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.
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| Ministry of Home Affairs | |
| Style | The Honourable |
| Abbreviation | HM |
| Member of | Union Cabinet National Security Council |
| Reports to | Prime Minister, Parliament of India |
| Seat | North Block, Rashtrapati Bhavan, New Delhi |
| Appointer | President on the advice of the Prime Minister |
| Term length | 5 years |
| Inaugural holder | Sardar Vallabhai Patel |
| Formation | 15 August 1947 |
| Website | mha |
List of Home Ministers
| № | Name | Portrait | Term of office | Political party (Alliance) |
Prime Minister | ||
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| 1 | Vallabhbhai Patel | .jpg)
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15 August 1947 | 12 December 1950 | Indian National Congress | Jawaharlal Nehru | |
| 2 | Jawaharlal Nehru | 12 December 1950 | 26 December 1950 | ||||
| 3 | C. Rajagopalachari | 
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26 December 1950 | 05 November 1951 | |||
| 4 | Kailash Nath Katju | 05 November 1951 | 10 January 1955 | ||||
| 5 | Govind Ballabh Pant | 
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10 January 1955 | 25 February 1961 | |||
| 6 | Lal Bahadur Shastri | .jpg)
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25 February 1961 | 01 September 1963 | |||
| 7 | Gulzarilal Nanda | .jpg)
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01 September 1963 | 09 November 1966 | Jawaharlal Nehru Lal Bahadur Shastri Indira Gandhi | ||
| 8 | Indira Gandhi | 
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09 November 1966 | 13 November 1966 | Indira Gandhi | ||
| 9 | Yashwantrao Chavan | 13 November 1966 | 27 June 1970 | ||||
| (8) | Indira Gandhi |
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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 | 
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24 March 1977 | 01 July 1978 | Janata Party | Morarji Desai | |
| 13 | Morarji Desai | 
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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) | Charan Singh | ||
| 15 | Zail Singh | 14 January 1980 | 22 June 1982 | Indian National Congress | Indira Gandhi | ||
| 16 | R. Venkataraman | .jpg)
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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 | Rajiv Gandhi | |||
| (19) | P. V. Narasimha Rao | 12 March 1986 | 12 May 1986 | ||||
| 20 | Buta Singh | _(cropped).jpg)
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12 May 1986 | 02 December 1989 | |||
| 21 | Mufti Mohammad Sayeed | 
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02 December 1989 | 10 November 1990 | Janata Dal (National Front) |
width="4px" bgcolor="Template:Janata Dal/meta/color" rowspan=1| | V. P. Singh |
| 22 | Chandra Shekhar | 10 November 1990 | 21 June 1991 | Samajwadi Janata Party (National Front) |
width="4px" bgcolor="Template:Samajwadi Janata Party (Rashtriya)/meta/color" rowspan=1| | Chandra Shekhar | |
| (20) | Shankarrao Chavan | 21 June 1991 | 16 May 1996 | Indian National Congress | P. V. Narasimha Rao | ||
| 23 | Murli Manohar Joshi | 
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16 May 1996 | 1 June 1996 | Bharatiya Janata Party | Atal Bihari Vajpayee | |
| 25 | H. D. Deve Gowda | 
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1 June 1996 | 29 June 1996 | Janata Dal (United Front) |
width="4px" bgcolor="Template:Janata Dal/meta/color" rowspan=1| | H. D. Deve Gowda |
| 25 | Indrajit Gupta | 29 June 1996 | 19 March 1998 | Communist Party of India (United Front) |
width="4px" style="background-color: Template:Communist Party of India/meta/color" | | H. D. Deve Gowda I. K. Gujral | |
| 26 | L. K. Advani | 
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19 March 1998 | 22 May 2004 | Bharatiya Janata Party (National Democratic Alliance) |
Atal Bihari Vajpayee | |
| 27 | Shivraj Patil | 
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22 May 2004 | 30 November 2008 | Indian National Congress (United Progressive Alliance) |
Manmohan Singh | |
| 28 | P. Chidambaram | .jpg)
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30 November 2008 | 31 July 2012 | |||
| 29 | Sushilkumar Shinde | 
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31 July 2012 | 26 May 2014 | |||
| 30 | Rajnath Singh | 
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26 May 2014 | 30 May 2019 | Bharatiya Janata Party (National Democratic Alliance) |
Narendra Modi | |
| 31 | Amit Shah | 30 May 2019 | Incumbent | ||||
Ministers of State of Home Affairs
| № | Name | Term of office | Political Party | Prime Minister | Minister of Home Affairs | ||
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| 1 | Subodh Kant Sahay[1] | April 1990 | November 1990 | Janata Dal (National Front) |
width="4px" bgcolor="Template:Janata Dal/meta/color" rowspan=1| | V. P. Singh | Mufti Mohammed Sayeed |
| 2 | Shriprakash Jaiswal[2] | 23 May 2004 | 2009 | Indian National Congress (United Progressive Alliance) |
Manmohan Singh | Shivraj Patil | |
| P. Chidambaram | |||||||
| 3 | R. P. N. Singh[3] | 28 October 2012 | 26 May 2014 | Sushilkumar Shinde | |||
| 4 | Kiren Rijiju | 26 May 2014 | 30 May 2019 | Bharatiya Janata Party (National Democratic Alliance) |
Narendra Modi | Rajnath Singh | |
| 5 | G. Kishan Reddy | 30 May 2019 | Incumbent | Amit Shah | |||
| 6 | Nityanand Rai | ||||||
References
- ↑ "Fifteenth Lok Sabha, Members Bioprofile : Sahai, Shri Subodh Kant". Archived from the original on 2014-10-06. Retrieved 2019-08-28.
- ↑ "Fifteenth Lok Sabha, Members Bioprofile : Jaiswal, Shri Sriprakash". Archived from the original on 2016-10-05. Retrieved 2019-08-28.
- ↑ "Fifteenth Lok Sabha, Members Bioprofile : Singh, Shri Ratanjit Pratap Narain". Archived from the original on 2014-10-06. Retrieved 2019-08-28.