Manmohan Singh was sworn in with his 19 member cabinet as the Prime Minister of India for the second time after successfully completing full five years in office.

At 6:30 PM IST Manmohan Singh was sworn in as the Prime Minster of India for the second time. He is the only prime minister of independent India after Pt. Jawaharlal Nehru to have returned as a prime minister after a full five year term.

The ceremony lasted about 45 minutes and ended with the national anthem of India being played out.

Along with him 19 cabinet ministers have been sworn in by the President of India Pratibha Patil in a ceremony hosted in the Rashtrapati Bhawan in New Delhi; national capital of India.

More ministers will be sworn in on tuesday and amongst those that will be sworn in will be Fariq Abdullah.

C P Joshi, Kamal Nath and Meira Kumar took the oath in Hindi. There were some light moments in the ceremony, the entire attendance burst out laughing when Kamal Nath started before the President. Sonia Gandhi, Manmohan Singhwere clearly seen smiling at the eagerness of Kamal Nath to get on with it.

Those in attendence were Lalu Prasad Yadav, Seetaram Yathuri, L K Advani and Media Moghul Subhash Chandra. Sonia Gandhi, Priyanka Gandhi, Robert Vadhera, Rahul Gandhi, Sheela Dixit were some of the leaders present.

The oath that was taken by the ministers goes as follows:

I will uphold the sovereignty and integrity of India that I will faithfully and conscientiously discharge my duties as the minister of the union. I will do right to all manner of people in accordance with the constitution & law without fear or favour; affection or ill will.

I do solemnly affirm I will not directly or indirectly communicate or reveal to any person or persons any matter which shall be brought under my consideration or shall be known to me known to me as a minister to the union except as may be required for the due discharge of my duties as such a minister.