Minister of Home Affairs (India)

Head of the Ministry of Home Affairs of the Government of India

Minister of Home Affairs

Gr̥ha-Mantrī

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Incumbent
Amit Shah
since 31 May 2019 (2019-05-31)

Ministry of Home Affairs
Abbreviation| MHA
Member of| Cabinet of India
Cabinet Committee on Security
Reports to| President of India
Prime Minister of India
Parliament of India
Appointer| President of India
on the recommendation of the Prime Minister of India
Formation| 1947 (1947)
First holder| Vallabhbhai Patel
Deputy| Minister of State for Home Affairs
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The Minister of Home Affairs (or simply, the Home Minister, short-form HM) is the head of the Ministry of Home Affairs of the Government of India. One of the senior-most officers in the Union Cabinet, the chief responsibility of the home minister is the maintenance of the internal security of India; the country's large police force comes under its jurisdiction. Occasionally, they are assisted by the Minister of State of Home Affairs and the lower-ranked Deputy Minister of Home Affairs.

Ever since the time of independent India's first Home Minister, Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel, the office has been seen as second in seniority only to the Prime Minister in the union cabinet. Like Patel, several Home Ministers have since held the additional portfolio of Deputy Prime Minister. As of February 2020, three Home Ministers have gone on to become the Prime Minister: Lal Bahadur Shastri, Charan Singh and P. V. Narasimha Rao. L.K. Advani, serving from 19 March 1998 to 22 May 2004, has held the office of the Home Minister for the longest continuous period, as of February 2020.

On several occasions, the Prime Minister also held the additional portfolio of the Minister of Home Affairs. Jawaharlal Nehru briefly acted as home minister in 1950 following the demise of Vallabhbhai Patel, Indira Gandhi briefly served as home minister in 1966 following resignation of Gulzarilal Nanda, Morarji Desai held the portfolio from 1978 till 1979, Chandra Shekhar throughout his prime ministerial tenure and H. D. Deve Gowda briefly served as home minister in 1996.

P. Chidambaram who served as the home minister from 2008 till 2012 has the rare distinction of serving as both cabinet minister and minister of state in the ministry. He served as minister of state from 1986 till 1989. The current minister is Amit Shah of the Bharatiya Janata Party who has been in office since 31 May 2019 and succeeded his party colleague Rajnath Singh as the home minister.

## Cabinet Ministers[1][edit]

Key
† Assassinated or died in office
No.  | Portrait  | Minister
(Birth-Death)
Constituency | Term of office  | Political party  | Ministry  | Prime Minister

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From  | To  | Period
1  |  |  | Vallabhbhai Patel
(1875–1950)
MCA for Bombay
(Deputy Prime Minister)  | 15 August
1947  | 12 December
1950[†] | 1 year, 119 days | Indian National Congress | Nehru I | Jawaharlal Nehru
–  |  |  | Jawaharlal Nehru
(1889–1964)
MP for United Provinces
(Prime Minister)  | 12 December
1950  | 26 December
1950  | 14 days
2  |  |  | C. Rajagopalachari
(1878–1972)
Unelected | 26 December
1950  | 5 November
1951  | 314 days
3  |  |  | Kailash Nath Katju
(1887–1968)
MP for Mandsaur | 5 November
1951  | 13 May
1952  | 3 years, 66 days
13 May
1952  | 10 January
1955  | Nehru II
4  |  |  | Govind Ballabh Pant
(1887–1961)
Rajya Sabha MP for Uttar Pradesh | 10 January
1955  | 17 April
1957  | 6 years, 56 days
17 April
1957  | 7 March
1961[†] | Nehru III
5  |  |  | Lal Bahadur Shastri
(1904–1966)
MP for Allahabad | 26 February
1961  | 10 April
1962  | 2 years, 187 days
2 April
1962  | 1 September
1963  | Nehru IV
6  |  |  | Gulzarilal Nanda
(1898–1998)
MP for Sabarkantha | 1 September
1963  | 27 May
1964  | 3 years, 69 days
27 May
1964  | 9 June
1964  | Nanda I | Self
(acting)
9 June
1964  | 11 January
1966  | Shastri | Lal Bahadur Shastri
11 January
1966  | 24 January
1966  | Nanda II | Self
(acting)
24 January
1966  | 9 November
1966  | Indira I | Indira Gandhi
–  |  |  | Indira Gandhi
(1917–1984)
Rajya Sabha MP for Uttar Pradesh
(Prime Minister)  | 9 November
1966  | 13 November
1966  | 4 days
7  |  |  | Yashwantrao Chavan
(1913–1984)
MP for Nashik | 13 November
1966  | 13 March
1967  | 3 years, 226 days
13 March
1967  | 27 June
1970  | Indian National Congress (R) | Indira II
–  |  |  | Indira Gandhi
(1917–1984)
MP for Rae Bareli
(Prime Minister)  | 27 June
1970  | 13 March
1971  | 2 years, 223 days
13 March
1971  | 5 February
1973  | Indira III
8  |  |  | Uma Shankar Dikshit
(1901–1991)
Rajya Sabha MP for Uttar Pradesh | 5 February
1973  | 10 October
1974  | 1 year, 247 days
9  |  |  | Kasu Brahmananda Reddy
(1909–1994)
Rajya Sabha MP for Andhra Pradesh | 10 October
1974  | 24 March
1977  | 2 years, 165 days
10  |  |  | Charan Singh
(1902–1987)
MP for Baghpat | 24 March
1977  | 1 July
1978  | 1 year, 99 days | Janata Party | Desai | Morarji Desai
–  |  |  | Morarji Desai
(1896–1995)
MP for Surat
(Prime Minister)  | 1 July
1978  | 24 January
1979  | 207 days
11  |  |  | Hirubhai M. Patel
(1904–1993)
MP for Sabarkantha | 24 January
1979  | 28 July
1979  | 185 days
(7)  |  |  | Yashwantrao Chavan
(1913–1984)
MP for Satara
(Deputy Prime Minister)  | 28 July
1979  | 14 January
1980  | 170 days | Janata Party (Secular) | Charan Singh | Charan Singh
12  |  |  | Zail Singh
(1916–1994)
MP for Hoshiarpur | 14 January
1980  | 22 June
1982  | 2 years, 159 days | Indian National Congress (I) | Indira IV | Indira Gandhi
13  |  |  | Ramaswamy Venkataraman
(1910–2009)
MP for Chennai South | 22 June
1982  | 2 September
1982  | 72 days
14  |  |  | Prakash Chandra Sethi
(1919–1996)
MP for Indore | 2 September
1982  | 19 July
1984  | 1 year, 321 days
15  |  |  | P. V. Narasimha Rao
(1921–2004)
MP for Hanamkonda | 19 July
1984  | 31 October
1984  | 165 days
31 October
1984  | 31 December
1984  | Rajiv I | Rajiv Gandhi
16  |  |  | Shankarrao Chavan
(1920–2004)
MP for Nanded | 31 December
1984  | 12 March
1986  | 1 year, 71 days | Rajiv II
(15)  |  |  | P. V. Narasimha Rao
(1921–2004)
MP for Hanamkonda | 12 March
1986  | 12 May
1986  | 61 days
17  |  |  | Buta Singh
(1934–2021)
MP for Jalore | 12 May
1986  | 2 December
1989  | 3 years, 204 days
18  |  |  | Mufti Mohammad Sayeed
(1936–2016)
MP for Muzaffarnagar | 2 December
1989  | 10 November
1990  | 1 year, 8 days | Janata Dal | Vishwanath | V. P. Singh
–  |  |  | 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
(17)  |  |  | Shankarrao Chavan
(1920–2004)
Rajya Sabha MP for Maharashtra | 21 June
1991  | 16 May
1996  | 4 years, 330 days | Indian National Congress (I) | Rao | P. V. Narasimha Rao
19  |  |  | Murli Manohar Joshi
(born 1934)
MP for Allahabad | 16 May
1996  | 1 June
1996  | 16 days | Bharatiya Janata Party | Vajpayee I | Atal Bihari Vajpayee
–  |  |  | H. D. Deve Gowda
(born 1933)
Unelected
(Prime Minister)  | 1 June
1996  | 29 June
1996  | 28 days | Janata Dal | Deve Gowda | H. D. Deve Gowda
20  |  |  | Indrajit Gupta
(1919–2001)
MP for Midnapore | 29 June
1996  | 21 April
1997  | 1 year, 263 days | Communist Party of India
21 April
1997  | 19 March
1998  | Gujral | Inder Kumar Gujral
21  |  |  | L. K. Advani
(born 1927)
MP for Gandhinagar
(Deputy Prime Minister
from 29 June 2002)  | 19 March
1998  | 13 October
1999  | 6 years, 64 days | Bharatiya Janata Party | Vajpayee II | Atal Bihari Vajpayee
13 October
1999  | 22 May
2004  | Vajpayee III
22  |  |  | Shivraj Patil
(born 1935)
Rajya Sabha MP for Maharashtra | 23 May
2004  | 30 November
2008  | 4 years, 191 days | Indian National Congress | Manmohan I | Manmohan Singh
23  |  |  | P. Chidambaram
(born 1945)
MP for Sivaganga | 30 November
2008  | 22 May
2009  | 3 years, 244 days
23 May
2009  | 31 July
2012  | Manmohan II
24  |  |  | Sushilkumar Shinde
(born 1941)
MP for Solapur | 31 July
2012  | 26 May
2014  | 1 year, 299 days
25  |  |  | Rajnath Singh
(born 1951)
MP for Lucknow | 27 May
2014  | 30 May
2019  | 5 years, 3 days | Bharatiya Janata Party | Modi I | Narendra Modi
26  |  |  | Amit Shah
(born 1964)
MP for Gandhinagar | 31 May
2019  | Incumbent  | 4 years, 359 days | Modi II

## Ministers of State[edit]

Key
† Assassinated or died in office
No.  | Portrait  | Minister
(Birth-Death)
Constituency | Term of office  | Political party  | Ministry  | Prime Minister

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From  | To  | Period
1  |  |  | Rustom Khurshedji Sidhwa
(1882–1957) | 11 October
1951  | 13 May
1952  | 215 days | Indian National Congress | Nehru I | Jawaharlal Nehru
2  |  |  | B. N. Datar
(1894–1963)
MP for Belgaum | 14 February
1956  | 17 April
1957  | 6 years, 364 days | Nehru II
17 April
1957  | 10 April
1962  | Nehru III
16 April
1962  | 13 February
1963  | Nehru IV
3  |  |  | Ramchandra Martand Hajarnavis
(1908–1976)
MP for Bhandara | 22 February
1963  | 10 March
1964  | 1 year, 17 days
4  |  |  | Jaisukhlal Hathi
(1909–1982)
MP for Gujarat (Rajya Sabha) | 10 March
1964  | 27 May
1964  | 2 years, 248 days
27 May
1964  | 9 June
1964  | Nanda I | Gulzarilal Nanda
(acting)
9 June
1964  | 11 January
1966  | Shastri | Lal Bahadur Shastri
11 January
1966  | 24 January
1966  | Nanda II | Gulzarilal Nanda
(acting)
24 January
1966  | 13 November
1966  | Indira I | Indira Gandhi
5  |  |  | Vidya Charan Shukla
(1929–2013)
MP for Mahasamund | 13 March
1967  | 27 June
1970  | 3 years, 106 days
6  |  |  | Ram Niwas Mirdha
(1924–2010)
MP for Rajasthan (Rajya Sabha)
(Personnel and Administrative Reforms)  | 27 June
1970  | 18 March
1971  | 264 days
7  |  |  | K. C. Pant
(1931–2012)
MP for Nainital | 27 June
1970  | 18 March
1971  | 3 years, 135 days
18 March
1971  | 9 November
1973  | Indira II
8  |  |  | Om Mehta
(1927–1995)
MP for Jammu and Kashmir
(Personnel and Administrative Reforms)  | 10 October
1974  | 24 March
1977  | 2 years, 165 days
9  |  |  | S. D. Patil
MP for Erandol | 14 August
1977  | 28 July
1979  | 1 year, 348 days | Janata Party | Desai | Morarji Desai
10  |  |  | Dhanik Lal Mandal
(1932–2022)
MP for Jhanjharpur | 14 August
1977  | 15 July
1979  | 2 years, 153 days
| 30 July
1979  | 14 January
1980  | Janata Party (Secular) | Charan Singh | Charan Singh
11  |  |  | Pendekanti Venkatasubbaiah
(1921–1993)
MP for Nandyal | 14 January
1980  | 31 October
1984  | 4 years, 291 days | Indian National Congress | Indira III | Indira Gandhi
12  |  |  | Yogendra Makwana
(born 1933)
MP for Gujarat (Rajya Sabha) | 14 January
1980  | 15 January
1982  | 2 years, 1 day
13  |  |  | Nihar Ranjan Laskar
(born 1932)
MP for Karimganj | 15 January
1982  | 7 February
1984  | 2 years, 23 days
14  |  |  | Ram Dulari Sinha
(1922–1994)
MP for Sheohar | 7 February
1984  | 31 October
1984  | 267 days
(11)  |  |  | Pendekanti Venkatasubbaiah
(1921–1993)
MP for Nandyal | 4 November
1984  | 31 December
1984  | 57 days | Rajiv I | Rajiv Gandhi
(14)  |  |  | Ram Dulari Sinha
(1922–1994)
MP for Sheohar | 4 November
1984  | 31 December
1984  | 325 days
31 December
1984  | 25 September
1985  | Rajiv II
15  |  |  | Arif Mohammad Khan
(born 1951)
MP for Bahraich | 12 August
1985  | 25 September
1986  | 44 days
16  |  |  | P. A. Sangma
(1947–2016)
MP for Tura
(States)  | 25 September
1985  | 20 January
1986  | 117 days
17  |  |  | Arun Nehru
(1944–2013)
MP for Raebareli
(Internal Security)
(6)  |  |  | Ram Niwas Mirdha
(1924–2010)
MP for Rajasthan (Rajya Sabha) | 14 March
1986  | 14 June
1986  | 0 days
18  |  |  | Ghulam Nabi Azad
(born 1949)
MP for Washim
(States)  | 12 May
1986  | 22 October
1986  | 163 days
19  |  |  | P. Chidambaram
(born 1945)
MP for Sivaganga | 24 June
1986  | 2 December
1989  | 3 years, 161 days
20  |  |  | Chintamani Panigrahi
(1922–2000)
MP for Bhubaneswar | 22 October
1986  | 25 June
1988  | 1 year, 247 days
21  |  |  | Santosh Mohan Dev
(1934–2017)
MP for Silchar
(Internal Security)  | 25 June
1988  | 2 December
1989  | 1 year, 160 days
22  |  |  | Subodh Kant Sahay
(born 1951)
MP for Ranchi | 23 April
1990  | 5 November
1990  | 196 days | Janata Dal | V. P. Singh | V. P. Singh
| 21 November
1990  | 21 June
1991  | 228 days | Samajwadi Janata Party (Rashtriya) | Chandra Shekhar | Chandra Shekhar
23  |  |  | M. M. Jacob
(1926–2018)
MP for Kerala (Rajya Sabha) | 21 June
1991  | 17 January
1993  | 1 year, 210 days | Indian National Congress | Rao | P. V. Narasimha Rao
24  |  |  | Rajesh Pilot
(1945–2000)
MP for Dausa
(Internal Security)  | 18 January
1993  | 15 September
1995  | 2 years, 240 days
25  |  |  | P. M. Sayeed
(1941–2005)
MP for Lakshadweep | 19 January
1993  | 2 years, 239 days
26  |  |  | Syed Sibtey Razi
(1939–2022)
MP for Uttar Pradesh (Rajya Sabha) | 15 September
1995  | 16 May
1996  | 244 days
27  |  |  | Ram Lal Rahi
(1934–2020)
MP for Misrikh
28  |  |  | Meijinlung Kamson
(born 1939)
MP for Outer Manipur
29  |  |  | Mohammed Taslimuddin
(1943–2017)
MP for Kishanganj | 1 June
1996  | 9 June
1996  | 8 days | Janata Dal | Deve Gowda | H. D. Deve Gowda
30  |  |  | Maqbool Dar
(1943–2008)
MP for Anantnag | 10 July
1996  | 21 April
1997  | 285 days
1 May
1997  | 19 March
1998  | 322 days | Gujral | Inder Kumar Gujral
31  |  |  | Ram Naik
(born 1934)
MP for Mumbai North | 5 May
1999  | 13 October
1999  | 161 days | Bharatiya Janata Party | Vajpayee II | Atal Bihari Vajpayee
32  |  |  | I. D. Swami
(1929–2019)
MP for Karnal | 13 October
1999  | 22 May
2004  | 4 years, 222 days | Vajpayee III
33  |  |  | C. Vidyasagar Rao
(born 1941)
MP for Karimnagar | 13 October
1999  | 29 January
2003  | 3 years, 108 days
34  |  |  | Harin Pathak
(born 1947)
MP for Ahmedabad East | 29 January
2003  | 22 May
2004  | 1 year, 114 days
35  |  |  | Chinmayanand Swami
(born 1947)
MP for Jaunpur | 24 May
2003  | 22 May
2004  | 364 days
36  |  |  | Manikrao Hodlya Gavit
(1934–2022)
MP for Nandurbar | 23 May
2004  | 6 April
2007  | 2 years, 318 days | Indian National Congress | Manmohan I | Manmohan Singh
37  |  |  | Shriprakash Jaiswal
(born 1944)
MP for Kanpur | 23 May
2004  | 22 May
2009  | 4 years, 364 days
38  |  |  | S. Regupathy
(born 1950)
MP for Pudukkottai | 23 May
2004  | 15 May
2007  | 2 years, 357 days | Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
38  |  |  | V. Radhika Selvi
(born 1976)
MP for Tiruchendur | 18 May
2007  | 22 May
2009  | 2 years, 4 days
39  |  |  | Shakeel Ahmad
(born 1956)
MP for Madhubani | 6 April
2008  | 22 May
2009  | 1 year, 46 days | Indian National Congress
40  |  |  | Mullappally Ramachandran
(born 1944)
MP for Vatakara | 29 May
2009  | 26 May
2014  | 4 years, 362 days | Manmohan II
41  |  |  | Ajay Maken
(born 1964)
MP for New Delhi | 29 May
2009  | 19 January
2011  | 1 year, 235 days
42  |  |  | Gurudas Kamat
(1954–2018)
MP for Mumbai North West | 19 January
2011  | 12 July
2011  | 174 days
43  |  |  | Jitendra Singh
(born 1971)
MP for Alwar | 12 July
2011  | 28 October
2012  | 1 year, 108 days
44  |  |  | R. P. N. Singh
(born 1964)
MP for Kushi Nagar | 28 October
2012  | 26 May
2014  | 1 year, 210 days
45  |  |  | Kiren Rijiju
(born 1971)
MP for Arunachal West | 26 May
2014  | 30 May
2019  | 5 years, 4 days | Bharatiya Janata Party | Modi I | Narendra Modi
46  |  |  | Haribhai Parthibhai Chaudhary
(born 1954)
MP for Banaskantha | 9 November
2014  | 5 July
2016  | 1 year, 239 days
47  |  |  | Hansraj Gangaram Ahir
(born 1954)
MP for Chandrapur | 5 July
2016  | 30 May
2019  | 2 years, 329 days
48  |  |  | G. Kishan Reddy
(born 1964)
MP for Secunderabad | 31 May
2019  | 7 July
2021  | 2 years, 37 days | Modi II
49  |  |  | Nityanand Rai
(born 1966)
MP for Ujiarpur | 31 May
2019  | Incumbent  | 4 years, 359 days
50  |  |  | Ajay Mishra Teni
(born 1960)
MP for Kheri | 7 July
2021  | Incumbent  | 2 years, 322 days
51  |  |  | Nisith Pramanik
(born 1986)
MP for Cooch Behar

## Deputy Ministers[edit]

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

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From  | To  | Period
1  |  |  | B. N. Datar
(1894–1963)
MP for Belgaum North | 12 August
1952  | 14 February
1956  | 3 years, 186 days  | Indian National Congress | Nehru II | Jawaharlal Nehru
2  |  |  | Violet Alva
(1909–1969)
MP for Bombay (Rajya Sabha) | 23 April
1957  | 10 April
1962  | 4 years, 352 days  | Nehru III
3  |  |  | Maragatham Chandrasekar
(1917–2001)
MP for Sriperumbudur | 8 May
1962  | 27 May
1964  | 2 years, 19 days  | Nehru IV
4  |  |  | Lalit Narayan Mishra
(1923–1975)
MP for Bihar (Rajya Sabha) | 26 February
1964  | 27 May
1964  | 91 days
(3)  |  |  | Maragatham Chandrasekar
(1917–2001)
MP for Sriperumbudur | 27 May
1964  | 9 June
1964  | 13 days  | Nanda I | Gulzarilal Nanda
(acting)
(4)  |  |  | Lalit Narayan Mishra
(1923–1975)
MP for Bihar (Rajya Sabha) | 27 May
1964  | 9 June
1964  | 1 year, 242 days
9 June
1964  | 11 January
1966  | Shastri | Lal Bahadur Shastri
11 January
1966  | 24 January
1966  | Nanda II | Gulzarilal Nanda
(acting)
5  |  |  | Purnendu Sekhar Naskar
(1921–?)
MP for Mathurapur | 24 January
1966  | 13 March
1967  | 1 year, 48 days  | Indira I | Indira Gandhi
6  |  |  | Vidya Charan Shukla
(1929–2013)
MP for Mahasamund | 14 February
1966  | 13 March
1967  | 1 year, 27 days
7  |  |  | K. S. Ramaswamy
(1922–2004)
MP for Madras (Rajya Sabha) | 18 March
1967  | 18 March
1971  | 4 years, 0 days
8  |  |  | Fakruddinsab Hussensab Mohsin
(1923–1996)
MP for Dharwad South | 2 May
1971  | 24 March
1977  | 5 years, 326 days  | Indira II
9  |  |  | Ram Lal Rahi
(1934–2020)
MP for Misrikh | 21 June
1991  | 15 September
1995  | 4 years, 86 days  | Indian National Congress | Rao | P. V. Narasimha Rao
Position not in use (since 15 September 1995)

## References[edit]

1. ^ "List of Home Ministers of India (1947 to 2022)". Jagranjosh.com. 4 January 2022. Retrieved 17 November 2023.

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