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Minister of Home Affairs (India)

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. One of the senior-most officers in the Union Cabinet, the chief responsibility of the Home Minister is the maintenance of India's internal security; the country's large police force comes under its jurisdiction. Occasionally, he/she is 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 2018, three Home Ministers have gone on to become the Prime Minister who are: 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 25 January 2019.

From 26 May 2014 to 30 May 2019, the Home Minister of India was Rajnath Singh of the Bharatiya Janta Party, taking over the reins from Sushilkumar Shinde. On 31 May 2019, following the swearing-in of the Second Modi Ministry, Amit Shah assumed the office as its 31st occupant.

Minister of Home Affairs
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Ministry of Home Affairs
StyleThe Honourable
AbbreviationHM
Member ofUnion Cabinet
National Security Council
Reports toPrime Minister,
Parliament of India
SeatNorth Block, Rashtrapati Bhavan, New Delhi
AppointerPresident on the advice of the Prime Minister
Term length5 years
Inaugural holderSardar Vallabhai Patel
Formation15 August 1947
Websitemha.gov.in [6]

List of Home Ministers

№NamePortraitTerm of officePolitical party
(Alliance)		Prime Minister
1Vallabhbhai PatelSardar patel (cropped).jpg15 August 194712 December 1950Indian National CongressJawaharlal Nehru
2Jawaharlal Nehru12 December 195026 December 1950
3C. RajagopalachariC Rajagopalachari 1944.jpg26 December 195005 November 1951
4Kailash Nath Katju05 November 195110 January 1955
5Govind Ballabh PantPandit Govind Ballabh Pant.jpg10 January 195525 February 1961
6Lal Bahadur ShastriLal Bahadur Shastri (cropped).jpg25 February 196101 September 1963
7Gulzarilal NandaGulzarilal Nanda (cropped).jpg01 September 196309 November 1966Jawaharlal Nehru
Lal Bahadur Shastri
Indira Gandhi
8Indira GandhiIndira Gandhi 1977.jpg09 November 196613 November 1966Indira Gandhi
9Yashwantrao Chavan13 November 196627 June 1970
(8)Indira GandhiIndira Gandhi 1977.jpg27 June 197005 February 1973
10Uma Shankar Dikshit05 February 197310 October 1974
11Kasu Brahmananda Reddy10 October 197424 March 1977
12Charan SinghCharan Singh 1990 stamp of India.jpg24 March 197701 July 1978Janata PartyMorarji Desai
13Morarji DesaiMorarji Desai During his visit to the United States of America .jpg01 July 197824 January 1979
14Hirubhai M. Patel24 January 197928 July 1979
(9)Yashwantrao Chavan28 July 197914 January 1980Janata Party (Secular)Charan Singh
15Zail Singh14 January 198022 June 1982Indian National CongressIndira Gandhi
16R. VenkataramanR Venkataraman (cropped).jpg22 June 198202 September 1982
17Prakash Chandra Sethi02 September 198219 July 1984
18P. V. Narasimha RaoPumapaparti.N.rao.jpg19 July 198431 December 1984Indira Gandhi
Rajiv Gandhi
19Shankarrao Chavan31 December 198412 March 1986Rajiv Gandhi
(19)P. V. Narasimha RaoPumapaparti.N.rao.jpg12 March 198612 May 1986
20Buta SinghButa Singh at DJ Sheizwoods house (11) (cropped).jpg12 May 198602 December 1989
21Mufti Mohammad SayeedMufti Mohammad Sayeed.jpg02 December 198910 November 1990Janata Dal
(National Front)		V. P. Singh
22Chandra Shekhar10 November 199021 June 1991Samajwadi Janata Party
(National Front)		Chandra Shekhar
(20)Shankarrao Chavan21 June 199116 May 1996Indian National CongressP. V. Narasimha Rao
23Murli Manohar JoshiMurli Manohar Joshi MP.jpg16 May 19961 June 1996Bharatiya Janata PartyAtal Bihari Vajpayee
25H. D. Deve GowdaDeve Gowda BNC.jpg1 June 199629 June 1996Janata Dal
(United Front)		H. D. Deve Gowda
25Indrajit Gupta29 June 199619 March 1998Communist Party of India
(United Front)		H. D. Deve Gowda
I. K. Gujral
26L. K. AdvaniLal Krishna Advani 2008-12-4.jpg19 March 199822 May 2004Bharatiya Janata Party
(National Democratic Alliance)		Atal Bihari Vajpayee
27Shivraj PatilShivraj Patil.jpg22 May 200430 November 2008Indian National Congress
(United Progressive Alliance)		Manmohan Singh
28P. ChidambaramPchidambaram (cropped).jpg30 November 200831 July 2012
29Sushilkumar ShindeSushilkumar Shinde.JPG31 July 201226 May 2014
30Rajnath SinghRajnath.jpg26 May 201430 May 2019Bharatiya Janata Party
(National Democratic Alliance)		Narendra Modi
31Amit ShahAmit shah official portrait.jpg30 May 2019Incumbent

Ministers of State of Home Affairs

№NameTerm of officePolitical PartyPrime MinisterMinister of Home Affairs
1Subodh Kant Sahay[1]April 1990November 1990Janata Dal
(National Front)		V. P. SinghMufti Mohammed Sayeed
2Shriprakash Jaiswal[2]23 May 20042009Indian National Congress
(United Progressive Alliance)		Manmohan SinghShivraj Patil
P. Chidambaram
3R. P. N. Singh[3]28 October 201226 May 2014Sushilkumar Shinde
4Kiren Rijiju26 May 201430 May 2019Bharatiya Janata Party
(National Democratic Alliance)		Narendra ModiRajnath Singh
5G. Kishan Reddy30 May 2019IncumbentAmit Shah
6Nityanand Rai

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