Interim Govt:

The Viceroy's Executive Council was transformed into a council of

ministers
prime minister Jawaharlal Nehru
Viceroy: Lord Mountbatten (ceremonial)
Commander-in-Chief, India, Claude Auchinleck, replaced after
independence by General Sir Rob Lockhart.
Home, I&B: Vallabhbhai Patel, Baldev Singh Defence, Rajagopalachari
Education and arts. Asaf Ali Railways and Transport Jagjivan Ram Labour
Rajendra Prasad Food and Agriculture and John Mathai Industries
Upon the Muslim League joining:
o Liaquat Ali Khan, Finance. Abdur Rab Nishtar Posts and Air and
Ibrahim Ismail Chundrigar Commerce Jogendra Nath Mandal, Law