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{{Short description|Head of the Ministry of Home Affairs of the Government of India}}
{{Use Indian English|date=September 2019}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2019}}
{{Infobox political post
{{Infobox political post
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| border = parliamentary
| minister         = not_prime
| minister = not_prime
| insignia         = Emblem of India.svg
| insignia = Emblem of India.svg
| insigniasize     = 25px
| insigniasize = 50px
| insigniacaption = [[Emblem of India]]
| insigniacaption = [[Emblem of India]]
| department       = [[Ministry of Home Affairs (India)|Ministry of Home Affairs]]
| department = [[Ministry of Home Affairs (India)|Ministry of Home Affairs]]
|style = [[The Honourable]]
| style = [[The Honourable]]
| post             = Minister of Home Affairs
| post = {{big|Minister of Home Affairs}}<br>''Griha Mantri''
| image           = Amit shah official portrait.jpg
|image=Shri Amit Shah taking charge as the Union Minister for Home Affairs, in New Delhi on June 01, 2019.jpg
| incumbent       = [[Amit Shah]]
| incumbent = [[Amit Shah]]
| incumbent_since = 30 May 2019
| incumbent_since = 30 May 2019
| member_of   = Union Cabinet <br /> National Security Council
| member_of = Union Cabinet
| reports_to = [[Prime Minister of India |Prime Minister]],<br>
| reports_to = [[Prime Minister of India|Prime Minister]],<br>
  [[Parliament of India]]
  [[Parliament of India]]
| seat = North Block, [[Rashtrapati Bhavan]], [[New Delhi]]  
| seat = North Block, [[Rashtrapati Bhavan]], [[New Delhi]]
| appointer       = [[President of India|President]] on the advice of the [[Prime Minister of India|Prime Minister]]
| appointer = [[President of India|President]] on the advice of the [[Prime Minister of India|Prime Minister]]
| termlength = 5 years
| termlength = 5 years
| formation       = 15 August 1947
| precursor = [[Rajnath Singh]]<br>
|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}}
<small>(2014-2019)</small>
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]].  
| formation = 15 August 1947
| body =  
| flag = Flag of India.svg
| flagsize = 110px
| flagcaption = [[Flag of India]]
| flagborder = yes
| website = {{url|https://mha.gov.in}}
| abbreviation = HM
 
| incumbentsince = 30 May 2019
}}
{{Politics of India}}
The '''Minister of Home Affairs''' (or simply, the '''Home Minister''', short-form '''HM''') is the head of the [[Ministry of Home Affairs (India)|Ministry of Home Affairs]] of the [[Government of India]]. One of the senior-most officers in the [[Cabinet of India|Union Cabinet]], the chief responsibility of the Home Minister is the maintenance of India's [[internal security]]; 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 of India|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.
 
From 26 May 2014 to 30 May 2019, the Home Minister of India was [[Rajnath Singh]] of the [[Bharatiya Janata Party]], taking over the reins from [[Sushilkumar Shinde]]. On 31 May 2019, following the swearing-in of the [[Second Modi ministry|Second Modi Ministry]]  [[Amit Shah]] assumed the office as its 31st occupant.


==List of Home Ministers==
==List of Home Ministers==
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|- align=center
|- align=center
! №
! №
! width="75" |Portrait
! Name
! Name
! width=75|Portrait
! colspan="2" |Term of office
! colspan="2"|Term of office
!Tenure
(in years, days)
! colspan=2|Political party<br /><small>(Alliance)</small>
! colspan=2|Political party<br /><small>(Alliance)</small>
!Prime Minister
!Prime Minister
|- align=center
|- align=center
|1
|1
| [[File:Sardar patel (cropped).jpg|75px]]
| [[Vallabhbhai Patel]]
| [[Vallabhbhai Patel]]
| [[File:Sardar patel (cropped).jpg|75px]]
| 15 August 1947
| 15 August 1947
| 12 December 1950
| 12 December 1950
|{{Age in years and days|1947|8|15|1950|12|12}}
| rowspan="12"| [[Indian National Congress]]
| rowspan="12"| [[Indian National Congress]]
|width="4px" bgcolor="{{Indian National Congress/meta/color}}" rowspan=12|
|width="4px" bgcolor="{{Indian National Congress/meta/color}}" rowspan=12|
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|- align=center
|- align=center
|2
|2
| [[File:Jnehru.jpg|75px]]
| [[Jawaharlal Nehru]]
| [[Jawaharlal Nehru]]
|
| 12 December 1950
| 12 December 1950
| 26 December 1950
| 26 December 1950
|{{Age in years and days|1950|12|12|1950|12|26}}
|- align=center
|- align=center
|3
|3
| [[File:C Rajagopalachari 1944.jpg|75px]]
| [[C. Rajagopalachari]]
| [[C. Rajagopalachari]]
| [[File:C Rajagopalachari 1944.jpg|75px]]
| 26 December 1950
| 26 December 1950
| 05 November 1951
| 5 November 1951
|{{Age in years and days|1950|12|26|1951|11|5}}
|- align=center
|- align=center
|4
|4
| [[File:Kailash Nath Katju.jpg|center|75px]]
| [[Kailash Nath Katju]]
| [[Kailash Nath Katju]]
|
| 5 November 1951
| 05 November 1951
| 10 January 1955
| 10 January 1955
|{{Age in years and days|1951|11|5|1955|1|10}}
|- align=center
|- align=center
|5
|5
|[[File:Pandit Govind Ballabh Pant.jpg|75px]]
| [[Govind Ballabh Pant]]
| [[Govind Ballabh Pant]]
|[[File:Pandit Govind Ballabh Pant.jpg|75px]]
| 10 January 1955
| 10 January 1955
| 25 February 1961
| 25 February 1961
|{{Age in years and days|1955|1|10|1961|2|25}}
|- align=center
|- align=center
|6
|6
| [[File:Lal Bahadur Shastri (cropped).jpg|75px]]
| [[Lal Bahadur Shastri]]
| [[Lal Bahadur Shastri]]
| [[File:Lal Bahadur Shastri (cropped).jpg|75px]]
| 25 February 1961
| 25 February 1961
| 01 September 1963
| 1 September 1963
|{{Ayd|25 February 1961|1 September 1963}}
|- align=center
|- align=center
|7
|7
| [[File:Gulzarilal Nanda (cropped).jpg|75px]]
| [[Gulzarilal Nanda]]
| [[Gulzarilal Nanda]]
| [[File:Gulzarilal Nanda (cropped).jpg|75px]]
| 1 September 1963
| 01 September 1963
| 9 November 1966
| 09 November 1966
|{{Ayd|1 September 1963|9 November 1966}}
| Jawaharlal Nehru<br />[[Lal Bahadur Shastri]]<br />[[Indira Gandhi]]
| [[Jawaharlal Nehru]]<br />[[Lal Bahadur Shastri]]<br />[[Indira Gandhi]]
|- align=center
|- align=center
|8
|8
|[[File:Indira Gandhi 1977.jpg|75px]]
| [[Indira Gandhi]]
| [[Indira Gandhi]]
|[[File:Indira Gandhi 1977.jpg|75px]]
| 9 November 1966
| 09 November 1966
| 13 November 1966
| 13 November 1966
| rowspan="5"| Indira Gandhi
|{{Ayd|9 November 1966|13 November 1966}}
| rowspan="5"| [[Indira Gandhi]]
|- align=center
|- align=center
|9
|9
| [[File:Yashwantrao Chavan.jpg|75px]]
| [[Yashwantrao Chavan]]
| [[Yashwantrao Chavan]]
|
| 13 November 1966
| 13 November 1966
| 27 June 1970
| 27 June 1970
|{{Ayd|13 November 1966|27 June 1970}}
|- align=center
|- align=center
|(8)
|(8)
| [[File:Indira Gandhi 1977.jpg|75px]]
| [[Indira Gandhi]]
| [[Indira Gandhi]]
| [[File:Indira Gandhi 1977.jpg|75px]]
| 27 June 1970
| 27 June 1970
| 05 February 1973
| 5 February 1973
|{{Ayd|27 June 1970|5 February 1973}}
|- align=center
|- align=center
|10
|10
|
| [[Uma Shankar Dikshit]]
| [[Uma Shankar Dikshit]]
|
| 5 February 1973
| 05 February 1973
| 10 October 1974
| 10 October 1974
|{{Ayd|5 February 1973|10 October 1974}}
|- align=center
|- align=center
|11
|11
| [[File:Kasu Brahmananda Reddy 2011 stamp of India.jpg|75px]]
| [[Kasu Brahmananda Reddy]]
| [[Kasu Brahmananda Reddy]]
|
| 10 October 1974
| 10 October 1974
| 24 March 1977
| 24 March 1977
|{{Ayd|10 October 1974|24 March 1977}}
|- align=center
|- align=center
|12
|12
|[[File:Charan Singh 1990 stamp of India.jpg|75px]]
| [[Charan Singh]]
| [[Charan Singh]]
|[[File:Charan Singh 1990 stamp of India.jpg|75px]]
| 24 March 1977
| 24 March 1977
| 01 July 1978
| 1 July 1978
|{{Ayd|24 March 1977|1 July 1978}}
| rowspan="3"| [[Janata Party]]
| rowspan="3"| [[Janata Party]]
|width="4px" bgcolor="{{Janata Party/meta/color}}" rowspan=3|
|width="4px" bgcolor="{{Janata Party/meta/color}}" rowspan=3|
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|- align=center
|- align=center
|13
|13
| [[File:Morarji Desai During his visit to the United States of America .jpg|75px]]
| [[Morarji Desai]]
| [[Morarji Desai]]
| [[File:Morarji Desai During his visit to the United States of America .jpg|75px]]
| 1 July 1978
| 01 July 1978
| 24 January 1979
| 24 January 1979
|{{Ayd|1 July 1978|24 January 1979}}
|- align=center
|- align=center
|14
|14
|
| [[Hirubhai M. Patel]]
| [[Hirubhai M. Patel]]
|
| 24 January 1979
| 24 January 1979
| 28 July 1979
| 28 July 1979
|{{Ayd|24 January 1979|28 July 1979}}
|- align=center
|- align=center
|(9)
|(9)
| [[File:Yashwantrao Chavan.jpg|75px]]
| [[Yashwantrao Chavan]]
| [[Yashwantrao Chavan]]
|
| 28 July 1979
| 28 July 1979
| 14 January 1980
| 14 January 1980
| [[Janata Party (Secular)]]
|{{Ayd|28 July 1979|14 January 1980}}
|width="4px" bgcolor="{{Janata Party (Secular)/meta/color}}" rowspan=1|
| [[Indian National Congress (Urs)]]
|width="4px" bgcolor="{{Indian National Congress (Urs)/meta/color}}" rowspan=1|
| [[Charan Singh]]
| [[Charan Singh]]
|- align=center
|- align=center
|15
|15
| [[File:Giani Zail Singh 1995 stamp of India (cropped).png|75px]]
| [[Zail Singh]]
| [[Zail Singh]]
|
| 14 January 1980
| 14 January 1980
| 22 June 1982
| 22 June 1982
| rowspan=7| Indian National Congress
|{{Ayd|14 January 1980|22 June 1982}}
| rowspan=7| [[Indian National Congress]]
|width="4px" bgcolor="{{Indian National Congress/meta/color}}" rowspan=7|
|width="4px" bgcolor="{{Indian National Congress/meta/color}}" rowspan=7|
| rowspan=3| Indira Gandhi
| rowspan=3| [[Indira Gandhi]]
|- align=center
|- align=center
|16
|16
| [[R. Venkataraman]]
| [[File:R Venkataraman (cropped).jpg|75px]]
| [[File:R Venkataraman (cropped).jpg|75px]]
| [[Ramaswamy Venkataraman]]
| 22 June 1982
| 22 June 1982
| 02 September 1982
| 2 September 1982
|{{Ayd|22 June 1982|2 September 1982}}
|- align=center
|- align=center
|17
|17
|
| [[Prakash Chandra Sethi]]
| [[Prakash Chandra Sethi]]
|
| 2 September 1982
| 02 September 1982
| 19 July 1984
| 19 July 1984
|{{Ayd|2 September 1982|19 July 1984}}
|- align=center
|- align=center
|18
|18
| [[File:P. V. Narasimha Rao.JPG|83x83px]]
| [[P. V. Narasimha Rao]]
| [[P. V. Narasimha Rao]]
| [[File:Pumapaparti.N.rao.jpg|75px]]
| 19 July 1984
| 19 July 1984
| 31 December 1984
| 31 December 1984
| Indira Gandhi<br />[[Rajiv Gandhi]]
|{{Ayd|19 July 1984|31 December 1984}}
| [[Indira Gandhi]]<br />[[Rajiv Gandhi]]
|- align=center
|- align=center
|19
|19
| [[File:Shankarrao Chavan 2007 stamp of India.jpg|75px]]
| [[Shankarrao Chavan]]
| [[Shankarrao Chavan]]
|
| 31 December 1984
| 31 December 1984
| 12 March 1986
| 12 March 1986
| rowspan="3"| Rajiv Gandhi
|{{Ayd|31 December 1984|12 March 1986}}
| rowspan="3"| [[Rajiv Gandhi]]
|- align=center
|- align=center
|(19)
|(18)
| [[File:P. V. Narasimha Rao.JPG|83x83px]]
| [[P. V. Narasimha Rao]]
| [[P. V. Narasimha Rao]]
| [[File:Pumapaparti.N.rao.jpg|75px]]
| 12 March 1986
| 12 March 1986
| 12 May 1986
| 12 May 1986
|{{Ayd|12 March 1986|12 May 1986}}
|- align=center
|- align=center
|20
|20
| [[File:Buta_Singh_(headshot).jpg |75px]]
| [[Buta Singh]]
| [[Buta Singh]]
| [[File:Buta Singh at DJ Sheizwoods house (11) (cropped).jpg|75px]]
| 12 May 1986
| 12 May 1986
| 02 December 1989
| 2 December 1989
|{{Ayd|12 May 1986|2 December 1989}}
|- align=center
|- align=center
|21
|21
| [[File:Mufti Mohammad Sayeed.jpg|75px]]
| [[Mufti Mohammad Sayeed]]
| [[Mufti Mohammad Sayeed]]
| [[File:Mufti Mohammad Sayeed.jpg|75px]]
| 2 December 1989
| 02 December 1989
| 10 November 1990
| 10 November 1990
|{{Ayd|2 December 1989|10 November 1990}}
| [[Janata Dal]]<br /><small>([[National Front (India)|National Front]])</small>
| [[Janata Dal]]<br /><small>([[National Front (India)|National Front]])</small>
|width="4px" bgcolor="{{Janata Dal/meta/color}}" rowspan=1|
|width="4px" bgcolor="{{Janata Dal/meta/color}}" rowspan=1|
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|- align=center
|- align=center
|22
|22
|[[File:Chandra Shekhar Singh.jpg|75px]]
| [[Chandra Shekhar]]
| [[Chandra Shekhar]]
|
| 10 November 1990
| 10 November 1990
| 21 June 1991
| 21 June 1991
| [[Samajwadi Janata Party (Rashtriya)|Samajwadi Janata Party]]<br /><small>(National Front)</small>
|{{Ayd|10 November 1990|21 June 1991}}
| [[Samajwadi Janata Party (Rashtriya)]]
|width="4px" bgcolor="{{Samajwadi Janata Party (Rashtriya)/meta/color}}" rowspan=1|
|width="4px" bgcolor="{{Samajwadi Janata Party (Rashtriya)/meta/color}}" rowspan=1|
| Chandra Shekhar
| [[Chandra Shekhar]]
|- align=center
|- align=center
|(20)
|(19)
| [[File:Shankarrao Chavan 2007 stamp of India.jpg|75px]]
| [[Shankarrao Chavan]]
| [[Shankarrao Chavan]]
|
| 21 June 1991
| 21 June 1991
| 16 May 1996
| 16 May 1996
| Indian National Congress
|{{Ayd|21 June 1991|16 May 1996}}
| [[Indian National Congress]]
|width="4px" bgcolor="{{Indian National Congress/meta/color}}" rowspan=1|
|width="4px" bgcolor="{{Indian National Congress/meta/color}}" rowspan=1|
| [[P. V. Narasimha Rao]]
| [[P. V. Narasimha Rao]]
|- align=center
|- align=center
|23
|23
| [[File:Murli Manohar Joshi MP.jpg|75px]]
| [[Murli Manohar Joshi]]
| [[Murli Manohar Joshi]]
| [[File:Murli Manohar Joshi MP.jpg|75px]]
| 16 May 1996
| 16 May 1996
| 1 June 1996
| 1 June 1996
|{{Ayd|16 May 1996|1 June 1996}}
| [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
| [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
|width="4px" bgcolor="{{Bharatiya Janata Party/meta/color}}" rowspan=1|
|width="4px" bgcolor="{{Bharatiya Janata Party/meta/color}}" rowspan=1|
| [[Atal Bihari Vajpayee]]
| [[Atal Bihari Vajpayee]]
|- align=center
|- align=center
|25
|24
| [[File:Deve Gowda BNC.jpg|75px]]
| [[H. D. Deve Gowda]]
| [[H. D. Deve Gowda]]
| [[File:Deve Gowda BNC.jpg|75px]]
| 1 June 1996
| 1 June 1996
| 29 June 1996
| 29 June 1996
|{{Ayd|1 June 1996|29 June 1996}}
| [[Janata Dal]]<br/><small>([[United Front (India)|United Front]])</small>
| [[Janata Dal]]<br/><small>([[United Front (India)|United Front]])</small>
|width="4px" bgcolor="{{Janata Dal/meta/color}}" rowspan=1|
|width="4px" bgcolor="{{Janata Dal/meta/color}}" rowspan=1|
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|- align=center
|- align=center
|25
|25
|
| [[Indrajit Gupta]]
| [[Indrajit Gupta]]
|
| 29 June 1996
| 29 June 1996
| 19 March 1998
| 19 March 1998
|{{Ayd|29 June 1996|19 March 1998}}
| [[Communist Party of India]]<br/><small>([[United Front (India)|United Front]])</small>
| [[Communist Party of India]]<br/><small>([[United Front (India)|United Front]])</small>
| width="4px" style="background-color: {{Communist Party of India/meta/color}}"  |
| width="4px" style="background-color: {{Communist Party of India/meta/color}}"  |
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|- align=center
|- align=center
|26
|26
| [[File:Lal Krishna Advani 2008-12-4.jpg|80px]]
| [[L. K. Advani]]
| [[L. K. Advani]]
| [[File:Lal Krishna Advani 2008-12-4.jpg|80px]]
| 19 March 1998
| 19 March 1998
| 22 May 2004
| 22 May 2004
|{{Ayd|19 March 1998|22 May 2004}}
| [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]<br /><small>([[National Democratic Alliance (India)|National Democratic Alliance]])</small>
| [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]<br /><small>([[National Democratic Alliance (India)|National Democratic Alliance]])</small>
|width="4px" bgcolor="{{Bharatiya Janata Party/meta/color}}" rowspan=1|
|width="4px" bgcolor="{{Bharatiya Janata Party/meta/color}}" rowspan=1|
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|- align=center
|- align=center
|27
|27
| [[File:Shivraj Patil.jpg|75px]]
| [[Shivraj Patil]]
| [[Shivraj Patil]]
| [[File:Shivraj Patil.jpg|75px]]
| 22 May 2004
| 22 May 2004
| 30 November 2008
| 30 November 2008
|{{Ayd|22 May 2004|30 November 2008}}
| rowspan="3"| [[Indian National Congress]]<br /><small>([[United Progressive Alliance]])</small>
| rowspan="3"| [[Indian National Congress]]<br /><small>([[United Progressive Alliance]])</small>
|width="4px" bgcolor="{{Indian National Congress/meta/color}}" rowspan=3|
|width="4px" bgcolor="{{Indian National Congress/meta/color}}" rowspan=3|
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|- align=center
|- align=center
|28
|28
| [[File:Pchidambaram (cropped).jpg|75px]]
| [[P. Chidambaram]]
| [[P. Chidambaram]]
| [[File:Pchidambaram (cropped).jpg|75px]]
| 30 November 2008
| 30 November 2008
| 31 July 2012
| 31 July 2012
|{{Ayd|30 November 2008|31 July 2012}}
|- align=center
|- align=center
|29
|29
| [[File:Sushilkumar Shinde.JPG|75px]]
| [[Sushilkumar Shinde]]
| [[Sushilkumar Shinde]]
| [[File:Sushilkumar Shinde.JPG|75px]]
| 31 July 2012
| 31 July 2012
| 26 May 2014
| 26 May 2014
|{{Ayd|31 July 2012|26 May 2014}}
|- align=center
|- align=center
|30
|30
| [[Rajnath Singh]]  
| [[File:Defence Minister Shri Rajnath Singh in February 2020.jpg|75px]]
| [[File:Rajnath.jpg|75px]]
| [[Rajnath Singh]]
| 26 May 2014
| 26 May 2014
| 30 May 2019
| 30 May 2019
|{{Ayd|26 May 2014|30 May 2019}}
| rowspan="2" | [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] <br /><small>([[National Democratic Alliance (India)|National Democratic Alliance]])</small>
| rowspan="2" | [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] <br /><small>([[National Democratic Alliance (India)|National Democratic Alliance]])</small>
| rowspan="2" width="4px" bgcolor="{{Bharatiya Janata Party/meta/color}}" |
| rowspan="2" width="4px" bgcolor="{{Bharatiya Janata Party/meta/color}}" |
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|- align=center
|- align=center
|31
|31
| [[File:Shri Amit Shah taking charge as the Union Minister for Home Affairs, in New Delhi on June 01, 2019.jpg|75px]]
| [[Amit Shah]]  
| [[Amit Shah]]  
| [[File:Amit shah official portrait.jpg|75px]]
| 30 May 2019
| 30 May 2019
| Incumbent
| ''Incumbent''
|{{Ayd|30 May 2019|}}
|}
|}


==Ministers of State of Home Affairs==
== List of Ministers of State ==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
{| class="wikitable sortable mw-collapsible style=" ;"sortable mw-collapsible"
|- style="text-align:center; background:#f0f0f0;"
|+Ministers of State of Home Affairs
! №
! [[Minister of state]]
! Name
! Portrait
! colspan="2"|Term of office
! colspan=2| Political party
! colspan="2"|Political Party
! colspan="2" | Term
! Prime Minister
! Years
! Minister of Home Affairs
|-align=center
|-
|[[Subodh Kant Sahay]]
|1
|[[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|100px]]
|[[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>
|[[Janata Dal]]
|April 1990
|bgcolor="{{Janata Dal/meta/color}}"|
|November 1990
| 23 April 1990
|rowspan=1|[[Janata Dal]]<br><small>([[National Front (India)|National Front]])</small>
| 21 June 1991
|width="4px" bgcolor="{{Janata Dal/meta/color}}" rowspan=1|
|{{Age in years and days|1990|04|23|1990|11|21}}
|rowspan=1|[[V. P. Singh]]
|-align=center
|[[Mufti Mohammed Sayeed]]
|[[Sriprakash Jaiswal]]
|-
|[[File:Shri Sri Prakash Jaiswal assumes the charge of the Minister of State for Home Affairs in New Delhi on May 25, 2004.jpg|100px]]
|rowspan="2"|2
|rowspan=3|[[Indian National Congress]]
|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=3 bgcolor="{{Indian National Congress/meta/color}}"|
|rowspan="2"|23 May 2004
|23 May 2004
|rowspan="2"|2009
|22 May 2009
|rowspan="3"|[[Indian National Congress]]<br><small>([[United Progressive Alliance]])</small>
|{{Age in years and days|2004|05|23|2009|05|22}}
|width="4px" bgcolor="{{Indian National Congress/meta/color}}" rowspan="3"|
|-align=center
|rowspan="3"|[[Manmohan Singh]]
|[[Mullappally Ramachandran]]
|[[Shivraj Patil]]
|[[File:Shri Mullappally Ramachandran taking over the charge of the Minister of State for Home Affairs, in New Delhi on May 30, 2009.jpg|100px]]
|-
|28 May 2009
|[[P. Chidambaram]]
|26 May 2014
|-
|{{Age in years and days|2009|05|28|2014|05|26}}
|3
|-align=center
|[[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>
|[[Ratanjit Pratap Narain Singh|R. P. N. Singh]]
|
|28 October 2012
|28 October 2012
|26 May 2014
|26 May 2014
|[[Sushilkumar Shinde]]
|{{Age in years and days|2012|10|28|2014|05|26}}
|-
|-align=center
|4
|[[Kiren Rijiju]]
|[[Kiren Rijiju]]
|[[File:The Minister of State for Home Affairs, Shri Kiren Rijiju addressing the ‘India Disaster Response Summit’, in New Delhi on November 09, 2017.jpg|100px]]
| rowspan="7" |[[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
| rowspan="7" width="4px" bgcolor="{{Bharatiya Janata Party/meta/color}}" |
|26 May 2014
|26 May 2014
|30 May 2019
|30 May 2019
|rowspan="3" |[[Bharatiya Janata Party]]<br><small>([[National Democratic Alliance (India)|National Democratic Alliance]])</small>
|{{Age in years and days|2014|05|26|2019|05|30}}
|rowspan="3" width="4px" bgcolor="{{Bharatiya Janata Party/meta/color}}" |
|-align=center
|rowspan="3" |[[Narendra Modi]]
|[[Haribhai Parthibhai Chaudhary]]
|[[Rajnath Singh]]
|[[File:Shri Haribhai Parthibhai Chaudhary taking charge as the Minister of State for Coal, in New Delhi on September 05, 2017.jpg|100px]]
|-
|9 November 2014
|5
|5 July 2016
|{{Age in years and days|2014|11|9|2016|07|5}}
|-align=center
|[[Hansraj Gangaram Ahir]]
|[[File:HG Ahir Meets CM Fadnavis.jpg|100px]]
|5 July 2016
|25 July 2019
|{{Age in years and days|2016|07|5|2019|07|25}}
|-align=center
|[[G. Kishan Reddy]]
|[[G. Kishan Reddy]]
|rowspan="2" |30 May 2019
|[[File:G. Kishan Reddy.jpg|100px]]
|rowspan="2" |Incumbent
|30 May 2019
|rowspan="2" |[[Amit Shah]]
|7 July 2021
|-
|{{Age in years and days|2019|05|30|2021|07|7}}
|6
|-align=center
|[[Nityanand Rai]]
|[[Nityanand Rai]]
|[[File:Shri Nityanand Rai taking charge as the Minister of State for Home Affairs, in New Delhi on June 01, 2019.jpg|100px]]
|30 May 2019
|''Incumbent''
|{{Age in years and days|2019|05|30}}
|-align=center
|[[Ajay Kumar Mishra]]
|
|7 July 2021
|''Incumbent''
|{{Age in years and days|2021|07|07}}
|-align=center
|[[Nisith Pramanik]]
| [[File:Shri Nisith Pramanik Minister.jpg|100px]]
|7 July 2021
|''Incumbent''
|{{Age in years and days|2021|07|07}}
|}
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==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
Griha Mantri
Emblem of India
Flag of India
Incumbent
Amit Shah
since 30 May 2019
Ministry of Home Affairs
StyleThe Honourable
AbbreviationHM
Member ofUnion Cabinet
Reports toPrime Minister,
Parliament of India
SeatNorth Block, Rashtrapati Bhavan, New Delhi
AppointerPresident on the advice of the Prime Minister
Term length5 years
PrecursorRajnath Singh
(2014-2019)
Formation15 August 1947
Websitemha.gov.in
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The Minister of Home Affairs (or simply, the Home Minister, short-form HM) 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 India's internal security; 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.

From 26 May 2014 to 30 May 2019, the Home Minister of India was Rajnath Singh of the Bharatiya Janata Party, taking over the reins from Sushilkumar Shinde. On 31 May 2019, following the swearing-in of the Second Modi Ministry Amit Shah assumed the office as its 31st occupant.

List of Home Ministers

№ Portrait Name Term of office Tenure

(in years, days)

Political party
(Alliance) 		Prime Minister
1 Vallabhbhai Patel 15 August 1947 12 December 1950 3 years, 119 days Indian National Congress Jawaharlal Nehru
2 File:Jnehru.jpg Jawaharlal Nehru 12 December 1950 26 December 1950 14 days
3 C. Rajagopalachari 26 December 1950 5 November 1951 314 days
4
Kailash Nath Katju 5 November 1951 10 January 1955 3 years, 66 days
5 Govind Ballabh Pant 10 January 1955 25 February 1961 6 years, 46 days
6 Lal Bahadur Shastri 25 February 1961 1 September 1963 2 years, 188 days
7 Gulzarilal Nanda 1 September 1963 9 November 1966 3 years, 69 days Jawaharlal Nehru
Lal Bahadur Shastri
Indira Gandhi
8 Indira Gandhi 9 November 1966 13 November 1966 4 days Indira Gandhi
9 Yashwantrao Chavan 13 November 1966 27 June 1970 3 years, 226 days
(8) Indira Gandhi 27 June 1970 5 February 1973 2 years, 223 days
10 Uma Shankar Dikshit 5 February 1973 10 October 1974 1 year, 247 days
11 Kasu Brahmananda Reddy 10 October 1974 24 March 1977 2 years, 165 days
12 Charan Singh 24 March 1977 1 July 1978 1 year, 99 days Janata Party Morarji Desai
13 Morarji Desai 1 July 1978 24 January 1979 207 days
14 Hirubhai M. Patel 24 January 1979 28 July 1979 185 days
(9) Yashwantrao Chavan 28 July 1979 14 January 1980 170 days Indian National Congress (Urs) Charan Singh
15 Zail Singh 14 January 1980 22 June 1982 2 years, 159 days Indian National Congress Indira Gandhi
16 Ramaswamy Venkataraman 22 June 1982 2 September 1982 72 days
17 Prakash Chandra Sethi 2 September 1982 19 July 1984 1 year, 321 days
18 P. V. Narasimha Rao 19 July 1984 31 December 1984 165 days Indira Gandhi
Rajiv Gandhi
19 Shankarrao Chavan 31 December 1984 12 March 1986 1 year, 71 days Rajiv Gandhi
(18) P. V. Narasimha Rao 12 March 1986 12 May 1986 61 days
20 Buta Singh 12 May 1986 2 December 1989 3 years, 204 days
21 Mufti Mohammad Sayeed 2 December 1989 10 November 1990 343 days Janata Dal
(National Front) 		V. P. Singh
22 Chandra Shekhar 10 November 1990 21 June 1991 223 days Samajwadi Janata Party (Rashtriya) Chandra Shekhar
(19) Shankarrao Chavan 21 June 1991 16 May 1996 4 years, 330 days Indian National Congress P. V. Narasimha Rao
23 Murli Manohar Joshi 16 May 1996 1 June 1996 16 days Bharatiya Janata Party Atal Bihari Vajpayee
24 H. D. Deve Gowda 1 June 1996 29 June 1996 28 days Janata Dal
(United Front) 		H. D. Deve Gowda
25 Indrajit Gupta 29 June 1996 19 March 1998 1 year, 263 days Communist Party of India
(United Front) 		H. D. Deve Gowda
I. K. Gujral
26 L. K. Advani 19 March 1998 22 May 2004 6 years, 64 days Bharatiya Janata Party
(National Democratic Alliance) 		Atal Bihari Vajpayee
27 Shivraj Patil 22 May 2004 30 November 2008 4 years, 192 days Indian National Congress
(United Progressive Alliance) 		Manmohan Singh
28 P. Chidambaram 30 November 2008 31 July 2012 3 years, 244 days
29 Sushilkumar Shinde 31 July 2012 26 May 2014 1 year, 299 days
30 Rajnath Singh 26 May 2014 30 May 2019 5 years, 4 days Bharatiya Janata Party
(National Democratic Alliance) 		Narendra Modi
31 Amit Shah 30 May 2019 Incumbent 7 years, 76 days

List of Ministers of State

Ministers of State of Home Affairs
Minister of state Portrait Political party Term Years
Subodh Kant Sahay Janata Dal 23 April 1990 21 June 1991 212 days
Sriprakash Jaiswal Indian National Congress 23 May 2004 22 May 2009 4 years, 364 days
Mullappally Ramachandran 28 May 2009 26 May 2014 4 years, 363 days
R. P. N. Singh 28 October 2012 26 May 2014 1 year, 210 days
Kiren Rijiju Bharatiya Janata Party 26 May 2014 30 May 2019 5 years, 4 days
Haribhai Parthibhai Chaudhary 9 November 2014 5 July 2016 1 year, 239 days
Hansraj Gangaram Ahir 5 July 2016 25 July 2019 3 years, 20 days
G. Kishan Reddy 30 May 2019 7 July 2021 2 years, 38 days
Nityanand Rai 30 May 2019 Incumbent 7 years, 76 days
Ajay Kumar Mishra 7 July 2021 Incumbent 5 years, 38 days
Nisith Pramanik 7 July 2021 Incumbent 5 years, 38 days

References

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