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{{Infobox political post
{{Short description|Head of the Ministry of Home Affairs of the Government of India}}{{More citations needed|date=August 2025}}
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| 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 <br /> National Security Council
| reports_to = [[Prime Minister of India |Prime Minister]],<br>
[[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==
{{Use Indian English|date=September 2019}}
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| post = Minister of Home Affairs
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! width=75|Portrait
| native_name = {{transliteration|hi|Gr̥ha Mantrī}}
! colspan="2"|Term of office
| flag = Flag of India.svg
! colspan=2|Political party<br /><small>(Alliance)</small>
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!Prime Minister
| flagcaption = [[Flag of India]]
|- align=center
| insignia = Ministry of Home Affairs India.svg
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| [[Vallabhbhai Patel]]
| insigniacaption = [[Emblem of India]]
| [[File:Sardar patel (cropped).jpg|75px]]
| image = Amit Shah photographed during the first Union Cabinet Meeting of the 18th Lok Sabha (cropped).jpg
| 15 August 1947
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| 12 December 1950
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| member_of = [[Union Cabinet of India]]<br>[[Cabinet Committee on Security]]
| reports_to = [[President of India]]<br>[[Prime Minister of India]]<br>[[Parliament of India]]
| residence = 6A, Krishna Menon Marg, [[New Delhi]]
| seat = Room No. 104, [[North Block]], [[New Delhi]]
| nominator =
| appointer = [[President of India]]
| appointer_qualified = on the recommendation of the [[Prime Minister of India|Prime Minister]]
| termlength =
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| formation = 15 August 1947
| first = [[Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel]]
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| deputy = [[Minister of Home Affairs (India)#Ministers of State|Minister of State for Home Affairs]]
| salary =
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{{Politics of India}}
The '''Minister of Home Affairs''' or the '''Home Minister''' is the head of the [[Ministry of Home Affairs (India)|Ministry of Home Affairs]] of the [[Government of India]]. One of the senior-most portfolios in the [[Cabinet of India|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 of India|prime minister]] in the [[union cabinet]]. Like Patel, several home ministers have since held the additional portfolio of [[Deputy Prime Minister of India|deputy prime minister]]. As of today, three home ministers have gone on to become the prime minister: [[Lal Bahadur Shastri]], [[Charan Singh]] and [[P. V. Narasimha Rao]]. [[Amit Shah]] is the current and the longest serving home minister in [[History of India (1947–present)|history]] from 30 May 2019 till date.<ref>{{Cite news |date=6 August 2025 |title=Amit Shah now India's longest-serving home minister. |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/amit-shah-now-indias-longest-serving-home-minister/articleshow/123127647.cms |access-date=6 August 2025 |work=The Times Of India}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=5 August 2025 |title=Amit Shah becomes longest-serving Home Minister, PM Modi praises tenure. |url=https://ddnews.gov.in/en/amit-shah-becomes-longest-serving-home-minister-pm-modi-praises-tenure/ |access-date=5 August 2025 |work=DD News}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=5 August 2025 |title=Amit Shah Breaks LK Advani's Record To Become Longest-Serving Home Minister. |url=https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/amit-shah-breaks-lk-advanis-record-to-become-longest-serving-home-minister-9021261 |access-date=5 August 2025 |work=NDTV}}</ref>
 
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.{{Citation needed|date=August 2025}} The current minister is [[Amit Shah]] of the [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] who has been in office since 30 May 2019 and succeeded his party colleague [[Rajnath Singh]] as the home minister.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Union Home Minister – Shri Amit Shah |url=https://www.mha.gov.in/en/about-us/meet-the-minister/union-home-minister |access-date=2025-08-22 |website=Ministry of Home Affairs}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=1 June 2019 |title=India's security, welfare of people Modi govt's priority: Amit Shah after taking charge as Home Minister |url=https://news.abplive.com/news/india/indias-security-welfare-of-people-modi-govts-priority-amit-shah-after-taking-charge-as-home-minister-1003999 |access-date=2025-08-22 |work=ABP News}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=31 May 2019 |title=Amit Shah is Home Minister, Rajnath is Defence Minister: Full list of new portfolios in Modi govt |url=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 |access-date=2025-08-22 |work=India Today}}</ref>
 
==Cabinet ministers==
 
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
! rowspan="2" |No.
! colspan="2" rowspan="2" |Portrait
! rowspan="2" style="width:17em" |Minister<br>{{small|(birth-death)<br>Constituency}}
! colspan="3" |Term of office
! rowspan="2" style="width:8em" |Political party
! rowspan="2" style="width:6em" | Ministry
! rowspan="2" colspan="2" |Prime Minister
|-
! style="width:8em"| From
! style="width:8em"| To
! style="width:6em"| Period
|-
! 1
| bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress}}" |
| [[File:Sardar patel (cropped).jpg|70px]]
| '''[[Vallabhbhai Patel]]'''<br>{{small|(1875{{ndash}}1950)<br>MCA for [[Bombay Presidency|Bombay]]}}<br>(Deputy Prime Minister)
| 15 August<br>1947
| 15 December<br>1950<br/>{{small|''(died in office)''}}
| '''{{ayd|1947|8|15|1950|12|15}}'''
| rowspan="16"| [[Indian National Congress]]
| rowspan="4"| [[First Nehru ministry|Nehru I]]
| rowspan="10" bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress}}" |
| rowspan="10" style="width:9em"| '''[[Jawaharlal Nehru]]'''
|-
! 2
| bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress}}" |
| [[File:Jawaharlal Nehru close-up (cropped).jpg|70px]]
| '''[[Jawaharlal Nehru]]'''<br>{{small|(1889{{ndash}}1964)<br>MP for [[United Provinces (1937–1950)|United Provinces]]}}<br>(Prime Minister)
| 15 December<br>1950
| 26 December<br>1950
| '''{{ayd|1950|12|15|1950|12|26}}'''
|-
! 3
| bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress}}" |
| [[File:C Rajagopalachari 1944.jpg|70px]]
| '''[[C. Rajagopalachari]]'''<br>{{small|(1878{{ndash}}1972)<br>''Unelected''}}
| 26 December<br>1950
| 5 November<br>1951
| '''{{ayd|1950|12|26|1951|11|5}}'''
|-
! rowspan="2"| 4
| rowspan="2" bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress}}" |
| rowspan="2"| [[File:Kailash Nath Katju.jpg|70px]]
| rowspan="2"| '''[[Kailash Nath Katju]]'''<br>{{small|(1887{{ndash}}1968)<br>MP for [[Mandsaur Lok Sabha constituency|Mandsaur]]}}
| 5 November<br>1951
| 13 May<br>1952
| rowspan="2"| '''{{ayd|1951|11|5|1955|1|10}}'''
|-
| 13 May<br>1952
| 10 January<br>1955
| rowspan="2"| [[Second Nehru ministry|Nehru II]]
|-
! rowspan="2"| 5
| rowspan="2" bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress}}" |
| rowspan="2"| [[File:Pandit Govind Ballabh Pant.jpg|70px]]
| rowspan="2"| '''[[Govind Ballabh Pant]]'''<br>{{small|(1887{{ndash}}1961)<br>Rajya Sabha MP for [[Uttar Pradesh]]}}
| 10 January<br>1955
| 17 April<br>1957
| rowspan="2"| '''{{ayd|1955|1|10|1961|3|7}}'''
|-
| 17 April<br>1957
| 7 March<br>1961<br/>{{small|''(died in office)''}}
| rowspan="2"| [[Third Nehru ministry|Nehru III]]
|-
! rowspan="2"| 6
| rowspan="2" bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress}}" |
| rowspan="2"| [[File:Lal Bahadur Shastri (from stamp).jpg|70px]]
| rowspan="2"| '''[[Lal Bahadur Shastri]]'''<br>{{small|(1904{{ndash}}1966)<br>MP for [[Allahabad Lok Sabha constituency|Allahabad]]}}
| 8 March <br>1961
| 10 April<br>1962
| rowspan="2"| '''{{ayd|1961|2|26|1963|9|1}}'''
|-
| 11 April<br>1962
| 29 August<br>1963
| rowspan="2"| [[Fourth Nehru ministry|Nehru IV]]
|-
! rowspan="5"| 7
| rowspan="5" bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress}}" |
| rowspan="5"| [[File:Gulzarilal Nanda 1.jpg|70px]]
| rowspan="5"| '''[[Gulzarilal Nanda]]'''<br>{{small|(1898{{ndash}}1998)<br>MP for [[Sabarkantha Lok Sabha constituency|Sabarkantha]]}}<br/>(Prime Minister from<br/>27 May{{snd}}9 June 1964; and<br/>11{{snd}}24 January 1966)
| 1 September<br>1963
| 27 May<br>1964
| rowspan="5"| '''{{ayd|1963|9|1|1966|11|9}}'''
|-
| 27 May<br>1964
| 9 June<br>1964
| [[First Nanda ministry|Nanda I]]
| bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress}}" |
| '''Self'''
|-
| 9 June<br>1964
| 11 January<br>1966
| [[Shastri ministry|Shastri]]
| bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress}}" |
| '''[[Lal Bahadur Shastri]]'''
|-
| 11 January<br>1966
| 24 January<br>1966
| [[Second Nanda ministry|Nanda II]]
| bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress}}" |
| '''Self'''
|-
| 24 January<br>1966
| 9 November<br>1966
| rowspan="3"| [[First Indira Gandhi ministry|Indira I]]
| rowspan="3" bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress}}" |
| rowspan="8"| '''[[Indira Gandhi]]'''
|-
! 8
| bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress}}" |
| [[File:Indira Gandhi official portrait.png|70px]]
| '''[[Indira Gandhi]]'''<br>{{small|(1917{{ndash}}1984)<br>Rajya Sabha MP for [[Uttar Pradesh]]}}<br>(Prime Minister)
| 9 November<br>1966
| 13 November<br>1966
| '''{{ayd|1966|11|9|1966|11|13}}'''
|-
! rowspan="2"| 9
| rowspan="2" bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress}}" |
| rowspan="2"| [[File:Yashwantrao Chavan.jpg|70px]]
| rowspan="2"| '''[[Yashwantrao Chavan]]'''<br>{{small|(1913{{ndash}}1984)<br>MP for [[Nashik Lok Sabha constituency|Nashik]]}}
| 13 November<br>1966
| 13 March<br>1967
| rowspan="2"| '''{{ayd|1966|11|13|1970|6|27}}'''
|-
| 13 March<br>1967
| 27 June<br>1970
| rowspan="5"| [[Indian National Congress (R)]]
| rowspan="2"| [[Second Indira Gandhi ministry|Indira II]]
| rowspan="5" bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress}}" |
|-
! rowspan="2"| (8)
| rowspan="2" bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress (R)}}" |
| rowspan="2"| [[File:Indira Gandhi official portrait.png|70px]]
| rowspan="2"| '''[[Indira Gandhi]]'''<br>{{small|(1917{{ndash}}1984)<br>MP for [[Raebareli Lok Sabha constituency|Rae Bareli]]}}<br>(Prime Minister)
| 27 June<br>1970
| 13 March<br>1971
| rowspan="2"| '''{{ayd|1970|6|27|1973|2|5}}'''
|-
| 13 March<br>1971
| 5 February<br>1973
| rowspan="3"| [[Third Indira Gandhi ministry|Indira III]]
|-
! 10
| bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress (R)}}" |
| [[File:Uma Shankar Dikshit Rajya Sabha photo.jpg|70px]]
| '''[[Uma Shankar Dikshit]]'''<br>{{small|(1901{{ndash}}1991)<br>Rajya Sabha MP for [[Uttar Pradesh]]}}
| 5 February<br>1973
| 10 October<br>1974
| '''{{ayd|1973|2|5|1974|10|10}}'''
|-
! 11
| bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress (R)}}" |
| [[File:Kasu Brahmananda Reddy.jpg|70px]]
| '''[[Kasu Brahmananda Reddy]]'''<br>{{small|(1909{{ndash}}1994)<br>Rajya Sabha MP for [[Andhra Pradesh]]}}
| 10 October<br>1974
| 24 March<br>1977
| '''{{ayd|1974|10|10|1977|3|24}}'''
|-
! 12
| bgcolor="{{party color|Janata Party}}" |
| [[File:Charan Singh Portrait.jpg|70px]]
| '''[[Charan Singh]]'''<br>{{small|(1902{{ndash}}1987)<br>MP for [[Baghpat Lok Sabha constituency|Baghpat]]}}
| 24 March<br>1977
| 1 July<br>1978
| '''{{ayd|1977|3|24|1978|7|1}}'''
| rowspan="3"| [[Janata Party]]
| rowspan="3"| [[Morarji Desai ministry|Desai]]
| rowspan="3" bgcolor="{{party color|Janata Party}}" |
| rowspan="3"| '''[[Morarji Desai]]'''
|-
! 13
| bgcolor="{{party color|Janata Party}}" |
| [[File:Morarji Desai visits the USA (cropped).jpg|70px]]
| '''[[Morarji Desai]]'''<br>{{small|(1896–1995)<br>MP for [[Surat Lok Sabha constituency|Surat]]}}<br>(Prime Minister)
| 1 July<br>1978
| 24 January<br>1979
| '''{{ayd|1978|7|1|1979|1|24}}'''
|-
! 14
| bgcolor="{{party color|Janata Party}}" |
| [[File:Hirubhai M. Patel Lok Sabha photo.jpg|70px]]
| '''[[Hirubhai M. Patel]]'''<br>{{small|(1904{{ndash}}1993)<br>MP for [[Sabarkantha Lok Sabha constituency|Sabarkantha]]}}
| 24 January<br>1979
| 28 July<br>1979
| '''{{ayd|1979|1|24|1979|7|28}}'''
|-
! (9)
| bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress (Urs)}}" |
| [[File:Yashwantrao Chavan.jpg|70px]]
| '''[[Yashwantrao Chavan]]'''<br>{{small|(1913{{ndash}}1984)<br>MP for [[Satara Lok Sabha constituency|Satara]]}}<br>(Deputy Prime Minister)
| 28 July<br>1979
| 14 January<br>1980
| '''{{ayd|1979|7|28|1980|1|14}}'''
| [[Indian National Congress (Urs)]]
| [[Charan Singh ministry|Charan]]
| bgcolor="{{party color|Janata Party (Secular)}}" |
| '''[[Charan Singh]]'''
|-
! 15
| bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress (I)}}" |
| [[File:Giani Zail Singh 1995 stamp of India (cropped).png|70px]]
| '''[[Zail Singh]]'''<br>{{small|(1916{{ndash}}1994)<br>MP for [[Hoshiarpur Lok Sabha constituency|Hoshiarpur]]}}
| 14 January<br>1980
| 22 June<br>1982
| '''{{ayd|1980|1|14|1982|6|22}}'''
| rowspan="8"| [[Indian National Congress (I)]]
| rowspan="4"| [[Fourth Indira Gandhi ministry|Indira IV]]
| rowspan="4" bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress (I)}}"|
| rowspan="4"| '''[[Indira Gandhi]]'''
|-
! 16
| bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress (I)}}" |
| [[File:Ramaswamy_Venkataraman_(2012_stamp_of_India)_(cropped).jpg|70px]]
| '''[[Ramaswamy Venkataraman]]'''<br>{{small|(1910{{ndash}}2009)<br>MP for [[Chennai South Lok Sabha constituency|Chennai South]]}}
| 22 June<br>1982
| 2 September<br>1982
| '''{{ayd|1982|6|22|1982|9|2}}'''
|-
! 17
| bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress (I)}}" |
| [[File:Prakash Chandra Sethi Lok Sabha photo.jpg|70px]]
| '''[[Prakash Chandra Sethi]]'''<br>{{small|(1919{{ndash}}1996)<br>MP for [[Indore Lok Sabha constituency|Indore]]}}
| 2 September<br>1982
| 19 July<br>1984
| '''{{ayd|1982|9|2|1984|7|19}}'''
|-
! rowspan="2"| 18
| rowspan="2" bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress (I)}}" |
| rowspan="2"| [[File:Visit of Narasimha Rao, Indian Minister for Foreign Affairs, to the CEC (cropped)(2).jpg|70px]]
| rowspan="2"| '''[[P. V. Narasimha Rao]]'''<br>{{small|(1921{{ndash}}2004)<br>MP for [[Hanamkonda Lok Sabha constituency|Hanamkonda]]}}
| 19 July<br>1984
| 31 October<br>1984
| rowspan="2"| '''{{ayd|1984|7|19|1984|12|31}}'''
|-
| 31 October<br>1984
| 31 December<br>1984
| [[First Rajiv Gandhi ministry|Rajiv I]]
| rowspan="4" bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress (I)}}"|
| rowspan="4"| '''[[Rajiv Gandhi]]'''
|-
! 19
| bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress (I)}}" |
| [[File:Shankarrao Chavan 2007 stamp of India (cropped).jpg|70px]]
| '''[[Shankarrao Chavan]]'''<br>{{small|(1920{{ndash}}2004)<br>MP for [[Nanded Lok Sabha constituency|Nanded]]}}
| 31 December<br>1984
| 12 March<br>1986
| '''{{ayd|1984|12|31|1986|3|12}}'''
| rowspan="3"| [[Second Rajiv Gandhi ministry|Rajiv II]]
|-
! (18)
| bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress (I)}}" |
| [[File:Visit of Narasimha Rao, Indian Minister for Foreign Affairs, to the CEC (cropped)(2).jpg|70px]]
| '''[[P. V. Narasimha Rao]]'''<br>{{small|(1921{{ndash}}2004)<br>MP for [[Hanamkonda Lok Sabha constituency|Hanamkonda]]}}
| 12 March<br>1986
| 12 May<br>1986
| '''{{ayd|1986|3|12|1986|5|12}}'''
|-
! 20
| bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress (I)}}" |
| [[File:Buta Singh at DJ Sheizwoods house (11) (cropped).jpg|70px]]
| '''[[Buta Singh]]'''<br>{{small|(1934{{ndash}}2021)<br>MP for [[Jalore Lok Sabha constituency|Jalore]]}}
| 12 May<br>1986
| 2 December<br>1989
| '''{{ayd|1986|5|12|1989|12|2}}'''
|-
! 21
| bgcolor="{{party color|Janata Dal}}" |
| [[File:Mufti Mohammad Sayeed.jpg|70px]]
| '''[[Mufti Mohammad Sayeed]]'''<br>{{small|(1936{{ndash}}2016)<br>MP for [[Muzaffarnagar Lok Sabha constituency|Muzaffarnagar]]}}
| 2 December<br>1989
| 10 November<br>1990
| '''{{ayd|1989|12|2|1990|12|10}}'''
| [[Janata Dal]]
| [[V. P. Singh ministry|Vishwanath]]
| bgcolor="{{party color|Janata Dal}}" |
| '''[[V. P. Singh|Vishwanath Pratap Singh]]'''
|-
! 22
| bgcolor="{{party color|Samajwadi Janata Party (Rashtriya)}}" |
| [[File:Chandra Shekhar Singh.jpg|70px]]
| '''[[Chandra Shekhar]]'''<br>{{small|(1927{{ndash}}2007)<br>MP for [[Ballia Lok Sabha constituency|Ballia]]}}<br>(Prime Minister)
| 10 November<br>1990
| 21 June<br>1991
| '''{{ayd|1990|11|10|1991|6|21}}'''
| [[Samajwadi Janata Party (Rashtriya)]]
| [[Chandra Shekhar ministry|Chandra Shekhar]]
| bgcolor="{{party color|Samajwadi Janata Party (Rashtriya)}}" |
| '''Himself'''
|-
! (19)
| bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress (I)}}" |
| [[File:Shankarrao Chavan 2007 stamp of India (cropped).jpg|70px]]
| '''[[Shankarrao Chavan]]'''<br>{{small|(1920{{ndash}}2004)<br>Rajya Sabha MP for [[Maharashtra]]}}
| 21 June<br>1991
| 16 May<br>1996
| '''{{ayd|1991|6|21|1996|5|16}}'''
| [[Indian National Congress (I)]]
| [[Rao ministry|Rao]]
| bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress (I)}}"|
| '''[[P. V. Narasimha Rao]]'''
|-
! 23
| bgcolor="{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}" |
| [[File:Murli Manohar Joshi MP.jpg|70px]]
| '''[[Murli Manohar Joshi]]'''<br>{{small|(born 1934)<br>MP for [[Allahabad Lok Sabha constituency|Allahabad]]}}
| 16 May<br>1996
| 1 June<br>1996
| '''{{ayd|1996|5|16|1996|6|1}}'''
| [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
| [[First Vajpayee ministry|Vajpayee I]]
| bgcolor="{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}" |
| '''[[Atal Bihari Vajpayee]]'''
|-
! 24
| bgcolor="{{party color|Janata Dal}}" |
| [[File:H. D. Deve Gowda.jpg|70px]]
| '''[[H. D. Deve Gowda]]'''<br>{{small|(born 1933)<br>''Unelected''}}<br>(Prime Minister)
| 1 June<br>1996
| 29 June<br>1996
| '''{{ayd|1996|6|1|1996|6|29}}'''
| [[Janata Dal]]
| rowspan="2"| [[Deve Gowda ministry|Deve Gowda]]
| rowspan="2" bgcolor="{{party color|Janata Dal}}" |
| rowspan="2"| '''[[H. D. Deve Gowda]]'''
|-
! rowspan="2"| 25
| rowspan="2" bgcolor="{{party color|Communist Party of India}}" |
| rowspan="2"| [[File:Indrajit_Gupta_portrait.jpg|70px]]
| rowspan="2"| '''[[Indrajit Gupta]]'''<br>{{small|(1919{{ndash}}2001)<br>MP for [[Medinipur Lok Sabha constituency|Midnapore]]}}
| 29 June<br>1996
| 21 April<br>1997
| rowspan="2"| '''{{ayd|1996|6|29|1998|3|19}}'''
| rowspan="2"| [[Communist Party of India]]
|-
| 21 April<br>1997
| 19 March<br>1998
| [[Gujral ministry|Gujral]]
| bgcolor="{{party color|Janata Dal}}" |
| '''[[Inder Kumar Gujral]]'''
|-
! rowspan="2"| 26
| rowspan="2" bgcolor="{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}" |
| rowspan="2"| [[File:Lkadvani.jpg|70px]]
| rowspan="2"| '''[[L. K. Advani]]'''<br>{{small|(born 1927)<br>MP for [[Gandhinagar Lok Sabha constituency|Gandhinagar]]}}<br>(Deputy Prime Minister<br>from 29 June 2002)
| 19 March<br>1998
| 13 October<br>1999
| rowspan="2"| '''{{ayd|1998|3|19|2004|5|22}}'''
| rowspan="2"| [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
| [[Second Vajpayee ministry|Vajpayee II]]
| rowspan="2" bgcolor="{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}" |
| rowspan="2"| '''[[Atal Bihari Vajpayee]]'''
|-
| 13 October<br>1999
| 22 May<br>2004
| [[Third Vajpayee ministry|Vajpayee III]]
|-
! 27
| bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress}}" |
| [[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|70px]]
| '''[[Shivraj Patil]]'''<br>{{small|(1935{{ndash}}2025)<br>Rajya Sabha MP for [[Maharashtra]]}}
| 23 May<br>2004
| 30 November<br>2008
| '''{{ayd|2004|5|23|2008|11|30}}'''
| rowspan="4"| [[Indian National Congress]]
| rowspan="2"| [[First Manmohan Singh ministry|Manmohan I]]
| rowspan="4" bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress}}" |
| rowspan="4"| '''[[Manmohan Singh]]'''
|-
! rowspan="2"| 28
| rowspan="2" bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress}}" |
| rowspan="2"| [[File:Palaniappan Chidambaram - World Economic Forum Annual Meeting 2011 (cropped).jpg|70px]]
| rowspan="2"| '''[[P. Chidambaram]]'''<br>{{small|(born 1945)<br>MP for [[Sivaganga Lok Sabha constituency|Sivaganga]]}}
| 30 November<br>2008
| 22 May<br>2009
| rowspan="2"| '''{{ayd|2008|11|30|2012|7|31}}'''
|-
| 23 May<br>2009
| 31 July<br>2012
| rowspan="2"| [[Second Manmohan Singh ministry|Manmohan II]]
|-
! 29
| bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress}}" |
| [[File:Sushilkumar Shinde.jpg|70px]]
| '''[[Sushilkumar Shinde]]'''<br>{{small|(born 1941)<br>MP for [[Solapur Lok Sabha constituency|Solapur]]}}
| 31 July<br>2012
| 26 May<br>2014
| '''{{ayd|2012|7|31|2014|5|26}}'''
|-
! 30
| bgcolor="{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}" |
| [[File:The official portrait of Defence Minister Shri Rajnath Singh.jpg|70px]]
| '''[[Rajnath Singh]]'''<br>{{small|(born 1951)<br>MP for [[Lucknow Lok Sabha constituency|Lucknow]]}}
| 26 May<br>2014
| 30 May<br>2019
| '''{{ayd|2014|5|27|2019|5|30}}'''
| rowspan="3" | [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
| [[First Modi ministry|Modi I]]
| rowspan="3" bgcolor="{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}" |
| rowspan="3" | '''[[Narendra Modi]]'''
|-
! rowspan="2" | 31
| rowspan="2" bgcolor="{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}" |
| rowspan="2" | [[File:Shri Amit Shah in Raigad.jpg|91x91px]]
| rowspan="2" | '''[[Amit Shah]]'''<br>{{small|(born 1964)<br>MP for [[Gandhinagar Lok Sabha constituency|Gandhinagar]]}}
| 30 May<br>2019
| 9 June<br>2024
| rowspan="2"| '''{{ayd|2019|5|31|||}}'''
| [[Second Modi ministry|Modi II]]
|-
| 9 June<br/>2024
| ''Incumbent''
| [[Third Modi ministry|Modi III]]
|-
|}
 
==Ministers of state==
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
! rowspan="2" |No.
! colspan="2" rowspan="2" |Portrait
! rowspan="2" style="width:17em" |Minister<br>{{small|(birth-death)<br>Constituency}}
! colspan="3" |Term of office
! rowspan="2" style="width:8em" |Political party
! rowspan="2" style="width:6em" | Ministry
! rowspan="2" colspan="2" |Prime Minister
|-
! style="width:8em"| From
! style="width:8em"| To
! style="width:6em"| Period
|-
! 1
| bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress}}"|
|
| '''Rustom Khurshedji Sidhwa'''<br>{{small|(1882{{ndash}}1957)}}
| 11 October<br>1951
| 13 May<br>1952
| '''{{ayd|1951|10|11|1952|5|13}}'''
| rowspan="11"| [[Indian National Congress]]
| [[First Nehru ministry|Nehru I]]
| rowspan="6" bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress}}"|
| rowspan="6"| '''[[Jawaharlal Nehru]]'''
|-
! rowspan="3"| 2
| rowspan="3" bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress}}"|
| rowspan="3"| [[File:B. N. Datar Lok Sabha photo.jpg|70px]]
| rowspan="3"| '''[[B. N. Datar]]'''<br>{{small|(1894{{ndash}}1963)<br>MP for [[Belgaum Lok Sabha constituency|Belgaum]]}}
| 14 February<br>1956
| 17 April<br>1957
| rowspan="3"| '''{{ayd|1956|2|14|1963|2|13}}'''
| [[Second Nehru ministry|Nehru II]]
|-
| 17 April<br>1957
| 10 April<br>1962
| [[Third Nehru ministry|Nehru III]]
|-
| 16 April<br>1962
| 13 February<br>1963
| rowspan="3"| [[Fourth Nehru ministry|Nehru IV]]
|-
! 3
| bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress}}"|
| [[File:Ramchandra Martand Hajarnavis.jpg|70px]]
| '''[[Ramchandra Martand Hajarnavis]]'''<br>{{small|(1908{{ndash}}1976)<br>MP for [[Bhandara Lok Sabha constituency|Bhandara]]}}
| 22 February<br>1963
| 10 March<br>1964
| '''{{ayd|1963|2|22|1964|3|10}}'''
|-
! rowspan="5"| 4
| rowspan="5" bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress}}"|
| rowspan="5"| [[File:Jaisukh lal Hathi.png|70px]]
| rowspan="5"| '''[[Jaisukhlal Hathi]]'''<br>{{small|(1909{{ndash}}1982)<br>MP for [[Gujarat]] (Rajya Sabha)}}
| 10 March<br>1964
| 27 May<br>1964
| rowspan="5"| '''{{ayd|1964|3|10|1966|11|13}}'''
|-
| 27 May<br>1964
| 9 June<br>1964
| [[First Nanda ministry|Nanda I]]
| bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress}}"|
| '''[[Gulzarilal Nanda]]'''
|-
| 9 June<br>1964
| 11 January<br>1966
| [[Shastri ministry|Shastri]]
| bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress}}"|
| '''[[Lal Bahadur Shastri]]'''
|-
| 11 January<br>1966
| 24 January<br>1966
| [[Second Nanda ministry|Nanda II]]
| bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress}}"|
| '''[[Gulzarilal Nanda]]'''
|-
| 24 January<br>1966
| 13 November<br>1966
| rowspan="4"| [[First Indira Gandhi ministry|Indira I]]
| rowspan="2" bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress}}"|
| rowspan="6"| '''[[Indira Gandhi]]'''
|-
! 5
| bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress}}"|
| [[File:Vidya Charan Shukla (cropped).jpg|70px]]
| '''[[Vidya Charan Shukla]]'''<br>{{small|(1929{{ndash}}2013)<br>MP for [[Mahasamund Lok Sabha constituency|Mahasamund]]}}
| 13 March<br>1967
| 27 June<br>1970
| '''{{ayd|1967|3|13|1970|6|27}}'''
|-
! 6
| bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress (R)}}"|
| [[File:Ram Niwas Mirdha (cropped).jpg|70px]]
| '''[[Ram Niwas Mirdha]]'''<br>{{small|(1924{{ndash}}2010)<br>MP for [[Rajasthan]] (Rajya Sabha)}}<br>(Personnel and Administrative Reforms)
| 27 June<br>1970
| 18 March<br>1971
| '''{{ayd|1970|6|27|1971|3|18}}'''
| rowspan="4"| [[Indian National Congress (R)]]
| rowspan="4" bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress (R)}}"|
|-
! rowspan="2"| 7
| rowspan="2" bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress (R)}}"|
| rowspan="2"| [[File:Shri K.C Pant (cropped).jpg|70px]]
| rowspan="2"| '''[[K. C. Pant]]'''<br>{{small|(1931{{ndash}}2012)<br>MP for [[Nainital Lok Sabha constituency|Nainital]]}}
| 27 June<br>1970
| 18 March<br>1971
| rowspan="2"| '''{{ayd|1970|6|27|1973|11|9}}'''
|-
| 18 March<br>1971
| 9 November<br>1973
| rowspan="2"| [[Second Indira Gandhi ministry|Indira II]]
|-
! 8
| bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress (R)}}"|
| [[File:Om Mehta Rajya Sabha photo.jpg|70px]]
| '''[[Om Mehta]]'''<br>{{small|(1927{{ndash}}1995)<br>MP for [[Jammu and Kashmir (state)|Jammu and Kashmir]]}}<br>(Personnel and Administrative Reforms)
| 10 October<br>1974
| 24 March<br>1977
| '''{{ayd|1974|10|10|1977|3|24}}'''
|-
! 9
| bgcolor="{{party color|Janata Party}}"|
|
| '''S. D. Patil'''<br>{{small|MP for [[Erandol Lok Sabha constituency|Erandol]]}}
| 14 August<br>1977
| 28 July<br>1979
| '''{{ayd|1977|8|14|1979|7|28}}'''
| rowspan="2"| [[Janata Party]]
| rowspan="2"| [[Morarji Desai ministry|Desai]]
| rowspan="2" bgcolor="{{party color|Janata Party}}"|
| rowspan="2"| '''[[Morarji Desai]]'''
|-
! rowspan="2"| 10
| bgcolor="{{party color|Janata Party}}"|
| rowspan="2"| [[File:Dhanik Lal Mandal Lok Sabha photo.jpg|70px]]
| rowspan="2"| '''[[Dhanik Lal Mandal]]'''<br>{{small|(1932{{ndash}}2022)<br>MP for [[Jhanjharpur Lok Sabha constituency|Jhanjharpur]]}}
| 14 August<br>1977
| 15 July<br>1979
| rowspan="2"| '''{{ayd|1977|8|14|1980|1|14}}'''
|-
| bgcolor="{{party color|Janata Party (Secular)}}"|
| 30 July<br>1979
| 14 January<br>1980
| [[Janata Party (Secular)]]
| [[Charan Singh ministry|Charan]]
| bgcolor="{{party color|Janata Party (Secular)}}"|
| '''[[Charan Singh]]'''
|-
! 11
| bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress (I)}}"|
| [[File:Pendekanti Venkatasubbaiah Lok Sabha photo.jpg|70px]]
| '''[[Pendekanti Venkatasubbaiah]]'''<br>{{small|(1921{{ndash}}1993)<br>MP for [[Nandyal Lok Sabha constituency|Nandyal]]}}
| 14 January<br>1980
| 31 October<br>1984
| '''{{ayd|1980|1|14|1984|10|31}}'''
| rowspan="14"| [[Indian National Congress (I)]]
| rowspan="4"| [[Third Indira Gandhi ministry|Indira III]]
| rowspan="4" bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress (I)}}"|
| rowspan="4"| '''[[Indira Gandhi]]'''
|-
! 12
| bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress (I)}}"|
|  
|  
| 12 December 1950
| '''[[Yogendra Makwana]]'''<br>{{small|(1933{{ndash}}2025)<br>MP for [[Gujarat]] (Rajya Sabha)}}
| 26 December 1950
| 14 January<br>1980
|- align=center
| 15 January<br>1982
|3
| '''{{ayd|1980|1|14|1982|1|15}}'''
| [[C. Rajagopalachari]]
|-
| [[File:C Rajagopalachari 1944.jpg|75px]]
! 13
| 26 December 1950
| bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress (I)}}"|
| 05 November 1951
| [[File:Nihar Ranjan Laskar.jpg|70px]]
|- align=center
| '''[[Nihar Ranjan Laskar]]'''<br>{{small|(born 1932)<br>MP for [[Karimganj Lok Sabha constituency|Karimganj]]}}
|4
| 15 January<br>1982
| [[Kailash Nath Katju]]
| 7 February<br>1984
|
| '''{{ayd|1982|1|15|1984|2|7}}'''
| 05 November 1951
|-
| 10 January 1955
! 14
|- align=center
| bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress (I)}}"|
|5
| [[File:Ram Dulari Sinha official portrait.gif|70px]]
| [[Govind Ballabh Pant]]
| '''[[Ram Dulari Sinha]]'''<br>{{small|(1922{{ndash}}1994)<br>MP for [[Sheohar Lok Sabha constituency|Sheohar]]}}
|[[File:Pandit Govind Ballabh Pant.jpg|75px]]
| 7 February<br>1984
| 10 January 1955
| 31 October<br>1984
| 25 February 1961
| '''{{ayd|1984|2|7|1984|10|31}}'''
|- align=center
|-
|6
! (11)
| [[Lal Bahadur Shastri]]
| bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress (I)}}"|
| [[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<br />[[Lal Bahadur Shastri]]<br />[[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
| '''[[Pendekanti Venkatasubbaiah]]'''<br>{{small|(1921{{ndash}}1993)<br>MP for [[Nandyal Lok Sabha constituency|Nandyal]]}}
| 27 June 1970
| 4 November<br>1984
|- align=center
| 31 December<br>1984
|(8)
|'''{{ayd|1984|11|4|1984|12|31}}'''
| [[Indira Gandhi]]
| rowspan="2"| [[First Rajiv Gandhi ministry|Rajiv I]]
| [[File:Indira Gandhi 1977.jpg|75px]]
| rowspan="11" bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress (I)}}"|
| 27 June 1970
| rowspan="11"| '''[[Rajiv Gandhi]]'''
| 05 February 1973
|-
|- align=center
! rowspan="2"| (14)
|10
| rowspan="2" bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress (I)}}"|
| [[Uma Shankar Dikshit]]
| rowspan="2"| [[File:Ram Dulari Sinha official portrait.gif|70px]]
|
| rowspan="2"| '''[[Ram Dulari Sinha]]'''<br>{{small|(1922{{ndash}}1994)<br>MP for [[Sheohar Lok Sabha constituency|Sheohar]]}}
| 05 February 1973
| 4 November<br>1984
| 10 October 1974
| 31 December<br>1984
|- align=center
| rowspan="2"| '''{{ayd|1984|11|4|1985|9|25}}'''
|11
|-
| [[Kasu Brahmananda Reddy]]
| 31 December<br>1984
|
| 25 September<br>1985
| 10 October 1974
| rowspan="9"| [[Second Rajiv Gandhi ministry|Rajiv II]]
| 24 March 1977
|-
|- align=center
! 15
|12
| bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress (I)}}"|
| [[Charan Singh]]
| [[File:Kerala Governor Khan during an inaugural function in 2023.jpg|70px]]
|[[File:Charan Singh 1990 stamp of India.jpg|75px]]
| '''[[Arif Mohammad Khan]]'''<br>{{small|(born 1951)<br>MP for [[Bahraich Lok Sabha constituency|Bahraich]]}}
| 24 March 1977
| 12 August<br>1985
| 01 July 1978
| 25 September<br>1986
| rowspan="3"| [[Janata Party]]
| '''{{ayd|1985|8|12|1985|9|25}}'''
|width="4px" bgcolor="{{Janata Party/meta/color}}" rowspan=3|
|-
| rowspan="3"| [[Morarji Desai]]
! 16
|- align=center
| bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress (I)}}"|
|13
| [[File:P. A. Sangma official portrait.jpg|70px]]
| [[Morarji Desai]]
| '''[[P. A. Sangma]]'''<br>{{small|(1947{{ndash}}2016)<br>MP for [[Tura Lok Sabha constituency|Tura]]}}<br>(States)
| [[File:Morarji Desai During his visit to the United States of America .jpg|75px]]
| rowspan="2"| 25 September<br>1985
| 01 July 1978
| rowspan="2"| 20 January<br>1986
| 24 January 1979
| rowspan="2"| '''{{ayd|1985|9|25|1986|1|20}}'''
|- align=center
|-
|14
! 17
| [[Hirubhai M. Patel]]
| bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress (I)}}"|
| [[File:Arun Nehru.jpg|70px]]
| '''[[Arun Nehru]]'''<br>{{small|(1944{{ndash}}2013)<br>MP for [[Raebareli Lok Sabha constituency|Raebareli]]}}<br>(Internal Security)
|-
! (6)
| bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress (I)}}"|
| [[File:Ram Niwas Mirdha (cropped).jpg|70px]]
| '''[[Ram Niwas Mirdha]]'''<br>{{small|(1924{{ndash}}2010)<br>MP for [[Rajasthan]] (Rajya Sabha)}}
| 14 March<br>1986
| 14 June<br>1986
| '''{{ayd|1986|3|14|1986|3|14}}'''
|-
! 18
| bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress (I)}}"|
| [[File:Ghulam Nabi Azad at Healthcare Skill Summit 2013 (cropped).jpg|70px]]
| '''[[Ghulam Nabi Azad]]'''<br>{{small|(born 1949)<br>MP for [[Washim Lok Sabha constituency|Washim]]}}<br>(States)
| 12 May<br>1986
| 22 October<br>1986
| '''{{ayd|1986|5|12|1986|10|22}}'''
|-
! 19
| bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress (I)}}"|
| [[File:Palaniappan Chidambaram - World Economic Forum Annual Meeting 2011 (cropped).jpg|70px]]
| '''[[P. Chidambaram]]'''<br>{{small|(born 1945)<br>MP for [[Sivaganga Lok Sabha constituency|Sivaganga]]}}
| 24 June<br>1986
| 2 December<br>1989
| '''{{ayd|1986|6|24|1989|12|2}}'''
|-
! 20
| bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress (I)}}"|
|  
|  
| 24 January 1979
| '''[[Chintamani Panigrahi]]'''<br>{{small|(1922{{ndash}}2000)<br>MP for [[Bhubaneswar Lok Sabha constituency|Bhubaneswar]]}}
| 28 July 1979
| 22 October<br>1986
|- align=center
| 25 June<br>1988
|(9)
| '''{{ayd|1986|10|22|1988|6|25}}'''
| [[Yashwantrao Chavan]]
|-
|
! 21
| 28 July 1979
| bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress (I)}}"|
| 14 January 1980
| [[File:Santosh Mohan Dev addressing the press conference in New Delhi on November 20, 2008 (cropped).jpg|70px]]
| [[Janata Party (Secular)]]
| '''[[Santosh Mohan Dev]]'''<br>{{small|(1934{{ndash}}2017)<br>MP for [[Silchar Lok Sabha constituency|Silchar]]}}<br>(Internal Security)
|width="4px" bgcolor="{{Janata Party (Secular)/meta/color}}" rowspan=1|
| 25 June<br>1988
| [[Charan Singh]]
| 2 December<br>1989
|- align=center
| '''{{ayd|1988|6|25|1989|12|2}}'''
|15
|-
| [[Zail Singh]]
! rowspan="2"| 22
|
| bgcolor="{{party color|Janata Dal}}"|
| 14 January 1980
| rowspan="2"| [[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|70px]]
| 22 June 1982
| rowspan="2"| '''[[Subodh Kant Sahay]]'''<br>{{small|(born 1951)<br>MP for [[Ranchi Lok Sabha constituency|Ranchi]]}}
| rowspan=7| Indian National Congress
| 23 April<br>1990
|width="4px" bgcolor="{{Indian National Congress/meta/color}}" rowspan=7|
| 5 November<br>1990
| rowspan=3| Indira Gandhi
| '''{{ayd|1990|4|23|1990|11|5}}'''
|- align=center
| [[Janata Dal]]
|16
| [[V. P. Singh ministry|Vishwanath]]
| [[R. Venkataraman]]
| bgcolor="{{party color|Janata Dal}}"|
| [[File:R Venkataraman (cropped).jpg|75px]]
| '''[[V. P. Singh|Vishwanath Pratap Singh]]'''
| 22 June 1982
|-
| 02 September 1982
| bgcolor="{{party color|Samajwadi Janata Party (Rashtriya)}}"|
|- align=center
| 21 November<br>1990
|17
| 21 June<br>1991
| [[Prakash Chandra Sethi]]
| '''{{ayd|1990|11|5|1991|6|21}}'''
|
| [[Samajwadi Janata Party (Rashtriya)]]
| 02 September 1982
| [[Chandra Shekhar ministry|Chandra Shekhar]]
| 19 July 1984
| bgcolor="{{party color|Samajwadi Janata Party (Rashtriya)}}"|
|- align=center
| '''[[Chandra Shekhar]]'''
|18
|-
| [[P. V. Narasimha Rao]]
! 23
| [[File:Pumapaparti.N.rao.jpg|75px]]
| bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress (I)}}"|
| 19 July 1984
| [[File:M.M. Jacob photo.jpg|70px]]
| 31 December 1984
| '''[[M. M. Jacob]]'''<br>{{small|(1926{{ndash}}2018)<br>MP for [[Kerala]] (Rajya Sabha)}}
| Indira Gandhi<br />[[Rajiv Gandhi]]
| 21 June<br>1991
|- align=center
| 17 January<br>1993
|19
| '''{{ayd|1991|6|21|1993|1|17}}'''
| [[Shankarrao Chavan]]
| rowspan="6"| [[Indian National Congress (I)]]
| rowspan="6"| [[Rao ministry|Rao]]
| rowspan="6" bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress (I)}}"|
| rowspan="6"| '''[[P. V. Narasimha Rao]]'''
|-
! 24
| bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress (I)}}"|
| [[File:Rajesh Pilot 2008 stamp of India.jpg|70px]]
| '''[[Rajesh Pilot]]'''<br>{{small|(1945{{ndash}}2000)<br>MP for [[Dausa Lok Sabha constituency|Dausa]]}}<br>(Internal Security)
| 18 January<br>1993
| rowspan="2"| 15 September<br>1995
| '''{{ayd|1993|1|18|1995|9|15}}'''
|-
! 25
| bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress (I)}}"|
| [[File:P.M. Sayeed.jpg|70px]]
| '''[[P. M. Sayeed]]'''<br>{{small|(1941{{ndash}}2005)<br>MP for [[Lakshadweep Lok Sabha constituency|Lakshadweep]]}}
| 19 January<br>1993
| '''{{ayd|1993|1|19|1995|9|15}}'''
|-
! 26
| bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress (I)}}"|
| [[File:Syed Sibtey Razi in 2015 (cropped).jpg|70px]]
| '''[[Syed Sibtey Razi]]'''<br>{{small|(1939{{ndash}}2022)<br>MP for [[Uttar Pradesh]] (Rajya Sabha)}}
| rowspan="3"| 15 September<br>1995
| rowspan="3"| 16 May<br>1996
| rowspan="3"| '''{{ayd|1995|9|15|1996|5|16}}'''
|-
! 27
| bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress (I)}}"|
|  
|  
| 31 December 1984
| '''[[Ram Lal Rahi]]'''<br>{{small|(1934{{ndash}}2020)<br>MP for [[Misrikh Lok Sabha constituency|Misrikh]]}}
| 12 March 1986
|-
| rowspan="3"| Rajiv Gandhi
! 28
|- align=center
| bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress (I)}}"|
|(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]]<br /><small>([[National Front (India)|National Front]])</small>
|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]]<br /><small>(National Front)</small>
|width="4px" bgcolor="{{Samajwadi Janata Party (Rashtriya)/meta/color}}" rowspan=1|
| Chandra Shekhar
|- align=center
|(20)
| [[Shankarrao Chavan]]
|  
|  
| 21 June 1991
| '''[[Meijinlung Kamson]]'''<br>{{small|(born 1939)<br>MP for [[Outer Manipur Lok Sabha constituency|Outer Manipur]]}}
| 16 May 1996
|-
| Indian National Congress
! 29
|width="4px" bgcolor="{{Indian National Congress/meta/color}}" rowspan=1|
| bgcolor="{{party color|Janata Dal}}"|
| [[P. V. Narasimha Rao]]
| [[File:Mohammad Taslimuddin (cropped).jpg|70px]]
|- align=center
| '''[[Mohammed Taslimuddin]]'''<br>{{small|(1943{{ndash}}2017)<br>MP for [[Kishanganj Lok Sabha constituency|Kishanganj]]}}
|23
| 1 June<br>1996
| [[Murli Manohar Joshi]]
| 9 June<br>1996
| [[File:Murli Manohar Joshi MP.jpg|75px]]
| '''{{ayd|1996|6|1|1996|6|9}}'''
| 16 May 1996
| rowspan="3"| [[Janata Dal]]
| 1 June 1996
| rowspan="2"| [[Deve Gowda ministry|Deve Gowda]]
| [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
| rowspan="2" bgcolor="{{party color|Janata Dal}}"|
|width="4px" bgcolor="{{Bharatiya Janata Party/meta/color}}" rowspan=1|
| rowspan="2"| '''[[H. D. Deve Gowda]]'''
| [[Atal Bihari Vajpayee]]
|-
|- align=center
! rowspan="2"| 30
|25
| rowspan="2" bgcolor="{{party color|Janata Dal}}"|
| [[H. D. Deve Gowda]]
| rowspan="2"|  
| [[File:Deve Gowda BNC.jpg|75px]]
| rowspan="2"| '''[[Maqbool Dar]]'''<br>{{small|(1943{{ndash}}2008)<br>MP for [[Anantnag Lok Sabha constituency|Anantnag]]}}
| 1 June 1996
| 10 July<br>1996
| 29 June 1996
| 21 April<br>1997
| [[Janata Dal]]<br/><small>([[United Front (India)|United Front]])</small>
| '''{{ayd|1996|7|10|1997|4|21}}'''
|width="4px" bgcolor="{{Janata Dal/meta/color}}" rowspan=1|
|-
| [[H. D. Deve Gowda]]
| 1 May<br>1997
|- align=center
| 19 March<br>1998
|25
| '''{{ayd|1997|5|1|1998|3|19}}'''
| [[Indrajit Gupta]]
| [[Gujral ministry|Gujral]]
|
| bgcolor="{{party color|Janata Dal}}"|
| 29 June 1996
| '''[[Inder Kumar Gujral]]'''
| 19 March 1998
|-
| [[Communist Party of India]]<br/><small>([[United Front (India)|United Front]])</small>
! 31
| width="4px" style="background-color: {{Communist Party of India/meta/color}}"   |
| bgcolor="{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}"|
| [[H. D. Deve Gowda]]<br />[[I. K. Gujral]]
| [[File:Governor Ram Naik.jpg|70px]]
|- align=center
| '''[[Ram Naik]]'''<br>{{small|(born 1934)<br>MP for [[Mumbai North Lok Sabha constituency|Mumbai North]]}}
|26
| 5 May<br>1999
| [[L. K. Advani]]
| 13 October<br>1999
| [[File:Lal Krishna Advani 2008-12-4.jpg|80px]]
| '''{{ayd|1999|5|5|1999|10|13}}'''
| 19 March 1998
| rowspan="5"| [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
| 22 May 2004
| [[Second Vajpayee ministry|Vajpayee II]]
| [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]<br /><small>([[National Democratic Alliance (India)|National Democratic Alliance]])</small>
| rowspan="5" bgcolor="{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}"|
|width="4px" bgcolor="{{Bharatiya Janata Party/meta/color}}" rowspan=1|
| rowspan="5" style="width:9em"| '''[[Atal Bihari Vajpayee]]'''
| [[Atal Bihari Vajpayee]]
|-
|- align=center
! 32
|27
| bgcolor="{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}"|
| [[Shivraj Patil]]
| [[File:I. D. Swami at 52nd All India Police Athletic Championship 2003.jpg|70px]]
| [[File:Shivraj Patil.jpg|75px]]
| '''[[I. D. Swami]]'''<br>{{small|(1929{{ndash}}2019)<br>MP for [[Karnal Lok Sabha constituency|Karnal]]}}
| 22 May 2004
| 13 October<br>1999
| 30 November 2008
| 22 May<br>2004
| rowspan="3"| [[Indian National Congress]]<br /><small>([[United Progressive Alliance]])</small>
| '''{{ayd|1999|10|13|2004|5|22}}'''
|width="4px" bgcolor="{{Indian National Congress/meta/color}}" rowspan=3|
| rowspan="4"| [[Third Vajpayee ministry|Vajpayee III]]
| rowspan="3"| [[Manmohan Singh]]
|-
|- align=center
! 33
|28
| bgcolor="{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}"|
| [[P. Chidambaram]]
| [[File:C. Vidyasagar Rao with Venkaiah Naidu (cropped).png|70px]]
| [[File:Pchidambaram (cropped).jpg|75px]]
| '''[[C. Vidyasagar Rao]]'''<br>{{small|(born 1941)<br>MP for [[Karimnagar Lok Sabha constituency|Karimnagar]]}}
| 30 November 2008
| 13 October<br>1999
| 31 July 2012
| 29 January<br>2003
|- align=center
| '''{{ayd|1999|10|13|2003|1|29}}'''
|29
|-
| [[Sushilkumar Shinde]]
! 34
| [[File:Sushilkumar Shinde.JPG|75px]]
| bgcolor="{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}"|
| 31 July 2012
| [[File:Harin Pathak 2014-01-21 09-56.jpg|70px]]
| 26 May 2014
| '''[[Harin Pathak]]'''<br>{{small|(born 1947)<br>MP for [[Ahmedabad East Lok Sabha constituency|Ahmedabad East]]}}
|- align=center
| 29 January<br>2003
|30
| 22 May<br>2004
| [[Rajnath Singh]]
| '''{{ayd|2003|1|29|2004|5|22}}'''
| [[File:Rajnath.jpg|75px]]
|-
| 26 May 2014
! 35
| 30 May 2019
| bgcolor="{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}"|
| rowspan="2" | [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] <br /><small>([[National Democratic Alliance (India)|National Democratic Alliance]])</small>
| [[File:Swami Chinmayanand releasing a book in 2004 (cropped).jpg|70px]]
| rowspan="2" width="4px" bgcolor="{{Bharatiya Janata Party/meta/color}}" |
| '''[[Chinmayanand (politician)|Chinmayanand Swami]]'''<br>{{small|(born 1947)<br>MP for [[Jaunpur Lok Sabha constituency|Jaunpur]]}}
| rowspan="2" | [[Narendra Modi]]
| 24 May<br>2003
|- align=center
| 22 May<br>2004
|31
| '''{{ayd|2003|5|24|2004|5|22}}'''
| [[Amit Shah]]  
|-
| [[File:Amit shah official portrait.jpg|75px]]
! 36
| 30 May 2019
| bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress}}"|
| Incumbent
| [[File:Manikrao Gavit taking office in 2013 (cropped).jpg|70px]]
| '''[[Manikrao Hodlya Gavit]]'''<br>{{small|(1934{{ndash}}2022)<br>MP for [[Nandurbar Lok Sabha constituency|Nandurbar]]}}
| 23 May<br>2004
| 6 April<br>2007
| '''{{ayd|2004|5|23|2007|4|6}}'''
| rowspan="2"| [[Indian National Congress]]
| rowspan="5"| [[First Manmohan Singh ministry|Manmohan I]]
| rowspan="10" bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress}}"|
| rowspan="10"| '''[[Manmohan Singh]]'''
|-
! 37
| bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress}}"|
| [[File:Shriprakash Jaiswal delivering speech 2007 (cropped).jpg|70px]]
| '''[[Shriprakash Jaiswal]]'''<br>{{small|(1944{{ndash}}2025)<br>MP for [[Kanpur Lok Sabha constituency|Kanpur]]}}
| 23 May<br>2004
| 22 May<br>2009
| '''{{ayd|2004|5|23|2009|5|22}}'''
|-
! 38
| bgcolor="{{party color|Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}"|
| [[File:S. Regupathy in 2004 (cropped).jpg|70px]]
| '''[[S. Regupathy]]'''<br>{{small|(born 1950)<br>MP for [[Pudukkottai Lok Sabha constituency|Pudukkottai]]}}
| 23 May<br>2004
| 15 May<br>2007
| '''{{ayd|2004|5|23|2007|5|15}}'''
| rowspan="2"| [[Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam]]
|-
! 38
| bgcolor="{{party color|Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}"|
| [[File:V. Radhika Selvi (cropped).jpg|70px]]
| '''[[V. Radhika Selvi]]'''<br>{{small|(born 1976)<br>MP for [[Tiruchendur Lok Sabha constituency|Tiruchendur]]}}
| 18 May<br>2007
| 22 May<br>2009
| '''{{ayd|2007|5|18|2009|5|22}}'''
|-
! 39
| bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress}}"|
| [[File:Shakeel Ahmad briefing media April 2008 (cropped).jpg|70px]]
| '''[[Shakeel Ahmad]]'''<br>{{small|(born 1956)<br>MP for [[Madhubani Lok Sabha constituency|Madhubani]]}}
| 6 April<br>2008
| 22 May<br>2009
| '''{{ayd|2008|4|6|2009|5|22}}'''
| rowspan="6"| [[Indian National Congress]]
|-
! 40
| bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress}}"|
| [[File:Mullappally Ramachandran.jpg|70px]]
| '''[[Mullappally Ramachandran]]'''<br>{{small|(born 1944)<br>MP for [[Vatakara Lok Sabha constituency|Vatakara]]}}
| 28 May<br>2009
| 26 May<br>2014
| '''{{ayd|2009|5|28|2014|5|26}}'''
| rowspan="5"| [[Second Manmohan Singh ministry|Manmohan II]]
|-
! 41
| bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress}}"|
| [[File:Ajay Maken (cropped).jpg|70px]]
| '''[[Ajay Maken]]'''<br>{{small|(born 1964)<br>MP for [[New Delhi Lok Sabha constituency|New Delhi]]}}
| 28 May<br>2009
| 19 January<br>2011
| '''{{ayd|2009|5|28|2011|1|19}}'''
|-
! 42
| bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress}}"|
| [[File:Gurudas Kamat New Delhi on November 15, 2010.jpg|70px]]
| '''[[Gurudas Kamat]]'''<br>{{small|(1954–2018)<br>MP for [[Mumbai North West Lok Sabha constituency|Mumbai North West]]}}
| 19 January<br>2011
| 12 July<br>2011
| '''{{ayd|2011|1|19|2011|7|12}}'''
|-
! 43
| bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress}}"|
| [[File:Maharaja Jitendra Singh Naruka of Alwar.jpg|70px]]
| '''[[Jitendra Singh (politician, born 1971)|Jitendra Singh]]'''<br>{{small|(born 1971)<br>MP for [[Alwar Lok Sabha constituency|Alwar]]}}
| 12 July<br>2011
| 28 October<br>2012
| '''{{ayd|2011|7|12|2012|10|28}}'''
|-
! 44
| bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress}}"|
| [[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|70px]]
| '''[[Ratanjit Pratap Narain Singh|R. P. N. Singh]]'''<br>{{small|(born 1964)<br>MP for [[Kushi Nagar Lok Sabha constituency|Kushi Nagar]]}}
| 28 October<br>2012
| 26 May<br>2014
| '''{{ayd|2012|10|28|2014|5|26}}'''
|-
! 45
| bgcolor="{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}"|
| [[File:Kiren Rijiju with Modi (cropped).jpg|70px]]
| '''[[Kiren Rijiju]]'''<br>{{small|(born 1971)<br>MP for [[Arunachal West Lok Sabha constituency|Arunachal West]]}}
| 26 May<br>2014
| 30 May<br>2019
| '''{{ayd|2014|5|26|2019|5|30}}'''
| rowspan="9"| [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
| rowspan="3"| [[First Modi ministry|Modi I]]
| rowspan="9" bgcolor="{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}"|
| rowspan="9"| '''[[Narendra Modi]]'''
|-
! 46
| bgcolor="{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}"|
| [[File:Haribhai Parthibhai Chaudhary (cropped).jpg|70px]]
| '''[[Haribhai Parthibhai Chaudhary]]'''<br>{{small|(born 1954)<br>MP for [[Banaskantha Lok Sabha constituency|Banaskantha]]}}
| 9 November<br>2014
| 5 July<br>2016
| '''{{ayd|2014|11|9|2016|7|5}}'''
|-
! 47
| bgcolor="{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}"|
| [[File:HG Ahir Meets CM Fadnavis.jpg|70px]]
| '''[[Hansraj Gangaram Ahir]]'''<br>{{small|(born 1954)<br>MP for [[Chandrapur Lok Sabha constituency|Chandrapur]]}}
| 5 July<br>2016
| 30 May<br>2019
| '''{{ayd|2016|7|5|2019|5|30}}'''
|-
! 48
| bgcolor="{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}"|
| [[File:G. Kishan Reddy in 2025.jpg|70px]]
| '''[[G. Kishan Reddy]]'''<br>{{small|(born 1964)<br>MP for [[Secunderabad Lok Sabha constituency|Secunderabad]]}}
| 31 May<br>2019
| 7 July<br>2021
| '''{{ayd|2019|5|31|2021|7|7}}'''
| rowspan="4"| [[Second Modi ministry|Modi II]]
|-
! 49
| bgcolor="{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}"|
| [[File:Nityanand Rai (cropped).jpg|70px]]
| '''[[Nityanand Rai]]'''<br>{{small|(born 1966)<br>MP for [[Ujiarpur Lok Sabha constituency|Ujiarpur]]}}
| 31 May<br>2019
| 9 June<br/>2024
| '''{{ayd|2019|5|31|2024|6|9}}'''
|-
! 50
| bgcolor="{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}"|
| [[File:Ajay Mishra Teni (cropped).jpg|70px]]
| '''[[Ajay Mishra Teni]]'''<br>{{small|(born 1960)<br>MP for [[Kheri Lok Sabha constituency|Kheri]]}}
| rowspan="2"| 7 July<br>2021
| rowspan="2"| 9 June<br/>2024
| rowspan="2"| '''{{ayd|2021|7|7|2024|6|9}}'''
|-
! 51
| bgcolor="{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}"|
| [[File:Shri Nisith Pramanik Minister.jpg|70px]]
| '''[[Nisith Pramanik]]'''<br>{{small|(born 1986)<br>MP for [[Cooch Behar Lok Sabha constituency|Cooch Behar]]}}
|-
! (49)
| bgcolor="{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}"|
| [[File:Nityanand Rai (cropped).jpg|70px]]
| '''[[Nityanand Rai]]'''<br>{{small|(born 1966)<br>MP for [[Ujiarpur Lok Sabha constituency|Ujiarpur]]}}
| rowspan="2"| 10 June<br/>2024
| rowspan="2"| Incumbent
| rowspan="2"| '''{{ayd|10 Jun 2024}}'''
| rowspan="2"| [[Third Modi ministry|Modi III]]
|-
! 52
| bgcolor="{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}"|
| [[File:Sanjay Bandi Bjp.png|70px]]
| '''[[Bandi Sanjay Kumar]]'''<br/>{{small|(born 1971)<br/>MP for [[Karimnagar Lok Sabha constituency|Karimnagar]]}}
|-
|}
|}


==Ministers of State of Home Affairs==
==Deputy ministers==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|- style="text-align:center; background:#f0f0f0;"
! rowspan="2" |No.
! №
! colspan="2" rowspan="2" |Portrait
! Name
! rowspan="2" style="width:17em" |Minister<br>{{small|(birth-death)<br>Constituency}}
! colspan="2"|Term of office
! colspan="3" |Term of office
! colspan="2"|Political Party
! rowspan="2" style="width:8em" |Political party
! Prime Minister
! rowspan="2" style="width:6em" | Ministry
! Minister of Home Affairs
! rowspan="2" colspan="2" |Prime Minister
|-
! style="width:8em"| From
! style="width:8em"| To
! style="width:6em"| Period
|-
! 1
| bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress}}"|
| [[File:B. N. Datar Lok Sabha photo.jpg|70px]]
| '''[[B. N. Datar]]'''<br>{{small|(1894{{ndash}}1963)<br>MP for [[Belgaum North Lok Sabha constituency|Belgaum North]]}}
| 12 August<br>1952
| 14 February<br>1956
| '''{{ayd|1952|8|12|1956|2|14}}'''
| [[Indian National Congress]]
| [[Second Nehru ministry|Nehru II]]
| rowspan="6" bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress}}"|
| rowspan="6" style="width:9em"| '''[[Jawaharlal Nehru]]'''
|-
! colspan="9"|
|-
! 2
| bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress}}"|
| [[File:Violet Alva stamp (cropped).jpg|70px]]
| '''[[Violet Alva]]'''<br>{{small|(1909{{ndash}}1969)<br>MP for [[Bombay state|Bombay]] (Rajya Sabha)}}
| 23 April<br>1957
| 10 April<br>1962
| '''{{ayd|1957|4|23|1962|4|10}}'''
| [[Indian National Congress]]
| [[Third Nehru ministry|Nehru III]]
|-
! colspan="9"|
|-
! 3
| bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress}}"|
| [[File:Maragatham Chandrasekar Lok Sabha portrait.gif|70px]]
| '''[[Maragatham Chandrasekar]]'''<br>{{small|(1917{{ndash}}2001)<br>MP for [[Sriperumbudur Lok Sabha constituency|Sriperumbudur]]}}
| 8 May<br>1962
| 27 May<br>1964
| '''{{ayd|1962|5|8|1964|5|27}}'''
| rowspan="9"| [[Indian National Congress]]
| rowspan="2"| [[Fourth Nehru ministry|Nehru IV]]
|-
! 4
| bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress}}"|
| [[File:Lalit Narayan Mishra 1976 stamp of India.jpg|70px]]
| '''[[Lalit Narayan Mishra]]'''<br>{{small|(1923{{ndash}}1975)<br>MP for [[Bihar]] (Rajya Sabha)}}
| 26 February<br>1964
| 27 May<br>1964
| '''{{ayd|1964|2|26|1964|5|27}}'''
|-
! (3)
| bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress}}"|
| [[File:Maragatham Chandrasekar Lok Sabha portrait.gif|70px]]
| '''[[Maragatham Chandrasekar]]'''<br>{{small|(1917{{ndash}}2001)<br>MP for [[Sriperumbudur Lok Sabha constituency|Sriperumbudur]]}}
| 27 May<br>1964
| 9 June<br>1964
| '''{{ayd|1964|5|27|1964|6|9}}'''
| rowspan="2"| [[First Nanda ministry|Nanda I]]
| rowspan="2" bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress}}"|
| rowspan="2"| '''[[Gulzarilal Nanda]]'''
|-
! rowspan="3"| (4)
| rowspan="3" bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress}}"|
| rowspan="3"| [[File:Lalit Narayan Mishra 1976 stamp of India.jpg|70px]]
| rowspan="3"| '''[[Lalit Narayan Mishra]]'''<br>{{small|(1923{{ndash}}1975)<br>MP for [[Bihar]] (Rajya Sabha)}}
| 27 May<br>1964
| 9 June<br>1964
| rowspan="3"| '''{{ayd|1964|5|27|1966|1|24}}'''
|-
|-
|1
| 9 June<br>1964
|[[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>
| 11 January<br>1966
|April 1990
| [[Shastri ministry|Shastri]]
|November 1990
| bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress}}"|
|rowspan=1|[[Janata Dal]]<br><small>([[National Front (India)|National Front]])</small>
| '''[[Lal Bahadur Shastri]]'''
|width="4px" bgcolor="{{Janata Dal/meta/color}}" rowspan=1|
|rowspan=1|[[V. P. Singh]]
|[[Mufti Mohammed Sayeed]]
|-
|-
|rowspan="2"|2
| 11 January<br>1966
|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>
| 24 January<br>1966
|rowspan="2"|23 May 2004
| [[Second Nanda ministry|Nanda II]]
|rowspan="2"|2009
| bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress}}"|
|rowspan="3"|[[Indian National Congress]]<br><small>([[United Progressive Alliance]])</small>
| '''[[Gulzarilal Nanda]]'''
|width="4px" bgcolor="{{Indian National Congress/meta/color}}" rowspan="3"|
|rowspan="3"|[[Manmohan Singh]]
|[[Shivraj Patil]]
|-
|-
|[[P. Chidambaram]]
! 5
| bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress}}"|
| [[File:Purnendu Sekhar Naskar Lok Sabha image.gif|70px]]
| '''[[Purnendu Sekhar Naskar]]'''<br>{{small|(1921-1993)<br>MP for [[Mathurapur Lok Sabha constituency|Mathurapur]]}}
| 24 January<br>1966
| 13 March<br>1967
| '''{{ayd|1966|1|24|1967|3|13}}'''
| rowspan="2"| [[First Indira Gandhi ministry|Indira I]]
| rowspan="3" bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress}}"|
| rowspan="3"| '''[[Indira Gandhi]]'''
|-
|-
|3
! 6
|[[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>
| bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress}}"|
|28 October 2012
| [[File:Vidya Charan Shukla (cropped).jpg|70px]]
|26 May 2014
| '''[[Vidya Charan Shukla]]'''<br>{{small|(1929{{ndash}}2013)<br>MP for [[Mahasamund Lok Sabha constituency|Mahasamund]]}}
|[[Sushilkumar Shinde]]
| 14 February<br>1966
| 13 March<br>1967
| '''{{ayd|1966|2|14|1967|3|13}}'''
|-
|-
|4
! 7
|[[Kiren Rijiju]]
| bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress}}"|
|26 May 2014
|
|30 May 2019
|'''[[K. S. Ramaswamy]]'''<br>{{small|(1922{{ndash}}2004)<br>MP for [[Madras state|Madras]] (Rajya Sabha)}}
|rowspan="3" |[[Bharatiya Janata Party]]<br><small>([[National Democratic Alliance (India)|National Democratic Alliance]])</small>
| 18 March<br>1967
|rowspan="3" width="4px" bgcolor="{{Bharatiya Janata Party/meta/color}}" |
| 18 March<br>1971
|rowspan="3" |[[Narendra Modi]]
| '''{{ayd|1967|3|18|1971|3|18}}'''
|[[Rajnath Singh]]
| [[Second Indira Gandhi ministry|Indira II]]
|-
|-
|5
! colspan="11"|
|[[G. Kishan Reddy]]
|-
|rowspan="2" |30 May 2019
! 8
|rowspan="2" |Incumbent
| bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress (R)}}"|
|rowspan="2" |[[Amit Shah]]
|
| '''[[Fakruddinsab Hussensab Mohsin]]'''<br>{{small|(1923{{ndash}}1996)<br>MP for [[Dharwad South Lok Sabha constituency|Dharwad South]]}}
| 2 May<br>1971
| 24 March<br>1977
| '''{{ayd|1971|5|2|1977|3|24}}'''
| [[Indian National Congress (R)]]
| [[Third Indira Gandhi ministry|Indira III]]
| bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress (R)}}"|
| '''[[Indira Gandhi]]'''
|-
! colspan="11"|  
|-
! 9
| bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress (I)}}"|
|  
| '''[[Ram Lal Rahi]]'''<br>{{small|(1934{{ndash}}2020)<br>MP for [[Misrikh Lok Sabha constituency|Misrikh]]}}
| 21 June<br>1991
| 15 September<br>1995
| '''{{ayd|1991|6|21|1995|9|15}}'''
| [[Indian National Congress (I)]]
| [[Rao ministry|Rao]]
| bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress (I)}}"|
| '''[[P. V. Narasimha Rao]]'''
|-
! colspan="11"| {{nobold|''Position not in use since 1995''}}
|-
|-
|6
|[[Nityanand Rai]]
|}
|}
== Length of Tenure ==
===List by length of tenure===
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center"
! data-sort-type=number rowspan = "2" |#
! rowspan="2" |Finance Minister
! rowspan="2" colspan=2 |Party
! colspan="2" |Length of term
|-
! Longest continuous term
! Total tenure
|-
! data-sort-value="1" | 1
| [[Amit Shah]]
| {{Party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
| '''{{Age in years and days|30 May 2019}}'''
| '''{{Age in years and days|30 May 2019}}'''
|-
! data-sort-value="2" | 2
| L K Advani
| {{Party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
| 6 years, 64 days
| 6 years, 64 days 
|-
! data-sort-value="3" |3
| Govind Vallabh Pant
| {{Party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
| 6 years, 56 days
| 6 years, 56 days
|-
|}


==References==
==References==
{{Reflist}}
{{Reflist}}


==Other websites==
==External links==
*[http://mha.gov.in Home Ministry, Govt. of India]
*[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]
*[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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Minister of Home Affairs
Gr̥ha Mantrī
Emblem of India
Flag of India
Incumbent
Amit Shah
since 30 May 2019 (2019-05-30)
Ministry of Home Affairs
AbbreviationMHA
Member ofUnion Cabinet of India
Cabinet Committee on Security
Reports toPresident of India
Prime Minister of India
Parliament of India
Residence6A, Krishna Menon Marg, New Delhi
SeatRoom No. 104, North Block, New Delhi
AppointerPresident of India
on the recommendation of the Prime Minister
Formation15 August 1947
First holderSardar Vallabhbhai Patel
DeputyMinister of State for Home Affairs
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The Minister of Home Affairs or the Home Minister is the head of the Ministry of Home Affairs of the Government of India. One of the senior-most portfolios 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 today, three home ministers have gone on to become the prime minister: Lal Bahadur Shastri, Charan Singh and P. V. Narasimha Rao. Amit Shah is the current and the longest serving home minister in history from 30 May 2019 till date.[1][2][3]

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.[citation needed] The current minister is Amit Shah of the Bharatiya Janata Party who has been in office since 30 May 2019 and succeeded his party colleague Rajnath Singh as the home minister.[4][5][6]

Cabinet ministers[edit | edit source]

No. Portrait Minister
(birth-death)
Constituency 		Term of office Political party Ministry Prime Minister
From To Period
1 Error creating thumbnail: File missing Vallabhbhai Patel
(1875–1950)
MCA for Bombay
(Deputy Prime Minister) 		15 August
1947 		15 December
1950
(died in office) 		3 years, 122 days Indian National Congress Nehru I Jawaharlal Nehru
2 Error creating thumbnail: File missing Jawaharlal Nehru
(1889–1964)
MP for United Provinces
(Prime Minister) 		15 December
1950 		26 December
1950 		11 days
3 Error creating thumbnail: File missing C. Rajagopalachari
(1878–1972)
Unelected 		26 December
1950 		5 November
1951 		314 days
4 Kailash Nath Katju
(1887–1968)
MP for Mandsaur 		5 November
1951 		13 May
1952 		3 years, 66 days
13 May
1952 		10 January
1955 		Nehru II
5 Govind Ballabh Pant
(1887–1961)
Rajya Sabha MP for Uttar Pradesh 		10 January
1955 		17 April
1957 		6 years, 56 days
17 April
1957 		7 March
1961
(died in office) 		Nehru III
6 Lal Bahadur Shastri
(1904–1966)
MP for Allahabad 		8 March
1961 		10 April
1962 		2 years, 187 days
11 April
1962 		29 August
1963 		Nehru IV
7 Gulzarilal Nanda
(1898–1998)
MP for Sabarkantha
(Prime Minister from
27 May – 9 June 1964; and
11 – 24 January 1966) 		1 September
1963 		27 May
1964 		3 years, 69 days
27 May
1964 		9 June
1964 		Nanda I Self
9 June
1964 		11 January
1966 		Shastri Lal Bahadur Shastri
11 January
1966 		24 January
1966 		Nanda II Self
24 January
1966 		9 November
1966 		Indira I Indira Gandhi
8 Error creating thumbnail: File missing Indira Gandhi
(1917–1984)
Rajya Sabha MP for Uttar Pradesh
(Prime Minister) 		9 November
1966 		13 November
1966 		4 days
9 Yashwantrao Chavan
(1913–1984)
MP for Nashik 		13 November
1966 		13 March
1967 		3 years, 226 days
13 March
1967 		27 June
1970 		Indian National Congress (R) Indira II
(8) Error creating thumbnail: File missing Indira Gandhi
(1917–1984)
MP for Rae Bareli
(Prime Minister) 		27 June
1970 		13 March
1971 		2 years, 223 days
13 March
1971 		5 February
1973 		Indira III
10 Uma Shankar Dikshit
(1901–1991)
Rajya Sabha MP for Uttar Pradesh 		5 February
1973 		10 October
1974 		1 year, 247 days
11 Kasu Brahmananda Reddy
(1909–1994)
Rajya Sabha MP for Andhra Pradesh 		10 October
1974 		24 March
1977 		2 years, 165 days
12 Charan Singh
(1902–1987)
MP for Baghpat 		24 March
1977 		1 July
1978 		1 year, 99 days Janata Party Desai Morarji Desai
13 Morarji Desai
(1896–1995)
MP for Surat
(Prime Minister) 		1 July
1978 		24 January
1979 		207 days
14 Hirubhai M. Patel
(1904–1993)
MP for Sabarkantha 		24 January
1979 		28 July
1979 		185 days
(9) Yashwantrao Chavan
(1913–1984)
MP for Satara
(Deputy Prime Minister) 		28 July
1979 		14 January
1980 		170 days Indian National Congress (Urs) Charan Charan Singh
15 Zail Singh
(1916–1994)
MP for Hoshiarpur 		14 January
1980 		22 June
1982 		2 years, 159 days Indian National Congress (I) Indira IV Indira Gandhi
16 Ramaswamy Venkataraman
(1910–2009)
MP for Chennai South 		22 June
1982 		2 September
1982 		72 days
17 Prakash Chandra Sethi
(1919–1996)
MP for Indore 		2 September
1982 		19 July
1984 		1 year, 321 days
18 P. V. Narasimha Rao
(1921–2004)
MP for Hanamkonda 		19 July
1984 		31 October
1984 		165 days
31 October
1984 		31 December
1984 		Rajiv I Rajiv Gandhi
19 Shankarrao Chavan
(1920–2004)
MP for Nanded 		31 December
1984 		12 March
1986 		1 year, 71 days Rajiv II
(18) P. V. Narasimha Rao
(1921–2004)
MP for Hanamkonda 		12 March
1986 		12 May
1986 		61 days
20 Buta Singh
(1934–2021)
MP for Jalore 		12 May
1986 		2 December
1989 		3 years, 204 days
21 Error creating thumbnail: File missing Mufti Mohammad Sayeed
(1936–2016)
MP for Muzaffarnagar 		2 December
1989 		10 November
1990 		1 year, 8 days Janata Dal Vishwanath Vishwanath Pratap Singh
22 Error creating thumbnail: File missing Chandra Shekhar
(1927–2007)
MP for Ballia
(Prime Minister) 		10 November
1990 		21 June
1991 		223 days Samajwadi Janata Party (Rashtriya) Chandra Shekhar Himself
(19) Shankarrao Chavan
(1920–2004)
Rajya Sabha MP for Maharashtra 		21 June
1991 		16 May
1996 		4 years, 330 days Indian National Congress (I) Rao P. V. Narasimha Rao
23 Error creating thumbnail: File missing Murli Manohar Joshi
(born 1934)
MP for Allahabad 		16 May
1996 		1 June
1996 		16 days Bharatiya Janata Party Vajpayee I Atal Bihari Vajpayee
24 Error creating thumbnail: File missing H. D. Deve Gowda
(born 1933)
Unelected
(Prime Minister) 		1 June
1996 		29 June
1996 		28 days Janata Dal Deve Gowda H. D. Deve Gowda
25 Error creating thumbnail: File missing Indrajit Gupta
(1919–2001)
MP for Midnapore 		29 June
1996 		21 April
1997 		1 year, 263 days Communist Party of India
21 April
1997 		19 March
1998 		Gujral Inder Kumar Gujral
26 L. K. Advani
(born 1927)
MP for Gandhinagar
(Deputy Prime Minister
from 29 June 2002) 		19 March
1998 		13 October
1999 		6 years, 64 days Bharatiya Janata Party Vajpayee II Atal Bihari Vajpayee
13 October
1999 		22 May
2004 		Vajpayee III
27 Shivraj Patil
(1935–2025)
Rajya Sabha MP for Maharashtra 		23 May
2004 		30 November
2008 		4 years, 191 days Indian National Congress Manmohan I Manmohan Singh
28 Error creating thumbnail: File missing P. Chidambaram
(born 1945)
MP for Sivaganga 		30 November
2008 		22 May
2009 		3 years, 244 days
23 May
2009 		31 July
2012 		Manmohan II
29 Error creating thumbnail: File missing Sushilkumar Shinde
(born 1941)
MP for Solapur 		31 July
2012 		26 May
2014 		1 year, 299 days
30 Error creating thumbnail: File missing Rajnath Singh
(born 1951)
MP for Lucknow 		26 May
2014 		30 May
2019 		5 years, 3 days Bharatiya Janata Party Modi I Narendra Modi
31 Amit Shah
(born 1964)
MP for Gandhinagar 		30 May
2019 		9 June
2024 		7 years, 79 days Modi II
9 June
2024 		Incumbent Modi III

Ministers of state[edit | edit source]

No. Portrait Minister
(birth-death)
Constituency 		Term of office Political party Ministry Prime Minister
From To Period
1 Rustom Khurshedji Sidhwa
(1882–1957) 		11 October
1951 		13 May
1952 		215 days Indian National Congress Nehru I Jawaharlal Nehru
2 B. N. Datar
(1894–1963)
MP for Belgaum 		14 February
1956 		17 April
1957 		6 years, 364 days Nehru II
17 April
1957 		10 April
1962 		Nehru III
16 April
1962 		13 February
1963 		Nehru IV
3 Ramchandra Martand Hajarnavis
(1908–1976)
MP for Bhandara 		22 February
1963 		10 March
1964 		1 year, 17 days
4 Error creating thumbnail: File missing Jaisukhlal Hathi
(1909–1982)
MP for Gujarat (Rajya Sabha) 		10 March
1964 		27 May
1964 		2 years, 248 days
27 May
1964 		9 June
1964 		Nanda I Gulzarilal Nanda
9 June
1964 		11 January
1966 		Shastri Lal Bahadur Shastri
11 January
1966 		24 January
1966 		Nanda II Gulzarilal Nanda
24 January
1966 		13 November
1966 		Indira I Indira Gandhi
5 Vidya Charan Shukla
(1929–2013)
MP for Mahasamund 		13 March
1967 		27 June
1970 		3 years, 106 days
6 Ram Niwas Mirdha
(1924–2010)
MP for Rajasthan (Rajya Sabha)
(Personnel and Administrative Reforms) 		27 June
1970 		18 March
1971 		264 days Indian National Congress (R)
7 K. C. Pant
(1931–2012)
MP for Nainital 		27 June
1970 		18 March
1971 		3 years, 135 days
18 March
1971 		9 November
1973 		Indira II
8 Error creating thumbnail: File missing Om Mehta
(1927–1995)
MP for Jammu and Kashmir
(Personnel and Administrative Reforms) 		10 October
1974 		24 March
1977 		2 years, 165 days
9 S. D. Patil
MP for Erandol 		14 August
1977 		28 July
1979 		1 year, 348 days Janata Party Desai Morarji Desai
10 Dhanik Lal Mandal
(1932–2022)
MP for Jhanjharpur 		14 August
1977 		15 July
1979 		2 years, 153 days
30 July
1979 		14 January
1980 		Janata Party (Secular) Charan Charan Singh
11 Error creating thumbnail: File missing Pendekanti Venkatasubbaiah
(1921–1993)
MP for Nandyal 		14 January
1980 		31 October
1984 		4 years, 291 days Indian National Congress (I) Indira III Indira Gandhi
12 Yogendra Makwana
(1933–2025)
MP for Gujarat (Rajya Sabha) 		14 January
1980 		15 January
1982 		2 years, 1 day
13 Nihar Ranjan Laskar
(born 1932)
MP for Karimganj 		15 January
1982 		7 February
1984 		2 years, 23 days
14 Error creating thumbnail: File missing Ram Dulari Sinha
(1922–1994)
MP for Sheohar 		7 February
1984 		31 October
1984 		267 days
(11) Pendekanti Venkatasubbaiah
(1921–1993)
MP for Nandyal 		4 November
1984 		31 December
1984 		57 days Rajiv I Rajiv Gandhi
(14) Error creating thumbnail: File missing Ram Dulari Sinha
(1922–1994)
MP for Sheohar 		4 November
1984 		31 December
1984 		325 days
31 December
1984 		25 September
1985 		Rajiv II
15 Arif Mohammad Khan
(born 1951)
MP for Bahraich 		12 August
1985 		25 September
1986 		44 days
16 P. A. Sangma
(1947–2016)
MP for Tura
(States) 		25 September
1985 		20 January
1986 		117 days
17 Arun Nehru
(1944–2013)
MP for Raebareli
(Internal Security)
(6) Ram Niwas Mirdha
(1924–2010)
MP for Rajasthan (Rajya Sabha) 		14 March
1986 		14 June
1986 		0 days
18 Ghulam Nabi Azad
(born 1949)
MP for Washim
(States) 		12 May
1986 		22 October
1986 		163 days
19 Error creating thumbnail: File missing P. Chidambaram
(born 1945)
MP for Sivaganga 		24 June
1986 		2 December
1989 		3 years, 161 days
20 Chintamani Panigrahi
(1922–2000)
MP for Bhubaneswar 		22 October
1986 		25 June
1988 		1 year, 247 days
21 Santosh Mohan Dev
(1934–2017)
MP for Silchar
(Internal Security) 		25 June
1988 		2 December
1989 		1 year, 160 days
22 Subodh Kant Sahay
(born 1951)
MP for Ranchi 		23 April
1990 		5 November
1990 		196 days Janata Dal Vishwanath Vishwanath Pratap Singh
21 November
1990 		21 June
1991 		228 days Samajwadi Janata Party (Rashtriya) Chandra Shekhar Chandra Shekhar
23 M. M. Jacob
(1926–2018)
MP for Kerala (Rajya Sabha) 		21 June
1991 		17 January
1993 		1 year, 210 days Indian National Congress (I) Rao P. V. Narasimha Rao
24 Error creating thumbnail: File missing Rajesh Pilot
(1945–2000)
MP for Dausa
(Internal Security) 		18 January
1993 		15 September
1995 		2 years, 240 days
25 P. M. Sayeed
(1941–2005)
MP for Lakshadweep 		19 January
1993 		2 years, 239 days
26 Syed Sibtey Razi
(1939–2022)
MP for Uttar Pradesh (Rajya Sabha) 		15 September
1995 		16 May
1996 		244 days
27 Ram Lal Rahi
(1934–2020)
MP for Misrikh
28 Meijinlung Kamson
(born 1939)
MP for Outer Manipur
29 Error creating thumbnail: File missing Mohammed Taslimuddin
(1943–2017)
MP for Kishanganj 		1 June
1996 		9 June
1996 		8 days Janata Dal Deve Gowda H. D. Deve Gowda
30 Maqbool Dar
(1943–2008)
MP for Anantnag 		10 July
1996 		21 April
1997 		285 days
1 May
1997 		19 March
1998 		322 days Gujral Inder Kumar Gujral
31 Ram Naik
(born 1934)
MP for Mumbai North 		5 May
1999 		13 October
1999 		161 days Bharatiya Janata Party Vajpayee II Atal Bihari Vajpayee
32 I. D. Swami
(1929–2019)
MP for Karnal 		13 October
1999 		22 May
2004 		4 years, 222 days Vajpayee III
33 Error creating thumbnail: File missing C. Vidyasagar Rao
(born 1941)
MP for Karimnagar 		13 October
1999 		29 January
2003 		3 years, 108 days
34 Harin Pathak
(born 1947)
MP for Ahmedabad East 		29 January
2003 		22 May
2004 		1 year, 114 days
35 Chinmayanand Swami
(born 1947)
MP for Jaunpur 		24 May
2003 		22 May
2004 		364 days
36 Error creating thumbnail: File missing Manikrao Hodlya Gavit
(1934–2022)
MP for Nandurbar 		23 May
2004 		6 April
2007 		2 years, 318 days Indian National Congress Manmohan I Manmohan Singh
37 Shriprakash Jaiswal
(1944–2025)
MP for Kanpur 		23 May
2004 		22 May
2009 		4 years, 364 days
38 S. Regupathy
(born 1950)
MP for Pudukkottai 		23 May
2004 		15 May
2007 		2 years, 357 days Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
38 V. Radhika Selvi
(born 1976)
MP for Tiruchendur 		18 May
2007 		22 May
2009 		2 years, 4 days
39 Error creating thumbnail: File missing Shakeel Ahmad
(born 1956)
MP for Madhubani 		6 April
2008 		22 May
2009 		1 year, 46 days Indian National Congress
40 Mullappally Ramachandran
(born 1944)
MP for Vatakara 		28 May
2009 		26 May
2014 		4 years, 363 days Manmohan II
41 Error creating thumbnail: File missing Ajay Maken
(born 1964)
MP for New Delhi 		28 May
2009 		19 January
2011 		1 year, 236 days
42 Gurudas Kamat
(1954–2018)
MP for Mumbai North West 		19 January
2011 		12 July
2011 		174 days
43 Jitendra Singh
(born 1971)
MP for Alwar 		12 July
2011 		28 October
2012 		1 year, 108 days
44 R. P. N. Singh
(born 1964)
MP for Kushi Nagar 		28 October
2012 		26 May
2014 		1 year, 210 days
45 Error creating thumbnail: File missing Kiren Rijiju
(born 1971)
MP for Arunachal West 		26 May
2014 		30 May
2019 		5 years, 4 days Bharatiya Janata Party Modi I Narendra Modi
46 Error creating thumbnail: File missing Haribhai Parthibhai Chaudhary
(born 1954)
MP for Banaskantha 		9 November
2014 		5 July
2016 		1 year, 239 days
47 Hansraj Gangaram Ahir
(born 1954)
MP for Chandrapur 		5 July
2016 		30 May
2019 		2 years, 329 days
48 G. Kishan Reddy
(born 1964)
MP for Secunderabad 		31 May
2019 		7 July
2021 		2 years, 37 days Modi II
49 Error creating thumbnail: File missing Nityanand Rai
(born 1966)
MP for Ujiarpur 		31 May
2019 		9 June
2024 		5 years, 9 days
50 Error creating thumbnail: File missing Ajay Mishra Teni
(born 1960)
MP for Kheri 		7 July
2021 		9 June
2024 		2 years, 338 days
51 Nisith Pramanik
(born 1986)
MP for Cooch Behar
(49) Error creating thumbnail: File missing Nityanand Rai
(born 1966)
MP for Ujiarpur 		10 June
2024 		Incumbent 2 years, 69 days Modi III
52 Bandi Sanjay Kumar
(born 1971)
MP for Karimnagar

Deputy ministers[edit | edit source]

No. Portrait Minister
(birth-death)
Constituency 		Term of office Political party Ministry Prime Minister
From To Period
1 B. N. Datar
(1894–1963)
MP for Belgaum North 		12 August
1952 		14 February
1956 		3 years, 186 days Indian National Congress Nehru II Jawaharlal Nehru
2 Violet Alva
(1909–1969)
MP for Bombay (Rajya Sabha) 		23 April
1957 		10 April
1962 		4 years, 352 days Indian National Congress Nehru III
3 Maragatham Chandrasekar
(1917–2001)
MP for Sriperumbudur 		8 May
1962 		27 May
1964 		2 years, 19 days Indian National Congress Nehru IV
4 Error creating thumbnail: File missing Lalit Narayan Mishra
(1923–1975)
MP for Bihar (Rajya Sabha) 		26 February
1964 		27 May
1964 		91 days
(3) Maragatham Chandrasekar
(1917–2001)
MP for Sriperumbudur 		27 May
1964 		9 June
1964 		13 days Nanda I Gulzarilal Nanda
(4) Error creating thumbnail: File missing Lalit Narayan Mishra
(1923–1975)
MP for Bihar (Rajya Sabha) 		27 May
1964 		9 June
1964 		1 year, 242 days
9 June
1964 		11 January
1966 		Shastri Lal Bahadur Shastri
11 January
1966 		24 January
1966 		Nanda II Gulzarilal Nanda
5 Error creating thumbnail: File missing Purnendu Sekhar Naskar
(1921-1993)
MP for Mathurapur 		24 January
1966 		13 March
1967 		1 year, 48 days Indira I Indira Gandhi
6 Vidya Charan Shukla
(1929–2013)
MP for Mahasamund 		14 February
1966 		13 March
1967 		1 year, 27 days
7 K. S. Ramaswamy
(1922–2004)
MP for Madras (Rajya Sabha) 		18 March
1967 		18 March
1971 		4 years, 0 days Indira II
8 Fakruddinsab Hussensab Mohsin
(1923–1996)
MP for Dharwad South 		2 May
1971 		24 March
1977 		5 years, 326 days Indian National Congress (R) Indira III Indira Gandhi
9 Ram Lal Rahi
(1934–2020)
MP for Misrikh 		21 June
1991 		15 September
1995 		4 years, 86 days Indian National Congress (I) Rao P. V. Narasimha Rao
Position not in use since 1995

Length of Tenure[edit | edit source]

List by length of tenure[edit | edit source]

# Finance Minister Party Length of term
Longest continuous term Total tenure
1 Amit Shah BJP 7 years, 80 days 7 years, 80 days
2 L K Advani BJP 6 years, 64 days 6 years, 64 days
3 Govind Vallabh Pant INC 6 years, 56 days 6 years, 56 days


References[edit | edit source]

  1. ↑ "Amit Shah now India's longest-serving home minister". The Times Of India. 6 August 2025. Retrieved 6 August 2025.
  2. ↑ "Amit Shah becomes longest-serving Home Minister, PM Modi praises tenure". DD News. 5 August 2025. Retrieved 5 August 2025.
  3. ↑ "Amit Shah Breaks LK Advani's Record To Become Longest-Serving Home Minister". NDTV. 5 August 2025. Retrieved 5 August 2025.
  4. ↑ "Union Home Minister – Shri Amit Shah". Ministry of Home Affairs. Retrieved 22 August 2025.
  5. ↑ "India's security, welfare of people Modi govt's priority: Amit Shah after taking charge as Home Minister". ABP News. 1 June 2019. Retrieved 22 August 2025.
  6. ↑ "Amit Shah is Home Minister, Rajnath is Defence Minister: Full list of new portfolios in Modi govt". India Today. 31 May 2019. Retrieved 22 August 2025.

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