Viceroy's Executive Council
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The Viceroy's Executive Council was the cabinet of the government of British India headed by the Viceroy of India. It was transformed from an advisory council into a cabinet run by the portfolio system by the Indian Councils Act 1861
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Indian Councils Act 1861
The Indian Councils Act 1861 was an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that transformed the Viceroy of India's executive council into a cabinet run on the portfolio system. This cabinet had six "ordinary members" who each took charge of a separate department in Calcutta's government: home,...
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Indians in the Council
- Satyendra Prasanno Sinha - the first Indian member of the Viceroy's Executive Council in 1909
- Muhammad Ali JinnahMuhammad Ali JinnahMuhammad Ali Jinnah was a Muslim lawyer, politician, statesman and the founder of Pakistan. He is popularly and officially known in Pakistan as Quaid-e-Azam and Baba-e-Qaum ....
- P. S. Sivaswami IyerP. S. Sivaswami IyerSir Pazhamaneri Sundaram Sivaswami Iyer, KCSI, CIE was a prominent lawyer, administrator and statesman who served as the Advocate General of Madras from 1907 to 1911....
(1912) - C. Sankaran NairC. Sankaran NairSir Chettur Sankaran Nair KCIE was the President of the Indian National Congress in 1897 held at Amraoti. Until present he is the only Keralite to hold the post.-Early life and education:...
(1915): Education - Muhammad ShafiMuhammad ShafiSir Mian Muhammad Shafi, KCSI, CIE was an Indian Muslim politician. He belonged to the well-known Arain Mian family of Baghbanpura, Lahore. He went to England to study for the Bar in August 1889. He also took active interest in Anjuman-i-Islamiya of London and was elected its President for a term...
(1919–1924) - N.C. Kelkar (1924-1929)
- Muhammad HabibullahMuhammad HabibullahNawab Khan Bahadur Sir Muhammad Habibullah KCSI KCIE was an Indian politician and administrator who served as the Dewan of Travancore from 1934 to 1936.- Early life :...
(1925–1930) - Satish Ranjan DasSatish Ranjan DasSatish Ranjan Das was the Advocate-General of Bengal and later the Law Member of the Executive Council of the Viceroy; he was sometime treasurer of the Boy Scouts of Bengal and the Lodge of Good Fellowship, and a prominent member of the reformist Brahmo Samaj in Bengal...
: Law - Mohammad UsmanMohammad Usman of MadrasKhan Bahadur Sir Mohammad Usman, KCSI, KCIE, Kt was an Indian politician, hakim and socialite who served as the Minister of Home for the Madras Presidency in the Justice Party government of the Raja of Bobbili and as the acting Governor of Madras from May 16, 1934 to August 16, 1934...
- Fazl-i-Husain (1930)
- C. P. Ramaswami Iyer (1931–1936)
- Bepin Behary Ghose (1933): Law
- Kurma Venkata Reddy NaiduKurma Venkata Reddy NaiduRao Bahadur Sir Kurma Venkata Reddy Naidu KCSI was an Indian lawyer, professor, politician and Justice Party leader who served as the Chief Minister of Madras Presidency from April 1, 1937 to July 14, 1937...
(1934–1937) - Muhammad Zafrulla KhanMuhammad Zafrulla KhanChaudhry Sir Muhammad Zafarullah Khan, KCSI was a Pakistani politician, diplomat, international jurist, and scholar of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community, known for drafting the Pakistan Resolution, for his representation of Pakistan at the United Nations, and serving as a judge at the International...
(1935–1941) - Arcot Ramasamy MudaliarArcot Ramasamy MudaliarDiwan Bahadur Sir Arcot Ramasamy Mudaliar, KCSI was an Indian lawyer, politician and statesman who served as a senior leader of the Justice Party and in various administrative and bureaucratic posts in pre-independence and independent India.Arcot Ramasamy Mudaliar was born on October 14, 1887 in...
(1939–1942) - Girija Shankar BajpaiGirija Shankar BajpaiSir Girija Shankar Bajpai, KCSI, KBE, CIE was an eminent Indian civil servant, diplomat and Governor. He entered the ICS in 1915, and was appointed a CBE in 1922. In 1926, he was appointed a CIE and was knighted in 1935 with the KBE....
(1940): Health, Education and Lands - Syed Sultan Ahmed (1941–1943)
- Vangal Krishnamachari (1941–1946)
- Nalini Ranjan SarkarNalini Ranjan SarkarNalini Ranjan Sarkar was a businessman, industrialist, public leader, and was greatly involved in the political and economic regeneration of Bengal. He was born in a middle class Kayastha family of greater Mymensingh district...
(1941–1943): Health, Education and Lands - Ardeshir Dalal: Health, Education and Lands
- B.R. Ambedkar: Labour
- Jogendra SinghJogendra SinghSir Jogendra Singh was a member of Viceroy's Executive Council in India. He served as Chairman of the Department of Health, Education and Lands. He was a figure in the Sikh community and one of several delegates chosen to represent the Sikh community before the Cripps' mission of 1942...
: Health, Education and Lands - Mohammad Azizul Huque (1943–1945): Commerce, industries, civil supplies, food
Interim Government
As per the Cabinet Mission Plan, the Executive Council was expanded to consist of only Indian members except the Viceroy and the Commander-in-Chief. This formed the Interim Government of India.Members of Interim Government
- Jawaharlal NehruJawaharlal NehruJawaharlal Nehru , often referred to with the epithet of Panditji, was an Indian statesman who became the first Prime Minister of independent India and became noted for his “neutralist” policies in foreign affairs. He was also one of the principal leaders of India’s independence movement in the...
: Vice-President of the Executive Council, External Affairs and Commonwealth Relations - Vallabhbhai Patel: Home affairs, Information and broadcasting
- Baldev SinghBaldev SinghBaldev Singh was an Indian Sikh political leader, he was an Indian independence movement leader and the first Defence Minister of India. Moreover, he represented the Punjabi Sikh community in the processes of negotiations that resulted in the independence of India, as well as the Partition of India...
: Defence - John MathaiJohn MathaiJohn Matthai was an economist who served as India's first Railway Minister and subsequently as India's Finance Minister, taking office shortly after the presentation of India's first Budget, in 1948. Mathai graduated in economics from Madras Christian College. He served as a part-time professor in...
: Industries and Supplies - C. RajagopalachariC. RajagopalachariChakravarti Rajagopalachari , informally called Rajaji or C.R., was an Indian lawyer, independence activist, politician, writer and statesman. Rajagopalachari was the last Governor-General of India...
: Education - Sarat Chandra BoseSarat Chandra BoseSarat Chandra Bose was a barrister and Indian freedom fighter. He was the elder brother of Subhash Chandra Bose.-Early life:His forefathers had served the Afghan rulers of pre-Mughal Bengal with great distinction....
: Works, Mines and Power - C.H. Bhabha: Works, Mines and Power
- Rajendra PrasadRajendra PrasadDr. Rajendra Prasad was an Indian politician and educator. He was one of the architects of the Indian Republic, having drafted its first constitution and serving as the first president of independent India...
: Food and Agriculture - Asaf AliAsaf AliAsaf Ali was an Indian independence fighter and noted Indian lawyer. He was the first ambassador from India to the United States. He also worked as the governor of Orissa....
: Railways and Transport - Jagjivan RamJagjivan RamBabu Jagjivan Ram , known popularly as Babuji, was a freedom fighter and a social reformer hailing from the scheduled castes of Bihar in India. He was from the Chamar caste and was a leader for his community...
: Labour - Liaquat Ali KhanLiaquat Ali KhanFor other people with the same or similar name, see Liaqat Ali Nawabzada Liaquat Ali Khan was a Pakistani statesman who became the first Prime Minister of Pakistan, Defence minister and Commonwealth, Kashmir Affairs...
: Finance - Ibrahim Ismail ChundrigarIbrahim Ismail ChundrigarIbrahim Ismail Chundrigar was the sixth Prime Minister of Pakistan for approximately 2 months from October 17, 1957 to December 16, 1957.-Early life:...
: Commerce - Ghazanfar Ali KhanGhazanfar Ali KhanRaja Ghazanfar Ali Khan Khokhar was a leading member of the All India Muslim League who was a politician in British India, a trusted lieutenant of Muhammad Ali Jinnah who served in the Interim Government of India of 1946 and later became a minister in the government of Pakistan and finally a...
: Health - Abdur Rab NishtarAbdur Rab NishtarSardar Abdur Rab Nishtar was a Muslim League stalwart, Pakistan movement activist and later Pakistani politician.-Education:...
: Posts and Air - Jogendra Nath MandalJogendra Nath MandalJogendra Nath Mandal was an Indian and later Pakistani statesman who served as the first minister of law and labour in Pakistan. As leader of the Scheduled Castes, Jogendranath had made common cause with the Muslim League in their demand for Pakistan, hoping that the Scheduled Castes would be...
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