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Download Solution PDFWho was the first Home Minister of independent India?
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Download Solution PDFThe correct answer is Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel.
Key Points
- Ever since the time of independent India's first Home Minister, Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel.
- The office has been seen as second in seniority only to the Prime Minister in the Union Cabinet.
- Like Patel, several Home Ministers have since held the additional portfolio of Deputy Prime Minister.
- The term of Office of Sardar Patel as a Home Minister was 15 August 1947 – 15 December 1950.
Additional Information
- The first finance minister of independent India - Ramasamy Chetty Kandasamy Shanmukham Chetty
- The first law minister of free independent India - B R Ambedkar
- The first female Chief Minister - Sucheta Kripalani (Uttar Pradesh)
- The first Commerce Minister of India - Syama Prasad Mukherjee
- The first Defence Minister of India - Baldev Singh Chokkar
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