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 Central 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 Central cabinet. Like Patel, home ministers Yashwantrao Chavan and L. K. Advani 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.
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 30 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<br>
! 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="" |
| 70px
| Vallabhbhai Patel<br><br>(Deputy Prime Minister)
| 15 August<br>1947
| 15 December<br>1950<br/>
|
| rowspan="16"| Indian National Congress
| rowspan="4"| Nehru I
| rowspan="10" bgcolor="" |
| rowspan="10" style="width:9em"| Jawaharlal Nehru
|-
! 2
| bgcolor="" |
| 70px
| Jawaharlal Nehru<br><br>(Prime Minister)
| 15 December<br>1950
| 26 December<br>1950
|
|-
! 3
| bgcolor="" |
| 70px
| C. Rajagopalachari<br>
| 26 December<br>1950
| 5 November<br>1951
|
|-
! rowspan="2"| 4
| rowspan="2" bgcolor="" |
| rowspan="2"| 70px
| rowspan="2"| Kailash Nath Katju<br>
| 5 November<br>1951
| 13 May<br>1952
| rowspan="2"|
|-
| 13 May<br>1952
| 10 January<br>1955
| rowspan="2"| Nehru II
|-
! rowspan="2"| 5
| rowspan="2" bgcolor="" |
| rowspan="2"| 70px
| rowspan="2"| Govind Ballabh Pant<br>
| 10 January<br>1955
| 17 April<br>1957
| rowspan="2"|
|-
| 17 April<br>1957
| 7 March<br>1961<br/>
| rowspan="2"| Nehru III
|-
! rowspan="2"| 6
| rowspan="2" bgcolor="" |
| rowspan="2"| 70px
| rowspan="2"| Lal Bahadur Shastri<br>
| 8 March <br>1961
| 10 April<br>1962
| rowspan="2"|
|-
| 11 April<br>1962
| 29 August<br>1963
| rowspan="2"| Nehru IV
|-
! rowspan="5"| 7
| rowspan="5" bgcolor="" |
| rowspan="5"| 70px
| rowspan="5"| Gulzarilal Nanda<br><br/>(Prime Minister from<br/>27 May9 June 1964; and<br/>1124 January 1966)
| 1 September<br>1963
| 27 May<br>1964
| rowspan="5"|
|-
| 27 May<br>1964
| 9 June<br>1964
| Nanda I
| bgcolor="" |
| Self
|-
| 9 June<br>1964
| 11 January<br>1966
| Shastri
| bgcolor="" |
| Lal Bahadur Shastri
|-
| 11 January<br>1966
| 24 January<br>1966
| Nanda II
| bgcolor="" |
| Self
|-
| 24 January<br>1966
| 9 November<br>1966
| rowspan="3"| Indira I
| rowspan="3" bgcolor="" |
| rowspan="8"| Indira Gandhi
|-
! 8
| bgcolor="" |
| 70px
| Indira Gandhi<br><br>(Prime Minister)
| 9 November<br>1966
| 13 November<br>1966
|
|-
! rowspan="2"| 9
| rowspan="2" bgcolor="" |
| rowspan="2"| 70px
| rowspan="2"| Yashwantrao Chavan<br>
| 13 November<br>1966
| 13 March<br>1967
| rowspan="2"|
|-
| 13 March<br>1967
| 27 June<br>1970
| rowspan="5"| Indian National Congress (R)
| rowspan="2"| Indira II
| rowspan="5" bgcolor="" |
|-
! rowspan="2"| (8)
| rowspan="2" bgcolor="" |
| rowspan="2"| 70px
| rowspan="2"| Indira Gandhi<br><br>(Prime Minister)
| 27 June<br>1970
| 13 March<br>1971
| rowspan="2"|
|-
| 13 March<br>1971
| 5 February<br>1973
| rowspan="3"| Indira III
|-
! 10
| bgcolor="" |
| 70px
| Uma Shankar Dikshit<br>
| 5 February<br>1973
| 10 October<br>1974
|
|-
! 11
| bgcolor="" |
| 70px
| Kasu Brahmananda Reddy<br>
| 10 October<br>1974
| 24 March<br>1977
|
|-
! 12
| bgcolor="" |
| 70px
| Charan Singh<br>
| 24 March<br>1977
| 1 July<br>1978
|
| rowspan="3"| Janata Party
| rowspan="3"| Desai
| rowspan="3" bgcolor="" |
| rowspan="3"| Morarji Desai
|-
! 13
| bgcolor="" |
| 70px
| Morarji Desai<br><br>(Prime Minister)
| 1 July<br>1978
| 24 January<br>1979
|
|-
! 14
| bgcolor="" |
| 70px
| Hirubhai M. Patel<br>
| 24 January<br>1979
| 28 July<br>1979
|
|-
! (9)
| bgcolor="" |
| 70px
| Yashwantrao Chavan<br><br>(Deputy Prime Minister)
| 28 July<br>1979
| 14 January<br>1980
|
| Indian National Congress (Urs)
| Charan
| bgcolor="" |
| Charan Singh
|-
! 15
| bgcolor="" |
| 70px
| Zail Singh<br>
| 14 January<br>1980
| 22 June<br>1982
|
| rowspan="8"| Indian National Congress (I)
| rowspan="4"| Indira IV
| rowspan="4" bgcolor=""|
| rowspan="4"| Indira Gandhi
|-
! 16
| bgcolor="" |
| 70px
| Ramaswamy Venkataraman<br>
| 22 June<br>1982
| 2 September<br>1982
|
|-
! 17
| bgcolor="" |
| 70px
| Prakash Chandra Sethi<br>
| 2 September<br>1982
| 19 July<br>1984
|
|-
! rowspan="2"| 18
| rowspan="2" bgcolor="" |
| rowspan="2"| 70px
| rowspan="2"| P. V. Narasimha Rao<br>
| 19 July<br>1984
| 31 October<br>1984
| rowspan="2"|
|-
| 31 October<br>1984
| 31 December<br>1984
| Rajiv I
| rowspan="4" bgcolor=""|
| rowspan="4"| Rajiv Gandhi
|-
! 19
| bgcolor="" |
| 70px
| Shankarrao Chavan<br>
| 31 December<br>1984
| 12 March<br>1986
|
| rowspan="3"| Rajiv II
|-
! (18)
| bgcolor="" |
| 70px
| P. V. Narasimha Rao<br>
| 12 March<br>1986
| 12 May<br>1986
|
|-
! 20
| bgcolor="" |
| 70px
| Buta Singh<br>
| 12 May<br>1986
| 2 December<br>1989
|
|-
! 21
| bgcolor="" |
| 70px
| Mufti Mohammad Sayeed<br>
| 2 December<br>1989
| 10 November<br>1990
|
| Janata Dal
| Vishwanath
| bgcolor="" |
| Vishwanath Pratap Singh
|-
! 22
| bgcolor="" |
| 70px
| Chandra Shekhar<br><br>(Prime Minister)
| 10 November<br>1990
| 21 June<br>1991
|
| Samajwadi Janata Party (Rashtriya)
| Chandra Shekhar
| bgcolor="" |
| Himself
|-
! (19)
| bgcolor="" |
| 70px
| Shankarrao Chavan<br>
| 21 June<br>1991
| 16 May<br>1996
|
| Indian National Congress (I)
| Rao
| bgcolor=""|
| P. V. Narasimha Rao
|-
! 23
| bgcolor="" |
| 70px
| Murli Manohar Joshi<br>
| 16 May<br>1996
| 1 June<br>1996
|
| Bharatiya Janata Party
| Vajpayee I
| bgcolor="" |
| Atal Bihari Vajpayee
|-
! 24
| bgcolor="" |
| 70px
| H. D. Deve Gowda<br><br>(Prime Minister)
| 1 June<br>1996
| 29 June<br>1996
|
| Janata Dal
| rowspan="2"| Deve Gowda
| rowspan="2" bgcolor="" |
| rowspan="2"| H. D. Deve Gowda
|-
! rowspan="2"| 25
| rowspan="2" bgcolor="" |
| rowspan="2"| 70px
| rowspan="2"| Indrajit Gupta<br>
| 29 June<br>1996
| 21 April<br>1997
| rowspan="2"|
| rowspan="2"| Communist Party of India
|-
| 21 April<br>1997
| 19 March<br>1998
| Gujral
| bgcolor="" |
| Inder Kumar Gujral
|-
! rowspan="2"| 26
| rowspan="2" bgcolor="" |
| rowspan="2"| 70px
| rowspan="2"| L. K. Advani<br><br>(Deputy Prime Minister<br>from 29 June 2002)
| 19 March<br>1998
| 13 October<br>1999
| rowspan="2"|
| rowspan="2"| Bharatiya Janata Party
| Vajpayee II
| rowspan="2" bgcolor="" |
| rowspan="2"| Atal Bihari Vajpayee
|-
| 13 October<br>1999
| 22 May<br>2004
| Vajpayee III
|-
! 27
| bgcolor="" |
| 70px
| Shivraj Patil<br>
| 23 May<br>2004
| 30 November<br>2008
|
| rowspan="4"| Indian National Congress
| rowspan="2"| Manmohan I
| rowspan="4" bgcolor="" |
| rowspan="4"| Manmohan Singh
|-
! rowspan="2"| 28
| rowspan="2" bgcolor="" |
| rowspan="2"| 70px
| rowspan="2"| P. Chidambaram<br>
| 30 November<br>2008
| 22 May<br>2009
| rowspan="2"|
|-
| 23 May<br>2009
| 31 July<br>2012
| rowspan="2"| Manmohan II
|-
! 29
| bgcolor="" |
| 70px
| Sushilkumar Shinde<br>
| 31 July<br>2012
| 26 May<br>2014
|
|-
! 30
| bgcolor="" |
| 70px
| Rajnath Singh<br>
| 26 May<br>2014
| 30 May<br>2019
|
| rowspan="3" | Bharatiya Janata Party
| Modi I
| rowspan="3" bgcolor="" |
| rowspan="3" | Narendra Modi
|-
! rowspan="2" | 31
| rowspan="2" bgcolor="" |
| rowspan="2" | 91x91px
| rowspan="2" | Amit Shah<br>
| 30 May<br>2019
| 9 June<br>2024
| rowspan="2"|
| Modi II
|-
| 9 June<br/>2024
| Incumbent
| 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<br>
! 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=""|
|
| Rustom Khurshedji Sidhwa<br>
| 11 October<br>1951
| 13 May<br>1952
|
| rowspan="11"| Indian National Congress
| Nehru I
| rowspan="6" bgcolor=""|
| rowspan="6"| Jawaharlal Nehru
|-
! rowspan="3"| 2
| rowspan="3" bgcolor=""|
| rowspan="3"| 70px
| rowspan="3"| B. N. Datar<br>
| 14 February<br>1956
| 17 April<br>1957
| rowspan="3"|
| Nehru II
|-
| 17 April<br>1957
| 10 April<br>1962
| Nehru III
|-
| 16 April<br>1962
| 13 February<br>1963
| rowspan="3"| Nehru IV
|-
! 3
| bgcolor=""|
| 70px
| Ramchandra Martand Hajarnavis<br>
| 22 February<br>1963
| 10 March<br>1964
|
|-
! rowspan="5"| 4
| rowspan="5" bgcolor=""|
| rowspan="5"| 70px
| rowspan="5"| Jaisukhlal Hathi<br>
| 10 March<br>1964
| 27 May<br>1964
| rowspan="5"|
|-
| 27 May<br>1964
| 9 June<br>1964
| Nanda I
| bgcolor=""|
| Gulzarilal Nanda
|-
| 9 June<br>1964
| 11 January<br>1966
| Shastri
| bgcolor=""|
| Lal Bahadur Shastri
|-
| 11 January<br>1966
| 24 January<br>1966
| Nanda II
| bgcolor=""|
| Gulzarilal Nanda
|-
| 24 January<br>1966
| 13 November<br>1966
| rowspan="4"| Indira I
| rowspan="2" bgcolor=""|
| rowspan="6"| Indira Gandhi
|-
! 5
| bgcolor=""|
| 70px
| Vidya Charan Shukla<br>
| 13 March<br>1967
| 27 June<br>1970
|
|-
! 6
| bgcolor=""|
| 70px
| Ram Niwas Mirdha<br><br>(Personnel and Administrative Reforms)
| 27 June<br>1970
| 18 March<br>1971
|
| rowspan="4"| Indian National Congress (R)
| rowspan="4" bgcolor=""|
|-
! rowspan="2"| 7
| rowspan="2" bgcolor=""|
| rowspan="2"| 70px
| rowspan="2"| K. C. Pant<br>
| 27 June<br>1970
| 18 March<br>1971
| rowspan="2"|
|-
| 18 March<br>1971
| 9 November<br>1973
| rowspan="2"| Indira II
|-
! 8
| bgcolor=""|
| 70px
| Om Mehta<br><br>(Personnel and Administrative Reforms)
| 10 October<br>1974
| 24 March<br>1977
|
|-
! 9
| bgcolor=""|
|
| S. D. Patil<br>
| 14 August<br>1977
| 28 July<br>1979
|
| rowspan="2"| Janata Party
| rowspan="2"| Desai
| rowspan="2" bgcolor=""|
| rowspan="2"| Morarji Desai
|-
! rowspan="2"| 10
| bgcolor=""|
| rowspan="2"| 70px
| rowspan="2"| Dhanik Lal Mandal<br>
| 14 August<br>1977
| 15 July<br>1979
| rowspan="2"|
|-
| bgcolor=""|
| 30 July<br>1979
| 14 January<br>1980
| Janata Party (Secular)
| Charan
| bgcolor=""|
| Charan Singh
|-
! 11
| bgcolor=""|
| 70px
| Pendekanti Venkatasubbaiah<br>
| 14 January<br>1980
| 31 October<br>1984
|
| rowspan="14"| Indian National Congress (I)
| rowspan="4"| Indira III
| rowspan="4" bgcolor=""|
| rowspan="4"| Indira Gandhi
|-
! 12
| bgcolor=""|
|
| Yogendra Makwana<br>
| 14 January<br>1980
| 15 January<br>1982
|
|-
! 13
| bgcolor=""|
| 70px
| Nihar Ranjan Laskar<br>
| 15 January<br>1982
| 7 February<br>1984
|
|-
! 14
| bgcolor=""|
| 70px
| Ram Dulari Sinha<br>
| 7 February<br>1984
| 31 October<br>1984
|
|-
! (11)
| bgcolor=""|
|
| Pendekanti Venkatasubbaiah<br>
| 4 November<br>1984
| 31 December<br>1984
|
| rowspan="2"| Rajiv I
| rowspan="11" bgcolor=""|
| rowspan="11"| Rajiv Gandhi
|-
! rowspan="2"| (14)
| rowspan="2" bgcolor=""|
| rowspan="2"| 70px
| rowspan="2"| Ram Dulari Sinha<br>
| 4 November<br>1984
| 31 December<br>1984
| rowspan="2"|
|-
| 31 December<br>1984
| 25 September<br>1985
| rowspan="9"| Rajiv II
|-
! 15
| bgcolor=""|
| 86x86px
| Arif Mohammad Khan<br>
| 12 August<br>1985
| 25 September<br>1985
|
|-
! 16
| bgcolor=""|
| 70px
| P. A. Sangma<br><br>(States)
| rowspan="2"| 25 September<br>1985
| rowspan="2"| 20 January<br>1986
| rowspan="2"|
|-
! 17
| bgcolor=""|
| 70px
| Arun Nehru<br><br>(Internal Security)
|-
! (6)
| bgcolor=""|
| 70px
| Ram Niwas Mirdha<br>
| 14 March<br>1986
| 14 June<br>1986
|
|-
! 18
| bgcolor=""|
| 70px
| Ghulam Nabi Azad<br><br>(States)
| 12 May<br>1986
| 22 October<br>1986
|
|-
! 19
| bgcolor=""|
| 70px
| P. Chidambaram<br>
| 24 June<br>1986
| 2 December<br>1989
|
|-
! 20
| bgcolor=""|
|
| Chintamani Panigrahi<br>
| 22 October<br>1986
| 25 June<br>1988
|
|-
! 21
| bgcolor=""|
| 70px
| Santosh Mohan Dev<br><br>(Internal Security)
| 25 June<br>1988
| 2 December<br>1989
|
|-
! rowspan="2"| 22
| bgcolor=""|
| rowspan="2"| 70px
| rowspan="2"| Subodh Kant Sahay<br>
| 23 April<br>1990
| 5 November<br>1990
|
| Janata Dal
| Vishwanath
| bgcolor=""|
| Vishwanath Pratap Singh
|-
| bgcolor=""|
| 21 November<br>1990
| 21 June<br>1991
|
| Samajwadi Janata Party (Rashtriya)
| Chandra Shekhar
| bgcolor=""|
| Chandra Shekhar
|-
! 23
| bgcolor=""|
| 70px
| M. M. Jacob<br>
| 21 June<br>1991
| 17 January<br>1993
|
| rowspan="6"| Indian National Congress (I)
| rowspan="6"| Rao
| rowspan="6" bgcolor=""|
| rowspan="6"| P. V. Narasimha Rao
|-
! 24
| bgcolor=""|
| 70px
| Rajesh Pilot<br><br>(Internal Security)
| 18 January<br>1993
| rowspan="2"| 15 September<br>1995
|
|-
! 25
| bgcolor=""|
| 70px
| P. M. Sayeed<br>
| 19 January<br>1993
|
|-
! 26
| bgcolor=""|
| 70px
| Syed Sibtey Razi<br>
| rowspan="3"| 15 September<br>1995
| rowspan="3"| 16 May<br>1996
| rowspan="3"|
|-
! 27
| bgcolor=""|
|
| Ram Lal Rahi<br>
|-
! 28
| bgcolor=""|
|
| Meijinlung Kamson<br>
|-
! 29
| bgcolor=""|
| 70px
| Mohammed Taslimuddin<br>
| 1 June<br>1996
| 9 June<br>1996
|
| rowspan="3"| Janata Dal
| rowspan="2"| Deve Gowda
| rowspan="2" bgcolor=""|
| rowspan="2"| H. D. Deve Gowda
|-
! rowspan="2"| 30
| rowspan="2" bgcolor=""|
| rowspan="2"|
| rowspan="2"| Maqbool Dar<br>
| 10 July<br>1996
| 21 April<br>1997
|
|-
| 1 May<br>1997
| 19 March<br>1998
|
| Gujral
| bgcolor=""|
| Inder Kumar Gujral
|-
! 31
| bgcolor=""|
| 70px
| Ram Naik<br>
| 5 May<br>1999
| 13 October<br>1999
|
| rowspan="5"| Bharatiya Janata Party
| Vajpayee II
| rowspan="5" bgcolor=""|
| rowspan="5" style="width:9em"| Atal Bihari Vajpayee
|-
! 32
| bgcolor=""|
| 70px
| I. D. Swami<br>
| 13 October<br>1999
| 22 May<br>2004
|
| rowspan="4"| Vajpayee III
|-
! 33
| bgcolor=""|
| 70px
| C. Vidyasagar Rao<br>
| 13 October<br>1999
| 29 January<br>2003
|
|-
! 34
| bgcolor=""|
| 70px
| Harin Pathak<br>
| 29 January<br>2003
| 22 May<br>2004
|
|-
! 35
| bgcolor=""|
| 70px
| Chinmayanand Swami<br>
| 24 May<br>2003
| 22 May<br>2004
|
|-
! 36
| bgcolor=""|
| 70px
| Manikrao Hodlya Gavit<br>
| 23 May<br>2004
| 6 April<br>2007
|
| rowspan="2"| Indian National Congress
| rowspan="5"| Manmohan I
| rowspan="10" bgcolor=""|
| rowspan="10"| Manmohan Singh
|-
! 37
| bgcolor=""|
| 70px
| Shriprakash Jaiswal<br>
| 23 May<br>2004
| 22 May<br>2009
|
|-
! 38
| bgcolor=""|
| 70px
| S. Regupathy<br>
| 23 May<br>2004
| 15 May<br>2007
|
| rowspan="2"| Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
|-
! 38
| bgcolor=""|
| 70px
| V. Radhika Selvi<br>
| 18 May<br>2007
| 22 May<br>2009
|
|-
! 39
| bgcolor=""|
| 70px
| Shakeel Ahmad<br>
| 6 April<br>2008
| 22 May<br>2009
|
| rowspan="6"| Indian National Congress
|-
! 40
| bgcolor=""|
| 70px
| Mullappally Ramachandran<br>
| 28 May<br>2009
| 26 May<br>2014
|
| rowspan="5"| Manmohan II
|-
! 41
| bgcolor=""|
| 70px
| Ajay Maken<br>
| 28 May<br>2009
| 19 January<br>2011
|
|-
! 42
| bgcolor=""|
| 70px
| Gurudas Kamat<br>
| 19 January<br>2011
| 12 July<br>2011
|
|-
! 43
| bgcolor=""|
| 70px
| Jitendra Singh<br>
| 12 July<br>2011
| 28 October<br>2012
|
|-
! 44
| bgcolor=""|
| 70px
| R. P. N. Singh<br>
| 28 October<br>2012
| 26 May<br>2014
|
|-
! 45
| bgcolor=""|
| 70px
| Kiren Rijiju<br>
| 26 May<br>2014
| 30 May<br>2019
|
| rowspan="9"| Bharatiya Janata Party
| rowspan="3"| Modi I
| rowspan="9" bgcolor=""|
| rowspan="9"| Narendra Modi
|-
! 46
| bgcolor=""|
| 70px
| Haribhai Parthibhai Chaudhary<br>
| 9 November<br>2014
| 5 July<br>2016
|
|-
! 47
| bgcolor=""|
| 70px
| Hansraj Gangaram Ahir<br>
| 5 July<br>2016
| 30 May<br>2019
|
|-
! 48
| bgcolor=""|
| 70px
| G. Kishan Reddy<br>
| 31 May<br>2019
| 7 July<br>2021
|
| rowspan="4"| Modi II
|-
! 49
| bgcolor=""|
| 70px
| Nityanand Rai<br>
| 31 May<br>2019
| 9 June<br/>2024
|
|-
! 50
| bgcolor=""|
| 70px
| Ajay Mishra Teni<br>
| rowspan="2"| 7 July<br>2021
| rowspan="2"| 9 June<br/>2024
| rowspan="2"|
|-
! 51
| bgcolor=""|
| 70px
| Nisith Pramanik<br>
|-
! (49)
| bgcolor=""|
| 70px
| Nityanand Rai<br>
| rowspan="2"| 10 June<br/>2024
| rowspan="2"| Incumbent
| rowspan="2"|
| rowspan="2"| Modi III
|-
! 52
| bgcolor=""|
| 70px
| Bandi Sanjay Kumar<br/>
|-
|}
Deputy ministers
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
! rowspan="2" |No.
! colspan="2" rowspan="2" |Portrait
! rowspan="2" style="width:17em" |Minister<br>
! 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=""|
| 70px
| B. N. Datar<br>
| 12 August<br>1952
| 14 February<br>1956
|
| Indian National Congress
| Nehru II
| rowspan="6" bgcolor=""|
| rowspan="6" style="width:9em"| Jawaharlal Nehru
|-
! colspan="9"|
|-
! 2
| bgcolor=""|
| 70px
| Violet Alva<br>
| 23 April<br>1957
| 10 April<br>1962
|
| Indian National Congress
| Nehru III
|-
! colspan="9"|
|-
! 3
| bgcolor=""|
| 70px
| Maragatham Chandrasekar<br>
| 8 May<br>1962
| 27 May<br>1964
|
| rowspan="9"| Indian National Congress
| rowspan="2"| Nehru IV
|-
! 4
| bgcolor=""|
| 70px
| Lalit Narayan Mishra<br>
| 26 February<br>1964
| 27 May<br>1964
|
|-
! (3)
| bgcolor=""|
| 70px
| Maragatham Chandrasekar<br>
| 27 May<br>1964
| 9 June<br>1964
|
| rowspan="2"| Nanda I
| rowspan="2" bgcolor=""|
| rowspan="2"| Gulzarilal Nanda
|-
! rowspan="3"| (4)
| rowspan="3" bgcolor=""|
| rowspan="3"| 70px
| rowspan="3"| Lalit Narayan Mishra<br>
| 27 May<br>1964
| 9 June<br>1964
| rowspan="3"|
|-
| 9 June<br>1964
| 11 January<br>1966
| Shastri
| bgcolor=""|
| Lal Bahadur Shastri
|-
| 11 January<br>1966
| 24 January<br>1966
| Nanda II
| bgcolor=""|
| Gulzarilal Nanda
|-
! 5
| bgcolor=""|
| 70px
| Purnendu Sekhar Naskar<br>
| 24 January<br>1966
| 13 March<br>1967
|
| rowspan="2"| Indira I
| rowspan="3" bgcolor=""|
| rowspan="3"| Indira Gandhi
|-
! 6
| bgcolor=""|
| 70px
| Vidya Charan Shukla<br>
| 14 February<br>1966
| 13 March<br>1967
|
|-
! 7
| bgcolor=""|
|
|K. S. Ramaswamy<br>
| 18 March<br>1967
| 18 March<br>1971
|
| Indira II
|-
! colspan="11"|
|-
! 8
| bgcolor=""|
|
| Fakruddinsab Hussensab Mohsin<br>
| 2 May<br>1971
| 24 March<br>1977
|
| Indian National Congress (R)
| Indira III
| bgcolor=""|
| Indira Gandhi
|-
! colspan="11"|
|-
! 9
| bgcolor=""|
|
| Ram Lal Rahi<br>
| 21 June<br>1991
| 15 September<br>1995
|
| Indian National Congress (I)
| Rao
| bgcolor=""|
| P. V. Narasimha Rao
|-
! colspan="11"|
|-
|}
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
|
|
|
|-
! data-sort-value="2" | 2
| L K Advani
|
| 6 years, 64 days
| 6 years, 64 days
|-
! data-sort-value="3" |3
| Govind Vallabh Pant
|
| 6 years, 56 days
| 6 years, 56 days
|-
! data-sort-value="4" |4
| Shankarao Chavan
|
| 4 years, 330 days
| 5 years, 36 days
|-
! data-sort-value="5" | 5
| Rajnath Singh
|
| 5 years, 4 days
| 5 years, 4 days
|-
|}
References
External links
- Home Ministry, Govt. of India
- Amit Shah take charge of Home Ministry of India 2019