''
| successor = [[First Kher ministry (Bombay Presidency)|Kher I]]
}}

Following the [[1937 Bombay Presidency elections]], [[Indian National Congress]] emerged as the largest group in the [[Bombay Legislative Assembly]]. However, its leader [[B. G. Kher]] refused to form a government. [[Governor of Bombay|Governor]] [[Michael Knatchbull, 5th Baron Brabourne|Lord Brabourne]] instead invited '''[[Dhanjishah Cooper]]''', an [[Independent (politician)|independent]] member from [[Satara district|Satara]], to be the Presidency's [[Chief Minister of Maharashtra|prime minister]] on 1 April 1937. Cooper accepted and thus, became's Bombay's first prime minister.<ref>{{Cite news |author=Nauzer Bharucha |title='Parsis are not interested in politics anymore' |newspaper=[[The Times of India]] |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/mumbai/parsis-are-not-interested-in-politics-anymore/articleshow/44237625.cms |date=4 October 2014 |access-date=17 May 2021}}</ref> The four-member ministry he formed shortly resigned due to lack of majority support, and was replaced by [[First Kher ministry (Bombay Presidency)|Kher's ministry]] in July 1937.<ref name=BR>{{cite book |author= |title=Bombay 1937-1938: A Review of the Administration of the Bombay Presidency |url=https://archive.org/details/dli.granth.34595/page/160/mode/2up |pages=160-161 |location=[[Mumbai]] |publisher=Government Central Press, Bombay |page= |date=1939 |isbn=}}</ref>

==Government formation==
[[Indian National Congress]] had secured highest seats in the [[1937 Bombay Presidency elections|1937 elections]]. However, the party refused to form a government due to disagreements over the Governor's reserve powers as envisioned by the [[Government of India Act, 1935]].<ref>{{Cite news |title=Governors Refuse to Give Assurances: C. R. and Kher Decline to Take Up Office - Bombay Leader's Statement |newspaper=[[The Indian Express]] |date=27 March 1937 |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=P9oYG7HA76QC&dat=19370327&printsec=frontpage&hl=en |pages=1 |access-date=19 May 2021}}</ref> After Congress' [[B. G. Kher]] refused his mandate, the Governor invited the second-largest [[All-India Muslim League|Muslim League]]. Citing that the League would be unable to maintain a stable majority, [[Ali Muhammad Khan Dehlavi]] refused office as well.<ref name=IE>{{Cite news |title=Bombay Ministry Goes Abegging |newspaper=[[The Indian Express]] |date=29 March 1937 |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=P9oYG7HA76QC&dat=19370329&printsec=frontpage&hl=en |pages=1 |access-date=19 May 2021}}</ref>

After either party had refused, the Governor invited Cooper to take up premiership. Cooper tried establishing a government of non-Congress parties, including Muslim League and [[Democratic Swarajya Party]].<ref name=IE></ref>

==List of ministers==
Cooper's ministry had four [[cabinet ministers]].<ref name=BR></ref>
{{Cabinet table start|hiderefcol=y}}
{{Cabinet table minister
| title = [[Chief Minister of Maharashtra|Prime Minister]]
| minister1 = [[Dhanjishah Cooper]]
| minister1_termstart = 1 April 1937
| minister1_termend = 19 July 1937
| minister1_party = Independent (politician)
}}
{{Cabinet table minister
| title = Education
| minister1 = [[Siddappa Kambli]]
| minister1_termstart = 1 April 1937
| minister1_termend = 19 July 1937
| minister1_party = Independent (politician)
}}
{{Cabinet table minister
| title = Finance and Revenue
| minister1 = Jamnadas Mehta
| minister1_termstart = 1 April 1937
| minister1_termend = 19 July 1937
| minister1_party = [[Democratic Swarajya Party|DSP]]
}}
{{Cabinet table minister
| title = Local Self-government
| minister1 = [[Hoosenally Rahimtoola]]
| minister1_termstart = 1 April 1937
| minister1_termend = 19 July 1937
| minister1_party = All-India Muslim League
}}
{{Cabinet table end}}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

{{Maharashtra state government ministries}}

[[Category:1937 in India]]
[[Category:Maharashtra ministries|C]]
[[Category:Cabinets established in 1937]]
[[Category:Cabinets disestablished in 1937]]
[[Category:Bombay Presidency]]

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>Shyamsunder at 09:51, 27 May 2021