Minister of Railways (India)
Minister of Railways | |
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Ministry of Railways | |
Member of | Cabinet of India |
Appointer | President on the advice of the Prime Minister |
Inaugural holder | John Mathai |
Formation | 15 August 1947 |
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This article is part of a series on the politics and government of India |
The Minister of Railways is the head of the Ministry of Railways of the Government of India.
List of Railway Ministers[edit]
No. | Portrait | Name | Term of office | Prime Minister | Political party | |||
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John Mathai | 15 August 1947 | 22 September 1948 | 1 year, 38 days | Jawaharlal Nehru | Indian National Congress | |
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N. Gopalaswami Ayyangar | 22 September 1948 | 13 May 1952 | 3 years, 234 days | |||
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Lal Bahadur Shastri | 13 May 1952 | 7 December 1956 | 4 years, 208 days | |||
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Jagjivan Ram | 7 December 1956 | 10 April 1962 | 5 years, 124 days | |||
5 | File:Sardar Swaran Singh.jpg | Swaran Singh | 10 April 1962 | 21 September 1963 | 1 year, 164 days | |||
6 | H. C. Dasappa | 21 September 1963 | 8 June 1964 | 261 days | ||||
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S. K. Patil | 9 June 1964 | 12 March 1967 | 2 years, 276 days | Lal Bahadur Shastri Indira Gandhi | ||
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C. M. Poonacha | 13 March 1967 | 14 February 1969 | 1 year, 338 days | Indira Gandhi | ||
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Ram Subhag Singh | 14 February 1969 | 4 November 1969 | 263 days | |||
10 | Panampilly Govinda Menon | 4 November 1969 | 18 February 1970 | 106 days | ||||
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Gulzarilal Nanda | 18 February 1970 | 17 March 1971 | 1 year, 27 days | |||
12 | K. Hanumanthaiah | 18 March 1971 | 22 July 1972 | 1 year, 126 days | ||||
13 | T. A. Pai | 23 July 1972 | 4 February 1973 | 196 days | ||||
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Lalit Narayan Mishra | 5 February 1973 | 2 January 1975 | 1 year, 331 days | |||
15 | Kamalapati Tripathi | 11 February 1975 | 23 March 1977 | 2 years, 40 days | ||||
16 | Madhu Dandavate | 26 March 1977 | 28 July 1979 | 2 years, 124 days | Morarji Desai | Janata Party | ||
(13) | T. A. Pai | 30 July 1979 | 14 January 1980 | 168 days | Charan Singh | Janata Party (Secular) | ||
(15) | Kamalapati Tripathi | 14 January 1980 | 12 November 1980 | 303 days | Indira Gandhi | Indian National Congress | ||
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Kedar Pandey | 12 November 1980 | 14 January 1982 | 1 year, 63 days | |||
18 | Prakash Chandra Sethi | 15 January 1982 | 2 September 1982 | 230 days | ||||
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A. B. A. Ghani Khan Choudhury | 2 September 1982 | 31 December 1984 | 2 years, 120 days | Indira Gandhi Rajiv Gandhi | ||
20 | File:Bansi Lal.jpg | Bansi Lal
(Minister of Transport from 25 Sept 1985 onwards) |
31 December 1984 | 24 June 1986 | 1 year, 175 days | Rajiv Gandhi | ||
21 | Mohsina Kidwai (As Minister of Transport) |
24 June 1986 | 21 October 1986 | 119 days | ||||
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Madhavrao Scindia (Independent Charge) |
22 October 1986 | 2 December 1989 | 3 years, 41 days | |||
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George Fernandes | 2 December 1989 | 10 November 1990 | 343 days | V. P. Singh | Janata Dal | |
24 | Janeshwar Mishra | 21 November 1990 | 21 June 1991 | 212 days | Chandra Shekhar | Samajwadi Janata Party (Rashtriya) | ||
25 | C. K. Jaffer Sharief | 21 June 1991 | 17 October 1995 | 4 years, 118 days | P. V. Narasimha Rao | Indian National Congress | ||
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Ram Vilas Paswan | 1 June 1996 | 19 March 1998 | 1 year, 291 days | H. D. Deve Gowda I. K. Gujral |
Janata Dal (United Front) |
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Nitish Kumar | 19 March 1998 | 5 August 1999 | 1 year, 139 days | Atal Bihari Vajpayee | Samata Party | |
28 | Ram Naik | 6 August 1999 | 13 October 1999 | 69 days | Bharatiya Janata Party | |||
29 | Mamata Banerjee | 13 October 1999 | 15 March 2001 | 1 year, 153 days | All India Trinamool Congress | |||
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Nitish Kumar | 20 March 2001 | 22 May 2004 | 3 years, 63 days | Janata Dal (United) | ||
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Lalu Prasad Yadav | 22 May 2004 | 22 May 2009 | 5 years, 0 days | Manmohan Singh | Rashtriya Janata Dal | |
(29) | Mamata Banerjee | 22 May 2009 | 19 May 2011 | 1 year, 362 days | All India Trinamool Congress | |||
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Dinesh Trivedi | 12 July 2011 | 19 March 2012 | 251 days | |||
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Mukul Roy | 20 March 2012 | 22 September 2012 | 186 days | |||
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C. P. Joshi | 22 September 2012 | 28 October 2012 | 36 days | Indian National Congress | ||
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Pawan Kumar Bansal | 29 October 2012 | 10 May 2013 | 194 days | |||
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C. P. Joshi | 13 May 2013 | 14 June 2013 | 32 days | |||
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Mallikarjun Kharge | 17 June 2013 | 26 May 2014 | 343 days | |||
36 | D. V. Sadananda Gowda | 26 May 2014 | 9 November 2014 | 167 days | Narendra Modi | Bharatiya Janata Party | ||
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Suresh Prabhu | 9 November 2014 | 3 September 2017 | 2 years, 298 days | |||
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Piyush Goyal | 3 September 2017 | 7 July 2021 | 3 years, 307 days | |||
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Ashwini Vaishnaw | 7 July 2021 | Incumbent | 3 years, 198 days | |||
If the office of Minister of Railways is vacant for any length of time, it automatically comes under the charge of the Prime Minister. |
List of Ministers of State[edit]
Minister of state | Portrait | Political party | Term | Years | ||
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Manoj Sinha | Bharatiya Janata Party | 26 May 2014 | 30 May 2019 | 5 years, 4 days | ||
Rajen Gohain | ![]() |
5 July 2016 | 30 May 2019 | 4 years, 329 days | ||
Suresh Angadi | 30 May 2019 | 23 September 2020 | 1 year, 116 days | |||
Raosaheb Danve | ![]() |
7 July 2021 | Incumbent | 3 years, 198 days | ||
Darshana Jardosh | ![]() |
7 July 2021 | Incumbent | 3 years, 198 days |
References[edit]
- Railway Ministers of Independent India at the Indian Railways Fan Club.