Third Indira Gandhi ministry
was sworn in as Prime Minister of India for the third time on 14 January 1980.
Indira Gandhi's cabinet included 6 Agriculturists, 9 Lawyers, 2 Journalists and 1 former Princely state rulers.
Three of Gandhi's cabinet ministers namely Pranab Mukherjee, R. Venkataraman and Zail Singh later served as Presidents of India.Cabinet
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- Died in office
- Resigned
Ministers of State
- Shivraj Patil, Ministry of Defence, Ministry of Science and Technology, Ministry of Atomic Energy, Ministry of Electronics, Ministry of Space and Ocean Development.
- Shivraj Patil, Ministry of Commerce.
- Saroj Khaparde, Ministry of Family Welfare
- S.K. Kamla Kumari, Ministry of Agriculture
- Ram Dulari Sinha, Ministry of Commerce, Ministry of Industry, Steel and Mines
- Tanguturi Anjaiah, Ministry of Labour
- Ashok Gehlot
- C. K. Jaffer Sharief, Minister of Railways
- Charanjit Chanana, Minister of Industry