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{{Short description|Cabinet of Assam, India (1983–1985)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2025}}
{{Use Indian English|date=June 2025}}

{{Infobox government cabinet
|date_formed=28 February 1983
|date_dissolved=23 December 1985
|government_head=[[Hiteswar Saikia]]
|state_head=[[Prakash Mehrotra]]<br>[[Tribeni Sahai Misra]]<br>[[Bhishma Narain Singh]]
|political_party=*'''[[Indian National Congress|INC]]'''
|election=[[1983 Assam Legislative Assembly election|1983]]
|predecessor=[[President's rule]]
|successor=[[First Mahanta ministry|Mahanta I]]
|state_head_title=Governor
|government_head_title=Chief Minister
|legislature_status=[[Majority government|Majority]] {{Composition bar|91|114|{{party color|Indian National Congress}}|background-color=|border border-color=darkgray|width=|per=1}}|last_election=[[1985 Assam Legislative Assembly election|1985]]|image=Hiteswar Saikia with Shankar Dayal Sharma (cropped).jpg}}

The '''First ministry of Hiteswar Saikia''' was the [[Government of Assam|Cabinet of Assam]] headed by Chief Minister of Assam [[Hiteswar Saikia]] that was formed after the [[1991 Assam Legislative Assembly election|1983 Assam Legislative Assembly election]].

== History ==
The ministry was formed after the [[1991 Assam Legislative Assembly election|1983 Assam Legislative Assembly election]] under Chief Minister [[Hiteswar Saikia]].<ref>{{Cite news |last1=Hazarika |first1=Sanjoy |date=1983-02-28 |title=NEW GOVERNMENT INSTALLED IN ASSAM'S CAPITAL AMID TIGHT SECURITY |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1983/02/28/world/new-government-installed-in-assam-s-capital-amid-tight-security.html |access-date=2025-06-29 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> The cabinet was originally composed of 13 cabinet ministers,<ref>{{Cite web |title= |url=https://eparlib.nic.in/bitstream/123456789/762866/1/jpi_June_1983.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250106062311/https://eparlib.nic.in/bitstream/123456789/762866/1/jpi_June_1983.pdf |archive-date=6 January 2025 |access-date=2025-06-29 |website=eparlib.nic.in |url-status=live }}</ref> including former Chief Ministers [[Anwara Taimur]] and [[Kesab Chandra Gogoi]].<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=C51tAAAAMAAJ&q=Keshab%20Chandra%20Gogoi:%20Revenue%20and%20Industries |title=Asian Recorder |date=1983 |publisher=K. K. Thomas at Recorder Press |language=en}}</ref>

On 2 April 1983, 16 ministers were inducted into the Council of Ministers. On 17 May 1983, three more ministers were inducted, which raised the total to 32 ministers.<ref>{{Cite web |title= |url=https://eparlib.nic.in/bitstream/123456789/762867/1/jpi_September_1983.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211206053530/https://eparlib.nic.in/bitstream/123456789/762867/1/jpi_September_1983.pdf |archive-date=6 December 2021 |access-date=2025-06-29 |website=eparlib.nic.in |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=First Saikia ministry |url=https://shodhganga.inflibnet.ac.in/bitstream/10603/50847/10/10_chapter%201.pdf |access-date=29 June 2025 |website=shodhganga.inflibnet.ac.in}}</ref>

== Council of Ministers ==
{| class="wikitable"
|+
!Name
!Constituency
!Portfolio
!Party
|-
|[[Hiteswar Saikia]]<br>Chief Minister
|[[Nazira Assembly constituency|Nazira]]
|
* Home
* Excise
* General Administration
* Tourism
* Food
* Civil Supplies
|[[Indian National Congress|INC]]
|-
| colspan="4" |'''Cabinet Ministers'''
|-
|Mohammad Idris
|[[Rupohihat Assembly constituency|Rupohihat]]
|
*Finance
*Planning
* Development
|[[Indian National Congress|INC]]
|-
|[[Kesab Chandra Gogoi]]
|[[Dibrugarh Assembly constituency|Dibrugarh]]
|
* Revenue
* Industries
|[[Indian National Congress|INC]]
|-
|[[Anwara Taimur]]
|[[Dalgaon Assembly constituency|Dalgaon]]
|
* PWD
* Walkfs
|[[Indian National Congress|INC]]
|-
|Ranendra Narayan Basumatary
|[[Kokrajhar West]]
|
* Agriculture
* Welfare of Plans Tribes and Backward Classes
* Sericulture and Weaving
|[[Indian National Congress|INC]]
|-
|Upendra Das
|[[Boko Assembly constituency|Boko]]
|
* Fisheries
* Panchayat
* Community Development
|[[Indian National Congress|INC]]
|-
|Dhani Ram Rongpi
|[[Baithalangso Assembly constituency|Baithalangso]]
|
* Forest Areas
* Soil Conservation
|[[Indian National Congress|INC]]
|-
|[[Zahirul Islam (politician)|Zahirul Islam]]
|[[Mankachar Assembly constituency|Mankachar]]
|
* Irrigation
|[[Indian National Congress|INC]]
|-
|[[Jagannath Singh (Assam politician)|Jagannath Singh]]
|[[Udharbond Assembly constituency|Udharbond]]
|
* Transport
* Town and Country Planning;
|[[Indian National Congress|INC]]
|-
|Mukut Sharma
|[[Nowgong Assembly constituency|Nowgong]]
|
* Education
|[[Indian National Congress|INC]]
|-
|[[Jagdish Chandra Choudhury|Jagadish Chandra Choudhury]]
|[[Silchar Assembly constituency|Silchar]]
|
* Animal Husbandry
* Veterinary
|[[Indian National Congress|INC]]
|-
|[[Rameswar Dhanowar]]
|[[Digboi Assembly constituency|Digboi]]
|
* Labour
|[[Indian National Congress|INC]]
|-
| colspan="4" |'''Minister of State'''
|-
|Padam Bahadur Chouhan
|[[Tamulpur Assembly constituency|Tamulpur]]
|
* Animal Husbandry
* Veterinary
* Panchayat
* Community
* Development.
|[[Indian National Congress|INC]]
|}

== References ==
{{Reflist}}
{{Template:Assam ministries}}
[[Category:Assam ministries|Saikia I]]
[[Category:Indian ministries established in 1983|Saikia I]]
[[Category:Indian National Congress state ministries of Assam|Saikia I]]
[[Category:1983 in Indian politics]]
[[Category:Indian ministries disestablished in 1985|Saikia I]]

First Saikia ministry - Revision history

Sahadathossain at 16:12, 2 March 2026