First Ajoy Mukherjee ministry | |
|---|---|
 6th Ministry of West Bengal | |
| 1967 | |
 | |
| Date formed | 1 March 1967 |
| Date dissolved | 21 November 1967 |
| People and organisations | |
| Governor | Dharma Vira |
| Chief Minister | Ajoy Mukherjee |
| Member party | |
| Status in legislature | Coalition government |
| Opposition party | Indian National Congress |
| History | |
| Election | 1967 |
| Outgoing election | 1969 |
| Legislature term | 4th Assembly |
| Predecessor | Prafulla Chandra Sen ministry |
| Successor | Prafulla Chandra Ghosh ministry |
Ajoy Mukherjee was sworn in as the Chief Minister of West Bengal on 15 March 1967 following the defeat of the Indian National Congress in the 1967 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election. The government was formed by the United Front, a coalition of left-wing and regional parties led by the Bangla Congress and the Communist Party of India (Marxist).[1][2][3][4][5] This was the first non-Congress government in the history of West Bengal. The ministry faced intense internal conflict between coalition partners and eventually collapsed on 2 November 1967.
Cabinet ministers
edit1. Ajoy Mukherjee – Chief Minister 2. Jyoti Basu – Deputy Chief Minister and Home Affairs 3. Hare Krishna Konar – Land and Land Reforms 4. Somnath Lahiri – Information and Public Relations 5. Subodh Banerjee – Labour 6. Kamal Guha – Agriculture 7. Sushil Dhara – Commerce and Industries 8. Nirmal Chandra Ghosh – Finance 9. Hemanta Kumar Basu – Public Works
See also
editReferences
edit- ↑ "List of Chief Ministers of West Bengal". WBXPress. Retrieved 14 May 2026.
- ↑ "Former Chief Ministers of West Bengal". Government of West Bengal. Retrieved 14 May 2026.
- ↑ "Statistical Report on General Election, 1967 to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 14 May 2026.
- ↑ "West Bengal: History". Encyclopædia Britannica. Retrieved 14 May 2026.
- ↑ "Overview of the West Bengal Legislative Assembly". West Bengal Legislative Assembly Library. Retrieved 14 May 2026.