First Kher ministry (Bombay Presidency)
# First Kher ministry (Bombay Presidency)

B. G. Kher became the Prime Minister of the Bombay Presidency for the first time on 19 July 1937. The 7-member government resigned in November 1939 to protest the inclusion of British India in the Second World War.

## List of ministers

The first Kher ministry consisted of the following:

| Portfolio | Minister | Took office | Left office | Party |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Prime Minister Education | B. G. Kher | 19 July 1937 | 1939 | INC |
| Finance | A. B. Latthe | 19 July 1937 | 1939 | INC |
| Home and Legal | K. M. Munshi | 19 July 1937 | 1939 | INC |
| Health and Excise | M. D. Gilder | 19 July 1937 | 1939 | INC |
| Revenue, Rural Development, and Agriculture | Morarji Desai | 19 July 1937 | 1939 | INC |
| Public Works | M. Y. Nuri | 19 July 1937 | 1939 | INC |
| Local Self-government and Miscellaneous | L. M. Patel | 19 July 1937 | 1939 | INC |

### Parliamentary Secretaries

The ministry additionally included six parliamentary secretaries.

* Gulzarilal Nanda
* B. M. Gupte
* Hansa Mehta
* M. P. Patil
* T. R. Nesvi
* B. S. Hiray
