Who was appointed as the first Commerce Minister in independent India's inaugural cabinet in 1947?

Q. Who was appointed as the first Commerce Minister in independent India's inaugural cabinet in 1947?
Answer: C. H. Bhabha
Notes: C. H. Bhabha, a Parsi businessman, was the first Commerce Minister in independent India's first cabinet (1947) and headed Works, Mines, and Power in the 1946 interim government. He led the Special Emergency Committee during communal riots.