Morarji Desai became the Chief Minister of Bombay State on 21 April 1952, following the Indian National Congress' victory in 1952 Bombay Legislative Assembly election. He formed a nine-member ministry that continued till his resignation on 31 October 1956. Yashwantrao Chavan succeeded him as the head of government.
Government formation B. G. Kher, Bombay's chief minister since 1946, did not seek another term and retired following the 1952 election. Desai had been Kher's home and revenue minister since 1946, and had previously served as agriculture, revenue, and rural development minister from 1937 to 1939. He was selected to replace Kher.
In October 1956, the Desai government faced a motion of no confidence tabled by Naushir Bharucha. The same was defeated in the assembly by 33 to 234 votes.
Motion of no-confidenceMorarji Desai (Congress) Ballot → 15 to 16 October 1956 Required majority → Simple majority Yes No Source
List of ministers SrMinisterConstituency(Region)PortfolioPartyReference Chief Minister 1 Morarji Desai Bulsar Chikhli (Seat 2)(Gujarat) Chief MinisterCongress Cabinet ministers 2 Jivraj Mehta Amreeli Damnagar(Gujarat) FinanceIndustryProhibitionCongress 3 Yashwantrao Chavan Karad North(Maharashtra) Civil SuppliesLocal Self-GovernmentForestsCommunity Projects 4 Shantilal Shah Vile Parle Andheri Versova(Bombay) LabourPublic Health 5 B. S. Hiray South Malegaon North Nandgaon(Maharashtra) RevenueAgriculture 6 Malojirao Naik Nimbalkar Phaltan(Maharashtra) Public Works 7 Ganpatrao Devji Tapase Phaltan (Seat 2)(Maharashtra) RehabilitationFisheriesBackward Classes 8 Dinkarrao N. Desai Broach(Gujarat) EducationLawAarey Milk Colony 9 M. P. Patil Hukeri(Karnataka) Local Self-GovernmentCooperation
Deputy ministers SrDeputy MinisterConstituency(Region)PortfolioPartyReference 1 Indumati Seth Ahmedabad City III(Gujarat) EducationCongress 2 Babubhai J. Patel Nadiad South(Gujarat) Public WorksPublic Transport 3 D. N. Wandrekar Bandra Khar Juhu(Maharashtra) Backward Classes 4 K. F. Patil Ranebennur(Karnataka) AgricultureForests 5 B. D. Jatti Jamkhandi(Karnataka) Public Health 6 B. D. Deshmukh Parola(Maharashtra) Local Self-GovernmentCooperation 7 T. R. Naravane Dadar Saitanchowky(Bombay) Prohibition 8 Mustafa Faki Bhivandi Murbad East Kalyan(Maharashtra) Revenue 9 V. K. Sathe Poona City Central(Maharashtra) Civil Supplies 10 Nirmala Raje Bhosale North Sholapur(Maharashtra) Parliamentary Secretaryto the Chief Minister
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