Minister of Home Affairs (India)

The **Minister of Home Affairs** (or simply, the **Home Minister**) is the head of the Ministry of Home Affairs of the Government of India.

## List of Home Ministers

|№|Name|width=75|Portrait|colspan="2"|Term of office|colspan=2|Political party <small>(Alliance)</small>|Prime Minister|||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|1|Vallabhbhai Patel||15 August 1947|12 December 1950|rowspan="12"|Indian National Congress|width="4px" bgcolor="" rowspan=12||rowspan="6"|Jawaharlal Nehru|
|2|Jawaharlal Nehru||12 December 1950|26 December 1950|||||||
|3|C. Rajagopalachari||26 December 1950|05 November 1951|||||||
|4|Kailash Nath Katju||05 November 1951|10 January 1955|||||||
|5|Govind Ballabh Pant||10 January 1955|25 February 1961|||||||
|6|Lal Bahadur Shastri||25 February 1961|01 September 1963|||||||
|7|Gulzarilal Nanda||01 September 1963|09 November 1966|Jawaharlal Nehru Lal Bahadur Shastri Indira Gandhi||||||
|8|Indira Gandhi||09 November 1966|13 November 1966|rowspan="5"|Indira Gandhi|||||
|9|Yashwantrao Chavan||13 November 1966|27 June 1970|||||||
|(8)|Indira Gandhi||27 June 1970|05 February 1973|||||||
|10|Uma Shankar Dikshit||05 February 1973|10 October 1974|||||||
|11|Kasu Brahmananda Reddy||10 October 1974|24 March 1977|||||||
|12|Charan Singh||24 March 1977|01 July 1978|rowspan="3"|Janata Party|width="4px" bgcolor="" rowspan=3||rowspan="3"|Morarji Desai|
|13|Morarji Desai||01 July 1978|24 January 1979|||||||
|14|Hirubhai M. Patel||24 January 1979|28 July 1979|||||||
|(9)|Yashwantrao Chavan||28 July 1979|14 January 1980|Janata Party (Secular)|width="4px" bgcolor="" rowspan=1||Charan Singh|||
|15|Zail Singh||14 January 1980|22 June 1982|rowspan=7|Indian National Congress|width="4px" bgcolor="" rowspan=7||rowspan=3|Indira Gandhi|
|16|R. Venkataraman||22 June 1982|02 September 1982|||||||
|17|Prakash Chandra Sethi||02 September 1982|19 July 1984|||||||
|18|P. V. Narasimha Rao||19 July 1984|31 December 1984|Indira Gandhi Rajiv Gandhi||||||
|19|Shankarrao Chavan||31 December 1984|12 March 1986|rowspan="3"|Rajiv Gandhi|||||
|(19)|P. V. Narasimha Rao||12 March 1986|12 May 1986|||||||
|20|Buta Singh||12 May 1986|02 December 1989|||||||
|21|Mufti Mohammad Sayeed||02 December 1989|10 November 1990|Janata Dal <small>(National Front)</small>|width="4px" bgcolor="" rowspan=1||V. P. Singh|||
|22|Chandra Shekhar||10 November 1990|21 June 1991|Samajwadi Janata Party <small>(National Front)</small>|width="4px" bgcolor="" rowspan=1||Chandra Shekhar|||
|(20)|Shankarrao Chavan||21 June 1991|16 May 1996|Indian National Congress|width="4px" bgcolor="" rowspan=1||P. V. Narasimha Rao|||
|23|Murli Manohar Joshi||16 May 1996|1 June 1996|Bharatiya Janata Party|width="4px" bgcolor="" rowspan=1||Atal Bihari Vajpayee|||
|25|H. D. Deve Gowda||1 June 1996|29 June 1996|Janata Dal <small>(United Front)</small>|width="4px" bgcolor="" rowspan=1||H. D. Deve Gowda|||
|25|Indrajit Gupta||29 June 1996|19 March 1998|Communist Party of India <small>(United Front)</small>|width="4px" style="background-color: "||H. D. Deve Gowda I. K. Gujral|||
|26|L. K. Advani||19 March 1998|22 May 2004|Bharatiya Janata Party <small>(National Democratic Alliance)</small>|width="4px" bgcolor="" rowspan=1||Atal Bihari Vajpayee|||
|27|Shivraj Patil||22 May 2004|30 November 2008|rowspan="3"|Indian National Congress <small>(United Progressive Alliance)</small>|width="4px" bgcolor="" rowspan=3||rowspan="3"|Manmohan Singh|
|28|P. Chidambaram||30 November 2008|31 July 2012|||||||
|29|Sushilkumar Shinde||31 July 2012|26 May 2014|||||||
|30|Rajnath Singh||26 May 2014|30 May 2019|rowspan="2"|Bharatiya Janata Party <small>(National Democratic Alliance)</small>|rowspan="2" width="4px" bgcolor=""||rowspan="2"|Narendra Modi|
|31|Amit Shah||30 May 2019|Incumbent|||||||

## Ministers of State of Home Affairs

|№|Name|colspan="2"|Term of office|colspan="2"|Political Party|Prime Minister|Minister of Home Affairs||||||||
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|1|Subodh Kant Sahay|April 1990|November 1990||Janata Dal <small>(National Front)</small>|width="4px" bgcolor="" rowspan=1|||V. P. Singh|Mufti Mohammed Sayeed|||||
|rowspan="2"|2|rowspan="2"|Shriprakash Jaiswal|rowspan="2"|23 May 2004|rowspan="2"|2009|rowspan="3"|Indian National Congress <small>(United Progressive Alliance)</small>|width="4px" bgcolor="" rowspan="3"||rowspan="3"|Manmohan Singh|Shivraj Patil|
|P. Chidambaram|||||||||||||||
|3|R. P. N. Singh|28 October 2012|26 May 2014|Sushilkumar Shinde|||||||||||
|4|Kiren Rijiju|26 May 2014|30 May 2019|rowspan="3"|Bharatiya Janata Party <small>(National Democratic Alliance)</small>|rowspan="3" width="4px" bgcolor=""||rowspan="3"|Narendra Modi|Rajnath Singh|||||
|5|G. Kishan Reddy|rowspan="2"|30 May 2019|rowspan="2"|Incumbent|rowspan="2"|Amit Shah||||||||
|6|Nityanand Rai||||||||||||||

## Other websites

- Home Ministry, Govt. of India
- Amit Shah take charge of Home Ministry of India 2019

## Infobox (political post)

- **border**: parliamentary
- **minister**: not_prime
- **insignia**: Emblem of India.svg
- **insigniasize**: 25px
- **insigniacaption**: Emblem of India
- **department**: Ministry of Home Affairs (India), Ministry of Home Affairs
- **style**: The Honourable
- **post**: Minister of Home Affairs
- **incumbent**: Amit Shah
- **incumbent since**: 30 May 2019
- **member of**: Union Cabinet
 National Security Council
- **reports to**: Prime Minister of India, Prime Minister,

Parliament of India
- **seat**: North Block, Rashtrapati Bhavan, New Delhi
- **appointer**: President of India, President on the advice of the Prime Minister of India, Prime Minister
- **termlength**: 5 years
- **formation**: 15 August 1947
- **flag**: Flag of India.svg
- **flagsize**: 50px
- **flagcaption**: Flag of India
- **abbreviation**: HM
- **inaugural**: Sardar Vallabhai Patel
- **incumbentsince**: 30 May 2019