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{{Politics of India}}
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This is a list of the executive [[Ministry (collective executive)|ministries]] of [[India]], from the time of its [[Partition of India|independence]] to the present day.
This is a list of the executive [[Ministry (collective executive)|ministries]] of [[India]], from the time of its [[Partition of India|independence]] to the present day.


==List of ministries==
==List of union ministries==
"[[Ministry (collective executive)|Ministry]]" refers collectively to all members of the [[Union Council of Ministers]] during a given term, including Cabinet Ministers and Ministers of State alike. Articles listed by ministry contain information on the term of one prime minister, specifically the composition of their Council of Ministers.
"[[Ministry (collective executive)|Ministry]]" refers collectively to all members of the [[Union Council of Ministers]] during a given term, including Cabinet Ministers and Ministers of State alike. Articles listed by ministry contain information on the term of one prime minister, specifically the composition of their Council of Ministers.


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{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable"
|-
|-
!S. No
! scope="col" | Ministry
! scope="col" | Ministry
! scope="col" | Formation date
! scope="col" | Formation date
! scope="col" | Election
! scope="col" | Election
! scope="col" | Governing party
! colspan="2" scope="col" | Governing party
! scope="col" | Prime Minister
! scope="col" | Prime Minister
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|-
|-
! scope="row" | [[Interim Government of India#Cabinet of the Interim Government of India|Interim]]
!{{Abbr|1|1st ministry of the Dominion of India
| 2 September 1946
and later the Republic of India}}
|rowspan="2" | [[1945 Indian general election|1945]]
! scope="row" | [[First Nehru ministry|Nehru I]]
|rowspan="10" | [[Indian National Congress]]
|rowspan="5" | [[Jawaharlal Nehru]]
|-
! scope="row" | [[First Nehru ministry|First Nehru]]
| 15 August 1947
| 15 August 1947
| [[Constituent Assembly of India|Constituent Assembly]]
|bgcolor="{{party color|INC}}"|
|rowspan="9" | [[Indian National Congress]]
|rowspan="4" | [[Jawaharlal Nehru]]
|-
|-
!scope="row" | [[Second Nehru ministry|Second Nehru]]
!2
! scope="row" | [[Second Nehru ministry|Nehru II]]
| 15 April 1952
| 15 April 1952
| [[Indian general election, 1951–52|1951–52]]
| [[Indian general election, 1951–52|1951–52]]
|bgcolor="{{party color|INC}}"|
|-
|-
! scope="row" | [[Third Nehru ministry|Third Nehru]]
!3
! scope="row" | [[Third Nehru ministry|Nehru III]]
| 4 April 1957
| 4 April 1957
| [[1957 Indian general election|1957]]
| [[1957 Indian general election|1957]]
|bgcolor="{{party color|INC}}"|
|-
|-
! scope="row" | [[Fourth Nehru ministry|Fourth Nehru]]
!4
! scope="row" | [[Fourth Nehru ministry|Nehru IV]]
| 2 April 1962
| 2 April 1962
| [[1962 Indian general election|1962]]
| [[1962 Indian general election|1962]]
|bgcolor="{{party color|INC}}"|
|-
|-
! scope="row" | [[First Nanda ministry|First Nanda]]
!''Acting''
! scope="row" | [[First Nanda ministry|Nanda I]]
| 27 May 1964
| 27 May 1964
| None
| None
|bgcolor="{{party color|INC}}"|
| [[Gulzarilal Nanda]]
| [[Gulzarilal Nanda]]
|-
|-
!5
! scope="row" | [[Shastri ministry|Shastri]]
! scope="row" | [[Shastri ministry|Shastri]]
| 9 June 1964
| 9 June 1964
| None
| None
|bgcolor="{{party color|INC}}"|
| [[Lal Bahadur Shastri]]
| [[Lal Bahadur Shastri]]
|-
|-
! scope="row" | [[Second Nanda ministry|Second Nanda]]
!''Acting''
! scope="row" | [[Second Nanda ministry|Nanda II]]
| 11 January 1966
| 11 January 1966
| None
| None
|bgcolor="{{party color|INC}}"|
| [[Gulzarilal Nanda]]
| [[Gulzarilal Nanda]]
|-
|-
! scope="row" | [[First Indira Gandhi ministry|First Indira Gandhi]]
!6
! scope="row" | [[First Indira Gandhi ministry|Indira I]]
| 24 January 1966
| 24 January 1966
| None
| None
|rowspan="2" | [[Indira Gandhi]]
|bgcolor="{{party color|INC}}"|
|rowspan="3" | [[Indira Gandhi]]
|-
|-
! scope="row" | [[Second Indira Gandhi ministry|Second Indira Gandhi]]
!7
| 16 March 1971
! scope="row" | [[Second Indira Gandhi ministry|Indira II]]
| 13 March 1967
| [[1967 Indian general election|1967]]
|bgcolor="{{party color|INC}}"|
|-
!8
! scope="row" | [[Third Indira Gandhi ministry|Indira III]]
| 18 March 1971
| [[1971 Indian general election|1971]]
| [[1971 Indian general election|1971]]
|bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress (R)}}"|
| [[Indian National Congress (R)]]
|-
|-
! scope="row" | [[Premiership of Morarji Desai#Moraraji Desai ministry|Desai]]
!9
! scope="row" | [[Desai ministry|Desai]]
| 24 March 1977
| 24 March 1977
| [[1977 Indian general election|1977]]
| [[1977 Indian general election|1977]]
|bgcolor="{{party color|Janata Party}}"|
| [[Janata Party]]
| [[Janata Party]]
| [[Morarji Desai]]
| [[Morarji Desai]]
|-
|-
! scope="row" | [[Charan Singh ministry|Charan Singh]]
!10
! scope="row" | [[Charan Singh ministry|Charan]]
| 28 July 1979
| 28 July 1979
| None
| None
|bgcolor="{{party color|Janata Party (Secular)}}"|
| [[Janata Party (Secular)]]
| [[Janata Party (Secular)]]
| [[Charan Singh]]
| [[Charan Singh]]
|-
|-
! scope="row" | [[Third Indira Gandhi ministry|Third Indira Gandhi]]
!11
! scope="row" | [[Fourth Indira Gandhi ministry|Indira IV]]
| 14 January 1980
| 14 January 1980
| [[1980 Indian general election|1980]]
| [[1980 Indian general election|1980]]
|rowspan="2" | [[Indian National Congress]]
|bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress (Indira)}}"|
|rowspan="3" | [[Indian National Congress (Indira)]]
| [[Indira Gandhi]]
| [[Indira Gandhi]]
|-
|-
! scope="row" | [[Rajiv Gandhi ministry|Rajiv Gandhi]]
!12
! scope="row" | [[First Rajiv Gandhi ministry|Rajiv I]]
| 31 October 1984
| 31 October 1984
| None
|bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress (Indira)}}"|
|rowspan="2" | [[Rajiv Gandhi]]
|-
!13
! scope="row" | [[Second Rajiv Gandhi ministry|Rajiv II]]
| 31 December 1984
| [[1984 Indian general election|1984]]
| [[1984 Indian general election|1984]]
| [[Rajiv Gandhi]]
|bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress (Indira)}}"|             
|-
|-
! scope="row" | [[Vishwanath Pratap Singh ministry|Vishwanath Pratap Singh]]
!14
! scope="row" | [[V. P. Singh ministry|Vishwanath]]
| 2 December 1989
| 2 December 1989
| [[1989 Indian general election|1989]]
| [[1989 Indian general election|1989]]
|bgcolor="{{party color|Janata Dal}}"|
| [[Janata Dal]]
| [[Janata Dal]]
| [[Vishwanath Pratap Singh]]
| [[V. P. Singh]]
|-
|-
!15
! scope="row" | [[Chandra Shekhar ministry|Chandra Shekhar]]
! scope="row" | [[Chandra Shekhar ministry|Chandra Shekhar]]
| 10 November 1990
| 10 November 1990
| None
| None
|bgcolor="{{party color|Samajwadi Janata Party (Rashtriya)}}"|
| [[Samajwadi Janata Party (Rashtriya)]]
| [[Samajwadi Janata Party (Rashtriya)]]
| [[Chandra Shekhar]]
| [[Chandra Shekhar]]
|-
|-
!16
! scope="row" | [[Rao ministry|Rao]]
! scope="row" | [[Rao ministry|Rao]]
| 21 June 1991
| 21 June 1991
| [[1991 Indian general election|1991]]
| [[1991 Indian general election|1991]]
| [[Indian National Congress]]
|bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress (Indira)}}"|
| [[Indian National Congress (I)]]
| [[P. V. Narasimha Rao]]
| [[P. V. Narasimha Rao]]
|-
|-
! scope="row" | [[First Vajpayee ministry|First Vajpayee]]
!17
! scope="row" | [[First Vajpayee ministry|Vajpayee I]]
| 16 May 1996
| 16 May 1996
|rowspan="2" | [[1996 Indian general election|1996]]
|rowspan="2" | [[1996 Indian general election|1996]]
|bgcolor="{{party color|BJP}}"|
| [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
| [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
| [[Atal Bihari Vajpayee]]
| [[Atal Bihari Vajpayee]]
|-
|-
!18
! scope="row" | [[Deve Gowda ministry|Deve Gowda]]
! scope="row" | [[Deve Gowda ministry|Deve Gowda]]
| 1 June 1996
| 1 June 1996
|bgcolor="{{party color|Janata Dal}}"|
|rowspan="2" | [[Janata Dal]]
|rowspan="2" | [[Janata Dal]]
| [[H. D. Deve Gowda]]
| [[H. D. Deve Gowda]]
|-
|-
!19
! scope="row" | [[Gujral ministry|Gujral]]
! scope="row" | [[Gujral ministry|Gujral]]
| 21 April 1997
| 21 April 1997
| None
| None
|bgcolor="{{party color|Janata Dal}}"|
| [[Inder Kumar Gujral]]
| [[Inder Kumar Gujral]]
|-
|-
! scope="row" | [[Second Vajpayee ministry|Second Vajpayee]]
!20
! scope="row" | [[Second Vajpayee ministry|Vajpayee II]]
| 19 March 1998
| 19 March 1998
| [[1998 Indian general election|1998]]
| [[1998 Indian general election|1998]]
|bgcolor="{{party color|BJP}}"|
|rowspan="2" | [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
|rowspan="2" | [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
|rowspan="2" | [[Atal Bihari Vajpayee]]
|rowspan="2" | [[Atal Bihari Vajpayee]]
|-
|-
! scope="row" | [[Third Vajpayee ministry|Third Vajpayee]]
!21
! scope="row" | [[Third Vajpayee ministry|Vajpayee III]]
| 13 October 1999
| 13 October 1999
| [[1999 Indian general election|1999]]
| [[1999 Indian general election|1999]]
|bgcolor="{{party color|BJP}}"|
|-
|-
! scope="row" | [[First Manmohan Singh ministry|First Manmohan Singh]]
!22
! scope="row" | [[First Manmohan Singh ministry|Manmohan I]]
| 22 May 2004
| 22 May 2004
| [[2004 Indian general election|2004]]
| [[2004 Indian general election|2004]]
|bgcolor="{{party color|INC}}"|
|rowspan="2" | [[Indian National Congress]]
|rowspan="2" | [[Indian National Congress]]
|rowspan="2" | [[Manmohan Singh]]
|rowspan="2" | [[Manmohan Singh]]
|-
|-
! scope="row" | [[Second Manmohan Singh ministry|Second Manmohan Singh]]
!23
! scope="row" | [[Second Manmohan Singh ministry|Manmohan II]]
| 22 May 2009
| 22 May 2009
| [[2009 Indian general election|2009]]
| [[2009 Indian general election|2009]]
|bgcolor="{{party color|INC}}"|
|-
|-
! scope="row" | [[First Modi ministry|First Modi]]
!24
! scope="row" | [[First Modi ministry|Modi I]]
| 26 May 2014
| 26 May 2014
| [[2014 Indian general election|2014]]
| [[2014 Indian general election|2014]]
|rowspan="2" | [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
|bgcolor="{{party color|BJP}}"|
|rowspan="2" | [[Narendra Modi]]
|rowspan="3" | [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
|rowspan="3" | [[Narendra Modi]]
|-
|-
! scope="row" | [[Second Modi ministry|Second Modi]]
!25
! scope="row" | [[Second Modi ministry|Modi II]]
| 30 May 2019
| 30 May 2019
| [[2019 Indian general election|2019]]
| [[2019 Indian general election|2019]]
|bgcolor="{{party color|BJP}}"|
|-
|-
!26
! scope="row" | [[Third Modi ministry|Modi III]]
| 9 June 2024
| [[2024 Indian general election|2024]]
|bgcolor="{{party color|BJP}}"|
|}
|}
==See also==
*[[List of prime ministers of India]]


==References==
==References==
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[https://mysaara.org/hindi-current-affairs/indias-first-cabinet-ministers/ India’s First Cabinet Ministers भारत के पहले कैबिनेट मंत्री]
[https://mysaara.org/hindi-current-affairs/indias-first-cabinet-ministers/ India’s First Cabinet Ministers भारत के पहले कैबिनेट मंत्री]


==See also==
{{Indian union ministries}}
*[[List of prime ministers of India]]
 
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{{India topics|state=collapsed}}


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List of union ministries[edit | edit source]

"Ministry" refers collectively to all members of the Union Council of Ministers during a given term, including Cabinet Ministers and Ministers of State alike. Articles listed by ministry contain information on the term of one prime minister, specifically the composition of their Council of Ministers.

S. No Ministry Formation date Election Governing party Prime Minister
1 Nehru I 15 August 1947 Constituent Assembly Indian National Congress Jawaharlal Nehru
2 Nehru II 15 April 1952 1951–52
3 Nehru III 4 April 1957 1957
4 Nehru IV 2 April 1962 1962
Acting Nanda I 27 May 1964 None Gulzarilal Nanda
5 Shastri 9 June 1964 None Lal Bahadur Shastri
Acting Nanda II 11 January 1966 None Gulzarilal Nanda
6 Indira I 24 January 1966 None Indira Gandhi
7 Indira II 13 March 1967 1967
8 Indira III 18 March 1971 1971 Indian National Congress (R)
9 Desai 24 March 1977 1977 Janata Party Morarji Desai
10 Charan 28 July 1979 None Janata Party (Secular) Charan Singh
11 Indira IV 14 January 1980 1980 Indian National Congress (Indira) Indira Gandhi
12 Rajiv I 31 October 1984 None Rajiv Gandhi
13 Rajiv II 31 December 1984 1984
14 Vishwanath 2 December 1989 1989 Janata Dal V. P. Singh
15 Chandra Shekhar 10 November 1990 None Samajwadi Janata Party (Rashtriya) Chandra Shekhar
16 Rao 21 June 1991 1991 Indian National Congress (I) P. V. Narasimha Rao
17 Vajpayee I 16 May 1996 1996 Bharatiya Janata Party Atal Bihari Vajpayee
18 Deve Gowda 1 June 1996 Janata Dal H. D. Deve Gowda
19 Gujral 21 April 1997 None Inder Kumar Gujral
20 Vajpayee II 19 March 1998 1998 Bharatiya Janata Party Atal Bihari Vajpayee
21 Vajpayee III 13 October 1999 1999
22 Manmohan I 22 May 2004 2004 Indian National Congress Manmohan Singh
23 Manmohan II 22 May 2009 2009
24 Modi I 26 May 2014 2014 Bharatiya Janata Party Narendra Modi
25 Modi II 30 May 2019 2019
26 Modi III 9 June 2024 2024

See also[edit | edit source]

References[edit | edit source]

  • "Indian ministerial lists (1947–present)" (PDF). Infoelection.com. Leadtech. 22 July 2014. Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 June 2014. Retrieved 10 December 2014.

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