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{{Short description|Ministers in Government of India headed by Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi (1984)}}
{{EngvarB|date=April 2013}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2022}}
{{Infobox government cabinet
|cabinet_name = First Rajiv Gandhi Ministry
|cabinet_type=ministry
|cabinet_number = 10th
|jurisdiction = the [[Republic of India]]
|incumbent =
| flag = Flag of India.svg
| flag_border = true
|image = Rajiv Gandhi, the 6th PM of India.jpg
|image_size =
|caption = Portrait of Rajiv Gandhi
|date_formed = {{Start date|df=yes|1984|10|31}}
|date_dissolved = {{Start date|df=yes|1984|12|31}}
|government_head = [[Rajiv Gandhi]]
|government_head_history =
|deputy_government_head =
|state_head = [[Zail Singh]]
|members_number =
|former_members_number =
|total_number =
|political_party = [[Indian National Congress]] [[1980 Indian general election#Results by alliance|(Congress alliance)]]
|legislature_status = [[Majority government|Majority]]{{Composition bar|353|494|{{party color|Indian National Congress}}|background-color=|border border-color=darkgray|width=|per=1}}
|election = [[1980 Indian general election|1980]]
|last_election = [[1984 Indian general election|1984]]
|legislature_term = {{Age in years, months and days|1984|10|31|1984|12|31}}
|budget =
|opposition_cabinet =
|opposition_party = [[Bharatiya Jana Sangh]]
|opposition_leader = ''Vacant''
|incoming_formation =
|outgoing_formation =
|previous = [[Third Indira Gandhi ministry]]
|successor = [[Second Rajiv Gandhi ministry]]
}}
{{Rajiv Gandhi series}}
The '''First Rajiv Gandhi ministry''' was the 10th [[List of Indian union ministries|union council of ministers]] of [[Republic of India|India]] which was formed on 31 October 1984 after the [[Assassination of Indira Gandhi|assassination]] of prime minister [[Indira Gandhi]]. The ministry was headed by [[Rajiv Gandhi]] and retained most ministers from the predecessor cabinet.

The ministry was dissolved on 31 December 1984 after the [[1984 Indian general election|1984 general election]].

==History==
Rajiv Gandhi was appointed as the Prime Minister following the assassination of his mother and Prime Minister [[Indira Gandhi]] on 31 October 1984. He was sworn in as the Prime Minister by President [[Zail Singh]] the same day as the assassination of Indira Gandhi.

==Composition==
Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi retained the senior ministers from the predecessor cabinet headed by Indira Gandhi. Those sworn in as minister along with him on 31 October 1984 included [[P. V. Narasimha Rao]], [[Pranab Mukherjee]], [[Shankarrao Chavan]], [[P. Shiv Shankar]] and [[Buta Singh]] as cabinet-rank ministers.

A cabinet expansion took place on 4 November 1984 when several other cabinet ministers, ministers of state and deputy ministers were sworn in into office.

*'''Source:''' <ref>{{cite web|url=https://eparlib.nic.in/bitstream/123456789/759802/1/Council_of_Ministers_English.pdf|title=Full List of Ministers of the Union Council of Ministers of India (1947{{ndash}}2015)}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://cabsec.gov.in/writereaddata/councilofministers/english/1_Upload_2346.pdf|title=Full list of members of the union council of ministers on 13 November 1984|author=Cabinet Secretariat|date=13 November 1984|access-date=16 August 2023}}</ref>

===Cabinet Ministers===
{{Cabinet table start|hiderefcol=y}}
{{Cabinet table minister
| title = [[Prime Minister of India|Prime Minister]] [[Minister of External Affairs (India)|Minister of External Affairs]] [[Minister of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions]] [[Ministry of Science and Technology (India)|Minister of Science and Technology]] [[Department of Atomic Energy]] [[Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology|Department of Electronics]] [[Ministry of Earth Sciences|Department of Ocean Development]] [[Department of Space]] And also in-charge of all other important portfolios and policy issuesnot allocated to any Minister.
| minister1 = [[Rajiv Gandhi]]
| minister1_termstart = 31 October 1984
| minister1_termend = 31 December 1984
| minister1_party = INC
}}
{{Cabinet table minister
| title = [[Minister of Defence (India)|Minister of Defence]]
| minister1 = [[Shankarrao Chavan]]
| minister1_termstart = 31 October 1984
| minister1_termend = 31 December 1984
| minister1_party = INC
}}
{{Cabinet table minister
| title = [[Minister of Home Affairs (India)|Minister of Home Affairs]]
| minister1 = [[P. V. Narasimha Rao]]
| minister1_termstart = 31 October 1984
| minister1_termend = 31 December 1984
| minister1_party = INC
}}
{{Cabinet table minister
| title = [[Minister of Planning (India)|Minister of Planning]]
| minister1 = [[P. V. Narasimha Rao]]
| minister1_termstart = 4 November 1984
| minister1_termend = 31 December 1984
| minister1_party = INC
}}
{{Cabinet table minister
| title = [[Minister of Finance (India)|Minister of Finance]] [[Ministry of Commerce and Industry (India)|Minister of Commerce and Supply]]
| minister1 = [[Pranab Mukherjee]]
| minister1_termstart = 31 October 1984
| minister1_termend = 31 December 1984
| minister1_party = INC
}}
{{Cabinet table minister
| title = [[Ministry of Power (India)|Minister of Energy]]
| minister1 = [[P. Shiv Shankar]]
| minister1_termstart = 31 October 1984
| minister1_termend = 31 December 1984
| minister1_party = INC
}}
{{Cabinet table minister
| title = [[Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs (India)|Minister of Parliamentary Affairs]] [[Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs (India)|Minister of Works and Housing]] [[Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports|Minister of Sports]]
| minister1 = [[Buta Singh]]
| minister1_termstart = 31 October 1984
| minister1_termend = 31 December 1984
| minister1_party = INC
}}
{{Cabinet table minister
| title = [[Minister of Labour and Employment (India)|Minister of Labour and Rehabilitation]] [[Ministry of Surface Transport (India)|Minister of Shipping and Transport]]
| minister1 = [[Veerendra Patil]]
| minister1_termstart = 4 November 1984
| minister1_termend = 31 December 1984
| minister1_party = INC
}}
{{Cabinet table minister
| title = [[Ministry of Commerce and Industry (India)|Minister of Industry and Company Affairs]]
| minister1 = [[Kotla Vijaya Bhaskara Reddy]]
| minister1_termstart = 4 November 1984
| minister1_termend = 31 December 1984
| minister1_party = INC
}}
{{Cabinet table minister
| title = [[Minister of Law and Justice (India)|Minister of Law and Justice]]
| minister1 = [[Jagannath Kaushal]]
| minister1_termstart = 4 November 1984
| minister1_termend = 31 December 1984
| minister1_party = INC
}}
{{Cabinet table minister
| title = [[Minister of Agriculture (India)|Minister of Agriculture]]
| minister1 = [[Birender Singh (politician, born 1921)|Rao Birender Singh]]
| minister1_termstart = 4 November 1984
| minister1_termend = 31 December 1984
| minister1_party = INC
}}
{{Cabinet table minister
| title = [[Minister of Railways (India)|Minister of Railways]]
| minister1 = [[A. B. A. Ghani Khan Choudhury]]
| minister1_termstart = 4 November 1984
| minister1_termend = 31 December 1984
| minister1_party = INC
}}
{{Cabinet table minister
| title = [[Ministry of Rural Development (India)|Minister of Rural Development]]
| minister1 = [[Mohsina Kidwai]]
| minister1_termstart = 4 November 1984
| minister1_termend = 31 December 1984
| minister1_party = INC
}}
{{Cabinet table minister
| title = [[Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (India)|Minister of Health and Family Welfare]]
| minister1 = [[B. Shankaranand]]
| minister1_termstart = 4 November 1984
| minister1_termend = 31 December 1984
| minister1_party = INC
}}
{{Cabinet table minister
| title = [[Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers|Minister of Chemicals and Fertilizers]]
| minister1 = [[Vasant Sathe]]
| minister1_termstart = 4 November 1984
| minister1_termend = 31 December 1984
| minister1_party = INC
}}
{{Cabinet table end}}

===Ministers of State (Independent Charge)===
{{Cabinet table start|hiderefcol=y}}
{{Cabinet table minister
| title = [[Ministry of Water Resources (India)|Minister of State (Independent Charge) of Irrigation]]
| minister1 = [[C. K. Jaffer Sharief]]
| minister1_termstart = 4 November 1984
| minister1_termend = 31 December 1984
| minister1_party = INC
}}
{{Cabinet table minister
| title = [[Minister of Education (India)|Minister of State (Independent Charge) of Education, Culture and Social Welfare]]
| minister1 = [[Sheila Kaul]]
| minister1_termstart = 4 November 1984
| minister1_termend = 31 December 1984
| minister1_party = INC
}}
{{Cabinet table minister
| title = [[Ministry of Steel (India)|Minister of State (Independent Charge) of Steel and]] [[Ministry of Mines (India)|Mines]]
| minister1 = [[N. K. P. Salve]]
| minister1_termstart = 4 November 1984
| minister1_termend = 31 December 1984
| minister1_party = INC
}}
{{Cabinet table minister
| title = [[Ministry of Civil Aviation (India)|Minister of State (Independent Charge) of Civil Aviation and Tourism]]
| minister1 = [[Khurshid Alam Khan]]
| minister1_termstart = 4 November 1984
| minister1_termend = 31 December 1984
| minister1_party = INC
}}
{{Cabinet table minister
| title = [[Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (India)|Minister of State (Independent Charge) of Information and Broadcasting]]
| minister1 = [[H. K. L. Bhagat]]
| minister1_termstart = 4 November 1984
| minister1_termend = 31 December 1984
| minister1_party = INC
}}
{{Cabinet table minister
| title = [[Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution|Minister of State (Independent Charge) of Food and Civil Supplies]]
| minister1 = [[Bhagwat Jha Azad]]
| minister1_termstart = 4 November 1984
| minister1_termend = 31 December 1984
| minister1_party = INC
}}
{{Cabinet table end}}

===Ministers of State===
{{Cabinet table start|hiderefcol=y}}
{{Cabinet table minister
| title = [[Minister of External Affairs (India)|Minister of State in the Ministry of External Affairs]]
| minister1 = [[Ram Niwas Mirdha]]
| minister1_termstart = 4 November 1984
| minister1_termend = 31 December 1984
| minister1_party = INC
| minister2 = [[A. A. Rahim]]
| minister2_termstart = 4 November 1984
| minister2_termend = 31 December 1984
| minister2_party = INC
}}
{{Cabinet table minister
| title = [[Minister of Home Affairs (India)|Minister of State in the Ministry of Home Affairs]]
| minister1 = [[Ram Dulari Sinha]]
| minister1_termstart = 4 November 1984
| minister1_termend = 31 December 1984
| minister1_party = INC
| minister2 = [[P. Venkatasubbaiah]]
| minister2_termstart = 4 November 1984
| minister2_termend = 31 December 1984
| minister2_party = INC
}}
{{Cabinet table minister
| title = [[Minister of Defence (India)|Minister of State in the Ministry of Defence]]
| minister1 = [[Kamakhya Prasad Singh Deo]]
| minister1_termstart = 4 November 1984
| minister1_termend = 31 December 1984
| minister1_party = INC
}}
{{Cabinet table minister
| title = [[Minister of Commerce and Industry (India)|Minister of State in the Ministry of Commerce]]
| minister1 = [[S. M. Krishna]]
| minister1_termstart = 4 November 1984
| minister1_termend = 31 December 1984
| minister1_party = INC
}}
{{Cabinet table minister
| title = [[Minister of Commerce and Industry (India)|Minister of State in the Ministry of Industry]]
| minister1 = [[S. B. P. Pattabhirama Rao]]
| minister1_termstart = 4 November 1984
| minister1_termend = 31 December 1984
| minister1_party = INC
| minister2 = [[Nihar Ranjan Laskar]]
| minister2_termstart = 12 November 1984
| minister2_termend = 31 December 1984
| minister2_party = INC
}}
{{Cabinet table minister
| title = [[Ministry of Communications (India)|Minister of State in the Ministry of Communications]]
| minister1 = [[V. N. Gadgil]]
| minister1_termstart = 4 November 1984
| minister1_termend = 31 December 1984
| minister1_party = INC
}}
{{Cabinet table minister
| title = [[Ministry of Surface Transport (India)|Minister of State in the Ministry of Shipping and Transport]]
| minister1 = [[Ziaur Rahman Ansari]]
| minister1_termstart = 4 November 1984
| minister1_termend = 31 December 1984
| minister1_party = INC
}}
{{Cabinet table minister
| title = [[Ministry of Agriculture (India)|Minister of State in the Ministry of Agriculture]]
| minister1 = [[Yogendra Makwana]]
| minister1_termstart = 4 November 1984
| minister1_termend = 31 December 1984
| minister1_party = INC
}}
{{Cabinet table minister
| title = [[Ministry of Planning (India)|Minister of State in the Ministry of Planning]]
| minister1 = Harinath Misra
| minister1_termstart = 4 November 1984
| minister1_termend = 31 December 1984
| minister1_party = INC
}}
{{Cabinet table minister
| title = [[Ministry of Power (India)|Minister of State in the Ministry of Energy]]
| minister1 = [[Chaudhary Dalbir Singh]] {{small|(Coal)}}
| minister1_termstart = 4 November 1984
| minister1_termend = 31 December 1984
| minister1_party = INC
| minister2 = [[Gargi Shankar Mishra]] {{small|(Petroleum)}}
| minister2_termstart = 4 November 1984
| minister2_termend = 31 December 1984
| minister2_party = INC
| minister3 = [[Arif Mohammad Khan]]
| minister3_termstart = 12 November 1984
| minister3_termend = 31 December 1984
| minister3_party = INC
}}
{{Cabinet table minister
| title = [[Ministry of Science and Technology (India)|Minister of State in the Department of Science and Technology]] [[Department of Space|Minister of State in the Department of Space]] [[Department of Atomic Energy|Minister of State in the Department of Atomic Energy]] [[Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology|Minister of State in the Department of Electronics]] [[Ministry of Earth Sciences|Minister of State in the Department of Ocean Development]]
| minister1 = [[Shivraj Patil]]
| minister1_termstart = 4 November 1984
| minister1_termend = 31 December 1984
| minister1_party = INC
}}
{{Cabinet table minister
| title = [[Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs (India)|Minister of State in the Department of Parliamentary Affairs]]
| minister1 = [[N. K. P. Salve]]
| minister1_termstart = 4 November 1984
| minister1_termend = 31 December 1984
| minister1_party = INC
| minister2 = [[H. K. L. Bhagat]]
| minister2_termstart = 4 November 1984
| minister2_termend = 31 December 1984
| minister2_party = INC
}}
{{Cabinet table minister
| title = [[Ministry of Labour and Employment (India)|Minister of State in the Ministry of Labour and Rehabilitation]]
| minister1 = Dharam Vir
| minister1_termstart = 4 November 1984
| minister1_termend = 22 December 1984
| minister1_party = INC
}}
{{Cabinet table minister
| title = [[Minister of Finance (India)|Minister of State in the Ministry of Finance]]
| minister1 = [[Nawal Kishore Sharma]]
| minister1_termstart = 12 November 1984
| minister1_termend = 31 December 1984
| minister1_party = INC
}}
{{Cabinet table end}}

===Deputy Ministers===
{{Cabinet table start|hiderefcol=y}}
{{Cabinet table minister
| title = [[Minister of Finance (India)|Deputy Minister in the Ministry of Finance]]
| minister1 = [[Janardhana Poojary]] {{small|(Banking and Insurance)}}
| minister1_termstart = 31 October 1984
| minister1_termend = 31 December 1984
| minister1_party = INC
}}
{{Cabinet table minister
| title = [[Ministry of Commerce and Industry (India)|Deputy Minister in the Ministry of Commerce]]
| minister1 = [[P. A. Sangma]]
| minister1_termstart = 4 November 1984
| minister1_termend = 31 December 1984
| minister1_party = INC
}}
{{Cabinet table minister
| title = [[Ministry of Environment and Forests (India)|Deputy Minister in the Department of Environment]]
| minister1 = [[Digvijay Singh (Bihar politician)|Digvijay Singh]]
| minister1_termstart = 4 November 1984
| minister1_termend = 31 December 1984
| minister1_party = INC
}}
{{Cabinet table minister
| title = [[Ministry of Education (India)|Deputy Minister in the Ministries of Education, Culture and Social Welfare]]
| minister1 = [[Prem Khandu Thungan]]
| minister1_termstart = 4 November 1984
| minister1_termend = 31 December 1984
| minister1_party = INC
}}
{{Cabinet table minister
| title = [[Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs (India)|Deputy Minister in the Ministry of Works and Housing]]
| minister1 = [[Mallikarjun Goud]]
| minister1_termstart = 4 November 1984
| minister1_termend = 31 December 1984
| minister1_party = INC
| minister2 = [[Mohammed Usman Arif]]
| minister2_termstart = 4 November 1984
| minister2_termend = 31 December 1984
| minister2_party = INC
}}
{{Cabinet table minister
| title = [[Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports (India)|Deputy Minister in the Ministry of Sports]]
| minister1 = [[Mallikarjun Goud]]
| minister1_termstart = 4 November 1984
| minister1_termend = 31 December 1984
| minister1_party = INC
| minister2 = [[Ashok Gehlot]]
| minister2_termstart = 12 November 1984
| minister2_termend = 31 December 1984
| minister2_party = INC
}}
{{Cabinet table minister
| title = [[Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs (India)|Deputy Minister in the Department of Parliamentary Affairs]]
| minister1 = [[Mallikarjun Goud]]
| minister1_termstart = 4 November 1984
| minister1_termend = 31 December 1984
| minister1_party = INC
}}
{{Cabinet table minister
| title = [[Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (India)|Deputy Minister in the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare]]
| minister1 = [[Kumudben Joshi]]
| minister1_termstart = 4 November 1984
| minister1_termend = 31 December 1984
| minister1_party = INC
}}
{{Cabinet table minister
| title = [[Ministry of Communications (India)|Deputy Minister in the Ministry of Communications]]
| minister1 = [[Vijaykumar Naval Patil]]
| minister1_termstart = 4 November 1984
| minister1_termend = 31 December 1984
| minister1_party = INC
}}
{{Cabinet table minister
| title = [[Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (India)|Deputy Minister in the Department of Electronics]]
| minister1 = [[M. S. Sanjeevi Rao]]
| minister1_termstart = 4 November 1984
| minister1_termend = 31 December 1984
| minister1_party = INC
}}
{{Cabinet table end}}

==References==
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First Rajiv Gandhi ministry - Revision history

Ajay Kumar at 15:28, 16 August 2023