Minister of Home Affairs (India) since Independence

1. Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel –2 September 1946 to 15 December 1950

2. C. Rajagopalachari–26 December 1950 to 25 October 1951

3. Kailash Nath Katju –1951 to 1955

4. Govind Ballabh Pant –1955 to 1961

5. Lal Bahadur Shastri – 4 April 1961 to 29 August 1963

6. Gulzarilal Nanda – 29 August 1963 to 14 November 1966

7. Yashwantrao Chavan –14 November to 1966 27 June 1970

8. Indira Gandhi –27 June 1970 to 4 February 1973

9. Uma Shankar Dikshit – 4 February 1973 to 1974

10. Kasu Brahmananda Reddy – 1974 to 24 March 1977

11. Charan Singh – 24 March 1977 to 1 July 1978

12. Morarji Desai –1 July 1978 to 28 July 1979

13. Yashwantrao Chavan –28 July 1979 to 14 January 1980

14. Giani Zail Singh –14 January 1980 to 22 June 1982

15. R. Venkataraman– 22 June 1982 to 2 September 1982

16. Prakash Chandra– Sethi 2 September 1982 to 19 July 1984

17. P. V. Narasimha Rao– 19 July 1984 to 31 December 1984

18. Shankarrao Chavan – 31 December 1984 to 12 March 1986

19. P. V. Narasimha Rao – 12 March 1986 to 12 May 1986

20.Sardar Buta Singh – 12 May 1986 to 2 December 1989

21. Mufti Mohammad Sayeed– 1989 to 10 November 1990

22. Chandra Shekhar – 10 November to 1990 21 June 1991

23. Shankarrao Chavan– 21 June 1991 to 16 May 1996

24. Murli Manohar Joshi– 16 May 1996 to 1 June 1996

25. Indrajit Gupta – 1 June 1996 to 19 March 1998

26. L. K. Advani – 19 March 1998 to 22 May 2004

27. Shivraj Patil – 22 May 2004 to 30 November 2008

28. P. Chidambaram – 30 November 2008 to 31 July 2012

29. Sushilkumar Shinde– 31 July 2012 Incumbent