Minister of Home Affairs (India) since Independence

Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel –2 September 1946 to 15 December 1950

C. Rajagopalachari–26 December 1950 to 25 October 1951

Kailash Nath Katju –1951 to 1955

Govind Ballabh Pant –1955 to 1961

Lal Bahadur Shastri – 4 April 1961 to 29 August 1963

Gulzarilal Nanda – 29 August 1963 to 14 November 1966

Yashwantrao Chavan –14 November to 1966 27 June 1970

Indira Gandhi –27 June 1970 to 4 February 1973

Uma Shankar Dikshit – 4 February 1973 to 1974

Kasu Brahmananda Reddy – 1974 to 24 March 1977

Charan Singh – 24 March 1977 to 1 July 1978

Morarji Desai –1 July 1978 to 28 July 1979

Yashwantrao Chavan –28 July 1979 to 14 January 1980

Giani Zail Singh –14 January 1980 to 22 June 1982

R. Venkataraman– 22 June 1982 to 2 September 1982

Prakash Chandra– Sethi 2 September 1982 to 19 July 1984

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

Shankarrao Chavan – 31 December 1984 to 12 March 1986

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

Sardar Buta Singh – 12 May 1986 to 2 December 1989

Mufti Mohammad Sayeed– 1989 to 10 November 1990

Chandra Shekhar – 10 November to 1990 21 June 1991

Shankarrao Chavan– 21 June 1991 to 16 May 1996

Murli Manohar Joshi– 16 May 1996 to 1 June 1996

Indrajit Gupta – 1 June 1996 to 19 March 1998

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

Shivraj Patil – 22 May 2004 to 30 November 2008

P. Chidambaram – 30 November 2008 to 31 July 2012

Sushilkumar Shinde– 31 July 2012 Incumbent