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{{Infobox political post
| border = parliamentary
| minister = not_prime
| insignia = Emblem of India.svg
| insigniasize = 25px
| insigniacaption = [[Emblem of India]]
| department = [[Ministry of Home Affairs (India)|Ministry of Home Affairs]]
|style = [[The Honourable]]
| post = Minister of Home Affairs
| image = Amit shah official portrait.jpg
| incumbent = [[Amit Shah]]
| incumbent_since = 30 May 2019
| member_of = Union Cabinet National Security Council
| reports_to = [[Prime Minister of India |Prime Minister]], 
[[Parliament of India]]
| seat = North Block, [[Rashtrapati Bhavan]], [[New Delhi]]
| appointer = [[President of India|President]] on the advice of the [[Prime Minister of India|Prime Minister]]
| termlength = 5 years
| formation = 15 August 1947
|body=|flag=Flag of India.svg|flagsize=50px|flagcaption=[[Flag of India]]|website={{url|https://mha.gov.in}}|abbreviation=HM|inaugural=[[Sardar Vallabhai Patel]]|incumbentsince=30 May 2019}}
The '''Minister of Home Affairs''' (or simply, the '''Home Minister''') is the head of the [[Ministry of Home Affairs (India)|Ministry of Home Affairs]] of the [[Government of India]].

==List of Home Ministers==
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="width:70%;"
|- align=center
! №
! Name
! width=75|Portrait
! colspan="2"|Term of office
! colspan=2|Political party (Alliance)
!Prime Minister
|- align=center
|1
| [[Vallabhbhai Patel]]
| [[File:Sardar patel (cropped).jpg|75px]]
| 15 August 1947
| 12 December 1950
| rowspan="12"| [[Indian National Congress]]
|width="4px" bgcolor="{{Indian National Congress/meta/color}}" rowspan=12|
| rowspan="6"| [[Jawaharlal Nehru]]
|- align=center
|2
| [[Jawaharlal Nehru]]
|
| 12 December 1950
| 26 December 1950
|- align=center
|3
| [[C. Rajagopalachari]]
| [[File:C Rajagopalachari 1944.jpg|75px]]
| 26 December 1950
| 05 November 1951
|- align=center
|4
| [[Kailash Nath Katju]]
|
| 05 November 1951
| 10 January 1955
|- align=center
|5
| [[Govind Ballabh Pant]]
|[[File:Pandit Govind Ballabh Pant.jpg|75px]]
| 10 January 1955
| 25 February 1961
|- align=center
|6
| [[Lal Bahadur Shastri]]
| [[File:Lal Bahadur Shastri (cropped).jpg|75px]]
| 25 February 1961
| 01 September 1963
|- align=center
|7
| [[Gulzarilal Nanda]]
| [[File:Gulzarilal Nanda (cropped).jpg|75px]]
| 01 September 1963
| 09 November 1966
| Jawaharlal Nehru [[Lal Bahadur Shastri]] [[Indira Gandhi]]
|- align=center
|8
| [[Indira Gandhi]]
|[[File:Indira Gandhi 1977.jpg|75px]]
| 09 November 1966
| 13 November 1966
| rowspan="5"| Indira Gandhi
|- align=center
|9
| [[Yashwantrao Chavan]]
|
| 13 November 1966
| 27 June 1970
|- align=center
|(8)
| [[Indira Gandhi]]
| [[File:Indira Gandhi 1977.jpg|75px]]
| 27 June 1970
| 05 February 1973
|- align=center
|10
| [[Uma Shankar Dikshit]]
|
| 05 February 1973
| 10 October 1974
|- align=center
|11
| [[Kasu Brahmananda Reddy]]
|
| 10 October 1974
| 24 March 1977
|- align=center
|12
| [[Charan Singh]]
|[[File:Charan Singh 1990 stamp of India.jpg|75px]]
| 24 March 1977
| 01 July 1978
| rowspan="3"| [[Janata Party]]
|width="4px" bgcolor="{{Janata Party/meta/color}}" rowspan=3|
| rowspan="3"| [[Morarji Desai]]
|- align=center
|13
| [[Morarji Desai]]
| [[File:Morarji Desai During his visit to the United States of America .jpg|75px]]
| 01 July 1978
| 24 January 1979
|- align=center
|14
| [[Hirubhai M. Patel]]
|
| 24 January 1979
| 28 July 1979
|- align=center
|(9)
| [[Yashwantrao Chavan]]
|
| 28 July 1979
| 14 January 1980
| [[Janata Party (Secular)]]
|width="4px" bgcolor="{{Janata Party (Secular)/meta/color}}" rowspan=1|
| [[Charan Singh]]
|- align=center
|15
| [[Zail Singh]]
|
| 14 January 1980
| 22 June 1982
| rowspan=7| Indian National Congress
|width="4px" bgcolor="{{Indian National Congress/meta/color}}" rowspan=7|
| rowspan=3| Indira Gandhi
|- align=center
|16
| [[R. Venkataraman]]
| [[File:R Venkataraman (cropped).jpg|75px]]
| 22 June 1982
| 02 September 1982
|- align=center
|17
| [[Prakash Chandra Sethi]]
|
| 02 September 1982
| 19 July 1984
|- align=center
|18
| [[P. V. Narasimha Rao]]
| [[File:Pumapaparti.N.rao.jpg|75px]]
| 19 July 1984
| 31 December 1984
| Indira Gandhi [[Rajiv Gandhi]]
|- align=center
|19
| [[Shankarrao Chavan]]
|
| 31 December 1984
| 12 March 1986
| rowspan="3"| Rajiv Gandhi
|- align=center
|(19)
| [[P. V. Narasimha Rao]]
| [[File:Pumapaparti.N.rao.jpg|75px]]
| 12 March 1986
| 12 May 1986
|- align=center
|20
| [[Buta Singh]]
| [[File:Buta Singh at DJ Sheizwoods house (11) (cropped).jpg|75px]]
| 12 May 1986
| 02 December 1989
|- align=center
|21
| [[Mufti Mohammad Sayeed]]
| [[File:Mufti Mohammad Sayeed.jpg|75px]]
| 02 December 1989
| 10 November 1990
| [[Janata Dal]] ([[National Front (India)|National Front]])
|width="4px" bgcolor="{{Janata Dal/meta/color}}" rowspan=1|
| [[V. P. Singh]]
|- align=center
|22
| [[Chandra Shekhar]]
|
| 10 November 1990
| 21 June 1991
| [[Samajwadi Janata Party (Rashtriya)|Samajwadi Janata Party]] (National Front)
|width="4px" bgcolor="{{Samajwadi Janata Party (Rashtriya)/meta/color}}" rowspan=1|
| Chandra Shekhar
|- align=center
|(20)
| [[Shankarrao Chavan]]
|
| 21 June 1991
| 16 May 1996
| Indian National Congress
|width="4px" bgcolor="{{Indian National Congress/meta/color}}" rowspan=1|
| [[P. V. Narasimha Rao]]
|- align=center
|23
| [[Murli Manohar Joshi]]
| [[File:Murli Manohar Joshi MP.jpg|75px]]
| 16 May 1996
| 1 June 1996
| [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
|width="4px" bgcolor="{{Bharatiya Janata Party/meta/color}}" rowspan=1|
| [[Atal Bihari Vajpayee]]
|- align=center
|25
| [[H. D. Deve Gowda]]
| [[File:Deve Gowda BNC.jpg|75px]]
| 1 June 1996
| 29 June 1996
| [[Janata Dal]] ([[United Front (India)|United Front]])
|width="4px" bgcolor="{{Janata Dal/meta/color}}" rowspan=1|
| [[H. D. Deve Gowda]]
|- align=center
|25
| [[Indrajit Gupta]]
|
| 29 June 1996
| 19 March 1998
| [[Communist Party of India]] ([[United Front (India)|United Front]])
| width="4px" style="background-color: {{Communist Party of India/meta/color}}" |
| [[H. D. Deve Gowda]] [[I. K. Gujral]]
|- align=center
|26
| [[L. K. Advani]]
| [[File:Lal Krishna Advani 2008-12-4.jpg|80px]]
| 19 March 1998
| 22 May 2004
| [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] ([[National Democratic Alliance (India)|National Democratic Alliance]])
|width="4px" bgcolor="{{Bharatiya Janata Party/meta/color}}" rowspan=1|
| [[Atal Bihari Vajpayee]]
|- align=center
|27
| [[Shivraj Patil]]
| [[File:Shivraj Patil.jpg|75px]]
| 22 May 2004
| 30 November 2008
| rowspan="3"| [[Indian National Congress]] ([[United Progressive Alliance]])
|width="4px" bgcolor="{{Indian National Congress/meta/color}}" rowspan=3|
| rowspan="3"| [[Manmohan Singh]]
|- align=center
|28
| [[P. Chidambaram]]
| [[File:Pchidambaram (cropped).jpg|75px]]
| 30 November 2008
| 31 July 2012
|- align=center
|29
| [[Sushilkumar Shinde]]
| [[File:Sushilkumar Shinde.JPG|75px]]
| 31 July 2012
| 26 May 2014
|- align=center
|30
| [[Rajnath Singh]]
| [[File:Rajnath.jpg|75px]]
| 26 May 2014
| 30 May 2019
| rowspan="2" | [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] ([[National Democratic Alliance (India)|National Democratic Alliance]])
| rowspan="2" width="4px" bgcolor="{{Bharatiya Janata Party/meta/color}}" |
| rowspan="2" | [[Narendra Modi]]
|- align=center
|31
| [[Amit Shah]]
| [[File:Amit shah official portrait.jpg|75px]]
| 30 May 2019
| Incumbent
|}

==Ministers of State of Home Affairs==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|- style="text-align:center; background:#f0f0f0;"
! №
! Name
! colspan="2"|Term of office
! colspan="2"|Political Party
! Prime Minister
! Minister of Home Affairs
|-
|1
|[[Subodh Kant Sahay]]<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://164.100.47.132/LssNew/members/former_Biography.aspx?mpsno=3400 |title=Fifteenth Lok Sabha, Members Bioprofile : Sahai, Shri Subodh Kant |access-date=2019-08-28 |archive-date=2014-10-06 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141006145108/http://164.100.47.132/LssNew/members/former_Biography.aspx?mpsno=3400 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
|April 1990
|November 1990
|rowspan=1|[[Janata Dal]] ([[National Front (India)|National Front]])
|width="4px" bgcolor="{{Janata Dal/meta/color}}" rowspan=1|
|rowspan=1|[[V. P. Singh]]
|[[Mufti Mohammed Sayeed]]
|-
|rowspan="2"|2
|rowspan="2"|[[Shriprakash Jaiswal]]<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://164.100.47.132/LssNew/members/former_Biography.aspx?mpsno=164 |title=Fifteenth Lok Sabha, Members Bioprofile : Jaiswal, Shri Sriprakash |access-date=2019-08-28 |archive-date=2016-10-05 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161005082118/http://164.100.47.132/LssNew/members/former_Biography.aspx?mpsno=164 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
|rowspan="2"|23 May 2004
|rowspan="2"|2009
|rowspan="3"|[[Indian National Congress]] ([[United Progressive Alliance]])
|width="4px" bgcolor="{{Indian National Congress/meta/color}}" rowspan="3"|
|rowspan="3"|[[Manmohan Singh]]
|[[Shivraj Patil]]
|-
|[[P. Chidambaram]]
|-
|3
|[[R. P. N. Singh]]<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://164.100.47.132/LssNew/members/former_Biography.aspx?mpsno=4345 |title=Fifteenth Lok Sabha, Members Bioprofile : Singh, Shri Ratanjit Pratap Narain |access-date=2019-08-28 |archive-date=2014-10-06 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141006105650/http://164.100.47.132/LssNew/members/former_Biography.aspx?mpsno=4345 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
|28 October 2012
|26 May 2014
|[[Sushilkumar Shinde]]
|-
|4
|[[Kiren Rijiju]]
|26 May 2014
|30 May 2019
|rowspan="3" |[[Bharatiya Janata Party]] ([[National Democratic Alliance (India)|National Democratic Alliance]])
|rowspan="3" width="4px" bgcolor="{{Bharatiya Janata Party/meta/color}}" |
|rowspan="3" |[[Narendra Modi]]
|[[Rajnath Singh]]
|-
|5
|[[G. Kishan Reddy]]
|rowspan="2" |30 May 2019
|rowspan="2" |Incumbent
|rowspan="2" |[[Amit Shah]]
|-
|6
|[[Nityanand Rai]]
|}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==Other websites==
*[http://mha.gov.in Home Ministry, Govt. of India]
*[https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/amit-shah-home-minister-rajnath-finance-minister-new-list-of-cabinet-ministers-in-modi-govt-1539264-2019-05-31 Amit Shah take charge of Home Ministry of India 2019]

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