First Pawar ministry
Ministry of the State of Maharashtra
Date formed	18 July 1978
Date dissolved	18 February 1980
People and organisations
Head of government	Sharad Pawar INC(S)
Total no. of members	181
Member parties	Janata Party+ (99) INC(S) (69) PWPI (13)
Status in legislature	Coalition 181 / 288 (63%)
Opposition party	Indian National Congress
History
Election(s)	1978
Legislature term(s)	5 Years
Predecessor	Second Vasantdada Patil ministry
Successor	Antulay ministry

Sharad Pawar broke away in 1978 from Government of Maharashtra led by Vasantdada Patil of Indian National Congress, formed the Indian National Congress (Socialist), allied with the Janata party and the Peasants' and Workers' Party of India (PWP) to form a coalition government of the Progressive Democratic Front (PDF) or Purogami Lokshahi Aghadi. The Progressive Democratic Front government was sworn in on 18 July 1978. This government was dismissed on 18 February 1980 following Indira Gandhi's return to power at the Centre.^[1]^[2]

Cabinet Ministers

SI No.	Name	Constituency	Department	Party
Chief Minister
1	Sharad Pawar	Baramati	General Administration Home Planning Law and Judiciary. Information and Public Relations. Information Technology. Public Works (Including Public Undertakings)	Indian National Congress (Socialist)
Deputy Chief Minister
2	Sundarrao Solanke	Majalgaon	Finance Disaster Management Tribal Development	Indian National Congress (Socialist)
Cabinet Ministers
3	Uttamrao Patil	Paola - Bhadgaon	Revenue Relief & Rehabilitation Special Assistance	Janata Party
4	Hashu Advani	Chembur	Urban Development Marketing Skill Development, Employment and Entrepreneurship	Janata Party
5	Sadanand Varde	Vandre	School Education State Excise Prohibition Forests	Janata Party
6	Jagannathrao Jadhav	Sangameshwar	Food & Civil Supply Consumer Affairs Housing Ex. Servicemen Welfare	Janata Party
7	Ganpatrao Deshmukh	Sangole	Horticulture Protocol Forest Department Mining. Marathi Language. Earthquake Rehabilitation	Peasants and Workers Party of India
8	Shankarrao Chavan	Bhokar	Jails Water Resources Command Area Developmen Industry.	Indian National Congress (Socialist)
9	Arjunrao Kasture		Agriculture water supply Medical Education School Education	Indian National Congress (Socialist)
10	N. D. Patil	MLC	Co-operation Animal Husbandry. Dairy Development. Sports and Youth Welfare	Peasants and Workers Party of India
11	Nihal Ahmed Maulavi Mohammed Usman	Malegaon	Technical and Higher Education Minority Affairs Revenue. Rural Development. Ports. Khar land Development.	Janata Party
12	Govindrao Adik	Shrirampur	Women and child development Transport. Parliamentary Affairs. Social Justice	Indian National Congress (Socialist)
13	Sushil Kumar Shinde	Solapur North	Soil and Water Conservation Dairy Development Fisheries Labour Tourism Majority Welfare Development Other Backward Bahujan Welfare	Indian National Congress (Socialist)
14	Bhausaheb Surve	Nagpur Central	Other Backward Classes. Socially And Educationally, Backward Classes. Vimukta Jati. Nomadic Tribes. Special Backward Classes Welfare	Indian National Congress (Socialist)
15	Pramila Tople		Public Health and Family Welfare Environment Water Supply Sanitation	Indian National Congress (Socialist)
16	Hashmukhbhai Upadhaya	Kandivali	Food and Drug Administration Textile Cultural Affairs	Janata Party
17	Chhedilal Gupta		Public Works (Excluding Public Undertakings) Energy Employment Guarantee	Janata Party

Ministers of State

SI No.	Name	Constituency	Department	Party
1	Bhai Vaidya^[3]	Bhavani Peth	Home	Janata Party
2	Datta Meghe	MLC		Indian National Congress (Socialist)
3	Shankarrao Kale	Ahmednagar	Education Co-operation	Indian National Congress (Socialist)
4	Prataprao Baburao Bhosale	Wai		Indian National Congress (Socialist)
5	Dilversingh Padvi	Akkalkuwa	Planning Social Justice Public Works	Indian National Congress (Socialist)
6	Dr. Ishaq Jamkhanawala	Nagpada	Housing Finance Waqf Labour Protocol	Janata Party
7	Kisanrao Deshmukh		Consumer Affairs Food & Civil Supply	Indian National Congress (Socialist)
8	Sakharam Nakhate	Pathri	Special Assistance Skill Development	Indian National Congress (Socialist)
9	Shripatrao Bondre	Sangrul	Water Resources and Command Area Development	Indian National Congress (Socialist)
10	Bhaurao Mulak	Nagpur West		Indian National Congress (Socialist)
11	Balkrishna Patil	Khalapur		Indian National Congress (Socialist)
12	Vinayak Patil	Niphad	Environment and Climate Change	Indian National Congress (Socialist)
13	Dr. Padamsinh Bajirao Patil	Osmanabad	Energy Excise	Indian National Congress (Socialist)
14	Shanti Naik	Shivajinagar		Janata Party
15	Babanrao Dhakane	Pathardi		Indian National Congress (Socialist)
16	Namdeo Gadekar	Sillod		Indian National Congress (Socialist)

References

v t e Maharashtra ministries
Bombay Presidency (1937–47)	Cooper Kher I Kher II
Bombay State (1947–60)	Kher Desai Yashwantrao I Yashwantrao II
Maharashtra (1960–)	Yashwantrao I Yashwantrao II Kannamwar Sawant Vasantrao I Vasantrao II Vasantrao III Shankarrao I Vasantdada I Vasantdada II Pawar I Antulay Bhosale Vasantdada III Vasantdada IV Nilangekar Shankarrao II Pawar II Pawar III Sudhakarrao Pawar IV Joshi Rane Deshmukh I S. Shinde Deshmukh II Ashok I Ashok II Prithviraj Fadnavis I Fadnavis II Thackeray E. Shinde