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The First Ministry of Prafulla Kumar Mahanta was the Cabinet of Assam headed by Chief Minister of Assam Prafulla Kumar Mahanta that was formed after the 1985 Assam Legislative Assembly election.[1][2] Mahanta became the youngest Chief Minister in India and was sworn in at the Nehru Stadium on 24 December 1985 by Governor Bhishma Narain Singh, the youngest Governor in India.[3][4][5] The first cabinet consisted of Mahanta along with 13 cabinet ministers and 7 ministers of state.[6][7] The ministry was reshuffled in 1986 and 1988.[8][9]

First Mahanta ministry
Date formed24 December 1985
Date dissolved28 November 1990
People and organisations
GovernorBhishma Narain Singh
Hari Dev Joshi
Anisetti Raghuvir
Devi Das Thakur
Chief MinisterPrafulla Kumar Mahanta
Member party
Opposition partyIndian National Congress
History
Election1985
Legislature term5 years
PredecessorFirst Saikia Ministry
SuccessorPresident's rule

Ministers

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Name Portfolio Party
Cabinet Ministers
Prafulla Kumar Mahanta
Chief Minister
  • Personnel
  • Finance
  • Accord Implementation
  • Administration
  • Forest
  • Health
  • Election
  • Planning and Development
  • Cultural Affairs
  • Sports and Youth Welfare
  • Other departments not allotted specifically
 AGP
Bhrigu Kumar Phukan
  • Home
  • Political
  • General Administration
  • Publicity
  • Jails
  • Printingand Stationery
  • Excise
  • Tourism
 AGP
Lalit Chandra Rajkhowa
  • Food and Civil Supplies
  • Transport Corporation
  • Rural Development
 AGP
Atul Bora
  • Public Works Department
  • Town and Country Planning
 AGP
Brindaban Goswami
  • Education
  • Science
  • Technology
  • Environment
 AGP
Thaneswar Boro
  • Revenue
  • Registration
  • Stamps
  • Relief
  • Rehabilitation
 AGP
Bharat Narah
  • Flood Control
  • Irrigation
  • Welfare of Plains and Tribal Areas
 AGP
Digen Bora
  • Industry
  • Power
  • Mines
  • Minerals
  • Public Health Engineering
 AGP
Surendra Nath Medhi
  • Law
  • Justice
  • Legislative
  • Judicial
 AGP
Nagen Sarma
  • Veterinary
  • Handloom
  • Textiles
  • Sericulture
  • Weaving
 AGP
Bargi Prasad Telenga
  • Labour
  • Employment
 AGP
Sahidul Alam Choudhury
  • Administration
  • Wagf Properties
  • Haj Committee
 AGP
Chandra Arandhara
  • Panchayat and Community Development
 AGP
Nilamoni Das
  • Agriculture
  • Fisheries
 AGP
Ministers of State
Dipen Tanti
  • Transport and Labour
 AGP
Pradip Gogoi
  • Parliamentary Affairs
 AGP
Anirudha Singh Choudhury
  • Relief and Rehabilitation
  • Backward Classes
 AGP
Rekha Rani Das Boro
  • Women
  • Social Welfare
  • Handloom
  • Textile
  • Sericulture
  • Weaving
 AGP
Jatin Mali
  • Health
  • Family and Child Welfare
 AGP
Padmeswar Doley
  • Industries
  • Power
  • Mines
  • Minerals
 AGP
Moti Das
  • Agriculture
  • Fisheries
 AGP

References

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  1. ^ "Assam Legislative Assembly - Chief Ministers since 1937". 13 May 2006. Archived from the original on 13 May 2006. Retrieved 7 April 2023.
  2. ^ "Assam 1985 - Assam - Election Commission of India". 15 May 2019. Archived from the original on 15 May 2019. Retrieved 15 April 2023.
  3. ^ "Prafulla Kumar Mahanta 1985 ministers" (PDF). shodhganga.inflibnet.ac.in/. Retrieved 5 November 2018.
  4. ^ Malhotra, G. C. (2004). Cabinet Responsibility to Legislature: Motions of Confidence and No-confidence in Lok Sabha and State Legislatures. Lok Sabha Secretariat. ISBN 978-81-200-0400-9.
  5. ^ "Victory of Asom Gana Parishad ushers in new era of hope and change in Assam". India Today. 15 January 1986. Retrieved 15 April 2023.
  6. ^ Asian Recorder. 1986.
  7. ^ The Journal of Parliamentary Information. Lok Sabha Secretariat. 1986.
  8. ^ Sainik Samachar. Director of Public Relations, Ministry of Defence. 1986.
  9. ^ "Assam Chief Minister Prafulla Kumar Mahanta reshuffles ministry". India Today. 15 November 1988. Retrieved 15 April 2023.
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