H. D. Deve Gowda was sworn in as Prime Minister of India on 1 June 1996. In his initial ministry the ministers were as follows.
H. D. Deve Gowda
Shankar Dayal Sharma was an Indian lawyer and politician from the state of Madhya Pradesh who served as the ninth president of India, from 1992 to 1997.
Official Portrait, 1992
Shankar Dayal Sharma being sworn in as president by Chief Justice M. H. Kania
Shankar Dayal Sharma addressing the recipients of Press India Award at Rashtrapati Bhavan
President Sharma addressing the nation on the eve of Independence Day, 1994