Tanka Prasad Acharya formed a government on 27 January 1956 after being appointed as prime minister by King Mahendra. The cabinet was expanded in February 1957 to add more deputy ministers.
Acharya resigned on 26 July 1957 after informing the king that he could not hold the scheduled elections in November of the same year and was replaced by Kunwar Inderjit Singh on the same day.
Cabinets
January 1956–February 1957 PortfolioMinisterTook officeLeft officePrime Minister Minister of Home Affairs
Minister for General AdministrationHon. Tanka Prasad Acharya27 January 195626 July 1957Minister of Foreign Affairs Minister for Forest Department
Minister for Food and AgricultureChuda Prasad Sharma27 January 195626 July 1957Minister of Finance Minister for Land Revenue
Minister for Planning
Minister for Industry and CommerceGunja Man Singh27 January 195626 July 1957Minister for Public Works and CommunicationsPashupati Nath Ghosh27 January 195626 July 1957Minister of DefencePurendra Bikram Singh27 January 195626 July 1957Minister for Education Minister of Health
Minister for Local Autonomous AdministrationBalchandra Sharma27 January 195626 July 1957Minister for Law and Parliamentary AffairsAnirudra Prasad Singh27 January 19565 February 1957
February 1957–July 1957 PortfolioMinisterTook officeLeft officeMinister for Law and Parliamentary AffairsArun SJB Rana5 February 195726 July 1957State Minister for Ministry of PlanningKiran SJB Rana5 February 195726 July 1957State Minister for Ministry of General Administration State Minister for Ministry of Home AffairsRanga Nath Sharma5 February 195726 July 1957Deputy Minister for Industry and CommerceKashi Raj Upadhyaya5 February 195726 July 1957Deputy Minister for Forest DepartmentNageshwar Jha5 February 195726 July 1957Deputy Minister for Food and AgricultureSurya Bahadur Bhardwaj5 February 195726 July 1957Deputy Minister of Finance11 February 195726 July 1957Deputy Minister for Land RevenueDevman Angdambe11 February 195726 July 1957Deputy Minister for Public Works and CommunicationsPushkar Nath Upreti25 February 195726 July 1957Deputy Minister for Local Autonomous AdministrationChhimananda Mahato25 February 195726 July 1957Deputy Minister of HealthKhagendra Jang Gurung3 March 195726 July 1957
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