Question

Who was the first Home Minister of Independent India?
1. Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel
2. Govind Vallabh Pant
3. Yashwantrao Chavan
4. Chaudhary CharanSingh

Answer 1

Correct Answer - Option 1 : Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel

The correct answer is Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel.

• 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.

• 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