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Portfolio
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Name of the Minister
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Prime Minister
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Jawaharlal Nehru
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External Affairs and Commonwealth Relations Minister
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Jawaharlal Nehru
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Minister for Scientific Research
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Jawaharlal Nehru
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Deputy Prime Minister
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Vallabhbhai Patel
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Minister of Home Affairs and States
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Vallabhbhai Patel
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Minister of Information and Broadcasting
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Vallabhbhai Patel
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Minister of Law
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B.R. Ambedkar (Critic of Congress)
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Minister of Defence
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Sardar Baldev Singh
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Minister of Railways & Minister of Transport
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John Mathai
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Minister of Education
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Maulana Abul Kalam Azad
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Minister of Food and Agriculture
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Rajendra Prasad
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Minister of Industries and Supplies
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Shyama Prasad Mukherjee
(President- Hindu Mahasabha)
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Minister of Labour
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Jagjivan Ram
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Minister of Commerce
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C.H. Bhabha
(Businessman and Bureaucrat)
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Minister of Communications
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Rafi Ahmed Kidwai
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Minister of Health
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Amrit Kaur
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Minister of Relief and Rehabilitation
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K.C. Neogy
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Minister of Works, Mines & Power
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N.V. Gadgil
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Minister of Finance
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R.K. Shanmukham Chetty
(Justice Party) (Suggested by Gandhiji)
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Minister without a Portfolio
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N. Gopalaswami Ayyangar
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