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Minister of Defence

Rakṣā Maṁtrī

Emblem of India

Flag of the minister of defence

Incumbent
Rajnath Singh

since 30 May 2019

Ministry of Defence
Style| The Honourable
Member of| Union Cabinet
Reports to| President of India
Prime Minister of India
Parliament of India
Appointer| President
on the advice of the Prime Minister
Term length| 5 years
Formation| 15 August 1947
First holder| Baldev Singh
Deputy| Sanjay Seth
Minister of State
Website| mod.gov.in
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The Minister of Defence (ISO: Rakṣā Maṁtrī) is the head of the Ministry of Defence and a high ranking minister of the Government of India. The Defence minister is one of the most senior offices in the Union Council of Ministers as well as being a high-level minister in the union cabinet. The Defence minister additionally serves as president of the Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses, and as chancellor of the Defence Institute of Advanced Technology and of the National Defence University.

They are often assisted by a minister of state for defence and less-commonly, the lower-ranked deputy minister of defence.

The first defence minister of independent India was Baldev Singh Chokkar, who served in Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru's cabinet during 1947–52. Rajnath Singh is the current defence minister of India.

## Cabinet ministers

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No. | Portrait  | Name
(born–died)
Constituency | Term of office  | Political party  | Ministry | Prime Minister

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Took office  | Left office  | Time in office
1  |  |  | Baldev Singh
(1902–1961)
MP for Punjab (Constituent Assembly) | 15 August
1947  | 13 May
1952  | 4 years, 272 days | Indian National Congress | Nehru I |  | Jawaharlal Nehru
2  |  |  | N. Gopalaswami Ayyangar
(1882–1953)
Rajya Sabha MP for Madras | 13 May
1952  | 10 February
1953
(died in office) | 273 days | Nehru II
3  |  |  | Jawaharlal Nehru
(1889–1964)
MP for Phulpur
(Prime Minister)  | 10 February
1953  | 10 January
1955  | 1 year, 334 days
4  |  |  | Kailash Nath Katju
(1887–1968)
MP for Mandsaur | 10 January
1955  | 30 January
1957  | 2 years, 20 days
(3)  |  |  | Jawaharlal Nehru
(1889–1964)
MP for Phulpur
(Prime Minister)  | 30 January
1957  | 17 April
1957  | 77 days
5  |  |  | V. K. Krishna Menon
(1896–1974)
MP for Bombay North | 17 April
1957  | 2 April
1962  | 5 years, 197 days | Nehru III
2 April
1962  | 31 October
1962  | Nehru IV
(3)  |  |  | Jawaharlal Nehru
(1889–1964)
MP for Phulpur
(Prime Minister)  | 31 October
1962  | 14 November
1962  | 14 days
6  |  |  | Yashwantrao Chavan
(1913–1984)
MP for Nashik | 14 November
1962  | 27 May
1964  | 3 years, 364 days
27 May
1964  | 9 June
1964  | Nanda I |  | Gulzarilal Nanda
9 June
1964  | 11 January
1966  | Shastri |  | Lal Bahadur Shastri
11 January
1966  | 24 January
1966  | Nanda II |  | Gulzarilal Nanda
24 January
1966  | 13 November
1966  | Indira I |  | Indira Gandhi
7  |  |  | Swaran Singh
(1907–1994)
MP for Jullundur | 13 November
1966  | 13 March
1967  | 3 years, 226 days
13 March
1967  | 27 June
1970  | Indira II
8  |  |  | Jagjivan Ram
(1908–1986)
MP for Sasaram | 27 June
1970  | 18 March
1971  | 4 years, 105 days | Indian National Congress (R) |
18 March
1971  | 10 October
1974  | Indira III
(7)  |  |  | Swaran Singh
(1907–1994)
MP for Jullundur | 10 October
1974  | 1 December
1975  | 1 year, 52 days
9  |  |  | Indira Gandhi
(1917–1984)
MP for Rae Bareli
(Prime Minister)  | 1 December
1975  | 20 December
1975  | 19 days
10  |  |  | Bansi Lal
(1927–2006)
Rajya Sabha MP for Punjab | 21 December
1975  | 24 March
1977  | 1 year, 93 days
(8)  |  |  | Jagjivan Ram
(1908–1986)
MP for Sasaram
(Deputy Prime Minister
from 24 January 1979)  | 24 March
1977  | 28 July
1979  | 2 years, 126 days | Janata Party | Desai |  | Morarji Desai
11  |  |  | Chidambaram Subramaniam
(1910–2000)
MP for Palani | 28 July
1979  | 14 January
1980  | 170 days | Indian National Congress (Urs) | Charan |  | Charan Singh
(9)  |  |  | Indira Gandhi
(1917–1984)
MP for Medak
(Prime Minister)  | 14 January
1980  | 15 January
1982  | 2 years, 1 day | Indian National Congress (I) | Indira IV |  | Indira Gandhi
12  |  |  | Ramaswamy Venkataraman
(1910–2009)
MP for Chennai South | 15 January
1982  | 2 August
1984  | 2 years, 200 days
13  |  |  | Shankarrao Chavan
(1920–2004)
MP for Nanded | 2 August
1984  | 31 October
1984  | 151 days
31 October
1984  | 31 December
1984  | Rajiv I |  | Rajiv Gandhi
14  |  |  | P. V. Narasimha Rao
(1921–2004)
MP for Ramtek | 31 December
1984  | 25 September
1985  | 268 days | Rajiv II
15  |  |  | Rajiv Gandhi
(1944–1991)
MP for Amethi
(Prime Minister)  | 25 September
1985  | 24 January
1987  | 1 year, 121 days
16  |  |  | V. P. Singh
(1931–2008)
Rajya Sabha MP for Uttar Pradesh | 24 January
1987  | 12 April
1987  | 78 days
17  |  |  | K. C. Pant
(1931–2012)
MP for New Delhi | 12 April
1987  | 2 December
1989  | 2 years, 234 days
(16)  |  |  | Vishwanath Pratap Singh
(1931–2008)
MP for Fatehpur
(Prime Minister)  | 2 December
1989  | 10 November
1990  | 343 days | Janata Dal | Vishwanath |  | Vishwanath Pratap Singh
18  |  |  | Chandra Shekhar
(1927–2007)
MP for Ballia
(Prime Minister)  | 10 November
1990  | 21 June
1991  | 223 days | Samajwadi Janata Party (Rashtriya) | Chandra Shekhar |  | Chandra Shekhar
(14)  |  |  | P. V. Narasimha Rao
(1921–2004)
Unelected
(Prime Minister)  | 21 June
1991  | 26 June
1991  | 5 days | Indian National Congress (I) | Rao |  | P. V. Narasimha Rao
19  |  |  | Sharad Pawar
(born 1940)
MP for Baramati | 26 June
1991  | 6 March
1993  | 1 year, 253 days
(14)  |  |  | P. V. Narasimha Rao
(1921–2004)
MP for Nandyal
(Prime Minister)  | 6 March
1993  | 16 May
1996  | 3 years, 71 days
20  |  |  | Pramod Mahajan
(1949–2006)
MP for Mumbai North East | 16 May
1996  | 1 June
1996  | 16 days | Bharatiya Janata Party | Vajpayee I |  | Atal Bihari Vajpayee
21  |  |  | Mulayam Singh Yadav
(1939–2022)
MP for Mainpuri | 1 June
1996  | 21 April
1997  | 1 year, 290 days | Samajwadi Party | Deve Gowda |  | H. D. Deve Gowda
21 April
1997  | 18 March
1998  | Gujral |  | Inder Kumar Gujral
22  |  |  | George Fernandes
(1930–2019)
MP for Nalanda | 19 March
1998  | 13 October
1999  | 2 years, 101 days | Samata Party | Vajpayee II |  | Atal Bihari Vajpayee
13 October
1999  | 16 March
2001  | Vajpayee III
23  |  |  | Jaswant Singh
(1938–2020)
Rajya Sabha MP for Rajasthan | 16 March
2001  | 21 October
2001  | 219 days | Bharatiya Janata Party
(22)  |  |  | George Fernandes
(1930–2019)
MP for Nalanda | 21 October
2001  | 22 May
2004  | 2 years, 214 days | Janata Dal (United)
24  |  |  | Pranab Mukherjee
(1935–2020)
MP for Jangipur | 23 May
2004  | 26 October
2006  | 2 years, 156 days | Indian National Congress | Manmohan I |  | Manmohan Singh
25  |  |  | A. K. Antony
(born 1940)
Rajya Sabha MP for Kerala | 26 October
2006  | 22 May
2009  | 7 years, 212 days
23 May
2009  | 26 May
2014  | Manmohan II
26  |  |  | Arun Jaitley
(1952–2019)
Rajya Sabha MP for Gujarat | 27 May
2014  | 9 November
2014  | 166 days | Bharatiya Janata Party | Modi I |  | Narendra Modi
27  |  |  | Manohar Parrikar
(1955–2019)
Rajya Sabha MP for Uttar Pradesh | 9 November
2014  | 13 March
2017  | 2 years, 124 days
(26)  |  |  | Arun Jaitley
(1952–2019)
Rajya Sabha MP for Gujarat | 13 March
2017  | 3 September
2017  | 174 days
28  |  |  | Nirmala Sitharaman
(born 1959)
Rajya Sabha MP for Karnataka | 3 September
2017  | 30 May
2019  | 1 year, 269 days
29  |  |  | Rajnath Singh
(born 1951)
MP for Lucknow | 31 May
2019  | 9 June
2024  | 6 years, 35 days | Modi II
10 June
2024  | Incumbent | Modi III

## Ministers of state

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No. | Portrait  | Minister
(Birth-Death)
Constituency | Term of office  | Political party  | Ministry  | Prime Minister

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From  | To  | Period
1  |  |  | Mahavir Tyagi
(1899–1980)
MP for Dehradun
Minister of Defence Organisation | 16 March
1953  | 17 April
1957  | 4 years, 32 days | Indian National Congress | Nehru II |  | Jawaharlal Nehru
2  |  |  | Kotha Raghuramaiah
(1912–1979)
MP for Guntur
Minister of Defence Production,
since 14 November 1962 | 16 April
1962  | 27 May
1964  | 2 years, 54 days | Indian National Congress | Nehru IV
27 May
1964  | 9 June
1964  | Nanda I |  | Gulzarilal Nanda
3  |  |  | Alungal Mathai Thomas
(1912–1981)
MP for Ernakulam
(Defence Production)  | 13 June
1964  | 11 January
1966  | 1 year, 212 days | Shastri |  | Lal Bahadur Shastri
4  |  |  | Jaisukhlal Hathi
(1909–1982)
Rajya Sabha MP for Gujarat | 29 October
1965  | 11 January
1966  | 74 days
(3)  |  |  | Alungal Mathai Thomas
(1912–1981)
MP for Ernakulam
(Defence Production)  | 11 January
1966  | 24 January
1966  | 13 days | Nanda II |  | Gulzarilal Nanda
(4)  |  |  | Jaisukhlal Hathi
(1909–1982)
Rajya Sabha MP for Gujarat
(3)  |  |  | Alungal Mathai Thomas
(1912–1981)
MP for Ernakulam
(Defence Production
since 31 January 1966)  | 24 January
1966  | 13 March
1967  | 1 year, 48 days | Indira I |  | Indira Gandhi
(4)  |  |  | Jaisukhlal Hathi
(1909–1982)
Rajya Sabha MP for Gujarat
Minister of Defence Supplies,
until 13 November 1966
5  |  |  | Bali Ram Bhagat
(1922–2011)
MP for Arrah | 13 March
1967  | 14 November
1967  | 246 days | Indira II
6  |  |  | Lalit Narayan Mishra
(1923–1975)
Rajya Sabha MP for Bihar
(Defence Production)  | 14 November
1967  | 27 June
1970  | 2 years, 225 days
7  |  |  | Narendrasinghji Mahida
MP for Anand | 27 June
1970  | 18 March
1971  | 264 days | Indian National Congress (R) |
8  |  |  | Prakash Chandra Sethi
(1919–1996)
MP for Indore
(Defence Production)  | 27 June
1970  | 18 March
1971  | 309 days
18 March
1971  | 2 May
1971  | Indira III
9  |  |  | Vidya Charan Shukla
(1929–2013)
MP for Raipur
(Defence Production)  | 2 May
1971  | 10 October
1974  | 3 years, 161 days
10  |  |  | Ram Niwas Mirdha
(1924–2010)
Rajya Sabha MP for Rajasthan
(Defence Production)  | 10 October
1974  | 21 December
1975  | 1 year, 72 days
11  |  |  | Vitthalrao Gadgil
(1928–2001)
MP for Pune
(Defence Production)  | 25 December
1975  | 24 March
1977  | 1 year, 89 days
12  |  |  | Janaki Ballabh Patnaik
(1927–2015)
MP for Cuttack | 23 December
1976  | 24 March
1977  | 91 days
13  |  |  | Sher Singh Kadyan
(1917–2009)
MP for Rohtak | 14 August
1977  | 28 July
1979  | 1 year, 348 days | Janata Party | Desai |  | Morarji Desai
14  |  |  | Jagbir Singh
Rajya Sabha MP for Uttar Pradesh | 30 July
1979  | 14 January
1980  | 168 days | Janata Party (Secular) | Charan |  | Charan Singh
15  |  |  | C. P. N. Singh
MP for Padrauna | 3 March
1980  | 19 October
1980  | 230 days | Indian National Congress (I) | Indira IV |  | Indira Gandhi
16  |  |  | Shivraj Patil
(born 1935)
MP for Latur | 19 October
1980  | 15 January
1982  | 1 year, 88 days
17  |  |  | Brigadier
Kamakhya Prasad Singh Deo AVSM
(born 1941)
MP for Dhenkanal | 29 January
1983  | 31 October
1984  | 1 year, 332 days
4 November
1984  | 31 December
1984  | Rajiv I |  | Rajiv Gandhi
18  |  |  | Sukh Ram
(1927–2022)
MP for Mandi
(Defence Production and Defence Supplies)  | 25 September
1985  | 22 October
1986  | 1 year, 27 days | Rajiv II
19  |  |  | Arun Singh
(born 1944)
Rajya Sabha MP for Uttar Pradesh
(Defence Research and Development Organisation)  | 25 September
1985  | 18 July
1987  | 1 year, 296 days
(16)  |  |  | Shivraj Patil
(born 1935)
MP for Latur | 22 October
1986  | 25 June
1988  | 1 year, 247 days
20  |  |  | Chintamani Panigrahi
(1922–2000)
MP for Bhubaneswar
(Defence Production and Defence Supplies)  | 25 June
1988  | 4 July
1989  | 1 year, 9 days
21  |  |  | Dumar Lal Baitha
(1924–1997)
MP for Araria
(Defence Production and Supplies)  | 4 July
1989  | 2 December
1989  | 151 days
22  |  |  | Raja Ramanna
(1925–2004)
Unelected | 20 January
1990  | 10 November
1990  | 294 days | Janata Dal | Vishwanath |  | Vishwanath Pratap Singh
23  |  |  | Lalit Vijay Singh
(1931–1998)
MP for Begusarai | 21 November
1990  | 21 June
1991  | 212 days | Samajwadi Janata Party (Rashtriya) | Chandra Shekhar |  | Chandra Shekhar
24  |  |  | S. Krishna Kumar
(born 1939)
MP for Quilon | 26 June
1991  | 18 January
1993  | 1 year, 206 days | Indian National Congress (I) | Rao |  | P. V. Narasimha Rao
25  |  |  | Mallikarjun Goud
(1941–2002)
MP for Mahabubnagar | 18 January
1993  | 19 January
1995  | 2 years, 1 day
26  |  |  | Suresh Pachouri
(born 1952)
Rajya Sabha MP for Madhya Pradesh
(Defence Production and Supplies)  | 15 September
1995  | 16 May
1996  | 244 days
27  |  |  | Mallikarjun Goud
(1941–2002)
MP for Mahabubnagar
(Defence,
Defence Research and Development)  | 30 September
1995  | 16 May
1996  | 229 days
28  |  |  | N. V. N. Somu
(1937–1997)
MP for Chennai North | 6 July
1996  | 21 April
1997  | 296 days | Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | Deve Gowda |  | H. D. Deve Gowda
21 April
1997  | 14 November
1997
(died in office) | Gujral |  | Inder Kumar Gujral
29  |  |  | Harin Pathak
(born 1947)
MP for Ahmedabad East | 13 October
1999  | 14 November
2000  | 1 year, 32 days | Bharatiya Janata Party | Vajpayee III |  | Atal Bihari Vajpayee
30  |  |  | Bachi Singh Rawat
(1949–2021)
MP for Almora | 13 October
1999  | 22 November
1999  | 40 days
31  |  |  | Krishnam Raju
(1940–2022)
MP for Narasapuram | 22 July
2001  | 1 July
2002  | 344 days
(29)  |  |  | Harin Pathak
(born 1947)
MP for Ahmedabad East
(Defence Production and Supplies)  | 15 October
2001  | 29 January
2003  | 1 year, 106 days
32  |  |  | Chaman Lal Gupta
(1934–2021)
MP for Udhampur | 1 July
2002  | 22 May
2004  | 1 year, 326 days
33  |  |  | O. Rajagopal
(born 1929)
Rajya Sabha MP for Madhya Pradesh | 29 January
2003  | 22 May
2004  | 114 days
34  |  |  | Bijoy Krishna Handique
(1934–2015)
MP for Jorhat | 23 May
2004  | 29 January
2006  | 1 year, 251 days | Indian National Congress | Manmohan I |  | Manmohan Singh
35  |  |  | Rao Inderjit Singh
(born 1951)
MP for Mahendragarh | 29 January
2006  | 22 May
2009  | 3 years, 113 days
36  |  |  | M. M. Pallam Raju
(born 1962)
MP for Kakinada
(Defence Production, until 28 May 2009)  | 29 January
2006  | 22 May
2009  | 6 years, 273 days
28 May
2009  | 28 October
2012  | Manmohan II
37  |  |  | Jitin Prasada
(born 1973)
MP for Dhaurahra | 28 October
2012  | 29 October
2012  | 1 day
38  |  |  | Lalchand Kataria
(born 1968)
MP for Jaipur Rural | 28 October
2012  | 31 October
2012  | 3 days
39  |  |  | Jitendra Singh
(born 1971)
MP for Alwar | 28 October
2012  | 26 May
2014  | 1 year, 180 days
(35)  |  |  | Rao Inderjit Singh
(born 1951)
MP for Gurgaon | 27 May
2014  | 5 July
2016  | 2 years, 39 days | Bharatiya Janata Party | Modi I |  | Narendra Modi
40  |  |  | Subhash Bhamre
(born 1953)
MP for Dhule | 5 July
2016  | 30 May
2019  | 2 years, 329 days
41  |  |  | Shripad Yesso Naik
(born 1952)
MP for North Goa | 31 May
2019  | 7 July
2021  | 2 years, 37 days | Modi II
42  |  |  | Ajay Bhatt
(born 1961)
MP for Nainital–Udhamsingh Nagar | 7 July
2021  | 9 June
2024  | 2 years, 338 days
43  |  |  | Sanjay Seth
(born 1959)
MP for Ranchi | 10 June
2024  | Incumbent | 1 year, 25 days | Modi III

## Deputy ministers

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No. | Portrait  | Minister
(Birth-Death)
Constituency | Term of office  | Political party  | Ministry  | Prime Minister

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From  | To  | Period
1  |  |  | Major-General
Kumar Shri Himmatsinhji CIE
(1897–1973) | 14 August
1950  | 29 February
1952  | 1 year, 199 days | Indian National Congress | Nehru I |  | Jawaharlal Nehru
2  |  |  | Wing Commander
Surjit Singh Majithia
(1912–1995)
MP for Tarn Taran | 12 August
1952  | 17 April
1957  | 4 years, 248 days | Indian National Congress | Nehru II
3  |  |  | Satish Chandra
(1917–1990)
MP for Bareilly
(Defence Production,
from 14 July 1955)  | 27 November
1952  | 17 April
1957  | 4 years, 141 days
(2)  |  |  | Wing Commander
Surjit Singh Majithia
(1912–1995)
MP for Tarn Taran | 17 April
1957  | 10 April
1962  | 4 years, 358 days | Nehru III
4  |  |  | Kotha Raghuramaiah
(1912–1979)
MP for Guntur | 21 May
1957  | 10 April
1962  | 4 years, 324 days
5  |  |  | Dajisaheb Chavan
(1916–1973)
MP for Karad | 8 May
1962  | 27 May
1964  | 2 years, 32 days | Indian National Congress | Nehru IV
27 May
1964  | 9 June
1964  | Nanda I |  | Gulzarilal Nanda
6  |  |  | Colonel
Datla Satyanarayana Raju
MP for Rajahmundry | 15 June
1964  | 24 January
1966  | 1 year, 223 days | Indian National Congress | Shastri |  | Lal Bahadur Shastri
7  |  |  | Shyam Dhar Mishra
(1919–2001)
MP for Mirzapur | 24 January
1966  | 14 February
1966  | 21 days | Indira I |  | Indira Gandhi
8  |  |  | M. R. Krishna
MP for Peddapalli | 16 November
1967  | 27 June
1970  | 2 years, 223 days | Indian National Congress | Indira II
9  |  |  | Janaki Ballabh Patnaik
(1927–2015)
MP for Cuttack | 5 February
1973  | 23 December
1976  | 3 years, 322 days | Indian National Congress (R) | Indira III |
10  |  |  | Brigadier
Kamakhya Prasad Singh Deo AVSM
(born 1941)
MP for Dhenkanal | 15 January
1982  | 29 January
1983  | 1 year, 14 days | Indian National Congress (I) | Indira IV |  | Indira Gandhi

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* Yashwantrao Chavan
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* Jagjivan Ram
* Indira Gandhi
* Bansi Lal
* Chidambaram Subramaniam
* Ramaswamy Venkataraman
* Shankarrao Chavan
* P. V. Narasimha Rao
* Rajiv Gandhi
* V. P. Singh
* K. C. Pant
* Chandra Shekhar
* Sharad Pawar
* Pramod Mahajan
* Mulayam Singh Yadav
* George Fernandes
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Government ministries of India

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Current|

| Key|

* Defence
* External Affairs
* Finance
* Home Affairs

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Economy & Industry|

* Chemicals and Fertilizers
* Civil Aviation
* Commerce and Industry
* Communications
* Co-operation
* Corporate Affairs
* Electronics and Information Technology
* Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises
* Information and Broadcasting
* Labour and Employment
* Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises
* Mines
* Steel
* Textiles
* Tourism

Infrastructure|

* Development of North Eastern Region
* Jal Shakti
* Ports, Shipping and Waterways
* Railways
* Road Transport and Highways
* Rural Development
* Housing and Urban Affairs

Food|

* Agriculture and Farmers' Welfare
* Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution
* Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying
* Food Processing Industries

Energy & Climate Change|

* Coal
* Environment, Forest and Climate Change
* New and Renewable Energy
* Petroleum and Natural Gas
* Power

Science, Education & Health|

* AYUSH
* Earth Sciences
* Education
* Health and Family Welfare
* Science and Technology
* Skill Development and Entrepreneurship

General Administration|

* Culture
* Law and Justice
* Minority Affairs
* Panchayati Raj
* Parliamentary Affairs
* Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions
* Planning
* Social Justice and Empowerment
* Statistics and Programme Implementation
* Tribal Affairs
* Women and Child Development
* Youth Affairs and Sports

Defunct|

* Communications and Information Technology
* Information Technology
* Overseas Indian Affairs
* Surface Transport
* Drinking Water and Sanitation
* Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation
* Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation

Ministers|

* Agriculture and Farmers' Welfare
* Communications
* Defence
* Education
* External Affairs
* Finance
* Home Affairs
* Housing and Urban Affairs
* Law and Justice
* Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions
* Railways
* Road Transport and Highways

Secretaries|

* Principal Secretary to the Prime Minister
* Cabinet
* Defence
* Finance
* Foreign
* Home
* Personnel

Departments|

| Current|

* Atomic Energy
* Biotechnology
* Economic Affairs
* Higher Education
* Official Language
* Science and Technology
* Military Affairs
* Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade
* Space
* Technical Education
* Telecommunications

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Defunct|

* Criminal Intelligence
* Thagi and Dakaiti

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Indian Armed Forces

*  Indian Army
*  Indian Navy
*  Indian Air Force

Leadership|

* President
* Prime Minister
* Minister of Defence
* Defence Secretary
* National Security Advisor
* Chief of Defence Staff
* Chief of the Army Staff
* Chief of the Naval Staff
* Chief of the Air Staff
* Vice Chief of Defence Staff
* Director General Armed Forces Medical Services

Organisation|

| Ministry of Defence|

* Defence Production
* Defence Research and Development
* Ex-servicemen Welfare
* Military Affairs

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Committees|

* Cabinet Committee on Security
* Chiefs of Staff Committee
* Defence Planning Committee
* Integrated Defence Staff
* Nuclear Command Authority
* National Security Council
* Standing Committee on Defence

Organisations|

* Armed Forces Tribunal
* Border Roads Organisation
* Defence Cyber Agency
* Defence Intelligence Agency
* Defence Research and Development Organisation
* Defence Space Agency

Commands|

| Joint|

* Andaman and Nicobar
* Chief
* Integrated Theatre
* Maritime Theatre
* Northern Theatre
* Special Operations
* Strategic Forces
* Chief
* Western Theatre

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Army|

* Central
* Eastern
* Northern
* Southern
* South Western
* Training
* Western

Navy|

* Eastern
* Southern
* Western

Air Force|

* Central
* Eastern
* Maintenance
* Southern
* South Western
* Training
* Western

Personnel|

| Ranks and insignia|

* Army
* Navy
* Air Force
* Rank flags

|

Serving officers|

* Generals
* Admirals
* Marshals

Related|

* Academies
* Awards and decorations
* Women

Equipment|

| Army|

* Equipment

|

Navy|

* Active Ships
* Future
* Historical Ships
* Weapon Systems

Air Force|

* Active Aircraft
* Aircraft Squadrons
* Future
* Historical Aircraft

Others|

* Missiles
* Weapons of mass destruction

Operations|

| Wars|

| Indo-Pakistani|

* 1947–1948
* 1965
* 1971
* Kargil War

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Indo-China|

* 1962
* 1967

External
conflicts|

| Pakistan|

* Kashmir conflict
* Siachen conflict
* 2001–2002
* 2008
* 2011
* 2013
* 2014–2015
* 2016–2018
* 2019
* 2020–2021
* 2025

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China|

* 1987
* 2017
* 2020–2021

* Congo Crisis
* Korean War
* Kuwait rescue
* Myanmar counter-insurgency
* Operation Cactus
* Operation Raahat
* Operation Devi Shakti
* Piracy off the coast of Somalia
* Sri Lankan Civil War

Annexations|

* Junagadh
* Hyderabad (Operation Polo)
* Dadra and Nagar Haveli
* Goa (Operation Vijay)

Insurgencies|

* Jammu and Kashmir
* Counter-insurgency operations
* 2016 LOC strike
* 2019 Balakot airstrike
* 2025 airstrike
* Northeast India
* Punjab
* Operation Blue Star
* Operation Woodrose

Auxiliary forces|

* Border Security Force
* Central Industrial Security Force
* Central Reserve Police Force
* Indian Coast Guard
* National Cadet Corps
* National Security Guard
* Paramilitary Forces
* Special forces
* Territorial Army

Other topics|

* Amar Jawan Jyoti
* Flag Day
* History
* Maritime Security Strategy
* Military bands
* National War Memorial
* President's Colour Award
* President's fleet review

* Category
* Army
* Navy
* Air Force

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Common types of government ministers and ministries

Leadership|

* President
* Vice president
* Prime minister
* Deputy prime minister
* First minister
* Deputy First Minister
* Premier
* Office of the president
* Cabinet department / Office of the prime minister
* Speaker / President of the assembly
* Minister

Titles|

* Secretary of state
* Minister of state
* Deputy minister
* Undersecretary
* Assistant minister/Parliamentary secretary
* Associate Minister

Defence /
foreign affairs /
public safety|

* Ministry of defence
* Ministry of foreign affairs
* Immigration minister
* Interior minister
* Interior ministry
* International development minister
* Europe

Economics/
infrastructure|

* Commerce minister
* Ministry of the economy
* Ministry of finance
* Minister of industry
* Ministry of infrastructure
* Ministry of trade and industry
* Ministry of transport

Environment /
natural resources|

* Energy minister
* Ministry of energy
* Environment minister
* Ministry of electricity
* Ministry of petroleum
* Ministry of water resources

Social|

* Culture minister
* Ministry of culture
* Education minister
* Ministry of education and culture
* Health minister
* Ministry of health
* Information minister
* Housing minister
* Ministry of housing
* Ministry of justice
* Minister of labour
* Ministry of labour
* Regional minister
* Ministry of sports
* Tourism minister
* Ministry of home affairs
* Ministry of religious affairs
* Ministry of science
* Ministry of social affairs
* Ministry of social security
* Minister for Veterans
* Ministry of women
* Minister for women

Other|

* Minister without portfolio

Lists|

* Presidents
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* Prime ministers
* Deputy prime ministers
* Presidents of assembly
* Agriculture ministries
* Climate change ministers
* Communications ministries
* Defence ministers
* Education ministries
* Environment ministers
* Environment ministries
* Finance ministers
* Foreign ministers
* Forest ministries
* Health ministries (mental health)
* Interior ministers
* Public works ministries

*  Government ministers by portfolio
* Ministries by portfolio

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Indian Air Force

Leadership|

* Minister of Defence
* Chief of the Air Staff
* Vice Chief of the Air Staff
* Deputy Chief of the Air Staff
* AOCs-in-C (Commander-in-Chief)
* Serving marshals

Components
& commands|

| Air Force commands|

| Operational|

* Central Air Command
* Eastern Air Command
* Southern Air Command
* South Western Air Command
* Western Air Command

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Functional|

* Training Command
* Maintenance Command

Joint|

* Andaman and Nicobar Command
* Strategic Forces Command
* Defence Cyber Agency
* Defence Space Agency
* Armed Forces Special Operations Division

Air bases|

| Western Air Command|

* Adampur
* Ambala
* Amritsar
* Awantipora
* Bathinda
* Chandigarh
* Faridabad
* Gurugram
* Halwara
* Hindan
* Leh
* Palam
* Pathankot
* Sarsawa
* Siachen Glacier
* Sirsa
* Srinagar
* Udhampur

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Eastern Air Command|

* Agartala
* Bagdogra
* Barapani AFS
* Barrackpore
* Chabua
* Dum Dum
* Hasimara
* Jorhat
* Kalaikunda
* Kumbhigram
* Mohanbari
* Mountain Shadow
* Tawang
* Tezpur
* Panagarh

Central Air Command|

* Agra
* Bihta
* Darbhanga
* Bakshi Ka Talab
* Bamrauli
* Bareilly
* Chakeri
* Gorakhpur
* Maharajpur

Southern Air Command|

* Car Nicobar
* Coimbatore
* Madurai
* Port Blair
* Tambaram
* Thanjavur

South Western Air Command|

* Bhuj
* Jaisalmer
* Jamnagar
* Jodhpur
* Lohegaon
* Nal-Bikaner
* Naliya
* Phalodi
* Uttarlai
* Makarpura

Training Command|

* Begumpet
* Bidar
* Dundigal
* Hakimpet
* Yelahanka
* Belgaum

Maintenance Command|

* Nagpur
* Ojhar

Advanced Landing Grounds (ALGs)|

* Along
* Chinyalisaur
* Chushul
* Daulat Beg Oldi
* Fukche
* Hayuliang
* Mechuka
* Nyoma
* Pasighat Airport
* Tawang
* Thoise
* Tuting
* Vijaynagar
* Walong
* Ziro

Squadrons|

| Combat|

* No. 1
* 2
* 3
* 4
* 5
* 6
* 7
* 8
* 9
* 14
* 15
* 16
* 17
* 18
* 20
* 23
* 24
* 27
* 28
* 30
* 31
* 45
* 47
* 101
* 102
* 106
* 220
* 221
* 222
* 223
* 224

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Transport|

* No. 11
* 12
* 19
* 25
* 33
* 41
* 43
* 44
* 48
* 49
* 59
* 77
* 78
* 81
* 87

Helicopters|

| Squadrons|

* No. 104
* 125

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Units|

* No. 105
* 107
* 109
* 110
* 111
* 112
* 114
* 115
* 116
* 117
* 118
* 119
* 127
* 128
* 129
* 130
* 143
* 152
* 153
* 154
* 155
* 156
* 157
* 158
* 159

Flights|

* No. 121
* 122
* 126
* 131
* 132

Acrobatic display|

* No. 52
* 151 HU

Communication|

* AHQCS

EW/AWS|

* No. 50
* 181
* 200

RPA|

* No. 3001
* 3002
* 3003
* 3004
* 3005

Number plated|

* No. 10
* 21
* 22
* 26
* 29
* 32
* 35
* 37
* 51
* 108

Aircraft|

* List of active Indian military aircraft
* List of historical aircraft of the Indian Air Force

Military
academies|

| Education & training|

* Sainik School
* Armed Forces Medical College
* Ajmer Military School
* Bangalore Military School
* Belgaum Military School
* Chail Military School
* Dholpur Military School
* Rashtriya Indian Military College

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Schools & colleges|

* Air Force Academy
* Air Force Administrative College
* Air Force School, Coimbatore
* Air Force School, Jodhpur
* Flying Instructors School
* Indian Air Force Test Pilot School
* Tactics and Air Combat Development Establishment
* Air Defence College
* College of Air Warfare

Tri-service institutions|

* Defence Services Staff College
* National Defence Academy
* National Defence College
* College of Defence Management
* Military Institute of Technology

Insignia|

* Awards and decorations
* Ranks and insignia (Officers, JCOs, Airmen)
* Air Force Day
* Air Warrior Drill Team

History & future|

* Royal Indian Air Force
* History of the Indian Air Force
* Future of the Indian Air Force

Other|

* List of exercises of the Indian Air Force

* Category

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