Minister of Home Affairs (India)

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Template:Short description Template:Use Indian English Template:Use dmy dates Script error: No such module "infobox".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Template:Sidebar with collapsible lists The Minister of Home Affairs is the head of the Ministry of Home Affairs of the Government of India. One of the senior-most officers in the Union Cabinet, the chief responsibility of the home minister is the maintenance of the internal security of India; the country's large police force comes under its jurisdiction. Occasionally, they are assisted by the minister of state of home affairs and the lower-ranked deputy minister of home affairs.

Ever since the time of independent India's first home minister, Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel, the office has been seen as second in seniority only to the prime minister in the union cabinet. Like Patel, several home ministers have since held the additional portfolio of deputy prime minister. As of February 2020, three home ministers have gone on to become the prime minister: Lal Bahadur Shastri, Charan Singh and P. V. Narasimha Rao. L.K. Advani, serving from 19 March 1998 to 22 May 2004, has held the office of the home minister for the longest continuous period, as of February 2020.

On several occasions, the prime minister also held the additional portfolio of the minister of home affairs. Jawaharlal Nehru briefly acted as home minister in 1950 following the demise of Vallabhbhai Patel, Indira Gandhi briefly served as home minister in 1966 following resignation of Gulzarilal Nanda, Morarji Desai held the portfolio from 1978 till 1979, Chandra Shekhar throughout his prime ministerial tenure and H. D. Deve Gowda briefly served as home minister in 1996.

P. Chidambaram who served as the home minister from 2008 till 2012 has the rare distinction of serving as both cabinet minister and minister of state in the ministry. He served as minister of state from 1986 till 1989. The current minister is Amit Shah of the Bharatiya Janata Party who has been in office since 31 May 2019 and succeeded his party colleague Rajnath Singh as the home minister.

Cabinet ministers

No. Portrait Minister
(birth-death)
Constituency
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Term of office Political party Ministry Prime Minister
From To Period
1 bgcolor="Template:Party color" | File:Sardar patel (cropped).jpg Vallabhbhai Patel
(1875Template:Ndash1950)
MCA for Bombay
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(Deputy Prime Minister)
15 August
1947
12 December
1950
(died in office)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
Template:Ayd Indian National Congress Nehru I rowspan="10" bgcolor="Template:Party color" | Jawaharlal Nehru
2 bgcolor="Template:Party color" | File:Jawaharlal Nehru, 1947.jpg Jawaharlal Nehru
(1889Template:Ndash1964)
MP for United Provinces
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(Prime Minister)
12 December
1950
26 December
1950
Template:Ayd
3 bgcolor="Template:Party color" | File:C Rajagopalachari 1944.jpg C. Rajagopalachari
(1878Template:Ndash1972)
Unelected
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26 December
1950
5 November
1951
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4 rowspan="2" bgcolor="Template:Party color" | File:Kailash Nath Katju.jpg Kailash Nath Katju
(1887Template:Ndash1968)
MP for Mandsaur
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5 November
1951
13 May
1952
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13 May
1952
10 January
1955
Nehru II
5 rowspan="2" bgcolor="Template:Party color" | File:Pandit Govind Ballabh Pant.jpg Govind Ballabh Pant
(1887Template:Ndash1961)
Rajya Sabha MP for Uttar Pradesh
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10 January
1955
17 April
1957
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17 April
1957
7 March
1961
(died in office)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
Nehru III
6 rowspan="2" bgcolor="Template:Party color" | File:Lal Bahadur Shastri (from stamp).jpg Lal Bahadur Shastri
(1904Template:Ndash1966)
MP for Allahabad
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8 March
1961
10 April
1962
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11 April
1962
29 August
1963
Nehru IV
7 rowspan="5" bgcolor="Template:Party color" | File:Gulzarilal Nanda 1.jpg Gulzarilal Nanda
(1898Template:Ndash1998)
MP for Sabarkantha
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(Prime Minister from
27 MayTemplate:Snd9 June 1964; and
11Template:Snd24 January 1966)
1 September
1963
27 May
1964
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27 May
1964
9 June
1964
Nanda I bgcolor="Template:Party color" | Self
9 June
1964
11 January
1966
Shastri bgcolor="Template:Party color" | Lal Bahadur Shastri
11 January
1966
24 January
1966
Nanda II bgcolor="Template:Party color" | Self
24 January
1966
9 November
1966
Indira I rowspan="3" bgcolor="Template:Party color" | Indira Gandhi
8 bgcolor="Template:Party color" | File:Indira Gandhi official portrait.png Indira Gandhi
(1917Template:Ndash1984)
Rajya Sabha MP for Uttar Pradesh
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(Prime Minister)
9 November
1966
13 November
1966
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9 rowspan="2" bgcolor="Template:Party color" | File:Yashwantrao Chavan.jpg Yashwantrao Chavan
(1913Template:Ndash1984)
MP for Nashik
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13 November
1966
13 March
1967
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13 March
1967
27 June
1970
Indian National Congress (R) Indira II rowspan="5" bgcolor="Template:Party color" |
(8) rowspan="2" bgcolor="Template:Party color" | File:Indira Gandhi official portrait.png Indira Gandhi
(1917Template:Ndash1984)
MP for Rae Bareli
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(Prime Minister)
27 June
1970
13 March
1971
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13 March
1971
5 February
1973
Indira III
10 bgcolor="Template:Party color" | File:Uma Shankar Dikshit Rajya Sabha photo.jpg Uma Shankar Dikshit
(1901Template:Ndash1991)
Rajya Sabha MP for Uttar Pradesh
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5 February
1973
10 October
1974
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11 bgcolor="Template:Party color" | File:Kasu Brahmananda Reddy 2011 stamp of India.jpg Kasu Brahmananda Reddy
(1909Template:Ndash1994)
Rajya Sabha MP for Andhra Pradesh
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10 October
1974
24 March
1977
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12 bgcolor="Template:Party color" | File:Charan Singh Portrait.jpg Charan Singh
(1902Template:Ndash1987)
MP for Baghpat
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24 March
1977
1 July
1978
Template:Ayd Janata Party Desai rowspan="3" bgcolor="Template:Party color" | Morarji Desai
13 bgcolor="Template:Party color" | File:Morarji Desai visits the USA (cropped).jpg Morarji Desai
(1896–1995)
MP for Surat
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(Prime Minister)
1 July
1978
24 January
1979
Template:Ayd
14 bgcolor="Template:Party color" | File:Hirubhai M. Patel Lok Sabha photo.jpg Hirubhai M. Patel
(1904Template:Ndash1993)
MP for Sabarkantha
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24 January
1979
28 July
1979
Template:Ayd
(9) bgcolor="Template:Party color" | File:Yashwantrao Chavan.jpg Yashwantrao Chavan
(1913Template:Ndash1984)
MP for Satara
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(Deputy Prime Minister)
28 July
1979
14 January
1980
Template:Ayd Indian National Congress (Urs) Charan bgcolor="Template:Party color" | Charan Singh
15 bgcolor="Template:Party color" | File:Giani Zail Singh 1995 stamp of India (cropped).png Zail Singh
(1916Template:Ndash1994)
MP for Hoshiarpur
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14 January
1980
22 June
1982
Template:Ayd Indian National Congress (I) Indira IV rowspan="4" bgcolor="Template:Party color"| Indira Gandhi
16 bgcolor="Template:Party color" | File:R Venkataraman.jpg Ramaswamy Venkataraman
(1910Template:Ndash2009)
MP for Chennai South
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22 June
1982
2 September
1982
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17 bgcolor="Template:Party color" | File:Prakash Chandra Sethi Lok Sabha photo.jpg Prakash Chandra Sethi
(1919Template:Ndash1996)
MP for Indore
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2 September
1982
19 July
1984
Template:Ayd
18 rowspan="2" bgcolor="Template:Party color" | File:Visit of Narasimha Rao, Indian Minister for Foreign Affairs, to the CEC (cropped)(2).jpg P. V. Narasimha Rao
(1921Template:Ndash2004)
MP for Hanamkonda
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19 July
1984
31 October
1984
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31 October
1984
31 December
1984
Rajiv I rowspan="4" bgcolor="Template:Party color"| Rajiv Gandhi
19 bgcolor="Template:Party color" | File:Shankarrao Chavan 2007 stamp of India (cropped).jpg Shankarrao Chavan
(1920Template:Ndash2004)
MP for Nanded
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31 December
1984
12 March
1986
Template:Ayd Rajiv II
(18) bgcolor="Template:Party color" | File:Visit of Narasimha Rao, Indian Minister for Foreign Affairs, to the CEC (cropped)(2).jpg P. V. Narasimha Rao
(1921Template:Ndash2004)
MP for Hanamkonda
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12 March
1986
12 May
1986
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20 bgcolor="Template:Party color" | File:Buta Singh at DJ Sheizwoods house (11) (cropped).jpg Buta Singh
(1934Template:Ndash2021)
MP for Jalore
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12 May
1986
2 December
1989
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21 bgcolor="Template:Party color" | File:Mufti Mohammad Sayeed.jpg Mufti Mohammad Sayeed
(1936Template:Ndash2016)
MP for Muzaffarnagar
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2 December
1989
10 November
1990
Template:Ayd Janata Dal Vishwanath bgcolor="Template:Party color" | Vishwanath Pratap Singh
22 bgcolor="Template:Party color" | File:Chandra Shekhar Singh.jpg Chandra Shekhar
(1927Template:Ndash2007)
MP for Ballia
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(Prime Minister)
10 November
1990
21 June
1991
Template:Ayd Samajwadi Janata Party (Rashtriya) Chandra Shekhar bgcolor="Template:Party color" | Chandra Shekhar
(19) bgcolor="Template:Party color" | File:Shankarrao Chavan 2007 stamp of India (cropped).jpg Shankarrao Chavan
(1920Template:Ndash2004)
Rajya Sabha MP for Maharashtra
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21 June
1991
16 May
1996
Template:Ayd Indian National Congress (I) Rao bgcolor="Template:Party color"| P. V. Narasimha Rao
23 bgcolor="Template:Party color" | File:Murli Manohar Joshi MP.jpg Murli Manohar Joshi
(born 1934)
MP for Allahabad
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16 May
1996
1 June
1996
Template:Ayd Bharatiya Janata Party Vajpayee I bgcolor="Template:Party color" | Atal Bihari Vajpayee
24 bgcolor="Template:Party color" | File:H. D. Deve Gowda BNC.jpg H. D. Deve Gowda
(born 1933)
Unelected
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(Prime Minister)
1 June
1996
29 June
1996
Template:Ayd Janata Dal Deve Gowda rowspan="2" bgcolor="Template:Party color" | H. D. Deve Gowda
25 rowspan="2" bgcolor="Template:Party color" | Indrajit Gupta
(1919Template:Ndash2001)
MP for Midnapore
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29 June
1996
21 April
1997
Template:Ayd Communist Party of India
21 April
1997
19 March
1998
Gujral bgcolor="Template:Party color" | Inder Kumar Gujral
26 rowspan="2" bgcolor="Template:Party color" | File:Lkadvani.jpg L. K. Advani
(born 1927)
MP for Gandhinagar
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(Deputy Prime Minister
from 29 June 2002)
19 March
1998
13 October
1999
Template:Ayd Bharatiya Janata Party Vajpayee II rowspan="2" bgcolor="Template:Party color" | Atal Bihari Vajpayee
13 October
1999
22 May
2004
Vajpayee III
27 bgcolor="Template:Party color" | File:Shivraj Patil in pensive mood at the inauguration of the one day Seminar on “The Role of Media in Bringing Parliament Closer to the People”.jpg Shivraj Patil
(born 1935)
Rajya Sabha MP for Maharashtra
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23 May
2004
30 November
2008
Template:Ayd Indian National Congress Manmohan I rowspan="4" bgcolor="Template:Party color" | Manmohan Singh
28 rowspan="2" bgcolor="Template:Party color" | File:Palaniappan Chidambaram - World Economic Forum Annual Meeting 2011 (cropped).jpg P. Chidambaram
(born 1945)
MP for Sivaganga
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30 November
2008
22 May
2009
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23 May
2009
31 July
2012
Manmohan II
29 bgcolor="Template:Party color" | File:Sushilkumar Shinde.jpg Sushilkumar Shinde
(born 1941)
MP for Solapur
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31 July
2012
26 May
2014
Template:Ayd
30 bgcolor="Template:Party color" | File:The official portrait of Defence Minister Shri Rajnath Singh.jpg Rajnath Singh
(born 1951)
MP for Lucknow
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27 May
2014
30 May
2019
Template:Ayd Bharatiya Janata Party Modi I rowspan="3" bgcolor="Template:Party color" | Narendra Modi
31 rowspan="2" bgcolor="Template:Party color" | File:Amit Shah photographed during the first Union Cabinet Meeting of the 18th Lok Sabha (cropped).jpg Amit Shah
(born 1964)
MP for Gandhinagar
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31 May
2019
9 June
2024
Template:Ayd Modi II
10 June
2024
Incumbent Modi III

Ministers of state

No. Portrait Minister
(birth-death)
Constituency
Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
Term of office Political party Ministry Prime Minister
From To Period
1 bgcolor="Template:Party color"| Rustom Khurshedji Sidhwa
(1882Template:Ndash1957)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
11 October
1951
13 May
1952
Template:Ayd Indian National Congress Nehru I rowspan="6" bgcolor="Template:Party color"| Jawaharlal Nehru
2 rowspan="3" bgcolor="Template:Party color"| File:B. N. Datar Lok Sabha photo.jpg B. N. Datar
(1894Template:Ndash1963)
MP for Belgaum
Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
14 February
1956
17 April
1957
Template:Ayd Nehru II
17 April
1957
10 April
1962
Nehru III
16 April
1962
13 February
1963
Nehru IV
3 bgcolor="Template:Party color"| File:Ramchandra Martand Hajarnavis.jpg Ramchandra Martand Hajarnavis
(1908Template:Ndash1976)
MP for Bhandara
Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
22 February
1963
10 March
1964
Template:Ayd
4 rowspan="5" bgcolor="Template:Party color"| File:Jaisukh lal Hathi.png Jaisukhlal Hathi
(1909Template:Ndash1982)
MP for Gujarat (Rajya Sabha)
Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
10 March
1964
27 May
1964
Template:Ayd
27 May
1964
9 June
1964
Nanda I bgcolor="Template:Party color"| Gulzarilal Nanda
9 June
1964
11 January
1966
Shastri bgcolor="Template:Party color"| Lal Bahadur Shastri
11 January
1966
24 January
1966
Nanda II bgcolor="Template:Party color"| Gulzarilal Nanda
24 January
1966
13 November
1966
Indira I rowspan="2" bgcolor="Template:Party color"| Indira Gandhi
5 bgcolor="Template:Party color"| File:Vidya Charan Shukla (cropped).jpg Vidya Charan Shukla
(1929Template:Ndash2013)
MP for Mahasamund
Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
13 March
1967
27 June
1970
Template:Ayd
6 bgcolor="Template:Party color"| File:Ram Niwas Mirdha (cropped).jpg Ram Niwas Mirdha
(1924Template:Ndash2010)
MP for Rajasthan (Rajya Sabha)
Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
(Personnel and Administrative Reforms)
27 June
1970
18 March
1971
Template:Ayd Indian National Congress (R) rowspan="4" bgcolor="Template:Party color"|
7 rowspan="2" bgcolor="Template:Party color"| File:Shri K.C Pant (cropped).jpg K. C. Pant
(1931Template:Ndash2012)
MP for Nainital
Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
27 June
1970
18 March
1971
Template:Ayd
18 March
1971
9 November
1973
Indira II
8 bgcolor="Template:Party color"| Om Mehta
(1927Template:Ndash1995)
MP for Jammu and Kashmir
Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
(Personnel and Administrative Reforms)
10 October
1974
24 March
1977
Template:Ayd
9 bgcolor="Template:Party color"| S. D. Patil
MP for ErandolScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
14 August
1977
28 July
1979
Template:Ayd Janata Party Desai rowspan="2" bgcolor="Template:Party color"| Morarji Desai
10 bgcolor="Template:Party color"| Dhanik Lal Mandal
(1932Template:Ndash2022)
MP for Jhanjharpur
Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
14 August
1977
15 July
1979
Template:Ayd
bgcolor="Template:Party color"| 30 July
1979
14 January
1980
Janata Party (Secular) Charan bgcolor="Template:Party color"| Charan Singh
11 bgcolor="Template:Party color"| Pendekanti Venkatasubbaiah
(1921Template:Ndash1993)
MP for Nandyal
Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
14 January
1980
31 October
1984
Template:Ayd Indian National Congress (I) Indira III rowspan="4" bgcolor="Template:Party color"| Indira Gandhi
12 bgcolor="Template:Party color"| Yogendra Makwana
(born 1933)
MP for Gujarat (Rajya Sabha)
Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
14 January
1980
15 January
1982
Template:Ayd
13 bgcolor="Template:Party color"| Nihar Ranjan Laskar
(born 1932)
MP for Karimganj
Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
15 January
1982
7 February
1984
Template:Ayd
14 bgcolor="Template:Party color"| File:Ram Dulari Sinha official portrait.gif Ram Dulari Sinha
(1922Template:Ndash1994)
MP for Sheohar
Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
7 February
1984
31 October
1984
Template:Ayd
(11) bgcolor="Template:Party color"| Pendekanti Venkatasubbaiah
(1921Template:Ndash1993)
MP for Nandyal
Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
4 November
1984
31 December
1984
Template:Ayd Rajiv I rowspan="11" bgcolor="Template:Party color"| Rajiv Gandhi
(14) rowspan="2" bgcolor="Template:Party color"| File:Ram Dulari Sinha official portrait.gif Ram Dulari Sinha
(1922Template:Ndash1994)
MP for Sheohar
Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
4 November
1984
31 December
1984
Template:Ayd
31 December
1984
25 September
1985
Rajiv II
15 bgcolor="Template:Party color"| File:Kerala Governor Khan during an inaugural function in 2023.jpg Arif Mohammad Khan
(born 1951)
MP for Bahraich
Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
12 August
1985
25 September
1986
Template:Ayd
16 bgcolor="Template:Party color"| File:P. A. Sangma official portrait.jpg P. A. Sangma
(1947Template:Ndash2016)
MP for Tura
Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
(States)
25 September
1985
20 January
1986
Template:Ayd
17 bgcolor="Template:Party color"| Arun Nehru
(1944Template:Ndash2013)
MP for Raebareli
Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
(Internal Security)
(6) bgcolor="Template:Party color"| File:Ram Niwas Mirdha (cropped).jpg Ram Niwas Mirdha
(1924Template:Ndash2010)
MP for Rajasthan (Rajya Sabha)
Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
14 March
1986
14 June
1986
Template:Ayd
18 bgcolor="Template:Party color"| File:Ghulam Nabi Azad at Healthcare Skill Summit 2013 (cropped).jpg Ghulam Nabi Azad
(born 1949)
MP for Washim
Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
(States)
12 May
1986
22 October
1986
Template:Ayd
19 bgcolor="Template:Party color"| File:Palaniappan Chidambaram - World Economic Forum Annual Meeting 2011 (cropped).jpg P. Chidambaram
(born 1945)
MP for Sivaganga
Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
24 June
1986
2 December
1989
Template:Ayd
20 bgcolor="Template:Party color"| File:Chintamani Panigrahi.JPG Chintamani Panigrahi
(1922Template:Ndash2000)
MP for Bhubaneswar
Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
22 October
1986
25 June
1988
Template:Ayd
21 bgcolor="Template:Party color"| File:Santosh Mohan Dev addressing the press conference in New Delhi on November 20, 2008 (cropped).jpg Santosh Mohan Dev
(1934Template:Ndash2017)
MP for Silchar
Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
(Internal Security)
25 June
1988
2 December
1989
Template:Ayd
22 bgcolor="Template:Party color"| File:The Union Tourism Minister, Shri Subodh Kant Sahai addressing at the National Tourism Awards 2010-2011 presentation ceremony, in New Delhi on February 29, 2012.jpg Subodh Kant Sahay
(born 1951)
MP for Ranchi
Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
23 April
1990
5 November
1990
Template:Ayd Janata Dal Vishwanath bgcolor="Template:Party color"| Vishwanath Pratap Singh
bgcolor="Template:Party color"| 21 November
1990
21 June
1991
Template:Ayd Samajwadi Janata Party (Rashtriya) Chandra Shekhar bgcolor="Template:Party color"| Chandra Shekhar
23 bgcolor="Template:Party color"| File:M.M. Jacob photo.jpg M. M. Jacob
(1926Template:Ndash2018)
MP for Kerala (Rajya Sabha)
Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
21 June
1991
17 January
1993
Template:Ayd Indian National Congress (I) Rao rowspan="6" bgcolor="Template:Party color"| P. V. Narasimha Rao
24 bgcolor="Template:Party color"| File:Rajesh Pilot 2008 stamp of India.jpg Rajesh Pilot
(1945Template:Ndash2000)
MP for Dausa
Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
(Internal Security)
18 January
1993
15 September
1995
Template:Ayd
25 bgcolor="Template:Party color"| File:P.M. Sayeed.jpg P. M. Sayeed
(1941Template:Ndash2005)
MP for Lakshadweep
Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
19 January
1993
Template:Ayd
26 bgcolor="Template:Party color"| File:Syed Sibtey Razi in 2015 (cropped).jpg Syed Sibtey Razi
(1939Template:Ndash2022)
MP for Uttar Pradesh (Rajya Sabha)
Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
15 September
1995
16 May
1996
Template:Ayd
27 bgcolor="Template:Party color"| Ram Lal Rahi
(1934Template:Ndash2020)
MP for Misrikh
Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
28 bgcolor="Template:Party color"| Meijinlung Kamson
(born 1939)
MP for Outer Manipur
Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
29 bgcolor="Template:Party color"| File:Mohammad Taslimuddin (cropped).jpg Mohammed Taslimuddin
(1943Template:Ndash2017)
MP for Kishanganj
Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
1 June
1996
9 June
1996
Template:Ayd Janata Dal Deve Gowda rowspan="2" bgcolor="Template:Party color"| H. D. Deve Gowda
30 rowspan="2" bgcolor="Template:Party color"| Maqbool Dar
(1943Template:Ndash2008)
MP for Anantnag
Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
10 July
1996
21 April
1997
Template:Ayd
1 May
1997
19 March
1998
Template:Ayd Gujral bgcolor="Template:Party color"| Inder Kumar Gujral
31 bgcolor="Template:Party color"| File:Governor Ram Naik.jpg Ram Naik
(born 1934)
MP for Mumbai North
Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
5 May
1999
13 October
1999
Template:Ayd Bharatiya Janata Party Vajpayee II rowspan="5" bgcolor="Template:Party color"| Atal Bihari Vajpayee
32 bgcolor="Template:Party color"| File:I. D. Swami at 52nd All India Police Athletic Championship 2003.jpg I. D. Swami
(1929Template:Ndash2019)
MP for Karnal
Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
13 October
1999
22 May
2004
Template:Ayd Vajpayee III
33 bgcolor="Template:Party color"| File:C. Vidyasagar Rao with Venkaiah Naidu (cropped).png C. Vidyasagar Rao
(born 1941)
MP for Karimnagar
Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
13 October
1999
29 January
2003
Template:Ayd
34 bgcolor="Template:Party color"| File:Harin Pathak 2014-01-21 09-56.jpg Harin Pathak
(born 1947)
MP for Ahmedabad East
Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
29 January
2003
22 May
2004
Template:Ayd
35 bgcolor="Template:Party color"| File:Swami Chinmayanand releasing a book in 2004 (cropped).jpg Chinmayanand Swami
(born 1947)
MP for Jaunpur
Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
24 May
2003
22 May
2004
Template:Ayd
36 bgcolor="Template:Party color"| File:Manikrao Gavit taking office in 2013 (cropped).jpg Manikrao Hodlya Gavit
(1934Template:Ndash2022)
MP for Nandurbar
Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
23 May
2004
6 April
2007
Template:Ayd Indian National Congress Manmohan I rowspan="10" bgcolor="Template:Party color"| Manmohan Singh
37 bgcolor="Template:Party color"| File:Shriprakash Jaiswal delivering speech 2007 (cropped).jpg Shriprakash Jaiswal
(born 1944)
MP for Kanpur
Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
23 May
2004
22 May
2009
Template:Ayd
38 bgcolor="Template:Party color"| File:S. Regupathy in 2004 (cropped).jpg S. Regupathy
(born 1950)
MP for Pudukkottai
Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
23 May
2004
15 May
2007
Template:Ayd Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
38 bgcolor="Template:Party color"| File:V. Radhika Selvi (cropped).jpg V. Radhika Selvi
(born 1976)
MP for Tiruchendur
Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
18 May
2007
22 May
2009
Template:Ayd
39 bgcolor="Template:Party color"| File:Shakeel Ahmad briefing media April 2008 (cropped).jpg Shakeel Ahmad
(born 1956)
MP for Madhubani
Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
6 April
2008
22 May
2009
Template:Ayd Indian National Congress
40 bgcolor="Template:Party color"| File:Mullappally Ramachandran.jpg Mullappally Ramachandran
(born 1944)
MP for Vatakara
Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
28 May
2009
26 May
2014
Template:Ayd Manmohan II
41 bgcolor="Template:Party color"| File:Ajay Maken (cropped).jpg Ajay Maken
(born 1964)
MP for New Delhi
Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
28 May
2009
19 January
2011
Template:Ayd
42 bgcolor="Template:Party color"| File:Gurudas Kamat New Delhi on November 15, 2010.jpg Gurudas Kamat
(1954–2018)
MP for Mumbai North West
Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
19 January
2011
12 July
2011
Template:Ayd
43 bgcolor="Template:Party color"| File:Maharaja Jitendra Singh Naruka of Alwar.jpg Jitendra Singh
(born 1971)
MP for Alwar
Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
12 July
2011
28 October
2012
Template:Ayd
44 bgcolor="Template:Party color"| File:The Prime Minister of Bhutan, Mr. Lyonchhen Tshering Tobgay meeting the Minister of State for Home, Shri R.P.N. Singh, in New Delhi on August 30, 2013 (cropped).jpg R. P. N. Singh
(born 1964)
MP for Kushi Nagar
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28 October
2012
26 May
2014
Template:Ayd
45 bgcolor="Template:Party color"| File:Kiren Rijiju with Modi (cropped).jpg Kiren Rijiju
(born 1971)
MP for Arunachal West
Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
26 May
2014
30 May
2019
Template:Ayd Bharatiya Janata Party Modi I rowspan="9" bgcolor="Template:Party color"| Narendra Modi
46 bgcolor="Template:Party color"| File:Shri Haribhai Parthibhai Chaudhary taking charge as the Minister of State for Coal, in New Delhi on September 05, 2017.jpg Haribhai Parthibhai Chaudhary
(born 1954)
MP for Banaskantha
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9 November
2014
5 July
2016
Template:Ayd
47 bgcolor="Template:Party color"| File:HG Ahir Meets CM Fadnavis.jpg Hansraj Gangaram Ahir
(born 1954)
MP for Chandrapur
Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
5 July
2016
30 May
2019
Template:Ayd
48 bgcolor="Template:Party color"| File:Shri G. Kishan Reddy, in New Delhi on August 09, 2019.jpg G. Kishan Reddy
(born 1964)
MP for Secunderabad
Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
31 May
2019
7 July
2021
Template:Ayd Modi II
49 bgcolor="Template:Party color"| File:Nityanand Rai (cropped).jpg Nityanand Rai
(born 1966)
MP for Ujiarpur
Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
31 May
2019
9 June
2024
Template:Ayd
50 bgcolor="Template:Party color"| File:Ajay Mishra Teni (cropped).jpg Ajay Mishra Teni
(born 1960)
MP for Kheri
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7 July
2021
9 June
2024
Template:Ayd
51 bgcolor="Template:Party color"| File:Shri Nisith Pramanik Minister.jpg Nisith Pramanik
(born 1986)
MP for Cooch Behar
Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
(49) bgcolor="Template:Party color"| File:Nityanand Rai (cropped).jpg Nityanand Rai
(born 1966)
MP for Ujiarpur
Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
10 June
2024
Incumbent Template:Ayd Modi III
52 bgcolor="Template:Party color"| File:Sanjay Bandi Bjp.png Bandi Sanjay Kumar
(born 1971)
MP for Karimnagar
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Deputy ministers

No. Portrait Minister
(birth-death)
Constituency
Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
Term of office Political party Ministry Prime Minister
From To Period
1 bgcolor="Template:Party color"| File:B. N. Datar Lok Sabha photo.jpg B. N. Datar
(1894Template:Ndash1963)
MP for Belgaum North
Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
12 August
1952
14 February
1956
Template:Ayd Indian National Congress Nehru II rowspan="6" bgcolor="Template:Party color"| Jawaharlal Nehru
2 bgcolor="Template:Party color"| File:Violet Alva stamp (cropped).jpg Violet Alva
(1909Template:Ndash1969)
MP for Bombay (Rajya Sabha)
Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
23 April
1957
10 April
1962
Template:Ayd Indian National Congress Nehru III
3 bgcolor="Template:Party color"| File:Maragatham Chandrasekar Lok Sabha portrait.gif Maragatham Chandrasekar
(1917Template:Ndash2001)
MP for Sriperumbudur
Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
8 May
1962
27 May
1964
Template:Ayd Indian National Congress Nehru IV
4 bgcolor="Template:Party color"| File:Lalit Narayan Mishra 1976 stamp of India.jpg Lalit Narayan Mishra
(1923Template:Ndash1975)
MP for Bihar (Rajya Sabha)
Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
26 February
1964
27 May
1964
Template:Ayd
(3) bgcolor="Template:Party color"| File:Maragatham Chandrasekar Lok Sabha portrait.gif Maragatham Chandrasekar
(1917Template:Ndash2001)
MP for Sriperumbudur
Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
27 May
1964
9 June
1964
Template:Ayd Nanda I rowspan="2" bgcolor="Template:Party color"| Gulzarilal Nanda
(4) rowspan="3" bgcolor="Template:Party color"| File:Lalit Narayan Mishra 1976 stamp of India.jpg Lalit Narayan Mishra
(1923Template:Ndash1975)
MP for Bihar (Rajya Sabha)
Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
27 May
1964
9 June
1964
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9 June
1964
11 January
1966
Shastri bgcolor="Template:Party color"| Lal Bahadur Shastri
11 January
1966
24 January
1966
Nanda II bgcolor="Template:Party color"| Gulzarilal Nanda
5 bgcolor="Template:Party color"| File:Purnendu Sekhar Naskar Lok Sabha image.gif Purnendu Sekhar Naskar
(1921-1993)
MP for Mathurapur
Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
24 January
1966
13 March
1967
Template:Ayd Indira I rowspan="3" bgcolor="Template:Party color"| Indira Gandhi
6 bgcolor="Template:Party color"| File:Vidya Charan Shukla (cropped).jpg Vidya Charan Shukla
(1929Template:Ndash2013)
MP for Mahasamund
Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
14 February
1966
13 March
1967
Template:Ayd
7 bgcolor="Template:Party color"| K. S. Ramaswamy
(1922Template:Ndash2004)
MP for Madras (Rajya Sabha)
Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
18 March
1967
18 March
1971
Template:Ayd Indira II
8 bgcolor="Template:Party color"| Fakruddinsab Hussensab Mohsin
(1923Template:Ndash1996)
MP for Dharwad South
Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
2 May
1971
24 March
1977
Template:Ayd Indian National Congress (R) Indira III bgcolor="Template:Party color"| Indira Gandhi
9 bgcolor="Template:Party color"| Ram Lal Rahi
(1934Template:Ndash2020)
MP for Misrikh
Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".
21 June
1991
15 September
1995
Template:Ayd Indian National Congress (I) Rao bgcolor="Template:Party color"| P. V. Narasimha Rao
<templatestyles src="Nobold/styles.css"/>Position not in use since 1995

References

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External links

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