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{{Infobox government cabinet|incumbent=October–December, 1979|political_parties=* [[Indian Union Muslim League]]
* [[Kerala Congress]] ([[K. M. Mani]] and [[P. J. Joseph]])
* [[Praja Socialist Party]]
* [[National Democratic Party (Kerala)|National Democratic Party]]|previous=P. K. Vasudevan Nair ministry|opposition_leader=|opposition_party=|opposition_cabinet=|incoming_formation=|budget=|legislature_term=|last_election=Resigned|election=6th Kerala Legislative Assembly Elections (1977)|legislature_status=[[Coalition government|Majority (coalition)]]|total_number=|image=File: Kerala Council of Ministers 1979, CH Mohammed Koya (cropped).jpg|former_members_number=|state_head=[[Jothi Venkatachalam]]|state_head_title=Governor|other_government_minister=|other_government_minister_title=|deputy_government_head=|government_head_history=|government_head=[[C. H. Mohammed Koya]]|government_head_title=Chief Minister Minister|date_dissolved={{End date|1979|12|1|df=y}}|date_formed={{Start date|1979|10|12|df=y}}|successor=[[First E. K. Nayanar ministry]]}}'''C. H. Mohammed Koya ministry''', from 12 October to 01 December, 1979, 4th ministry from the 5th [[Kerala Legislative Assembly]], was a coalition government headed [[Indian Union Muslim League]] leader [[C. H. Mohammed Koya]] and supported by [[Indian National Congress|Congress]] leader [[K. Karunakaran]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=Fifth Kerala Legislative Assembly|url=http://www.niyamasabha.org/codes/ginfo_6_5.htm|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=|website=Kerala Legislative Assembly}}</ref> Koya was the first [[Indian Union Muslim League]] member to lead a state in independent India.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Aravamudan|first=Gita|last2=Louis|first2=Arul B.|date=30 Nov 1979|title=RSS is Attacking the Muslim minority: Mohammed Koya|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/interview/story/19791130-rss-is-attacking-the-muslim-minority-mohammed-koya-822379-2014-02-21|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=|website=India Today|location=Trivandrum}}</ref>

Gift Deeds Bill, an amendment to the Kerala Land Reforms Act, was passed by the Koya ministry.<ref name=":1">{{Cite journal|last=Herring|first=Ronald J.|date=1980|title=Abolition of Landlordism in Kerala: A Redistribution of Privilege|url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/4368795|journal=Economic and Political Weekly|volume=15|issue=26|pages=A59–A69|issn=0012-9976}}</ref> It validated gifts from owners with surplus land to their children or children of deceased children executed between 01 January 1, 1970 and 05 November, 1974.<ref name=":1" /> The amendment reduced the redistributive potential of the Kerala land ceiling legislations.<ref name=":1" />

The ministry was formed after the resignation of the [[P. K. Vasudevan Nair]] ministry in October, 1979.<ref name=":0" /> The coalition was supported by [[Kerala Congress]] [[K. M. Mani|K. M. Mani Group]] and [[P. J. Joseph|P. J. Joseph Group]]. [[Kerala Congress]] [[K. M. Mani]] Group withdrew its support for the coalition in mid-November, 1979. When the [[Indian National Congress|Congress]] [[A. K. Antony|A. K. Antony Group]] withdrew its support for the coalition, [[C. H. Mohammed Koya|Koya]] lost his [[Kerala Legislative Assembly|Legislative Assembly]] majority, and resigned in December, 1979. The Koya ministry lasted 1 month and 20 days.<ref name=":0" />

After a brief President's Rule, it was succeeded by the [[first E. K. Nayanar ministry]] (25 January, 1980).<ref name=":0" />
{| class="wikitable"
|+Koya ministry<ref name=":0" />
!Minister
!Portfolio
!Party
!Term
|-
|[[C. H. Mohammed Koya]]
|Chief Minister
|[[Indian Union Muslim League]]
| rowspan="3" |12 October–01 December, 1979
|-
|[[N. K. Balakrishnan]]
|Minister for Public Works and Agriculture
|IND ([[Praja Socialist Party]])
|-
|[[N. Bhaskaran Nair]]
|Minister for Labour and Housing
|IND ([[National Democratic Party (Kerala)|National Democratic Party]])
|-
|[[K. J. Chacko]]
|Minister for Revenue and Co-operation
| rowspan="2" |[[Kerala Congress]]
| rowspan="2" |16th November–01 December, 1979
|-
|[[K. A. Mathew]]
|Minister for Industries and Forests
|}

== References ==
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{{Kerala ministries}}

[[Category:Kerala ministries]]
[[Category:1979 establishments in Kerala]]
[[Category:1979 disestablishments in India]]
[[Category:Cabinets established in 1979]]
[[Category:Cabinets disestablished in 1979]]

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Koya ministry - Revision history

>Anthony Appleyard at 09:58, 10 May 2021