Kannamwar ministry

Kannamwar ministry

Ministry of Maharashtra
Date formed20 November 1962
Date dissolved24 November 1963
People and organisations
GovernorVijaya Lakshmi Pandit
Chief MinisterMarotrao Kannamwar
Total no. of members31
16 Cabinet ministers (Incl. Chief Minister)
16 deputy ministers
Member partiesCongress
Status in legislatureMajority government
Opposition partyPWPI
BJS
Opposition leader
History
Election1962
PredecessorY. Chavan II
SuccessorP. K. Sawant ministry (interim)
First Vasantrao Naik ministry

Marotrao Kannamwar became the chief minister of Maharashtra on 20 November 1962. He succeeded Yashwantrao Chavan, who had been appointed defence minister of India by Jawaharlal Nehru. Kannamwar had previously been buildings and communications minister in Chavan's cabinet.