# Second Nanda ministry

The Second Gulzarilal Nanda ministry was formed as an acting cabinet upon the death in office of Lal Bahadur Shastri on 11 January 1966.

## Cabinet
### Key

* $^{RES}$ Resigned

### Cabinet ministers

| Portfolio | Minister | Took office | Left office | Party |
| Prime Minister, Minister of Home Affairs, and Minister of Atomic Energy | Gulzarilal Nanda | 11 January 1966 | 24 January 1966 | INC |
| Minister of External Affairs | Swaran Singh | 11 January 1966 | 24 January 1966 | INC |
| Minister of Finance | Sachindra Chaudhuri | 11 January 1966 | 24 January 1966 | INC |
| Minister of Defence | Yashwantrao Chavan | 11 January 1966 | 24 January 1966 | INC |
| Minister of Petroleum and Chemicals | Humayun Kabir | 11 January 1966 | 24 January 1966 | INC |
| Minister of Railways | S. K. Patil | 11 January 1966 | 24 January 1966 | INC |
| Minister of Education | M. C. Chagla | 11 January 1966 | 24 January 1966 | INC |
| Minister of Labour and Employment | Damodaram Sanjivayya | 11 January 1966 | 24 January 1966 | INC |
| Minister of Communications and Parliamentary Affairs and Minister of Information and Broadcasting | Satya Narayan Sinha | 11 January 1966 | 24 January 1966 | INC |
| Minister of Information and Broadcasting | Indira Gandhi | 11 January 1966 | 24 January 1966 | INC |
| Minister of Steel and Mines | Neelam Sanjiva Reddy | 11 January 1966 | 24 January 1966 | INC |
| Minister of Food and Agriculture | Chidambaram Subramaniam | 11 January 1966 | 24 January 1966 | INC |
| Minister of Law and Social Security | Ashoke Kumar Sen | 11 January 1966 | 24 January 1966 | INC |
| Minister of Rehabilitation | Mahavir Tyagi | 11 January 1966 | 15 January 1966 | INC |

### Ministers of State

| Portfolio | Minister | Took office | Left office | Party |
| Minister of Works and Housing (additional charge as Minister of Rehabilitation from 15 January) | Mehr Chand Khanna | 11 January 1966 | 24 January 1966 | INC |
| Minister of Commerce | Manubhai Shah | 11 January 1966 | 24 January 1966 | INC |
| Minister of Transport | Raj Bahadur | 11 January 1966 | 24 January 1966 | INC |
| Minister of Community Development and Cooperation | S. K. Dey | 11 January 1966 | 24 January 1966 | INC |
| Minister of Health | Sushila Nayyar | 11 January 1966 | 24 January 1966 | INC |
| Minister of State (Home Affairs) and Defence Supplies in the Ministry of Defence | Jaisukh lal Hathi | 11 January 1966 | 24 January 1966 | INC |
| Minister of State (External Affairs) | Lakshmi N. Menon | 11 January 1966 | 24 January 1966 | INC |
| Minister of State (Supply) | Kotha Raghuramaiah | 11 January 1966 | 24 January 1966 | INC |
| Minister of State (Petroleum and Chemicals) | O. V. Alagesan | 11 January 1966 | 24 January 1966 | INC |
| Minister of State (Railways) | Ram Subhag Singh | 11 January 1966 | 24 January 1966 | INC |
| Minister of State (Law) and Minister of State (Social Security) | Ramchandra Martand Hajarnavis | 11 January 1966 | 24 January 1966 | INC |
| Minister of State (Irrigation and Power) | K. L. Rao | 11 January 1966 | 24 January 1966 | INC |
| Minister of Planning and Minister of State (Finance) | Bali Ram Bhagat | 11 January 1966 | 24 January 1966 | INC |
| Minister of Defence Production | A.M. Thomas | 11 January 1966 | 24 January 1966 | INC |
| Minister of State (Revenue and Expenditure) | C. M. Poonacha | 11 January 1966 | 24 January 1966 | INC |
| Minister of Industry | T. N. Singh | 11 January 1966 | 24 January 1966 | INC |