Minister of Home Affairs (India)#List of Ministers of State

{{Short description|Head of the Ministry of Home Affairs of the Government of India}}

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Cabinet Committee on Security

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The Minister of Home Affairs (or simply, the home minister, short-form HM) is the head of the Ministry of Home Affairs of the Government of India. One of the senior-most officers in the Union Cabinet, the chief responsibility of the home minister is the maintenance of 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 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.

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. The current minister is Amit Shah of the Bharatiya Janata Party who has been in office since 31 May 2019 and succeeded his party colleague Rajnath Singh as the home minister.

Cabinet ministers

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" ! rowspan="2" \|No. ! colspan="2" rowspan="2" \|Portrait ! rowspan="2" style="width:17em" \|Minister {{small\|(birth-death) 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}}" \| \| 70px \| Vallabhbhai Patel {{small\|(1875{{ndash}}1950) MCA for Bombay}} (Deputy Prime Minister) \| 15 August 1947 \| 12 December 1950 {{small\|(died in office)}} \| {{ayd\|1947\|8\|15\|1950\|12\|12}} \| rowspan="16"\| Indian National Congress \| rowspan="4"\| Nehru I \| rowspan="10" bgcolor="{{party color\|Indian National Congress}}" \| \| rowspan="10" style="width:9em"\| Jawaharlal Nehru
2 \| bgcolor="{{party color\|Indian National Congress}}" \| \| 70px \| Jawaharlal Nehru {{small\|(1889{{ndash}}1964) MP for United Provinces}} (Prime Minister) \| 12 December 1950 \| 26 December 1950 \| {{ayd\|1950\|12\|12\|1950\|12\|26}}
3 \| bgcolor="{{party color\|Indian National Congress}}" \| \| 70px \| C. Rajagopalachari {{small\|(1878{{ndash}}1972) Unelected}} \| 26 December 1950 \| 5 November 1951 \| {{ayd\|1950\|12\|26\|1951\|11\|5}}
rowspan="2"\| 4 \| rowspan="2" bgcolor="{{party color\|Indian National Congress}}" \| \| rowspan="2"\| 70px \| rowspan="2"\| Kailash Nath Katju {{small\|(1887{{ndash}}1968) MP for Mandsaur}} \| 5 November 1951 \| 13 May 1952 \| rowspan="2"\| {{ayd\|1951\|11\|5\|1955\|1\|10}}
13 May 1952 \| 10 January 1955 \| rowspan="2"\| Nehru II
rowspan="2"\| 5 \| rowspan="2" bgcolor="{{party color\|Indian National Congress}}" \| \| rowspan="2"\| 70px \| rowspan="2"\| Govind Ballabh Pant {{small\|(1887{{ndash}}1961) Rajya Sabha MP for Uttar Pradesh}} \| 10 January 1955 \| 17 April 1957 \| rowspan="2"\| {{ayd\|1955\|1\|10\|1961\|3\|7}}
17 April 1957 \| 7 March 1961 {{small\|(died in office)}} \| rowspan="2"\| Nehru III
rowspan="2"\| 6 \| rowspan="2" bgcolor="{{party color\|Indian National Congress}}" \| \| rowspan="2"\| 70px \| rowspan="2"\| Lal Bahadur Shastri {{small\|(1904{{ndash}}1966) MP for Allahabad}} \| 8 March 1961 \| 10 April 1962 \| rowspan="2"\| {{ayd\|1961\|2\|26\|1963\|9\|1}}
11 April 1962 \| 29 August 1963 \| rowspan="2"\| Nehru IV
rowspan="5"\| 7 \| rowspan="5" bgcolor="{{party color\|Indian National Congress}}" \| \| rowspan="5"\| 70px \| rowspan="5"\| Gulzarilal Nanda {{small\|(1898{{ndash}}1998) MP for Sabarkantha}} (Prime Minister from 27 May{{snd}}9 June 1964; and 11{{snd}}24 January 1966) \| 1 September 1963 \| 27 May 1964 \| rowspan="5"\| {{ayd\|1963\|9\|1\|1966\|11\|9}}
27 May 1964 \| 9 June 1964 \| Nanda I \| bgcolor="{{party color\|Indian National Congress}}" \| \| Self
9 June 1964 \| 11 January 1966 \| Shastri \| bgcolor="{{party color\|Indian National Congress}}" \| \| Lal Bahadur Shastri
11 January 1966 \| 24 January 1966 \| Nanda II \| bgcolor="{{party color\|Indian National Congress}}" \| \| Self
24 January 1966 \| 9 November 1966 \| rowspan="3"\| Indira I \| rowspan="3" bgcolor="{{party color\|Indian National Congress}}" \| \| rowspan="8"\| Indira Gandhi
8 \| bgcolor="{{party color\|Indian National Congress}}" \| \| 70px \| Indira Gandhi {{small\|(1917{{ndash}}1984) Rajya Sabha MP for Uttar Pradesh}} (Prime Minister) \| 9 November 1966 \| 13 November 1966 \| {{ayd\|1966\|11\|9\|1966\|11\|13}}
rowspan="2"\| 9 \| rowspan="2" bgcolor="{{party color\|Indian National Congress}}" \| \| rowspan="2"\| 70px \| rowspan="2"\| Yashwantrao Chavan {{small\|(1913{{ndash}}1984) MP for Nashik}} \| 13 November 1966 \| 13 March 1967 \| rowspan="2"\| {{ayd\|1966\|11\|13\|1970\|6\|27}}
13 March 1967 \| 27 June 1970 \| rowspan="5"\| Indian National Congress (R) \| rowspan="2"\| Indira II \| rowspan="5" bgcolor="{{party color\|Indian National Congress}}" \|
rowspan="2"\| (8) \| rowspan="2" bgcolor="{{party color\|Indian National Congress (R)}}" \| \| rowspan="2"\| 70px \| rowspan="2"\| Indira Gandhi {{small\|(1917{{ndash}}1984) MP for Rae Bareli}} (Prime Minister) \| 27 June 1970 \| 13 March 1971 \| rowspan="2"\| {{ayd\|1970\|6\|27\|1973\|2\|5}}
13 March 1971 \| 5 February 1973 \| rowspan="3"\| Indira III
10 \| bgcolor="{{party color\|Indian National Congress (R)}}" \| \| 70px \| Uma Shankar Dikshit {{small\|(1901{{ndash}}1991) Rajya Sabha MP for Uttar Pradesh}} \| 5 February 1973 \| 10 October 1974 \| {{ayd\|1973\|2\|5\|1974\|10\|10}}
11 \| bgcolor="{{party color\|Indian National Congress (R)}}" \| \| 70px \| Kasu Brahmananda Reddy {{small\|(1909{{ndash}}1994) Rajya Sabha MP for Andhra Pradesh}} \| 10 October 1974 \| 24 March 1977 \| {{ayd\|1974\|10\|10\|1977\|3\|24}}
12 \| bgcolor="{{party color\|Janata Party}}" \| \| 70px \| Charan Singh {{small\|(1902{{ndash}}1987) MP for Baghpat}} \| 24 March 1977 \| 1 July 1978 \| {{ayd\|1977\|3\|24\|1978\|7\|1}} \| rowspan="3"\| Janata Party \| rowspan="3"\| Desai \| rowspan="3" bgcolor="{{party color\|Janata Party}}" \| \| rowspan="3"\| Morarji Desai
13 \| bgcolor="{{party color\|Janata Party}}" \| \| 70px \| Morarji Desai {{small\|(1896–1995) MP for Surat}} (Prime Minister) \| 1 July 1978 \| 24 January 1979 \| {{ayd\|1978\|7\|1\|1979\|1\|24}}
14 \| bgcolor="{{party color\|Janata Party}}" \| \| 70px \| Hirubhai M. Patel {{small\|(1904{{ndash}}1993) MP for Sabarkantha}} \| 24 January 1979 \| 28 July 1979 \| {{ayd\|1979\|1\|24\|1979\|7\|28}}
(9) \| bgcolor="{{party color\|Janata Party (Secular)}}" \| \| 70px \| Yashwantrao Chavan {{small\|(1913{{ndash}}1984) MP for Satara}} (Deputy Prime Minister) \| 28 July 1979 \| 14 January 1980 \| {{ayd\|1979\|7\|28\|1980\|1\|14}} \| Janata Party (Secular) \| Charan \| bgcolor="{{party color\|Janata Party (Secular)}}" \| \| Charan Singh
15 \| bgcolor="{{party color\|Indian National Congress (I)}}" \| \| 70px \| Zail Singh {{small\|(1916{{ndash}}1994) MP for Hoshiarpur}} \| 14 January 1980 \| 22 June 1982 \| {{ayd\|1980\|1\|14\|1982\|6\|22}} \| rowspan="8"\| Indian National Congress (I) \| rowspan="4"\| Indira IV \| rowspan="4" bgcolor="{{party color\|Indian National Congress (I)}}"\| \| rowspan="4"\| Indira Gandhi
16 \| bgcolor="{{party color\|Indian National Congress (I)}}" \| \| 70px \| Ramaswamy Venkataraman {{small\|(1910{{ndash}}2009) MP for Chennai South}} \| 22 June 1982 \| 2 September 1982 \| {{ayd\|1982\|6\|22\|1982\|9\|2}}
17 \| bgcolor="{{party color\|Indian National Congress (I)}}" \| \| 70px \| Prakash Chandra Sethi {{small\|(1919{{ndash}}1996) MP for Indore}} \| 2 September 1982 \| 19 July 1984 \| {{ayd\|1982\|9\|2\|1984\|7\|19}}
rowspan="2"\| 18 \| rowspan="2" bgcolor="{{party color\|Indian National Congress (I)}}" \| \| rowspan="2"\| 70px \| rowspan="2"\| P. V. Narasimha Rao {{small\|(1921{{ndash}}2004) MP for Hanamkonda}} \| 19 July 1984 \| 31 October 1984 \| rowspan="2"\| {{ayd\|1984\|7\|19\|1984\|12\|31}}
31 October 1984 \| 31 December 1984 \| Rajiv I \| rowspan="4" bgcolor="{{party color\|Indian National Congress (I)}}"\| \| rowspan="4"\| Rajiv Gandhi
19 \| bgcolor="{{party color\|Indian National Congress (I)}}" \| \| 70px \| Shankarrao Chavan {{small\|(1920{{ndash}}2004) MP for Nanded}} \| 31 December 1984 \| 12 March 1986 \| {{ayd\|1984\|12\|31\|1986\|3\|12}} \| rowspan="3"\| Rajiv II
(18) \| bgcolor="{{party color\|Indian National Congress (I)}}" \| \| 70px \| P. V. Narasimha Rao {{small\|(1921{{ndash}}2004) MP for Hanamkonda}} \| 12 March 1986 \| 12 May 1986 \| {{ayd\|1986\|3\|12\|1986\|5\|12}}
20 \| bgcolor="{{party color\|Indian National Congress (I)}}" \| \| 70px \| Buta Singh {{small\|(1934{{ndash}}2021) MP for Jalore}} \| 12 May 1986 \| 2 December 1989 \| {{ayd\|1986\|5\|12\|1989\|12\|2}}
21 \| bgcolor="{{party color\|Janata Dal}}" \| \| 70px \| Mufti Mohammad Sayeed {{small\|(1936{{ndash}}2016) MP for Muzaffarnagar}} \| 2 December 1989 \| 10 November 1990 \| {{ayd\|1989\|12\|2\|1990\|12\|10}} \| Janata Dal \| Vishwanath \| bgcolor="{{party color\|Janata Dal}}" \| \| Vishwanath Pratap Singh
22 \| bgcolor="{{party color\|Samajwadi Janata Party (Rashtriya)}}" \| \| 70px \| Chandra Shekhar {{small\|(1927{{ndash}}2007) MP for Ballia}} (Prime Minister) \| 10 November 1990 \| 21 June 1991 \| {{ayd\|1990\|11\|10\|1991\|6\|21}} \| Samajwadi Janata Party (Rashtriya) \| Chandra Shekhar \| bgcolor="{{party color\|Samajwadi Janata Party (Rashtriya)}}" \| \| Chandra Shekhar
(19) \| bgcolor="{{party color\|Indian National Congress (I)}}" \| \| 70px \| Shankarrao Chavan {{small\|(1920{{ndash}}2004) Rajya Sabha MP for Maharashtra}} \| 21 June 1991 \| 16 May 1996 \| {{ayd\|1991\|6\|21\|1996\|5\|16}} \| Indian National Congress (I) \| Rao \| bgcolor="{{party color\|Indian National Congress (I)}}"\| \| P. V. Narasimha Rao
23 \| bgcolor="{{party color\|Bharatiya Janata Party}}" \| \| 70px \| Murli Manohar Joshi {{small\|(born 1934) MP for Allahabad}} \| 16 May 1996 \| 1 June 1996 \| {{ayd\|1996\|5\|16\|1996\|6\|1}} \| Bharatiya Janata Party \| Vajpayee I \| bgcolor="{{party color\|Bharatiya Janata Party}}" \| \| Atal Bihari Vajpayee
24 \| bgcolor="{{party color\|Janata Dal}}" \| \| 70px \| H. D. Deve Gowda {{small\|(born 1933) Unelected}} (Prime Minister) \| 1 June 1996 \| 29 June 1996 \| {{ayd\|1996\|6\|1\|1996\|6\|29}} \| Janata Dal \| rowspan="2"\| Deve Gowda \| rowspan="2" bgcolor="{{party color\|Janata Dal}}" \| \| rowspan="2"\| H. D. Deve Gowda
rowspan="2"\| 25 \| rowspan="2" bgcolor="{{party color\|Communist Party of India}}" \| \| rowspan="2"\| \| rowspan="2"\| Indrajit Gupta {{small\|(1919{{ndash}}2001) MP for Midnapore}} \| 29 June 1996 \| 21 April 1997 \| rowspan="2"\| {{ayd\|1996\|6\|29\|1998\|3\|19}} \| rowspan="2"\| Communist Party of India
21 April 1997 \| 19 March 1998 \| Gujral \| bgcolor="{{party color\|Janata Dal}}" \| \| Inder Kumar Gujral
rowspan="2"\| 26 \| rowspan="2" bgcolor="{{party color\|Bharatiya Janata Party}}" \| \| rowspan="2"\| 70px \| rowspan="2"\| L. K. Advani {{small\|(born 1927) MP for Gandhinagar}} (Deputy Prime Minister from 29 June 2002) \| 19 March 1998 \| 13 October 1999 \| rowspan="2"\| {{ayd\|1998\|3\|19\|2004\|5\|22}} \| rowspan="2"\| Bharatiya Janata Party \| Vajpayee II \| rowspan="2" bgcolor="{{party color\|Bharatiya Janata Party}}" \| \| rowspan="2"\| Atal Bihari Vajpayee
13 October 1999 \| 22 May 2004 \| Vajpayee III
27 \| bgcolor="{{party color\|Indian National Congress}}" \| \| 70px \| Shivraj Patil {{small\|(born 1935) Rajya Sabha MP for Maharashtra}} \| 23 May 2004 \| 30 November 2008 \| {{ayd\|2004\|5\|23\|2008\|11\|30}} \| rowspan="4"\| Indian National Congress \| rowspan="2"\| Manmohan I \| rowspan="4" bgcolor="{{party color\|Indian National Congress}}" \| \| rowspan="4"\| Manmohan Singh
rowspan="2"\| 28 \| rowspan="2" bgcolor="{{party color\|Indian National Congress}}" \| \| rowspan="2"\| 70px \| rowspan="2"\| P. Chidambaram {{small\|(born 1945) MP for Sivaganga}} \| 30 November 2008 \| 22 May 2009 \| rowspan="2"\| {{ayd\|2008\|11\|30\|2012\|7\|31}}
23 May 2009 \| 31 July 2012 \| rowspan="2"\| Manmohan II
29 \| bgcolor="{{party color\|Indian National Congress}}" \| \| 70px \| Sushilkumar Shinde {{small\|(born 1941) MP for Solapur}} \| 31 July 2012 \| 26 May 2014 \| {{ayd\|2012\|7\|31\|2014\|5\|26}}
30 \| bgcolor="{{party color\|Bharatiya Janata Party}}" \| \| 70px \| Rajnath Singh {{small\|(born 1951) MP for Lucknow}} \| 27 May 2014 \| 30 May 2019 \| {{ayd\|2014\|5\|27\|2019\|5\|30}} \| rowspan="3" \| Bharatiya Janata Party \| 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" \| 70px \| rowspan="2" \| Amit Shah {{small\|(born 1964) MP for Gandhinagar}} \| 31 May 2019 \| 9 June 2024 \| rowspan="2"\| {{ayd\|2019\|5\|31\|\|

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{{small|(birth-death)
Constituency}}

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Minister of Home Affairs (India)#List of Ministers of State

Cabinet ministers

Ministers of state

Deputy ministers

References

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