First Vajpayee ministry

PremiershipAtal Bihari Vajpayee was sworn in as Prime Minister of India for first time on 16 May 1996.BJP was well short of majority and looking for allies, but Vajpayee resigned after just 16 days since he could not muster enough support.The ministry was kept small because its fate was uncertain when swearing-in took place.
Republic of IndiaShankar Dayal SharmaAtal Bihari VajpayeeBharatiya Janata PartyMinorityIndian National CongressP. V. Narasimha RaoRao ministryDeve Gowda ministryPrime Minister of IndiaElectoral historyDeath and state funeralGood Governance DayPremiershipGeneral electionsIndia ShiningUnion Council of MinistersSecondLok SabhaEleventhTwelfthThirteenthNational policyPradhan Mantri Gram Sadak YojanaSarva Shiksha AbhiyanAgra summitLahore DeclarationPokhran-IIBarak Missile scandalKargil War2001–2002 India–Pakistan standoffPrime MinisterMinistry of Chemicals and FertilizersMinistry of Civil Supplies, Consumer Affairs and Public DistributionMinistry of CoalMinistry of CommerceMinistry of CommunicationsMinistry of Environment and ForestsMinistry of FoodMinistry of Food Processing IndustriesMinistry of Human Resource DevelopmentMinistry of LabourMinistry of MinesMinistry of Non-Conventional Energy SourcesMinistry of Personnel, Public Grievances and PensionsMinistry of Petroleum and Natural GasMinistry of Planning and Programme ImplementationMinistry of PowerMinistry of RailwaysMinistry of Rural Areas and EmploymentMinistry of Science and TechnologyMinistry of SteelMinistry of Surface TransportMinistry of TextilesMinistry of Water ResourcesDepartment of Atomic EnergyDepartment of ElectronicsDepartment of Jammu and Kashmir AffairsDepartment of Ocean DevelopmentDepartment of SpaceMinister of External AffairsSikander BakhtMinister of Urban Affairs and EmploymentMinister of AgricultureSuraj BhanMinister of Law, Justice and Company AffairsRam JethmalaniMinister of Home AffairsMurli Manohar JoshiMinister of Civil Aviation and TourismV. Dhananjaya KumarMinister of DefenceMinister of Parliamentary AffairsPramod MahajanMinister of WelfareKariya MundaMinister of IndustrySuresh PrabhuMinister of Health and Family WelfareSartaj SinghMinister of FinanceJaswant SinghMinister of Information and BroadcastingSushma SwarajIndian union ministriesNehru INehru IINehru IIINehru IVNanda IShastriNanda IIIndira IIndira IIIndira IIICharanIndira IVRajiv IRajiv IIVishwanathChandra ShekharDeve GowdaGujralVajpayee IIVajpayee IIIManmohan IManmohan IIModi IModi IIModi III