First Saadulah provincial government

First Saadulah provincial government
First Saadulah provincial government
Date formed	1 April 1937
Date dissolved	19 September 1938
People and organisations
Governor	Robert Reid ; Henry Joseph Twynam
Prime Minister	Muhammed Saadulah
Member parties	Assam Valley Party; All-India Muslim League;
History
Election	1937
Successor	Bordoloi I

The First Saadulah provincial government was the first Cabinet of Assam Province headed by Prime Minister of Assam Muhammed Saadulah from 1937 to 1938.^[1] The government was formed following the 1937 Indian provincial elections, and consisted of two coalition-cabinets.^[2]

History

Following the Government of India Act 1935 and the 1937 Indian provincial elections, the Indian National Congress won 33 out of the 108 seats in the house and formed the largest party. However, since non-acceptance on forming a ministry was a Congress policy, Muhammed Saadulah formed a coalition ministry.^[3]

In September 1938, the government faced pressure for its communal policies and its neglect of the "people of the soil", and in order to avoid a defeat in a motion of no-confidence, Saadulah resigned.^[3]

Ministers (1937)

Cabinet

The first coalition cabinet lasted from 1 April 1937 to 4 February 1938.^[2]^[4]^[5]


Name	Portfolios	Party
Muhammed Saadulah Prime Minister	Home Finance Public Works Department	All-India Muslim league
Cabinet Ministers
Abu Nasar Muhammad Waheed	Education	United Muslim Party
James Joy Mohan Nichols Roy	Local self-government Excise	Progressive Party (Assam)
Rohini Kumar Chaudhuri	Revenue Judicial General	United People's Party
Ali Haider Khan	Agriculture Industries Cooperative societies Registration	United Muslim Party

Ministers (1938)

Cabinet

The second coalition cabinet lasted from 5 February 1938 to 18 September 1938.^[2] There were no Parliamentary Secretaries.^[6]

Name	Portfolios	Party
Muhammed Saadulah Prime Minister	Finance Home Public Works	All-India Muslim league
Cabinet Ministers
James Joy Mohan Nichols Roy	Local self-government Medicine	Progressive Party (Assam)
Rohini Kumar Chaudhuri	Revenue Forest	Hindu People's Party
Munawwar Ali	Education Excise	All-India Muslim league
Abdul Martin Choudhury	Agriculture Industries Cooperative societies Judicial	All-India Muslim league
Akshay Kumar Das	Registration Legislative General department Hindu Kaibartta (scheduled caste)	Constitutionalist

References

^ "Saadulah government" (PDF).
^ ^a ^b ^c Shibly, Atful Hye (2011). Abdul Matin Chaudhury (1895-1948): Trusted Lieutenant of Mohammad Ali Jinnah. Juned Ahmed Choudhury. ISBN 978-984-33-2323-1.
^ ^a ^b Baruah, Amlan; Choudhury, S. B. Roy (1999). Assam State Gazetteer. Editor-in-Chief, District Gazetteers, Government of Assam.
^ Reed, Sir Stanley (1937). Indian Year Book. Bennett, Coleman.
^ Research, North-East India Council for Social Science (1992). The Journal of the North-East India Council for Social Science Research. B. D. Ray.
^ Indian Information Series. 1938.

[1] "Saadulah government" (PDF).

[:0-2] Shibly, Atful Hye (2011). Abdul Matin Chaudhury (1895-1948): Trusted Lieutenant of Mohammad Ali Jinnah. Juned Ahmed Choudhury. ISBN 978-984-33-2323-1.

[:1-3] Baruah, Amlan; Choudhury, S. B. Roy (1999). Assam State Gazetteer. Editor-in-Chief, District Gazetteers, Government of Assam.

[4] Reed, Sir Stanley (1937). Indian Year Book. Bennett, Coleman.

[5] Research, North-East India Council for Social Science (1992). The Journal of the North-East India Council for Social Science Research. B. D. Ray.

[6] Indian Information Series. 1938.

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