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{{Short description|Cabinet of Assam, India (1985–1990)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2024}}
{{Use Indian English|date=July 2024}}
{{Infobox government cabinet
|date_formed=24 December 1985
|date_dissolved=28 November 1990
|image=File:The former Chief Minister of Assam, Shri Prafulla Kumar Mahanta calling on the Minister of State for Culture and Tourism (Independent Charge), Dr. Mahesh Sharma, in New Delhi on July 20, 2017 (cropped).jpg
|government_head=[[Prafulla Kumar Mahanta]]
|state_head=[[Bhishma Narain Singh]]<br>[[Hari Dev Joshi]]<br>[[Anisetti Raghuvir]]<br>[[Devi Das Thakur]]|political_party=*'''[[Asom Gana Parishad|AGP]]'''
|opposition_party=[[Indian National Congress]]
|election=[[1985 Assam Legislative Assembly election|1985]]
|legislature_term=5 years
|predecessor=[[First Saikia ministry|Saikia I]]
|successor=[[President's rule]]
|state_head_title=Governor
|government_head_title=Chief Minister}}

The '''First Ministry of Prafulla Kumar Mahanta''' was the [[Government of Assam|Cabinet of Assam]] headed by Chief Minister of Assam [[Prafulla Kumar Mahanta]] that was formed after the [[1985 Assam Legislative Assembly election]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2006-05-13 |title=Assam Legislative Assembly - Chief Ministers since 1937 |url=http://assamassembly.gov.in/cm-list.html |access-date=2023-04-07 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060513013923/http://assamassembly.gov.in/cm-list.html |archive-date=2006-05-13 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2019-05-15 |title=Assam 1985 - Assam - Election Commission of India |url=https://www.eci.gov.in/files/file/4000-assam-1985/ |access-date=2023-04-15 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190515060853/https://www.eci.gov.in/files/file/4000-assam-1985/ |archive-date=2019-05-15 }}</ref> Mahanta became the youngest Chief Minister in India and was sworn in at the [[Nehru Stadium, Guwahati|Nehru Stadium]] on 24 December 1985 by Governor [[Bhishma Narain Singh]], the youngest Governor in India.<ref>{{cite web |title=Prafulla Kumar Mahanta 1985 ministers |url=https://shodhganga.inflibnet.ac.in/bitstream/10603/50847/10/10_chapter%201.pdf |accessdate=2018-11-05 |publisher=shodhganga.inflibnet.ac.in/}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Malhotra |first=G. C. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=DFqbAAAAMAAJ |title=Cabinet Responsibility to Legislature: Motions of Confidence and No-confidence in Lok Sabha and State Legislatures |date=2004 |publisher=Lok Sabha Secretariat |isbn=978-81-200-0400-9 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Victory of Asom Gana Parishad ushers in new era of hope and change in Assam |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/cover-story/story/19860115-victory-of-asom-gana-parishad-ushers-in-new-era-of-hope-and-change-in-assam-800474-1986-01-14 |access-date=2023-04-15 |website=India Today |date=15 January 1986 |language=en}}</ref> The first cabinet consisted of Mahanta along with 13 cabinet ministers and 7 ministers of state.<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bRMuAQAAIAAJ |title=Asian Recorder |date=1986 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=WXq2AAAAIAAJ |title=The Journal of Parliamentary Information |date=1986 |publisher=Lok Sabha Secretariat |language=en}}</ref> The ministry was reshuffled in 1986 and 1988.<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=t1jfAAAAMAAJ |title=Sainik Samachar |date=1986 |publisher=Director of Public Relations, Ministry of Defence. |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Assam Chief Minister Prafulla Kumar Mahanta reshuffles ministry |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/indiascope/story/19881115-assam-chief-minister-prafulla-kumar-mahanta-reshuffles-ministry-797895-1988-11-14 |access-date=2023-04-15 |website=India Today |date=15 November 1988 |language=en}}</ref>

== Ministers ==
{| class="wikitable"
|+
!Name
!Portfolio
!Party
|-
| colspan="3" |'''Cabinet Ministers'''
|-
|[[Prafulla Kumar Mahanta]]<br>[[Chief minister (India)|Chief Minister]]
|
* Personnel
* Finance
* Accord Implementation
* Administration
* Forest
* Health
* Election
* Planning and Development
* Cultural Affairs
* Sports and Youth Welfare
* '''Other departments not allotted specifically'''
|[[Asom Gana Parishad|AGP]]
|-
|[[Bhrigu Phukan|Bhrigu Kumar Phukan]]
|
* Home
* Political
* General Administration
* Publicity
* Jails
* Printingand Stationery
* Excise
* Tourism
|[[Asom Gana Parishad|AGP]]
|-
|[[Lalit Chandra Rajkhowa]]
|
* Food and Civil Supplies
* Transport Corporation
* Rural Development
|[[Asom Gana Parishad|AGP]]
|-
|[[Atul Bora Sr.|Atul Bora]]
|
* Public Works Department

* Town and Country Planning
|[[Asom Gana Parishad|AGP]]
|-
|[[Brindaban Goswami]]
|
* Education
* Science
* Technology
* Environment
|[[Asom Gana Parishad|AGP]]
|-
|[[Thaneswar Boro]]
|
* Revenue
* Registration
* Stamps
* Relief
* Rehabilitation
|[[Asom Gana Parishad|AGP]]
|-
|[[Bharat Narah]]
|
* Flood Control
* Irrigation
* Welfare of Plains and Tribal Areas
|[[Asom Gana Parishad|AGP]]
|-
|Digen Bora
|
* Industry
* Power
* Mines
* Minerals
* Public Health Engineering
|[[Asom Gana Parishad|AGP]]
|-
|[[Surendranath Medhi|Surendra Nath Medhi]]
|
* Law
* Justice
* Legislative
* Judicial
|[[Asom Gana Parishad|AGP]]
|-
|[[Nagen Sarma]]
|
* Veterinary
* Handloom
* Textiles
* Sericulture
* Weaving
|[[Asom Gana Parishad|AGP]]
|-
|Bargi Prasad Telenga
|
* Labour
* Employment
|[[Asom Gana Parishad|AGP]]
|-
|Sahidul Alam Choudhury
|
* Administration
* Wagf Properties
* Haj Committee
|[[Asom Gana Parishad|AGP]]
|-
|Chandra Arandhara
|
* Panchayat and Community Development
|[[Asom Gana Parishad|AGP]]
|-
|Nilamoni Das
|
* Agriculture
* Fisheries
|[[Asom Gana Parishad|AGP]]
|-
| colspan="3" |'''Ministers of State'''
|-
|Dipen Tanti
|
* Transport and Labour
|[[Asom Gana Parishad|AGP]]
|-
|Pradip Gogoi
|
* Parliamentary Affairs
|[[Asom Gana Parishad|AGP]]
|-
|Anirudha Singh Choudhury
|
* Relief and Rehabilitation
* Backward Classes
|[[Asom Gana Parishad|AGP]]
|-
|[[Rekha Rani Das Boro]]
|
* Women
* Social Welfare
* Handloom
* Textile
* Sericulture
* Weaving
|[[Asom Gana Parishad|AGP]]
|-
|Jatin Mali
|
* Health
* Family and Child Welfare
|[[Asom Gana Parishad|AGP]]
|-
|[[Padmeswar Deley|Padmeswar Doley]]
|
* Industries
* Power
* Mines
* Minerals
|[[Asom Gana Parishad|AGP]]
|-
|Moti Das
|
* Agriculture
* Fisheries
|[[Asom Gana Parishad|AGP]]
|}

== References ==
{{Reflist}}
{{Assam ministries}}
[[Category:Assam ministries|Mahanta I]]
[[Category:Indian ministries established in 1985|Mahanta I]]
[[Category:Indian ministries disestablished in 1990|Mahanta II]]
[[Category:Asom Gana Parishad]]
[[Category:1985 in Indian politics]]

First Mahanta ministry - Revision history

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