Menteri Pertahanan (India)
Daftar Menteri Pertahanan

| № | Nama | Potret | Masa jabatan | Masa jabatan | Partai politik (Aliansi) | Partai politik (Aliansi) | Perdana Menteri | Perdana Menteri |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | Baldev Singh (1902-1961) |  | 2 September 1946 | 1952 | Kongres Nasional India |  | Jawaharlal Nehru |  |
| 2 | Kailash Nath Katju (1887-1968) |  | 1955 | 1957 | Kongres Nasional India |  | Jawaharlal Nehru |  |
| 3 | V. K. Krishna Menon (1896-1974) |  | 1957 | 1962 | Kongres Nasional India |  | Jawaharlal Nehru |  |
| 4 | Yashwantrao Chavan (1913-1984) |  | 1962 | 1966 | Kongres Nasional India |  | Jawaharlal Nehru Lal Bahadur Shastri Indira Gandhi |  |
| 5 | Swaran Singh (1907-1994) |  | 1966 | 1970 | Kongres Nasional India |  | Indira Gandhi |  |
| 6 | Jagjivan Ram (1908-1986) |  | 1970 | 1974 | Kongres Nasional India |  | Indira Gandhi |  |
| (5) | Swaran Singh (1907-1994) |  | 1974 | 1975 | Kongres Nasional India |  | Indira Gandhi |  |
| 7 | Indira Gandhi (1917-1984) |  | 1975 | 1975 | Kongres Nasional India |  | Indira Gandhi |  |
| 8 | Bansi Lal (1927-2006) |  | 21 Desember 1975 | 24 Maret 1977 | Kongres Nasional India |  | Indira Gandhi |  |
| (6) | Jagjivan Ram (1908-1986) |  | 24 Maret 1977 | 28 Juli 1979 | Partai Janata |  | Morarji Desai |  |
| 9 | Chidambaram Subramaniam (1910-2000) |  | 28 Juli 1979 | 14 Januari 1980 | Partai Janata (Sekuler) |  | Charan Singh |  |
| (7) | Indira Gandhi (1917-1984) |  | 14 Januari 1980 | 1982 | Kongres Nasional India |  | Indira Gandhi |  |
| 10 | R. Venkataraman (1910-2009) |  | 1982 | 1984 | Kongres Nasional India |  | Indira Gandhi |  |
| 11 | Shankarrao Chavan (1920-2004) | Berkas:S.B.Chavan.jpg | 1984 | 1984 | Kongres Nasional India |  | Indira Gandhi Rajiv Gandhi |  |
| 12 | P. V. Narasimha Rao (1921-2004) |  | 1984 | 1985 | Kongres Nasional India |  | Rajiv Gandhi |  |
| 13 | Rajiv Gandhi (1944-1991) |  | 1985 | 1987 | Kongres Nasional India |  | Rajiv Gandhi |  |
| 14 | V. P. Singh (1931-2008) |  | 1987 | 1987 | Kongres Nasional India |  | Rajiv Gandhi |  |
| 15 | K. C. Pant (1931-2012) |  | 1987 | 1989 | Kongres Nasional India |  | Rajiv Gandhi |  |
| (14) | V. P. Singh(1931-2008) |  | 2 Desember 1989 | 10 November 1990 | Janata Dal (Front Nasional) |  | Diri sendiri |  |
| 16 | Chandra Shekhar (1927-2007) |  | 10 November 1990 | 21 Juni 1991 | Partai Samajwadi Janata (Front Nasional) |  | Diri sendiri |  |
| 17 | Sharad Pawar (1940–) |  | 21 Juni 1991 | 6 Maret 1993 | Kongres Nasional India |  | P. V. Narasimha Rao |  |
| (12) | P. V. Narasimha Rao (1921-2004) |  | 6 Maret 1993 | 16 Mei 1996 | Kongres Nasional India |  | P. V. Narasimha Rao |  |
| 18 | Pramod Mahajan (1949-2006) |  | 16 Mei 1996 | 1 Juni 1996 | Partai Bharatiya Janata |  | Atal Bihari Vajpayee |  |
| 19 | Mulayam Singh Yadav (1939-) |  | 1 Juni 1996 | 19 Maret 1998 | Partai Samajwadi (Front Serikat) |  | H. D. Deve Gowda I. K. Gujral |  |
| 20 | George Fernandes (1930–) |  | 19 Maret 1998 | 16 Maret 2001 | Partai Samata (National Democratic Alliance) |  | Atal Bihari Vajpayee |  |
| 21 | Jaswant Singh (1938-) |  | 16 Maret 2001 | 21 Oktober 2001 | Partai Bharatiya Janata (Aliansi Demokrat Nasional) |  | Atal Bihari Vajpayee |  |
| (20) | George Fernandes (1930–) |  | 21 Oktober 2001 | 22 Mei 2004 | Partai Samata Janata Dal (Aliansi Demokrat Nasional) |  | Atal Bihari Vajpayee |  |
| 22 | Pranab Mukherjee (1935–2020) |  | 22 Mei 2004 | 24 Oktober 2006 | Kongres Nasional India (Aliansi Progresif Serikat) |  | Manmohan Singh |  |
| 23 | A.K. Antony (1940–) |  | 24 Oktober 2006 | 26 Mei 2014 | Kongres Nasional India (Aliansi Progresif Serikat) |  | Manmohan Singh |  |
| 24 | Arun Jaitley (1952–) |  | 26 May 2014 | 9 November 2014 | Partai Bharatiya Janata (Aliansi Demokrat Nasional) |  | Narendra Modi |  |
| 25 | Manohar Parrikar (1955–) |  | 9 November 2014 | 13 Maret 2017 | Partai Bharatiya Janata (Aliansi Demokrat Nasional) |  | Narendra Modi |  |
| (24) | Arun Jaitley (1952–) |  | 13 Maret 2017 | 3 September 2017 | Partai Bharatiya Janata (Aliansi Demokrat Nasional) |  | Narendra Modi |  |
| 26 | Nirmala Sitharaman (1959–) |  | 3 September 2017 | Petahana | Partai Bharatiya Janata (Aliansi Demokrat Nasional) |  | Narendra Modi |  |