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India">Emblem of India</a></div></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #efefef">Agency overview</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Formed</th><td class="infobox-data">September 1985<span class="noprint">; 39 years ago</span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated">1985-09</span>)</span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Preceding agencies</th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style><div class="plainlist"><ul><li style="text-indent: -1em; padding-left: 1em;">Ministry of National Resources and Scientific Research (1951-52)</li><li style="text-indent: -1em; padding-left: 1em;">Ministry of Irrigation and Power (1952-74; 1985)</li><li style="text-indent: -1em; padding-left: 1em;">Ministry of Agriculture and Irrigation (1974-80)</li><li style="text-indent: -1em; padding-left: 1em;">Ministry of Energy and Irrigation (1980)</li><li style="text-indent: -1em; padding-left: 1em;">Ministry of Irrigation (1980-85)</li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Dissolved</th><td class="infobox-data">May 2019<sup id="cite_ref-Jal_Shakti_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Jal_Shakti-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Superseding agency</th><td class="infobox-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li style="text-indent: -1em; padding-left: 1em;"><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Jal_Shakti" title="Ministry of Jal Shakti">Ministry of Jal Shakti</a> (2019-present)</li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Jurisdiction</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Government_of_India" title="Government of India">Government of India</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Headquarters</th><td class="infobox-data">Ministry of Water Resources, Shram Shakti Bhawan, Rafi Marg, <a href="/wiki/New_Delhi" title="New Delhi">New Delhi</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Annual budget</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/United_States_dollar" title="United States dollar">US$</a>243,134,089<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></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="url"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://jalshakti-dowr.gov.in/">jalshakti-dowr<wbr />.gov<wbr />.in</a></span></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The <b>Ministry of Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation</b> was the apex body for formulation and administration of rules and regulations relating to the development and regulation of the water resources in <a href="/wiki/India" title="India">India</a>. The Ministry was formed in January 1985 following the bifurcation of the then Ministry of Irrigation and Power, when the Department of Irrigation was re-constituted as the Ministry of Water Resources. In July 2014, the Ministry was renamed to “Ministry of Water Resources, River Development & Ganga Rejuvenation”, making it the <a href="/wiki/National_Ganga_River_Basin_Authority" title="National Ganga River Basin Authority">National Ganga River Basin Authority</a> for conservation, development, management, and abatement of pollution in the river <a href="/wiki/Ganges" title="Ganges">Ganges</a> and its tributaries.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In May 2019, this ministry was merged with the <a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Drinking_Water_and_Sanitation" class="mw-redirect" title="Ministry of Drinking Water and Sanitation">Ministry of Drinking Water and Sanitation</a> to form the <a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Jal_Shakti" title="Ministry of Jal Shakti">Ministry of Jal Shakti</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Organisations">Organisations</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ministry_of_Water_Resources,_River_Development_and_Ganga_Rejuvenation&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Organisations"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>Bansagar Control Board</li> <li>Betwa River Board</li> <li>Brahmaputra Board</li> <li>Central Ground Water Board<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Central Soil and Materials Research Station<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Central_Water_and_Power_Research_Station" title="Central Water and Power Research Station">Central Water and Power Research Station</a></li> <li>Central Water Commission<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Farakka_Barrage" title="Farakka Barrage">Farakka Barrage Project</a></li> <li>Ganga Flood Control Commission</li> <li>Narmada Control Authority</li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Institute_of_Hydrology" title="National Institute of Hydrology">National Institute of Hydrology</a>, Roorkee<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>National Projects Construction Corporation Limited</li> <li>National Water Development Agency</li> <li>North Eastern Regional Institute of Water and Land Management (NERIWALM)<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Sardar Sarovar Construction Advisory Committee</li> <li>Tungabhadra Board</li> <li>Upper Yamuna River Board</li> <li><a href="/wiki/WAPCOS_Limited" title="WAPCOS Limited">WAPCOS Limited</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="CGWB">CGWB</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ministry_of_Water_Resources,_River_Development_and_Ganga_Rejuvenation&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: CGWB"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><span class="anchor" id="CGWB"></span><span class="anchor" id="Central_Ground_Water_Board"></span> </p><p><b>Central Ground Water Board</b> (CGWB), created in 1970 under the Ministry of Water Resources of India, for regulation of ground water development to ensure long-term sustainability. It is responsible for "providing scientific inputs for management, exploration, monitoring, assessment, augmentation and regulation of ground water resources of the country." It is a multi-disciplinary scientific entity comprising <a href="/wiki/Hydrology" title="Hydrology">Hydrologists</a>, <a href="/wiki/Hydrometeorology" title="Hydrometeorology">Hydrometeorologists</a>, <a href="/wiki/Hydrogeology" title="Hydrogeology">Hydrogeologists</a>, <a href="/wiki/Geophysics" title="Geophysics">Geophysicists</a>, <a href="/wiki/Chemist" title="Chemist">Chemists</a>, and Engineers. It is headquartered at <a href="/wiki/National_Highway_19_(India)" title="National Highway 19 (India)">NH-19</a> (old NH-4) in <a href="/wiki/Faridabad" title="Faridabad">Faridabad</a> in <a href="/wiki/Haryana" title="Haryana">Haryana</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-cg1_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-cg1-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>It has following 4 wings:<sup id="cite_ref-cg1_9-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-cg1-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ol><li>Sustainable Management & Liaison (SML)</li> <li>Survey, Assessment & Monitoring (SAM)</li> <li>Exploratory Drilling & Materials Management (ED&MM)</li> <li>Water Quality & Training and Technology Transfer (WQ&TT)</li></ol> <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=Ministry_of_Water_Resources,_River_Development_and_Ganga_Rejuvenation&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Cabinet Ministers"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><b>Note</b>: MoS (I/C) – Minister of State (Independent Charge) </p> <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:18em">Minister<br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(Birth-Death)</span> </th> <th colspan="3">Term of office </th> <th rowspan="2" style="width:8em">Political party </th> <th rowspan="2">Ministry </th> <th rowspan="2" style="width:9em">Prime Minister </th></tr> <tr> <th style="width:6em">From </th> <th style="width:6em">To </th> <th style="width:6em">Period </th></tr> <tr> <th colspan="10">Minister of Works, Mines and Power </th></tr> <tr> <th>1 </th> <td bgcolor="#19AAED"> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Narahar_Vishnu_Gadgil_Official_portrait_1958.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/Narahar_Vishnu_Gadgil_Official_portrait_1958.jpg/70px-Narahar_Vishnu_Gadgil_Official_portrait_1958.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="84" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/Narahar_Vishnu_Gadgil_Official_portrait_1958.jpg/105px-Narahar_Vishnu_Gadgil_Official_portrait_1958.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/Narahar_Vishnu_Gadgil_Official_portrait_1958.jpg/140px-Narahar_Vishnu_Gadgil_Official_portrait_1958.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2010" data-file-height="2412" /></a></span> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Narhar_Vishnu_Gadgil" title="Narhar Vishnu Gadgil">Narhar Vishnu Gadgil</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(1896–1966)<br />MCA for <a href="/wiki/Bombay_Presidency" title="Bombay Presidency">Bombay</a></span> </td> <td>15 August<br />1947 </td> <td>26 December<br />1950 </td> <td><b><span data-sort-value="7003122900000000000♠"></span>3 years, 133 days</b> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Indian_National_Congress" title="Indian National Congress">Indian National Congress</a> </td> <td bgcolor="#87CEEB"><b><a href="/wiki/First_Nehru_ministry" title="First Nehru ministry">Nehru I</a></b> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Jawaharlal_Nehru" title="Jawaharlal Nehru">Jawaharlal Nehru</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="10">Minister of Natural Resources and Scientific Research </th></tr> <tr> <th>2 </th> <td bgcolor="#19AAED"> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Sri_Prakasa_Portrait.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/11/Sri_Prakasa_Portrait.jpg/70px-Sri_Prakasa_Portrait.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="100" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/11/Sri_Prakasa_Portrait.jpg/105px-Sri_Prakasa_Portrait.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/11/Sri_Prakasa_Portrait.jpg/140px-Sri_Prakasa_Portrait.jpg 2x" data-file-width="372" data-file-height="530" /></a></span> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Sri_Prakasa" title="Sri Prakasa">Sri Prakasa</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(1890–1971)</span> </td> <td>26 December<br />1950 </td> <td>13 May<br />1952 </td> <td><b><span data-sort-value="7002504000000000000♠"></span>1 year, 139 days</b> </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Indian_National_Congress" title="Indian National Congress">Indian National Congress</a> </td> <td bgcolor="#87CEEB"><b><a href="/wiki/First_Nehru_ministry" title="First Nehru ministry">Nehru I</a></b> </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Jawaharlal_Nehru" title="Jawaharlal Nehru">Jawaharlal Nehru</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th>3 </th> <td bgcolor="#19AAED"> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Maulana_Abul_Kalam_Azad.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/83/Maulana_Abul_Kalam_Azad.jpg/70px-Maulana_Abul_Kalam_Azad.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="99" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/83/Maulana_Abul_Kalam_Azad.jpg/105px-Maulana_Abul_Kalam_Azad.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/83/Maulana_Abul_Kalam_Azad.jpg/140px-Maulana_Abul_Kalam_Azad.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1654" data-file-height="2339" /></a></span> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Maulana_Azad" title="Maulana Azad">Maulana Abul Kalam Azad</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(1888–1958)<br />MP for <a href="/wiki/Rampur_Lok_Sabha_constituency" title="Rampur Lok Sabha constituency">Rampur</a></span> </td> <td>13 May<br />1952 </td> <td>6 June<br />1952 </td> <td><b><span data-sort-value="7001240000000000000♠"></span>24 days</b> </td> <td bgcolor="#87CEEB"><b><a href="/wiki/Second_Nehru_ministry" title="Second Nehru ministry">Nehru II</a></b> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="10">Minister of Irrigation and Power </th></tr> <tr> <th>4 </th> <td bgcolor="#19AAED"> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Gulzarilal_Nanda_1.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f7/Gulzarilal_Nanda_1.jpg/70px-Gulzarilal_Nanda_1.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="104" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f7/Gulzarilal_Nanda_1.jpg/105px-Gulzarilal_Nanda_1.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f7/Gulzarilal_Nanda_1.jpg/140px-Gulzarilal_Nanda_1.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1125" data-file-height="1677" /></a></span> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Gulzarilal_Nanda" title="Gulzarilal Nanda">Gulzarilal Nanda</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(1898–1998)<br />MP for <a href="/wiki/Sabarkantha_Lok_Sabha_constituency" title="Sabarkantha Lok Sabha constituency">Sabarkantha</a></span> </td> <td><span style="font-size:85%;">6 June</span><br />1952 </td> <td><span style="font-size:85%;">17 April</span><br />1957 </td> <th><span data-sort-value="7003177600000000000♠"></span>4 years, 315 days </th> <td rowspan="13"><a href="/wiki/Indian_National_Congress" title="Indian National Congress">Indian National Congress</a> </td> <td bgcolor="#87CEEB"><b><a href="/wiki/Second_Nehru_ministry" title="Second Nehru ministry">Nehru II</a></b> </td> <td rowspan="5"><a href="/wiki/Jawaharlal_Nehru" title="Jawaharlal Nehru">Jawaharlal Nehru</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th>5 </th> <td bgcolor="#19AAED"> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Miss_India_Indrani_Rehman,_S.K._Patil,_and_two_of_the_sponsors_of_the_contest_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1d/Miss_India_Indrani_Rehman%2C_S.K._Patil%2C_and_two_of_the_sponsors_of_the_contest_%28cropped%29.jpg/70px-Miss_India_Indrani_Rehman%2C_S.K._Patil%2C_and_two_of_the_sponsors_of_the_contest_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="81" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1d/Miss_India_Indrani_Rehman%2C_S.K._Patil%2C_and_two_of_the_sponsors_of_the_contest_%28cropped%29.jpg/105px-Miss_India_Indrani_Rehman%2C_S.K._Patil%2C_and_two_of_the_sponsors_of_the_contest_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/1d/Miss_India_Indrani_Rehman%2C_S.K._Patil%2C_and_two_of_the_sponsors_of_the_contest_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="123" data-file-height="143" /></a></span> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/S._K._Patil" title="S. K. Patil">S. K. Patil</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(1898–1981)<br />MP for <a href="/wiki/Mumbai_South_Lok_Sabha_constituency" title="Mumbai South Lok Sabha constituency">Mumbai South</a></span> </td> <td><span style="font-size:85%;">17 April</span><br />1957 </td> <td><span style="font-size:85%;">2 April</span><br />1958 </td> <th><span data-sort-value="7002350000000000000♠"></span>350 days </th> <td rowspan="2" bgcolor="#87CEEB"><b><a href="/wiki/Third_Nehru_ministry" title="Third Nehru ministry">Nehru III</a></b> </td></tr> <tr> <th rowspan="2">6 </th> <td rowspan="2" bgcolor="#19AAED"> </td> <td rowspan="2"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Hafiz_Mohammad_Ibrahim_Rajya_Sabha_photo.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/82/Hafiz_Mohammad_Ibrahim_Rajya_Sabha_photo.jpg/70px-Hafiz_Mohammad_Ibrahim_Rajya_Sabha_photo.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="88" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/82/Hafiz_Mohammad_Ibrahim_Rajya_Sabha_photo.jpg 1.5x" data-file-width="87" data-file-height="109" /></a></span> </td> <td rowspan="2"><b><a href="/wiki/Hafiz_Mohamad_Ibrahim" title="Hafiz Mohamad Ibrahim">Hafiz Mohamad Ibrahim</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(1889–1968)<br />Rajya Sabha MP for <a href="/wiki/Uttar_Pradesh" title="Uttar Pradesh">Uttar Pradesh</a></span> </td> <td><span style="font-size:85%;">2 April</span><br />1958 </td> <td><span style="font-size:85%;">10 April</span><br />1962 </td> <th rowspan="2"><span data-sort-value="7003191100000000000♠"></span>5 years, 85 days </th></tr> <tr> <td><span style="font-size:85%;">10 April</span><br />1962 </td> <td><span style="font-size:85%;">26 June</span><br />1963 </td> <td rowspan="2" bgcolor="#87CEEB"><b><a href="/wiki/Fourth_Nehru_ministry" title="Fourth Nehru ministry">Nehru IV</a></b> </td></tr> <tr> <th rowspan="2">7 </th> <td rowspan="2" bgcolor="#19AAED"> </td> <td rowspan="2"> </td> <td rowspan="2"><b><a href="/wiki/Kanuri_Lakshmana_Rao" title="Kanuri Lakshmana Rao">Kanuri Lakshmana Rao</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(1902–1986)<br />MP for <a href="/wiki/Vijayawada_Lok_Sabha_constituency" title="Vijayawada Lok Sabha constituency">Vijayawada</a></span><br />(MoS) </td> <td><span style="font-size:85%;">19 July</span><br />1963 </td> <td><span style="font-size:85%;">27 May</span><br />1964 </td> <th rowspan="2"><span data-sort-value="7002326000000000000♠"></span>326 days </th></tr> <tr> <td><span style="font-size:85%;">27 May</span><br />1964 </td> <td><span style="font-size:85%;">9 June</span><br />1964 </td> <td bgcolor="#87CEEB"><b><a href="/wiki/First_Nanda_ministry" title="First Nanda ministry">Nanda I</a></b> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Gulzarilal_Nanda" title="Gulzarilal Nanda">Gulzarilal Nanda</a><br />(Acting) </td></tr> <tr> <th>8 </th> <td bgcolor="#19AAED"> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:H._C._Dasappa_official_portrait.gif" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/95/H._C._Dasappa_official_portrait.gif/70px-H._C._Dasappa_official_portrait.gif" decoding="async" width="70" height="98" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/95/H._C._Dasappa_official_portrait.gif/105px-H._C._Dasappa_official_portrait.gif 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/95/H._C._Dasappa_official_portrait.gif/140px-H._C._Dasappa_official_portrait.gif 2x" data-file-width="181" data-file-height="253" /></a></span> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/H._C._Dasappa" title="H. C. Dasappa">H. C. Dasappa</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(1894–1964)<br />MP for Bangalore</span> </td> <td><span style="font-size:85%;">9 June</span><br />1964 </td> <td><span style="font-size:85%;">19 July</span><br />1964 </td> <th><span data-sort-value="7001400000000000000♠"></span>40 days </th> <td rowspan="2" bgcolor="#87CEEB"><b><a href="/wiki/Shastri_ministry" title="Shastri ministry">Shastri</a></b> </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Lal_Bahadur_Shastri" title="Lal Bahadur Shastri">Lal Bahadur Shastri</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th rowspan="2">(7) </th> <td rowspan="2" bgcolor="#19AAED"> </td> <td rowspan="2"> </td> <td rowspan="2"><b><a href="/wiki/Kanuri_Lakshmana_Rao" title="Kanuri Lakshmana Rao">Kanuri Lakshmana Rao</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(1902–1986)<br />MP for <a href="/wiki/Vijayawada_Lok_Sabha_constituency" title="Vijayawada Lok Sabha constituency">Vijayawada</a></span><br />(MoS) </td> <td><span style="font-size:85%;">19 July</span><br />1964 </td> <td><span style="font-size:85%;">11 January</span><br />1966 </td> <th rowspan="2"><span data-sort-value="7002554000000000000♠"></span>1 year, 189 days </th></tr> <tr> <td><span style="font-size:85%;">11 January</span><br />1966 </td> <td><span style="font-size:85%;">24 January</span><br />1966 </td> <td bgcolor="#87CEEB"><b><a href="/wiki/Second_Nanda_ministry" title="Second Nanda ministry">Nanda II</a></b> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Gulzarilal_Nanda" title="Gulzarilal Nanda">Gulzarilal Nanda</a><br />(acting) </td></tr> <tr> <th>9 </th> <td bgcolor="#19AAED"> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:President_Fakhruddin_Ali_Ahmed.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/32/President_Fakhruddin_Ali_Ahmed.jpg/70px-President_Fakhruddin_Ali_Ahmed.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="93" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/32/President_Fakhruddin_Ali_Ahmed.jpg/105px-President_Fakhruddin_Ali_Ahmed.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/32/President_Fakhruddin_Ali_Ahmed.jpg/140px-President_Fakhruddin_Ali_Ahmed.jpg 2x" data-file-width="450" data-file-height="600" /></a></span> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Fakhruddin_Ali_Ahmed" title="Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed">Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(1905–1977)<br />MP for <a href="/wiki/Barpeta_Lok_Sabha_constituency" title="Barpeta Lok Sabha constituency">Barpeta</a></span> </td> <td><span style="font-size:85%;">24 January</span><br />1966 </td> <td><span style="font-size:85%;">13 November</span><br />1966 </td> <th><span data-sort-value="7002293000000000000♠"></span>293 days </th> <td rowspan="2" bgcolor="#87CEEB"><b><a href="/wiki/First_Indira_Gandhi_ministry" title="First Indira Gandhi ministry">Indira I</a></b> </td> <td rowspan="4"><a href="/wiki/Indira_Gandhi" title="Indira Gandhi">Indira Gandhi</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th rowspan="2">(7) </th> <td rowspan="2" bgcolor="#19AAED"> </td> <td rowspan="2"> </td> <td rowspan="2"><b><a href="/wiki/Kanuri_Lakshmana_Rao" title="Kanuri Lakshmana Rao">Kanuri Lakshmana Rao</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(1902–1986)<br />MP for <a href="/wiki/Vijayawada_Lok_Sabha_constituency" title="Vijayawada Lok Sabha constituency">Vijayawada</a></span><br />(MoS) </td> <td><span style="font-size:85%;">13 November</span><br />1966 </td> <td><span style="font-size:85%;">18 March</span><br />1971 </td> <th rowspan="2"><span data-sort-value="7003255300000000000♠"></span>6 years, 361 days </th></tr> <tr> <td><span style="font-size:85%;">18 March</span><br />1971 </td> <td><span style="font-size:85%;">9 November</span><br />1973 </td> <td rowspan="2" bgcolor="#87CEEB"><b><a href="/wiki/Second_Indira_Gandhi_ministry" title="Second Indira Gandhi ministry">Indira II</a></b> </td></tr> <tr> <th>10 </th> <td bgcolor="#19AAED"> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Shri_K.C_Pant_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/76/Shri_K.C_Pant_%28cropped%29.jpg/70px-Shri_K.C_Pant_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="85" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/76/Shri_K.C_Pant_%28cropped%29.jpg/105px-Shri_K.C_Pant_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/76/Shri_K.C_Pant_%28cropped%29.jpg/140px-Shri_K.C_Pant_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="157" data-file-height="191" /></a></span> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/K._C._Pant" title="K. C. Pant">K. C. Pant</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(1931–2012)<br />MP for <a href="/wiki/Nainital_Lok_Sabha_constituency" title="Nainital Lok Sabha constituency">Nainital</a></span> </td> <td><span style="font-size:85%;">9 November</span><br />1973 </td> <td><span style="font-size:85%;">10 October</span><br />1974 </td> <th><span data-sort-value="7002335000000000000♠"></span>335 days </th></tr> <tr> <th colspan="10">Minister of Agriculture and Irrigation </th></tr> <tr> <th>11 </th> <td bgcolor="#19AAED"> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Jagjivan_Ram_1991_stamp_of_India.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/00/Jagjivan_Ram_1991_stamp_of_India.jpg/70px-Jagjivan_Ram_1991_stamp_of_India.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="93" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/00/Jagjivan_Ram_1991_stamp_of_India.jpg/105px-Jagjivan_Ram_1991_stamp_of_India.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/00/Jagjivan_Ram_1991_stamp_of_India.jpg/140px-Jagjivan_Ram_1991_stamp_of_India.jpg 2x" data-file-width="711" data-file-height="942" /></a></span> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Jagjivan_Ram" title="Jagjivan Ram">Jagjivan Ram</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(1908–1986)<br />MP for <a href="/wiki/Sasaram_Lok_Sabha_constituency" title="Sasaram Lok Sabha constituency">Sasaram</a></span> </td> <td><span style="font-size:85%;">10 October</span><br />1974 </td> <td><span style="font-size:85%;">2 February</span><br />1977 </td> <th><span data-sort-value="7002846000000000000♠"></span>2 years, 115 days </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Indian_National_Congress" title="Indian National Congress">Indian National Congress</a> </td> <td bgcolor="#87CEEB"><b><a href="/wiki/Second_Indira_Gandhi_ministry" title="Second Indira Gandhi ministry">Indira II</a></b> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Indira_Gandhi" title="Indira Gandhi">Indira Gandhi</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th>12 </th> <td bgcolor="#0F204A"> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:ParkashSinghBadal.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/66/ParkashSinghBadal.JPG/70px-ParkashSinghBadal.JPG" decoding="async" width="70" height="88" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/66/ParkashSinghBadal.JPG/105px-ParkashSinghBadal.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/66/ParkashSinghBadal.JPG/140px-ParkashSinghBadal.JPG 2x" data-file-width="1600" data-file-height="2000" /></a></span> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Parkash_Singh_Badal" title="Parkash Singh Badal">Parkash Singh Badal</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(1927–2023)<br />MP for <a href="/wiki/Faridkot_Lok_Sabha_constituency" title="Faridkot Lok Sabha constituency">Faridkot</a></span> </td> <td><span style="font-size:85%;">28 March</span><br />1977 </td> <td><span style="font-size:85%;">17 June</span><br />1977 </td> <th><span data-sort-value="7001810000000000000♠"></span>81 days </th> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Shiromani_Akali_Dal" title="Shiromani Akali Dal">Shiromani Akali Dal</a> </td> <td rowspan="2" bgcolor="#1F75FE"><b><a href="/wiki/Morarji_Desai_ministry" class="mw-redirect" title="Morarji Desai ministry">Desai</a></b> </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Morarji_Desai" title="Morarji Desai">Morarji Desai</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th>13 </th> <td bgcolor="#0F204A"> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Surjit_Singh_Barnala,_2008.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/04/Surjit_Singh_Barnala%2C_2008.png/70px-Surjit_Singh_Barnala%2C_2008.png" decoding="async" width="70" height="92" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/04/Surjit_Singh_Barnala%2C_2008.png/105px-Surjit_Singh_Barnala%2C_2008.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/04/Surjit_Singh_Barnala%2C_2008.png/140px-Surjit_Singh_Barnala%2C_2008.png 2x" data-file-width="698" data-file-height="920" /></a></span> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Surjit_Singh_Barnala" title="Surjit Singh Barnala">Surjit Singh Barnala</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(1925–2017)<br />MP for <a href="/wiki/Sangrur_Lok_Sabha_constituency" title="Sangrur Lok Sabha constituency">Sangrur</a></span> </td> <td><span style="font-size:85%;">18 June</span><br />1977 </td> <td><span style="font-size:85%;">28 July</span><br />1979 </td> <th><span data-sort-value="7002770000000000000♠"></span>2 years, 40 days </th></tr> <tr> <th>14 </th> <td bgcolor="#7777FF"> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Chaudhary_Brahm_Parkash.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/39/Chaudhary_Brahm_Parkash.jpg/70px-Chaudhary_Brahm_Parkash.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="79" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/39/Chaudhary_Brahm_Parkash.jpg/105px-Chaudhary_Brahm_Parkash.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/39/Chaudhary_Brahm_Parkash.jpg/140px-Chaudhary_Brahm_Parkash.jpg 2x" data-file-width="535" data-file-height="600" /></a></span> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Brahm_Prakash_(politician)" title="Brahm Prakash (politician)">Brahm Prakash</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(1918–1993)<br />MP for <a href="/wiki/Outer_Delhi_Lok_Sabha_constituency" title="Outer Delhi Lok Sabha constituency">Outer Delhi</a></span> </td> <td><span style="font-size:85%;">28 July</span><br />1979 </td> <td><span style="font-size:85%;">14 January</span><br />1980 </td> <th><span data-sort-value="7002170000000000000♠"></span>170 days </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Indian_National_Congress_(Urs)" class="mw-redirect" title="Indian National Congress (Urs)">Indian National Congress (Urs)</a> </td> <td bgcolor="#6495ED"><b><a href="/wiki/Charan_Singh_ministry" title="Charan Singh ministry">Charan</a></b> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Charan_Singh" title="Charan Singh">Charan Singh</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="10">Minister of Irrigation </th></tr> <tr> <th>15 </th> <td bgcolor="#19AAED"> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Indian_Minister_Ghani_Khan.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/45/Indian_Minister_Ghani_Khan.jpg/70px-Indian_Minister_Ghani_Khan.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="86" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/45/Indian_Minister_Ghani_Khan.jpg/105px-Indian_Minister_Ghani_Khan.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/45/Indian_Minister_Ghani_Khan.jpg/140px-Indian_Minister_Ghani_Khan.jpg 2x" data-file-width="462" data-file-height="566" /></a></span> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/A._B._A._Ghani_Khan_Choudhury" title="A. B. A. Ghani Khan Choudhury">A. B. A. Ghani Khan Choudhury</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(1927–2006)<br />MP for <a href="/wiki/Malda_Lok_Sabha_constituency" title="Malda Lok Sabha constituency">Malda</a></span> </td> <td><span style="font-size:85%;">16 January</span><br />1980 </td> <td><span style="font-size:85%;">8 June</span><br />1980 </td> <th><span data-sort-value="7002144000000000000♠"></span>144 days </th> <td rowspan="8"><a href="/wiki/Indian_National_Congress" title="Indian National Congress">Indian National Congress</a> </td> <td rowspan="6" bgcolor="#87CEEB"><b><a href="/wiki/Third_Indira_Gandhi_ministry" title="Third Indira Gandhi ministry">Indira III</a></b> </td> <td rowspan="6"><a href="/wiki/Indira_Gandhi" title="Indira Gandhi">Indira Gandhi</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th>16 </th> <td bgcolor="#19AAED"> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Kedar_Pandey.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Kedar_Pandey.jpg/70px-Kedar_Pandey.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="88" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Kedar_Pandey.jpg/105px-Kedar_Pandey.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Kedar_Pandey.jpg/140px-Kedar_Pandey.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1080" data-file-height="1350" /></a></span> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Kedar_Pandey" title="Kedar Pandey">Kedar Pandey</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(1920–1982)<br />MP for <a href="/wiki/Bettiah_Lok_Sabha_constituency" title="Bettiah Lok Sabha constituency">Bettiah</a></span> </td> <td><span style="font-size:85%;">8 June</span><br />1980 </td> <td><span style="font-size:85%;">12 November</span><br />1980 </td> <th><span data-sort-value="7002157000000000000♠"></span>157 days </th></tr> <tr> <th>17 </th> <td bgcolor="#19AAED"> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Birender_Singh_b1921_2023_stamp_of_India.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f2/Birender_Singh_b1921_2023_stamp_of_India.jpg/70px-Birender_Singh_b1921_2023_stamp_of_India.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="51" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f2/Birender_Singh_b1921_2023_stamp_of_India.jpg/105px-Birender_Singh_b1921_2023_stamp_of_India.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f2/Birender_Singh_b1921_2023_stamp_of_India.jpg/140px-Birender_Singh_b1921_2023_stamp_of_India.jpg 2x" data-file-width="688" data-file-height="506" /></a></span> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Birender_Singh_(politician,_born_1921)" title="Birender Singh (politician, born 1921)">Rao Birender Singh</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(1921–2000)<br />MP for <a href="/wiki/Mahendragarh_Lok_Sabha_constituency" title="Mahendragarh Lok Sabha constituency">Mahendragarh</a></span> </td> <td><span style="font-size:85%;">12 November</span><br />1980 </td> <td><span style="font-size:85%;">15 January</span><br />1982 </td> <th><span data-sort-value="7002429000000000000♠"></span>1 year, 64 days </th></tr> <tr> <th>(16) </th> <td bgcolor="#19AAED"> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Kedar_Pandey.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Kedar_Pandey.jpg/70px-Kedar_Pandey.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="88" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Kedar_Pandey.jpg/105px-Kedar_Pandey.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Kedar_Pandey.jpg/140px-Kedar_Pandey.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1080" data-file-height="1350" /></a></span> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Kedar_Pandey" title="Kedar Pandey">Kedar Pandey</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(1920–1982)<br />MP for <a href="/wiki/Bettiah_Lok_Sabha_constituency" title="Bettiah Lok Sabha constituency">Bettiah</a></span> </td> <td><span style="font-size:85%;">15 January</span><br />1982 </td> <td><span style="font-size:85%;">29 January</span><br />1983 </td> <th><span data-sort-value="7002379000000000000♠"></span>1 year, 14 days </th></tr> <tr> <th>18 </th> <td bgcolor="#19AAED"> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Ram_Niwas_Mirdha_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b1/Ram_Niwas_Mirdha_%28cropped%29.jpg/70px-Ram_Niwas_Mirdha_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="93" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b1/Ram_Niwas_Mirdha_%28cropped%29.jpg/105px-Ram_Niwas_Mirdha_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b1/Ram_Niwas_Mirdha_%28cropped%29.jpg/140px-Ram_Niwas_Mirdha_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="450" data-file-height="600" /></a></span> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Ram_Niwas_Mirdha" title="Ram Niwas Mirdha">Ram Niwas Mirdha</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(1924–2010)<br />Rajya Sabha MP for <a href="/wiki/Rajasthan" title="Rajasthan">Rajasthan</a></span><br />(MoS, I/C) </td> <td><span style="font-size:85%;">29 January</span><br />1983 </td> <td><span style="font-size:85%;">2 August</span><br />1984 </td> <th><span data-sort-value="7002551000000000000♠"></span>1 year, 186 days </th></tr> <tr> <th>19 </th> <td bgcolor="#19AAED"> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Prakash_Chandra_Sethi_Lok_Sabha_photo.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f1/Prakash_Chandra_Sethi_Lok_Sabha_photo.jpg/70px-Prakash_Chandra_Sethi_Lok_Sabha_photo.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="101" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f1/Prakash_Chandra_Sethi_Lok_Sabha_photo.jpg/105px-Prakash_Chandra_Sethi_Lok_Sabha_photo.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f1/Prakash_Chandra_Sethi_Lok_Sabha_photo.jpg/140px-Prakash_Chandra_Sethi_Lok_Sabha_photo.jpg 2x" data-file-width="210" data-file-height="303" /></a></span> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Prakash_Chandra_Sethi" title="Prakash Chandra Sethi">Prakash Chandra Sethi</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(1919–1996)<br />MP for <a href="/wiki/Indore_Lok_Sabha_constituency" title="Indore Lok Sabha constituency">Indore</a></span> </td> <td><span style="font-size:85%;">2 August</span><br />1984 </td> <td><span style="font-size:85%;">31 October</span><br />1984 </td> <th><span data-sort-value="7001900000000000000♠"></span>90 days </th></tr> <tr> <th>20 </th> <td bgcolor="#19AAED"> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Veteran_Leader_Ck_jaffer_Sharief_on_a_Hartal_(cropped).JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/Veteran_Leader_Ck_jaffer_Sharief_on_a_Hartal_%28cropped%29.JPG/70px-Veteran_Leader_Ck_jaffer_Sharief_on_a_Hartal_%28cropped%29.JPG" decoding="async" width="70" height="88" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/Veteran_Leader_Ck_jaffer_Sharief_on_a_Hartal_%28cropped%29.JPG/105px-Veteran_Leader_Ck_jaffer_Sharief_on_a_Hartal_%28cropped%29.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/Veteran_Leader_Ck_jaffer_Sharief_on_a_Hartal_%28cropped%29.JPG/140px-Veteran_Leader_Ck_jaffer_Sharief_on_a_Hartal_%28cropped%29.JPG 2x" data-file-width="773" data-file-height="967" /></a></span> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/C._K._Jaffer_Sharief" title="C. K. Jaffer Sharief">C. K. Jaffer Sharief</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(1933–2018)<br />MP for <a href="/wiki/Bangalore_North_Lok_Sabha_constituency" title="Bangalore North Lok Sabha constituency">Bangalore North</a></span> </td> <td><span style="font-size:85%;">4 November</span><br />1984 </td> <td><span style="font-size:85%;">31 December</span><br />1984 </td> <th><span data-sort-value="7001570000000000000♠"></span>57 days </th> <td bgcolor="#87CEEB"><b><a href="/wiki/First_Rajiv_Gandhi_ministry" title="First Rajiv Gandhi ministry">Rajiv I</a></b> </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Rajiv_Gandhi" title="Rajiv Gandhi">Rajiv Gandhi</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th>21 </th> <td bgcolor="#19AAED"> </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><span style="font-size:85%;">31 December</span><br />1984 </td> <td><span style="font-size:85%;">25 September</span><br />1985 </td> <th><span data-sort-value="7002268000000000000♠"></span>268 days </th> <td bgcolor="#87CEEB"><b><a href="/wiki/Second_Rajiv_Gandhi_ministry" title="Second Rajiv Gandhi ministry">Rajiv II</a></b> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="10">Minister of Water Resources </th></tr> <tr> <th>22 </th> <td bgcolor="#19AAED"> </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><span style="font-size:85%;">25 September</span><br />1985 </td> <td><span style="font-size:85%;">22 August</span><br />1987 </td> <th><span data-sort-value="7002696000000000000♠"></span>1 year, 331 days </th> <td rowspan="6"><a href="/wiki/Indian_National_Congress" title="Indian National Congress">Indian National Congress</a> </td> <td rowspan="6" bgcolor="#87CEEB"><b><a href="/wiki/Second_Rajiv_Gandhi_ministry" title="Second Rajiv Gandhi ministry">Rajiv II</a></b> </td> <td rowspan="6"><a href="/wiki/Rajiv_Gandhi" title="Rajiv Gandhi">Rajiv Gandhi</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th>– </th> <td bgcolor="#19AAED"> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:RajivGandhi.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/RajivGandhi.jpg/70px-RajivGandhi.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="88" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/RajivGandhi.jpg/105px-RajivGandhi.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/RajivGandhi.jpg/140px-RajivGandhi.jpg 2x" data-file-width="184" data-file-height="230" /></a></span> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Rajiv_Gandhi" title="Rajiv Gandhi">Rajiv Gandhi</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(1944–1991)<br />MP for <a href="/wiki/Amethi_Lok_Sabha_constituency" title="Amethi Lok Sabha constituency">Amethi</a></span><br />(Prime Minister) </td> <td><span style="font-size:85%;">22 August</span><br />1987 </td> <td><span style="font-size:85%;">10 November</span><br />1987 </td> <th><span data-sort-value="7001190000000000000♠"></span>19 days </th></tr> <tr> <th>23 </th> <td bgcolor="#19AAED"> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Ram_Niwas_Mirdha_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b1/Ram_Niwas_Mirdha_%28cropped%29.jpg/70px-Ram_Niwas_Mirdha_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="93" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b1/Ram_Niwas_Mirdha_%28cropped%29.jpg/105px-Ram_Niwas_Mirdha_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b1/Ram_Niwas_Mirdha_%28cropped%29.jpg/140px-Ram_Niwas_Mirdha_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="450" data-file-height="600" /></a></span> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Ram_Niwas_Mirdha" title="Ram Niwas Mirdha">Ram Niwas Mirdha</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(1924–2010)<br />Rajya Sabha MP for <a href="/wiki/Rajasthan" title="Rajasthan">Rajasthan</a></span><br />(MoS, I/C) </td> <td><span style="font-size:85%;">10 November</span><br />1987 </td> <td><span style="font-size:85%;">14 February</span><br />1988 </td> <th><span data-sort-value="7001960000000000000♠"></span>96 days </th></tr> <tr> <th>24 </th> <td bgcolor="#19AAED"> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Dinesh_Singh_Lok_Sabha_portrait.gif" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b2/Dinesh_Singh_Lok_Sabha_portrait.gif/70px-Dinesh_Singh_Lok_Sabha_portrait.gif" decoding="async" width="70" height="94" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b2/Dinesh_Singh_Lok_Sabha_portrait.gif/105px-Dinesh_Singh_Lok_Sabha_portrait.gif 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b2/Dinesh_Singh_Lok_Sabha_portrait.gif/140px-Dinesh_Singh_Lok_Sabha_portrait.gif 2x" data-file-width="234" data-file-height="313" /></a></span> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Dinesh_Singh_(politician,_born_1925)" title="Dinesh Singh (politician, born 1925)">Dinesh Singh</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(1925–1995)<br />MP for <a href="/wiki/Pratapgarh_Lok_Sabha_constituency" title="Pratapgarh Lok Sabha constituency">Pratapgarh</a></span> </td> <td><span style="font-size:85%;">14 February</span><br />1988 </td> <td><span style="font-size:85%;">25 June</span><br />1988 </td> <th><span data-sort-value="7002132000000000000♠"></span>132 days </th></tr> <tr> <th>(22) </th> <td bgcolor="#19AAED"> </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><span style="font-size:85%;">25 June</span><br />1988 </td> <td><span style="font-size:85%;">4 July</span><br />1989 </td> <th><span data-sort-value="7002374000000000000♠"></span>1 year, 9 days </th></tr> <tr> <th>25 </th> <td bgcolor="#19AAED"> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:M.M._Jacob_photo.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a4/M.M._Jacob_photo.jpg/70px-M.M._Jacob_photo.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="96" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a4/M.M._Jacob_photo.jpg/105px-M.M._Jacob_photo.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a4/M.M._Jacob_photo.jpg/140px-M.M._Jacob_photo.jpg 2x" data-file-width="907" data-file-height="1248" /></a></span> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/M._M._Jacob" title="M. M. Jacob">M. M. Jacob</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(1926–2018)<br />Rajya Sabha MP for <a href="/wiki/Kerala" title="Kerala">Kerala</a></span><br />(MoS, I/C) </td> <td><span style="font-size:85%;">4 July</span><br />1989 </td> <td><span style="font-size:85%;">2 December</span><br />1989 </td> <th><span data-sort-value="7002151000000000000♠"></span>151 days </th></tr> <tr> <th rowspan="2">26 </th> <td bgcolor="#2E8B57"> </td> <td rowspan="2"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Manubhai_Kotadia_Lok_Sabha_photo.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/27/Manubhai_Kotadia_Lok_Sabha_photo.jpg/70px-Manubhai_Kotadia_Lok_Sabha_photo.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="94" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/27/Manubhai_Kotadia_Lok_Sabha_photo.jpg/105px-Manubhai_Kotadia_Lok_Sabha_photo.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/27/Manubhai_Kotadia_Lok_Sabha_photo.jpg/140px-Manubhai_Kotadia_Lok_Sabha_photo.jpg 2x" data-file-width="229" data-file-height="306" /></a></span> </td> <td rowspan="2"><b><a href="/wiki/Manubhai_Kotadia" title="Manubhai Kotadia">Manubhai Kotadia</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(1936–2003)<br />MP for <a href="/wiki/Amreli_Lok_Sabha_constituency" title="Amreli Lok Sabha constituency">Amreli</a></span><br />(MoS, I/C until 5 November 1990) </td> <td><span style="font-size:85%;">6 December</span><br />1989 </td> <td><span style="font-size:85%;">5 November</span><br />1990 </td> <th><span data-sort-value="7002334000000000000♠"></span>334 days </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Janata_Dal" title="Janata Dal">Janata Dal</a> </td> <td style="background:#4C915F"><b><a href="/wiki/V._P._Singh_ministry" title="V. P. Singh ministry">V. P. Singh</a></b> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/V._P._Singh" title="V. P. Singh">V. P. Singh</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#74C365"> </td> <td><span style="font-size:85%;">21 November</span><br />1990 </td> <td><span style="font-size:85%;">26 April</span><br />1991 </td> <th><span data-sort-value="7002156000000000000♠"></span>156 days </th> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Samajwadi_Janata_Party_(Rashtriya)" title="Samajwadi Janata Party (Rashtriya)">Samajwadi Janata Party (Rashtriya)</a> </td> <td rowspan="2" style="background:#74C365"><b><a href="/wiki/Chandra_Shekhar_ministry" title="Chandra Shekhar ministry">Chandra Shekhar</a></b> </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Chandra_Shekhar" title="Chandra Shekhar">Chandra Shekhar</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th>– </th> <td bgcolor="#74C365"> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Chandra_Shekhar_Singh.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7c/Chandra_Shekhar_Singh.jpg/70px-Chandra_Shekhar_Singh.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="92" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7c/Chandra_Shekhar_Singh.jpg/105px-Chandra_Shekhar_Singh.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7c/Chandra_Shekhar_Singh.jpg/140px-Chandra_Shekhar_Singh.jpg 2x" data-file-width="526" data-file-height="692" /></a></span> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Chandra_Shekhar" title="Chandra Shekhar">Chandra Shekhar</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(1927–2007)<br />MP for <a href="/wiki/Ballia_Lok_Sabha_constituency" title="Ballia Lok Sabha constituency">Ballia</a></span><br />(Prime Minister) </td> <td><span style="font-size:85%;">26 April</span><br />1991 </td> <td><span style="font-size:85%;">21 June</span><br />1991 </td> <th><span data-sort-value="7001560000000000000♠"></span>56 days </th></tr> <tr> <th>27 </th> <td bgcolor="#19AAED"> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Vidya_Charan_Shukla_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/Vidya_Charan_Shukla_%28cropped%29.jpg/70px-Vidya_Charan_Shukla_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="96" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/Vidya_Charan_Shukla_%28cropped%29.jpg/105px-Vidya_Charan_Shukla_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/Vidya_Charan_Shukla_%28cropped%29.jpg/140px-Vidya_Charan_Shukla_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="287" data-file-height="392" /></a></span> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Vidya_Charan_Shukla" title="Vidya Charan Shukla">Vidya Charan Shukla</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(1929–2013)<br />MP for <a href="/wiki/Raipur_Lok_Sabha_constituency" title="Raipur Lok Sabha constituency">Raipur</a></span> </td> <td><span style="font-size:85%;">21 June</span><br />1991 </td> <td><span style="font-size:85%;">17 January</span><br />1996 </td> <th><span data-sort-value="7003167100000000000♠"></span>4 years, 210 days </th> <td rowspan="3"><a href="/wiki/Indian_National_Congress" title="Indian National Congress">Indian National Congress</a> </td> <td rowspan="3" bgcolor="#87CEEB"><a href="/wiki/Rao_ministry" title="Rao ministry"><b>Rao</b></a> </td> <td rowspan="3"><a href="/wiki/P._V._Narasimha_Rao" title="P. V. Narasimha Rao">P. V. Narasimha Rao</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th>– </th> <td bgcolor="#19AAED"> </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><span style="font-size:85%;">17 January</span><br />1996 </td> <td><span style="font-size:85%;">7 February</span><br />1996 </td> <th><span data-sort-value="7001210000000000000♠"></span>21 days </th></tr> <tr> <th>28 </th> <td bgcolor="#19AAED"> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:A._R._Antulay_with_Shivraj_Patil_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/A._R._Antulay_with_Shivraj_Patil_%28cropped%29.jpg/70px-A._R._Antulay_with_Shivraj_Patil_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="85" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/A._R._Antulay_with_Shivraj_Patil_%28cropped%29.jpg/105px-A._R._Antulay_with_Shivraj_Patil_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/A._R._Antulay_with_Shivraj_Patil_%28cropped%29.jpg/140px-A._R._Antulay_with_Shivraj_Patil_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="966" /></a></span> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/A._R._Antulay" title="A. R. Antulay">A. R. Antulay</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(1929–2014)<br />MP for <a href="/wiki/Kolaba_Lok_Sabha_constituency" title="Kolaba Lok Sabha constituency">Kolaba</a></span> </td> <td><span style="font-size:85%;">7 February</span><br />1996 </td> <td><span style="font-size:85%;">16 May</span><br />1996 </td> <th><span data-sort-value="7001990000000000000♠"></span>99 days </th></tr> <tr> <th>– </th> <td bgcolor="#FF9933"> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Atal_Bihari_Vajpayee_tribute_image_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b2/Atal_Bihari_Vajpayee_tribute_image_%28cropped%29.jpg/70px-Atal_Bihari_Vajpayee_tribute_image_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="85" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b2/Atal_Bihari_Vajpayee_tribute_image_%28cropped%29.jpg/105px-Atal_Bihari_Vajpayee_tribute_image_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b2/Atal_Bihari_Vajpayee_tribute_image_%28cropped%29.jpg/140px-Atal_Bihari_Vajpayee_tribute_image_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="399" data-file-height="482" /></a></span> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Atal_Bihari_Vajpayee" title="Atal Bihari Vajpayee">Atal Bihari Vajpayee</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(1924–2018)<br />MP for <a href="/wiki/Lucknow_Lok_Sabha_constituency" title="Lucknow Lok Sabha constituency">Lucknow</a></span><br />(Prime Minister) </td> <td><span style="font-size:85%;">16 May</span><br />1996 </td> <td><span style="font-size:85%;">1 June</span><br />1996 </td> <th><span data-sort-value="7001160000000000000♠"></span>16 days </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Bharatiya_Janata_Party" title="Bharatiya Janata Party">Bharatiya Janata Party</a> </td> <td style="background:#FFA551;"><b><a href="/wiki/First_Vajpayee_ministry" title="First Vajpayee ministry">Vajpayee I</a></b> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Atal_Bihari_Vajpayee" title="Atal Bihari Vajpayee">Atal Bihari Vajpayee</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th>– </th> <td bgcolor="#2E8B57"> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:H._D._Deve_Gowda_BNC.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/71/H._D._Deve_Gowda_BNC.jpg/70px-H._D._Deve_Gowda_BNC.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="88" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/71/H._D._Deve_Gowda_BNC.jpg/105px-H._D._Deve_Gowda_BNC.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/71/H._D._Deve_Gowda_BNC.jpg/140px-H._D._Deve_Gowda_BNC.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1600" data-file-height="2000" /></a></span> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/H._D._Deve_Gowda" title="H. D. Deve Gowda">H. D. Deve Gowda</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(born 1933)<br /><i>Unelected</i></span><br />(Prime Minister) </td> <td><span style="font-size:85%;">1 June</span><br />1996 </td> <td><span style="font-size:85%;">29 June</span><br />1996 </td> <th><span data-sort-value="7001280000000000000♠"></span>28 days </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Janata_Dal" title="Janata Dal">Janata Dal</a> </td> <td rowspan="2" style="background:#4C915F"><b><a href="/wiki/Deve_Gowda_ministry" title="Deve Gowda ministry">Deve Gowda</a></b> </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/H._D._Deve_Gowda" title="H. D. Deve Gowda">H. D. Deve Gowda</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th rowspan="2">29 </th> <td rowspan="2" bgcolor="#FF2222"> </td> <td rowspan="2"> </td> <td rowspan="2"><b><a href="/wiki/Janeshwar_Mishra" title="Janeshwar Mishra">Janeshwar Mishra</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(1933–2010)<br />Rajya Sabha MP for <a href="/wiki/Uttar_Pradesh" title="Uttar Pradesh">Uttar Pradesh</a></span> </td> <td><span style="font-size:85%;">29 June</span><br />1996 </td> <td><span style="font-size:85%;">21 April</span><br />1997 </td> <th rowspan="2"><span data-sort-value="7002345000000000000♠"></span>345 days </th> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Samajwadi_Party" title="Samajwadi Party">Samajwadi Party</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span style="font-size:85%;">21 April</span><br />1997 </td> <td><span style="font-size:85%;">9 June</span><br />1997 </td> <td rowspan="2" style="background:#4C915F"><b><a href="/wiki/Gujral_ministry" title="Gujral ministry">Gujral</a></b> </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Inder_Kumar_Gujral" title="Inder Kumar Gujral">Inder Kumar Gujral</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th>30 </th> <td bgcolor="#00FFFF"> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Sis_Ram_Ola_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/45/Sis_Ram_Ola_%28cropped%29.jpg/70px-Sis_Ram_Ola_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="93" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/45/Sis_Ram_Ola_%28cropped%29.jpg/105px-Sis_Ram_Ola_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/45/Sis_Ram_Ola_%28cropped%29.jpg/140px-Sis_Ram_Ola_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="417" data-file-height="554" /></a></span> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Sis_Ram_Ola" class="mw-redirect" title="Sis Ram Ola">Sis Ram Ola</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(1927–2013)<br />MP for <a href="/wiki/Jhunjhunu_Lok_Sabha_constituency" title="Jhunjhunu Lok Sabha constituency">Jhunjhunu</a></span><br />(MoS, I/C) </td> <td><span style="font-size:85%;">9 June</span><br />1997 </td> <td><span style="font-size:85%;">19 March</span><br />1998 </td> <th><span data-sort-value="7002283000000000000♠"></span>283 days </th> <td><a href="/wiki/All_India_Indira_Congress_(Tiwari)" title="All India Indira Congress (Tiwari)">All India Indira Congress (Tiwari)</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th>– </th> <td bgcolor="#FF9933"> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Atal_Bihari_Vajpayee_tribute_image_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b2/Atal_Bihari_Vajpayee_tribute_image_%28cropped%29.jpg/70px-Atal_Bihari_Vajpayee_tribute_image_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="85" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b2/Atal_Bihari_Vajpayee_tribute_image_%28cropped%29.jpg/105px-Atal_Bihari_Vajpayee_tribute_image_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b2/Atal_Bihari_Vajpayee_tribute_image_%28cropped%29.jpg/140px-Atal_Bihari_Vajpayee_tribute_image_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="399" data-file-height="482" /></a></span> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Atal_Bihari_Vajpayee" title="Atal Bihari Vajpayee">Atal Bihari Vajpayee</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(1924–2018)<br />MP for <a href="/wiki/Lucknow_Lok_Sabha_constituency" title="Lucknow Lok Sabha constituency">Lucknow</a></span><br />(Prime Minister) </td> <td><span style="font-size:85%;">19 March</span><br />1998 </td> <td><span style="font-size:85%;">13 October</span><br />1999 </td> <th><span data-sort-value="7002573000000000000♠"></span>1 year, 208 days </th> <td rowspan="3"><a href="/wiki/Bharatiya_Janata_Party" title="Bharatiya Janata Party">Bharatiya Janata Party</a> </td> <td style="background:#FFA551;"><b><a href="/wiki/Second_Vajpayee_ministry" title="Second Vajpayee ministry">Vajpayee II</a></b> </td> <td rowspan="4"><a href="/wiki/Atal_Bihari_Vajpayee" title="Atal Bihari Vajpayee">Atal Bihari Vajpayee</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th>31 </th> <td bgcolor="#FF9933"> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Pramod_jee.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0a/Pramod_jee.jpg/70px-Pramod_jee.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="87" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0a/Pramod_jee.jpg/105px-Pramod_jee.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0a/Pramod_jee.jpg/140px-Pramod_jee.jpg 2x" data-file-width="201" data-file-height="250" /></a></span> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Pramod_Mahajan" title="Pramod Mahajan">Pramod Mahajan</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(1949–2006)<br />Rajya Sabha MP for <a href="/wiki/Maharashtra" title="Maharashtra">Maharashtra</a></span> </td> <td><span style="font-size:85%;">13 October</span><br />1999 </td> <td><span style="font-size:85%;">22 November</span><br />1999 </td> <th><span data-sort-value="7001400000000000000♠"></span>40 days </th> <td rowspan="3" style="background:#FFA551;"><b><a href="/wiki/Third_Vajpayee_ministry" title="Third Vajpayee ministry">Vajpayee III</a></b> </td></tr> <tr> <th>32 </th> <td bgcolor="#FF9933"> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:C._P._Thakur_PIB_2004_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2b/C._P._Thakur_PIB_2004_%28cropped%29.jpg/70px-C._P._Thakur_PIB_2004_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="88" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2b/C._P._Thakur_PIB_2004_%28cropped%29.jpg/105px-C._P._Thakur_PIB_2004_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2b/C._P._Thakur_PIB_2004_%28cropped%29.jpg/140px-C._P._Thakur_PIB_2004_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="375" /></a></span> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/C._P._Thakur" title="C. P. Thakur">C. P. Thakur</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(born 1931)<br />MP for <a href="/wiki/Patna_Lok_Sabha_constituency" title="Patna Lok Sabha constituency">Patna</a></span> </td> <td><span style="font-size:85%;">22 November</span><br />1999 </td> <td><span style="font-size:85%;">27 May</span><br />2000 </td> <th><span data-sort-value="7002187000000000000♠"></span>187 days </th></tr> <tr> <th>33 </th> <td bgcolor="#70A548"> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Arjun_Charan_Sethi_Image.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5e/Arjun_Charan_Sethi_Image.jpg/70px-Arjun_Charan_Sethi_Image.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="70" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5e/Arjun_Charan_Sethi_Image.jpg/105px-Arjun_Charan_Sethi_Image.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5e/Arjun_Charan_Sethi_Image.jpg/140px-Arjun_Charan_Sethi_Image.jpg 2x" data-file-width="602" data-file-height="600" /></a></span> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Arjun_Charan_Sethi" title="Arjun Charan Sethi">Arjun Charan Sethi</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(1941–2020)<br />MP for <a href="/wiki/Bhadrak_Lok_Sabha_constituency" title="Bhadrak Lok Sabha constituency">Bhadrak</a></span> </td> <td><span style="font-size:85%;">27 May</span><br />2000 </td> <td><span style="font-size:85%;">22 May</span><br />2004 </td> <th><span data-sort-value="7003145600000000000♠"></span>3 years, 361 days </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Biju_Janata_Dal" title="Biju Janata Dal">Biju Janata Dal</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th>34 </th> <td bgcolor="#19AAED"> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Priya_Ranjan_Dasmunsi_PIB.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/Priya_Ranjan_Dasmunsi_PIB.jpg/70px-Priya_Ranjan_Dasmunsi_PIB.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="94" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/Priya_Ranjan_Dasmunsi_PIB.jpg/105px-Priya_Ranjan_Dasmunsi_PIB.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/Priya_Ranjan_Dasmunsi_PIB.jpg/140px-Priya_Ranjan_Dasmunsi_PIB.jpg 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="668" /></a></span> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Priya_Ranjan_Dasmunsi" title="Priya Ranjan Dasmunsi">Priya Ranjan Dasmunsi</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(1945–2017)<br />MP for <a href="/wiki/Raiganj_Lok_Sabha_constituency" title="Raiganj Lok Sabha constituency">Raiganj</a></span> </td> <td><span style="font-size:85%;">23 May</span><br />2004 </td> <td><span style="font-size:85%;">18 November</span><br />2005 </td> <th><span data-sort-value="7002544000000000000♠"></span>1 year, 179 days </th> <td rowspan="10"><a href="/wiki/Indian_National_Congress" title="Indian National Congress">Indian National Congress</a> </td> <td rowspan="3" bgcolor="#87CEEB"><a href="/wiki/First_Manmohan_Singh_ministry" title="First Manmohan Singh ministry"><b>Manmohan I</b></a> </td> <td rowspan="10"><a href="/wiki/Manmohan_Singh" title="Manmohan Singh">Manmohan Singh</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th>35 </th> <td bgcolor="#19AAED"> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Santosh_Mohan_Dev_addressing_the_press_conference_in_New_Delhi_on_November_20,_2008_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d2/Santosh_Mohan_Dev_addressing_the_press_conference_in_New_Delhi_on_November_20%2C_2008_%28cropped%29.jpg/70px-Santosh_Mohan_Dev_addressing_the_press_conference_in_New_Delhi_on_November_20%2C_2008_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="87" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d2/Santosh_Mohan_Dev_addressing_the_press_conference_in_New_Delhi_on_November_20%2C_2008_%28cropped%29.jpg/105px-Santosh_Mohan_Dev_addressing_the_press_conference_in_New_Delhi_on_November_20%2C_2008_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d2/Santosh_Mohan_Dev_addressing_the_press_conference_in_New_Delhi_on_November_20%2C_2008_%28cropped%29.jpg/140px-Santosh_Mohan_Dev_addressing_the_press_conference_in_New_Delhi_on_November_20%2C_2008_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1187" data-file-height="1479" /></a></span> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Santosh_Mohan_Dev" title="Santosh Mohan Dev">Santosh Mohan Dev</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(1934–2017)<br />MP for <a href="/wiki/Silchar_Lok_Sabha_constituency" title="Silchar Lok Sabha constituency">Silchar</a></span><br />(MoS, I/C) </td> <td><span style="font-size:85%;">18 November</span><br />2005 </td> <td><span style="font-size:85%;">29 January</span><br />2006 </td> <th><span data-sort-value="7001720000000000000♠"></span>72 days </th></tr> <tr> <th>36 </th> <td bgcolor="#19AAED"> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Saifuddin_Soz_in_September_2007_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8a/Saifuddin_Soz_in_September_2007_%28cropped%29.jpg/70px-Saifuddin_Soz_in_September_2007_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="89" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8a/Saifuddin_Soz_in_September_2007_%28cropped%29.jpg/105px-Saifuddin_Soz_in_September_2007_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8a/Saifuddin_Soz_in_September_2007_%28cropped%29.jpg/140px-Saifuddin_Soz_in_September_2007_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="757" data-file-height="962" /></a></span> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Saifuddin_Soz" title="Saifuddin Soz">Saifuddin Soz</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(born 1937)<br />Rajya Sabha MP for <a href="/wiki/Jammu_and_Kashmir_(state)" title="Jammu and Kashmir (state)">Jammu and Kashmir</a></span> </td> <td><span style="font-size:85%;">29 January</span><br />2006 </td> <td><span style="font-size:85%;">22 May</span><br />2009 </td> <th><span data-sort-value="7003120900000000000♠"></span>3 years, 113 days </th></tr> <tr> <th>37 </th> <td bgcolor="#19AAED"> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Meira_Kumar_in_2013.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/14/Meira_Kumar_in_2013.jpg/70px-Meira_Kumar_in_2013.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="88" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/14/Meira_Kumar_in_2013.jpg/105px-Meira_Kumar_in_2013.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/14/Meira_Kumar_in_2013.jpg/140px-Meira_Kumar_in_2013.jpg 2x" data-file-width="704" data-file-height="880" /></a></span> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Meira_Kumar" title="Meira Kumar">Meira Kumar</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(born 1945)<br />MP for <a href="/wiki/Sasaram_Lok_Sabha_constituency" title="Sasaram Lok Sabha constituency">Sasaram</a></span> </td> <td><span style="font-size:85%;">28 May</span><br />2009 </td> <td><span style="font-size:85%;">31 May</span><br />2009 </td> <th><span data-sort-value="7000300000000000000♠"></span>3 days </th> <td rowspan="7" bgcolor="#87CEEB"><a href="/wiki/Second_Manmohan_Singh_ministry" title="Second Manmohan Singh ministry"><b>Manmohan II</b></a> </td></tr> <tr> <th>– </th> <td bgcolor="#19AAED"> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Manmohan_Singh_in_2009.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b7/Manmohan_Singh_in_2009.jpg/70px-Manmohan_Singh_in_2009.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="94" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b7/Manmohan_Singh_in_2009.jpg/105px-Manmohan_Singh_in_2009.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b7/Manmohan_Singh_in_2009.jpg/140px-Manmohan_Singh_in_2009.jpg 2x" data-file-width="443" data-file-height="595" /></a></span> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Manmohan_Singh" title="Manmohan Singh">Manmohan Singh</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(born 1932)<br />Rajya Sabha MP for <a href="/wiki/Assam" title="Assam">Assam</a></span><br />(Prime Minister) </td> <td><span style="font-size:85%;">31 May</span><br />2009 </td> <td><span style="font-size:85%;">14 June</span><br />2009 </td> <th><span data-sort-value="7001140000000000000♠"></span>14 days </th></tr> <tr> <th>38 </th> <td bgcolor="#19AAED"> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:The_Union_Minister_for_Railways,_Shri_Pawan_Kumar_Bansal_inaugurating_the_New_Block_of_Civil_Hospital_at_Manimajra,_in_Chandigarh_on_April_07,_2013.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9d/The_Union_Minister_for_Railways%2C_Shri_Pawan_Kumar_Bansal_inaugurating_the_New_Block_of_Civil_Hospital_at_Manimajra%2C_in_Chandigarh_on_April_07%2C_2013.jpg/70px-The_Union_Minister_for_Railways%2C_Shri_Pawan_Kumar_Bansal_inaugurating_the_New_Block_of_Civil_Hospital_at_Manimajra%2C_in_Chandigarh_on_April_07%2C_2013.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="75" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9d/The_Union_Minister_for_Railways%2C_Shri_Pawan_Kumar_Bansal_inaugurating_the_New_Block_of_Civil_Hospital_at_Manimajra%2C_in_Chandigarh_on_April_07%2C_2013.jpg/105px-The_Union_Minister_for_Railways%2C_Shri_Pawan_Kumar_Bansal_inaugurating_the_New_Block_of_Civil_Hospital_at_Manimajra%2C_in_Chandigarh_on_April_07%2C_2013.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9d/The_Union_Minister_for_Railways%2C_Shri_Pawan_Kumar_Bansal_inaugurating_the_New_Block_of_Civil_Hospital_at_Manimajra%2C_in_Chandigarh_on_April_07%2C_2013.jpg/140px-The_Union_Minister_for_Railways%2C_Shri_Pawan_Kumar_Bansal_inaugurating_the_New_Block_of_Civil_Hospital_at_Manimajra%2C_in_Chandigarh_on_April_07%2C_2013.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1740" data-file-height="1864" /></a></span> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Pawan_Kumar_Bansal" title="Pawan Kumar Bansal">Pawan Kumar Bansal</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(born 1948)<br />MP for <a href="/wiki/Chandigarh_Lok_Sabha_constituency" title="Chandigarh Lok Sabha constituency">Chandigarh</a></span> </td> <td><span style="font-size:85%;">14 June</span><br />2009 </td> <td><span style="font-size:85%;">19 January</span><br />2011 </td> <th><span data-sort-value="7002584000000000000♠"></span>1 year, 219 days </th></tr> <tr> <th>39 </th> <td bgcolor="#19AAED"> </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><span style="font-size:85%;">19 January</span><br />2011 </td> <td><span style="font-size:85%;">12 July</span><br />2011 </td> <th><span data-sort-value="7002174000000000000♠"></span>174 days </th></tr> <tr> <th>(38) </th> <td bgcolor="#19AAED"> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:The_Union_Minister_for_Railways,_Shri_Pawan_Kumar_Bansal_inaugurating_the_New_Block_of_Civil_Hospital_at_Manimajra,_in_Chandigarh_on_April_07,_2013.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9d/The_Union_Minister_for_Railways%2C_Shri_Pawan_Kumar_Bansal_inaugurating_the_New_Block_of_Civil_Hospital_at_Manimajra%2C_in_Chandigarh_on_April_07%2C_2013.jpg/70px-The_Union_Minister_for_Railways%2C_Shri_Pawan_Kumar_Bansal_inaugurating_the_New_Block_of_Civil_Hospital_at_Manimajra%2C_in_Chandigarh_on_April_07%2C_2013.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="75" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9d/The_Union_Minister_for_Railways%2C_Shri_Pawan_Kumar_Bansal_inaugurating_the_New_Block_of_Civil_Hospital_at_Manimajra%2C_in_Chandigarh_on_April_07%2C_2013.jpg/105px-The_Union_Minister_for_Railways%2C_Shri_Pawan_Kumar_Bansal_inaugurating_the_New_Block_of_Civil_Hospital_at_Manimajra%2C_in_Chandigarh_on_April_07%2C_2013.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9d/The_Union_Minister_for_Railways%2C_Shri_Pawan_Kumar_Bansal_inaugurating_the_New_Block_of_Civil_Hospital_at_Manimajra%2C_in_Chandigarh_on_April_07%2C_2013.jpg/140px-The_Union_Minister_for_Railways%2C_Shri_Pawan_Kumar_Bansal_inaugurating_the_New_Block_of_Civil_Hospital_at_Manimajra%2C_in_Chandigarh_on_April_07%2C_2013.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1740" data-file-height="1864" /></a></span> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Pawan_Kumar_Bansal" title="Pawan Kumar Bansal">Pawan Kumar Bansal</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(born 1948)<br />MP for <a href="/wiki/Chandigarh_Lok_Sabha_constituency" title="Chandigarh Lok Sabha constituency">Chandigarh</a></span> </td> <td><span style="font-size:85%;">12 July</span><br />2011 </td> <td><span style="font-size:85%;">28 October</span><br />2012 </td> <th><span data-sort-value="7002474000000000000♠"></span>1 year, 108 days </th></tr> <tr> <th>40 </th> <td bgcolor="#19AAED"> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:HarishRawat.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/HarishRawat.jpg/70px-HarishRawat.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="93" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/HarishRawat.jpg/105px-HarishRawat.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/HarishRawat.jpg/140px-HarishRawat.jpg 2x" data-file-width="516" data-file-height="688" /></a></span> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Harish_Rawat" title="Harish Rawat">Harish Rawat</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(born 1948)<br />MP for <a href="/wiki/Haridwar_Lok_Sabha_constituency" title="Haridwar Lok Sabha constituency">Haridwar</a></span> </td> <td><span style="font-size:85%;">28 October</span><br />2012 </td> <td><span style="font-size:85%;">1 February</span><br />2014 </td> <th><span data-sort-value="7002461000000000000♠"></span>1 year, 96 days </th></tr> <tr> <th>41 </th> <td bgcolor="#19AAED"> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Ghulam_Nabi_Azad_at_Healthcare_Skill_Summit_2013_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e6/Ghulam_Nabi_Azad_at_Healthcare_Skill_Summit_2013_%28cropped%29.jpg/70px-Ghulam_Nabi_Azad_at_Healthcare_Skill_Summit_2013_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="92" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e6/Ghulam_Nabi_Azad_at_Healthcare_Skill_Summit_2013_%28cropped%29.jpg/105px-Ghulam_Nabi_Azad_at_Healthcare_Skill_Summit_2013_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e6/Ghulam_Nabi_Azad_at_Healthcare_Skill_Summit_2013_%28cropped%29.jpg/140px-Ghulam_Nabi_Azad_at_Healthcare_Skill_Summit_2013_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="509" data-file-height="668" /></a></span> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Ghulam_Nabi_Azad" title="Ghulam Nabi Azad">Ghulam Nabi Azad</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(born 1949)<br />Rajya Sabha MP for <a href="/wiki/Jammu_and_Kashmir_(state)" title="Jammu and Kashmir (state)">Jammu and Kashmir</a></span> </td> <td><span style="font-size:85%;">1 February</span><br />2014 </td> <td><span style="font-size:85%;">26 May</span><br />2014 </td> <th><span data-sort-value="7002114000000000000♠"></span>114 days </th></tr> <tr> <th colspan="10">Minister of Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation </th></tr> <tr> <th>42 </th> <td bgcolor="#FF9933"> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Uma_Bharati_in_2014.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/06/Uma_Bharati_in_2014.jpg/70px-Uma_Bharati_in_2014.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="93" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/06/Uma_Bharati_in_2014.jpg/105px-Uma_Bharati_in_2014.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/06/Uma_Bharati_in_2014.jpg/140px-Uma_Bharati_in_2014.jpg 2x" data-file-width="652" data-file-height="870" /></a></span> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Uma_Bharti" title="Uma Bharti">Uma Bharti</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(born 1959)<br />MP for <a href="/wiki/Jhansi_Lok_Sabha_constituency" title="Jhansi Lok Sabha constituency">Jhansi</a></span> </td> <td><span style="font-size:85%;">27 May</span><br />2014 </td> <td><span style="font-size:85%;">3 September</span><br />2017 </td> <th><span data-sort-value="7003119500000000000♠"></span>3 years, 99 days </th> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Bharatiya_Janata_Party" title="Bharatiya Janata Party">Bharatiya Janata Party</a> </td> <td rowspan="2" style="background:#FFA551;"><b><a href="/wiki/First_Modi_ministry" title="First Modi ministry">Modi I</a></b> </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Narendra_Modi" title="Narendra Modi">Narendra Modi</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th>43 </th> <td bgcolor="#FF9933"> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Shri_Nitin_Gadkari_on_March_3,_2023_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4d/Shri_Nitin_Gadkari_on_March_3%2C_2023_%28cropped%29.jpg/70px-Shri_Nitin_Gadkari_on_March_3%2C_2023_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="93" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4d/Shri_Nitin_Gadkari_on_March_3%2C_2023_%28cropped%29.jpg/105px-Shri_Nitin_Gadkari_on_March_3%2C_2023_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4d/Shri_Nitin_Gadkari_on_March_3%2C_2023_%28cropped%29.jpg/140px-Shri_Nitin_Gadkari_on_March_3%2C_2023_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="375" data-file-height="500" /></a></span> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Nitin_Gadkari" title="Nitin Gadkari">Nitin Gadkari</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(born 1957)<br />MP for <a href="/wiki/Nagpur_Lok_Sabha_constituency" title="Nagpur Lok Sabha constituency">Nagpur</a></span> </td> <td><span style="font-size:85%;">3 September</span><br />2017 </td> <td><span style="font-size:85%;">30 May</span><br />2019 </td> <th><span data-sort-value="7002634000000000000♠"></span>1 year, 269 days </th></tr> <tr> <th colspan="10"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r886047488">.mw-parser-output .nobold{font-weight:normal}</style><span class="nobold"><i>Ministry merged with <a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Drinking_Water_and_Sanitation" class="mw-redirect" title="Ministry of Drinking Water and Sanitation">Ministry of Drinking Water and Sanitation</a> to form <a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Jal_Shakti" title="Ministry of Jal Shakti">Ministry of Jal Shakti</a></i></span> </th></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=Ministry_of_Water_Resources,_River_Development_and_Ganga_Rejuvenation&action=edit&section=4" 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" colspan="2">Portrait </th> <th rowspan="2" style="width:18em">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">Ministry </th> <th rowspan="2" style="width:9em">Prime Minister </th></tr> <tr> <th style="width:6em">From </th> <th style="width:6em">To </th> <th style="width:6em">Period </th></tr> <tr> <th colspan="9">Minister of State for Irrigation and Power </th></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#19AAED"> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:O._V._Alagesan_Lok_Sabha_image.gif" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4a/O._V._Alagesan_Lok_Sabha_image.gif/70px-O._V._Alagesan_Lok_Sabha_image.gif" decoding="async" width="70" height="106" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4a/O._V._Alagesan_Lok_Sabha_image.gif/105px-O._V._Alagesan_Lok_Sabha_image.gif 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4a/O._V._Alagesan_Lok_Sabha_image.gif/140px-O._V._Alagesan_Lok_Sabha_image.gif 2x" data-file-width="196" data-file-height="296" /></a></span> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/O._V._Alagesan" title="O. V. Alagesan">O. V. Alagesan</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(1911–1992)<br />MP for <a href="/wiki/Chengalpattu_Lok_Sabha_constituency" title="Chengalpattu Lok Sabha constituency">Chengalpattu</a></span> </td> <td><span style="font-size:85%;">8 May</span><br />1962 </td> <td><span style="font-size:85%;">19 July</span><br />1963 </td> <th><span data-sort-value="7002437000000000000♠"></span>1 year, 72 days </th> <td rowspan="3"><a href="/wiki/Indian_National_Congress" title="Indian National Congress">Indian National Congress</a> </td> <td bgcolor="#87CEEB"><b><a href="/wiki/Fourth_Nehru_ministry" title="Fourth Nehru ministry">Nehru IV</a></b> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Jawaharlal_Nehru" title="Jawaharlal Nehru">Jawaharlal Nehru</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2" bgcolor="#19AAED"> </td> <td rowspan="2"> </td> <td rowspan="2"><b><a href="/wiki/Kanuri_Lakshmana_Rao" title="Kanuri Lakshmana Rao">Kanuri Lakshmana Rao</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(1902–1986)<br />MP for <a href="/wiki/Vijayawada_Lok_Sabha_constituency" title="Vijayawada Lok Sabha constituency">Vijayawada</a></span> </td> <td><span style="font-size:85%;">9 June</span><br />1964 </td> <td><span style="font-size:85%;">19 July</span><br />1964 </td> <th><span data-sort-value="7001400000000000000♠"></span>40 days </th> <td bgcolor="#87CEEB"><b><a href="/wiki/Shastri_ministry" title="Shastri ministry">Shastri</a></b> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Lal_Bahadur_Shastri" title="Lal Bahadur Shastri">Lal Bahadur Shastri</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span style="font-size:85%;">24 January</span><br />1966 </td> <td><span style="font-size:85%;">13 November</span><br />1966 </td> <th><span data-sort-value="7002293000000000000♠"></span>293 days </th> <td bgcolor="#87CEEB"><b><a href="/wiki/First_Indira_Gandhi_ministry" title="First Indira Gandhi ministry">Indira I</a></b> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Indira_Gandhi" title="Indira Gandhi">Indira Gandhi</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="9">Minister of State for Agriculture and Irrigation </th></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#19AAED"> </td> <td> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Annasaheb_Shinde" title="Annasaheb Shinde">Annasaheb Shinde</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(1922–1993)<br />MP for <a href="/wiki/Kopargaon_Lok_Sabha_constituency" title="Kopargaon Lok Sabha constituency">Kopargaon</a></span> </td> <td><span style="font-size:85%;">10 October</span><br />1974 </td> <td><span style="font-size:85%;">24 March</span><br />1977 </td> <th><span data-sort-value="7002896000000000000♠"></span>2 years, 165 days </th> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Indian_National_Congress" title="Indian National Congress">Indian National Congress</a> </td> <td rowspan="2" bgcolor="#87CEEB"><b><a href="/wiki/Second_Indira_Gandhi_ministry" title="Second Indira Gandhi ministry">Indira II</a></b> </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Indira_Gandhi" title="Indira Gandhi">Indira Gandhi</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#19AAED"> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Shah_Nawaz_Khan.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f3/Shah_Nawaz_Khan.jpg/70px-Shah_Nawaz_Khan.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="98" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f3/Shah_Nawaz_Khan.jpg/105px-Shah_Nawaz_Khan.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f3/Shah_Nawaz_Khan.jpg/140px-Shah_Nawaz_Khan.jpg 2x" data-file-width="228" data-file-height="319" /></a></span> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Shah_Nawaz_Khan_(general)" title="Shah Nawaz Khan (general)">Shah Nawaz Khan</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(1914–1993)<br />MP for <a href="/wiki/Meerut_Lok_Sabha_constituency" title="Meerut Lok Sabha constituency">Meerut</a></span> </td> <td><span style="font-size:85%;">10 October</span><br />1974 </td> <td><span style="font-size:85%;">24 March</span><br />1977 </td> <th><span data-sort-value="7002896000000000000♠"></span>2 years, 165 days </th></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#1F75FE"> </td> <td> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Bhanu_Pratap_Singh" title="Bhanu Pratap Singh">Bhanu Pratap Singh</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(born 1935)<br />Rajya Sabha MP for <a href="/wiki/Uttar_Pradesh" title="Uttar Pradesh">Uttar Pradesh</a></span> </td> <td><span style="font-size:85%;">14 August</span><br />1977 </td> <td><span style="font-size:85%;">15 July</span><br />1979 </td> <th><span data-sort-value="7002700000000000000♠"></span>1 year, 335 days </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Janata_Party" title="Janata Party">Janata Party</a> </td> <td bgcolor="#1F75FE"><b><a href="/wiki/Morarji_Desai_ministry" class="mw-redirect" title="Morarji Desai ministry">Desai</a></b> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Morarji_Desai" title="Morarji Desai">Morarji Desai</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#06038D"> </td> <td> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Nathuram_Mirdha" title="Nathuram Mirdha">Nathuram Mirdha</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(1921–1996)<br />MP for <a href="/wiki/Nagaur_Lok_Sabha_constituency" title="Nagaur Lok Sabha constituency">Nagaur</a></span> </td> <td><span style="font-size:85%;">4 August</span><br />1979 </td> <td><span style="font-size:85%;">25 October</span><br />1979 </td> <th><span data-sort-value="7001820000000000000♠"></span>82 days </th> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Janata_Party_(Secular)" title="Janata Party (Secular)">Janata Party (Secular)</a> </td> <td rowspan="2" bgcolor="#6495ED"><b><a href="/wiki/Charan_Singh_ministry" title="Charan Singh ministry">Charan</a></b> </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Charan_Singh" title="Charan Singh">Charan Singh</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#06038D"> </td> <td> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/M._V._Krishnappa" title="M. V. Krishnappa">M. V. Krishnappa</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(1918–1980)<br />MP for <a href="/wiki/Chikballapur_Lok_Sabha_constituency" title="Chikballapur Lok Sabha constituency">Chikballapur</a></span> </td> <td><span style="font-size:85%;">4 August</span><br />1979 </td> <td><span style="font-size:85%;">14 January</span><br />1980 </td> <th><span data-sort-value="7002163000000000000♠"></span>163 days </th></tr> <tr> <th colspan="9">Minister of State for Irrigation </th></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#19AAED"> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Ziaur_Rahman_Ansari_Lok_Sabha_photo.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ab/Ziaur_Rahman_Ansari_Lok_Sabha_photo.jpg/70px-Ziaur_Rahman_Ansari_Lok_Sabha_photo.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="97" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ab/Ziaur_Rahman_Ansari_Lok_Sabha_photo.jpg/105px-Ziaur_Rahman_Ansari_Lok_Sabha_photo.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ab/Ziaur_Rahman_Ansari_Lok_Sabha_photo.jpg/140px-Ziaur_Rahman_Ansari_Lok_Sabha_photo.jpg 2x" data-file-width="221" data-file-height="305" /></a></span> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Ziaur_Rahman_Ansari" title="Ziaur Rahman Ansari">Ziaur Rahman Ansari</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(1925–1992)<br />MP for <a href="/wiki/Unnao_Lok_Sabha_constituency" title="Unnao Lok Sabha constituency">Unnao</a></span> </td> <td><span style="font-size:85%;">19 January</span><br />1980 </td> <td><span style="font-size:85%;">29 January</span><br />1983 </td> <th><span data-sort-value="7003110600000000000♠"></span>3 years, 10 days </th> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Indian_National_Congress" title="Indian National Congress">Indian National Congress</a> </td> <td rowspan="2" bgcolor="#87CEEB"><b><a href="/wiki/Third_Indira_Gandhi_ministry" title="Third Indira Gandhi ministry">Indira III</a></b> </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Indira_Gandhi" title="Indira Gandhi">Indira Gandhi</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#19AAED"> </td> <td> </td> <td><b>Harinath Mishra</b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">MP for <a href="/wiki/Darbhanga_Lok_Sabha_constituency" title="Darbhanga Lok Sabha constituency">Darbhanga</a></span> </td> <td><span style="font-size:85%;">2 August</span><br />1984 </td> <td><span style="font-size:85%;">31 October</span><br />1984 </td> <th><span data-sort-value="7001900000000000000♠"></span>90 days </th></tr> <tr> <th colspan="9">Minister of State for Water Resources </th></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#19AAED"> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Krishna_Sahi_Lok_Sabha_photo.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/Krishna_Sahi_Lok_Sabha_photo.jpg/70px-Krishna_Sahi_Lok_Sabha_photo.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="83" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/Krishna_Sahi_Lok_Sabha_photo.jpg/105px-Krishna_Sahi_Lok_Sabha_photo.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/Krishna_Sahi_Lok_Sabha_photo.jpg/140px-Krishna_Sahi_Lok_Sabha_photo.jpg 2x" data-file-width="249" data-file-height="295" /></a></span> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Krishna_Sahi" title="Krishna Sahi">Krishna Sahi</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(born 1931)<br />MP for <a href="/wiki/Begusarai_Lok_Sabha_constituency" title="Begusarai Lok Sabha constituency">Begusarai</a></span> </td> <td><span style="font-size:85%;">14 February</span><br />1988 </td> <td><span style="font-size:85%;">4 July</span><br />1989 </td> <th><span data-sort-value="7002506000000000000♠"></span>1 year, 140 days </th> <td rowspan="3"><a href="/wiki/Indian_National_Congress" title="Indian National Congress">Indian National Congress</a> </td> <td bgcolor="#87CEEB"><b><a href="/wiki/Second_Rajiv_Gandhi_ministry" title="Second Rajiv Gandhi ministry">Rajiv II</a></b> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Rajiv_Gandhi" title="Rajiv Gandhi">Rajiv Gandhi</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#19AAED"> </td> <td> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Prem_Khandu_Thungan" title="Prem Khandu Thungan">Prem Khandu Thungan</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(born 1946)<br />MP for <a href="/wiki/Arunachal_West_Lok_Sabha_constituency" title="Arunachal West Lok Sabha constituency">Arunachal West</a></span> </td> <td><span style="font-size:85%;">19 January</span><br />1993 </td> <td><span style="font-size:85%;">10 February</span><br />1995 </td> <th><span data-sort-value="7002752000000000000♠"></span>2 years, 22 days </th> <td rowspan="2" bgcolor="#87CEEB"><a href="/wiki/Rao_ministry" title="Rao ministry"><b>Rao</b></a> </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/P._V._Narasimha_Rao" title="P. V. Narasimha Rao">P. V. Narasimha Rao</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#19AAED"> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:P._V._Rangayya_Naidu_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c0/P._V._Rangayya_Naidu_%28cropped%29.jpg/70px-P._V._Rangayya_Naidu_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="91" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c0/P._V._Rangayya_Naidu_%28cropped%29.jpg/105px-P._V._Rangayya_Naidu_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c0/P._V._Rangayya_Naidu_%28cropped%29.jpg/140px-P._V._Rangayya_Naidu_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="262" data-file-height="340" /></a></span> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/P._V._Rangayya_Naidu" title="P. V. Rangayya Naidu">P. V. Rangayya Naidu</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(born 1933)<br />MP for <a href="/wiki/Khammam_Lok_Sabha_constituency" title="Khammam Lok Sabha constituency">Khammam</a></span> </td> <td><span style="font-size:85%;">10 February</span><br />1995 </td> <td><span style="font-size:85%;">16 May</span><br />1996 </td> <th><span data-sort-value="7002461000000000000♠"></span>1 year, 96 days </th></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#FF9933"> </td> <td> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Sompal_Shastri" title="Sompal Shastri">Sompal Shastri</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(born 1942)<br />MP for <a href="/wiki/Baghpat_Lok_Sabha_constituency" title="Baghpat Lok Sabha constituency">Baghpat</a></span> </td> <td><span style="font-size:85%;">3 February</span><br />1999 </td> <td><span style="font-size:85%;">13 October</span><br />1999 </td> <th><span data-sort-value="7002252000000000000♠"></span>252 days </th> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Bharatiya_Janata_Party" title="Bharatiya Janata Party">Bharatiya Janata Party</a> </td> <td style="background:#FFA551;"><b><a href="/wiki/Second_Vajpayee_ministry" title="Second Vajpayee ministry">Vajpayee II</a></b> </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Atal_Bihari_Vajpayee" title="Atal Bihari Vajpayee">Atal Bihari Vajpayee</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#FF9933"> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Bijoya_Chakravarty_in_August_2015.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8f/Bijoya_Chakravarty_in_August_2015.jpg/70px-Bijoya_Chakravarty_in_August_2015.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="94" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8f/Bijoya_Chakravarty_in_August_2015.jpg/105px-Bijoya_Chakravarty_in_August_2015.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8f/Bijoya_Chakravarty_in_August_2015.jpg/140px-Bijoya_Chakravarty_in_August_2015.jpg 2x" data-file-width="449" data-file-height="600" /></a></span> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Bijoya_Chakravarty" title="Bijoya Chakravarty">Bijoya Chakravarty</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(born 1939)<br />MP for <a href="/wiki/Gauhati_Lok_Sabha_constituency" class="mw-redirect" title="Gauhati Lok Sabha constituency">Gauhati</a></span> </td> <td><span style="font-size:85%;">13 October</span><br />1999 </td> <td><span style="font-size:85%;">22 May</span><br />2004 </td> <th><span data-sort-value="7003168300000000000♠"></span>4 years, 222 days </th> <td style="background:#FFA551;"><b><a href="/wiki/Third_Vajpayee_ministry" title="Third Vajpayee ministry">Vajpayee III</a></b> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2" bgcolor="#056D05"> </td> <td rowspan="2"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Jay_Prakash_Narayan_Yadav_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/Jay_Prakash_Narayan_Yadav_%28cropped%29.jpg/70px-Jay_Prakash_Narayan_Yadav_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="88" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/Jay_Prakash_Narayan_Yadav_%28cropped%29.jpg/105px-Jay_Prakash_Narayan_Yadav_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/Jay_Prakash_Narayan_Yadav_%28cropped%29.jpg/140px-Jay_Prakash_Narayan_Yadav_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="750" /></a></span> </td> <td rowspan="2"><b><a href="/wiki/Jay_Prakash_Narayan_Yadav" title="Jay Prakash Narayan Yadav">Jay Prakash Narayan Yadav</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(born 1954)<br />MP for <a href="/wiki/Munger_Lok_Sabha_constituency" title="Munger Lok Sabha constituency">Munger</a></span> </td> <td><span style="font-size:85%;">23 May</span><br />2004 </td> <td><span style="font-size:85%;">6 November</span><br />2005 </td> <th><span data-sort-value="7002532000000000000♠"></span>1 year, 167 days </th> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Rashtriya_Janata_Dal" title="Rashtriya Janata Dal">Rashtriya Janata Dal</a> </td> <td rowspan="2" bgcolor="#87CEEB"><a href="/wiki/First_Manmohan_Singh_ministry" title="First Manmohan Singh ministry"><b>Manmohan I</b></a> </td> <td rowspan="3"><a href="/wiki/Manmohan_Singh" title="Manmohan Singh">Manmohan Singh</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span style="font-size:85%;">24 October</span><br />2006 </td> <td><span style="font-size:85%;">22 May</span><br />2009 </td> <th><span data-sort-value="7002941000000000000♠"></span>2 years, 210 days </th></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#19AAED"> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Vincent_Pala_distributing_awards_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2d/Vincent_Pala_distributing_awards_%28cropped%29.jpg/70px-Vincent_Pala_distributing_awards_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="95" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2d/Vincent_Pala_distributing_awards_%28cropped%29.jpg/105px-Vincent_Pala_distributing_awards_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2d/Vincent_Pala_distributing_awards_%28cropped%29.jpg/140px-Vincent_Pala_distributing_awards_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="286" data-file-height="388" /></a></span> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Vincent_Pala" title="Vincent Pala">Vincent Pala</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(born 1968)<br />MP for <a href="/wiki/Shillong_Lok_Sabha_constituency" title="Shillong Lok Sabha constituency">Shillong</a></span> </td> <td><span style="font-size:85%;">28 May</span><br />2009 </td> <td><span style="font-size:85%;">28 October</span><br />2012 </td> <th><span data-sort-value="7003124900000000000♠"></span>3 years, 153 days </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Indian_National_Congress" title="Indian National Congress">Indian National Congress</a> </td> <td bgcolor="#87CEEB"><a href="/wiki/Second_Manmohan_Singh_ministry" title="Second Manmohan Singh ministry"><b>Manmohan II</b></a> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="9">Minister of State for Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation </th></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#FF9933"> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Santosh_Kumar_Gangwar_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/73/Santosh_Kumar_Gangwar_%28cropped%29.jpg/70px-Santosh_Kumar_Gangwar_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="86" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/73/Santosh_Kumar_Gangwar_%28cropped%29.jpg/105px-Santosh_Kumar_Gangwar_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/73/Santosh_Kumar_Gangwar_%28cropped%29.jpg/140px-Santosh_Kumar_Gangwar_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="738" /></a></span> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Santosh_Kumar_Gangwar" class="mw-redirect" title="Santosh Kumar Gangwar">Santosh Kumar Gangwar</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(born 1948)<br />MP for <a href="/wiki/Bareilly_Lok_Sabha_constituency" title="Bareilly Lok Sabha constituency">Bareilly</a></span> </td> <td><span style="font-size:85%;">27 May</span><br />2014 </td> <td><span style="font-size:85%;">9 November</span><br />2014 </td> <th><span data-sort-value="7002166000000000000♠"></span>166 days </th> <td rowspan="6"><a href="/wiki/Bharatiya_Janata_Party" title="Bharatiya Janata Party">Bharatiya Janata Party</a> </td> <td rowspan="6" style="background:#FFA551;"><b><a href="/wiki/First_Modi_ministry" title="First Modi ministry">Modi I</a></b> </td> <td rowspan="6"><a href="/wiki/Narendra_Modi" title="Narendra Modi">Narendra Modi</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#FF9933"> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Sanwar_Lal_Jat_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ca/Sanwar_Lal_Jat_%28cropped%29.jpg/70px-Sanwar_Lal_Jat_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="92" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ca/Sanwar_Lal_Jat_%28cropped%29.jpg/105px-Sanwar_Lal_Jat_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ca/Sanwar_Lal_Jat_%28cropped%29.jpg/140px-Sanwar_Lal_Jat_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="1569" /></a></span> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Sanwar_Lal_Jat" title="Sanwar Lal Jat">Sanwar Lal Jat</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(1955–2017)<br />MP for <a href="/wiki/Ajmer_Lok_Sabha_constituency" title="Ajmer Lok Sabha constituency">Ajmer</a></span> </td> <td><span style="font-size:85%;">9 November</span><br />2014 </td> <td><span style="font-size:85%;">5 July</span><br />2016 </td> <th><span data-sort-value="7002604000000000000♠"></span>1 year, 239 days </th></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#FF9933"> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Vijay_Goel_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/55/Vijay_Goel_%28cropped%29.jpg/70px-Vijay_Goel_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="89" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/55/Vijay_Goel_%28cropped%29.jpg/105px-Vijay_Goel_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/55/Vijay_Goel_%28cropped%29.jpg/140px-Vijay_Goel_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1148" data-file-height="1459" /></a></span> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Vijay_Goel_(politician)" title="Vijay Goel (politician)">Vijay Goel</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(born 1954)<br />Rajya Sabha MP for <a href="/wiki/Rajasthan" title="Rajasthan">Rajasthan</a></span> </td> <td><span style="font-size:85%;">5 July</span><br />2016 </td> <td><span style="font-size:85%;">3 September</span><br />2017 </td> <th><span data-sort-value="7002425000000000000♠"></span>1 year, 60 days </th></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#FF9933"> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Sanjeev_Kumar_Balyan.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fc/Sanjeev_Kumar_Balyan.jpg/70px-Sanjeev_Kumar_Balyan.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="75" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fc/Sanjeev_Kumar_Balyan.jpg/105px-Sanjeev_Kumar_Balyan.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fc/Sanjeev_Kumar_Balyan.jpg/140px-Sanjeev_Kumar_Balyan.jpg 2x" data-file-width="728" data-file-height="776" /></a></span> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Sanjeev_Balyan" title="Sanjeev Balyan">Sanjeev Balyan</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(born 1972)<br />MP for <a href="/wiki/Muzaffarnagar_Lok_Sabha_constituency" title="Muzaffarnagar Lok Sabha constituency">Muzaffarnagar</a></span> </td> <td><span style="font-size:85%;">5 July</span><br />2016 </td> <td><span style="font-size:85%;">3 September</span><br />2017 </td> <th><span data-sort-value="7002425000000000000♠"></span>1 year, 60 days </th></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#FF9933"> </td> <td><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><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> </td> <td><span style="font-size:85%;">3 September</span><br />2017 </td> <td><span style="font-size:85%;">30 May</span><br />2019 </td> <th><span data-sort-value="7002634000000000000♠"></span>1 year, 269 days </th></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#FF9933"> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Satyapal_Singh.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/43/Satyapal_Singh.jpg/70px-Satyapal_Singh.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="98" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/43/Satyapal_Singh.jpg/105px-Satyapal_Singh.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/43/Satyapal_Singh.jpg/140px-Satyapal_Singh.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1348" data-file-height="1889" /></a></span> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Satya_Pal_Singh_(Uttar_Pradesh_politician)" title="Satya Pal Singh (Uttar Pradesh politician)">Satya Pal Singh</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(born 1955)<br />MP for <a href="/wiki/Baghpat_Lok_Sabha_constituency" title="Baghpat Lok Sabha constituency">Baghpat</a></span> </td> <td><span style="font-size:85%;">3 September</span><br />2017 </td> <td><span style="font-size:85%;">30 May</span><br />2019 </td> <th><span data-sort-value="7002634000000000000♠"></span>1 year, 269 days </th></tr> <tr> <th colspan="9"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r886047488"><span class="nobold"><i>Ministry merged with <a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Drinking_Water_and_Sanitation" class="mw-redirect" title="Ministry of Drinking Water and Sanitation">Ministry of Drinking Water and Sanitation</a> to form <a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Jal_Shakti" title="Ministry of Jal Shakti">Ministry of Jal Shakti</a></i></span> </th></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Deputy_Ministers">Deputy Ministers</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ministry_of_Water_Resources,_River_Development_and_Ganga_Rejuvenation&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Deputy Ministers"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"> <tbody><tr> <th rowspan="2" colspan="2">Portrait </th> <th rowspan="2" style="width:18em">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">Ministry </th> <th rowspan="2" style="width:9em">Prime Minister </th></tr> <tr> <th style="width:6em">From </th> <th style="width:6em">To </th> <th style="width:6em">Period </th></tr> <tr> <th colspan="9">Deputy Minister of Irrigation and Power </th></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2" bgcolor="#19AAED"> </td> <td rowspan="2"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Jaisukh_lal_Hathi.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1e/Jaisukh_lal_Hathi.png/70px-Jaisukh_lal_Hathi.png" decoding="async" width="70" height="83" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1e/Jaisukh_lal_Hathi.png/105px-Jaisukh_lal_Hathi.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1e/Jaisukh_lal_Hathi.png/140px-Jaisukh_lal_Hathi.png 2x" data-file-width="191" data-file-height="227" /></a></span> </td> <td rowspan="2"><b><a href="/wiki/Jaisukhlal_Hathi" title="Jaisukhlal Hathi">Jaisukhlal Hathi</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(1909–1982)<br />MP for <a href="/wiki/Gujarat" title="Gujarat">Gujarat</a> (Rajya Sabha), until 1957<br />MP for Halar, from 1957</span> </td> <td><span style="font-size:85%;">12 September</span><br />1952 </td> <td><span style="font-size:85%;">17 April</span><br />1957 </td> <th rowspan="2"><span data-sort-value="7003349700000000000♠"></span>9 years, 210 days </th> <td rowspan="9"><a href="/wiki/Indian_National_Congress" title="Indian National Congress">Indian National Congress</a> </td> <td bgcolor="#87CEEB"><b><a href="/wiki/Second_Nehru_ministry" title="Second Nehru ministry">Nehru II</a></b> </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Jawaharlal_Nehru" title="Jawaharlal Nehru">Jawaharlal Nehru</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span style="font-size:85%;">17 April</span><br />1957 </td> <td><span style="font-size:85%;">10 April</span><br />1962 </td> <td bgcolor="#87CEEB"><b><a href="/wiki/Third_Nehru_ministry" title="Third Nehru ministry">Nehru III</a></b> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2" bgcolor="#19AAED"> </td> <td rowspan="2"> </td> <td rowspan="2"><b><a href="/wiki/Shyam_Dhar_Mishra" title="Shyam Dhar Mishra">Shyam Dhar Mishra</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(1919–2001)<br />MP for <a href="/wiki/Mirzapur_Lok_Sabha_constituency" title="Mirzapur Lok Sabha constituency">Mirzapur</a></span> </td> <td><span style="font-size:85%;">15 June</span><br />1964 </td> <td><span style="font-size:85%;">11 January</span><br />1966 </td> <th rowspan="2"><span data-sort-value="7002588000000000000♠"></span>1 year, 223 days </th> <td bgcolor="#87CEEB"><b><a href="/wiki/Shastri_ministry" title="Shastri ministry">Shastri</a></b> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Lal_Bahadur_Shastri" title="Lal Bahadur Shastri">Lal Bahadur Shastri</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span style="font-size:85%;">11 January</span><br />1966 </td> <td><span style="font-size:85%;">24 January</span><br />1966 </td> <td bgcolor="#87CEEB"><b><a href="/wiki/Second_Nanda_ministry" title="Second Nanda ministry">Nanda II</a></b> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Gulzarilal_Nanda" title="Gulzarilal Nanda">Gulzarilal Nanda</a><br />(acting) </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2" bgcolor="#19AAED"> </td> <td rowspan="2"> </td> <td rowspan="2"><b><a href="/wiki/Siddheshwar_Prasad" title="Siddheshwar Prasad">Siddheshwar Prasad</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(1929–2023)<br />MP for <a href="/wiki/Nalanda_Lok_Sabha_constituency" title="Nalanda Lok Sabha constituency">Nalanda</a></span> </td> <td><span style="font-size:85%;">13 November</span><br />1967 </td> <td><span style="font-size:85%;">18 March</span><br />1971 </td> <th rowspan="2"><span data-sort-value="7003126600000000000♠"></span>3 years, 170 days </th> <td bgcolor="#87CEEB"><b><a href="/wiki/First_Indira_Gandhi_ministry" title="First Indira Gandhi ministry">Indira I</a></b> </td> <td rowspan="4"><a href="/wiki/Indira_Gandhi" title="Indira Gandhi">Indira Gandhi</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span style="font-size:85%;">18 March</span><br />1971 </td> <td><span style="font-size:85%;">2 May</span><br />1971 </td> <td rowspan="4" bgcolor="#87CEEB"><b><a href="/wiki/Second_Indira_Gandhi_ministry" title="Second Indira Gandhi ministry">Indira II</a></b> </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#19AAED"> </td> <td> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Baijnath_Kureel" title="Baijnath Kureel">Baijnath Kureel</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(1920–1984)<br />MP for <a href="/wiki/Ramsanehighat_(Lok_Sabha_constituency)" class="mw-redirect" title="Ramsanehighat (Lok Sabha constituency)">Ramsanehighat</a></span> </td> <td><span style="font-size:85%;">2 May</span><br />1971 </td> <td><span style="font-size:85%;">4 February</span><br />1973 </td> <th><span data-sort-value="7002644000000000000♠"></span>1 year, 278 days </th></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#19AAED"> </td> <td> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Balgovind_Verma" title="Balgovind Verma">Balgovind Verma</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(1923–1980)<br />MP for <a href="/wiki/Kheri_Lok_Sabha_constituency" title="Kheri Lok Sabha constituency">Kheri</a></span> </td> <td><span style="font-size:85%;">5 February</span><br />1973 </td> <td><span style="font-size:85%;">9 November</span><br />1973 </td> <th><span data-sort-value="7002277000000000000♠"></span>277 days </th></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#19AAED"> </td> <td> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Siddheshwar_Prasad" title="Siddheshwar Prasad">Siddheshwar Prasad</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(1929–2023)<br />MP for <a href="/wiki/Nalanda_Lok_Sabha_constituency" title="Nalanda Lok Sabha constituency">Nalanda</a></span> </td> <td><span style="font-size:85%;">9 November</span><br />1973 </td> <td><span style="font-size:85%;">10 October</span><br />1974 </td> <th><span data-sort-value="7002335000000000000♠"></span>335 days </th></tr> <tr> <th colspan="9">Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Irrigation </th></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#19AAED"> </td> <td> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Kedar_Nath_Singh_(Uttar_Pradesh_politician)" title="Kedar Nath Singh (Uttar Pradesh politician)">Kedar Nath Singh</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">MP for <a href="/wiki/Sultanpur_Lok_Sabha_constituency" title="Sultanpur Lok Sabha constituency">Sultanpur</a></span> </td> <td><span style="font-size:85%;">10 October</span><br />1974 </td> <td><span style="font-size:85%;">24 March</span><br />1977 </td> <th><span data-sort-value="7002896000000000000♠"></span>2 years, 165 days </th> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Indian_National_Congress" title="Indian National Congress">Indian National Congress</a> </td> <td rowspan="2" bgcolor="#87CEEB"><b><a href="/wiki/Second_Indira_Gandhi_ministry" title="Second Indira Gandhi ministry">Indira II</a></b> </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Indira_Gandhi" title="Indira Gandhi">Indira Gandhi</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#19AAED"> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Prabhudas_Patel.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cd/Prabhudas_Patel.jpg/70px-Prabhudas_Patel.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="59" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cd/Prabhudas_Patel.jpg/105px-Prabhudas_Patel.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cd/Prabhudas_Patel.jpg/140px-Prabhudas_Patel.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1600" data-file-height="1347" /></a></span> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Prabhudas_Patel" title="Prabhudas Patel">Prabhudas Patel</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(1914–?)<br />MP for <a href="/wiki/Chhota_Udaipur_Lok_Sabha_constituency" title="Chhota Udaipur Lok Sabha constituency">Dabhoi</a></span> </td> <td><span style="font-size:85%;">23 October</span><br />1974 </td> <td><span style="font-size:85%;">14 March</span><br />1977 </td> <th><span data-sort-value="7002873000000000000♠"></span>2 years, 142 days </th></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Projects">Projects</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a 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