Ministry of Agriculture
Minister of Agriculture
Rajnath Singh
Date of birth/date of death: b. July 10 1951.
2003 – 2004
Ministry of Defence
Minister of Defence
Jawaharlal Nehru
Date of birth/date of death: b. November 14 1889; d. May 27 1964
1953 – 1955
Jawaharlal Nehru
Date of birth/date of death: b. November 14 1889; d. May 27 1964
1957
Jawaharlal Nehru
Date of birth/date of death: b. November 14 1889; d. May 27 1964
1962
Indira Priyadarshini Gandhi
Date of birth/date of death: b. November 19 1917; d. October 31 1984.
1975
Indira Priyadarshini Gandhi
Date of birth/date of death: b. November 19 1917; d. October 31 1984.
1980 – 1982
Rajiv Gandhi
Date of birth/date of death: b. August 20 1944; d. May 21 1991.
1985 – 1987
George Mathew Fernandes
Date of birth/date of death: b. June 3 1930; d. January 29 2019.
1998 – 2001
George Mathew Fernandes
Date of birth/date of death: b. June 3 1930; d. January 29 2019.
2001 – 2004
Pranab Kumar Mukherjee
Date of birth/date of death: b. December 11 1935; d. August 31 2020.
2004 – 2006
Rajnath Singh
Date of birth/date of death: b. July 10 1951.
2019 – present
Ministry of External Affairs
Minister of External Affairs
Jawaharlal Nehru
Date of birth/date of death: b. November 14 1889; d. May 27 1964
1946 – 1964
Indira Priyadarshini Gandhi
Date of birth/date of death: b. November 19 1917; d. October 31 1984.
1967 – 1969
Atal Bihari Vajpayee
Date of birth/date of death: b. December 25 1924; d. August 16 2018.
1977 – 1979
Indira Priyadarshini Gandhi
Date of birth/date of death: b. November 19 1917; d. October 31 1984.
1984
Rajiv Gandhi
Date of birth/date of death: b. August 20 1944; d. May 21 1991.
1984 – 1985
Rajiv Gandhi
Date of birth/date of death: b. August 20 1944; d. May 21 1991.
1987 – 1988
Pranab Kumar Mukherjee
Date of birth/date of death: b. December 11 1935; d. August 31 2020.
1995 – 1996
Pranab Kumar Mukherjee
Date of birth/date of death: b. December 11 1935; d. August 31 2020.
2006 – 2009
Sushma Swaraj
Date of birth/date of death: b. February 14 1952; d. August 6 2019.
2014 – 2019
Subrahmanyam Jaishankar
Date of birth/date of death: b. January 9 1955.
2019 – present
Foreign Secretary
Subrahmanyam Jaishankar
Date of birth/date of death: b. January 9 1955.
2015 – 2018
Ministry of Finance
Minister of Finance
Jawaharlal Nehru
Date of birth/date of death: b. November 14 1889; d. May 27 1964
1956
Jawaharlal Nehru
Date of birth/date of death: b. November 14 1889; d. May 27 1964
1958
Indira Priyadarshini Gandhi
Date of birth/date of death: b. November 19 1917; d. October 31 1984.
1969 – 1970
Pranab Kumar Mukherjee
Date of birth/date of death: b. December 11 1935; d. August 31 2020.
1982 – 1984
Jawaharlal Nehru
Date of birth/date of death: b. November 14 1889; d. May 27 1964
1987
Manmohan Singh
Date of birth/date of death: b. September 26 1932; d. December 26 2024.
1991 – 1996
Pranab Kumar Mukherjee
Date of birth/date of death: b. December 11 1935; d. August 31 2020.
2009 – 2012
Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
Minister of Health and Family Welfare
Sushma Swaraj
Date of birth/date of death: b. February 14 1952; d. August 6 2019.
2003 – 2004
Jagat Prakash Nadda
Date of birth/date of death: b. December 2 1960.
2014 – 2019
Jagat Prakash Nadda
Date of birth/date of death: b. December 2 1960.
2024 – present
Ministry of Home Affairs
Minister of Home Affairs
Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel
Date of birth/date of death: b. October 31 1875; d. December 15 1950
1947 – 1950
Indira Priyadarshini Gandhi
Date of birth/date of death: b. November 19 1917; d. October 31 1984.
1966
Indira Priyadarshini Gandhi
Date of birth/date of death: b. November 19 1917; d. October 31 1984.
1970 – 1973
Murli Manohar Joshi
Date of birth/date of death: b. January 5 1934.
1996
Lal Krishna Advani
Date of birth/date of death: b. November 8 1927.
1998 – 2004
Sushilkumar Sambhaji Shinde
Date of birth/date of death: b. September 4 1941.
2012 – 2014
Rajnath Singh
Date of birth/date of death: b. July 10 1951.
2014 – 2019
Amitbhai Anilchandra “Amit” Shah
Date of birth/date of death: b. October 22 1964.
2019 – present
Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs
Minister of Urban Development, Housing, and Urban Poverty Alleviation
Muppavarapu Venkaiah Nadu
Date of birth/date of death: b. July 1 1949.
2014 – 2017
Minister of Housing and Urban Affairs
Muppavarapu Venkaiah Nadu
Date of birth/date of death: b. July 1 1949.
2017
Ministry of Information and Broadcasting
Minister of Information and Broadcasting
Indira Priyadarshini Gandhi
Date of birth/date of death: b. November 19 1917; d. October 31 1984.
1964 – 1966
Lal Krishna Advani
Date of birth/date of death: b. November 8 1927.
1977 – 1979
Sushma Swaraj
Date of birth/date of death: b. February 14 1952; d. August 6 2019.
1996
Sushma Swaraj
Date of birth/date of death: b. February 14 1952; d. August 6 2019.
1998
Sushma Swaraj
Date of birth/date of death: b. February 14 1952; d. August 6 2019.
2000 – 2003
Muppavarapu Venkaiah Nadu
Date of birth/date of death: b. July 1 1949.
2016 – 2017
Ministry of Labour and Employment
Minister of Labour in the Viceroy’s Executive Council
Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar
Date of birth/date of death: b. April 14 1891; d. December 6 1956.
1942 – 1946
Ministry of Law and Justice
Minister of Law and Justice
Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar
Date of birth/date of death: b. April 14 1891; d. December 6 1956.
1947 – 1951
Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs
Minister of Parliamentary Affairs
Sushma Swaraj
Date of birth/date of death: b. February 14 1952; d. August 6 2019.
2003 – 2004
Muppavarapu Venkaiah Nadu
Date of birth/date of death: b. July 1 1949.
2014 – 2016
Ministry of Power
Minister of Power
Sushilkumar Sambhaji Shinde
Date of birth/date of death: b. September 4 1941.
2006 – 2012
Ministry of Railways
Minister of Railways
George Mathew Fernandes
Date of birth/date of death: b. June 3 1930; d. January 29 2019.
1989 – 1990
Ministry of Road Transport and Highways
Minister of Road Transport and Highways
Rajnath Singh
Date of birth/date of death: b. July 10 1951.
1999 – 2000
Nitin Jairam Gadkari
Date of birth/date of death: b. May 27 1957.
2014 – present
Ministry of Rural Development
Minister of Rural Development
Muppavarapu Venkaiah Nadu
Date of birth/date of death: b. July 1 1949.
2000 – 2002
Gopinathrao Pandurag “Gopinath” Munde
Date of birth/date of death: b. December 12 1949; d. June 3 2014.
2014
Nitin Jairam Gadkari
Date of birth/date of death: b. May 27 1957.
2014
Ministry of Science and Technology
Minister of Science and Technology
Murli Manohar Joshi
Date of birth/date of death: b. January 5 1934.
1998 – 2004