First Cabinet of Free India

 

.No.	Name of Minister	Portfolio
1.	Jawaharlal Nehru	Prime Minister; External Affairs and Commonwealth Relations; Scientific Research
2.	Saradar Vallabhai Patel	Home; Information and Broadcasting; States
3.	Dr Rajendra Prasad	Food and agriculture
4.	Maulana Abul Kalam Azad	Education
5.	John Matthai	Railways and Transport
6.	Sardar Baldev Singh	Defence
7.	Jagjivan Ram	Labour
8.	CH Bhabha	Commerce
9.	Rafi Ahmed Kidwai	Communications
10.	Rajkumari Amrit Kaur	Health
11.	B R Ambedkar	Law
12.	RK Shanmukham Chetty	Finance
13.	SP Mukherji	Industries and Supplies
14.	NV Gadgil	Works, Mines and Power