FIRST CABINET OF INDEPENDENT INDIA

Prime Minister, Minister of External Affairs - Jawaharlal Nehru

Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Home Affairs - Vallabhbhai Patel

Minister of Defence - Baldev Singh

Minister of Finance - R. K. Shanmukham Chetty

Minister of Educatio - Abul Kalam Azad

Minister of Labour - Jagjivan Ram

Minister of Law - B. R. Ambedkar

Minister of Power and Public Works - Narahar Vishnu Gadgil

Minister of Communications - Rafi Ahmed Kidwai

Minister of Health - Rajkumari Amrit Kaur

Minister of Railways - John Mathai