Ministry of Culture (Vishwamitra)

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Ministry of Culture
संस्कृति मंत्रालय
Coat of arms of Vishwamitra
Ministry overview
Formed2 October 2015
Preceding ministry
Dissolved12 August 2023
Superseding agency
Jurisdiction Vishwamitra

The Department of Culture (Hindi: संस्कृति मंत्रालय) is a former ministry and now a department in the government of Vishwamitra which was responsible for the promotion, protection and dissemination of culture, historical heritage, art, books, reading and literary creation and also for organizing various culture related activities.

The Ministry of Culture was formed on 2 October 2015 by then Prime Minister Tanishkaa Patranabish after dissolving the Ministry of Education. Dhrubajyoti Roy was appointed as the first Minister of Culture and remained in office until 30 December 2016. The Ministry became a part of the combined ministry formed in June 2020 as the Ministry of Education, Culture and Sports but soon became independent again in January 2021.

The Ministry of Culture was headed by the Minister of Culture who is a cabinet rank minister, however often a minister of state with independent charge had served as the minister of culture. The first minister was Dhrubajyoti Roy, while the final minister was Rafe Burfield who has been in office between 11 June 2022 and till the abolition of the ministry.

History

The Ministry of Culture was formed on 2 October 2015 consequent to the abolition of the Ministry of Education by then prime minister Tanishkaa Patranabish. The ministry was merged into the Ministry of Human Resource Development which was formed on 6 August 2017 along with the ministries of Sports and Youth Affairs, Skill Development, Social Justice and Public Affairs and the Department of Literacy. However, not long after the formation, the Ministry of Culture was re-created as an independent ministry of the government on 8 September 2017.

In June 2020, the Ministry of Culture was again re-organized alongside the Ministries of Human Resource Development, and Sports and Youth Affairs to form the Ministry of Human Resource, Sports and Culture. The three ministries again became independent in January 2021.

In August 2023, the ministry was merged with several other ministries to form the Ministry of National Development and became a department under the ministry.

Departments

  • Department of Cultural Affairs
  • Department of National Heritage
  • Department of Arts
  • Department of Hindi and Other Languages Promotion
  • Department of Promotion of Indian Culture and Heritage
  • Crystal Jubilee Celebration Committee
  • Department of Museums, Monuments and Palaces
  • Department of Registration
  • Department of Patents

Organization

The Ministry of Culture was headed by the Minister of Culture who is either a cabinet rank minister or a minister of state with independent charge. They were responsible for the formulation of various activities, tasks, laws under the ministry's jurisdiction. Cabinet ministers of culture were often assisted by a junior minister, or a Minister of State for Culture.

Two prime ministers - Dhrubajyoti Roy and Phillip Joseph Pillin held the portfolio of Culture during their tenure. Three ministers - Princess Bishakha, Nishwan Baidantic, and Jayden Dagsa served as ministers both with cabinet rank and with the rank of a minister of state with independent charge; of whom Princess Bishakha has served as cabinet minister, minister of state with independent charge, and minister of state in the ministry.

Ministers

Key
  • MoS, I/C means Minister of State (Independent Charge)
No. Portrait Minister
(Birth-Death)
Constituency 		Term of office Political party Ministry Prime Minister
From To Period
Minister of Culture
1 Dhrubajyoti Roy
(born 2002)
MP for Maligaon 		2 October
2015 		6 December
2015 		65 days Independent Tanishkaa I Tanishkaa Patranabish
2 Arnab Deka
(born 2002) 		6 December
2015 		11 April
2016 		127 days Sarala II Sarala Baishya
3 Sarala Baishya
(born 2005) 		11 April
2016 		10 July
2016 		90 days Children's Group Independent Party Dhrubajyoti III Dhrubajyoti Roy
(1) Dhrubajyoti Roy
(born 2002)
(Prime Minister) 		10 July
2016 		30 December
2016 		276 days Children's Group Secular Party
30 December
2016 		12 April
2017 		Dhrubajyoti IV
4 Arnab Sil
(born 2004) 		12 April
2017 		5 July
2017 		84 days Friends Society Freedom Party Sarala III Sarala Baishya
5 Anoushkaa Patranabish
(born 2010) 		5 July
2017 		23 July
2017 		18 days Friends Society Secular Party Tanishkaa II Tanishkaa Patranabish
6 Anirban Phatowali
(born 2009)
MP for West Gotanagar 		23 July
2017 		6 August
2017 		14 days Friends Society Independent Party
Merged to form the Ministry of Human Resource Development (6 August – 7 September 2017)
(6) Anirban Phatowali
(born 2009)
MP for West Gotanagar 		7 September
2017 		25 December
2017 		109 days Friends Society Independent Party Tanishkaa II Tanishkaa Patranabish
(1) Dhrubajyoti Roy
(born 2002)
(Prime Minister) 		25 December
2017 		21 March
2018 		86 days Friends Societal Congress Dhrubajyoti V Dhrubajyoti Roy
7 Abhiraj Kar
अभिराज कर
(born 2006) 		21 March
2018 		13 May
2018 		53 days Dhrubajyoti VI
8 Saikat Seal
सैकत सील
(born 2006) 		14 May
2018 		12 October
2018 		151 days Tanishkaa III Tanishkaa Patranabish
Dhrubajyoti Roy
(1) Dhrubajyoti Roy
ध्रुबज्योति रॉय
(born 2002)
(President) 		12 October
2018 		6 January
2019 		86 days Dhrubajyoti VII
(6) Anirban Phatowali
(born 2009)
MP for West Gotanagar (until Mar'19)
MP for Post Office (from Mar'19) 		7 January
2019 		17 March
2019 		103 days Tanishkaa IV Tanishkaa Patranabish
17 March
2019 		20 April
2019 		Tanishkaa V
– Manoj Chetry
(born 2005)
(Additional charge)[a] 		20 April
2019 		5 May
2019 		15 days
(6) Anirban Phatowali
(born 2009)
MP for Post Office 		5 May
2019 		18 May
2019 		13 days
– Saikat Seal
(born 2006)
(Additional charge)[b] 		18 May
2019 		23 May
2019 		5 days
(6) Anirban Phatowali
(born 2009)
MP for Post Office 		23 May
2019 		3 June
2019 		11 days
9 Bhargab Jyoti Medhi
(born 2001) 		3 June
2019 		16 July
2019 		43 days
(8) Saikat Seal
(born 2006) 		16 July
2019 		17 August
2019 		32 days
10 Sampriti Paul
(born 2004)
MP for Kahilipara
(MoS, I/C) 		17 August
2019 		1 September
2019 		15 days
11 Nishwan Baidantic
(born 2001)
MP for Dhirenpara
(MoS, I/C until
29 September 2019) 		2 September
2019 		15 October
2019 		43 days
12 Arpan Deka
(born 2007)
(MoS, I/C) 		15 October
2019 		16 November
2019 		32 days
13 Bishakha Das
(born 2013)
MP for Bhaskarnagar
(MoS, I/C until
24 November 2019) 		16 November
2019 		9 December
2019 		23 days
Minister of Culture and Media
(11) Nishwan Baidantic
(born 2001)
MP for Dhirenpara 		9 December
2019 		12 December
2019 		3 days Friends Societal Congress Tanishkaa V Tanishkaa Patranabish
(8) Saikat Seal
(born 2006) 		12 December
2019 		24 December
2019 		12 days
Minister of Culture, Media and Social Services
(13) Bishakha Das
(born 2013)
MP for Bhaskarnagar 		24 December
2019 		3 January
2020 		10 days Friends Societal Congress Tanishkaa V Tanishkaa Patranabish
Minister of Culture
(13) Bishakha Das
(born 2013)
MP for Bhaskarnagar
(MoS, I/C from
3 March till 17 June 2020) 		3 January
2020 		3 March
2020 		118 days Friends Societal Congress Tanishkaa V Tanishkaa Patranabish
3 March
2020 		22 March
2020 		National People's Congress Anoushkaa I Anoushkaa Patranabish
22 March
2020 		30 April
2020 		Tanishkaa VI Tanishkaa Patranabish
13 May
2020 		7 June
2020 		35 days Tanishkaa VII Tanishkaa Patranabish
8 June
2020 		17 June
2020 		Anoushkaa II Princess Anoushkaa
Merged to form the Ministry of Human Resource, Culture and Youth Affairs (17 June 2020 – 28 January 2021)
14 Prince Manoj Chetry
(born 2005)
Unelected 		28 January
2021 		1 March
2021 		32 days National People's Congress Ștefan I Ștefan Marius Snagoveanu
(13) Princess Bishakha Das
(born 2013)
MP for Chandrabans 		6 March
2021 		11 September
2021 		189 days Ștefan II
15 Jayden Dagsa
(born 2008)
MP for Dadara
(MoS, I/C) 		11 September
2021 		21 October
2021 		40 days Farhaz I Farhaz Hazarika
16 Phillip Joseph Pillin
(born 1996)
Unelected
(Prime Minister) 		21 October
2021 		22 November
2021 		32 days Independent Pillin Phillip Joseph Pillin
(15) Jayden Dagsa
(born 2008)
MP for Dadara 		22 November
2021 		22 December
2021 		30 days National People's Congress Hazarika II Farhaz Hazarika
17 Michal Nowacki
(born 2003)
MP for National Capital Constituency
(until 26 Dec'2021)
Councillor for Purvanchal (from 1 Jan'2022)
(Senior Minister) 		22 December
2021 		3 January
2022 		12 days
18 Thomas Bainbridge
(born 1994)
Councillor for Beltola 		3 January
2022 		17 March
2022 		73 days
Minister of Education, Culture and Youth
19 Matthew Tonna
(born 2005)
MP for National List 		17 March
2022 		12 May
2022 		56 days National People's Congress Hazarika II Farhaz Hazarika
Minister of Culture
20 William Cooper
(born 2005)
MP for Dadara 		12 May
2022 		11 June
2022 		30 days Independent Hazarika III Farhaz Hazarika
(13) Rafe Burfield
(born 2005)
MP for Chandril 		11 June
2022 		12 November
2022 		1 year, 62 days
12 November
2022 		12 August
2023 		National People's Congress Hazarika IV
Ministry abolished to form the Ministry of National Development.

Ministers of State

No. Portrait Minister
(Birth-Death)
Constituency 		Term of office Political party Ministry Prime Minister
From To Period
1 Anirban Phatowali
(born 2009)
MP for West Gotanagar 		6 December
2015 		11 April
2016 		127 days Independent Sarala II Sarala Baishya
2 Bishakha Das
(born 2013) 		11 April
2016 		30 December
2016 		263 days Children's Group Secular Party Dhrubajyoti III Dhrubajyoti Roy
3 Manoj Chetry
(born 2005) 		11 April
2016 		2 October
2016 		174 days
4 Arnab Deka
(born 2002) 		2 October
2016 		30 December
2016 		89 days
(2) Bishakha Das
(born 2013) 		30 December
2016 		12 April
2017 		103 days Friends Society Independent Party Dhrubajyoti IV
5 Arpan Deka
(born 2008) 		Friends Society Secular Party
(3) Manoj Chetry
(born 2005) 		12 April
2017 		5 July
2017 		84 days Friends Society Independent Party Sarala III Sarala Baishya
(2) Bishakha Das
(born 2013) 		5 July
2017 		6 August
2017 		32 days Tanishkaa II Tanishkaa Patranabish
Merged to form the Ministry of Human Resource Development (6 August – 7 September 2017)
6 Debika Deka Pator Sarma
(born 2007)
MP for Noonmati 		7 September
2017 		25 December
2017 		109 days Friends Society Secular Party Tanishkaa II Tanishkaa Patranabish
7 Jemina Hazarika
(born 2006)
MP for Basistha Rural 		25 December
2017 		21 March
2018 		86 days Friends Society Independent Party Dhrubajyoti V Dhrubajyoti Roy
(6) Debika Deka Pator Sarma
(born 2007)
MP for Noonmati 		21 March
2018 		13 May
2018 		53 days Friends Society Secular Party Dhrubajyoti VI
(2) Bishakha Das
(born 2013)
MP for Bhaskarnagar 		7 January
2019 		17 March
2019 		69 days Friends Societal Congress Tanishkaa IV Tanishkaa Patranabish
(6) Debika Deka Pator Sarma
(born 2007)
MP for Noonmati 		17 March
2019 		16 July
2019 		121 days Tanishkaa V
8 Kushal Saha
(born 2007) 		16 July
2019 		13 August
2019 		28 days
(5) Arpan Deka
(born 2008) 		13 August
2019 		17 August
2019 		4 days
9 Abhirup Patranabis
(born 2012) 		29 September
2019 		11 October
2019 		12 days
10 Pallavi Rai
(born 2006)
MP for National List 		11 October
2019 		15 October
2019 		4 days
11 General (Retd.)
Arturo Lara
(born 1998)
MP for Chandril 		3 January
2022 		9 February
2022 		37 days National People's Congress Farhaz II Farhaz Hazarika
12 Rey Jr. Mancio
(born 2007)
MP for Boragaon 		9 February
2022 		17 March
2022 		36 days
12 May
2022 		11 June
2022 		30 days Independent Hazarika III
13 Preetam Kapei
(born 2008)
MP for Maligaon 		12 November
2022 		14 June
2023 		214 days National People's Congress Farhaz IV
Ministry abolished to form the Ministry of National Development.

See also

References

  1. ↑ Manoj Chetry, Minister of Regional and State Affairs was allocated the portfolios of Culture and Information and Broadcasting between 20 April and 5 May 2019 during the period of absence of leave of Anirban Phatowali.
  2. ↑ Saikat Seal, Minister of Planning, Nature and Environment Conservation was allocated the portfolios of Culture and Information and Broadcasting between 18 May and 23 May 2019 during the period of absence of leave of Anirban Phatowali.
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