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{{Infobox official post
{{Infobox official post
| post = {{big|Minister of Defence}}<br />''Rakshā Mantri''
| post = {{big|Minister of Defence}}<br />''Rakshā Mantrī''
| native_name =
| native_name =  
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| insignia = Ministry of Defence India.svg
| insigniasize = 50px
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| insigniacaption = [[Emblem of India]]
| insigniacaption = [[Emblem of India]]
| flag = Flag of India.svg
| flag = Flag of India.svg
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| flagborder = yes
| flagborder = yes
| flagcaption = [[Flag of India]]
| flagcaption = [[Flag of India]]
| image = Defence Minister Shri Rajnath Singh in February 2020.jpg
| image = File:Shri Rajnath Singh, Union Minister of Defence at a webinar on August 04, 2022.jpg
| imagesize = 220px
| imagesize = 220px
| alt =  
| alt =  
| incumbent = [[Rajnath Singh]]
| incumbent = [[Rajnath Singh]]
| acting =  
| acting =  
| incumbentsince = 31 May 2019
| incumbentsince = 15 January 2023
| department = [[File:Flag of the Ministry of Defence of India.svg|25px|border|Ministry of Defence (India)]] [[Ministry of Defence (India)|Ministry of Defence]]
| department = [[File:Flag of the Ministry of Defence of India.svg|25px|border|Ministry of Defence (India)]] [[Ministry of Defence (India)|Ministry of Defence]]
| style = [[The Honourable]]
| style = [[The Honourable]]
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| abbreviation =  
| abbreviation =  
| member_of = Union Cabinet
| member_of = Union Cabinet
| reports_to = [[Prime Minister of India|Prime Minister]]<br />[[Parliament of India]]
| reports_to = [[Prime Minister of India|Prime Minister]]
| residence =  
| residence =  
| seat =  
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| precursor =  
| precursor =  
| formation = 15 August 1947
| formation = 15 August 1947
| first = [[Baldev Singh]]  
| first = [[Baldev Singh]]
| last =  
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| abolished =  
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{{Politics of India}}
{{Politics of India}}
The '''Minister of Defence''' ('''''Rakshā Mantri''''') is the head of the [[Ministry of Defence (India)|Ministry of Defence]] and a high ranking minister of the [[Government of India]]. The Defence Minister is one of the most senior offices in the [[Union Council of Ministers]] as well as being a high-level minister in the union cabinet. The defence minister additionally serves as President of the [[Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses]], and as Chancellor of the [[Defence Institute of Advanced Technology]] and of the [[Indian National Defence University|National Defence University]].
The '''Minister of Defence''' ('''''Rakshā Mantrī''''') is the head of the [[Ministry of Defence (India)|Ministry of Defence]] and a high ranking minister of the [[Government of India]]. The Defence Minister is one of the most senior offices in the [[Union Council of Ministers]] as well as being a high-level minister in the union cabinet. The defence minister additionally serves as President of the [[Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses]], and as Chancellor of the [[Defence Institute of Advanced Technology]] and of the [[Indian National Defence University|National Defence University]].


They are often assisted by a '''Minister of State for Defence''' and less-commonly, the lower-ranked '''Deputy Minister of Defence'''.
They are often assisted by a '''Minister of State for Defence''' and less-commonly, the lower-ranked '''Deputy Minister of Defence'''.
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The first defence minister of independent India was [[Baldev Singh|Baldev Singh Chokkar]], who served in Prime Minister [[Jawaharlal Nehru]]'s cabinet during 1947–52. [[Rajnath Singh]] is the current defence minister of India.
The first defence minister of independent India was [[Baldev Singh|Baldev Singh Chokkar]], who served in Prime Minister [[Jawaharlal Nehru]]'s cabinet during 1947–52. [[Rajnath Singh]] is the current defence minister of India.


== List of Defence Ministers<ref name="elections-in">{{cite web|title=Ministry of Defence, List of Defence Ministers of India|url=https://elections.in/government/ministry-of-defence.html|access-date=13 February 2019|agency=Elections.in}}</ref> ==
== List of Defence Ministers ==
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;"
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! #
! rowspan=2| {{abbr|No.|Number}}
! width="75" |Portrait
! class="unsortable" rowspan=2| Portrait
!Name
! rowspan=2| Name<br />{{small|(born-died)}}
! colspan="3" |Term of office
! colspan=3| Term of office
![[Prime Minister of India|Prime Minister]]
! colspan=2 rowspan=2| Political party<br />{{small|(Alliance)}}
! colspan="2" |Party
! rowspan=2| Ministry
|- align="center"
|-
|1
! Took office
|[[File:Sardar Baldev Singh on the Greeneries of Indian Parliament (cropped).jpg|75px]]
! Left office
|[[Baldev Singh]]
! Time in office
|15 August 1947
|-
|13 May 1952
| 1
|{{ayd|15 August 1947|13 May 1952}}
| [[File:Sardar Baldev Singh on the Greeneries of Indian Parliament (cropped).jpg|75px]]
| rowspan="7" |[[Jawaharlal Nehru]]
| {{sort|1=Singh, Baldev|2=[[Baldev Singh]]}}<br />{{small|(1902–1961)}}
| rowspan="13" |[[Indian National Congress]]
| 15 August 1947
| rowspan="13" style="background-color: {{party color|Indian National Congress}}" |
| 13 May 1952
|- align="center"
| {{ayd|15 August 1947|13 May 1952}}
|2
|width="4px" bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress}}" rowspan=13|
|[[File:Gopalaswamy Ayyangar.jpg|75px]]
| rowspan="13"| [[Indian National Congress]]
|[[N. Gopalaswami Ayyangar]]
| [[First Nehru ministry|Nehru I]]–[[Second Nehru ministry|II]]
|13 May 1952
|-
|10 February 1953
| 2
|{{ayd|13 May 1952|10 February 1953}}
| [[File:Gopalaswamy Ayyangar.jpg|75px]]
|- align="center"
| {{sort|1=Ayyangar, N.|2=[[N. Gopalaswami Ayyangar]]}}<br />{{small|(1882–1953)}}
|3
| 13 May 1952
|[[File:Jnehru.jpg|75px]]
| 10 February 1953
|[[Jawaharlal Nehru]]<br />{{small|[[Prime Minister of India|Prime Minister]]}}
| {{ayd|13 May 1952|10 February 1953}}
|10 February 1953
| [[Second Nehru ministry|Nehru II]]
|10 January 1955
|-
|{{ayd|10 February 1953|10 January 1955}}
| 3
|- align="center"
| [[File:Jnehru.jpg|75px]]
|4
| {{sort|1=Nehru, Jawaharlal|2=[[Jawaharlal Nehru]]}}<br />{{small|(1889–1964)}}
|[[File:Kailash Nath Katju.jpg|75px]]
| 10 February 1953
|[[Kailash Nath Katju]]
| 10 January 1955
|10 January 1955
| {{ayd|10 February 1953|10 January 1955}}
|30 January 1957
| [[Second Nehru ministry|Nehru II]]
|{{ayd|10 January 1955|30 January 1957}}
|-
|- align="center"
| 4
|(3)
| [[File:Kailash Nath Katju.jpg|75px]]
|[[File:Jnehru.jpg|75px]]
| {{sort|1=Katju, Kailash|2=[[Kailash Nath Katju]]}}<br />{{small|(1887–1968)}}
|[[Jawaharlal Nehru]]<br />{{small|[[Prime Minister of India|Prime Minister]]}}
| 10 January 1955
|30 January 1957
| 30 January 1957
|17 April 1957
| {{ayd|10 January 1955|30 January 1957}}
|{{ayd|10 January 1957|17 April 1957}}
| [[Second Nehru ministry|Nehru II]]
|- align="center"
|-
|5
| (3)
|[[File:Krishna Menon.jpg|75px]]
| [[File:Jnehru.jpg|75px]]
|[[V. K. Krishna Menon]]
| {{sort|1=Nehru, Jawaharlal|2=[[Jawaharlal Nehru]]}}<br />{{small|(1889–1964)}}
|17 April 1957
| 30 January 1957
|31 October 1962
| 17 April 1957
|{{ayd|17 April 1957|31 October 1962}}
| {{ayd|10 January 1955|17 April 1957}}
|- align="center"
| [[Second Nehru ministry|Nehru II]]–[[Third Nehru ministry|III]]
|(3)
|-
|[[File:Jnehru.jpg|75px]]
| 5
|[[Jawaharlal Nehru]]<br />{{small|[[Prime Minister of India|Prime Minister]]}}
| [[File:Krishna Menon.jpg|75px]]
|31 October 1962
| {{sort|1=Menon, V.|2=[[V. K. Krishna Menon]]}}<br />{{small|(1896–1974)}}
|14 November 1962
| 17 April 1957
|{{ayd|31 October 1962|14 November 1962}}
| 31 October 1962
|- align="center"
| {{ayd|17 April 1957|31 October 1962}}
|6
| [[Third Nehru ministry|Nehru III]]–[[Fourth Nehru ministry|IV]]
|[[File:Y B Chavan (cropped).jpg|75px]]
|-
|[[Yashwantrao Chavan]]
| (3)
|14 November 1962
| [[File:Jnehru.jpg|75px]]
|13 November 1966
| {{sort|1=Nehru, Jawaharlal|2=[[Jawaharlal Nehru]]}}<br />{{small|(1889–1964)}}
|{{ayd|14 November 1962|13 November 1966}}
| 31 October 1962
|[[Jawaharlal Nehru|Nehru]]<br/>[[Lal Bahadur Shastri|Shastri]]<br/>[[Indira Gandhi]]
| 14 November 1962
|- align="center"
| {{ayd|31 October 1962|14 November 1962}}
|7
| [[Fourth Nehru ministry|Nehru IV]]
|[[File:Sardar Swaran Singh.jpg|75px]]
|-
|[[Swaran Singh]]
| 6
|13 November 1966
| [[File:Y B Chavan (cropped).jpg|75px]]
|27 June 1970
| {{sort|1=Chavan, Yashwantrao|2=[[Yashwantrao Chavan]]}}<br />{{small|(1913–1984)}}
|{{ayd|13 November 1966|27 June 1970}}
| 14 November 1962
| rowspan="5" |[[Indira Gandhi]]
| 13 November 1966
|- align="center"
| {{ayd|14 November 1962|13 November 1966}}
|8
| [[Fourth Nehru ministry|Nehru IV]]<br />[[First Nanda ministry|Nanda I]]<br />[[Shastri ministry|Shastri]]<br />[[Second Nanda ministry|Nanda II]]<br />[[First Indira Gandhi ministry|Gandhi I]]
|[[File:Jagjivan Ram stamp (cropped).jpg|75px]]
|-
|[[Jagjivan Ram]]
| 7
|27 June 1970
|  
|10 October 1974
| {{sort|1=Singh, Swaran|2=[[Swaran Singh]]}}<br />{{small|(1907–1994)}}
|{{ayd|27 June 1970|10 October 1974}}
| 13 November 1966
|- align="center"
| 27 June 1970
|(7)
| {{ayd|13 November 1966|27 June 1970}}
|[[File:Sardar Swaran Singh.jpg|75px]]
| [[First Indira Gandhi ministry|I. Gandhi I]]
|[[Swaran Singh]]
|-
|10 October 1974
| 8
|1 December 1975
| [[File:Jagjivan Ram stamp (cropped).jpg|75px]]
|{{ayd|10 October 1974|1 December 1975}}
| {{sort|1=Ram, Jagjivan|2=[[Jagjivan Ram]]}}<br />{{small|(1908–1986)}}
|- align="center"
| 27 June 1970
|9
| 10 October 1974
|[[File:Indira Gandhi 1977.jpg|75px]]
| {{ayd|27 June 1970|10 October 1974}}
|[[Indira Gandhi]]<br />{{small|[[Prime Minister of India|Prime Minister]]}}
| [[First Indira Gandhi ministry|I. Gandhi I]]–[[Second Indira Gandhi ministry|II]]
|1 December 1975
|-
|20 December 1975
| (7)
|{{ayd|1 December 1975|20 December 1975}}
|
|- align="center"
| {{sort|1=Singh, Swaran|2=[[Swaran Singh]]}}<br />{{small|(1907–1994)}}
|10
| 10 October 1974
|[[File:Bansi Lal.jpg|75px]]
| 1 December 1975
|[[Bansi Lal]]
| {{ayd|10 October 1974|1 December 1975}}
|21 December 1975
| [[Second Indira Gandhi ministry|I. Gandhi II]]
|24 March 1977
|-
|{{ayd|20 December 1975|24 March 1977}}
| 9
|- align="center"
| [[File:Indira Gandhi 1977.jpg|75px]]
|(8)
| {{sort|1=Gandhi, Indira|2=[[Indira Gandhi]]}}<br />{{small|(1917–1984)}}
|[[File:Jagjivan Ram stamp (cropped).jpg|75px]]
| 1 December 1975
|[[Jagjivan Ram]]
| 20 December 1975
|24 March 1977
| {{ayd|1 December 1975|20 December 1975}}
|28 July 1979
| [[Second Indira Gandhi ministry|I. Gandhi II]]
|{{ayd|24 March 1977|28 July 1979}}
|-
|[[Morarji Desai]]
| 10
|[[Janata Party]]
|
|style="background-color: {{party color|Janata Party}}" |
| {{sort|1=Lal, Bansi|2=[[Bansi Lal]]}}<br />{{small|(1927–2006)}}
|- align="center"
| 21 December 1975
|11
| 24 March 1977
|[[File:Chidambaram Subramaniam.jpg|75px]]
| {{ayd|20 December 1975|24 March 1977}}
|[[Chidambaram Subramaniam]]
| [[Second Indira Gandhi ministry|I. Gandhi II]]
|28 July 1979
|-
|14 January 1980
| (8)
|{{ayd|28 July 1979|14 January 1980}}
| [[File:Jagjivan Ram stamp (cropped).jpg|75px]]
|[[Charan Singh]]
| {{sort|1=Ram, Jagjivan|2=[[Jagjivan Ram]]}}<br />{{small|(1908–1986)}}
|[[Indian National Congress (U)]]
| 24 March 1977
|style="background-color: {{party color|Indian National Congress (U)}}" |
| 28 July 1979
|- align="center"
| {{ayd|24 March 1977|28 July 1979}}
|(9)
| width="4px" bgcolor="{{party color|Janata Party}}"|
|[[File:Indira Gandhi 1977.jpg|75px]]
| [[Janata Party]]
|[[Indira Gandhi]]<br />{{small|[[Prime Minister of India|Prime Minister]]}}
| [[Premiership of Morarji Desai|Desai]]
|14 January 1980
|-
|15 January 1982
| 11
|{{ayd|14 January 1980|15 January 1982}}
| [[File:Chidambaram Subramaniam.jpg|75px]]
| rowspan="2" |[[Indira Gandhi]]
| {{sort|1=Subramaniam, Chidambaram|2=[[Chidambaram Subramaniam]]}}<br />{{small|(1910–2000)}}
| rowspan="7" |[[Indian National Congress]]
| 28 July 1979
| rowspan="7" style="background-color: {{party color|Indian National Congress}}" |
| 14 January 1980
|- align="center"
| {{ayd|28 July 1979|14 January 1980}}
|12
| width="4px" bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress (Urs)}}"|
|[[File:R Venkataraman.jpg|75px]]
| [[Indian National Congress (Urs)]]
|[[R Venkataraman]]
| [[Charan Singh ministry|C. Singh]]
|15 January 1982
|-
|2 August 1984
| (9)
|{{ayd|15 January 1982|2 August 1984}}
| [[File:Indira Gandhi 1977.jpg|75px]]
|- align="center"
| {{sort|1=Gandhi, Indira|2=[[Indira Gandhi]]}}<br />{{small|(1917–1984)}}
|13
| 14 January 1980
|[[File:Shankarrao Chavan 2007 stamp of India (cropped).jpg|75px]]
| 15 January 1982
|[[Shankarrao Chavan]]
| {{ayd|14 January 1980|15 January 1982}}
|2 August 1984
| width="4px" bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress}}" rowspan=7|
|31 December 1984
| rowspan="7"| [[Indian National Congress]]
|{{ayd|2 August 1984|31 December 1984}}
| rowspan="2"| [[Third Indira Gandhi ministry|I. Gandhi III]]
|[[Indira Gandhi]]<br/>[[Rajiv Gandhi]]
|-
|- align="center"
| 12
|14
| [[File:R Venkataraman.jpg|75px]]
|[[File:Visit of Narasimha Rao, Indian Minister for Foreign Affairs, to the CEC (cropped)(2).jpg|88x88px]]
| {{sort|1=Venkataraman, Ramaswamy|2=[[Ramaswamy Venkataraman]]}}<br />{{small|(1910–2009)}}
|[[P. V. Narasimha Rao]]
| 15 January 1982
|1 January 1985
| 2 August 1984
|25 September 1985
| {{ayd|15 January 1982|2 August 1984}}
|{{ayd|1 January 1985|25 September 1985}}
|-
| rowspan="4" |[[Rajiv Gandhi]]
| 13
|- align="center"
| [[File:Shankarrao Chavan 2007 stamp of India (cropped).jpg|75px]]
|15
| {{sort|1=Chavan, Shankarrao|2=[[Shankarrao Chavan]]}}<br />{{small|(1920–2004)}}
|[[File:Rajiv Gandhi (1987).jpg|75px]]
| 2 August 1984
|[[Rajiv Gandhi]]<br />{{small|[[Prime Minister of India|Prime Minister]]}}
| 31 December 1984
|25 September 1985
| {{ayd|2 August 1984|31 December 1984}}
|24 January 1987
| [[Third Indira Gandhi ministry|I. Gandhi III]]<br />[[Rajiv Gandhi ministry|R. Gandhi]]
|{{ayd|30 December 1984|25 September 1985}}
|-
|- align="center"
| 14
|16
| [[File:P. V. Narasimha Rao.JPG|83x83px]]
|[[File:Visit of Vishwanath Pratap Sing, Indian Minister for Trade, to the CEC (cropped).jpg|101x101px]]
| {{sort|1=Rao, P.|2=[[P. V. Narasimha Rao]]}}<br />{{small|(1921–2004)}}
|[[V. P. Singh]]
| 1 January 1985
|24 January 1987
| 25 September 1985
|12 April 1987
| {{ayd|1 January 1985|25 September 1985}}
|{{ayd|24 January 1987|12 April 1987}}
| rowspan="4" | [[Rajiv Gandhi ministry|R. Gandhi]]
|- align="center"
|-
|17
| 15
|[[File:Shri K.C Pant (cropped).jpg|75px]]
| [[File:Rajiv Gandhi (1987).jpg|75px]]
|[[K. C. Pant]]
| {{sort|1=Gandhi, Rajiv|2=[[Rajiv Gandhi]]}}<br />{{small|(1944–1991)}}
|13 April 1987
| 25 September 1985
|1 December 1989
| 24 January 1987
|{{ayd|13 April 1987|1 December 1989}}
| {{ayd|30 December 1984|25 September 1985}}
|- align="center"
|-
|(16)
| 16
|[[File:Visit of Vishwanath Pratap Sing, Indian Minister for Trade, to the CEC (cropped).jpg|101x101px]]
| [[File:V. P. Singh (cropped).jpg|75px]]
|[[V. P. Singh]]{{small|[[Prime Minister of India|Prime Minister]]}}
| {{sort|1=Singh, Vishwanath|2=[[Vishwanath Pratap Singh]]}}<br />{{small|(1930–2008)}}
|2 December 1989
| 24 January 1987
|10 November 1990
| 12 April 1987
|{{ayd|2 December 1989|10 November 1990}}
| {{ayd|24 January 1987|12 April 1987}}
|[[V. P. Singh]]
|-
|[[Janata Dal]]
| 17
|style="background-color: {{party color|Janata Dal}}" |
| [[File:Shri K.C Pant (cropped).jpg|75px]]
|- align="center"
| {{sort|1=Pant, K.|2=[[K. C. Pant]]}}<br />{{small|(1931–2012)}}
|18
| 13 April 1987
|[[File:Chandra Shekhar Singh.jpg|75px]]
| 1 December 1989
|[[Chandra Shekhar]]{{small|[[Prime Minister of India|Prime Minister]]}}
| {{ayd|13 April 1987|1 December 1989}}
|10 November 1990
|-
|21 June 1991
| (16)
|{{ayd|10 November 1990|21 June 1991}}
| [[File:V. P. Singh (cropped).jpg|75px]]
|[[Chandra Shekhar]]
| {{sort|1=Singh, Vishwanath|2=[[Vishwanath Pratap Singh]]}}<br />{{small|(1930–2008)}}
|[[Samajwadi Janata Party (Rashtriya)]]
| 2 December 1989
| style="background-color: {{party color|Samajwadi Janata Party (Rashtriya)}}" |
| 10 November 1990
|- align="center"
| {{ayd|2 December 1989|10 November 1990}}
|(14)
| width="4px" bgcolor="{{party color|Janata Dal}}"|
|[[File:Visit of Narasimha Rao, Indian Minister for Foreign Affairs, to the CEC (cropped)(2).jpg|88x88px]]
| [[Janata Dal]]<br />{{small|([[National Front (India)|National Front]])}}
|[[P. V. Narasimha Rao]]<br />{{small|[[Prime Minister of India|Prime Minister]]}}
| [[Vishwanath Pratap Singh ministry|V. Singh]]
|21 June 1991
|-
|26 June 1991
| 18
|{{ayd|21 June 1991|26 June 1991}}
| [[File:Chandra Shekhar Singh.jpg|75px]]
| rowspan="3" |[[P. V. Narasimha Rao]]
| {{sort|1=Shekhar, Chandra|2=[[Chandra Shekhar]]}}<br />{{small|(1927–2007)}}
| rowspan="3" |[[Indian National Congress]]
| 10 November 1990
| rowspan="3" style="background-color: {{party color|Indian National Congress}}" |
| 21 June 1991
|- align="center"
| {{ayd|10 November 1990|21 June 1991}}
|19
| width="4px" bgcolor="{{party color|Samajwadi Janata Party (Rashtriya)}}"|
|[[File:Sharad Pawar.jpg|87x87px]]
| [[Samajwadi Janata Party (Rashtriya)|Samajwadi Janata Party]]
|[[Sharad Pawar]]
| [[Chandra Shekhar ministry|Shekhar]]
|26 June 1991
|-
|6 March 1993
| (14)
|{{ayd|26 June 1991|6 March 1993}}
| [[File:P. V. Narasimha Rao.JPG|83x83px]]
|- align="center"
| {{sort|1=Rao, P.|2=[[P. V. Narasimha Rao]]}}<br />{{small|(1921–2004)}}
|(14)
| 21 June 1991
|[[File:Visit of Narasimha Rao, Indian Minister for Foreign Affairs, to the CEC (cropped)(2).jpg|88x88px]]
| 26 June 1991
|[[P. V. Narasimha Rao]]<br />{{small|[[Prime Minister of India|Prime Minister]]}}
| {{ayd|21 June 1991|26 June 1991}}
|6 March 1993
| width="4px" bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress}}" rowspan=3|
|16 May 1996
| rowspan="3"| [[Indian National Congress]]
|{{ayd|6 March 1993|16 May 1996}}
| rowspan="3"| [[Rao ministry|Rao]]
|- align="center"
|-
|20
| 19
|
| [[File:Sharad Pawar, Minister of AgricultureCrop.jpg|75px]]
|[[Pramod Mahajan]]
| {{sort|1=Pawar, Sharad|2=[[Sharad Pawar]]}}<br />{{small|(born 1940)}}
|16 May 1996
| 26 June 1991
|1 June 1996
| 6 March 1993
|{{ayd|16 May 1996|1 June 1996}}
| {{ayd|26 June 1991|6 March 1993}}
|[[Atal Bihari Vajpayee]]
|-
|[[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
| (14)
| style="background-color: {{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}" |
| [[File:P. V. Narasimha Rao.JPG|83x83px]]
|- align="center"
| {{sort|1=Rao, P.|2=[[P. V. Narasimha Rao]]}}<br />{{small|(1921–2004)}}
|21
| 6 March 1993
|[[File:Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Shri.Mulayam Singh Yadav , addressing at the National Development Council, New Delhi on December 9, 2006 (cropped).jpg|75px]]
| 16 May 1996
|[[Mulayam Singh Yadav]]
| {{ayd|6 March 1993|16 May 1996}}
|1 June 1996
|-
|19 March 1998
| 20
|{{ayd|1 June 1996|19 March 1998}}
|
|[[H. D. Deve Gowda|Deve Gowda]]<br/>[[I. K. Gujral]]
| {{sort|1=Mahajan, Pramod|2=[[Pramod Mahajan]]}}<br />{{small|(1949–2006)}}
|[[Samajwadi Party]]
| 16 May 1996
| style="background-color: {{party color|Samajwadi Party}}" |
| 1 June 1996
|- align="center"
| {{ayd|16 May 1996|1 June 1996}}
|22
| width="4px" bgcolor="{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}"|
|[[File:George Fernandes (cropped).jpg|75px]]
| [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
|[[George Fernandes]]
| [[First Vajpayee ministry|Vajpayee I]]
|19 March 1998
|-
|16 March 2001
| 21
|{{ayd|19 March 1998|16 March 2001}}
| [[File:Mulayam Singh Yadav (28993165375).jpg|75px]]
| rowspan="3" |[[Atal Bihari Vajpayee]]
| {{sort|1=Yadav, Mulayam |2=[[Mulayam Singh Yadav]]}}<br />{{small|(born 1939)}}
|[[Samata Party]]
| 1 June 1996
| style="background-color: {{party color|Samata Party}}" |
| 19 March 1998
|- align="center"
| {{ayd|1 June 1996|19 March 1998}}
|23
| width="4px" bgcolor="{{party color|Samajwadi Party}}"|
|[[File:Jaswant Singh.jpg|75px]]
| [[Samajwadi Party]]
|[[Jaswant Singh]]
| [[Deve Gowda ministry|Gowda]]<br />[[Gujral ministry|Gujral]]
|16 March 2001
|-
|21 October 2001
| 22
|{{ayd|16 March 2001|21 October 2001}}
| [[File:George Fernandes (cropped).jpg|75px]]
|[[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
| {{sort|1=Fernandes, George|2=[[George Fernandes]]}}<br />{{small|(1930–2019)}}
| style="background-color: {{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}" |
| 19 March 1998
|- align="center"
| 16 March 2001
|(22)
| {{ayd|19 March 1998|16 March 2001}}
|[[File:George Fernandes (cropped).jpg|75px]]
| width="4px" bgcolor="{{party color|Samata Party}}"|
|[[George Fernandes]]
| [[Samata Party]]
|21 October 2001
| [[Second Vajpayee ministry|Vajpayee II]]–[[Third Vajpayee ministry|III]]
|22 May 2004
|-
|{{ayd|21 October 2001|22 May 2004}}
| 23
|[[Janata Dal (United)]]
| [[File:Jaswant Singh.jpg|75px]]
|style="background-color: {{party color|Janata Dal (United)}}" |
| {{sort|1=Singh, Jaswant|2=[[Jaswant Singh]]}}<br />{{small|(1938–2020)}}
|- align="center"
| 16 March 2001
|24
| 21 October 2001
|[[File:Pranab Mukherjee Portrait.jpg|105x105px]]
| {{ayd|16 March 2001|21 October 2001}}
|[[Pranab Mukherjee]]
| width="4px" bgcolor="{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}"|
|22 May 2004
| [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
|26 October 2006
| rowspan="2"| [[Third Vajpayee ministry|Vajpayee III]]
|{{ayd|22 May 2004|26 October 2006}}
|-
| rowspan="2" |[[Manmohan Singh]]
| (22)
| rowspan="2" |[[Indian National Congress]]
| [[File:George Fernandes (cropped).jpg|75px]]
| rowspan="2" style="background-color: {{party color|Indian National Congress}}" |
| {{sort|1=Fernandes, George|2=[[George Fernandes]]}}<br />{{small|(1930–2019)}}
|-align="center"
| 21 October 2001
|25
| 22 May 2004
|[[File:A. K. Antony.jpg|75px]]
| {{ayd|21 October 2001|22 May 2004}}
|[[A. K. Antony]]
| width="4px" bgcolor="{{party color|Janata Dal (United)}}"|
|26 October 2006
| [[Janata Dal (United)]]
|26 May 2014
|-
|{{ayd|26 October 2006|26 May 2014}}
| 24
|- align="center"
| [[File:Pranab Mukherjee-World Economic Forum Annual Meeting Davos 2009 crop(2).jpg|75px]]
|26
| {{sort|1=Mukherjee, Pranab|2=[[Pranab Mukherjee]]}}<br />{{small|(1935–2020)}}
|[[File:The official photograph of the Defence Minister, Shri Arun Jaitley.jpg|75px]]
| 22 May 2004
|[[Arun Jaitley]]
| 26 October 2006
|26 May 2014
| {{ayd|22 May 2004|26 October 2006}}
|9 November 2014
| width="4px" bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress}}" rowspan=2|
|{{ayd|26 May 2014|9 November 2014}}
| rowspan="2"| [[Indian National Congress]]
| rowspan="5" |[[Narendra Modi]]
| [[First Manmohan Singh ministry|M. Singh I]]
| rowspan="5" |[[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
|-
| rowspan="5" style="background-color: {{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}" |
| 25
|- align="center"
| [[File:A. K. Antony.jpg|75px]]
|27
| {{sort|1=Antony, A.|2=[[A. K. Antony]]}}<br />{{small|(born 1940)}}
|[[File:The official photograph of the Union Minister for Defence, Shri Manohar Parrikar.jpg|107x107px]]
| 26 October 2006
|[[Manohar Parrikar]]
| 26 May 2014
|9 November 2014
| {{ayd|26 October 2006|26 May 2014}}
|13 March 2017
| [[First Manmohan Singh ministry|M. Singh I]]–[[Second Manmohan Singh ministry|II]]
|{{ayd|9 November 2014|13 March 2017}}
|-
|-align="center"
| 26
|(26)
| [[File:The official photograph of the Defence Minister, Shri Arun Jaitley.jpg|75px]]
|[[File:The official photograph of the Defence Minister, Shri Arun Jaitley.jpg|75px]]
| {{sort|1=Jaitley, Arun|2=[[Arun Jaitley]]}}<br />{{small|(1952–2019)}}
|[[Arun Jaitley]]
| 26 May 2014
|13 March 2017
| 9 November 2014
|3 September 2017
| {{ayd|26 May 2014|9 November 2014}}
|{{ayd|13 March 2017|3 September 2017}}
| width="4px" bgcolor="{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}" rowspan=5|
|-align="center"
| rowspan="5"|  [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
|28
| rowspan="4"| [[First Modi ministry|Modi I]]
|[[File:Nirmala Sitharaman in May 2017.jpg|100x100px]]
|-
|[[Nirmala Sitharaman]]
| 27
|3 September 2017
| [[File:The official photograph of the Union Minister for Defence, Shri Manohar Parrikar.jpg|75px]]
|30 May 2019
| {{sort|1=Parrikar, Manohar|2=[[Manohar Parrikar]]}}<br />{{small|(1955–2019)}}
|{{ayd|3 September 2017|30 May 2019}}
| 9 November 2014
|-align="center"
| 13 March 2017
|29
| {{ayd|9 November 2014|13 March 2017}}
|[[File:Defence Minister Shri Rajnath Singh.jpg|105x105px]]
|-
|[[Rajnath Singh]]
| (26)
|30 May 2019
| [[File:The official photograph of the Defence Minister, Shri Arun Jaitley.jpg|75px]]
|''Incumbent''
| {{sort|1=Jaitley, Arun|2=[[Arun Jaitley]]}}<br />{{small|(1952–2019)}}
|{{ayd|30 May 2019}}
| 13 March 2017
| 3 September 2017
| {{ayd|13 March 2017|3 September 2017}}
|-
| 28
| [[File:Nirmala Sitharaman addressing at the inauguration of the 2nd Edition of the Global Exhibition on Services-2016 (GES), at India Expo Centre & Mart, Greater Noida, Uttar Pradesh (cropped).jpg|75px]]
| {{sort|1=Sitharaman, Nirmala|2=[[Nirmala Sitharaman]]}}<br />{{small|(born 1959)}}
| 3 September 2017
| 30 May 2019
| {{ayd|3 September 2017|30 May 2019}}
|-
| 29
| [[File:Defence Minister Shri Rajnath Singh in February 2020.jpg|75px]]
| {{sort|1=Singh, Rajnath|2=[[Rajnath Singh]]}}<br />{{small|(born 1951)}}
| 30 May 2019
| ''Incumbent''
| {{ayd|30 May 2019}}
| [[Second Modi ministry|Modi II]]
|}
|}


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! colspan="2" | Term
! colspan="2" | Term
! Years
! Years
|- align="center"
| rowspan="2" |[[M. M. Pallam Raju]]
| rowspan="2" |[[File:Pallam Raju.jpg|100px]]
| rowspan="2" |[[Indian National Congress]]
| rowspan="2" bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress}}" width="4px" |
|29 January 2006
|22 May 2009
|3 years, 113 days
|- align="center"
|28 May 2009
|28 October 2012
|3 years, 153 days
|-align=center
|-align=center
|[[Rao Inderjit Singh]]
|[[Rao Inderjit Singh]]
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==See also==
==See also==
{{commons category|Ministers of Defence of India}}
 
*[[Ministry of Defence (India)]]
*[[Ministry of Defence (India)]]
* [[Defence ministers]]
* [[Defence ministers]]


==References==
==References==
{{reflist}}
{{reflist}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=Former Defence Ministers of State |url=http://mod.gov.in/former-raksha-rajya-mantri-0 |access-date=2023-05-10 |website=Ministry of Defence GOI |language=en}}</ref>{{Defence Ministers of India}}
 
{{Defence Ministers of India}}
{{Heads of the Ministries of the Government of India}}
{{Heads of the Ministries of the Government of India}}
{{Military of India}}
{{Military of India}}
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