Vasantdada Patil Vasantrao Banduji "Vasantdada" Patil (13 November 1917 – 1 March 1989) was an Indian politician from Sangli, Maharashtra. He was known as the first modern Maratha strongman and first mass leader in Maharashtrian politics. Patil served as C ...

became the Chief Minister of Maharashtra for the first time on 17 April 1977, replacing

Shankarrao Chavan Shankarrao Bhavrao Chavan (14 July 1920 – 26 February 2004) was an Indian politician who served twice as Chief Minister of Maharashtra from 1975 until 1977 and from 13 March 1986 until 26 June 1988. He was Finance Minister of India from 1988 ...

. The government continued until the 1978 legislative elections, after which Patil continued with his second ministry.

List of ministers

The ministry consisted of the following:

References

{{Maharashtra state government ministries Indian National Congress P P Cabinets established in 1977 Cabinets disestablished in 1978