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
 № NamePortraitTerm of officePolitical party(Alliance)Prime Minister1 Vallabhbhai Patel 75px 15 August 1947 12 December 1950 Indian National Congress Jawaharlal Nehru2 Jawaharlal Nehru 12 December 1950 26 December 19503 C. Rajagopalachari 75px 26 December 1950 05 November 19514 Kailash Nath Katju 05 November 1951 10 January 19555 Govind Ballabh Pant75px 10 January 1955 25 February 19616 Lal Bahadur Shastri 75px 25 February 1961 01 September 19637 Gulzarilal Nanda 75px 01 September 1963 09 November 1966 Jawaharlal NehruLal Bahadur ShastriIndira Gandhi8 Indira Gandhi75px 09 November 1966 13 November 1966 Indira Gandhi9 Yashwantrao Chavan 13 November 1966 27 June 1970(8) Indira Gandhi 75px 27 June 1970 05 February 197310 Uma Shankar Dikshit 05 February 1973 10 October 197411 Kasu Brahmananda Reddy 10 October 1974 24 March 197712 Charan Singh75px 24 March 1977 01 July 1978 Janata Party Morarji Desai13 Morarji Desai 75px 01 July 1978 24 January 197914 Hirubhai M. Patel 24 January 1979 28 July 1979(9) Yashwantrao Chavan 28 July 1979 14 January 1980 Janata Party (Secular) Charan Singh15 Zail Singh 14 January 1980 22 June 1982 Indian National Congress Indira Gandhi16 R. Venkataraman 75px 22 June 1982 02 September 198217 Prakash Chandra Sethi 02 September 1982 19 July 198418 P. V. Narasimha Rao 19 July 1984 31 December 1984 Indira GandhiRajiv Gandhi19 Shankarrao Chavan 31 December 1984 12 March 1986 Rajiv Gandhi(19) P. V. Narasimha Rao 12 March 1986 12 May 198620 Buta Singh 75px 12 May 1986 02 December 198921 Mufti Mohammad Sayeed 75px 02 December 1989 10 November 1990 Janata Dal(National Front) V. P. Singh22 Chandra Shekhar 10 November 1990 21 June 1991 Samajwadi Janata Party(National Front) Chandra Shekhar(20) Shankarrao Chavan 21 June 1991 16 May 1996 Indian National Congress P. V. Narasimha Rao23 Murli Manohar Joshi 75px 16 May 1996 1 June 1996 Bharatiya Janata Party Atal Bihari Vajpayee25 H. D. Deve Gowda 75px 1 June 1996 29 June 1996 Janata Dal(United Front) H. D. Deve Gowda25 Indrajit Gupta 29 June 1996 19 March 1998 Communist Party of India(United Front) H. D. Deve GowdaI. K. Gujral26 L. K. Advani 80px 19 March 1998 22 May 2004 Bharatiya Janata Party(National Democratic Alliance) Atal Bihari Vajpayee27 Shivraj Patil 75px 22 May 2004 30 November 2008 Indian National Congress(United Progressive Alliance) Manmohan Singh28 P. Chidambaram 75px 30 November 2008 31 July 201229 Sushilkumar Shinde 75px 31 July 2012 26 May 201430 Rajnath Singh 75px 26 May 2014 30 May 2019 Bharatiya Janata Party (National Democratic Alliance) Narendra Modi31 Amit Shah 30 May 2019 Incumbent

Ministers of State of Home Affairs
 № NameTerm of officePolitical Party Prime Minister Minister of Home Affairs1Subodh Kant SahayApril 1990November 1990Janata Dal(National Front)V. P. SinghMufti Mohammed Sayeed2Shriprakash Jaiswal23 May 20042009Indian National Congress(United Progressive Alliance)Manmohan SinghShivraj PatilP. Chidambaram3R. P. N. Singh28 October 201226 May 2014Sushilkumar Shinde4Kiren Rijiju26 May 201430 May 2019Bharatiya Janata Party(National Democratic Alliance)Narendra ModiRajnath Singh5G. Kishan Reddy30 May 2019IncumbentAmit Shah6Nityanand Rai

References

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

Category:Government of India