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{{Short description|Head of the Ministry of Home Affairs of the Government of India}}
{{Short description|Head of the Ministry of Home Affairs of the Government of India}}{{More citations needed|date=August 2025}}
 
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{{Infobox political post
{{Infobox official post
| border = parliamentary
| post = Minister of Home Affairs
| minister = not_prime
| insignia = Emblem of India.svg
| insigniasize = 50px
| insigniacaption = [[Emblem of India]]
| department = [[Ministry of Home Affairs (India)|Ministry of Home Affairs]]
| style = [[The Honourable]]
| post = {{big|Minister of Home Affairs}}<br>''Griha Mantri''
|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_since = 30 May 2019
| member_of = Union Cabinet
| 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
| precursor = [[Rajnath Singh]]<br>
<small>(2014-2019)</small>
| formation = 15 August 1947
| body =  
| body =  
| native_name = {{transliteration|hi|Gr̥ha Mantrī}}
| flag = Flag of India.svg
| flag = Flag of India.svg
| flagsize = 110px
| flagsize = 110px
| flagcaption = [[Flag of India]]
| flagcaption = [[Flag of India]]
| flagborder = yes
| insignia = Ministry of Home Affairs India.svg
| website = {{url|https://mha.gov.in}}
| insigniasize = 280px
| abbreviation = HM
| insigniacaption = [[Emblem of India]]
 
| image = Amit Shah photographed during the first Union Cabinet Meeting of the 18th Lok Sabha (cropped).jpg
| incumbentsince = 30 May 2019
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| incumbent = [[Amit Shah]]
| incumbentsince = {{start date|2019|05|30|df=y}}
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| department = [[Ministry of Home Affairs (India)|Ministry of Home Affairs]]
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| member_of = [[Union Cabinet of India]]&lt;br&gt;[[Cabinet Committee on Security]]
| reports_to = [[President of India]]&lt;br&gt;[[Prime Minister of India]]&lt;br&gt;[[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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| precursor =
| formation = 15 August 1947
| first = [[Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel]]
| last =
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| unofficial_names =
| deputy = [[Minister of Home Affairs (India)#Ministers of State|Minister of State for Home Affairs]]
| salary =
| abbreviation = MHA
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{{Politics of India}}
{{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'''.
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.&lt;ref&gt;{{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}}&lt;/ref&gt;&lt;ref&gt;{{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}}&lt;/ref&gt;&lt;ref&gt;{{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}}&lt;/ref&gt;


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.
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.


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.
[[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.&lt;ref&gt;{{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}}&lt;/ref&gt;&lt;ref&gt;{{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}}&lt;/ref&gt;&lt;ref&gt;{{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}}&lt;/ref&gt;


==List of Home Ministers==
==Cabinet ministers==
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="width:70%;"
 
|- align=center
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
! №
! rowspan="2" |No.
! width="75" |Portrait
! colspan="2" rowspan="2" |Portrait
! Name
! rowspan="2" style="width:17em" |Minister&lt;br&gt;{{small|(birth-death)&lt;br&gt;Constituency}}
! colspan="2" |Term of office
! colspan="3" |Term of office
!Tenure
! rowspan="2" style="width:8em" |Political party
(in years, days)
! rowspan="2" style="width:6em" | Ministry
! colspan=2|Political party<br /><small>(Alliance)</small>
! rowspan="2" colspan="2" |Prime Minister
!Prime Minister
|-
|- align=center
! style="width:8em"| From
|1
! style="width:8em"| To
| [[File:Sardar patel (cropped).jpg|75px]]
! style="width:6em"| Period
| [[Vallabhbhai Patel]]
|-
| 15 August 1947
! 1
| 12 December 1950
| bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress}}" |
|{{Age in years and days|1947|8|15|1950|12|12}}
| [[File:Sardar patel (cropped).jpg|70px]]
| rowspan="12"| [[Indian National Congress]]
| '''[[Vallabhbhai Patel]]'''&lt;br&gt;{{small|(1875{{ndash}}1950)&lt;br&gt;MCA for [[Bombay Presidency|Bombay]]}}&lt;br&gt;(Deputy Prime Minister)
|width="4px" bgcolor="{{Indian National Congress/meta/color}}" rowspan=12|
| 15 August&lt;br&gt;1947
| rowspan="6"| [[Jawaharlal Nehru]]
| 15 December&lt;br&gt;1950&lt;br/&gt;{{small|''(died in office)''}}
|- align=center
| '''{{ayd|1947|8|15|1950|12|15}}'''
|2
| rowspan="16"| [[Indian National Congress]]
| [[File:Jnehru.jpg|75px]]
| rowspan="4"| [[First Nehru ministry|Nehru I]]
| [[Jawaharlal Nehru]]
| rowspan="10" bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress}}" |
| 12 December 1950
| rowspan="10" style="width:9em"| '''[[Jawaharlal Nehru]]'''
| 26 December 1950
|-
|{{Age in years and days|1950|12|12|1950|12|26}}
! 2
|- align=center
| bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress}}" |
|3
| [[File:Jawaharlal Nehru close-up (cropped).jpg|70px]]
| [[File:C Rajagopalachari 1944.jpg|75px]]
| '''[[Jawaharlal Nehru]]'''&lt;br&gt;{{small|(1889{{ndash}}1964)&lt;br&gt;MP for [[United Provinces (1937–1950)|United Provinces]]}}&lt;br&gt;(Prime Minister)
| [[C. Rajagopalachari]]
| 15 December&lt;br&gt;1950
| 26 December 1950
| 26 December&lt;br&gt;1950
| 5 November 1951
| '''{{ayd|1950|12|15|1950|12|26}}'''
|{{Age in years and days|1950|12|26|1951|11|5}}
|-
|- align=center
! 3
|4
| bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress}}" |
| [[File:Kailash Nath Katju.jpg|center|75px]]
| [[File:C Rajagopalachari 1944.jpg|70px]]
| [[Kailash Nath Katju]]
| '''[[C. Rajagopalachari]]'''&lt;br&gt;{{small|(1878{{ndash}}1972)&lt;br&gt;''Unelected''}}
| 5 November 1951
| 26 December&lt;br&gt;1950
| 10 January 1955
| 5 November&lt;br&gt;1951
|{{Age in years and days|1951|11|5|1955|1|10}}
| '''{{ayd|1950|12|26|1951|11|5}}'''
|- align=center
|-
|5
! rowspan="2"| 4
|[[File:Pandit Govind Ballabh Pant.jpg|75px]]
| rowspan="2" bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress}}" |
| [[Govind Ballabh Pant]]
| rowspan="2"| [[File:Kailash Nath Katju.jpg|70px]]
| 10 January 1955
| rowspan="2"| '''[[Kailash Nath Katju]]'''&lt;br&gt;{{small|(1887{{ndash}}1968)&lt;br&gt;MP for [[Mandsaur Lok Sabha constituency|Mandsaur]]}}
| 25 February 1961
| 5 November&lt;br&gt;1951
|{{Age in years and days|1955|1|10|1961|2|25}}
| 13 May&lt;br&gt;1952
|- align=center
| rowspan="2"| '''{{ayd|1951|11|5|1955|1|10}}'''
|6
|-
| [[File:Lal Bahadur Shastri (cropped).jpg|75px]]
| 13 May&lt;br&gt;1952
| [[Lal Bahadur Shastri]]
| 10 January&lt;br&gt;1955
| 25 February 1961
| rowspan="2"| [[Second Nehru ministry|Nehru II]]
| 1 September 1963
|-
|{{Ayd|25 February 1961|1 September 1963}}
! rowspan="2"| 5
|- align=center
| rowspan="2" bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress}}" |
|7
| rowspan="2"| [[File:Pandit Govind Ballabh Pant.jpg|70px]]
| [[File:Gulzarilal Nanda (cropped).jpg|75px]]
| rowspan="2"| '''[[Govind Ballabh Pant]]'''&lt;br&gt;{{small|(1887{{ndash}}1961)&lt;br&gt;Rajya Sabha MP for [[Uttar Pradesh]]}}
| [[Gulzarilal Nanda]]
| 10 January&lt;br&gt;1955
| 1 September 1963
| 17 April&lt;br&gt;1957
| 9 November 1966
| rowspan="2"| '''{{ayd|1955|1|10|1961|3|7}}'''
|{{Ayd|1 September 1963|9 November 1966}}
|-
| [[Jawaharlal Nehru]]<br />[[Lal Bahadur Shastri]]<br />[[Indira Gandhi]]
| 17 April&lt;br&gt;1957
|- align=center
| 7 March&lt;br&gt;1961&lt;br/&gt;{{small|''(died in office)''}}
|8
| rowspan="2"| [[Third Nehru ministry|Nehru III]]
|[[File:Indira Gandhi 1977.jpg|75px]]
|-
| [[Indira Gandhi]]
! rowspan="2"| 6
| 9 November 1966
| rowspan="2" bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress}}" |
| 13 November 1966
| rowspan="2"| [[File:Lal Bahadur Shastri (from stamp).jpg|70px]]
|{{Ayd|9 November 1966|13 November 1966}}
| rowspan="2"| '''[[Lal Bahadur Shastri]]'''&lt;br&gt;{{small|(1904{{ndash}}1966)&lt;br&gt;MP for [[Allahabad Lok Sabha constituency|Allahabad]]}}
| rowspan="5"| [[Indira Gandhi]]
| 8 March &lt;br&gt;1961
|- align=center
| 10 April&lt;br&gt;1962
|9
| rowspan="2"| '''{{ayd|1961|2|26|1963|9|1}}'''
| [[File:Yashwantrao Chavan.jpg|75px]]
|-
| [[Yashwantrao Chavan]]
| 11 April&lt;br&gt;1962
| 13 November 1966
| 29 August&lt;br&gt;1963
| 27 June 1970
| rowspan="2"| [[Fourth Nehru ministry|Nehru IV]]
|{{Ayd|13 November 1966|27 June 1970}}
|-
|- align=center
! rowspan="5"| 7
|(8)
| rowspan="5" bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress}}" |
| [[File:Indira Gandhi 1977.jpg|75px]]
| rowspan="5"| [[File:Gulzarilal Nanda 1.jpg|70px]]
| [[Indira Gandhi]]
| rowspan="5"| '''[[Gulzarilal Nanda]]'''&lt;br&gt;{{small|(1898{{ndash}}1998)&lt;br&gt;MP for [[Sabarkantha Lok Sabha constituency|Sabarkantha]]}}&lt;br/&gt;(Prime Minister from&lt;br/&gt;27 May{{snd}}9 June 1964; and&lt;br/&gt;11{{snd}}24 January 1966)
| 27 June 1970
| 1 September&lt;br&gt;1963
| 5 February 1973
| 27 May&lt;br&gt;1964
|{{Ayd|27 June 1970|5 February 1973}}
| rowspan="5"| '''{{ayd|1963|9|1|1966|11|9}}'''
|- align=center
|-
|10
| 27 May&lt;br&gt;1964
|
| 9 June&lt;br&gt;1964
| [[Uma Shankar Dikshit]]
| [[First Nanda ministry|Nanda I]]
| 5 February 1973
| bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress}}" |
| 10 October 1974
| '''Self'''
|{{Ayd|5 February 1973|10 October 1974}}
|-
|- align=center
| 9 June&lt;br&gt;1964
|11
| 11 January&lt;br&gt;1966
| [[File:Kasu Brahmananda Reddy 2011 stamp of India.jpg|75px]]
| [[Shastri ministry|Shastri]]
| [[Kasu Brahmananda Reddy]]
| bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress}}" |
| 10 October 1974
| '''[[Lal Bahadur Shastri]]'''
| 24 March 1977
|-
|{{Ayd|10 October 1974|24 March 1977}}
| 11 January&lt;br&gt;1966
|- align=center
| 24 January&lt;br&gt;1966
|12
| [[Second Nanda ministry|Nanda II]]
|[[File:Charan Singh 1990 stamp of India.jpg|75px]]
| bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress}}" |
| [[Charan Singh]]
| '''Self'''
| 24 March 1977
|-
| 1 July 1978
| 24 January&lt;br&gt;1966
|{{Ayd|24 March 1977|1 July 1978}}
| 9 November&lt;br&gt;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]]'''&lt;br&gt;{{small|(1917{{ndash}}1984)&lt;br&gt;Rajya Sabha MP for [[Uttar Pradesh]]}}&lt;br&gt;(Prime Minister)
| 9 November&lt;br&gt;1966
| 13 November&lt;br&gt;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]]'''&lt;br&gt;{{small|(1913{{ndash}}1984)&lt;br&gt;MP for [[Nashik Lok Sabha constituency|Nashik]]}}
| 13 November&lt;br&gt;1966
| 13 March&lt;br&gt;1967
| rowspan="2"| '''{{ayd|1966|11|13|1970|6|27}}'''
|-
| 13 March&lt;br&gt;1967
| 27 June&lt;br&gt;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]]'''&lt;br&gt;{{small|(1917{{ndash}}1984)&lt;br&gt;MP for [[Raebareli Lok Sabha constituency|Rae Bareli]]}}&lt;br&gt;(Prime Minister)
| 27 June&lt;br&gt;1970
| 13 March&lt;br&gt;1971
| rowspan="2"| '''{{ayd|1970|6|27|1973|2|5}}'''
|-
| 13 March&lt;br&gt;1971
| 5 February&lt;br&gt;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]]'''&lt;br&gt;{{small|(1901{{ndash}}1991)&lt;br&gt;Rajya Sabha MP for [[Uttar Pradesh]]}}
| 5 February&lt;br&gt;1973
| 10 October&lt;br&gt;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]]'''&lt;br&gt;{{small|(1909{{ndash}}1994)&lt;br&gt;Rajya Sabha MP for [[Andhra Pradesh]]}}
| 10 October&lt;br&gt;1974
| 24 March&lt;br&gt;1977
| '''{{ayd|1974|10|10|1977|3|24}}'''
|-
! 12
| bgcolor="{{party color|Janata Party}}" |
| [[File:Charan Singh Portrait.jpg|70px]]
| '''[[Charan Singh]]'''&lt;br&gt;{{small|(1902{{ndash}}1987)&lt;br&gt;MP for [[Baghpat Lok Sabha constituency|Baghpat]]}}
| 24 March&lt;br&gt;1977
| 1 July&lt;br&gt;1978
| '''{{ayd|1977|3|24|1978|7|1}}'''
| rowspan="3"| [[Janata Party]]
| rowspan="3"| [[Janata Party]]
|width="4px" bgcolor="{{Janata Party/meta/color}}" rowspan=3|
| rowspan="3"| [[Morarji Desai ministry|Desai]]
| rowspan="3"| [[Morarji Desai]]
| rowspan="3" bgcolor="{{party color|Janata Party}}" |
|- align=center
| rowspan="3"| '''[[Morarji Desai]]'''
|13
|-
| [[File:Morarji Desai During his visit to the United States of America .jpg|75px]]
! 13
| [[Morarji Desai]]
| bgcolor="{{party color|Janata Party}}" |
| 1 July 1978
| [[File:Morarji Desai visits the USA (cropped).jpg|70px]]
| 24 January 1979
| '''[[Morarji Desai]]'''&lt;br&gt;{{small|(1896–1995)&lt;br&gt;MP for [[Surat Lok Sabha constituency|Surat]]}}&lt;br&gt;(Prime Minister)
|{{Ayd|1 July 1978|24 January 1979}}
| 1 July&lt;br&gt;1978
|- align=center
| 24 January&lt;br&gt;1979
|14
| '''{{ayd|1978|7|1|1979|1|24}}'''
|
|-
| [[Hirubhai M. Patel]]
! 14
| 24 January 1979
| bgcolor="{{party color|Janata Party}}" |
| 28 July 1979
| [[File:Hirubhai M. Patel Lok Sabha photo.jpg|70px]]
|{{Ayd|24 January 1979|28 July 1979}}
| '''[[Hirubhai M. Patel]]'''&lt;br&gt;{{small|(1904{{ndash}}1993)&lt;br&gt;MP for [[Sabarkantha Lok Sabha constituency|Sabarkantha]]}}
|- align=center
| 24 January&lt;br&gt;1979
|(9)
| 28 July&lt;br&gt;1979
| [[File:Yashwantrao Chavan.jpg|75px]]
| '''{{ayd|1979|1|24|1979|7|28}}'''
| [[Yashwantrao Chavan]]
|-
| 28 July 1979
! (9)
| 14 January 1980
| bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress (Urs)}}" |
|{{Ayd|28 July 1979|14 January 1980}}
| [[File:Yashwantrao Chavan.jpg|70px]]
| '''[[Yashwantrao Chavan]]'''&lt;br&gt;{{small|(1913{{ndash}}1984)&lt;br&gt;MP for [[Satara Lok Sabha constituency|Satara]]}}&lt;br&gt;(Deputy Prime Minister)
| 28 July&lt;br&gt;1979
| 14 January&lt;br&gt;1980
| '''{{ayd|1979|7|28|1980|1|14}}'''
| [[Indian National Congress (Urs)]]
| [[Indian National Congress (Urs)]]
|width="4px" bgcolor="{{Indian National Congress (Urs)/meta/color}}" rowspan=1|
| [[Charan Singh ministry|Charan]]
| [[Charan Singh]]
| bgcolor="{{party color|Janata Party (Secular)}}" |
|- align=center
| '''[[Charan Singh]]'''
|15
|-
| [[File:Giani Zail Singh 1995 stamp of India (cropped).png|75px]]
! 15
| [[Zail Singh]]
| bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress (I)}}" |
| 14 January 1980
| [[File:Giani Zail Singh 1995 stamp of India (cropped).png|70px]]
| 22 June 1982
| '''[[Zail Singh]]'''&lt;br&gt;{{small|(1916{{ndash}}1994)&lt;br&gt;MP for [[Hoshiarpur Lok Sabha constituency|Hoshiarpur]]}}
|{{Ayd|14 January 1980|22 June 1982}}
| 14 January&lt;br&gt;1980
| rowspan=7| [[Indian National Congress]]
| 22 June&lt;br&gt;1982
|width="4px" bgcolor="{{Indian National Congress/meta/color}}" rowspan=7|
| '''{{ayd|1980|1|14|1982|6|22}}'''
| rowspan=3| [[Indira Gandhi]]
| rowspan="8"| [[Indian National Congress (I)]]
|- align=center
| rowspan="4"| [[Fourth Indira Gandhi ministry|Indira IV]]
|16
| rowspan="4" bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress (I)}}"|  
| [[File:R Venkataraman (cropped).jpg|75px]]
| rowspan="4"| '''[[Indira Gandhi]]'''
| [[Ramaswamy Venkataraman]]
|-
| 22 June 1982
! 16
| 2 September 1982
| bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress (I)}}" |
|{{Ayd|22 June 1982|2 September 1982}}
| [[File:Ramaswamy_Venkataraman_(2012_stamp_of_India)_(cropped).jpg|70px]]
|- align=center
| '''[[Ramaswamy Venkataraman]]'''&lt;br&gt;{{small|(1910{{ndash}}2009)&lt;br&gt;MP for [[Chennai South Lok Sabha constituency|Chennai South]]}}
|17
| 22 June&lt;br&gt;1982
|
| 2 September&lt;br&gt;1982
| [[Prakash Chandra Sethi]]
| '''{{ayd|1982|6|22|1982|9|2}}'''
| 2 September 1982
|-
| 19 July 1984
! 17
|{{Ayd|2 September 1982|19 July 1984}}
| bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress (I)}}" |
|- align=center
| [[File:Prakash Chandra Sethi Lok Sabha photo.jpg|70px]]
|18
| '''[[Prakash Chandra Sethi]]'''&lt;br&gt;{{small|(1919{{ndash}}1996)&lt;br&gt;MP for [[Indore Lok Sabha constituency|Indore]]}}
| [[File:P. V. Narasimha Rao.JPG|83x83px]]
| 2 September&lt;br&gt;1982
| [[P. V. Narasimha Rao]]
| 19 July&lt;br&gt;1984
| 19 July 1984
| '''{{ayd|1982|9|2|1984|7|19}}'''
| 31 December 1984
|-
|{{Ayd|19 July 1984|31 December 1984}}
! rowspan="2"| 18
| [[Indira Gandhi]]<br />[[Rajiv Gandhi]]
| rowspan="2" bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress (I)}}" |
|- align=center
| rowspan="2"| [[File:Visit of Narasimha Rao, Indian Minister for Foreign Affairs, to the CEC (cropped)(2).jpg|70px]]
|19
| rowspan="2"| '''[[P. V. Narasimha Rao]]'''&lt;br&gt;{{small|(1921{{ndash}}2004)&lt;br&gt;MP for [[Hanamkonda Lok Sabha constituency|Hanamkonda]]}}
| [[File:Shankarrao Chavan 2007 stamp of India.jpg|75px]]
| 19 July&lt;br&gt;1984
| [[Shankarrao Chavan]]
| 31 October&lt;br&gt;1984
| 31 December 1984
| rowspan="2"| '''{{ayd|1984|7|19|1984|12|31}}'''
| 12 March 1986
|-
|{{Ayd|31 December 1984|12 March 1986}}
| 31 October&lt;br&gt;1984
| rowspan="3"| [[Rajiv Gandhi]]
| 31 December&lt;br&gt;1984
|- align=center
| [[First Rajiv Gandhi ministry|Rajiv I]]
|(18)
| rowspan="4" bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress (I)}}"|
| [[File:P. V. Narasimha Rao.JPG|83x83px]]
| rowspan="4"| '''[[Rajiv Gandhi]]'''
| [[P. V. Narasimha Rao]]
|-
| 12 March 1986
! 19
| 12 May 1986
| bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress (I)}}" |
|{{Ayd|12 March 1986|12 May 1986}}
| [[File:Shankarrao Chavan 2007 stamp of India (cropped).jpg|70px]]
|- align=center
| '''[[Shankarrao Chavan]]'''&lt;br&gt;{{small|(1920{{ndash}}2004)&lt;br&gt;MP for [[Nanded Lok Sabha constituency|Nanded]]}}
|20
| 31 December&lt;br&gt;1984
| [[File:Buta_Singh_(headshot).jpg |75px]]
| 12 March&lt;br&gt;1986
| [[Buta Singh]]
| '''{{ayd|1984|12|31|1986|3|12}}'''
| 12 May 1986
| rowspan="3"| [[Second Rajiv Gandhi ministry|Rajiv II]]
| 2 December 1989
|-
|{{Ayd|12 May 1986|2 December 1989}}
! (18)
|- align=center
| bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress (I)}}" |
|21
| [[File:Visit of Narasimha Rao, Indian Minister for Foreign Affairs, to the CEC (cropped)(2).jpg|70px]]
| [[File:Mufti Mohammad Sayeed.jpg|75px]]
| '''[[P. V. Narasimha Rao]]'''&lt;br&gt;{{small|(1921{{ndash}}2004)&lt;br&gt;MP for [[Hanamkonda Lok Sabha constituency|Hanamkonda]]}}
| [[Mufti Mohammad Sayeed]]
| 12 March&lt;br&gt;1986
| 2 December 1989
| 12 May&lt;br&gt;1986
| 10 November 1990
| '''{{ayd|1986|3|12|1986|5|12}}'''
|{{Ayd|2 December 1989|10 November 1990}}
|-
| [[Janata Dal]]<br /><small>([[National Front (India)|National Front]])</small>
! 20
|width="4px" bgcolor="{{Janata Dal/meta/color}}" rowspan=1|
| bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress (I)}}" |
| [[V. P. Singh]]
| [[File:Buta Singh at DJ Sheizwoods house (11) (cropped).jpg|70px]]
|- align=center
| '''[[Buta Singh]]'''&lt;br&gt;{{small|(1934{{ndash}}2021)&lt;br&gt;MP for [[Jalore Lok Sabha constituency|Jalore]]}}
|22
| 12 May&lt;br&gt;1986
|[[File:Chandra Shekhar Singh.jpg|75px]]
| 2 December&lt;br&gt;1989
| [[Chandra Shekhar]]
| '''{{ayd|1986|5|12|1989|12|2}}'''
| 10 November 1990
|-
| 21 June 1991
! 21
|{{Ayd|10 November 1990|21 June 1991}}
| bgcolor="{{party color|Janata Dal}}" |
| [[File:Mufti Mohammad Sayeed.jpg|70px]]
| '''[[Mufti Mohammad Sayeed]]'''&lt;br&gt;{{small|(1936{{ndash}}2016)&lt;br&gt;MP for [[Muzaffarnagar Lok Sabha constituency|Muzaffarnagar]]}}
| 2 December&lt;br&gt;1989
| 10 November&lt;br&gt;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]]'''&lt;br&gt;{{small|(1927{{ndash}}2007)&lt;br&gt;MP for [[Ballia Lok Sabha constituency|Ballia]]}}&lt;br&gt;(Prime Minister)
| 10 November&lt;br&gt;1990
| 21 June&lt;br&gt;1991
| '''{{ayd|1990|11|10|1991|6|21}}'''
| [[Samajwadi Janata Party (Rashtriya)]]
| [[Samajwadi Janata Party (Rashtriya)]]
|width="4px" bgcolor="{{Samajwadi Janata Party (Rashtriya)/meta/color}}" rowspan=1|
| [[Chandra Shekhar ministry|Chandra Shekhar]]
| [[Chandra Shekhar]]
| bgcolor="{{party color|Samajwadi Janata Party (Rashtriya)}}" |
|- align=center
| '''Himself'''
|(19)
|-
| [[File:Shankarrao Chavan 2007 stamp of India.jpg|75px]]
! (19)
| [[Shankarrao Chavan]]
| bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress (I)}}" |
| 21 June 1991
| [[File:Shankarrao Chavan 2007 stamp of India (cropped).jpg|70px]]
| 16 May 1996
| '''[[Shankarrao Chavan]]'''&lt;br&gt;{{small|(1920{{ndash}}2004)&lt;br&gt;Rajya Sabha MP for [[Maharashtra]]}}
|{{Ayd|21 June 1991|16 May 1996}}
| 21 June&lt;br&gt;1991
| [[Indian National Congress]]
| 16 May&lt;br&gt;1996
|width="4px" bgcolor="{{Indian National Congress/meta/color}}" rowspan=1|
| '''{{ayd|1991|6|21|1996|5|16}}'''
| [[P. V. Narasimha Rao]]
| [[Indian National Congress (I)]]
|- align=center
| [[Rao ministry|Rao]]
|23
| bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress (I)}}"|  
| [[File:Murli Manohar Joshi MP.jpg|75px]]
| '''[[P. V. Narasimha Rao]]'''
| [[Murli Manohar Joshi]]
|-
| 16 May 1996
! 23
| 1 June 1996
| bgcolor="{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}" |
|{{Ayd|16 May 1996|1 June 1996}}
| [[File:Murli Manohar Joshi MP.jpg|70px]]
| '''[[Murli Manohar Joshi]]'''&lt;br&gt;{{small|(born 1934)&lt;br&gt;MP for [[Allahabad Lok Sabha constituency|Allahabad]]}}
| 16 May&lt;br&gt;1996
| 1 June&lt;br&gt;1996
| '''{{ayd|1996|5|16|1996|6|1}}'''
| [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
| [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
|width="4px" bgcolor="{{Bharatiya Janata Party/meta/color}}" rowspan=1|
| [[First Vajpayee ministry|Vajpayee I]]
| [[Atal Bihari Vajpayee]]
| bgcolor="{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}" |
|- align=center
| '''[[Atal Bihari Vajpayee]]'''
|24
|-
| [[File:Deve Gowda BNC.jpg|75px]]
! 24
| [[H. D. Deve Gowda]]
| bgcolor="{{party color|Janata Dal}}" |
| 1 June 1996
| [[File:H. D. Deve Gowda.jpg|70px]]
| 29 June 1996
| '''[[H. D. Deve Gowda]]'''&lt;br&gt;{{small|(born 1933)&lt;br&gt;''Unelected''}}&lt;br&gt;(Prime Minister)
|{{Ayd|1 June 1996|29 June 1996}}
| 1 June&lt;br&gt;1996
| [[Janata Dal]]<br/><small>([[United Front (India)|United Front]])</small>
| 29 June&lt;br&gt;1996
|width="4px" bgcolor="{{Janata Dal/meta/color}}" rowspan=1|
| '''{{ayd|1996|6|1|1996|6|29}}'''
| [[H. D. Deve Gowda]]
| [[Janata Dal]]
|- align=center
| rowspan="2"| [[Deve Gowda ministry|Deve Gowda]]
|25
| rowspan="2" bgcolor="{{party color|Janata Dal}}" |
|
| rowspan="2"| '''[[H. D. Deve Gowda]]'''
| [[Indrajit Gupta]]
|-
| 29 June 1996
! rowspan="2"| 25
| 19 March 1998
| rowspan="2" bgcolor="{{party color|Communist Party of India}}" |
|{{Ayd|29 June 1996|19 March 1998}}
| rowspan="2"| [[File:Indrajit_Gupta_portrait.jpg|70px]]
| [[Communist Party of India]]<br/><small>([[United Front (India)|United Front]])</small>
| rowspan="2"| '''[[Indrajit Gupta]]'''&lt;br&gt;{{small|(1919{{ndash}}2001)&lt;br&gt;MP for [[Medinipur Lok Sabha constituency|Midnapore]]}}
| width="4px" style="background-color: {{Communist Party of India/meta/color}}"  |
| 29 June&lt;br&gt;1996
| [[H. D. Deve Gowda]]<br />[[I. K. Gujral]]
| 21 April&lt;br&gt;1997
|- align=center
| rowspan="2"| '''{{ayd|1996|6|29|1998|3|19}}'''
|26
| rowspan="2"| [[Communist Party of India]]
| [[File:Lal Krishna Advani 2008-12-4.jpg|80px]]
|-
| [[L. K. Advani]]
| 21 April&lt;br&gt;1997
| 19 March 1998
| 19 March&lt;br&gt;1998
| 22 May 2004
| [[Gujral ministry|Gujral]]
|{{Ayd|19 March 1998|22 May 2004}}
| bgcolor="{{party color|Janata Dal}}" |
| [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]<br /><small>([[National Democratic Alliance (India)|National Democratic Alliance]])</small>
| '''[[Inder Kumar Gujral]]'''
|width="4px" bgcolor="{{Bharatiya Janata Party/meta/color}}" rowspan=1|
|-
| [[Atal Bihari Vajpayee]]
! rowspan="2"| 26
|- align=center
| rowspan="2" bgcolor="{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}" |
|27
| rowspan="2"| [[File:Lkadvani.jpg|70px]]
| [[File:Shivraj Patil.jpg|75px]]
| rowspan="2"| '''[[L. K. Advani]]'''&lt;br&gt;{{small|(born 1927)&lt;br&gt;MP for [[Gandhinagar Lok Sabha constituency|Gandhinagar]]}}&lt;br&gt;(Deputy Prime Minister&lt;br&gt;from 29 June 2002)
| [[Shivraj Patil]]
| 19 March&lt;br&gt;1998
| 22 May 2004
| 13 October&lt;br&gt;1999
| 30 November 2008
| rowspan="2"| '''{{ayd|1998|3|19|2004|5|22}}'''
|{{Ayd|22 May 2004|30 November 2008}}
| rowspan="2"| [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
| rowspan="3"| [[Indian National Congress]]<br /><small>([[United Progressive Alliance]])</small>
| [[Second Vajpayee ministry|Vajpayee II]]
|width="4px" bgcolor="{{Indian National Congress/meta/color}}" rowspan=3|
| rowspan="2" bgcolor="{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}" |
| rowspan="3"| [[Manmohan Singh]]
| rowspan="2"| '''[[Atal Bihari Vajpayee]]'''
|- align=center
|-
|28
| 13 October&lt;br&gt;1999
| [[File:Pchidambaram (cropped).jpg|75px]]
| 22 May&lt;br&gt;2004
| [[P. Chidambaram]]
| [[Third Vajpayee ministry|Vajpayee III]]
| 30 November 2008
|-
| 31 July 2012
! 27
|{{Ayd|30 November 2008|31 July 2012}}
| bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress}}" |
|- align=center
| [[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]]
|29
| '''[[Shivraj Patil]]'''&lt;br&gt;{{small|(1935{{ndash}}2025)&lt;br&gt;Rajya Sabha MP for [[Maharashtra]]}}
| [[File:Sushilkumar Shinde.JPG|75px]]
| 23 May&lt;br&gt;2004
| [[Sushilkumar Shinde]]
| 30 November&lt;br&gt;2008
| 31 July 2012
| '''{{ayd|2004|5|23|2008|11|30}}'''
| 26 May 2014
| rowspan="4"| [[Indian National Congress]]
|{{Ayd|31 July 2012|26 May 2014}}
| rowspan="2"| [[First Manmohan Singh ministry|Manmohan I]]
|- align=center
| rowspan="4" bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress}}" |
|30
| rowspan="4"| '''[[Manmohan Singh]]'''
| [[File:Defence Minister Shri Rajnath Singh in February 2020.jpg|75px]]
|-
| [[Rajnath Singh]]
! rowspan="2"| 28
| 26 May 2014
| rowspan="2" bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress}}" |
| 30 May 2019
| rowspan="2"| [[File:Palaniappan Chidambaram - World Economic Forum Annual Meeting 2011 (cropped).jpg|70px]]
|{{Ayd|26 May 2014|30 May 2019}}
| rowspan="2"| '''[[P. Chidambaram]]'''&lt;br&gt;{{small|(born 1945)&lt;br&gt;MP for [[Sivaganga Lok Sabha constituency|Sivaganga]]}}
| rowspan="2" | [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] <br /><small>([[National Democratic Alliance (India)|National Democratic Alliance]])</small>
| 30 November&lt;br&gt;2008
| rowspan="2" width="4px" bgcolor="{{Bharatiya Janata Party/meta/color}}" |
| 22 May&lt;br&gt;2009
| rowspan="2" | [[Narendra Modi]]
| rowspan="2"| '''{{ayd|2008|11|30|2012|7|31}}'''
|- align=center
|-
|31
| 23 May&lt;br&gt;2009
| [[File:Shri Amit Shah taking charge as the Union Minister for Home Affairs, in New Delhi on June 01, 2019.jpg|75px]]
| 31 July&lt;br&gt;2012
| [[Amit Shah]]  
| rowspan="2"| [[Second Manmohan Singh ministry|Manmohan II]]
| 30 May 2019
|-
| ''Incumbent''
! 29
|{{Ayd|30 May 2019|}}
| bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress}}" |
| [[File:Sushilkumar Shinde.jpg|70px]]
| '''[[Sushilkumar Shinde]]'''&lt;br&gt;{{small|(born 1941)&lt;br&gt;MP for [[Solapur Lok Sabha constituency|Solapur]]}}
| 31 July&lt;br&gt;2012
| 26 May&lt;br&gt;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]]'''&lt;br&gt;{{small|(born 1951)&lt;br&gt;MP for [[Lucknow Lok Sabha constituency|Lucknow]]}}
| 26 May&lt;br&gt;2014
| 30 May&lt;br&gt;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]]'''&lt;br&gt;{{small|(born 1964)&lt;br&gt;MP for [[Gandhinagar Lok Sabha constituency|Gandhinagar]]}}
| 30 May&lt;br&gt;2019
| 9 June&lt;br&gt;2024
| rowspan="2"| '''{{ayd|2019|5|31|||}}'''
| [[Second Modi ministry|Modi II]]
|-
| 9 June&lt;br/&gt;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&lt;br&gt;{{small|(birth-death)&lt;br&gt;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'''&lt;br&gt;{{small|(1882{{ndash}}1957)}}
| 11 October&lt;br&gt;1951
| 13 May&lt;br&gt;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]]'''&lt;br&gt;{{small|(1894{{ndash}}1963)&lt;br&gt;MP for [[Belgaum Lok Sabha constituency|Belgaum]]}}
| 14 February&lt;br&gt;1956
| 17 April&lt;br&gt;1957
| rowspan="3"| '''{{ayd|1956|2|14|1963|2|13}}'''
| [[Second Nehru ministry|Nehru II]]
|-
| 17 April&lt;br&gt;1957
| 10 April&lt;br&gt;1962
| [[Third Nehru ministry|Nehru III]]
|-
| 16 April&lt;br&gt;1962
| 13 February&lt;br&gt;1963
| rowspan="3"| [[Fourth Nehru ministry|Nehru IV]]
|-
! 3
| bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress}}"|
| [[File:Ramchandra Martand Hajarnavis.jpg|70px]]
| '''[[Ramchandra Martand Hajarnavis]]'''&lt;br&gt;{{small|(1908{{ndash}}1976)&lt;br&gt;MP for [[Bhandara Lok Sabha constituency|Bhandara]]}}
| 22 February&lt;br&gt;1963
| 10 March&lt;br&gt;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]]'''&lt;br&gt;{{small|(1909{{ndash}}1982)&lt;br&gt;MP for [[Gujarat]] (Rajya Sabha)}}
| 10 March&lt;br&gt;1964
| 27 May&lt;br&gt;1964
| rowspan="5"| '''{{ayd|1964|3|10|1966|11|13}}'''
|-
| 27 May&lt;br&gt;1964
| 9 June&lt;br&gt;1964
| [[First Nanda ministry|Nanda I]]
| bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress}}"|
| '''[[Gulzarilal Nanda]]'''
|-
| 9 June&lt;br&gt;1964
| 11 January&lt;br&gt;1966
| [[Shastri ministry|Shastri]]
| bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress}}"|
| '''[[Lal Bahadur Shastri]]'''
|-
| 11 January&lt;br&gt;1966
| 24 January&lt;br&gt;1966
| [[Second Nanda ministry|Nanda II]]
| bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress}}"|
| '''[[Gulzarilal Nanda]]'''
|-
| 24 January&lt;br&gt;1966
| 13 November&lt;br&gt;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]]'''&lt;br&gt;{{small|(1929{{ndash}}2013)&lt;br&gt;MP for [[Mahasamund Lok Sabha constituency|Mahasamund]]}}
| 13 March&lt;br&gt;1967
| 27 June&lt;br&gt;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]]'''&lt;br&gt;{{small|(1924{{ndash}}2010)&lt;br&gt;MP for [[Rajasthan]] (Rajya Sabha)}}&lt;br&gt;(Personnel and Administrative Reforms)
| 27 June&lt;br&gt;1970
| 18 March&lt;br&gt;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]]'''&lt;br&gt;{{small|(1931{{ndash}}2012)&lt;br&gt;MP for [[Nainital Lok Sabha constituency|Nainital]]}}
| 27 June&lt;br&gt;1970
| 18 March&lt;br&gt;1971
| rowspan="2"| '''{{ayd|1970|6|27|1973|11|9}}'''
|-
| 18 March&lt;br&gt;1971
| 9 November&lt;br&gt;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]]'''&lt;br&gt;{{small|(1927{{ndash}}1995)&lt;br&gt;MP for [[Jammu and Kashmir (state)|Jammu and Kashmir]]}}&lt;br&gt;(Personnel and Administrative Reforms)
| 10 October&lt;br&gt;1974
| 24 March&lt;br&gt;1977
| '''{{ayd|1974|10|10|1977|3|24}}'''
|-
! 9
| bgcolor="{{party color|Janata Party}}"|
|
| '''S. D. Patil'''&lt;br&gt;{{small|MP for [[Erandol Lok Sabha constituency|Erandol]]}}
| 14 August&lt;br&gt;1977
| 28 July&lt;br&gt;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]]'''&lt;br&gt;{{small|(1932{{ndash}}2022)&lt;br&gt;MP for [[Jhanjharpur Lok Sabha constituency|Jhanjharpur]]}}
| 14 August&lt;br&gt;1977
| 15 July&lt;br&gt;1979
| rowspan="2"| '''{{ayd|1977|8|14|1980|1|14}}'''
|-
| bgcolor="{{party color|Janata Party (Secular)}}"|
| 30 July&lt;br&gt;1979
| 14 January&lt;br&gt;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]]'''&lt;br&gt;{{small|(1921{{ndash}}1993)&lt;br&gt;MP for [[Nandyal Lok Sabha constituency|Nandyal]]}}
| 14 January&lt;br&gt;1980
| 31 October&lt;br&gt;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)}}"|
|
| '''[[Yogendra Makwana]]'''&lt;br&gt;{{small|(1933{{ndash}}2025)&lt;br&gt;MP for [[Gujarat]] (Rajya Sabha)}}
| 14 January&lt;br&gt;1980
| 15 January&lt;br&gt;1982
| '''{{ayd|1980|1|14|1982|1|15}}'''
|-
! 13
| bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress (I)}}"|
| [[File:Nihar Ranjan Laskar.jpg|70px]]
| '''[[Nihar Ranjan Laskar]]'''&lt;br&gt;{{small|(born 1932)&lt;br&gt;MP for [[Karimganj Lok Sabha constituency|Karimganj]]}}
| 15 January&lt;br&gt;1982
| 7 February&lt;br&gt;1984
| '''{{ayd|1982|1|15|1984|2|7}}'''
|-
! 14
| bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress (I)}}"|
| [[File:Ram Dulari Sinha official portrait.gif|70px]]
| '''[[Ram Dulari Sinha]]'''&lt;br&gt;{{small|(1922{{ndash}}1994)&lt;br&gt;MP for [[Sheohar Lok Sabha constituency|Sheohar]]}}
| 7 February&lt;br&gt;1984
| 31 October&lt;br&gt;1984
| '''{{ayd|1984|2|7|1984|10|31}}'''
|-
! (11)
| bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress (I)}}"|
|
| '''[[Pendekanti Venkatasubbaiah]]'''&lt;br&gt;{{small|(1921{{ndash}}1993)&lt;br&gt;MP for [[Nandyal Lok Sabha constituency|Nandyal]]}}
| 4 November&lt;br&gt;1984
| 31 December&lt;br&gt;1984
|'''{{ayd|1984|11|4|1984|12|31}}'''
| rowspan="2"| [[First Rajiv Gandhi ministry|Rajiv I]]
| rowspan="11" bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress (I)}}"|
| rowspan="11"| '''[[Rajiv Gandhi]]'''
|-
! rowspan="2"| (14)
| rowspan="2" bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress (I)}}"|
| rowspan="2"| [[File:Ram Dulari Sinha official portrait.gif|70px]]
| rowspan="2"| '''[[Ram Dulari Sinha]]'''&lt;br&gt;{{small|(1922{{ndash}}1994)&lt;br&gt;MP for [[Sheohar Lok Sabha constituency|Sheohar]]}}
| 4 November&lt;br&gt;1984
| 31 December&lt;br&gt;1984
| rowspan="2"| '''{{ayd|1984|11|4|1985|9|25}}'''
|-
| 31 December&lt;br&gt;1984
| 25 September&lt;br&gt;1985
| rowspan="9"| [[Second Rajiv Gandhi ministry|Rajiv II]]
|-
! 15
| bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress (I)}}"|
| [[File:Kerala Governor Khan during an inaugural function in 2023.jpg|70px]]
| '''[[Arif Mohammad Khan]]'''&lt;br&gt;{{small|(born 1951)&lt;br&gt;MP for [[Bahraich Lok Sabha constituency|Bahraich]]}}
| 12 August&lt;br&gt;1985
| 25 September&lt;br&gt;1986
| '''{{ayd|1985|8|12|1985|9|25}}'''
|-
! 16
| bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress (I)}}"|
| [[File:P. A. Sangma official portrait.jpg|70px]]
| '''[[P. A. Sangma]]'''&lt;br&gt;{{small|(1947{{ndash}}2016)&lt;br&gt;MP for [[Tura Lok Sabha constituency|Tura]]}}&lt;br&gt;(States)
| rowspan="2"| 25 September&lt;br&gt;1985
| rowspan="2"| 20 January&lt;br&gt;1986
| rowspan="2"| '''{{ayd|1985|9|25|1986|1|20}}'''
|-
! 17
| bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress (I)}}"|
| [[File:Arun Nehru.jpg|70px]]
| '''[[Arun Nehru]]'''&lt;br&gt;{{small|(1944{{ndash}}2013)&lt;br&gt;MP for [[Raebareli Lok Sabha constituency|Raebareli]]}}&lt;br&gt;(Internal Security)
|-
! (6)
| bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress (I)}}"|
| [[File:Ram Niwas Mirdha (cropped).jpg|70px]]
| '''[[Ram Niwas Mirdha]]'''&lt;br&gt;{{small|(1924{{ndash}}2010)&lt;br&gt;MP for [[Rajasthan]] (Rajya Sabha)}}
| 14 March&lt;br&gt;1986
| 14 June&lt;br&gt;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]]'''&lt;br&gt;{{small|(born 1949)&lt;br&gt;MP for [[Washim Lok Sabha constituency|Washim]]}}&lt;br&gt;(States)
| 12 May&lt;br&gt;1986
| 22 October&lt;br&gt;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]]'''&lt;br&gt;{{small|(born 1945)&lt;br&gt;MP for [[Sivaganga Lok Sabha constituency|Sivaganga]]}}
| 24 June&lt;br&gt;1986
| 2 December&lt;br&gt;1989
| '''{{ayd|1986|6|24|1989|12|2}}'''
|-
! 20
| bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress (I)}}"|
|
| '''[[Chintamani Panigrahi]]'''&lt;br&gt;{{small|(1922{{ndash}}2000)&lt;br&gt;MP for [[Bhubaneswar Lok Sabha constituency|Bhubaneswar]]}}
| 22 October&lt;br&gt;1986
| 25 June&lt;br&gt;1988
| '''{{ayd|1986|10|22|1988|6|25}}'''
|-
! 21
| bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress (I)}}"|
| [[File:Santosh Mohan Dev addressing the press conference in New Delhi on November 20, 2008 (cropped).jpg|70px]]
| '''[[Santosh Mohan Dev]]'''&lt;br&gt;{{small|(1934{{ndash}}2017)&lt;br&gt;MP for [[Silchar Lok Sabha constituency|Silchar]]}}&lt;br&gt;(Internal Security)
| 25 June&lt;br&gt;1988
| 2 December&lt;br&gt;1989
| '''{{ayd|1988|6|25|1989|12|2}}'''
|-
! rowspan="2"| 22
| bgcolor="{{party color|Janata Dal}}"|
| 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]]
| rowspan="2"| '''[[Subodh Kant Sahay]]'''&lt;br&gt;{{small|(born 1951)&lt;br&gt;MP for [[Ranchi Lok Sabha constituency|Ranchi]]}}
| 23 April&lt;br&gt;1990
| 5 November&lt;br&gt;1990
| '''{{ayd|1990|4|23|1990|11|5}}'''
| [[Janata Dal]]
| [[V. P. Singh ministry|Vishwanath]]
| bgcolor="{{party color|Janata Dal}}"|
| '''[[V. P. Singh|Vishwanath Pratap Singh]]'''
|-
| bgcolor="{{party color|Samajwadi Janata Party (Rashtriya)}}"|
| 21 November&lt;br&gt;1990
| 21 June&lt;br&gt;1991
| '''{{ayd|1990|11|5|1991|6|21}}'''
| [[Samajwadi Janata Party (Rashtriya)]]
| [[Chandra Shekhar ministry|Chandra Shekhar]]
| bgcolor="{{party color|Samajwadi Janata Party (Rashtriya)}}"|
| '''[[Chandra Shekhar]]'''
|-
! 23
| bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress (I)}}"|
| [[File:M.M. Jacob photo.jpg|70px]]
| '''[[M. M. Jacob]]'''&lt;br&gt;{{small|(1926{{ndash}}2018)&lt;br&gt;MP for [[Kerala]] (Rajya Sabha)}}
| 21 June&lt;br&gt;1991
| 17 January&lt;br&gt;1993
| '''{{ayd|1991|6|21|1993|1|17}}'''
| 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]]'''&lt;br&gt;{{small|(1945{{ndash}}2000)&lt;br&gt;MP for [[Dausa Lok Sabha constituency|Dausa]]}}&lt;br&gt;(Internal Security)
| 18 January&lt;br&gt;1993
| rowspan="2"| 15 September&lt;br&gt;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]]'''&lt;br&gt;{{small|(1941{{ndash}}2005)&lt;br&gt;MP for [[Lakshadweep Lok Sabha constituency|Lakshadweep]]}}
| 19 January&lt;br&gt;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]]'''&lt;br&gt;{{small|(1939{{ndash}}2022)&lt;br&gt;MP for [[Uttar Pradesh]] (Rajya Sabha)}}
| rowspan="3"| 15 September&lt;br&gt;1995
| rowspan="3"| 16 May&lt;br&gt;1996
| rowspan="3"| '''{{ayd|1995|9|15|1996|5|16}}'''
|-
! 27
| bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress (I)}}"|
|
| '''[[Ram Lal Rahi]]'''&lt;br&gt;{{small|(1934{{ndash}}2020)&lt;br&gt;MP for [[Misrikh Lok Sabha constituency|Misrikh]]}}
|-
! 28
| bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress (I)}}"|
|
| '''[[Meijinlung Kamson]]'''&lt;br&gt;{{small|(born 1939)&lt;br&gt;MP for [[Outer Manipur Lok Sabha constituency|Outer Manipur]]}}
|-
! 29
| bgcolor="{{party color|Janata Dal}}"|
| [[File:Mohammad Taslimuddin (cropped).jpg|70px]]
| '''[[Mohammed Taslimuddin]]'''&lt;br&gt;{{small|(1943{{ndash}}2017)&lt;br&gt;MP for [[Kishanganj Lok Sabha constituency|Kishanganj]]}}
| 1 June&lt;br&gt;1996
| 9 June&lt;br&gt;1996
| '''{{ayd|1996|6|1|1996|6|9}}'''
| rowspan="3"| [[Janata Dal]]
| rowspan="2"| [[Deve Gowda ministry|Deve Gowda]]
| rowspan="2" bgcolor="{{party color|Janata Dal}}"|
| rowspan="2"| '''[[H. D. Deve Gowda]]'''
|-
! rowspan="2"| 30
| rowspan="2" bgcolor="{{party color|Janata Dal}}"|
| rowspan="2"|
| rowspan="2"| '''[[Maqbool Dar]]'''&lt;br&gt;{{small|(1943{{ndash}}2008)&lt;br&gt;MP for [[Anantnag Lok Sabha constituency|Anantnag]]}}
| 10 July&lt;br&gt;1996
| 21 April&lt;br&gt;1997
| '''{{ayd|1996|7|10|1997|4|21}}'''
|-
| 1 May&lt;br&gt;1997
| 19 March&lt;br&gt;1998
| '''{{ayd|1997|5|1|1998|3|19}}'''
| [[Gujral ministry|Gujral]]
| bgcolor="{{party color|Janata Dal}}"|
| '''[[Inder Kumar Gujral]]'''
|-
! 31
| bgcolor="{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}"|
| [[File:Governor Ram Naik.jpg|70px]]
| '''[[Ram Naik]]'''&lt;br&gt;{{small|(born 1934)&lt;br&gt;MP for [[Mumbai North Lok Sabha constituency|Mumbai North]]}}
| 5 May&lt;br&gt;1999
| 13 October&lt;br&gt;1999
| '''{{ayd|1999|5|5|1999|10|13}}'''
| rowspan="5"| [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
| [[Second Vajpayee ministry|Vajpayee II]]
| rowspan="5" bgcolor="{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}"|
| rowspan="5" style="width:9em"| '''[[Atal Bihari Vajpayee]]'''
|-
! 32
| bgcolor="{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}"|
| [[File:I. D. Swami at 52nd All India Police Athletic Championship 2003.jpg|70px]]
| '''[[I. D. Swami]]'''&lt;br&gt;{{small|(1929{{ndash}}2019)&lt;br&gt;MP for [[Karnal Lok Sabha constituency|Karnal]]}}
| 13 October&lt;br&gt;1999
| 22 May&lt;br&gt;2004
| '''{{ayd|1999|10|13|2004|5|22}}'''
| rowspan="4"| [[Third Vajpayee ministry|Vajpayee III]]
|-
! 33
| bgcolor="{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}"|
| [[File:C. Vidyasagar Rao with Venkaiah Naidu (cropped).png|70px]]
| '''[[C. Vidyasagar Rao]]'''&lt;br&gt;{{small|(born 1941)&lt;br&gt;MP for [[Karimnagar Lok Sabha constituency|Karimnagar]]}}
| 13 October&lt;br&gt;1999
| 29 January&lt;br&gt;2003
| '''{{ayd|1999|10|13|2003|1|29}}'''
|-
! 34
| bgcolor="{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}"|
| [[File:Harin Pathak 2014-01-21 09-56.jpg|70px]]
| '''[[Harin Pathak]]'''&lt;br&gt;{{small|(born 1947)&lt;br&gt;MP for [[Ahmedabad East Lok Sabha constituency|Ahmedabad East]]}}
| 29 January&lt;br&gt;2003
| 22 May&lt;br&gt;2004
| '''{{ayd|2003|1|29|2004|5|22}}'''
|-
! 35
| bgcolor="{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}"|
| [[File:Swami Chinmayanand releasing a book in 2004 (cropped).jpg|70px]]
| '''[[Chinmayanand (politician)|Chinmayanand Swami]]'''&lt;br&gt;{{small|(born 1947)&lt;br&gt;MP for [[Jaunpur Lok Sabha constituency|Jaunpur]]}}
| 24 May&lt;br&gt;2003
| 22 May&lt;br&gt;2004
| '''{{ayd|2003|5|24|2004|5|22}}'''
|-
! 36
| bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress}}"|
| [[File:Manikrao Gavit taking office in 2013 (cropped).jpg|70px]]
| '''[[Manikrao Hodlya Gavit]]'''&lt;br&gt;{{small|(1934{{ndash}}2022)&lt;br&gt;MP for [[Nandurbar Lok Sabha constituency|Nandurbar]]}}
| 23 May&lt;br&gt;2004
| 6 April&lt;br&gt;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]]'''&lt;br&gt;{{small|(1944{{ndash}}2025)&lt;br&gt;MP for [[Kanpur Lok Sabha constituency|Kanpur]]}}
| 23 May&lt;br&gt;2004
| 22 May&lt;br&gt;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]]'''&lt;br&gt;{{small|(born 1950)&lt;br&gt;MP for [[Pudukkottai Lok Sabha constituency|Pudukkottai]]}}
| 23 May&lt;br&gt;2004
| 15 May&lt;br&gt;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]]'''&lt;br&gt;{{small|(born 1976)&lt;br&gt;MP for [[Tiruchendur Lok Sabha constituency|Tiruchendur]]}}
| 18 May&lt;br&gt;2007
| 22 May&lt;br&gt;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]]'''&lt;br&gt;{{small|(born 1956)&lt;br&gt;MP for [[Madhubani Lok Sabha constituency|Madhubani]]}}
| 6 April&lt;br&gt;2008
| 22 May&lt;br&gt;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]]'''&lt;br&gt;{{small|(born 1944)&lt;br&gt;MP for [[Vatakara Lok Sabha constituency|Vatakara]]}}
| 28 May&lt;br&gt;2009
| 26 May&lt;br&gt;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]]'''&lt;br&gt;{{small|(born 1964)&lt;br&gt;MP for [[New Delhi Lok Sabha constituency|New Delhi]]}}
| 28 May&lt;br&gt;2009
| 19 January&lt;br&gt;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]]'''&lt;br&gt;{{small|(1954–2018)&lt;br&gt;MP for [[Mumbai North West Lok Sabha constituency|Mumbai North West]]}}
| 19 January&lt;br&gt;2011
| 12 July&lt;br&gt;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]]'''&lt;br&gt;{{small|(born 1971)&lt;br&gt;MP for [[Alwar Lok Sabha constituency|Alwar]]}}
| 12 July&lt;br&gt;2011
| 28 October&lt;br&gt;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]]'''&lt;br&gt;{{small|(born 1964)&lt;br&gt;MP for [[Kushi Nagar Lok Sabha constituency|Kushi Nagar]]}}
| 28 October&lt;br&gt;2012
| 26 May&lt;br&gt;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]]'''&lt;br&gt;{{small|(born 1971)&lt;br&gt;MP for [[Arunachal West Lok Sabha constituency|Arunachal West]]}}
| 26 May&lt;br&gt;2014
| 30 May&lt;br&gt;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]]'''&lt;br&gt;{{small|(born 1954)&lt;br&gt;MP for [[Banaskantha Lok Sabha constituency|Banaskantha]]}}
| 9 November&lt;br&gt;2014
| 5 July&lt;br&gt;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]]'''&lt;br&gt;{{small|(born 1954)&lt;br&gt;MP for [[Chandrapur Lok Sabha constituency|Chandrapur]]}}
| 5 July&lt;br&gt;2016
| 30 May&lt;br&gt;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]]'''&lt;br&gt;{{small|(born 1964)&lt;br&gt;MP for [[Secunderabad Lok Sabha constituency|Secunderabad]]}}
| 31 May&lt;br&gt;2019
| 7 July&lt;br&gt;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]]'''&lt;br&gt;{{small|(born 1966)&lt;br&gt;MP for [[Ujiarpur Lok Sabha constituency|Ujiarpur]]}}
| 31 May&lt;br&gt;2019
| 9 June&lt;br/&gt;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]]'''&lt;br&gt;{{small|(born 1960)&lt;br&gt;MP for [[Kheri Lok Sabha constituency|Kheri]]}}
| rowspan="2"| 7 July&lt;br&gt;2021
| rowspan="2"| 9 June&lt;br/&gt;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]]'''&lt;br&gt;{{small|(born 1986)&lt;br&gt;MP for [[Cooch Behar Lok Sabha constituency|Cooch Behar]]}}
|-
! (49)
| bgcolor="{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}"|
| [[File:Nityanand Rai (cropped).jpg|70px]]
| '''[[Nityanand Rai]]'''&lt;br&gt;{{small|(born 1966)&lt;br&gt;MP for [[Ujiarpur Lok Sabha constituency|Ujiarpur]]}}
| rowspan="2"| 10 June&lt;br/&gt;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]]'''&lt;br/&gt;{{small|(born 1971)&lt;br/&gt;MP for [[Karimnagar Lok Sabha constituency|Karimnagar]]}}
|-
|}
|}


== List of Ministers of State ==
==Deputy ministers==
{| class="wikitable sortable mw-collapsible style=" ;"sortable mw-collapsible"
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|+Ministers of State of Home Affairs
! rowspan="2" |No.
! [[Minister of state]]
! colspan="2" rowspan="2" |Portrait
! Portrait
! rowspan="2" style="width:17em" |Minister&lt;br&gt;{{small|(birth-death)&lt;br&gt;Constituency}}
! colspan=2| Political party
! colspan="3" |Term of office
! colspan="2" | Term
! rowspan="2" style="width:8em" |Political party
! Years
! rowspan="2" style="width:6em" | Ministry
|-align=center
! rowspan="2" colspan="2" |Prime Minister
|[[Subodh Kant Sahay]]
|-
|[[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]]
! style="width:8em"| From
|[[Janata Dal]]
! style="width:8em"| To
|bgcolor="{{Janata Dal/meta/color}}"|
! style="width:6em"| Period
| 23 April 1990
|-
| 21 June 1991
! 1
|{{Age in years and days|1990|04|23|1990|11|21}}
| bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress}}"|
|-align=center
| [[File:B. N. Datar Lok Sabha photo.jpg|70px]]
|[[Sriprakash Jaiswal]]
| '''[[B. N. Datar]]'''&lt;br&gt;{{small|(1894{{ndash}}1963)&lt;br&gt;MP for [[Belgaum North Lok Sabha constituency|Belgaum North]]}}
|[[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]]
| 12 August&lt;br&gt;1952
|rowspan=3|[[Indian National Congress]]
| 14 February&lt;br&gt;1956
|rowspan=3 bgcolor="{{Indian National Congress/meta/color}}"|
| '''{{ayd|1952|8|12|1956|2|14}}'''
|23 May 2004
| [[Indian National Congress]]
|22 May 2009
| [[Second Nehru ministry|Nehru II]]
|{{Age in years and days|2004|05|23|2009|05|22}}
| rowspan="6" bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress}}"|
|-align=center
| rowspan="6" style="width:9em"| '''[[Jawaharlal Nehru]]'''
|[[Mullappally Ramachandran]]
|-
|[[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]]
! colspan="9"|
|28 May 2009
|-
|26 May 2014
! 2
|{{Age in years and days|2009|05|28|2014|05|26}}
| bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress}}"|
|-align=center
| [[File:Violet Alva stamp (cropped).jpg|70px]]
|[[Ratanjit Pratap Narain Singh|R. P. N. Singh]]
| '''[[Violet Alva]]'''&lt;br&gt;{{small|(1909{{ndash}}1969)&lt;br&gt;MP for [[Bombay state|Bombay]] (Rajya Sabha)}}
| 23 April&lt;br&gt;1957
| 10 April&lt;br&gt;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]]'''&lt;br&gt;{{small|(1917{{ndash}}2001)&lt;br&gt;MP for [[Sriperumbudur Lok Sabha constituency|Sriperumbudur]]}}
| 8 May&lt;br&gt;1962
| 27 May&lt;br&gt;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]]'''&lt;br&gt;{{small|(1923{{ndash}}1975)&lt;br&gt;MP for [[Bihar]] (Rajya Sabha)}}
| 26 February&lt;br&gt;1964
| 27 May&lt;br&gt;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]]'''&lt;br&gt;{{small|(1917{{ndash}}2001)&lt;br&gt;MP for [[Sriperumbudur Lok Sabha constituency|Sriperumbudur]]}}
| 27 May&lt;br&gt;1964
| 9 June&lt;br&gt;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]]'''&lt;br&gt;{{small|(1923{{ndash}}1975)&lt;br&gt;MP for [[Bihar]] (Rajya Sabha)}}
| 27 May&lt;br&gt;1964
| 9 June&lt;br&gt;1964
| rowspan="3"| '''{{ayd|1964|5|27|1966|1|24}}'''
|-
| 9 June&lt;br&gt;1964
| 11 January&lt;br&gt;1966
| [[Shastri ministry|Shastri]]
| bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress}}"|
| '''[[Lal Bahadur Shastri]]'''
|-
| 11 January&lt;br&gt;1966
| 24 January&lt;br&gt;1966
| [[Second Nanda ministry|Nanda II]]
| bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress}}"|
| '''[[Gulzarilal Nanda]]'''
|-
! 5
| bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress}}"|
| [[File:Purnendu Sekhar Naskar Lok Sabha image.gif|70px]]
| '''[[Purnendu Sekhar Naskar]]'''&lt;br&gt;{{small|(1921-1993)&lt;br&gt;MP for [[Mathurapur Lok Sabha constituency|Mathurapur]]}}
| 24 January&lt;br&gt;1966
| 13 March&lt;br&gt;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]]'''
|-
! 6
| bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress}}"|
| [[File:Vidya Charan Shukla (cropped).jpg|70px]]
| '''[[Vidya Charan Shukla]]'''&lt;br&gt;{{small|(1929{{ndash}}2013)&lt;br&gt;MP for [[Mahasamund Lok Sabha constituency|Mahasamund]]}}
| 14 February&lt;br&gt;1966
| 13 March&lt;br&gt;1967
| '''{{ayd|1966|2|14|1967|3|13}}'''
|-
! 7
| bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress}}"|
|
|
|28 October 2012
|'''[[K. S. Ramaswamy]]'''&lt;br&gt;{{small|(1922{{ndash}}2004)&lt;br&gt;MP for [[Madras state|Madras]] (Rajya Sabha)}}
|26 May 2014
| 18 March&lt;br&gt;1967
|{{Age in years and days|2012|10|28|2014|05|26}}
| 18 March&lt;br&gt;1971
|-align=center
| '''{{ayd|1967|3|18|1971|3|18}}'''
|[[Kiren Rijiju]]
| [[Second Indira Gandhi ministry|Indira II]]
|[[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]]
! colspan="11"|  
| rowspan="7" width="4px" bgcolor="{{Bharatiya Janata Party/meta/color}}" |
|-
|26 May 2014
! 8
|30 May 2019
| bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress (R)}}"|
|{{Age in years and days|2014|05|26|2019|05|30}}
|-align=center
|[[Haribhai Parthibhai Chaudhary]]
|[[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 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]]
|[[File:G. Kishan Reddy.jpg|100px]]
|30 May 2019
|7 July 2021
|{{Age in years and days|2019|05|30|2021|07|7}}
|-align=center
|[[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
| '''[[Fakruddinsab Hussensab Mohsin]]'''&lt;br&gt;{{small|(1923{{ndash}}1996)&lt;br&gt;MP for [[Dharwad South Lok Sabha constituency|Dharwad South]]}}
|''Incumbent''
| 2 May&lt;br&gt;1971
|{{Age in years and days|2021|07|07}}
| 24 March&lt;br&gt;1977
|-align=center
| '''{{ayd|1971|5|2|1977|3|24}}'''
|[[Nisith Pramanik]]
| [[Indian National Congress (R)]]
| [[File:Shri Nisith Pramanik Minister.jpg|100px]]
| [[Third Indira Gandhi ministry|Indira III]]
|7 July 2021
| bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress (R)}}"|
|''Incumbent''
| '''[[Indira Gandhi]]'''
|{{Age in years and days|2021|07|07}}
|-
! colspan="11"|
|-
! 9
| bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress (I)}}"|
|
| '''[[Ram Lal Rahi]]'''&lt;br&gt;{{small|(1934{{ndash}}2020)&lt;br&gt;MP for [[Misrikh Lok Sabha constituency|Misrikh]]}}
| 21 June&lt;br&gt;1991
| 15 September&lt;br&gt;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''}}
|-
|}
 
== 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==
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Minister of Home Affairs
Gr̥ha Mantrī
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Incumbent
Amit Shah
since 30 May 2019 (2019-05-30)
Ministry of Home Affairs
AbbreviationMHA
Member ofUnion Cabinet of India<br>Cabinet Committee on Security
Reports toPresident of India<br>Prime Minister of India<br>Parliament of India
Residence6A, Krishna Menon Marg, New Delhi
SeatRoom No. 104, North Block, New Delhi
AppointerPresident of India
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Formation15 August 1947
First holderSardar Vallabhbhai Patel
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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.<ref>"Amit Shah now India's longest-serving home minister". The Times Of India. 6 August 2025. Retrieved 6 August 2025.</ref><ref>"Amit Shah becomes longest-serving Home Minister, PM Modi praises tenure". DD News. 5 August 2025. Retrieved 5 August 2025.</ref><ref>"Amit Shah Breaks LK Advani's Record To Become Longest-Serving Home Minister". NDTV. 5 August 2025. Retrieved 5 August 2025.</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] 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>"Union Home Minister – Shri Amit Shah". Ministry of Home Affairs. Retrieved 22 August 2025.</ref><ref>"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.</ref><ref>"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.</ref>

Cabinet ministers

No. Portrait Minister<br>(birth-death)<br>Constituency Term of office Political party Ministry Prime Minister
From To Period
1 Vallabhbhai Patel<br>(1875–1950)<br>MCA for Bombay<br>(Deputy Prime Minister) 15 August<br>1947 15 December<br>1950<br/>(died in office) 3 years, 122 days Indian National Congress Nehru I Jawaharlal Nehru
2 Jawaharlal Nehru<br>(1889–1964)<br>MP for United Provinces<br>(Prime Minister) 15 December<br>1950 26 December<br>1950 11 days
3 C. Rajagopalachari<br>(1878–1972)<br>Unelected 26 December<br>1950 5 November<br>1951 314 days
4 Error creating thumbnail: File missing Kailash Nath Katju<br>(1887–1968)<br>MP for Mandsaur 5 November<br>1951 13 May<br>1952 3 years, 66 days
13 May<br>1952 10 January<br>1955 Nehru II
5 Error creating thumbnail: File missing Govind Ballabh Pant<br>(1887–1961)<br>Rajya Sabha MP for Uttar Pradesh 10 January<br>1955 17 April<br>1957 6 years, 56 days
17 April<br>1957 7 March<br>1961<br/>(died in office) Nehru III
6 Error creating thumbnail: File missing Lal Bahadur Shastri<br>(1904–1966)<br>MP for Allahabad 8 March <br>1961 10 April<br>1962 2 years, 187 days
11 April<br>1962 29 August<br>1963 Nehru IV
7 Error creating thumbnail: File missing Gulzarilal Nanda<br>(1898–1998)<br>MP for Sabarkantha<br/>(Prime Minister from<br/>27 May – 9 June 1964; and<br/>11 – 24 January 1966) 1 September<br>1963 27 May<br>1964 3 years, 69 days
27 May<br>1964 9 June<br>1964 Nanda I Self
9 June<br>1964 11 January<br>1966 Shastri Lal Bahadur Shastri
11 January<br>1966 24 January<br>1966 Nanda II Self
24 January<br>1966 9 November<br>1966 Indira I Indira Gandhi
8 Indira Gandhi<br>(1917–1984)<br>Rajya Sabha MP for Uttar Pradesh<br>(Prime Minister) 9 November<br>1966 13 November<br>1966 4 days
9 Error creating thumbnail: File missing Yashwantrao Chavan<br>(1913–1984)<br>MP for Nashik 13 November<br>1966 13 March<br>1967 3 years, 226 days
13 March<br>1967 27 June<br>1970 Indian National Congress (R) Indira II
(8) Indira Gandhi<br>(1917–1984)<br>MP for Rae Bareli<br>(Prime Minister) 27 June<br>1970 13 March<br>1971 2 years, 223 days
13 March<br>1971 5 February<br>1973 Indira III
10 Error creating thumbnail: File missing Uma Shankar Dikshit<br>(1901–1991)<br>Rajya Sabha MP for Uttar Pradesh 5 February<br>1973 10 October<br>1974 1 year, 247 days
11 Error creating thumbnail: File missing Kasu Brahmananda Reddy<br>(1909–1994)<br>Rajya Sabha MP for Andhra Pradesh 10 October<br>1974 24 March<br>1977 2 years, 165 days
12 Error creating thumbnail: File missing Charan Singh<br>(1902–1987)<br>MP for Baghpat 24 March<br>1977 1 July<br>1978 1 year, 99 days Janata Party Desai Morarji Desai
13 Error creating thumbnail: File missing Morarji Desai<br>(1896–1995)<br>MP for Surat<br>(Prime Minister) 1 July<br>1978 24 January<br>1979 207 days
14 Error creating thumbnail: File missing Hirubhai M. Patel<br>(1904–1993)<br>MP for Sabarkantha 24 January<br>1979 28 July<br>1979 185 days
(9) Error creating thumbnail: File missing Yashwantrao Chavan<br>(1913–1984)<br>MP for Satara<br>(Deputy Prime Minister) 28 July<br>1979 14 January<br>1980 170 days Indian National Congress (Urs) Charan Charan Singh
15 Error creating thumbnail: File missing Zail Singh<br>(1916–1994)<br>MP for Hoshiarpur 14 January<br>1980 22 June<br>1982 2 years, 159 days Indian National Congress (I) Indira IV Indira Gandhi
16 Error creating thumbnail: File missing Ramaswamy Venkataraman<br>(1910–2009)<br>MP for Chennai South 22 June<br>1982 2 September<br>1982 72 days
17 Error creating thumbnail: File missing Prakash Chandra Sethi<br>(1919–1996)<br>MP for Indore 2 September<br>1982 19 July<br>1984 1 year, 321 days
18 Error creating thumbnail: File missing P. V. Narasimha Rao<br>(1921–2004)<br>MP for Hanamkonda 19 July<br>1984 31 October<br>1984 165 days
31 October<br>1984 31 December<br>1984 Rajiv I Rajiv Gandhi
19 Error creating thumbnail: File missing Shankarrao Chavan<br>(1920–2004)<br>MP for Nanded 31 December<br>1984 12 March<br>1986 1 year, 71 days Rajiv II
(18) Error creating thumbnail: File missing P. V. Narasimha Rao<br>(1921–2004)<br>MP for Hanamkonda 12 March<br>1986 12 May<br>1986 61 days
20 Error creating thumbnail: File missing Buta Singh<br>(1934–2021)<br>MP for Jalore 12 May<br>1986 2 December<br>1989 3 years, 204 days
21 Mufti Mohammad Sayeed<br>(1936–2016)<br>MP for Muzaffarnagar 2 December<br>1989 10 November<br>1990 1 year, 8 days Janata Dal Vishwanath Vishwanath Pratap Singh
22 Chandra Shekhar<br>(1927–2007)<br>MP for Ballia<br>(Prime Minister) 10 November<br>1990 21 June<br>1991 223 days Samajwadi Janata Party (Rashtriya) Chandra Shekhar Himself
(19) Error creating thumbnail: File missing Shankarrao Chavan<br>(1920–2004)<br>Rajya Sabha MP for Maharashtra 21 June<br>1991 16 May<br>1996 4 years, 330 days Indian National Congress (I) Rao P. V. Narasimha Rao
23 Murli Manohar Joshi<br>(born 1934)<br>MP for Allahabad 16 May<br>1996 1 June<br>1996 16 days Bharatiya Janata Party Vajpayee I Atal Bihari Vajpayee
24 H. D. Deve Gowda<br>(born 1933)<br>Unelected<br>(Prime Minister) 1 June<br>1996 29 June<br>1996 28 days Janata Dal Deve Gowda H. D. Deve Gowda
25 Indrajit Gupta<br>(1919–2001)<br>MP for Midnapore 29 June<br>1996 21 April<br>1997 1 year, 263 days Communist Party of India
21 April<br>1997 19 March<br>1998 Gujral Inder Kumar Gujral
26 Error creating thumbnail: File missing L. K. Advani<br>(born 1927)<br>MP for Gandhinagar<br>(Deputy Prime Minister<br>from 29 June 2002) 19 March<br>1998 13 October<br>1999 6 years, 64 days Bharatiya Janata Party Vajpayee II Atal Bihari Vajpayee
13 October<br>1999 22 May<br>2004 Vajpayee III
27 Error creating thumbnail: File missing Shivraj Patil<br>(1935–2025)<br>Rajya Sabha MP for Maharashtra 23 May<br>2004 30 November<br>2008 4 years, 191 days Indian National Congress Manmohan I Manmohan Singh
28 P. Chidambaram<br>(born 1945)<br>MP for Sivaganga 30 November<br>2008 22 May<br>2009 3 years, 244 days
23 May<br>2009 31 July<br>2012 Manmohan II
29 Sushilkumar Shinde<br>(born 1941)<br>MP for Solapur 31 July<br>2012 26 May<br>2014 1 year, 299 days
30 Rajnath Singh<br>(born 1951)<br>MP for Lucknow 26 May<br>2014 30 May<br>2019 5 years, 3 days Bharatiya Janata Party Modi I Narendra Modi
31 Error creating thumbnail: File missing Amit Shah<br>(born 1964)<br>MP for Gandhinagar 30 May<br>2019 9 June<br>2024 7 years, 74 days Modi II
9 June<br/>2024 Incumbent Modi III

Ministers of state

No. Portrait Minister<br>(birth-death)<br>Constituency Term of office Political party Ministry Prime Minister
From To Period
1 Rustom Khurshedji Sidhwa<br>(1882–1957) 11 October<br>1951 13 May<br>1952 215 days Indian National Congress Nehru I Jawaharlal Nehru
2 Error creating thumbnail: File missing B. N. Datar<br>(1894–1963)<br>MP for Belgaum 14 February<br>1956 17 April<br>1957 6 years, 364 days Nehru II
17 April<br>1957 10 April<br>1962 Nehru III
16 April<br>1962 13 February<br>1963 Nehru IV
3 Error creating thumbnail: File missing Ramchandra Martand Hajarnavis<br>(1908–1976)<br>MP for Bhandara 22 February<br>1963 10 March<br>1964 1 year, 17 days
4 Jaisukhlal Hathi<br>(1909–1982)<br>MP for Gujarat (Rajya Sabha) 10 March<br>1964 27 May<br>1964 2 years, 248 days
27 May<br>1964 9 June<br>1964 Nanda I Gulzarilal Nanda
9 June<br>1964 11 January<br>1966 Shastri Lal Bahadur Shastri
11 January<br>1966 24 January<br>1966 Nanda II Gulzarilal Nanda
24 January<br>1966 13 November<br>1966 Indira I Indira Gandhi
5 Error creating thumbnail: File missing Vidya Charan Shukla<br>(1929–2013)<br>MP for Mahasamund 13 March<br>1967 27 June<br>1970 3 years, 106 days
6 Error creating thumbnail: File missing Ram Niwas Mirdha<br>(1924–2010)<br>MP for Rajasthan (Rajya Sabha)<br>(Personnel and Administrative Reforms) 27 June<br>1970 18 March<br>1971 264 days Indian National Congress (R)
7 Error creating thumbnail: File missing K. C. Pant<br>(1931–2012)<br>MP for Nainital 27 June<br>1970 18 March<br>1971 3 years, 135 days
18 March<br>1971 9 November<br>1973 Indira II
8 Om Mehta<br>(1927–1995)<br>MP for Jammu and Kashmir<br>(Personnel and Administrative Reforms) 10 October<br>1974 24 March<br>1977 2 years, 165 days
9 S. D. Patil<br>MP for Erandol 14 August<br>1977 28 July<br>1979 1 year, 348 days Janata Party Desai Morarji Desai
10 Error creating thumbnail: File missing Dhanik Lal Mandal<br>(1932–2022)<br>MP for Jhanjharpur 14 August<br>1977 15 July<br>1979 2 years, 153 days
30 July<br>1979 14 January<br>1980 Janata Party (Secular) Charan Charan Singh
11 Pendekanti Venkatasubbaiah<br>(1921–1993)<br>MP for Nandyal 14 January<br>1980 31 October<br>1984 4 years, 291 days Indian National Congress (I) Indira III Indira Gandhi
12 Yogendra Makwana<br>(1933–2025)<br>MP for Gujarat (Rajya Sabha) 14 January<br>1980 15 January<br>1982 2 years, 1 day
13 Error creating thumbnail: File missing Nihar Ranjan Laskar<br>(born 1932)<br>MP for Karimganj 15 January<br>1982 7 February<br>1984 2 years, 23 days
14 Ram Dulari Sinha<br>(1922–1994)<br>MP for Sheohar 7 February<br>1984 31 October<br>1984 267 days
(11) Pendekanti Venkatasubbaiah<br>(1921–1993)<br>MP for Nandyal 4 November<br>1984 31 December<br>1984 57 days Rajiv I Rajiv Gandhi
(14) Ram Dulari Sinha<br>(1922–1994)<br>MP for Sheohar 4 November<br>1984 31 December<br>1984 325 days
31 December<br>1984 25 September<br>1985 Rajiv II
15 Error creating thumbnail: File missing Arif Mohammad Khan<br>(born 1951)<br>MP for Bahraich 12 August<br>1985 25 September<br>1986 44 days
16 Error creating thumbnail: File missing P. A. Sangma<br>(1947–2016)<br>MP for Tura<br>(States) 25 September<br>1985 20 January<br>1986 117 days
17 Error creating thumbnail: File missing Arun Nehru<br>(1944–2013)<br>MP for Raebareli<br>(Internal Security)
(6) Error creating thumbnail: File missing Ram Niwas Mirdha<br>(1924–2010)<br>MP for Rajasthan (Rajya Sabha) 14 March<br>1986 14 June<br>1986 0 days
18 Error creating thumbnail: File missing Ghulam Nabi Azad<br>(born 1949)<br>MP for Washim<br>(States) 12 May<br>1986 22 October<br>1986 163 days
19 P. Chidambaram<br>(born 1945)<br>MP for Sivaganga 24 June<br>1986 2 December<br>1989 3 years, 161 days
20 Chintamani Panigrahi<br>(1922–2000)<br>MP for Bhubaneswar 22 October<br>1986 25 June<br>1988 1 year, 247 days
21 Error creating thumbnail: File missing Santosh Mohan Dev<br>(1934–2017)<br>MP for Silchar<br>(Internal Security) 25 June<br>1988 2 December<br>1989 1 year, 160 days
22 Error creating thumbnail: File missing Subodh Kant Sahay<br>(born 1951)<br>MP for Ranchi 23 April<br>1990 5 November<br>1990 196 days Janata Dal Vishwanath Vishwanath Pratap Singh
21 November<br>1990 21 June<br>1991 228 days Samajwadi Janata Party (Rashtriya) Chandra Shekhar Chandra Shekhar
23 Error creating thumbnail: File missing M. M. Jacob<br>(1926–2018)<br>MP for Kerala (Rajya Sabha) 21 June<br>1991 17 January<br>1993 1 year, 210 days Indian National Congress (I) Rao P. V. Narasimha Rao
24 Rajesh Pilot<br>(1945–2000)<br>MP for Dausa<br>(Internal Security) 18 January<br>1993 15 September<br>1995 2 years, 240 days
25 Error creating thumbnail: File missing P. M. Sayeed<br>(1941–2005)<br>MP for Lakshadweep 19 January<br>1993 2 years, 239 days
26 Error creating thumbnail: File missing Syed Sibtey Razi<br>(1939–2022)<br>MP for Uttar Pradesh (Rajya Sabha) 15 September<br>1995 16 May<br>1996 244 days
27 Ram Lal Rahi<br>(1934–2020)<br>MP for Misrikh
28 Meijinlung Kamson<br>(born 1939)<br>MP for Outer Manipur
29 Mohammed Taslimuddin<br>(1943–2017)<br>MP for Kishanganj 1 June<br>1996 9 June<br>1996 8 days Janata Dal Deve Gowda H. D. Deve Gowda
30 Maqbool Dar<br>(1943–2008)<br>MP for Anantnag 10 July<br>1996 21 April<br>1997 285 days
1 May<br>1997 19 March<br>1998 322 days Gujral Inder Kumar Gujral
31 Error creating thumbnail: File missing Ram Naik<br>(born 1934)<br>MP for Mumbai North 5 May<br>1999 13 October<br>1999 161 days Bharatiya Janata Party Vajpayee II Atal Bihari Vajpayee
32 Error creating thumbnail: File missing I. D. Swami<br>(1929–2019)<br>MP for Karnal 13 October<br>1999 22 May<br>2004 4 years, 222 days Vajpayee III
33 C. Vidyasagar Rao<br>(born 1941)<br>MP for Karimnagar 13 October<br>1999 29 January<br>2003 3 years, 108 days
34 Error creating thumbnail: File missing Harin Pathak<br>(born 1947)<br>MP for Ahmedabad East 29 January<br>2003 22 May<br>2004 1 year, 114 days
35 Error creating thumbnail: File missing Chinmayanand Swami<br>(born 1947)<br>MP for Jaunpur 24 May<br>2003 22 May<br>2004 364 days
36 Manikrao Hodlya Gavit<br>(1934–2022)<br>MP for Nandurbar 23 May<br>2004 6 April<br>2007 2 years, 318 days Indian National Congress Manmohan I Manmohan Singh
37 Error creating thumbnail: File missing Shriprakash Jaiswal<br>(1944–2025)<br>MP for Kanpur 23 May<br>2004 22 May<br>2009 4 years, 364 days
38 Error creating thumbnail: File missing S. Regupathy<br>(born 1950)<br>MP for Pudukkottai 23 May<br>2004 15 May<br>2007 2 years, 357 days Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
38 Error creating thumbnail: File missing V. Radhika Selvi<br>(born 1976)<br>MP for Tiruchendur 18 May<br>2007 22 May<br>2009 2 years, 4 days
39 Shakeel Ahmad<br>(born 1956)<br>MP for Madhubani 6 April<br>2008 22 May<br>2009 1 year, 46 days Indian National Congress
40 Error creating thumbnail: File missing Mullappally Ramachandran<br>(born 1944)<br>MP for Vatakara 28 May<br>2009 26 May<br>2014 4 years, 363 days Manmohan II
41 Ajay Maken<br>(born 1964)<br>MP for New Delhi 28 May<br>2009 19 January<br>2011 1 year, 236 days
42 Error creating thumbnail: File missing Gurudas Kamat<br>(1954–2018)<br>MP for Mumbai North West 19 January<br>2011 12 July<br>2011 174 days
43 Error creating thumbnail: File missing Jitendra Singh<br>(born 1971)<br>MP for Alwar 12 July<br>2011 28 October<br>2012 1 year, 108 days
44 Error creating thumbnail: File missing R. P. N. Singh<br>(born 1964)<br>MP for Kushi Nagar 28 October<br>2012 26 May<br>2014 1 year, 210 days
45 Kiren Rijiju<br>(born 1971)<br>MP for Arunachal West 26 May<br>2014 30 May<br>2019 5 years, 4 days Bharatiya Janata Party Modi I Narendra Modi
46 Haribhai Parthibhai Chaudhary<br>(born 1954)<br>MP for Banaskantha 9 November<br>2014 5 July<br>2016 1 year, 239 days
47 Error creating thumbnail: File missing Hansraj Gangaram Ahir<br>(born 1954)<br>MP for Chandrapur 5 July<br>2016 30 May<br>2019 2 years, 329 days
48 Error creating thumbnail: File missing G. Kishan Reddy<br>(born 1964)<br>MP for Secunderabad 31 May<br>2019 7 July<br>2021 2 years, 37 days Modi II
49 Nityanand Rai<br>(born 1966)<br>MP for Ujiarpur 31 May<br>2019 9 June<br/>2024 5 years, 9 days
50 Ajay Mishra Teni<br>(born 1960)<br>MP for Kheri 7 July<br>2021 9 June<br/>2024 2 years, 338 days
51 Error creating thumbnail: File missing Nisith Pramanik<br>(born 1986)<br>MP for Cooch Behar
(49) Nityanand Rai<br>(born 1966)<br>MP for Ujiarpur 10 June<br/>2024 Incumbent 2 years, 64 days Modi III
52 Error creating thumbnail: File missing Bandi Sanjay Kumar<br/>(born 1971)<br/>MP for Karimnagar

Deputy ministers

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

Length of Tenure

List by length of tenure

# Finance Minister Party Length of term
Longest continuous term Total tenure
1 Amit Shah BJP 7 years, 75 days 7 years, 75 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

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