S.B. Tambe was the first one to accept a ministerial position in the central provinces in Oct. 1925. Shripad Balwant Tambe was the pledger from Amravati in the Berar division of Central Provinces. He was a member of the Swaraj Party and the President of the Central Provinces Legislative Council. He was designated as the member of the Government of Central Provinces after the Moropant Vishvanath Joshi's tenure ended in the year 1925. His appointment formed political interest all over India and the Swaraj Party. He was opposed by Motilal Nehru and others, but Mr M R Jayakar from Bombay Legislative Council supported the move citing similarity with V J Patel. As of the year 1927, he inaugurated 'The Poona Sevasadan Society, Nagpur Branch' on 2nd January, when he was a member of Government of Central Provinces and Berar. In the year 1931, Tambe attended the 2nd Round Table Conference.