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itvstart">2023-05-18</span>)</span></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Law_and_Justice_(India)" title="Ministry of Law and Justice (India)">Ministry of Law and Justice</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Member of</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Cabinet_of_India" class="mw-redirect" title="Cabinet of India">Cabinet of India</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Reports to</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/President_of_India" title="President of India">President of India</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Prime_Minister_of_India" title="Prime Minister of India">Prime Minister of India</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Parliament_of_India" title="Parliament of India">Parliament of India</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Appointer</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/President_of_India" title="President of India">President of India</a><br />on the recommendation of the <a href="/wiki/Prime_Minister_of_India" title="Prime Minister of India">Prime Minister of India</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Formation</th><td class="infobox-data">15 August 1947<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">1947-08-15</span>)</span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">First holder</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/B._R._Ambedkar" title="B. 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The first Law and Justice Minister of independent India was <a href="/wiki/B._R._Ambedkar" title="B. R. Ambedkar">B. R. Ambedkar</a>, who served in <a href="/wiki/First_Nehru_ministry" title="First Nehru ministry">first Nehru ministry</a> during 1947–52. On 18 May 2023, <a href="/wiki/Arjun_Ram_Meghwal" title="Arjun Ram Meghwal">Arjun Ram Meghwal</a> replaced <a href="/wiki/Kiren_Rijiju" title="Kiren Rijiju">Kiren Rijiju</a> and became the <a href="/wiki/Minister_of_State" title="Minister of State">Minister of State</a> (Independent Charge) of <a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Law_and_Justice_(India)" title="Ministry of Law and Justice (India)">Ministry of Law and Justice</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Titles">Titles</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Minister_of_Law_and_Justice&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Titles"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Ever since the ministry's creation in 1947, the ministry had undergone several changes and adopted various name. The present form of "Ministry of Law and Justice" was adopted in July 2002 after the <a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Corporate_Affairs_(India)" class="mw-redirect" title="Ministry of Corporate Affairs (India)">Department of Company Affairs</a> of the erstwhile Ministry of Law, Justice and Company Affairs was separated and made an independent ministry which was later known as the Ministry of Corporate Affairs. </p> <ul><li><b>15 August 1947 – 18 March 1971</b>: Minister of Law</li> <li><b>18 March 1971 – 5 February 1973</b>: Minister of Law and Justice</li> <li><b>5 February 1973 – 31 October 1984</b>: Minister of Law, Justice and Company Affairs</li> <li><b>4 November 1984 – 21 June 1991:</b> Minister of Law and Justice</li> <li><b>21 June 1991 – 1 July 2002:</b> Minister of Law, Justice and Company Affairs</li> <li><b>1 July 2002 – present:</b> Minister of Law and Justice</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Cabinet_Ministers">Cabinet Ministers</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Minister_of_Law_and_Justice&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Cabinet Ministers"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><b>Note:</b> MoS, I/C – Minister of State (Independent Charge)</li></ul> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"> <tbody><tr> <th rowspan="2"><abbr title="Number">No.</abbr> </th> <th rowspan="2" colspan="2">Portrait </th> <th rowspan="2" style="width:17em">Minister<br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(Birth-Death)<br />Constituency</span> </th> <th colspan="3">Term of office </th> <th rowspan="2" style="width:8em">Political party </th> <th rowspan="2" style="width:6em">Ministry </th> <th rowspan="2" colspan="2">Prime Minister </th></tr> <tr> <th style="width:8em">From </th> <th style="width:8em">To </th> <th style="width:6em">Period </th></tr> <tr> <th colspan="11">Minister of Law </th></tr> <tr> <th>1 </th> <td bgcolor="#000066"> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Dr._Bhimrao_Ambedkar.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c3/Dr._Bhimrao_Ambedkar.jpg/70px-Dr._Bhimrao_Ambedkar.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="91" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c3/Dr._Bhimrao_Ambedkar.jpg/105px-Dr._Bhimrao_Ambedkar.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c3/Dr._Bhimrao_Ambedkar.jpg/140px-Dr._Bhimrao_Ambedkar.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1229" data-file-height="1600" /></a></span> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/B._R._Ambedkar" title="B. R. Ambedkar">B. R. Ambedkar</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(1891–1956)<br />MP for <a href="/wiki/Bombay_Presidency" title="Bombay Presidency">Bombay</a></span> </td> <td>15 August<br />1947 </td> <td>11 October<br />1951 </td> <td><b><span data-sort-value="7003151800000000000♠"></span>4 years, 57 days</b> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_of_India" title="Republican Party of India">Scheduled Castes Federation</a> </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/First_Nehru_ministry" title="First Nehru ministry">Nehru I</a> </td> <td rowspan="5" bgcolor="#00BFFF"> </td> <td rowspan="5" style="width:9em"><b><a href="/wiki/Jawaharlal_Nehru" title="Jawaharlal Nehru">Jawaharlal Nehru</a></b> </td></tr> <tr> <th>2 </th> <td bgcolor="#00BFFF"> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Kailash_Nath_Katju.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ca/Kailash_Nath_Katju.jpg/70px-Kailash_Nath_Katju.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="102" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ca/Kailash_Nath_Katju.jpg/105px-Kailash_Nath_Katju.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ca/Kailash_Nath_Katju.jpg/140px-Kailash_Nath_Katju.jpg 2x" data-file-width="227" data-file-height="332" /></a></span> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Kailash_Nath_Katju" title="Kailash Nath Katju">Kailash Nath Katju</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(1887–1968)<br />MP for <a href="/wiki/United_Provinces_(1937%E2%80%931950)" title="United Provinces (1937–1950)">United Provinces</a></span> </td> <td>5 November<br />1951 </td> <td>13 May<br />1952 </td> <td><b><span data-sort-value="7002190000000000000♠"></span>190 days</b> </td> <td rowspan="11"><a href="/wiki/Indian_National_Congress" title="Indian National Congress">Indian National Congress</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th>3 </th> <td bgcolor="#00BFFF"> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Charu_Chandra_Biswas_image.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/94/Charu_Chandra_Biswas_image.jpg/70px-Charu_Chandra_Biswas_image.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="85" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/94/Charu_Chandra_Biswas_image.jpg 1.5x" data-file-width="82" data-file-height="99" /></a></span> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Charu_Chandra_Biswas" title="Charu Chandra Biswas">Charu Chandra Biswas</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(1888–1960)<br />Rajya Sabha MP for <a href="/wiki/West_Bengal" title="West Bengal">West Bengal</a></span> </td> <td>13 May<br />1952 </td> <td>17 April<br />1957 </td> <td><b><span data-sort-value="7003180000000000000♠"></span>4 years, 339 days</b> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Second_Nehru_ministry" title="Second Nehru ministry">Nehru II</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th rowspan="5">4 </th> <td rowspan="5" bgcolor="#00BFFF"> </td> <td rowspan="5"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Ashoke_Sen_official_portrait.gif" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Ashoke_Sen_official_portrait.gif/70px-Ashoke_Sen_official_portrait.gif" decoding="async" width="70" height="95" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Ashoke_Sen_official_portrait.gif/105px-Ashoke_Sen_official_portrait.gif 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Ashoke_Sen_official_portrait.gif/140px-Ashoke_Sen_official_portrait.gif 2x" data-file-width="221" data-file-height="299" /></a></span> </td> <td rowspan="5"><b><a href="/wiki/Ashoke_Kumar_Sen" title="Ashoke Kumar Sen">Ashoke Kumar Sen</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(1913–1996)<br />MP for <a href="/wiki/Calcutta_North_West_Lok_Sabha_constituency" title="Calcutta North West Lok Sabha constituency">Calcutta North West</a></span><br />(MoS until 12 May 1958) </td> <td>18 April<br />1957 </td> <td>10 April<br />1962 </td> <td rowspan="5"><b><span data-sort-value="7003320300000000000♠"></span>8 years, 281 days</b> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Third_Nehru_ministry" title="Third Nehru ministry">Nehru III</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>10 April<br />1962 </td> <td>27 May<br />1964 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Fourth_Nehru_ministry" title="Fourth Nehru ministry">Nehru IV</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>27 May<br />1964 </td> <td>9 June<br />1964 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/First_Nanda_ministry" title="First Nanda ministry">Nanda I</a> </td> <td bgcolor="#00BFFF"> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Gulzarilal_Nanda" title="Gulzarilal Nanda">Gulzarilal Nanda</a></b> </td></tr> <tr> <td>9 June<br />1964 </td> <td>11 January<br />1966 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Shastri_ministry" title="Shastri ministry">Shastri</a> </td> <td bgcolor="#00BFFF"> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Lal_Bahadur_Shastri" title="Lal Bahadur Shastri">Lal Bahadur Shastri</a></b> </td></tr> <tr> <td>11 January<br />1966 </td> <td>24 January<br />1966 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Second_Nanda_ministry" title="Second Nanda ministry">Nanda II</a> </td> <td bgcolor="#00BFFF"> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Gulzarilal_Nanda" title="Gulzarilal Nanda">Gulzarilal Nanda</a></b> </td></tr> <tr> <th>5 </th> <td bgcolor="#00BFFF"> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Gopal_Swarup_Pathak1.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/41/Gopal_Swarup_Pathak1.jpg/70px-Gopal_Swarup_Pathak1.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="87" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/41/Gopal_Swarup_Pathak1.jpg/105px-Gopal_Swarup_Pathak1.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/41/Gopal_Swarup_Pathak1.jpg/140px-Gopal_Swarup_Pathak1.jpg 2x" data-file-width="171" data-file-height="212" /></a></span> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Gopal_Swarup_Pathak" title="Gopal Swarup Pathak">Gopal Swarup Pathak</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(1896–1982)<br />Rajya Sabha MP for <a href="/wiki/Uttar_Pradesh" title="Uttar Pradesh">Uttar Pradesh</a></span> </td> <td>24 January<br />1966 </td> <td>13 March<br />1967 </td> <td><b><span data-sort-value="7002413000000000000♠"></span>1 year, 48 days</b> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/First_Indira_Gandhi_ministry" title="First Indira Gandhi ministry">Indira I</a> </td> <td rowspan="2" bgcolor="#00BFFF"> </td> <td rowspan="3"><b><a href="/wiki/Indira_Gandhi" title="Indira Gandhi">Indira Gandhi</a></b> </td></tr> <tr> <th>6 </th> <td bgcolor="#00BFFF"> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:P._Govinda_Menon_official_portrait.gif" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/12/P._Govinda_Menon_official_portrait.gif/70px-P._Govinda_Menon_official_portrait.gif" decoding="async" width="70" height="86" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/12/P._Govinda_Menon_official_portrait.gif/105px-P._Govinda_Menon_official_portrait.gif 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/12/P._Govinda_Menon_official_portrait.gif/140px-P._Govinda_Menon_official_portrait.gif 2x" data-file-width="203" data-file-height="249" /></a></span> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Panampilly_Govinda_Menon" title="Panampilly Govinda Menon">Panampilly Govinda Menon</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(1906–1970)<br />MP for <a href="/wiki/Mukundapuram_Lok_Sabha_constituency" title="Mukundapuram Lok Sabha constituency">Mukundapuram</a></span> </td> <td>13 March<br />1967 </td> <td>23 May<br />1970 </td> <td><b><span data-sort-value="7003116700000000000♠"></span>3 years, 71 days</b> </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Second_Indira_Gandhi_ministry" title="Second Indira Gandhi ministry">Indira II</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th>7 </th> <td bgcolor="turquoise"> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Kengal_Hanumanthaiah.gif" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/50/Kengal_Hanumanthaiah.gif/70px-Kengal_Hanumanthaiah.gif" decoding="async" width="70" height="92" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/50/Kengal_Hanumanthaiah.gif/105px-Kengal_Hanumanthaiah.gif 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/50/Kengal_Hanumanthaiah.gif/140px-Kengal_Hanumanthaiah.gif 2x" data-file-width="307" data-file-height="404" /></a></span> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Kengal_Hanumanthaiah" title="Kengal Hanumanthaiah">Kengal Hanumanthaiah</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(1908–1980)<br />MP for <a href="/wiki/Bangalore_North_Lok_Sabha_constituency" title="Bangalore North Lok Sabha constituency">Bangalore City</a></span> </td> <td>26 June<br />1970 </td> <td>18 March<br />1971 </td> <td><b><span data-sort-value="7002265000000000000♠"></span>265 days</b> </td> <td bgcolor="turquoise"> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="11">Minister of Law and Justice </th></tr> <tr> <th>8 </th> <td bgcolor="turquoise"> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:H._R._Gokhale_Lok_Sabha_photo.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/25/H._R._Gokhale_Lok_Sabha_photo.jpg/70px-H._R._Gokhale_Lok_Sabha_photo.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="92" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/25/H._R._Gokhale_Lok_Sabha_photo.jpg/105px-H._R._Gokhale_Lok_Sabha_photo.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/25/H._R._Gokhale_Lok_Sabha_photo.jpg/140px-H._R._Gokhale_Lok_Sabha_photo.jpg 2x" data-file-width="306" data-file-height="402" /></a></span> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/H._R._Gokhale" title="H. R. Gokhale">H. R. Gokhale</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(1915–1978)<br />MP for <a href="/wiki/Mumbai_North_West_Lok_Sabha_constituency" title="Mumbai North West Lok Sabha constituency">Mumbai North West</a></span> </td> <td>18 March<br />1971 </td> <td>5 February<br />1973 </td> <td><b><span data-sort-value="7002690000000000000♠"></span>1 year, 324 days</b> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Indian_National_Congress_(R)" title="Indian National Congress (R)">Indian National Congress (R)</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Third_Indira_Gandhi_ministry" title="Third Indira Gandhi ministry">Indira III</a> </td> <td bgcolor="turquoise"> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Indira_Gandhi" title="Indira Gandhi">Indira Gandhi</a></b> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="11">Minister of Law, Justice and Company Affairs </th></tr> <tr> <th>(8) </th> <td bgcolor="#00BFFF"> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:H._R._Gokhale_Lok_Sabha_photo.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/25/H._R._Gokhale_Lok_Sabha_photo.jpg/70px-H._R._Gokhale_Lok_Sabha_photo.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="92" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/25/H._R._Gokhale_Lok_Sabha_photo.jpg/105px-H._R._Gokhale_Lok_Sabha_photo.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/25/H._R._Gokhale_Lok_Sabha_photo.jpg/140px-H._R._Gokhale_Lok_Sabha_photo.jpg 2x" data-file-width="306" data-file-height="402" /></a></span> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/H._R._Gokhale" title="H. R. Gokhale">H. R. Gokhale</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(1915–1978)<br />MP for <a href="/wiki/Mumbai_North_West_Lok_Sabha_constituency" title="Mumbai North West Lok Sabha constituency">Mumbai North West</a></span> </td> <td>5 February<br />1973 </td> <td>24 March<br />1977 </td> <td><b><span data-sort-value="7003150800000000000♠"></span>4 years, 47 days</b> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Indian_National_Congress_(R)" title="Indian National Congress (R)">Indian National Congress (R)</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Third_Indira_Gandhi_ministry" title="Third Indira Gandhi ministry">Indira III</a> </td> <td bgcolor="turquoise"> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Indira_Gandhi" title="Indira Gandhi">Indira Gandhi</a></b> </td></tr> <tr> <th>9 </th> <td bgcolor="#1F75FE"> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Shanti_Bhushan_2012.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a0/Shanti_Bhushan_2012.jpg/70px-Shanti_Bhushan_2012.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="72" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a0/Shanti_Bhushan_2012.jpg/105px-Shanti_Bhushan_2012.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a0/Shanti_Bhushan_2012.jpg/140px-Shanti_Bhushan_2012.jpg 2x" data-file-width="351" data-file-height="360" /></a></span> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Shanti_Bhushan" title="Shanti Bhushan">Shanti Bhushan</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(1925–2023)<br />Rajya Sabha MP for <a href="/wiki/Uttar_Pradesh" title="Uttar Pradesh">Uttar Pradesh</a></span> </td> <td>26 March<br />1977 </td> <td>28 July<br />1979 </td> <td><b><span data-sort-value="7002854000000000000♠"></span>2 years, 124 days</b> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Janata_Party" title="Janata Party">Janata Party</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Morarji_Desai_ministry" class="mw-redirect" title="Morarji Desai ministry">Desai</a> </td> <td bgcolor="#1F75FE"> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Morarji_Desai" title="Morarji Desai">Morarji Desai</a></b> </td></tr> <tr> <th>10 </th> <td bgcolor="#06038D"> </td> <td> </td> <td><span style="font-size:85%;">Justice (Retd.)</span><br /><b><a href="/wiki/Hans_Raj_Khanna" title="Hans Raj Khanna">Hans Raj Khanna</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(1912–2008)<br /><i>Unelected</i></span> </td> <td>30 July<br />1979 </td> <td>3 August<br />1979 </td> <td><b><span data-sort-value="7000400000000000000♠"></span>4 days</b> </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Janata_Party_(Secular)" title="Janata Party (Secular)">Janata Party (Secular)</a> </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Charan_Singh_ministry" title="Charan Singh ministry">Charan</a> </td> <td rowspan="2" bgcolor="#06038D"> </td> <td rowspan="2"><b><a href="/wiki/Charan_Singh" title="Charan Singh">Charan Singh</a></b> </td></tr> <tr> <th>11 </th> <td bgcolor="#06038D"> </td> <td> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Shyam_Nath_Kacker" title="Shyam Nath Kacker">Shyam Nath Kacker</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><i>(born unknown)</i><br /><i>Unelected</i></span> </td> <td>3 August<br />1979 </td> <td>14 January<br />1980 </td> <td><b><span data-sort-value="7002164000000000000♠"></span>164 days</b> </td></tr> <tr> <th>12 </th> <td bgcolor="#0EF4E1"> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:P._Shiv_Shankar_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/56/P._Shiv_Shankar_%28cropped%29.jpg/70px-P._Shiv_Shankar_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="89" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/56/P._Shiv_Shankar_%28cropped%29.jpg/105px-P._Shiv_Shankar_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/56/P._Shiv_Shankar_%28cropped%29.jpg/140px-P._Shiv_Shankar_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="153" data-file-height="195" /></a></span> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/P._Shiv_Shankar" title="P. Shiv Shankar">P. Shiv Shankar</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(1929–2017)<br />MP for <a href="/wiki/Secunderabad_Lok_Sabha_constituency" title="Secunderabad Lok Sabha constituency">Secunderabad</a></span> </td> <td>14 January<br />1980 </td> <td>15 January<br />1982 </td> <td><b><span data-sort-value="7002732000000000000♠"></span>2 years, 1 day</b> </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Indian_National_Congress_(I)" class="mw-redirect" title="Indian National Congress (I)">Indian National Congress (I)</a> </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Fourth_Indira_Gandhi_ministry" title="Fourth Indira Gandhi ministry">Indira IV</a> </td> <td rowspan="2" bgcolor="#0EF4E1"> </td> <td rowspan="2"><b><a href="/wiki/Indira_Gandhi" title="Indira Gandhi">Indira Gandhi</a></b> </td></tr> <tr> <th>13 </th> <td bgcolor="#0EF4E1"> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Jagannath_Kaushal_Lok_Sabha_photo.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c6/Jagannath_Kaushal_Lok_Sabha_photo.jpg/70px-Jagannath_Kaushal_Lok_Sabha_photo.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="98" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c6/Jagannath_Kaushal_Lok_Sabha_photo.jpg/105px-Jagannath_Kaushal_Lok_Sabha_photo.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c6/Jagannath_Kaushal_Lok_Sabha_photo.jpg/140px-Jagannath_Kaushal_Lok_Sabha_photo.jpg 2x" data-file-width="217" data-file-height="304" /></a></span> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Jagannath_Kaushal" title="Jagannath Kaushal">Jagannath Kaushal</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(1915–2001)<br />MP for <a href="/wiki/Chandigarh_Lok_Sabha_constituency" title="Chandigarh Lok Sabha constituency">Chandigarh</a></span> </td> <td>15 January<br />1982 </td> <td>31 October<br />1984 </td> <td><b><span data-sort-value="7003102000000000000♠"></span>2 years, 290 days</b> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="11">Minister of Law and Justice </th></tr> <tr> <th>(13) </th> <td bgcolor="#0EF4E1"> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Jagannath_Kaushal_Lok_Sabha_photo.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c6/Jagannath_Kaushal_Lok_Sabha_photo.jpg/70px-Jagannath_Kaushal_Lok_Sabha_photo.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="98" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c6/Jagannath_Kaushal_Lok_Sabha_photo.jpg/105px-Jagannath_Kaushal_Lok_Sabha_photo.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c6/Jagannath_Kaushal_Lok_Sabha_photo.jpg/140px-Jagannath_Kaushal_Lok_Sabha_photo.jpg 2x" data-file-width="217" data-file-height="304" /></a></span> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Jagannath_Kaushal" title="Jagannath Kaushal">Jagannath Kaushal</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(1915–2001)<br />MP for <a href="/wiki/Chandigarh_Lok_Sabha_constituency" title="Chandigarh Lok Sabha constituency">Chandigarh</a></span> </td> <td>4 November<br />1984 </td> <td>31 December<br />1984 </td> <td><b><span data-sort-value="7001570000000000000♠"></span>57 days</b> </td> <td rowspan="5"><a href="/wiki/Indian_National_Congress_(I)" class="mw-redirect" title="Indian National Congress (I)">Indian National Congress (I)</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/First_Rajiv_Gandhi_ministry" title="First Rajiv Gandhi ministry">Rajiv I</a> </td> <td rowspan="5" bgcolor="#0EF4E1"> </td> <td rowspan="5"><b><a href="/wiki/Rajiv_Gandhi" title="Rajiv Gandhi">Rajiv Gandhi</a></b> </td></tr> <tr> <th>(4) </th> <td bgcolor="#0EF4E1"> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Ashoke_Sen_official_portrait.gif" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Ashoke_Sen_official_portrait.gif/70px-Ashoke_Sen_official_portrait.gif" decoding="async" width="70" height="95" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Ashoke_Sen_official_portrait.gif/105px-Ashoke_Sen_official_portrait.gif 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Ashoke_Sen_official_portrait.gif/140px-Ashoke_Sen_official_portrait.gif 2x" data-file-width="221" data-file-height="299" /></a></span> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Ashoke_Kumar_Sen" title="Ashoke Kumar Sen">Ashoke Kumar Sen</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(1913–1996)<br />MP for <a href="/wiki/Calcutta_North_West_Lok_Sabha_constituency" title="Calcutta North West Lok Sabha constituency">Calcutta North West</a></span> </td> <td>31 December<br />1984 </td> <td>31 March<br />1987 </td> <td><b><span data-sort-value="7002820000000000000♠"></span>2 years, 90 days</b> </td> <td rowspan="4"><a href="/wiki/Second_Rajiv_Gandhi_ministry" title="Second Rajiv Gandhi ministry">Rajiv II</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th>(12) </th> <td bgcolor="#0EF4E1"> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:P._Shiv_Shankar_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/56/P._Shiv_Shankar_%28cropped%29.jpg/70px-P._Shiv_Shankar_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="89" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/56/P._Shiv_Shankar_%28cropped%29.jpg/105px-P._Shiv_Shankar_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/56/P._Shiv_Shankar_%28cropped%29.jpg/140px-P._Shiv_Shankar_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="153" data-file-height="195" /></a></span> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/P._Shiv_Shankar" title="P. Shiv Shankar">P. Shiv Shankar</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(1929–2017)<br />Rajya Sabha MP for <a href="/wiki/Gujarat" title="Gujarat">Gujarat</a></span> </td> <td>25 July<br />1987 </td> <td>14 February<br />1988 </td> <td><b><span data-sort-value="7002204000000000000♠"></span>204 days</b> </td></tr> <tr> <th>14 </th> <td bgcolor="#0EF4E1"> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:B.dubey(3).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d5/B.dubey%283%29.jpg/70px-B.dubey%283%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="88" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d5/B.dubey%283%29.jpg/105px-B.dubey%283%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d5/B.dubey%283%29.jpg/140px-B.dubey%283%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="962" data-file-height="1207" /></a></span> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Bindeshwari_Dubey" title="Bindeshwari Dubey">Bindeshwari Dubey</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(1921–1993)<br />Rajya Sabha MP for <a href="/wiki/Bihar" title="Bihar">Bihar</a></span> </td> <td>14 February<br />1988 </td> <td>26 June<br />1988 </td> <td><b><span data-sort-value="7002133000000000000♠"></span>133 days</b> </td></tr> <tr> <th>15 </th> <td bgcolor="#0EF4E1"> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:B._Shankaranand_portrait.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/ba/B._Shankaranand_portrait.jpg/70px-B._Shankaranand_portrait.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="83" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/ba/B._Shankaranand_portrait.jpg/105px-B._Shankaranand_portrait.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/ba/B._Shankaranand_portrait.jpg/140px-B._Shankaranand_portrait.jpg 2x" data-file-width="249" data-file-height="296" /></a></span> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/B._Shankaranand" title="B. Shankaranand">B. Shankaranand</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(1925–2009)<br />MP for <a href="/wiki/Chikkodi_Lok_Sabha_constituency" title="Chikkodi Lok Sabha constituency">Chikkodi</a></span> </td> <td>25 June<br />1988 </td> <td>2 December<br />1989 </td> <td><b><span data-sort-value="7002525000000000000♠"></span>1 year, 160 days</b> </td></tr> <tr> <th>16 </th> <td bgcolor="#99CCFF"> </td> <td> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Dinesh_Goswami" title="Dinesh Goswami">Dinesh Goswami</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(1935–1991)<br />Rajya Sabha MP for <a href="/wiki/Assam" title="Assam">Assam</a></span> </td> <td>6 December<br />1989 </td> <td>10 November<br />1990 </td> <td><b><span data-sort-value="7002339000000000000♠"></span>339 days</b> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Asom_Gana_Parishad" title="Asom Gana Parishad">Asom Gana Parishad</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/V._P._Singh_ministry" title="V. P. Singh ministry">Vishwanath</a> </td> <td bgcolor="#2E8B57"> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/V._P._Singh" title="V. P. Singh">Vishwanath Pratap Singh</a></b> </td></tr> <tr> <th>17 </th> <td bgcolor="#1F75FE"> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Subramanian_Swamy.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b6/Subramanian_Swamy.JPG/70px-Subramanian_Swamy.JPG" decoding="async" width="70" height="78" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b6/Subramanian_Swamy.JPG/105px-Subramanian_Swamy.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b6/Subramanian_Swamy.JPG/140px-Subramanian_Swamy.JPG 2x" data-file-width="321" data-file-height="359" /></a></span> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Subramanian_Swamy" title="Subramanian Swamy">Subramanian Swamy</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(born 1939)<br />Rajya Sabha MP for <a href="/wiki/Uttar_Pradesh" title="Uttar Pradesh">Uttar Pradesh</a></span> </td> <td>21 November<br />1990 </td> <td>21 June<br />1991 </td> <td><b><span data-sort-value="7002212000000000000♠"></span>212 days</b> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Janata_Party" title="Janata Party">Janata Party</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Chandra_Shekhar_ministry" title="Chandra Shekhar ministry">Chandra Shekhar</a> </td> <td bgcolor="#74C365"> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Chandra_Shekhar" title="Chandra Shekhar">Chandra Shekhar</a></b> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="11">Minister of Law, Justice and Company Affairs </th></tr> <tr> <th>18 </th> <td bgcolor="#0EF4E1"> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Kaderbad_Ravindranath_with_Vijay_Bhaskar_Reddy_Chief_Minister_of_Andhra_Pradesh_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1f/Kaderbad_Ravindranath_with_Vijay_Bhaskar_Reddy_Chief_Minister_of_Andhra_Pradesh_%28cropped%29.jpg/70px-Kaderbad_Ravindranath_with_Vijay_Bhaskar_Reddy_Chief_Minister_of_Andhra_Pradesh_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="87" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1f/Kaderbad_Ravindranath_with_Vijay_Bhaskar_Reddy_Chief_Minister_of_Andhra_Pradesh_%28cropped%29.jpg/105px-Kaderbad_Ravindranath_with_Vijay_Bhaskar_Reddy_Chief_Minister_of_Andhra_Pradesh_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1f/Kaderbad_Ravindranath_with_Vijay_Bhaskar_Reddy_Chief_Minister_of_Andhra_Pradesh_%28cropped%29.jpg/140px-Kaderbad_Ravindranath_with_Vijay_Bhaskar_Reddy_Chief_Minister_of_Andhra_Pradesh_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="244" data-file-height="303" /></a></span> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Kotla_Vijaya_Bhaskara_Reddy" title="Kotla Vijaya Bhaskara Reddy">Kotla Vijaya Bhaskara Reddy</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(1920–2001)<br />MP for <a href="/wiki/Kurnool_Lok_Sabha_constituency" title="Kurnool Lok Sabha constituency">Kurnool</a></span> </td> <td>21 June<br />1991 </td> <td>9 October<br />1992 </td> <td><b><span data-sort-value="7002476000000000000♠"></span>1 year, 110 days</b> </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Indian_National_Congress_(I)" class="mw-redirect" title="Indian National Congress (I)">Indian National Congress (I)</a> </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Rao_ministry" title="Rao ministry">Rao</a> </td> <td rowspan="2" bgcolor="#0EF4E1"> </td> <td rowspan="2"><b><a href="/wiki/P._V._Narasimha_Rao" title="P. V. Narasimha Rao">P. V. Narasimha Rao</a></b> </td></tr> <tr> <th>– </th> <td bgcolor="#00BFFF"> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Visit_of_Narasimha_Rao,_Indian_Minister_for_Foreign_Affairs,_to_the_CEC_(cropped)(2).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a2/Visit_of_Narasimha_Rao%2C_Indian_Minister_for_Foreign_Affairs%2C_to_the_CEC_%28cropped%29%282%29.jpg/70px-Visit_of_Narasimha_Rao%2C_Indian_Minister_for_Foreign_Affairs%2C_to_the_CEC_%28cropped%29%282%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="88" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a2/Visit_of_Narasimha_Rao%2C_Indian_Minister_for_Foreign_Affairs%2C_to_the_CEC_%28cropped%29%282%29.jpg/105px-Visit_of_Narasimha_Rao%2C_Indian_Minister_for_Foreign_Affairs%2C_to_the_CEC_%28cropped%29%282%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a2/Visit_of_Narasimha_Rao%2C_Indian_Minister_for_Foreign_Affairs%2C_to_the_CEC_%28cropped%29%282%29.jpg/140px-Visit_of_Narasimha_Rao%2C_Indian_Minister_for_Foreign_Affairs%2C_to_the_CEC_%28cropped%29%282%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="392" data-file-height="490" /></a></span> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/P._V._Narasimha_Rao" title="P. V. Narasimha Rao">P. V. Narasimha Rao</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(1921–2004)<br />MP for <a href="/wiki/Nandyal_Lok_Sabha_constituency" title="Nandyal Lok Sabha constituency">Nandyal</a></span><br />(Prime Minister) </td> <td>9 October<br />1992 </td> <td>16 May<br />1996 </td> <td><b><span data-sort-value="7003131500000000000♠"></span>3 years, 220 days</b> </td></tr> <tr> <th>19 </th> <td bgcolor="#DCDCDC"> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Ram_Jethmalani_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/06/Ram_Jethmalani_%28cropped%29.jpg/70px-Ram_Jethmalani_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="86" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/06/Ram_Jethmalani_%28cropped%29.jpg/105px-Ram_Jethmalani_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/06/Ram_Jethmalani_%28cropped%29.jpg/140px-Ram_Jethmalani_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="471" data-file-height="581" /></a></span> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Ram_Jethmalani" title="Ram Jethmalani">Ram Jethmalani</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(1923–2019)<br />Rajya Sabha MP for <a href="/wiki/Maharashtra" title="Maharashtra">Maharashtra</a></span> </td> <td>16 May<br />1996 </td> <td>1 June<br />1996 </td> <td><b><span data-sort-value="7001160000000000000♠"></span>16 days</b> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Independent_politician" title="Independent politician">Independent</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/First_Vajpayee_ministry" title="First Vajpayee ministry">Vajpayee I</a> </td> <td bgcolor="#FF9933"> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Atal_Bihari_Vajpayee" title="Atal Bihari Vajpayee">Atal Bihari Vajpayee</a></b> </td></tr> <tr> <th>20 </th> <td bgcolor="#ff8d33"> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Palaniappan_Chidambaram_-_World_Economic_Forum_Annual_Meeting_2011_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d8/Palaniappan_Chidambaram_-_World_Economic_Forum_Annual_Meeting_2011_%28cropped%29.jpg/70px-Palaniappan_Chidambaram_-_World_Economic_Forum_Annual_Meeting_2011_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="84" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d8/Palaniappan_Chidambaram_-_World_Economic_Forum_Annual_Meeting_2011_%28cropped%29.jpg/105px-Palaniappan_Chidambaram_-_World_Economic_Forum_Annual_Meeting_2011_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d8/Palaniappan_Chidambaram_-_World_Economic_Forum_Annual_Meeting_2011_%28cropped%29.jpg/140px-Palaniappan_Chidambaram_-_World_Economic_Forum_Annual_Meeting_2011_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2120" data-file-height="2554" /></a></span> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/P._Chidambaram" title="P. Chidambaram">P. Chidambaram</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(born 1945)<br />MP for <a href="/wiki/Sivaganga_Lok_Sabha_constituency" title="Sivaganga Lok Sabha constituency">Sivaganga</a></span> </td> <td>1 June<br />1996 </td> <td>29 June<br />1996 </td> <td><b><span data-sort-value="7001280000000000000♠"></span>28 days</b> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Tamil_Maanila_Congress" title="Tamil Maanila Congress">Tamil Maanila Congress</a> </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Deve_Gowda_ministry" title="Deve Gowda ministry">Deve Gowda</a> </td> <td rowspan="2" bgcolor="#2E8B57"> </td> <td rowspan="2"><b><a href="/wiki/H._D._Deve_Gowda" title="H. D. Deve Gowda">H. D. Deve Gowda</a></b> </td></tr> <tr> <th rowspan="2">21 </th> <td rowspan="2" bgcolor="#AF7050"> </td> <td rowspan="2"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Ramakant_Khalap_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f0/Ramakant_Khalap_%28cropped%29.jpg/70px-Ramakant_Khalap_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="77" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f0/Ramakant_Khalap_%28cropped%29.jpg/105px-Ramakant_Khalap_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f0/Ramakant_Khalap_%28cropped%29.jpg/140px-Ramakant_Khalap_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="159" data-file-height="175" /></a></span> </td> <td rowspan="2"><b><a href="/wiki/Ramakant_Khalap" title="Ramakant Khalap">Ramakant Khalap</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(born 1946)<br />MP for <a href="/wiki/North_Goa_Lok_Sabha_constituency" title="North Goa Lok Sabha constituency">Panaji</a></span><br />(MoS, I/C) </td> <td>29 June<br />1996 </td> <td>21 April<br />1997 </td> <td rowspan="2"><b><span data-sort-value="7002628000000000000♠"></span>1 year, 263 days</b> </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Maharashtrawadi_Gomantak_Party" title="Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party">Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>21 April<br />1997 </td> <td>19 March<br />1998 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Gujral_ministry" title="Gujral ministry">Gujral</a> </td> <td bgcolor="#2E8B57"> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Inder_Kumar_Gujral" title="Inder Kumar Gujral">Inder Kumar Gujral</a></b> </td></tr> <tr> <th>22 </th> <td bgcolor="#009933"> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:MThambidurai.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/97/MThambidurai.jpg/70px-MThambidurai.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="88" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/97/MThambidurai.jpg/105px-MThambidurai.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/97/MThambidurai.jpg/140px-MThambidurai.jpg 2x" data-file-width="192" data-file-height="240" /></a></span> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/M._Thambidurai" title="M. Thambidurai">M. Thambidurai</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(born 1947)<br />MP for <a href="/wiki/Karur_Lok_Sabha_constituency" title="Karur Lok Sabha constituency">Karur</a></span> </td> <td>19 March<br />1998 </td> <td>8 April<br />1999 </td> <td><b><span data-sort-value="7002385000000000000♠"></span>1 year, 20 days</b>. </td> <td><a href="/wiki/All_India_Anna_Dravida_Munnetra_Kazhagam" title="All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam">All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam</a> </td> <td rowspan="3"><a href="/wiki/Second_Vajpayee_ministry" title="Second Vajpayee ministry">Vajpayee II</a> </td> <td rowspan="5" bgcolor="#FF9933"> </td> <td rowspan="5"><b><a href="/wiki/Atal_Bihari_Vajpayee" title="Atal Bihari Vajpayee">Atal Bihari Vajpayee</a></b> </td></tr> <tr> <th>23 </th> <td bgcolor="#FF9933"> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:P._R._Kumaramangalam_Lok_Sabha_photo.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/73/P._R._Kumaramangalam_Lok_Sabha_photo.jpg/70px-P._R._Kumaramangalam_Lok_Sabha_photo.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="84" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/73/P._R._Kumaramangalam_Lok_Sabha_photo.jpg/105px-P._R._Kumaramangalam_Lok_Sabha_photo.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/73/P._R._Kumaramangalam_Lok_Sabha_photo.jpg 2x" data-file-width="126" data-file-height="151" /></a></span> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Rangarajan_Kumaramangalam" title="Rangarajan Kumaramangalam">Rangarajan Kumaramangalam</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(1952–2000)<br />MP for <a href="/wiki/Tiruchirappalli_Lok_Sabha_constituency" title="Tiruchirappalli Lok Sabha constituency">Tiruchirappalli</a></span> </td> <td>9 April<br />1999 </td> <td>8 June<br />1999 </td> <td><b><span data-sort-value="7001600000000000000♠"></span>60 days</b> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Bharatiya_Janata_Party" title="Bharatiya Janata Party">Bharatiya Janata Party</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th rowspan="2">(19) </th> <td rowspan="2" bgcolor="#DCDCDC"> </td> <td rowspan="2"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Ram_Jethmalani_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/06/Ram_Jethmalani_%28cropped%29.jpg/70px-Ram_Jethmalani_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="86" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/06/Ram_Jethmalani_%28cropped%29.jpg/105px-Ram_Jethmalani_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/06/Ram_Jethmalani_%28cropped%29.jpg/140px-Ram_Jethmalani_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="471" data-file-height="581" /></a></span> </td> <td rowspan="2"><b><a href="/wiki/Ram_Jethmalani" title="Ram Jethmalani">Ram Jethmalani</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(1923–2019)<br />Rajya Sabha MP for <a href="/wiki/Maharashtra" title="Maharashtra">Maharashtra</a></span> </td> <td>8 June<br />1999 </td> <td>13 October<br />1999 </td> <td rowspan="2"><b><span data-sort-value="7002411000000000000♠"></span>1 year, 45 days</b> </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Independent_politician" title="Independent politician">Independent</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>13 October<br />1999 </td> <td>23 July<br />2000 </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Third_Vajpayee_ministry" title="Third Vajpayee ministry">Vajpayee III</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th>24 </th> <td bgcolor="#FF9933"> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Official_photograph_of_the_Union_Minister_for_Finance,_Corporate_Affairs_and_Information_%26_Broadcasting,_Shri_Arun_Jaitley.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6f/Official_photograph_of_the_Union_Minister_for_Finance%2C_Corporate_Affairs_and_Information_%26_Broadcasting%2C_Shri_Arun_Jaitley.jpg/70px-Official_photograph_of_the_Union_Minister_for_Finance%2C_Corporate_Affairs_and_Information_%26_Broadcasting%2C_Shri_Arun_Jaitley.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="91" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6f/Official_photograph_of_the_Union_Minister_for_Finance%2C_Corporate_Affairs_and_Information_%26_Broadcasting%2C_Shri_Arun_Jaitley.jpg/105px-Official_photograph_of_the_Union_Minister_for_Finance%2C_Corporate_Affairs_and_Information_%26_Broadcasting%2C_Shri_Arun_Jaitley.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6f/Official_photograph_of_the_Union_Minister_for_Finance%2C_Corporate_Affairs_and_Information_%26_Broadcasting%2C_Shri_Arun_Jaitley.jpg/140px-Official_photograph_of_the_Union_Minister_for_Finance%2C_Corporate_Affairs_and_Information_%26_Broadcasting%2C_Shri_Arun_Jaitley.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1752" data-file-height="2268" /></a></span> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Arun_Jaitley" title="Arun Jaitley">Arun Jaitley</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(1952–2019)<br />Rajya Sabha MP for <a href="/wiki/Uttar_Pradesh" title="Uttar Pradesh">Uttar Pradesh</a></span><br />(MoS, I/C until 7 November 2000) </td> <td>24 July<br />2000 </td> <td>1 July<br />2002 </td> <td><b><span data-sort-value="7002707000000000000♠"></span>1 year, 342 days</b> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Bharatiya_Janata_Party" title="Bharatiya Janata Party">Bharatiya Janata Party</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="11">Minister of Law and Justice </th></tr> <tr> <th>25 </th> <td bgcolor="#FF9933"> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Jana_Krishnamurthi.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fd/Jana_Krishnamurthi.JPG/70px-Jana_Krishnamurthi.JPG" decoding="async" width="70" height="55" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fd/Jana_Krishnamurthi.JPG/105px-Jana_Krishnamurthi.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fd/Jana_Krishnamurthi.JPG/140px-Jana_Krishnamurthi.JPG 2x" data-file-width="302" data-file-height="239" /></a></span> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Jana_Krishnamurthi" title="Jana Krishnamurthi">Jana Krishnamurthi</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(1928–2007)<br />Rajya Sabha MP for <a href="/wiki/Gujarat" title="Gujarat">Gujarat</a></span> </td> <td>1 July<br />2002 </td> <td>29 January<br />2003 </td> <td><b><span data-sort-value="7002212000000000000♠"></span>212 days</b> </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Bharatiya_Janata_Party" title="Bharatiya Janata Party">Bharatiya Janata Party</a> </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Third_Vajpayee_ministry" title="Third Vajpayee ministry">Vajpayee III</a> </td> <td rowspan="2" bgcolor="#FF9933"> </td> <td rowspan="2"><b><a href="/wiki/Atal_Bihari_Vajpayee" title="Atal Bihari Vajpayee">Atal Bihari Vajpayee</a></b> </td></tr> <tr> <th>(24) </th> <td bgcolor="#FF9933"> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Official_photograph_of_the_Union_Minister_for_Finance,_Corporate_Affairs_and_Information_%26_Broadcasting,_Shri_Arun_Jaitley.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6f/Official_photograph_of_the_Union_Minister_for_Finance%2C_Corporate_Affairs_and_Information_%26_Broadcasting%2C_Shri_Arun_Jaitley.jpg/70px-Official_photograph_of_the_Union_Minister_for_Finance%2C_Corporate_Affairs_and_Information_%26_Broadcasting%2C_Shri_Arun_Jaitley.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="91" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6f/Official_photograph_of_the_Union_Minister_for_Finance%2C_Corporate_Affairs_and_Information_%26_Broadcasting%2C_Shri_Arun_Jaitley.jpg/105px-Official_photograph_of_the_Union_Minister_for_Finance%2C_Corporate_Affairs_and_Information_%26_Broadcasting%2C_Shri_Arun_Jaitley.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6f/Official_photograph_of_the_Union_Minister_for_Finance%2C_Corporate_Affairs_and_Information_%26_Broadcasting%2C_Shri_Arun_Jaitley.jpg/140px-Official_photograph_of_the_Union_Minister_for_Finance%2C_Corporate_Affairs_and_Information_%26_Broadcasting%2C_Shri_Arun_Jaitley.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1752" data-file-height="2268" /></a></span> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Arun_Jaitley" title="Arun Jaitley">Arun Jaitley</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(1952–2019)<br />Rajya Sabha MP for <a href="/wiki/Uttar_Pradesh" title="Uttar Pradesh">Uttar Pradesh</a></span> </td> <td>29 January<br />2003 </td> <td>22 May<br />2004 </td> <td><b><span data-sort-value="7002479000000000000♠"></span>1 year, 114 days</b> </td></tr> <tr> <th>26 </th> <td bgcolor="#00BFFF"> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Hans_Raj_Bhardwaj.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7e/Hans_Raj_Bhardwaj.png/70px-Hans_Raj_Bhardwaj.png" decoding="async" width="70" height="99" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7e/Hans_Raj_Bhardwaj.png/105px-Hans_Raj_Bhardwaj.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7e/Hans_Raj_Bhardwaj.png/140px-Hans_Raj_Bhardwaj.png 2x" data-file-width="720" data-file-height="1016" /></a></span> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/H._R._Bhardwaj" title="H. R. Bhardwaj">H. R. Bhardwaj</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(1939–2020)<br />Rajya Sabha MP for <a href="/wiki/Madhya_Pradesh" title="Madhya Pradesh">Madhya Pradesh</a>, until 2006<br />Rajya Sabha MP for <a href="/wiki/Haryana" title="Haryana">Haryana</a>, from 2006</span> </td> <td>23 May<br />2004 </td> <td>22 May<br />2009 </td> <td><b><span data-sort-value="7003182500000000000♠"></span>4 years, 364 days</b> </td> <td rowspan="5"><a href="/wiki/Indian_National_Congress" title="Indian National Congress">Indian National Congress</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/First_Manmohan_Singh_ministry" title="First Manmohan Singh ministry">Manmohan I</a> </td> <td rowspan="5" bgcolor="#00BFFF"> </td> <td rowspan="5"><b><a href="/wiki/Manmohan_Singh" title="Manmohan Singh">Manmohan Singh</a></b> </td></tr> <tr> <th>27 </th> <td bgcolor="#00BFFF"> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:M._Veerappa_Moily_addressing_a_Press_Conference_on_Electoral_Reforms_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/11/M._Veerappa_Moily_addressing_a_Press_Conference_on_Electoral_Reforms_%28cropped%29.jpg/70px-M._Veerappa_Moily_addressing_a_Press_Conference_on_Electoral_Reforms_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="91" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/11/M._Veerappa_Moily_addressing_a_Press_Conference_on_Electoral_Reforms_%28cropped%29.jpg/105px-M._Veerappa_Moily_addressing_a_Press_Conference_on_Electoral_Reforms_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/11/M._Veerappa_Moily_addressing_a_Press_Conference_on_Electoral_Reforms_%28cropped%29.jpg/140px-M._Veerappa_Moily_addressing_a_Press_Conference_on_Electoral_Reforms_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="836" data-file-height="1083" /></a></span> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Veerappa_Moily" title="Veerappa Moily">Veerappa Moily</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(born 1940)<br />MP for <a href="/wiki/Chikballapur_Lok_Sabha_constituency" title="Chikballapur Lok Sabha constituency">Chikballapur</a></span> </td> <td>28 May<br />2009 </td> <td>12 July<br />2011 </td> <td><b><span data-sort-value="7002775000000000000♠"></span>2 years, 45 days</b> </td> <td rowspan="4"><a href="/wiki/Second_Manmohan_Singh_ministry" title="Second Manmohan Singh ministry">Manmohan II</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th>28 </th> <td bgcolor="#00BFFF"> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Salman_Khurshid_portrait_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a3/Salman_Khurshid_portrait_%28cropped%29.jpg/70px-Salman_Khurshid_portrait_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="91" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a3/Salman_Khurshid_portrait_%28cropped%29.jpg/105px-Salman_Khurshid_portrait_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a3/Salman_Khurshid_portrait_%28cropped%29.jpg/140px-Salman_Khurshid_portrait_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="927" data-file-height="1200" /></a></span> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Salman_Khurshid" title="Salman Khurshid">Salman Khurshid</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(born 1953)<br />MP for <a href="/wiki/Farrukhabad_Lok_Sabha_constituency" title="Farrukhabad Lok Sabha constituency">Farrukhabad</a></span> </td> <td>12 July<br />2011 </td> <td>28 October<br />2012 </td> <td><b><span data-sort-value="7002474000000000000♠"></span>1 year, 108 days</b> </td></tr> <tr> <th>29 </th> <td bgcolor="#00BFFF"> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Ashwani_Kumar_Minister_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Ashwani_Kumar_Minister_%28cropped%29.jpg/70px-Ashwani_Kumar_Minister_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="88" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Ashwani_Kumar_Minister_%28cropped%29.jpg/105px-Ashwani_Kumar_Minister_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Ashwani_Kumar_Minister_%28cropped%29.jpg/140px-Ashwani_Kumar_Minister_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="960" data-file-height="1211" /></a></span> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Ashwani_Kumar_(politician)" title="Ashwani Kumar (politician)">Ashwani Kumar</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(born 1952)<br />Rajya Sabha MP for <a href="/wiki/Punjab,_India" title="Punjab, India">Punjab</a></span> </td> <td>28 October<br />2012 </td> <td>11 May<br />2013 </td> <td><b><span data-sort-value="7002348000000000000♠"></span>348 days</b> </td></tr> <tr> <th>30 </th> <td bgcolor="#00BFFF"> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Kapil_Sibal.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/87/Kapil_Sibal.jpg/70px-Kapil_Sibal.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="84" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/87/Kapil_Sibal.jpg/105px-Kapil_Sibal.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/87/Kapil_Sibal.jpg/140px-Kapil_Sibal.jpg 2x" data-file-width="412" data-file-height="494" /></a></span> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Kapil_Sibal" title="Kapil Sibal">Kapil Sibal</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(born 1948)<br />MP for <a href="/wiki/Chandni_Chowk_Lok_Sabha_constituency" title="Chandni Chowk Lok Sabha constituency">Chandni Chowk</a></span> </td> <td>11 May<br />2013 </td> <td>26 May<br />2014 </td> <td><b><span data-sort-value="7002380000000000000♠"></span>1 year, 15 days</b> </td></tr> <tr> <th>31 </th> <td bgcolor="#FF9933"> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Ravi_Shankar_Prasad_At_Office.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/78/Ravi_Shankar_Prasad_At_Office.jpg/70px-Ravi_Shankar_Prasad_At_Office.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="105" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/78/Ravi_Shankar_Prasad_At_Office.jpg/105px-Ravi_Shankar_Prasad_At_Office.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/78/Ravi_Shankar_Prasad_At_Office.jpg/140px-Ravi_Shankar_Prasad_At_Office.jpg 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="1200" /></a></span> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Ravi_Shankar_Prasad" title="Ravi Shankar Prasad">Ravi Shankar Prasad</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(born 1954)<br />Rajya Sabha MP for <a href="/wiki/Bihar" title="Bihar">Bihar</a></span> </td> <td>27 May<br />2014 </td> <td>9 November<br />2014 </td> <td><b><span data-sort-value="7002167000000000000♠"></span>167 days</b> </td> <td rowspan="7"><a href="/wiki/Bharatiya_Janata_Party" title="Bharatiya Janata Party">Bharatiya Janata Party</a> </td> <td rowspan="3"><a href="/wiki/First_Modi_ministry" title="First Modi ministry">Modi I</a> </td> <td rowspan="7" bgcolor="#FF9933"> </td> <td rowspan="7"><b><a href="/wiki/Narendra_Modi" title="Narendra Modi">Narendra Modi</a></b> </td></tr> <tr> <th>32 </th> <td bgcolor="#FF9933"> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:D.V._Sadananda_Gowda.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/63/D.V._Sadananda_Gowda.jpg/70px-D.V._Sadananda_Gowda.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="102" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/63/D.V._Sadananda_Gowda.jpg/105px-D.V._Sadananda_Gowda.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/63/D.V._Sadananda_Gowda.jpg/140px-D.V._Sadananda_Gowda.jpg 2x" data-file-width="672" data-file-height="977" /></a></span> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Sadananda_Gowda" title="Sadananda Gowda">D. V. Sadananda Gowda</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(born 1953)<br />MP for <a href="/wiki/Bangalore_North_Lok_Sabha_constituency" title="Bangalore North Lok Sabha constituency">Bangalore North</a></span> </td> <td>9 November<br />2014 </td> <td>5 July<br />2016 </td> <td><b><span data-sort-value="7002604000000000000♠"></span>1 year, 239 days</b> </td></tr> <tr> <th rowspan="2">(31) </th> <td rowspan="2" bgcolor="#FF9933"> </td> <td rowspan="2"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Ravi_Shankar_Prasad_At_Office.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/78/Ravi_Shankar_Prasad_At_Office.jpg/70px-Ravi_Shankar_Prasad_At_Office.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="105" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/78/Ravi_Shankar_Prasad_At_Office.jpg/105px-Ravi_Shankar_Prasad_At_Office.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/78/Ravi_Shankar_Prasad_At_Office.jpg/140px-Ravi_Shankar_Prasad_At_Office.jpg 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="1200" /></a></span> </td> <td rowspan="2"><b><a href="/wiki/Ravi_Shankar_Prasad" title="Ravi Shankar Prasad">Ravi Shankar Prasad</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(born 1954)<br />Rajya Sabha MP for <a href="/wiki/Bihar" title="Bihar">Bihar</a>, till 2019<br />MP for <a href="/wiki/Patna_Sahib_Lok_Sabha_constituency" title="Patna Sahib Lok Sabha constituency">Patna Sahib</a>, from 2019</span> </td> <td>5 July<br />2016 </td> <td>30 May<br />2019 </td> <td rowspan="2"><b><span data-sort-value="7003182800000000000♠"></span>5 years, 2 days</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td>31 May<br />2019 </td> <td>7 July<br />2021 </td> <td rowspan="3"><a href="/wiki/Second_Modi_ministry" title="Second Modi ministry">Modi II</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th>33 </th> <td bgcolor="#FF9933"> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Kiren_Rijiju_with_Modi_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d7/Kiren_Rijiju_with_Modi_%28cropped%29.jpg/70px-Kiren_Rijiju_with_Modi_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="89" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d7/Kiren_Rijiju_with_Modi_%28cropped%29.jpg/105px-Kiren_Rijiju_with_Modi_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d7/Kiren_Rijiju_with_Modi_%28cropped%29.jpg/140px-Kiren_Rijiju_with_Modi_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="517" data-file-height="659" /></a></span> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Kiren_Rijiju" title="Kiren Rijiju">Kiren Rijiju</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(born 1971)<br />MP for <a href="/wiki/Arunachal_West_Lok_Sabha_constituency" title="Arunachal West Lok Sabha constituency">Arunachal West</a></span> </td> <td>7 July<br />2021 </td> <td>18 May<br />2023 </td> <td><b><span data-sort-value="7002680000000000000♠"></span>1 year, 315 days</b> </td></tr> <tr> <th rowspan="2">34 </th> <td rowspan="2" bgcolor="#FF9933"> </td> <td rowspan="2"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Arjun_Ram_Meghwal_2017_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6a/Arjun_Ram_Meghwal_2017_%28cropped%29.jpg/70px-Arjun_Ram_Meghwal_2017_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="92" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6a/Arjun_Ram_Meghwal_2017_%28cropped%29.jpg/105px-Arjun_Ram_Meghwal_2017_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6a/Arjun_Ram_Meghwal_2017_%28cropped%29.jpg/140px-Arjun_Ram_Meghwal_2017_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="390" data-file-height="510" /></a></span> </td> <td rowspan="2"><b><a href="/wiki/Arjun_Ram_Meghwal" title="Arjun Ram Meghwal">Arjun Ram Meghwal</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(born 1953)<br />MP for <a href="/wiki/Bikaner_Lok_Sabha_constituency" title="Bikaner Lok Sabha constituency">Bikaner</a></span><br />(MoS, I/C) </td> <td>18 May<br />2023 </td> <td>9 June<br />2024 </td> <td rowspan="2"><b><span data-sort-value="7002574000000000000♠"></span>1 year, 208 days</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td>10 June<br />2024 </td> <td>Incumbent </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Third_Modi_ministry" title="Third Modi ministry">Modi III</a> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Ministers_of_State">Ministers of State</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Minister_of_Law_and_Justice&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Ministers of State"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"> <tbody><tr> <th rowspan="2"><abbr title="Number">No.</abbr> </th> <th rowspan="2" colspan="2">Portrait </th> <th rowspan="2" style="width:17em">Minister<br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(Birth-Death)<br />Constituency</span> </th> <th colspan="3">Term of office </th> <th rowspan="2" style="width:8em">Political party </th> <th rowspan="2" style="width:6em">Ministry </th> <th rowspan="2" colspan="2">Prime Minister </th></tr> <tr> <th style="width:8em">From </th> <th style="width:8em">To </th> <th style="width:6em">Period </th></tr> <tr> <th colspan="11">Minister of State for Law </th></tr> <tr> <th>1 </th> <td bgcolor="#00BFFF"> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Hari_Vinayak_Pataskar_Lok_Sabha_photo.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/39/Hari_Vinayak_Pataskar_Lok_Sabha_photo.jpg/70px-Hari_Vinayak_Pataskar_Lok_Sabha_photo.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="93" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/39/Hari_Vinayak_Pataskar_Lok_Sabha_photo.jpg/105px-Hari_Vinayak_Pataskar_Lok_Sabha_photo.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/39/Hari_Vinayak_Pataskar_Lok_Sabha_photo.jpg/140px-Hari_Vinayak_Pataskar_Lok_Sabha_photo.jpg 2x" data-file-width="192" data-file-height="255" /></a></span> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Hari_Vinayak_Pataskar" title="Hari Vinayak Pataskar">Hari Vinayak Pataskar</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(1892–1970)<br />MP for <a href="/wiki/Jalgaon_Lok_Sabha_constituency" title="Jalgaon Lok Sabha constituency">Jalgaon</a></span><br /><i>(Minister of Legal Affairs,<br />from 23 August 1955)</i> </td> <td>7 December<br />1954 </td> <td>16 April<br />1957 </td> <td><b><span data-sort-value="7002861000000000000♠"></span>2 years, 130 days</b> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Indian_National_Congress" title="Indian National Congress">Indian National Congress</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Second_Nehru_ministry" title="Second Nehru ministry">Nehru II</a> </td> <td bgcolor="#00BFFF"> </td> <td style="width:9em"><b><a href="/wiki/Jawaharlal_Nehru" title="Jawaharlal Nehru">Jawaharlal Nehru</a></b> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="11"> </th></tr> <tr> <th>2 </th> <td bgcolor="#00BFFF"> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Ramchandra_Martand_Hajarnavis.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7f/Ramchandra_Martand_Hajarnavis.jpg/70px-Ramchandra_Martand_Hajarnavis.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="86" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7f/Ramchandra_Martand_Hajarnavis.jpg/105px-Ramchandra_Martand_Hajarnavis.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7f/Ramchandra_Martand_Hajarnavis.jpg/140px-Ramchandra_Martand_Hajarnavis.jpg 2x" data-file-width="736" data-file-height="904" /></a></span> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Ramchandra_Martand_Hajarnavis" title="Ramchandra Martand Hajarnavis">Ramchandra Martand Hajarnavis</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(1908–1976)<br />MP for <a href="/wiki/Bhandara_Lok_Sabha_constituency" title="Bhandara Lok Sabha constituency">Bhandara</a></span> </td> <td>29 October<br />1965 </td> <td>11 January<br />1966 </td> <td><b><span data-sort-value="7001740000000000000♠"></span>74 days</b> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Indian_National_Congress" title="Indian National Congress">Indian National Congress</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Shastri_ministry" title="Shastri ministry">Shastri</a> </td> <td bgcolor="#00BFFF"> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Lal_Bahadur_Shastri" title="Lal Bahadur Shastri">Lal Bahadur Shastri</a></b> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="11"> </th></tr> <tr> <th>3 </th> <td bgcolor="#00BFFF"> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:C._R._Pattabhiraman_Lok_Sabha_photo.gif" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7c/C._R._Pattabhiraman_Lok_Sabha_photo.gif/70px-C._R._Pattabhiraman_Lok_Sabha_photo.gif" decoding="async" width="70" height="86" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7c/C._R._Pattabhiraman_Lok_Sabha_photo.gif/105px-C._R._Pattabhiraman_Lok_Sabha_photo.gif 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7c/C._R._Pattabhiraman_Lok_Sabha_photo.gif/140px-C._R._Pattabhiraman_Lok_Sabha_photo.gif 2x" data-file-width="200" data-file-height="247" /></a></span> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/C._R._Pattabhiraman" title="C. R. Pattabhiraman">C. R. Pattabhiraman</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(1906–2001)<br />MP for <a href="/wiki/Kumbakonam_Lok_Sabha_constituency" title="Kumbakonam Lok Sabha constituency">Kumbakonam</a></span> </td> <td>24 January<br />1966 </td> <td>13 March<br />1967 </td> <td><b><span data-sort-value="7002413000000000000♠"></span>1 year, 48 days</b> </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Indian_National_Congress" title="Indian National Congress">Indian National Congress</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/First_Indira_Gandhi_ministry" title="First Indira Gandhi ministry">Indira I</a> </td> <td rowspan="5" bgcolor="#00BFFF"> </td> <td rowspan="5"><b><a href="/wiki/Indira_Gandhi" title="Indira Gandhi">Indira Gandhi</a></b> </td></tr> <tr> <th>4 </th> <td bgcolor="#00BFFF"> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Kotha_Raghuramaiah.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a2/Kotha_Raghuramaiah.png/70px-Kotha_Raghuramaiah.png" decoding="async" width="70" height="111" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a2/Kotha_Raghuramaiah.png/105px-Kotha_Raghuramaiah.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a2/Kotha_Raghuramaiah.png 2x" data-file-width="114" data-file-height="181" /></a></span> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Kotha_Raghuramaiah" title="Kotha Raghuramaiah">Kotha Raghuramaiah</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(1912–1979)<br />MP for <a href="/wiki/Guntur_Lok_Sabha_constituency" title="Guntur Lok Sabha constituency">Guntur</a></span> </td> <td>13 March<br />1967 </td> <td>18 March<br />1967 </td> <td><b><span data-sort-value="7000500000000000000♠"></span>5 days</b> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Second_Indira_Gandhi_ministry" title="Second Indira Gandhi ministry">Indira II</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="9"> </th></tr> <tr> <th>5 </th> <td bgcolor="turquoise"> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Phulrenu_Guha_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/30/Phulrenu_Guha_%28cropped%29.jpg/70px-Phulrenu_Guha_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="89" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/30/Phulrenu_Guha_%28cropped%29.jpg/105px-Phulrenu_Guha_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/30/Phulrenu_Guha_%28cropped%29.jpg/140px-Phulrenu_Guha_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="715" data-file-height="910" /></a></span> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Phulrenu_Guha" title="Phulrenu Guha">Phulrenu Guha</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(1912–2006)<br />Rajya Sabha MP for <a href="/wiki/West_Bengal" title="West Bengal">West Bengal</a></span> </td> <td>14 February<br />1969 </td> <td>26 June<br />1970 </td> <td><b><span data-sort-value="7002497000000000000♠"></span>1 year, 132 days</b> </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Indian_National_Congress_(R)" title="Indian National Congress (R)">Indian National Congress (R)</a> </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Second_Indira_Gandhi_ministry" title="Second Indira Gandhi ministry">Indira II</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th>6 </th> <td bgcolor="turquoise"> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Jagannath_Rao_Lok_Sabha_portrait.gif" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5f/Jagannath_Rao_Lok_Sabha_portrait.gif/70px-Jagannath_Rao_Lok_Sabha_portrait.gif" decoding="async" width="70" height="96" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5f/Jagannath_Rao_Lok_Sabha_portrait.gif/105px-Jagannath_Rao_Lok_Sabha_portrait.gif 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5f/Jagannath_Rao_Lok_Sabha_portrait.gif/140px-Jagannath_Rao_Lok_Sabha_portrait.gif 2x" data-file-width="217" data-file-height="299" /></a></span> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Jagannath_Rao" title="Jagannath Rao">Jagannath Rao</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(1909–?)<br />MP for <a href="/wiki/Berhampur_Lok_Sabha_constituency" title="Berhampur Lok Sabha constituency">Chatrapur</a></span> </td> <td>27 June<br />1970 </td> <td>18 March<br />1971 </td> <td><b><span data-sort-value="7002264000000000000♠"></span>264 days</b> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="11">Minister of State for Law and Justice </th></tr> <tr> <th>7 </th> <td bgcolor="turquoise"> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Nitiraj_Singh_Chaudhary_Lok_Sabha_photo.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/63/Nitiraj_Singh_Chaudhary_Lok_Sabha_photo.jpg/70px-Nitiraj_Singh_Chaudhary_Lok_Sabha_photo.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="92" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/63/Nitiraj_Singh_Chaudhary_Lok_Sabha_photo.jpg/105px-Nitiraj_Singh_Chaudhary_Lok_Sabha_photo.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/63/Nitiraj_Singh_Chaudhary_Lok_Sabha_photo.jpg/140px-Nitiraj_Singh_Chaudhary_Lok_Sabha_photo.jpg 2x" data-file-width="297" data-file-height="389" /></a></span> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Nitiraj_Singh" title="Nitiraj Singh">Nitiraj Singh Chaudhary</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(1909–1988)<br />MP for <a href="/wiki/Hoshangabad_Lok_Sabha_constituency" title="Hoshangabad Lok Sabha constituency">Narmadapuram</a></span> </td> <td>18 March<br />1971 </td> <td>5 February<br />1973 </td> <td><b><span data-sort-value="7002690000000000000♠"></span>1 year, 324 days</b> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Indian_National_Congress_(R)" title="Indian National Congress (R)">Indian National Congress (R)</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Third_Indira_Gandhi_ministry" title="Third Indira Gandhi ministry">Indira III</a> </td> <td bgcolor="turquoise"> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Indira_Gandhi" title="Indira Gandhi">Indira Gandhi</a></b> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="11">Minister of State for Law, Justice and Company Affairs </th></tr> <tr> <th>(7) </th> <td bgcolor="turquoise"> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Nitiraj_Singh_Chaudhary_Lok_Sabha_photo.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/63/Nitiraj_Singh_Chaudhary_Lok_Sabha_photo.jpg/70px-Nitiraj_Singh_Chaudhary_Lok_Sabha_photo.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="92" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/63/Nitiraj_Singh_Chaudhary_Lok_Sabha_photo.jpg/105px-Nitiraj_Singh_Chaudhary_Lok_Sabha_photo.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/63/Nitiraj_Singh_Chaudhary_Lok_Sabha_photo.jpg/140px-Nitiraj_Singh_Chaudhary_Lok_Sabha_photo.jpg 2x" data-file-width="297" data-file-height="389" /></a></span> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Nitiraj_Singh" title="Nitiraj Singh">Nitiraj Singh Chaudhary</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(1909–1988)<br />MP for <a href="/wiki/Hoshangabad_Lok_Sabha_constituency" title="Hoshangabad Lok Sabha constituency">Narmadapuram</a></span> </td> <td>5 February<br />1973 </td> <td>17 October<br />1974 </td> <td><b><span data-sort-value="7002619000000000000♠"></span>1 year, 254 days</b> </td> <td rowspan="5"><a href="/wiki/Indian_National_Congress_(R)" title="Indian National Congress (R)">Indian National Congress (R)</a> </td> <td rowspan="5"><a href="/wiki/Third_Indira_Gandhi_ministry" title="Third Indira Gandhi ministry">Indira III</a> </td> <td rowspan="5" bgcolor="turquoise"> </td> <td rowspan="5"><b><a href="/wiki/Indira_Gandhi" title="Indira Gandhi">Indira Gandhi</a></b> </td></tr> <tr> <th>8 </th> <td bgcolor="turquoise"> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Dajisaheb_Chavan_Lok_Sabha_image.gif" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c6/Dajisaheb_Chavan_Lok_Sabha_image.gif/70px-Dajisaheb_Chavan_Lok_Sabha_image.gif" decoding="async" width="70" height="94" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c6/Dajisaheb_Chavan_Lok_Sabha_image.gif/105px-Dajisaheb_Chavan_Lok_Sabha_image.gif 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c6/Dajisaheb_Chavan_Lok_Sabha_image.gif/140px-Dajisaheb_Chavan_Lok_Sabha_image.gif 2x" data-file-width="308" data-file-height="412" /></a></span> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Dajisaheb_Chavan" title="Dajisaheb Chavan">Dajisaheb Chavan</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(1916–1973)<br />MP for <a href="/wiki/Karad_Lok_Sabha_constituency" title="Karad Lok Sabha constituency">Karad</a></span> </td> <td>5 February<br />1973 </td> <td>8 July<br />1973<br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><i>(died in office)</i></span> </td> <td><b><span data-sort-value="7002153000000000000♠"></span>153 days</b> </td></tr> <tr> <th>9 </th> <td bgcolor="turquoise"> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Sarojini_Mahishi_portrait.gif" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f0/Sarojini_Mahishi_portrait.gif/70px-Sarojini_Mahishi_portrait.gif" decoding="async" width="70" height="107" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f0/Sarojini_Mahishi_portrait.gif/105px-Sarojini_Mahishi_portrait.gif 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f0/Sarojini_Mahishi_portrait.gif/140px-Sarojini_Mahishi_portrait.gif 2x" data-file-width="187" data-file-height="285" /></a></span> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Sarojini_Mahishi" title="Sarojini Mahishi">Sarojini Mahishi</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(1927–2015)<br />MP for <a href="/wiki/Dharwad_North_Lok_Sabha_constituency" title="Dharwad North Lok Sabha constituency">Dharwad North</a></span> </td> <td>10 October<br />1974 </td> <td>3 January<br />1976 </td> <td><b><span data-sort-value="7002450000000000000♠"></span>1 year, 85 days</b> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="7"> </th></tr> <tr> <th>10 </th> <td bgcolor="turquoise"> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:V._A._Seyid_Muhammad_Lok_Sabha_photo.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f9/V._A._Seyid_Muhammad_Lok_Sabha_photo.jpg/70px-V._A._Seyid_Muhammad_Lok_Sabha_photo.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="107" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f9/V._A._Seyid_Muhammad_Lok_Sabha_photo.jpg/105px-V._A._Seyid_Muhammad_Lok_Sabha_photo.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f9/V._A._Seyid_Muhammad_Lok_Sabha_photo.jpg/140px-V._A._Seyid_Muhammad_Lok_Sabha_photo.jpg 2x" data-file-width="192" data-file-height="293" /></a></span> </td> <td><b>V. A. Seyid Muhammad</b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">Rajya Sabha MP for <a href="/wiki/Kerala" title="Kerala">Kerala</a></span> </td> <td>25 December<br />1975 </td> <td>24 March<br />1977 </td> <td><b><span data-sort-value="7002455000000000000♠"></span>1 year, 89 days</b> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="11"> </th></tr> <tr> <th>11 </th> <td bgcolor="#1F75FE"> </td> <td> </td> <td><b>Narsingh Yadav</b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">MP for <a href="/wiki/Chandauli_Lok_Sabha_constituency" title="Chandauli Lok Sabha constituency">Chandauli</a></span> </td> <td>14 August<br />1977 </td> <td>11 July<br />1978 </td> <td><b><span data-sort-value="7002331000000000000♠"></span>331 days</b> </td> <td rowspan="3"><a href="/wiki/Janata_Party" title="Janata Party">Janata Party</a> </td> <td rowspan="3"><a href="/wiki/Morarji_Desai_ministry" class="mw-redirect" title="Morarji Desai ministry">Desai</a> </td> <td rowspan="3" bgcolor="#1F75FE"> </td> <td rowspan="3"><b><a href="/wiki/Morarji_Desai" title="Morarji Desai">Morarji Desai</a></b> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="7"> </th></tr> <tr> <th>12 </th> <td bgcolor="#1F75FE"> </td> <td> </td> <td><b>S. D. Patil</b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">MP for <a href="/wiki/Erandol_Lok_Sabha_constituency" title="Erandol Lok Sabha constituency">Erandol</a></span> </td> <td>20 February<br />1979 </td> <td>28 July<br />1979 </td> <td><b><span data-sort-value="7002158000000000000♠"></span>158 days</b> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="11"> </th></tr> <tr> <th>13 </th> <td bgcolor="#0EF4E1"> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:A.A.Rahim(inc).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/46/A.A.Rahim%28inc%29.jpg/70px-A.A.Rahim%28inc%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="88" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/46/A.A.Rahim%28inc%29.jpg/105px-A.A.Rahim%28inc%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/46/A.A.Rahim%28inc%29.jpg/140px-A.A.Rahim%28inc%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="320" data-file-height="400" /></a></span> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/A._A._Rahim" title="A. A. Rahim">A. A. Rahim</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(1920–1995)<br />MP for <a href="/wiki/Attingal_Lok_Sabha_constituency" title="Attingal Lok Sabha constituency">Chirayinkil</a></span> </td> <td>15 January<br />1982 </td> <td>2 September<br />1982 </td> <td><b><span data-sort-value="7002230000000000000♠"></span>230 days</b> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Indian_National_Congress_(I)" class="mw-redirect" title="Indian National Congress (I)">Indian National Congress (I)</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Fourth_Indira_Gandhi_ministry" title="Fourth Indira Gandhi ministry">Indira IV</a> </td> <td bgcolor="#0EF4E1"> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Indira_Gandhi" title="Indira Gandhi">Indira Gandhi</a></b> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="11">Minister of State for Law and Justice </th></tr> <tr> <th>14 </th> <td bgcolor="#0EF4E1"> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Hans_Raj_Bhardwaj.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7e/Hans_Raj_Bhardwaj.png/70px-Hans_Raj_Bhardwaj.png" decoding="async" width="70" height="99" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7e/Hans_Raj_Bhardwaj.png/105px-Hans_Raj_Bhardwaj.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7e/Hans_Raj_Bhardwaj.png/140px-Hans_Raj_Bhardwaj.png 2x" data-file-width="720" data-file-height="1016" /></a></span> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/H._R._Bhardwaj" title="H. R. Bhardwaj">H. R. Bhardwaj</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(1939–2020)<br />Rajya Sabha MP for <a href="/wiki/Madhya_Pradesh" title="Madhya Pradesh">Madhya Pradesh</a></span> </td> <td>31 December<br />1984 </td> <td>2 December<br />1989 </td> <td><b><span data-sort-value="7003179700000000000♠"></span>4 years, 336 days</b> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Indian_National_Congress_(I)" class="mw-redirect" title="Indian National Congress (I)">Indian National Congress (I)</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Second_Rajiv_Gandhi_ministry" title="Second Rajiv Gandhi ministry">Rajiv II</a> </td> <td bgcolor="#0EF4E1"> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Rajiv_Gandhi" title="Rajiv Gandhi">Rajiv Gandhi</a></b> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="11">Minister of State for Law, Justice and Company Affairs </th></tr> <tr> <th>15 </th> <td bgcolor="#0EF4E1"> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:P._R._Kumaramangalam_Lok_Sabha_photo.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/73/P._R._Kumaramangalam_Lok_Sabha_photo.jpg/70px-P._R._Kumaramangalam_Lok_Sabha_photo.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="84" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/73/P._R._Kumaramangalam_Lok_Sabha_photo.jpg/105px-P._R._Kumaramangalam_Lok_Sabha_photo.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/73/P._R._Kumaramangalam_Lok_Sabha_photo.jpg 2x" data-file-width="126" data-file-height="151" /></a></span> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Rangarajan_Kumaramangalam" title="Rangarajan Kumaramangalam">Rangarajan Kumaramangalam</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(1952–2000)<br />MP for <a href="/wiki/Salem_Lok_Sabha_constituency" title="Salem Lok Sabha constituency">Salem</a></span> </td> <td>21 June<br />1991 </td> <td>2 September<br />1992 </td> <td><b><span data-sort-value="7002439000000000000♠"></span>1 year, 73 days</b> </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Indian_National_Congress_(I)" class="mw-redirect" title="Indian National Congress (I)">Indian National Congress (I)</a> </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Rao_ministry" title="Rao ministry">Rao</a> </td> <td rowspan="2" bgcolor="#0EF4E1"> </td> <td rowspan="2"><b><a href="/wiki/P._V._Narasimha_Rao" title="P. V. Narasimha Rao">P. V. Narasimha Rao</a></b> </td></tr> <tr> <th>(14) </th> <td bgcolor="#0EF4E1"> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Hans_Raj_Bhardwaj.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7e/Hans_Raj_Bhardwaj.png/70px-Hans_Raj_Bhardwaj.png" decoding="async" width="70" height="99" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7e/Hans_Raj_Bhardwaj.png/105px-Hans_Raj_Bhardwaj.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7e/Hans_Raj_Bhardwaj.png/140px-Hans_Raj_Bhardwaj.png 2x" data-file-width="720" data-file-height="1016" /></a></span> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/H._R._Bhardwaj" title="H. R. Bhardwaj">H. R. Bhardwaj</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(1939–2020)<br />Rajya Sabha MP for <a href="/wiki/Madhya_Pradesh" title="Madhya Pradesh">Madhya Pradesh</a></span> </td> <td>2 September<br />1992 </td> <td>16 May<br />1996 </td> <td><b><span data-sort-value="7003135200000000000♠"></span>3 years, 257 days</b> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="11"> </th></tr> <tr> <th>16 </th> <td bgcolor="#FF9933"> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:O_Rajagopal.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/99/O_Rajagopal.jpg/70px-O_Rajagopal.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="105" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/99/O_Rajagopal.jpg/105px-O_Rajagopal.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/99/O_Rajagopal.jpg/140px-O_Rajagopal.jpg 2x" data-file-width="173" data-file-height="260" /></a></span> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/O._Rajagopal" title="O. Rajagopal">O. Rajagopal</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(born 1929)<br />Rajya Sabha MP for <a href="/wiki/Madhya_Pradesh" title="Madhya Pradesh">Madhya Pradesh</a></span> </td> <td>13 October<br />1999 </td> <td>24 July<br />2000 </td> <td><b><span data-sort-value="7002285000000000000♠"></span>285 days</b> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Bharatiya_Janata_Party" title="Bharatiya Janata Party">Bharatiya Janata Party</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Third_Vajpayee_ministry" title="Third Vajpayee ministry">Vajpayee III</a> </td> <td bgcolor="#FF9933"> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Atal_Bihari_Vajpayee" title="Atal Bihari Vajpayee">Atal Bihari Vajpayee</a></b> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="11">Minister of State for Law and Justice </th></tr> <tr> <th>17 </th> <td bgcolor="#FF9933"> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Ravi_Shankar_Prasad_At_Office.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/78/Ravi_Shankar_Prasad_At_Office.jpg/70px-Ravi_Shankar_Prasad_At_Office.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="105" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/78/Ravi_Shankar_Prasad_At_Office.jpg/105px-Ravi_Shankar_Prasad_At_Office.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/78/Ravi_Shankar_Prasad_At_Office.jpg/140px-Ravi_Shankar_Prasad_At_Office.jpg 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="1200" /></a></span> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Ravi_Shankar_Prasad" title="Ravi Shankar Prasad">Ravi Shankar Prasad</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(born 1954)<br />Rajya Sabha MP for <a href="/wiki/Bihar" title="Bihar">Bihar</a></span> </td> <td>1 July<br />2002 </td> <td>29 January<br />2003 </td> <td><b><span data-sort-value="7002212000000000000♠"></span>212 days</b> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Bharatiya_Janata_Party" title="Bharatiya Janata Party">Bharatiya Janata Party</a> </td> <td rowspan="3"><a href="/wiki/Third_Vajpayee_ministry" title="Third Vajpayee ministry">Vajpayee III</a> </td> <td rowspan="3" bgcolor="#FF9933"> </td> <td rowspan="3"><b><a href="/wiki/Atal_Bihari_Vajpayee" title="Atal Bihari Vajpayee">Atal Bihari Vajpayee</a></b> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="8"> </th></tr> <tr> <th>18 </th> <td bgcolor="#F48385"> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:P_C_Thomas.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d8/P_C_Thomas.jpg/70px-P_C_Thomas.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="88" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d8/P_C_Thomas.jpg/105px-P_C_Thomas.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d8/P_C_Thomas.jpg/140px-P_C_Thomas.jpg 2x" data-file-width="594" data-file-height="748" /></a></span> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/P._C._Thomas" title="P. C. Thomas">P. C. Thomas</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(born 1950)<br />MP for <a href="/wiki/Muvattupuzha_Lok_Sabha_constituency" title="Muvattupuzha Lok Sabha constituency">Muvattupuzha</a></span> </td> <td>24 May<br />2003 </td> <td>22 May<br />2004 </td> <td><b><span data-sort-value="7002364000000000000♠"></span>364 days</b> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Kerala_Congress" title="Kerala Congress">Kerala Congress</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th>19 </th> <td bgcolor="#FF0D0D"> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:K._Venkatapathy_Lok_Sabha_photo.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cf/K._Venkatapathy_Lok_Sabha_photo.jpg/70px-K._Venkatapathy_Lok_Sabha_photo.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="93" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cf/K._Venkatapathy_Lok_Sabha_photo.jpg/105px-K._Venkatapathy_Lok_Sabha_photo.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cf/K._Venkatapathy_Lok_Sabha_photo.jpg/140px-K._Venkatapathy_Lok_Sabha_photo.jpg 2x" data-file-width="336" data-file-height="446" /></a></span> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/K._Venkatapathy" title="K. Venkatapathy">K. Venkatapathy</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(born 1946)<br />MP for <a href="/wiki/Cuddalore_Lok_Sabha_constituency" title="Cuddalore Lok Sabha constituency">Cuddalore</a></span> </td> <td>23 May<br />2004 </td> <td>22 May<br />2009 </td> <td><b><span data-sort-value="7003182500000000000♠"></span>4 years, 364 days</b> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Dravida_Munnetra_Kazhagam" title="Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam">Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/First_Manmohan_Singh_ministry" title="First Manmohan Singh ministry">Manmohan I</a> </td> <td bgcolor="#00BFFF"> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Manmohan_Singh" title="Manmohan Singh">Manmohan Singh</a></b> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="11"> </th></tr> <tr> <th>20 </th> <td bgcolor="#FF9933"> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:PP_CHAUDHARY_IMAGE.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/45/PP_CHAUDHARY_IMAGE.jpg/70px-PP_CHAUDHARY_IMAGE.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="81" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/45/PP_CHAUDHARY_IMAGE.jpg/105px-PP_CHAUDHARY_IMAGE.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/45/PP_CHAUDHARY_IMAGE.jpg/140px-PP_CHAUDHARY_IMAGE.jpg 2x" data-file-width="287" data-file-height="331" /></a></span> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/P._P._Chaudhary" title="P. P. Chaudhary">P. P. Chaudhary</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(born 1953)<br />MP for <a href="/wiki/Pali_Lok_Sabha_constituency" title="Pali Lok Sabha constituency">Pali</a></span> </td> <td>5 July<br />2016 </td> <td>30 May<br />2019 </td> <td><b><span data-sort-value="7003105900000000000♠"></span>2 years, 329 days</b> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Bharatiya_Janata_Party" title="Bharatiya Janata Party">Bharatiya Janata Party</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/First_Modi_ministry" title="First Modi ministry">Modi I</a> </td> <td rowspan="3" bgcolor="#FF9933"> </td> <td rowspan="3"><b><a href="/wiki/Narendra_Modi" title="Narendra Modi">Narendra Modi</a></b> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="9"> </th></tr> <tr> <th>21 </th> <td bgcolor="#FF9933"> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:SPS_Baghel_MoS_Health.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/94/SPS_Baghel_MoS_Health.jpg/70px-SPS_Baghel_MoS_Health.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="93" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/94/SPS_Baghel_MoS_Health.jpg/105px-SPS_Baghel_MoS_Health.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/94/SPS_Baghel_MoS_Health.jpg/140px-SPS_Baghel_MoS_Health.jpg 2x" data-file-width="315" data-file-height="420" /></a></span> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/S._P._Singh_Baghel" title="S. 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scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Infrastructure</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Development_of_North_Eastern_Region" title="Ministry of Development of North Eastern Region">Development of North Eastern Region</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Jal_Shakti" title="Ministry of Jal Shakti">Jal Shakti</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Ports,_Shipping_and_Waterways" title="Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Waterways">Ports, Shipping and Waterways</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Railways_(India)" title="Ministry of Railways (India)">Railways</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Road_Transport_and_Highways" title="Ministry of Road Transport and Highways">Road Transport and Highways</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Rural_Development_(India)" title="Ministry of Rural Development (India)">Rural Development</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Housing_and_Urban_Affairs" title="Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs">Housing and Urban Affairs</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Food</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Agriculture_and_Farmers%27_Welfare" title="Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers' Welfare">Agriculture and Farmers' Welfare</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Consumer_Affairs,_Food_and_Public_Distribution" title="Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution">Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Fisheries,_Animal_Husbandry_and_Dairying" title="Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying">Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Food_Processing_Industries" title="Ministry of Food Processing 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href="/wiki/Minister_of_External_Affairs_(India)" title="Minister of External Affairs (India)">External Affairs</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Minister_of_Finance_(India)" title="Minister of Finance (India)">Finance</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Minister_of_Home_Affairs_(India)" title="Minister of Home Affairs (India)">Home Affairs</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Minister_of_Housing_and_Urban_Affairs" title="Minister of Housing and Urban Affairs">Housing and Urban Affairs</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Law and Justice</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Minister_of_Personnel,_Public_Grievances_and_Pensions" title="Minister of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions">Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Minister_of_Railways_(India)" title="Minister of Railways (India)">Railways</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Minister_of_Road_Transport_and_Highways" title="Minister of Road Transport and Highways">Road Transport and Highways</a></li></ul> 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