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style="display:inline;font-weight:bold;">Incumbent<br /><a href="/wiki/Dharmendra_Pradhan" title="Dharmendra Pradhan">Dharmendra Pradhan</a><br /></div>since 7 July 2021</div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Education_(India)" title="Ministry of Education (India)">Ministry of Education</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Member of</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Union_Cabinet" class="mw-redirect" title="Union Cabinet">Union Cabinet</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Reports to</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/President_of_India" title="President of India">President of India</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Prime_Minister_of_India" title="Prime Minister of India">Prime Minister of India</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Parliament_of_India" title="Parliament of India">Parliament of India</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Official_residence" title="Official residence">Residence</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/New_Delhi" title="New Delhi">New Delhi</a>, <a href="/wiki/India" title="India">India</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Nominator</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Prime_Minister_of_India" title="Prime Minister of India">Prime Minister of India</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Appointer</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/President_of_India" title="President of India">President of India</a><br />on the advice of the <a href="/wiki/Prime_Minister_of_India" title="Prime Minister of India">Prime Minister</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Term_of_office" title="Term of office">Term length</a></th><td class="infobox-data">5 year</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Formation</th><td class="infobox-data">15 August 1947</td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The <b>minister of education</b>, formerly the <b>minister of human resources development</b> (1985–2020),<sup id="cite_ref-News18_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-News18-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> is the head of the <a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Human_Resource_Development" class="mw-redirect" title="Ministry of Human Resource Development">Ministry of Education</a> and one of the cabinet ministers of the <a href="/wiki/Government_of_India" title="Government of India">Government of India</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Cabinet_ministers">Cabinet ministers</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Minister_of_Education_(India)&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Cabinet ministers"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><b>Note:</b> MoS, I/C – Minister of State (Independent Charge)</li></ul> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"> <tbody><tr> <th># </th> <th rowspan="2" colspan="2">Portrait </th> <th rowspan="2" style="width:17em">Minister<br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(Birth-Death)<br />Constituency</span> </th> <th colspan="3">Term of office </th> <th rowspan="2" style="width:8em">Political party </th> <th rowspan="2">Ministry </th> <th rowspan="2" style="width:9em">Prime Minister </th></tr> <tr> <th> </th> <th style="width:7em">From </th> <th style="width:7em">To </th> <th style="width:7em">Period </th></tr> <tr> <th colspan="10">Minister of Education </th></tr> <tr> <th rowspan="2">1 </th> <td rowspan="2" bgcolor="#00BFFF"> </td> <td rowspan="2"><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 rowspan="2"><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/United_Provinces_(1937%E2%80%931950)" title="United Provinces (1937–1950)">United Provinces</a> (1947–1952)<br />MP for <a href="/wiki/Rampur_Lok_Sabha_constituency" title="Rampur Lok Sabha constituency">Rampur</a> (1952–1957)</span> </td> <td>15 August<br />1947 </td> <td>13 May<br />1952 </td> <th rowspan="2"><span data-sort-value="7003353300000000000♠"></span>9 years, 245 days </th> <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> <td>13 May<br />1952 </td> <td>17 April<br />1957 </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 Education and Scientific Research </th></tr> <tr> <th>(1) </th> <td bgcolor="#00BFFF"> </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, 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typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Kl_shrimali.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c7/Kl_shrimali.jpg/70px-Kl_shrimali.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="99" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c7/Kl_shrimali.jpg/105px-Kl_shrimali.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c7/Kl_shrimali.jpg/140px-Kl_shrimali.jpg 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="425" /></a></span> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/K._L._Shrimali" title="K. L. Shrimali">K. L. Shrimali</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(1909–2000)<br />Rajya Sabha MP for <a href="/wiki/Rajasthan" title="Rajasthan">Rajasthan</a></span><br />(MoS) </td> <td>22 February<br />1958 </td> <td>10 April<br />1962 </td> <th><span data-sort-value="7003150800000000000♠"></span>4 years, 47 days </th></tr> <tr> <th colspan="10">Minister of Education </th></tr> <tr> <th>(2) </th> <td bgcolor="#00BFFF"> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Kl_shrimali.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c7/Kl_shrimali.jpg/70px-Kl_shrimali.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="99" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c7/Kl_shrimali.jpg/105px-Kl_shrimali.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c7/Kl_shrimali.jpg/140px-Kl_shrimali.jpg 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="425" /></a></span> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/K._L._Shrimali" title="K. L. Shrimali">K. L. Shrimali</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(1909–2000)<br />Rajya Sabha MP for <a href="/wiki/Rajasthan" title="Rajasthan">Rajasthan</a></span> </td> <td>10 April<br />1962 </td> <td>31 August<br />1963 </td> <th><span data-sort-value="7002508000000000000♠"></span>1 year, 143 days </th> <td rowspan="9"><a href="/wiki/Indian_National_Congress" title="Indian National Congress">Indian National Congress</a> </td> <td rowspan="3" bgcolor="#87CEEB"><b><a href="/wiki/Fourth_Nehru_ministry" title="Fourth Nehru ministry">Nehru IV</a></b> </td> <td rowspan="3"><a href="/wiki/Jawaharlal_Nehru" title="Jawaharlal Nehru">Jawaharlal Nehru</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th>3 </th> <td bgcolor="#00BFFF"> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Humayun_Kabir_portrait.gif" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/98/Humayun_Kabir_portrait.gif/70px-Humayun_Kabir_portrait.gif" decoding="async" width="70" height="86" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/98/Humayun_Kabir_portrait.gif/105px-Humayun_Kabir_portrait.gif 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/98/Humayun_Kabir_portrait.gif/140px-Humayun_Kabir_portrait.gif 2x" data-file-width="201" data-file-height="248" /></a></span> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Humayun_Kabir_(Bengal_politician)" title="Humayun Kabir (Bengal politician)">Humayun Kabir</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(1906–1969)<br />MP for <a href="/wiki/Basirhat_Lok_Sabha_constituency" title="Basirhat Lok Sabha constituency">Basirhat</a></span> </td> <td>31 August<br />1963 </td> <td>21 November<br />1963 </td> <th><span data-sort-value="7001820000000000000♠"></span>82 days </th></tr> <tr> <th rowspan="5">4 </th> <td rowspan="5" bgcolor="#00BFFF"> </td> <td rowspan="5"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Mohamed_Ali_Currim_Chagla.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/de/Mohamed_Ali_Currim_Chagla.jpg/70px-Mohamed_Ali_Currim_Chagla.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="93" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/de/Mohamed_Ali_Currim_Chagla.jpg/105px-Mohamed_Ali_Currim_Chagla.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/de/Mohamed_Ali_Currim_Chagla.jpg/140px-Mohamed_Ali_Currim_Chagla.jpg 2x" data-file-width="195" data-file-height="260" /></a></span> </td> <td rowspan="5"><b><a href="/wiki/M._C._Chagla" title="M. C. Chagla">M. C. Chagla</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(1900–1981)<br />Rajya Sabha MP for <a href="/wiki/Maharashtra" title="Maharashtra">Maharashtra</a></span> </td> <td>21 November<br />1963 </td> <td>27 May<br />1964 </td> <th rowspan="5"><span data-sort-value="7003108800000000000♠"></span>2 years, 357 days </th></tr> <tr> <td>27 May<br />1964 </td> <td>9 June<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 /><i><span style="font-size:85%;">(Acting)</span></i> </td></tr> <tr> <td>9 June<br />1964 </td> <td>11 January<br />1966 </td> <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>11 January<br />1966 </td> <td>24 January<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 /><i><span style="font-size:85%;">(Acting)</span></i> </td></tr> <tr> <td>24 January<br />1966 </td> <td>13 November<br />1966 </td> <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="3"><a href="/wiki/Indira_Gandhi" title="Indira Gandhi">Indira Gandhi</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th>5 </th> <td bgcolor="#00BFFF"> </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 />Rajya Sabha MP for <a href="/wiki/Assam" title="Assam">Assam</a></span> </td> <td>14 November<br />1966 </td> <td>13 March<br />1967 </td> <th><span data-sort-value="7002119000000000000♠"></span>119 days </th></tr> <tr> <th>6 </th> <td bgcolor="#00BFFF"> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Triguna_Sen_2010_stamp_of_India.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/73/Triguna_Sen_2010_stamp_of_India.jpg/70px-Triguna_Sen_2010_stamp_of_India.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="69" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/73/Triguna_Sen_2010_stamp_of_India.jpg/105px-Triguna_Sen_2010_stamp_of_India.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/73/Triguna_Sen_2010_stamp_of_India.jpg/140px-Triguna_Sen_2010_stamp_of_India.jpg 2x" data-file-width="697" data-file-height="691" /></a></span> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Triguna_Sen" title="Triguna Sen">Triguna Sen</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(1905–1998)<br />Rajya Sabha MP for <a href="/wiki/Tripura" title="Tripura">Tripura</a></span> </td> <td>16 March<br />1967 </td> <td>14 February<br />1969 </td> <th><span data-sort-value="7002701000000000000♠"></span>1 year, 335 days </th> <td bgcolor="#87CEEB"><b><a href="/wiki/Second_Indira_Gandhi_ministry" title="Second Indira Gandhi ministry">Indira II</a></b> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="10">Minister of Education and Youth Services </th></tr> <tr> <th>7 </th> <td bgcolor="turquoise"> </td> <td> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/V._K._R._V._Rao" title="V. K. R. V. Rao">V. K. R. V. Rao</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(1908–1991)<br />MP for <a href="/wiki/Bellary_Lok_Sabha_constituency" title="Bellary Lok Sabha constituency">Bellary</a></span> </td> <td>14 February<br />1969 </td> <td>18 March<br />1971 </td> <th><span data-sort-value="7002762000000000000♠"></span>2 years, 32 days </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Indian_National_Congress_(R)" title="Indian National Congress (R)">Indian National Congress (R)</a> </td> <td bgcolor="turquoise"><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 colspan="10">Minister of Education and Culture </th></tr> <tr> <th>8 </th> <td bgcolor="turquoise"> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:SiddharthaShankarRay.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/69/SiddharthaShankarRay.png/70px-SiddharthaShankarRay.png" decoding="async" width="70" height="96" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/69/SiddharthaShankarRay.png/105px-SiddharthaShankarRay.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/69/SiddharthaShankarRay.png/140px-SiddharthaShankarRay.png 2x" data-file-width="240" data-file-height="330" /></a></span> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Siddhartha_Shankar_Ray" title="Siddhartha Shankar Ray">Siddhartha Shankar Ray</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(1920–2010)<br />MP for <a href="/wiki/Raiganj_Lok_Sabha_constituency" title="Raiganj Lok Sabha constituency">Raiganj</a></span> </td> <td>18 March<br />1971 </td> <td>20 March<br />1972 </td> <th><span data-sort-value="7002368000000000000♠"></span>1 year, 2 days </th> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Indian_National_Congress_(R)" title="Indian National Congress (R)">Indian National Congress (R)</a> </td> <td rowspan="2" bgcolor="turquoise"><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> <th>9 </th> <td bgcolor="turquoise"> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Saiyid_Nurul_Hasan_16_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/db/Saiyid_Nurul_Hasan_16_%28cropped%29.jpg/70px-Saiyid_Nurul_Hasan_16_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="93" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/db/Saiyid_Nurul_Hasan_16_%28cropped%29.jpg/105px-Saiyid_Nurul_Hasan_16_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/db/Saiyid_Nurul_Hasan_16_%28cropped%29.jpg/140px-Saiyid_Nurul_Hasan_16_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="256" data-file-height="341" /></a></span> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Saiyid_Nurul_Hasan" title="Saiyid Nurul Hasan">Saiyid Nurul Hasan</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(1921–1993)<br />Rajya Sabha MP for <a href="/wiki/Uttar_Pradesh" title="Uttar Pradesh">Uttar Pradesh</a></span><br />(MoS, I/C) </td> <td>24 March<br />1972 </td> <td>24 March<br />1977 </td> <th><span data-sort-value="7003182600000000000♠"></span>5 years, 0 days </th></tr> <tr> <th>10 </th> <td bgcolor="#1F75FE"> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Pratap_Chandra_Chunder_-_The_noted_educationalist_and_former_Union_Minister_inaugurates_the_exhibition,_of_award_winning_and_selected_photographs_from_18th_National_Photo_Contest,_jointly_organized_by_Photo_Division_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d5/Pratap_Chandra_Chunder_-_The_noted_educationalist_and_former_Union_Minister_inaugurates_the_exhibition%2C_of_award_winning_and_selected_photographs_from_18th_National_Photo_Contest%2C_jointly_organized_by_Photo_Division_%28cropped%29.jpg/70px-thumbnail.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="88" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d5/Pratap_Chandra_Chunder_-_The_noted_educationalist_and_former_Union_Minister_inaugurates_the_exhibition%2C_of_award_winning_and_selected_photographs_from_18th_National_Photo_Contest%2C_jointly_organized_by_Photo_Division_%28cropped%29.jpg/105px-thumbnail.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d5/Pratap_Chandra_Chunder_-_The_noted_educationalist_and_former_Union_Minister_inaugurates_the_exhibition%2C_of_award_winning_and_selected_photographs_from_18th_National_Photo_Contest%2C_jointly_organized_by_Photo_Division_%28cropped%29.jpg/140px-thumbnail.jpg 2x" data-file-width="480" data-file-height="600" /></a></span> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Pratap_Chandra_Chunder" title="Pratap Chandra Chunder">Pratap Chandra Chunder</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(1919–2008)<br />MP for <a href="/wiki/Calcutta_North_East_Lok_Sabha_constituency" title="Calcutta North East Lok Sabha constituency">Calcutta North East</a></span> </td> <td>24 March<br />1977 </td> <td>28 July<br />1979 </td> <th><span data-sort-value="7002856000000000000♠"></span>2 years, 126 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> <th>11 </th> <td bgcolor="#7777FF"> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Dr-Karan-Singh-sept2009.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d5/Dr-Karan-Singh-sept2009.jpg/70px-Dr-Karan-Singh-sept2009.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="105" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d5/Dr-Karan-Singh-sept2009.jpg/105px-Dr-Karan-Singh-sept2009.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d5/Dr-Karan-Singh-sept2009.jpg/140px-Dr-Karan-Singh-sept2009.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1657" data-file-height="2494" /></a></span> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Karan_Singh" title="Karan Singh">Karan Singh</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(born 1931)<br />MP for <a href="/wiki/Udhampur_Lok_Sabha_constituency" title="Udhampur Lok Sabha constituency">Udhampur</a></span> </td> <td>28 July<br />1979 </td> <td>14 January<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 Singh</a></b> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Charan_Singh" title="Charan Singh">Charan Singh</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th>12 </th> <td bgcolor="#0EF4E1"> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:B._Shankaranand_portrait.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/ba/B._Shankaranand_portrait.jpg/70px-B._Shankaranand_portrait.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="83" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/ba/B._Shankaranand_portrait.jpg/105px-B._Shankaranand_portrait.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/ba/B._Shankaranand_portrait.jpg/140px-B._Shankaranand_portrait.jpg 2x" data-file-width="249" data-file-height="296" /></a></span> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/B._Shankaranand" title="B. Shankaranand">B. Shankaranand</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(1925–2009)<br />MP for <a href="/wiki/Chikkodi_Lok_Sabha_constituency" title="Chikkodi Lok Sabha constituency">Chikkodi</a></span> </td> <td>14 January<br />1980 </td> <td>17 October<br />1980 </td> <th><span data-sort-value="7002277000000000000♠"></span>277 days </th> <td rowspan="4"><a href="/wiki/Indian_National_Congress_(I)" class="mw-redirect" title="Indian National Congress (I)">Indian National Congress (I)</a> </td> <td rowspan="3" bgcolor="#0EF4E1"><b><a href="/wiki/Fourth_Indira_Gandhi_ministry" title="Fourth Indira Gandhi ministry">Indira IV</a></b> </td> <td rowspan="3"><a href="/wiki/Indira_Gandhi" title="Indira Gandhi">Indira Gandhi</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th>13 </th> <td bgcolor="#0EF4E1"> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Shankarrao_Chavan_2007_stamp_of_India_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/Shankarrao_Chavan_2007_stamp_of_India_%28cropped%29.jpg/70px-Shankarrao_Chavan_2007_stamp_of_India_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="91" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/Shankarrao_Chavan_2007_stamp_of_India_%28cropped%29.jpg/105px-Shankarrao_Chavan_2007_stamp_of_India_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/Shankarrao_Chavan_2007_stamp_of_India_%28cropped%29.jpg/140px-Shankarrao_Chavan_2007_stamp_of_India_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="281" data-file-height="365" /></a></span> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Shankarrao_Chavan" title="Shankarrao Chavan">Shankarrao Chavan</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(1920–2004)<br />MP for <a href="/wiki/Nanded_Lok_Sabha_constituency" title="Nanded Lok Sabha constituency">Nanded</a></span> </td> <td>17 October<br />1980 </td> <td>8 August<br />1981 </td> <th><span data-sort-value="7002295000000000000♠"></span>295 days </th></tr> <tr> <th rowspan="2">14 </th> <td rowspan="2" bgcolor="#0EF4E1"> </td> <td rowspan="2"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Sheila_Kaul_Lok_Sabha_photo.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a6/Sheila_Kaul_Lok_Sabha_photo.jpg/70px-Sheila_Kaul_Lok_Sabha_photo.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="82" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a6/Sheila_Kaul_Lok_Sabha_photo.jpg/105px-Sheila_Kaul_Lok_Sabha_photo.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a6/Sheila_Kaul_Lok_Sabha_photo.jpg/140px-Sheila_Kaul_Lok_Sabha_photo.jpg 2x" data-file-width="247" data-file-height="290" /></a></span> </td> <td rowspan="2"><b><a href="/wiki/Sheila_Kaul" title="Sheila Kaul">Sheila Kaul</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(1915–2015)<br />MP for <a href="/wiki/Raebareli_Lok_Sabha_constituency" class="mw-redirect" title="Raebareli Lok Sabha constituency">Raebareli</a></span><br />(MoS, I/C) </td> <td>8 August<br />1981 </td> <td>31 October<br />1984 </td> <th rowspan="2"><span data-sort-value="7003124100000000000♠"></span>3 years, 145 days </th></tr> <tr> <td>31 October<br />1984 </td> <td>31 December<br />1984 </td> <td bgcolor="#0EF4E1"><b><a href="/wiki/First_Rajiv_Gandhi_ministry" title="First Rajiv Gandhi ministry">Rajiv I</a></b> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Rajiv_Gandhi" title="Rajiv Gandhi">Rajiv Gandhi</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="10">Minister of Education </th></tr> <tr> <th>15 </th> <td bgcolor="#0EF4E1"> </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/New_Delhi_Lok_Sabha_constituency" title="New Delhi Lok Sabha constituency">New Delhi</a></span> </td> <td>31 December<br />1984 </td> <td>25 September<br />1985 </td> <th><span data-sort-value="7002268000000000000♠"></span>268 days </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Indian_National_Congress_(I)" class="mw-redirect" title="Indian National Congress (I)">Indian National Congress (I)</a> </td> <td bgcolor="#0EF4E1"><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> <th colspan="10">Minister of Human Resource Development </th></tr> <tr> <th>16 </th> <td bgcolor="#0EF4E1"> </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/Ramtek_Lok_Sabha_constituency" title="Ramtek Lok Sabha constituency">Ramtek</a></span> </td> <td>25 September<br />1985 </td> <td>25 June<br />1988 </td> <th><span data-sort-value="7003100400000000000♠"></span>2 years, 274 days </th> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Indian_National_Congress_(I)" class="mw-redirect" title="Indian National Congress (I)">Indian National Congress (I)</a> </td> <td rowspan="2" bgcolor="#0EF4E1"><b><a href="/wiki/Second_Rajiv_Gandhi_ministry" title="Second Rajiv Gandhi ministry">Rajiv II</a></b> </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Rajiv_Gandhi" title="Rajiv Gandhi">Rajiv Gandhi</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th>16 </th> <td bgcolor="#0EF4E1"> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:P._Shiv_Shankar_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/56/P._Shiv_Shankar_%28cropped%29.jpg/70px-P._Shiv_Shankar_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="89" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/56/P._Shiv_Shankar_%28cropped%29.jpg/105px-P._Shiv_Shankar_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/56/P._Shiv_Shankar_%28cropped%29.jpg/140px-P._Shiv_Shankar_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="153" data-file-height="195" /></a></span> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/P._Shiv_Shankar" title="P. Shiv Shankar">P. Shiv Shankar</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(1929–2017)<br />Rajya Sabha MP for <a href="/wiki/Gujarat" title="Gujarat">Gujarat</a></span> </td> <td>25 June<br />1988 </td> <td>2 December<br />1989 </td> <th><span data-sort-value="7002525000000000000♠"></span>1 year, 160 days </th></tr> <tr> <th>17 </th> <td bgcolor="#2E8B57"> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:V._P._Singh_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/25/V._P._Singh_%28cropped%29.jpg/70px-V._P._Singh_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="93" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/25/V._P._Singh_%28cropped%29.jpg/105px-V._P._Singh_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/25/V._P._Singh_%28cropped%29.jpg/140px-V._P._Singh_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="899" data-file-height="1200" /></a></span> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/V._P._Singh" title="V. P. Singh">V. P. Singh</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(1931–2008)<br />MP for <a href="/wiki/Fatehpur_Lok_Sabha_constituency" title="Fatehpur Lok Sabha constituency">Fatehpur</a></span><br />(Prime Minister) </td> <td>2 December<br />1989 </td> <td>10 November<br />1990 </td> <th><span data-sort-value="7002343000000000000♠"></span>343 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> <th>18 </th> <td bgcolor="#74C365"> </td> <td> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Raj_Mangal_Pande" title="Raj Mangal Pande">Raj Mangal Pande</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(1920–1993)<br />MP for <a href="/wiki/Deoria_Lok_Sabha_constituency" title="Deoria Lok Sabha constituency">Deoria</a></span> </td> <td>21 November<br />1990 </td> <td>21 June<br />1991 </td> <th><span data-sort-value="7002212000000000000♠"></span>212 days </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Samajwadi_Janata_Party_(Rashtriya)" title="Samajwadi Janata Party (Rashtriya)">Samajwadi Janata Party (Rashtriya)</a> </td> <td style="background:#74C365"><b><a href="/wiki/Chandra_Shekhar_ministry" title="Chandra Shekhar ministry">Chandra Shekhar</a></b> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Chandra_Shekhar" title="Chandra Shekhar">Chandra Shekhar</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th>19 </th> <td bgcolor="#0EF4E1"> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:The_Union_Minister_for_Human_Resource_Development,_Shri_Arjun_Singh_briefing_the_Media_after_two_day_meeting_of_the_National_Monitoring_Committee_on_Minorities_Education,_in_New_Delhi_on_July_12,_2006_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a2/The_Union_Minister_for_Human_Resource_Development%2C_Shri_Arjun_Singh_briefing_the_Media_after_two_day_meeting_of_the_National_Monitoring_Committee_on_Minorities_Education%2C_in_New_Delhi_on_July_12%2C_2006_%28cropped%29.jpg/70px-thumbnail.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="89" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a2/The_Union_Minister_for_Human_Resource_Development%2C_Shri_Arjun_Singh_briefing_the_Media_after_two_day_meeting_of_the_National_Monitoring_Committee_on_Minorities_Education%2C_in_New_Delhi_on_July_12%2C_2006_%28cropped%29.jpg/105px-thumbnail.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a2/The_Union_Minister_for_Human_Resource_Development%2C_Shri_Arjun_Singh_briefing_the_Media_after_two_day_meeting_of_the_National_Monitoring_Committee_on_Minorities_Education%2C_in_New_Delhi_on_July_12%2C_2006_%28cropped%29.jpg/140px-thumbnail.jpg 2x" data-file-width="991" data-file-height="1266" /></a></span> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Arjun_Singh_(Madhya_Pradesh_politician)" class="mw-redirect" title="Arjun Singh (Madhya Pradesh politician)">Arjun Singh</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(1930–2011)<br />MP for <a href="/wiki/Satna_Lok_Sabha_constituency" title="Satna Lok Sabha constituency">Satna</a></span> </td> <td>23 June<br />1991 </td> <td>24 December<br />1994 </td> <th><span data-sort-value="7003128000000000000♠"></span>3 years, 184 days </th> <td rowspan="4"><a href="/wiki/Indian_National_Congress_(I)" class="mw-redirect" title="Indian National Congress (I)">Indian National Congress (I)</a> </td> <td rowspan="4" bgcolor="#0EF4E1"><a href="/wiki/Rao_ministry" title="Rao ministry"><b>Rao</b></a> </td> <td rowspan="4"><a href="/wiki/P._V._Narasimha_Rao" title="P. V. Narasimha Rao">P. V. Narasimha Rao</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th>20 </th> <td bgcolor="#0EF4E1"> </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>24 December<br />1994 </td> <td>9 February<br />1995 </td> <th><span data-sort-value="7001470000000000000♠"></span>47 days </th></tr> <tr> <th>21 </th> <td bgcolor="#0EF4E1"> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Madhavrao_Scindia_2005_stamp_of_India.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/83/Madhavrao_Scindia_2005_stamp_of_India.jpg/70px-Madhavrao_Scindia_2005_stamp_of_India.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="51" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/83/Madhavrao_Scindia_2005_stamp_of_India.jpg/105px-Madhavrao_Scindia_2005_stamp_of_India.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/83/Madhavrao_Scindia_2005_stamp_of_India.jpg/140px-Madhavrao_Scindia_2005_stamp_of_India.jpg 2x" data-file-width="315" data-file-height="231" /></a></span> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Madhavrao_Scindia" title="Madhavrao Scindia">Madhavrao Scindia</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(1945–2001)<br />MP for <a href="/wiki/Gwalior_Lok_Sabha_constituency" title="Gwalior Lok Sabha constituency">Gwalior</a></span> </td> <td>9 February<br />1995 </td> <td>17 January<br />1996 </td> <th><span data-sort-value="7002342000000000000♠"></span>342 days </th></tr> <tr> <th>– </th> <td bgcolor="#0EF4E1"> </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>17 January<br />1996 </td> <td>16 May<br />1996 </td> <th><span data-sort-value="7002120000000000000♠"></span>120 days </th></tr> <tr> <th>22 </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>16 May<br />1996 </td> <td>1 June<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 rowspan="2">23 </th> <td rowspan="2" bgcolor="#2E8B57"> </td> <td rowspan="2"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Somappa_Rayappa_Bommai_132.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/85/Somappa_Rayappa_Bommai_132.jpg/70px-Somappa_Rayappa_Bommai_132.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="95" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/85/Somappa_Rayappa_Bommai_132.jpg/105px-Somappa_Rayappa_Bommai_132.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/85/Somappa_Rayappa_Bommai_132.jpg/140px-Somappa_Rayappa_Bommai_132.jpg 2x" data-file-width="734" data-file-height="994" /></a></span> </td> <td rowspan="2"><b><a href="/wiki/S._R._Bommai" title="S. R. Bommai">S. R. Bommai</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(1927–2007)<br />Rajya Sabha MP for <a href="/wiki/Odisha" title="Odisha">Odisha</a></span> </td> <td>5 June<br />1996 </td> <td>21 April<br />1997 </td> <th rowspan="2"><span data-sort-value="7002651000000000000♠"></span>1 year, 286 days </th> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Janata_Dal" title="Janata Dal">Janata Dal</a> </td> <td style="background:#4C915F"><b><a href="/wiki/Deve_Gowda_ministry" title="Deve Gowda ministry">Deve Gowda</a></b> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/H._D._Deve_Gowda" title="H. D. Deve Gowda">H. D. Deve Gowda</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>21 April<br />1997 </td> <td>18 March<br />1998 </td> <td style="background:#4C915F"><b><a href="/wiki/Gujral_ministry" title="Gujral ministry">Gujral</a></b> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Inder_Kumar_Gujral" title="Inder Kumar Gujral">Inder Kumar Gujral</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th rowspan="2">24 </th> <td rowspan="2" bgcolor="#FF9933"> </td> <td rowspan="2"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Murli_Manohar_Joshi_MP.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/da/Murli_Manohar_Joshi_MP.jpg/70px-Murli_Manohar_Joshi_MP.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="88" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/da/Murli_Manohar_Joshi_MP.jpg/105px-Murli_Manohar_Joshi_MP.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/da/Murli_Manohar_Joshi_MP.jpg/140px-Murli_Manohar_Joshi_MP.jpg 2x" data-file-width="200" data-file-height="250" /></a></span> </td> <td rowspan="2"><b><a href="/wiki/Murli_Manohar_Joshi" title="Murli Manohar Joshi">Murli Manohar Joshi</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(born 1934)<br />MP for <a href="/wiki/Allahabad_Lok_Sabha_constituency" title="Allahabad Lok Sabha constituency">Allahabad</a></span> </td> <td>19 March<br />1998 </td> <td>13 October<br />1999 </td> <th rowspan="2"><span data-sort-value="7003225600000000000♠"></span>6 years, 64 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>13 October<br />1999 </td> <td>22 May<br />2004 </td> <td style="background:#FFA551;"><b><a href="/wiki/Third_Vajpayee_ministry" title="Third Vajpayee ministry">Vajpayee III</a></b> </td></tr> <tr> <th>(19) </th> <td bgcolor="#00BFFF"> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:The_Union_Minister_for_Human_Resource_Development,_Shri_Arjun_Singh_briefing_the_Media_after_two_day_meeting_of_the_National_Monitoring_Committee_on_Minorities_Education,_in_New_Delhi_on_July_12,_2006_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a2/The_Union_Minister_for_Human_Resource_Development%2C_Shri_Arjun_Singh_briefing_the_Media_after_two_day_meeting_of_the_National_Monitoring_Committee_on_Minorities_Education%2C_in_New_Delhi_on_July_12%2C_2006_%28cropped%29.jpg/70px-thumbnail.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="89" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a2/The_Union_Minister_for_Human_Resource_Development%2C_Shri_Arjun_Singh_briefing_the_Media_after_two_day_meeting_of_the_National_Monitoring_Committee_on_Minorities_Education%2C_in_New_Delhi_on_July_12%2C_2006_%28cropped%29.jpg/105px-thumbnail.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a2/The_Union_Minister_for_Human_Resource_Development%2C_Shri_Arjun_Singh_briefing_the_Media_after_two_day_meeting_of_the_National_Monitoring_Committee_on_Minorities_Education%2C_in_New_Delhi_on_July_12%2C_2006_%28cropped%29.jpg/140px-thumbnail.jpg 2x" data-file-width="991" data-file-height="1266" /></a></span> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Arjun_Singh_(Madhya_Pradesh_politician)" class="mw-redirect" title="Arjun Singh (Madhya Pradesh politician)">Arjun Singh</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(1930–2011)<br />Rajya Sabha MP for <a href="/wiki/Madhya_Pradesh" title="Madhya Pradesh">Madhya Pradesh</a></span> </td> <td>23 May<br />2004 </td> <td>22 May<br />2009 </td> <th><span data-sort-value="7003182500000000000♠"></span>4 years, 364 days </th> <td rowspan="3"><a href="/wiki/Indian_National_Congress" title="Indian National Congress">Indian National Congress</a> </td> <td 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> <th>25 </th> <td bgcolor="#00BFFF"> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Kapil_Sibal.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/87/Kapil_Sibal.jpg/70px-Kapil_Sibal.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="84" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/87/Kapil_Sibal.jpg/105px-Kapil_Sibal.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/87/Kapil_Sibal.jpg/140px-Kapil_Sibal.jpg 2x" data-file-width="412" data-file-height="494" /></a></span> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Kapil_Sibal" title="Kapil Sibal">Kapil Sibal</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(born 1948)<br />MP for <a href="/wiki/Chandni_Chowk_Lok_Sabha_constituency" title="Chandni Chowk Lok Sabha constituency">Chandni Chowk</a></span> </td> <td>28 May<br />2009 </td> <td>28 October<br />2012 </td> <th><span data-sort-value="7003124900000000000♠"></span>3 years, 153 days </th> <td rowspan="2" bgcolor="#87CEEB"><a href="/wiki/Second_Manmohan_Singh_ministry" title="Second Manmohan Singh ministry"><b>Manmohan II</b></a> </td></tr> <tr> <th>26 </th> <td bgcolor="#00BFFF"> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Pallam_Raju_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f3/Pallam_Raju_%28cropped%29.jpg/70px-Pallam_Raju_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="93" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f3/Pallam_Raju_%28cropped%29.jpg/105px-Pallam_Raju_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f3/Pallam_Raju_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="126" data-file-height="168" /></a></span> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/M._M._Pallam_Raju" title="M. M. Pallam Raju">M. M. Pallam Raju</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(born 1962)<br />MP for <a href="/wiki/Kakinada_Lok_Sabha_constituency" title="Kakinada Lok Sabha constituency">Kakinada</a></span> </td> <td>28 October<br />2012 </td> <td>26 May<br />2014 </td> <th><span data-sort-value="7002575000000000000♠"></span>1 year, 210 days </th></tr> <tr> <th>27 </th> <td bgcolor="#FF9933"> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Smt._Smriti_Irani_in_April_2023.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/33/Smt._Smriti_Irani_in_April_2023.jpg/70px-Smt._Smriti_Irani_in_April_2023.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="93" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/33/Smt._Smriti_Irani_in_April_2023.jpg/105px-Smt._Smriti_Irani_in_April_2023.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/33/Smt._Smriti_Irani_in_April_2023.jpg/140px-Smt._Smriti_Irani_in_April_2023.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1145" data-file-height="1527" /></a></span> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Smriti_Irani" title="Smriti Irani">Smriti Irani</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(born 1976)<br />Rajya Sabha MP for <a href="/wiki/Gujarat" title="Gujarat">Gujarat</a></span> </td> <td>27 May<br />2014 </td> <td>5 July<br />2016 </td> <th><span data-sort-value="7002770000000000000♠"></span>2 years, 39 days </th> <td rowspan="3"><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="3"><a href="/wiki/Narendra_Modi" title="Narendra Modi">Narendra Modi</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th>28 </th> <td bgcolor="#FF9933"> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Prakash_Javadekar_MIB_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Prakash_Javadekar_MIB_%28cropped%29.jpg/70px-Prakash_Javadekar_MIB_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="86" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Prakash_Javadekar_MIB_%28cropped%29.jpg/105px-Prakash_Javadekar_MIB_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Prakash_Javadekar_MIB_%28cropped%29.jpg/140px-Prakash_Javadekar_MIB_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="982" /></a></span> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Prakash_Javadekar" title="Prakash Javadekar">Prakash Javadekar</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(born 1951)<br />Rajya Sabha MP for <a href="/wiki/Madhya_Pradesh" title="Madhya Pradesh">Madhya Pradesh</a>,<br />till 2018<br />Rajya Sabha MP for <a href="/wiki/Maharashtra" title="Maharashtra">Maharashtra</a>, from 2018</span> </td> <td>5 July<br />2016 </td> <td>30 May<br />2019 </td> <th><span data-sort-value="7003105900000000000♠"></span>2 years, 329 days </th></tr> <tr> <th>29 </th> <td bgcolor="#FF9933"> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Dr._Ramesh_Pokhriyal_%27Nishank%27,_2020.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5e/Dr._Ramesh_Pokhriyal_%27Nishank%27%2C_2020.jpg/70px-Dr._Ramesh_Pokhriyal_%27Nishank%27%2C_2020.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="79" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5e/Dr._Ramesh_Pokhriyal_%27Nishank%27%2C_2020.jpg/105px-Dr._Ramesh_Pokhriyal_%27Nishank%27%2C_2020.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5e/Dr._Ramesh_Pokhriyal_%27Nishank%27%2C_2020.jpg/140px-Dr._Ramesh_Pokhriyal_%27Nishank%27%2C_2020.jpg 2x" data-file-width="570" data-file-height="642" /></a></span> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Ramesh_Pokhriyal" title="Ramesh Pokhriyal">Ramesh Pokhriyal</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(born 1959)<br />MP for <a href="/wiki/Haridwar_Lok_Sabha_constituency" title="Haridwar Lok Sabha constituency">Haridwar</a></span> </td> <td>31 May<br />2019 </td> <td>29 July<br />2020 </td> <th><span data-sort-value="7002425000000000000♠"></span>1 year, 59 days </th> <td style="background:#FFA551;"><b><a href="/wiki/Second_Modi_ministry" title="Second Modi ministry">Modi II</a></b> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="10">Minister of Education </th></tr> <tr> <th>(29) </th> <td bgcolor="#FF9933"> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Dr._Ramesh_Pokhriyal_%27Nishank%27,_2020.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5e/Dr._Ramesh_Pokhriyal_%27Nishank%27%2C_2020.jpg/70px-Dr._Ramesh_Pokhriyal_%27Nishank%27%2C_2020.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="79" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5e/Dr._Ramesh_Pokhriyal_%27Nishank%27%2C_2020.jpg/105px-Dr._Ramesh_Pokhriyal_%27Nishank%27%2C_2020.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5e/Dr._Ramesh_Pokhriyal_%27Nishank%27%2C_2020.jpg/140px-Dr._Ramesh_Pokhriyal_%27Nishank%27%2C_2020.jpg 2x" data-file-width="570" data-file-height="642" /></a></span> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Ramesh_Pokhriyal" title="Ramesh Pokhriyal">Ramesh Pokhriyal</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(born 1959)<br />MP for <a href="/wiki/Haridwar_Lok_Sabha_constituency" title="Haridwar Lok Sabha constituency">Haridwar</a></span> </td> <td>29 July<br />2020 </td> <td>7 July<br />2021 </td> <th><span data-sort-value="7002343000000000000♠"></span>343 days </th> <td rowspan="3"><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/Second_Modi_ministry" title="Second Modi ministry">Modi II</a></b> </td> <td rowspan="3"><a href="/wiki/Narendra_Modi" title="Narendra Modi">Narendra Modi</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th rowspan="2">30 </th> <td rowspan="2" bgcolor="#FF9933"> </td> <td rowspan="2"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:The_Union_Minister_for_Petroleum_%26_Natural_Gas,_Shri_Dharmendra_Pradhan_being_greeted_by_the_Secretary,_Ministry_of_Petroleum_%26_Natural_Gas,_Dr._M.M._Kutty,_in_New_Delhi_on_May_31,_2019_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/85/The_Union_Minister_for_Petroleum_%26_Natural_Gas%2C_Shri_Dharmendra_Pradhan_being_greeted_by_the_Secretary%2C_Ministry_of_Petroleum_%26_Natural_Gas%2C_Dr._M.M._Kutty%2C_in_New_Delhi_on_May_31%2C_2019_%28cropped%29.jpg/70px-thumbnail.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="88" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/85/The_Union_Minister_for_Petroleum_%26_Natural_Gas%2C_Shri_Dharmendra_Pradhan_being_greeted_by_the_Secretary%2C_Ministry_of_Petroleum_%26_Natural_Gas%2C_Dr._M.M._Kutty%2C_in_New_Delhi_on_May_31%2C_2019_%28cropped%29.jpg/105px-thumbnail.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/85/The_Union_Minister_for_Petroleum_%26_Natural_Gas%2C_Shri_Dharmendra_Pradhan_being_greeted_by_the_Secretary%2C_Ministry_of_Petroleum_%26_Natural_Gas%2C_Dr._M.M._Kutty%2C_in_New_Delhi_on_May_31%2C_2019_%28cropped%29.jpg/140px-thumbnail.jpg 2x" data-file-width="569" data-file-height="715" /></a></span> </td> <td rowspan="2"><b><a href="/wiki/Dharmendra_Pradhan" title="Dharmendra Pradhan">Dharmendra Pradhan</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(born 1969)<br /> MP for <a href="/wiki/Sambalpur_Lok_Sabha_constituency" title="Sambalpur Lok Sabha constituency">Sambalpur</a></span> </td> <td rowspan="2">7 July<br />2021 </td> <td rowspan="2"><i>Incumbent</i> </td> <th rowspan="2"><span data-sort-value="7003133800000000000♠"></span>3 years, 242 days </th></tr> <tr> <td style="background:#FFA551;"><b><a href="/wiki/Third_Modi_ministry" title="Third Modi ministry">Modi III</a></b> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Ministers_of_state">Ministers of state</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Minister_of_Education_(India)&action=edit&section=2" 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"># </th> <th rowspan="2" colspan="2">Portrait </th> <th rowspan="2" style="width:17em">Minister<br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(Birth-Death)<br />Constituency</span> </th> <th colspan="3">Term of office </th> <th rowspan="2" style="width:8em">Political party </th> <th rowspan="2">Ministry </th> <th rowspan="2" style="width:9em">Prime Minister </th></tr> <tr> <th style="width:7em">From </th> <th style="width:7em">To </th> <th style="width:7em">Period </th></tr> <tr> <th colspan="10">Minister of State for Education and Scientific Research </th></tr> <tr> <th>1 </th> <td bgcolor="#00BFFF"> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Kl_shrimali.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c7/Kl_shrimali.jpg/70px-Kl_shrimali.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="99" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c7/Kl_shrimali.jpg/105px-Kl_shrimali.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c7/Kl_shrimali.jpg/140px-Kl_shrimali.jpg 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="425" /></a></span> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/K._L._Shrimali" title="K. L. Shrimali">K. L. Shrimali</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(1909–2000)<br />Rajya Sabha MP for <a href="/wiki/Rajasthan" title="Rajasthan">Rajasthan</a></span><br />(MoS) </td> <td>17 April<br />1957 </td> <td>22 February<br />1958 </td> <th><span data-sort-value="7002280000000000000♠"></span>280 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/Third_Nehru_ministry" title="Third Nehru ministry">Nehru III</a></b> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Jawaharlal_Nehru" title="Jawaharlal Nehru">Jawaharlal Nehru</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="10">Minister of State for Education </th></tr> <tr> <th>2 </th> <td bgcolor="#00BFFF"> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Ramchandra_Martand_Hajarnavis.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7f/Ramchandra_Martand_Hajarnavis.jpg/70px-Ramchandra_Martand_Hajarnavis.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="86" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7f/Ramchandra_Martand_Hajarnavis.jpg/105px-Ramchandra_Martand_Hajarnavis.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7f/Ramchandra_Martand_Hajarnavis.jpg/140px-Ramchandra_Martand_Hajarnavis.jpg 2x" data-file-width="736" data-file-height="904" /></a></span> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Ramchandra_Martand_Hajarnavis" title="Ramchandra Martand Hajarnavis">Ramchandra Martand Hajarnavis</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(1908–1976)<br />MP for <a href="/wiki/Bhandara_Lok_Sabha_constituency" title="Bhandara Lok Sabha constituency">Bhandara</a></span><br />(Minister of Cultural Affairs) </td> <td>13 June<br />1964 </td> <td>29 October<br />1965 </td> <th><span data-sort-value="7002503000000000000♠"></span>1 year, 138 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/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> <th>3 </th> <td bgcolor="#00BFFF"> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Sher_Singh_Kadyan_Lok_Sabha_photo.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1e/Sher_Singh_Kadyan_Lok_Sabha_photo.jpg/70px-Sher_Singh_Kadyan_Lok_Sabha_photo.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="104" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1e/Sher_Singh_Kadyan_Lok_Sabha_photo.jpg/105px-Sher_Singh_Kadyan_Lok_Sabha_photo.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1e/Sher_Singh_Kadyan_Lok_Sabha_photo.jpg/140px-Sher_Singh_Kadyan_Lok_Sabha_photo.jpg 2x" data-file-width="200" data-file-height="297" /></a></span> </td> <td><b>Sher Singh Kadyan</b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(1917–2009)<br />MP for <a href="/wiki/Rohtak_Lok_Sabha_constituency" title="Rohtak Lok Sabha constituency">Rohtak</a></span> </td> <td rowspan="2">13 March<br />1967 </td> <td rowspan="2">14 February<br />1969 </td> <th rowspan="2"><span data-sort-value="7002704000000000000♠"></span>1 year, 338 days </th> <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> <th>4 </th> <td bgcolor="#00BFFF"> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Bhagwat_Jha_Azad.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d1/Bhagwat_Jha_Azad.jpg/70px-Bhagwat_Jha_Azad.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="101" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d1/Bhagwat_Jha_Azad.jpg/105px-Bhagwat_Jha_Azad.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d1/Bhagwat_Jha_Azad.jpg/140px-Bhagwat_Jha_Azad.jpg 2x" data-file-width="242" data-file-height="350" /></a></span> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Bhagwat_Jha_Azad" title="Bhagwat Jha Azad">Bhagwat Jha Azad</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(1922–2011)<br />MP for <a href="/wiki/Bhagalpur_Lok_Sabha_constituency" title="Bhagalpur Lok Sabha constituency">Bhagalpur</a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="10">Minister of State for Education and Youth Services </th></tr> <tr> <th>5 </th> <td bgcolor="turquoise"> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Bhakt_Darshan_portrait.gif" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/33/Bhakt_Darshan_portrait.gif/70px-Bhakt_Darshan_portrait.gif" decoding="async" width="70" height="88" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/33/Bhakt_Darshan_portrait.gif/105px-Bhakt_Darshan_portrait.gif 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/33/Bhakt_Darshan_portrait.gif/140px-Bhakt_Darshan_portrait.gif 2x" data-file-width="200" data-file-height="250" /></a></span> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Bhakt_Darshan" title="Bhakt Darshan">Bhakt Darshan</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(1912–1991)<br />MP for <a href="/wiki/Garhwal_Lok_Sabha_constituency" title="Garhwal Lok Sabha constituency">Garhwal</a></span> </td> <td>18 February<br />1969 </td> <td>18 March<br />1971 </td> <th><span data-sort-value="7002758000000000000♠"></span>2 years, 28 days </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Indian_National_Congress_(R)" title="Indian National Congress (R)">Indian National Congress (R)</a> </td> <td bgcolor="turquoise"><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 colspan="10">Minister of State for Education and Culture </th></tr> <tr> <th>6 </th> <td bgcolor="turquoise"> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Saiyid_Nurul_Hasan_16_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/db/Saiyid_Nurul_Hasan_16_%28cropped%29.jpg/70px-Saiyid_Nurul_Hasan_16_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="93" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/db/Saiyid_Nurul_Hasan_16_%28cropped%29.jpg/105px-Saiyid_Nurul_Hasan_16_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/db/Saiyid_Nurul_Hasan_16_%28cropped%29.jpg/140px-Saiyid_Nurul_Hasan_16_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="256" data-file-height="341" /></a></span> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Saiyid_Nurul_Hasan" title="Saiyid Nurul Hasan">Saiyid Nurul Hasan</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(1921–1993)<br />Rajya Sabha MP for <a href="/wiki/Uttar_Pradesh" title="Uttar Pradesh">Uttar Pradesh</a></span> </td> <td>4 October<br />1971 </td> <td>24 March<br />1972 </td> <th><span data-sort-value="7002172000000000000♠"></span>172 days </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Indian_National_Congress_(R)" title="Indian National Congress (R)">Indian National Congress (R)</a> </td> <td bgcolor="turquoise"><b><a href="/wiki/Third_Indira_Gandhi_ministry" title="Third Indira Gandhi ministry">Indira III</a></b> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Indira_Gandhi" title="Indira Gandhi">Indira Gandhi</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th>7 </th> <td bgcolor="#1F75FE"> </td> <td> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Dhanna_Singh_Gulshan" title="Dhanna Singh Gulshan">Dhanna Singh Gulshan</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">MP for <a href="/wiki/Bathinda_Lok_Sabha_constituency" title="Bathinda Lok Sabha constituency">Bathinda</a></span> </td> <td>14 August<br />1977 </td> <td rowspan="2">28 July<br />1979 </td> <th><span data-sort-value="7002713000000000000♠"></span>1 year, 348 days </th> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Janata_Party" title="Janata Party">Janata Party</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>8 </th> <td bgcolor="#1F75FE"> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Renuka_Devi_Barkataki_official_portrait.gif" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b2/Renuka_Devi_Barkataki_official_portrait.gif/70px-Renuka_Devi_Barkataki_official_portrait.gif" decoding="async" width="70" height="102" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b2/Renuka_Devi_Barkataki_official_portrait.gif/105px-Renuka_Devi_Barkataki_official_portrait.gif 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b2/Renuka_Devi_Barkataki_official_portrait.gif/140px-Renuka_Devi_Barkataki_official_portrait.gif 2x" data-file-width="194" data-file-height="284" /></a></span> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Renuka_Devi_Barkataki" title="Renuka Devi Barkataki">Renuka Devi Barkataki</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(1932–2017)<br />MP for <a href="/wiki/Gauhati_Lok_Sabha_constituency" class="mw-redirect" title="Gauhati Lok Sabha constituency">Gauhati</a></span> </td> <td>16 August<br />1977 </td> <th><span data-sort-value="7002711000000000000♠"></span>1 year, 346 days </th></tr> <tr> <th>9 </th> <td bgcolor="#06038D"> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Rashida_Haque_Choudhury_Lok_Sabha_photo.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/Rashida_Haque_Choudhury_Lok_Sabha_photo.jpg/70px-Rashida_Haque_Choudhury_Lok_Sabha_photo.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="104" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/Rashida_Haque_Choudhury_Lok_Sabha_photo.jpg/105px-Rashida_Haque_Choudhury_Lok_Sabha_photo.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/Rashida_Haque_Choudhury_Lok_Sabha_photo.jpg/140px-Rashida_Haque_Choudhury_Lok_Sabha_photo.jpg 2x" data-file-width="197" data-file-height="293" /></a></span> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Rashida_Haque_Choudhury" title="Rashida Haque Choudhury">Rashida Haque Choudhury</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">MP for <a href="/wiki/Silchar_Lok_Sabha_constituency" title="Silchar Lok Sabha constituency">Silchar</a></span> </td> <td>30 July<br />1979 </td> <td>14 January<br />1980 </td> <th><span data-sort-value="7002168000000000000♠"></span>168 days </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Janata_Party_(Secular)" title="Janata Party (Secular)">Janata Party (Secular)</a> </td> <td bgcolor="#6495ED"><b><a href="/wiki/Charan_Singh_ministry" title="Charan Singh ministry">Charan Singh</a></b> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Charan_Singh" title="Charan Singh">Charan Singh</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th>10 </th> <td bgcolor="#0EF4E1"> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Sheila_Kaul_Lok_Sabha_photo.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a6/Sheila_Kaul_Lok_Sabha_photo.jpg/70px-Sheila_Kaul_Lok_Sabha_photo.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="82" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a6/Sheila_Kaul_Lok_Sabha_photo.jpg/105px-Sheila_Kaul_Lok_Sabha_photo.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a6/Sheila_Kaul_Lok_Sabha_photo.jpg/140px-Sheila_Kaul_Lok_Sabha_photo.jpg 2x" data-file-width="247" data-file-height="290" /></a></span> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Sheila_Kaul" title="Sheila Kaul">Sheila Kaul</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(1915–2015)<br />MP for <a href="/wiki/Raebareli_Lok_Sabha_constituency" class="mw-redirect" title="Raebareli Lok Sabha constituency">Raebareli</a></span> </td> <td>24 November<br />1980 </td> <td>8 August<br />1981 </td> <th><span data-sort-value="7002257000000000000♠"></span>257 days </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Indian_National_Congress_(I)" class="mw-redirect" title="Indian National Congress (I)">Indian National Congress (I)</a> </td> <td bgcolor="#0EF4E1"><b><a href="/wiki/Fourth_Indira_Gandhi_ministry" title="Fourth Indira Gandhi ministry">Indira IV</a></b> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Indira_Gandhi" title="Indira Gandhi">Indira Gandhi</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="10">Minister of State for Human Resource Development </th></tr> <tr> <th>11 </th> <td bgcolor="#0EF4E1"> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:The_Speaker_of_the_Lok_Sabha,_Shri_Somnath_Chatterjee_addressing_at_the_inauguration_of_the_Orientation_Programme_for_the_media_persons_accredited_to_the_press_gallery_of_Lok_Sabha,_in_New_Delhi_on_July_28,_2006_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2f/The_Speaker_of_the_Lok_Sabha%2C_Shri_Somnath_Chatterjee_addressing_at_the_inauguration_of_the_Orientation_Programme_for_the_media_persons_accredited_to_the_press_gallery_of_Lok_Sabha%2C_in_New_Delhi_on_July_28%2C_2006_%28cropped%29.jpg/70px-thumbnail.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="93" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2f/The_Speaker_of_the_Lok_Sabha%2C_Shri_Somnath_Chatterjee_addressing_at_the_inauguration_of_the_Orientation_Programme_for_the_media_persons_accredited_to_the_press_gallery_of_Lok_Sabha%2C_in_New_Delhi_on_July_28%2C_2006_%28cropped%29.jpg/105px-thumbnail.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2f/The_Speaker_of_the_Lok_Sabha%2C_Shri_Somnath_Chatterjee_addressing_at_the_inauguration_of_the_Orientation_Programme_for_the_media_persons_accredited_to_the_press_gallery_of_Lok_Sabha%2C_in_New_Delhi_on_July_28%2C_2006_%28cropped%29.jpg/140px-thumbnail.jpg 2x" data-file-width="605" data-file-height="805" /></a></span> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Margaret_Alva" title="Margaret Alva">Margaret Alva</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(born 1942)<br />Rajya Sabha MP for <a href="/wiki/Karnataka" title="Karnataka">Karnataka</a></span><br />(Women and Child Development,<br />Youth Affairs and Sports) </td> <td rowspan="2">25 September<br />1985 </td> <td>2 December<br />1989 </td> <th><span data-sort-value="7003152900000000000♠"></span>4 years, 68 days </th> <td rowspan="4"><a href="/wiki/Indian_National_Congress_(I)" class="mw-redirect" title="Indian National Congress (I)">Indian National Congress (I)</a> </td> <td rowspan="4" bgcolor="#0EF4E1"><b><a href="/wiki/Second_Rajiv_Gandhi_ministry" title="Second Rajiv Gandhi ministry">Rajiv II</a></b> </td> <td rowspan="4"><a href="/wiki/Rajiv_Gandhi" title="Rajiv Gandhi">Rajiv Gandhi</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th>12 </th> <td bgcolor="#0EF4E1"> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Sushila_Rohatgi_Lok_Sabha_photo.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f2/Sushila_Rohatgi_Lok_Sabha_photo.jpg/70px-Sushila_Rohatgi_Lok_Sabha_photo.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="95" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f2/Sushila_Rohatgi_Lok_Sabha_photo.jpg/105px-Sushila_Rohatgi_Lok_Sabha_photo.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f2/Sushila_Rohatgi_Lok_Sabha_photo.jpg/140px-Sushila_Rohatgi_Lok_Sabha_photo.jpg 2x" data-file-width="296" data-file-height="401" /></a></span> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Sushila_Rohatgi" title="Sushila Rohatgi">Sushila Rohatgi</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(1921–2011)<br />Rajya Sabha MP for <a href="/wiki/Uttar_Pradesh" title="Uttar Pradesh">Uttar Pradesh</a></span><br />(Education and Culture) </td> <td>12 May<br />1986 </td> <th><span data-sort-value="7002229000000000000♠"></span>229 days </th></tr> <tr> <th>13 </th> <td bgcolor="#0EF4E1"> </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><br />(Education and Culture, until 1988;<br />Culture, from 1988) </td> <td>12 May<br />1986 </td> <td rowspan="2">2 December<br />1989 </td> <th><span data-sort-value="7003130000000000000♠"></span>3 years, 204 days </th></tr> <tr> <th>14 </th> <td bgcolor="#0EF4E1"> </td> <td> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Laliteshwar_Prasad_Shahi" title="Laliteshwar Prasad Shahi">Laliteshwar Prasad Shahi</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(1920–2018)<br />MP for <a href="/wiki/Muzaffarpur_Lok_Sabha_constituency" title="Muzaffarpur Lok Sabha constituency">Muzaffarpur</a></span><br />(Education and Culture, until 1989;<br />Education, from 1989) </td> <td>14 February<br />1988 </td> <th><span data-sort-value="7002657000000000000♠"></span>1 year, 291 days </th></tr> <tr> <th>15 </th> <td bgcolor="#2E8B57"> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:M._G._K._Menon_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/21/M._G._K._Menon_%28cropped%29.jpg/70px-M._G._K._Menon_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="90" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/21/M._G._K._Menon_%28cropped%29.jpg/105px-M._G._K._Menon_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/21/M._G._K._Menon_%28cropped%29.jpg/140px-M._G._K._Menon_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1254" data-file-height="1609" /></a></span> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/M._G._K._Menon" title="M. G. K. Menon">M. G. K. Menon</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(1928–2016)<br />Rajya Sabha MP for <a href="/wiki/Rajasthan" title="Rajasthan">Rajasthan</a></span><br />(Education) </td> <td>20 January<br />1990 </td> <td>23 April<br />1990 </td> <th><span data-sort-value="7001930000000000000♠"></span>93 days </th> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Janata_Dal" title="Janata Dal">Janata Dal</a> </td> <td rowspan="2" style="background:#4C915F"><b><a href="/wiki/V._P._Singh_ministry" title="V. P. Singh ministry">V. P. Singh</a></b> </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/V._P._Singh" title="V. P. Singh">V. P. Singh</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th>16 </th> <td bgcolor="#2E8B57"> </td> <td> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Chimanbhai_Mehta" title="Chimanbhai Mehta">Chimanbhai Mehta</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(1925–2010)<br />Rajya Sabha MP for <a href="/wiki/Gujarat" title="Gujarat">Gujarat</a></span> </td> <td>23 April<br />1990 </td> <td>10 November<br />1990 </td> <th><span data-sort-value="7002201000000000000♠"></span>201 days </th></tr> <tr> <th>17 </th> <td bgcolor="#74C365"> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Bhagey_Gobardhan.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f1/Bhagey_Gobardhan.jpg/70px-Bhagey_Gobardhan.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="86" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f1/Bhagey_Gobardhan.jpg 1.5x" data-file-width="85" data-file-height="105" /></a></span> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Bhagey_Gobardhan" title="Bhagey Gobardhan">Bhagey Gobardhan</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(1934–1993)<br />MP for <a href="/wiki/Mayurbhanj_Lok_Sabha_constituency" title="Mayurbhanj Lok Sabha constituency">Mayurbhanj</a></span> </td> <td>21 November<br />1990 </td> <td>20 February<br />1991 </td> <th><span data-sort-value="7001910000000000000♠"></span>91 days </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Samajwadi_Janata_Party_(Rashtriya)" title="Samajwadi Janata Party (Rashtriya)">Samajwadi Janata Party (Rashtriya)</a> </td> <td style="background:#74C365"><b><a href="/wiki/Chandra_Shekhar_ministry" title="Chandra Shekhar ministry">Chandra Shekhar</a></b> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Chandra_Shekhar" title="Chandra Shekhar">Chandra Shekhar</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th>18 </th> <td bgcolor="#0EF4E1"> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Ms._Mamata_Banerjee,_in_Kolkata_on_July_17,_2018_(cropped)_(cropped).JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/Ms._Mamata_Banerjee%2C_in_Kolkata_on_July_17%2C_2018_%28cropped%29_%28cropped%29.JPG/70px-Ms._Mamata_Banerjee%2C_in_Kolkata_on_July_17%2C_2018_%28cropped%29_%28cropped%29.JPG" decoding="async" width="70" height="87" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/Ms._Mamata_Banerjee%2C_in_Kolkata_on_July_17%2C_2018_%28cropped%29_%28cropped%29.JPG/105px-Ms._Mamata_Banerjee%2C_in_Kolkata_on_July_17%2C_2018_%28cropped%29_%28cropped%29.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/Ms._Mamata_Banerjee%2C_in_Kolkata_on_July_17%2C_2018_%28cropped%29_%28cropped%29.JPG/140px-Ms._Mamata_Banerjee%2C_in_Kolkata_on_July_17%2C_2018_%28cropped%29_%28cropped%29.JPG 2x" data-file-width="395" data-file-height="490" /></a></span> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Mamata_Banerjee" title="Mamata Banerjee">Mamata Banerjee</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(born 1955)<br />MP for <a href="/wiki/Kolkata_Dakshin_Lok_Sabha_constituency" title="Kolkata Dakshin Lok Sabha constituency">Calcutta South</a></span><br />(Youth Affairs and Sports;<br />Women and Child Development) </td> <td>21 June<br />1991 </td> <td>17 January<br />1993 </td> <th><span data-sort-value="7002576000000000000♠"></span>1 year, 210 days </th> <td rowspan="6"><a href="/wiki/Indian_National_Congress_(I)" class="mw-redirect" title="Indian National Congress (I)">Indian National Congress (I)</a> </td> <td rowspan="6" bgcolor="#0EF4E1"><a href="/wiki/Rao_ministry" title="Rao ministry"><b>Rao</b></a> </td> <td rowspan="6"><a href="/wiki/P._V._Narasimha_Rao" title="P. V. Narasimha Rao">P. V. Narasimha Rao</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th>19 </th> <td bgcolor="#0EF4E1"> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Mukul_Wasnik_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fb/Mukul_Wasnik_%28cropped%29.jpg/70px-Mukul_Wasnik_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="93" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fb/Mukul_Wasnik_%28cropped%29.jpg/105px-Mukul_Wasnik_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fb/Mukul_Wasnik_%28cropped%29.jpg/140px-Mukul_Wasnik_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="317" data-file-height="422" /></a></span> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Mukul_Wasnik" title="Mukul Wasnik">Mukul Wasnik</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(born 1959)<br />MP for <a href="/wiki/Buldhana_Lok_Sabha_constituency" title="Buldhana Lok Sabha constituency">Buldhana</a></span><br />(Youth Affairs and Sports) </td> <td>18 January<br />1993 </td> <td>16 May<br />1996 </td> <th><span data-sort-value="7003121400000000000♠"></span>3 years, 119 days </th></tr> <tr> <th>20 </th> <td bgcolor="#0EF4E1"> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Basavarajeshwari_Lok_Sabha_photo.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c2/Basavarajeshwari_Lok_Sabha_photo.jpg/70px-Basavarajeshwari_Lok_Sabha_photo.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="83" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c2/Basavarajeshwari_Lok_Sabha_photo.jpg/105px-Basavarajeshwari_Lok_Sabha_photo.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c2/Basavarajeshwari_Lok_Sabha_photo.jpg/140px-Basavarajeshwari_Lok_Sabha_photo.jpg 2x" data-file-width="246" data-file-height="293" /></a></span> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Basavarajeshwari" title="Basavarajeshwari">Basavarajeshwari</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(1921–2008)<br />MP for <a href="/wiki/Bellary_Lok_Sabha_constituency" title="Bellary Lok Sabha constituency">Bellary</a></span> </td> <td>19 January<br />1993 </td> <td>15 September<br />1995 </td> <th><span data-sort-value="7002969000000000000♠"></span>2 years, 239 days </th></tr> <tr> <th>21 </th> <td bgcolor="#0EF4E1"> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Kumari_Selja.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8b/Kumari_Selja.jpg/70px-Kumari_Selja.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="93" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8b/Kumari_Selja.jpg/105px-Kumari_Selja.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8b/Kumari_Selja.jpg/140px-Kumari_Selja.jpg 2x" data-file-width="869" data-file-height="1160" /></a></span> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Selja_Kumari" title="Selja Kumari">Selja Kumari</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(born 1962)<br />MP for <a href="/wiki/Sirsa_Lok_Sabha_constituency" title="Sirsa Lok Sabha constituency">Sirsa</a></span><br />(Education and Culture) </td> <td rowspan="3">15 September<br />1995 </td> <td rowspan="3">16 May<br />1996 </td> <th rowspan="3"><span data-sort-value="7002244000000000000♠"></span>244 days </th></tr> <tr> <th>22 </th> <td bgcolor="#0EF4E1"> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Krupasindhu_Bhoi.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b9/Krupasindhu_Bhoi.JPG/70px-Krupasindhu_Bhoi.JPG" decoding="async" width="70" height="77" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b9/Krupasindhu_Bhoi.JPG 1.5x" data-file-width="100" data-file-height="110" /></a></span> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Krupasindhu_Bhoi" title="Krupasindhu Bhoi">Krupasindhu Bhoi</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(born 1942)<br />MP for <a href="/wiki/Sambalpur_Lok_Sabha_constituency" title="Sambalpur Lok Sabha constituency">Sambalpur</a></span><br />(Education) </td></tr> <tr> <th>23 </th> <td bgcolor="#0EF4E1"> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Vimla_Verma_Lok_Sabha_member.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/34/Vimla_Verma_Lok_Sabha_member.jpg/70px-Vimla_Verma_Lok_Sabha_member.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="76" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/34/Vimla_Verma_Lok_Sabha_member.jpg/105px-Vimla_Verma_Lok_Sabha_member.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/34/Vimla_Verma_Lok_Sabha_member.jpg 2x" data-file-width="137" data-file-height="149" /></a></span> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Vimla_Verma" title="Vimla Verma">Vimla Verma</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(1929–2019)<br />MP for <a href="/wiki/Seoni_Lok_Sabha_constituency" title="Seoni Lok Sabha constituency">Seoni</a></span><br />(Women and Child Development) </td></tr> <tr> <th>24 </th> <td bgcolor="#2E8B57"> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Kanti_Singh_in_2008_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/73/Kanti_Singh_in_2008_%28cropped%29.jpg/70px-Kanti_Singh_in_2008_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="97" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/73/Kanti_Singh_in_2008_%28cropped%29.jpg/105px-Kanti_Singh_in_2008_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/73/Kanti_Singh_in_2008_%28cropped%29.jpg/140px-Kanti_Singh_in_2008_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="427" data-file-height="590" /></a></span> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Kanti_Singh" title="Kanti Singh">Kanti Singh</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(born 1957)<br />MP for <a href="/wiki/Bikramganj_Lok_Sabha_constituency" title="Bikramganj Lok Sabha constituency">Bikramganj</a></span> </td> <td>1 June<br />1996 </td> <td>29 June<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="3" style="background:#4C915F"><b><a href="/wiki/Deve_Gowda_ministry" title="Deve Gowda ministry">Deve Gowda</a></b> </td> <td rowspan="3"><a href="/wiki/H._D._Deve_Gowda" title="H. D. Deve Gowda">H. D. Deve Gowda</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th>25 </th> <td bgcolor="#99CCFF"> </td> <td> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Muhi_Ram_Saikia" title="Muhi Ram Saikia">Muhi Ram Saikia</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(1923–2007)<br />MP for <a href="/wiki/Nowgong_Lok_Sabha_constituency" class="mw-redirect" title="Nowgong Lok Sabha constituency">Nowgong</a></span><br />(Education) </td> <td rowspan="2">29 June<br />1996 </td> <td rowspan="2">21 April<br />1997 </td> <th rowspan="2"><span data-sort-value="7002296000000000000♠"></span>296 days </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Asom_Gana_Parishad" title="Asom Gana Parishad">Asom Gana Parishad</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th>26 </th> <td bgcolor="#ff8d33"> </td> <td> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/R._Dhanuskodi_Athithan" title="R. Dhanuskodi Athithan">R. Dhanuskodi Athithan</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(born 1953)<br />MP for <a href="/wiki/Tiruchendur_Lok_Sabha_constituency" title="Tiruchendur Lok Sabha constituency">Tiruchendur</a></span><br />(Youth Affairs and Sports) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Tamil_Maanila_Congress_(Moopanar)" title="Tamil Maanila Congress (Moopanar)">Tamil Maanila Congress (Moopanar)</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th>(25) </th> <td bgcolor="#99CCFF"> </td> <td> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Muhi_Ram_Saikia" title="Muhi Ram Saikia">Muhi Ram Saikia</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(1923–2007)<br />MP for <a href="/wiki/Nowgong_Lok_Sabha_constituency" class="mw-redirect" title="Nowgong Lok Sabha constituency">Nowgong</a></span><br />(Education) </td> <td>21 April<br />1997 </td> <td rowspan="2">19 March<br />1998 </td> <th><span data-sort-value="7002332000000000000♠"></span>332 days </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Asom_Gana_Parishad" title="Asom Gana Parishad">Asom Gana Parishad</a> </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>(26) </th> <td bgcolor="#ff8d33"> </td> <td> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/R._Dhanuskodi_Athithan" title="R. Dhanuskodi Athithan">R. Dhanuskodi Athithan</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(born 1953)<br />MP for <a href="/wiki/Tiruchendur_Lok_Sabha_constituency" title="Tiruchendur Lok Sabha constituency">Tiruchendur</a></span><br />(Youth Affairs and Sports) </td> <td>1 May<br />1997 </td> <th><span data-sort-value="7002322000000000000♠"></span>322 days </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Tamil_Maanila_Congress_(Moopanar)" title="Tamil Maanila Congress (Moopanar)">Tamil Maanila Congress (Moopanar)</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th>27 </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/Khajuraho_Lok_Sabha_constituency" title="Khajuraho Lok Sabha constituency">Khajuraho</a></span> </td> <td>19 March<br />1998 </td> <td>13 October<br />1999 </td> <th><span data-sort-value="7002573000000000000♠"></span>1 year, 208 days </th> <td rowspan="9"><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="9"><a href="/wiki/Atal_Bihari_Vajpayee" title="Atal Bihari Vajpayee">Atal Bihari Vajpayee</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th>28 </th> <td bgcolor="#FF9933"> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Sumitra_Mahajan.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8d/Sumitra_Mahajan.jpg/70px-Sumitra_Mahajan.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="82" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8d/Sumitra_Mahajan.jpg/105px-Sumitra_Mahajan.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8d/Sumitra_Mahajan.jpg/140px-Sumitra_Mahajan.jpg 2x" data-file-width="565" data-file-height="662" /></a></span> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Sumitra_Mahajan" title="Sumitra Mahajan">Sumitra Mahajan</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(born 1943)<br />MP for <a href="/wiki/Indore_Lok_Sabha_constituency" title="Indore Lok Sabha constituency">Indore</a></span> </td> <td rowspan="2">13 October<br />1999 </td> <td>1 July<br />2002 </td> <th><span data-sort-value="7002992000000000000♠"></span>2 years, 261 days </th> <td rowspan="8" style="background:#FFA551;"><b><a href="/wiki/Third_Vajpayee_ministry" title="Third Vajpayee ministry">Vajpayee III</a></b> </td></tr> <tr> <th>29 </th> <td bgcolor="#FF9933"> </td> <td> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Jaisingrao_Gaikwad_Patil" title="Jaisingrao Gaikwad Patil">Jaisingrao Gaikwad Patil</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(born 1949)<br />MP for <a href="/wiki/Beed_Lok_Sabha_constituency" title="Beed Lok Sabha constituency">Beed</a></span> </td> <td>27 May<br />2000 </td> <th><span data-sort-value="7002227000000000000♠"></span>227 days </th></tr> <tr> <th>30 </th> <td bgcolor="#FF9933"> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:The_Union_Minister_for_Textiles_Shri_Syed_Shahnawaz_Hussain_addressing_the_Press_on_the_forthcoming_mega_event_for_showcasing_the_expertise_and_capabilities_of_Indian_Fashion_Industry,_Textiles_and_Apparel_manufacturing.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a3/The_Union_Minister_for_Textiles_Shri_Syed_Shahnawaz_Hussain_addressing_the_Press_on_the_forthcoming_mega_event_for_showcasing_the_expertise_and_capabilities_of_Indian_Fashion_Industry%2C_Textiles_and_Apparel_manufacturing.jpg/70px-thumbnail.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="103" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a3/The_Union_Minister_for_Textiles_Shri_Syed_Shahnawaz_Hussain_addressing_the_Press_on_the_forthcoming_mega_event_for_showcasing_the_expertise_and_capabilities_of_Indian_Fashion_Industry%2C_Textiles_and_Apparel_manufacturing.jpg/105px-thumbnail.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a3/The_Union_Minister_for_Textiles_Shri_Syed_Shahnawaz_Hussain_addressing_the_Press_on_the_forthcoming_mega_event_for_showcasing_the_expertise_and_capabilities_of_Indian_Fashion_Industry%2C_Textiles_and_Apparel_manufacturing.jpg/140px-thumbnail.jpg 2x" data-file-width="610" data-file-height="900" /></a></span> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Syed_Shahnawaz_Hussain" title="Syed Shahnawaz Hussain">Syed Shahnawaz Hussain</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(born 1968)<br />MP for <a href="/wiki/Kishanganj_Lok_Sabha_constituency" title="Kishanganj Lok Sabha constituency">Kishanganj</a></span> </td> <td>30 September<br />2000 </td> <td>8 February<br />2001 </td> <th><span data-sort-value="7002131000000000000♠"></span>131 days </th></tr> <tr> <th>31 </th> <td bgcolor="#FF9933"> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Rita_Verma_Lok_Sabha_photo.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Rita_Verma_Lok_Sabha_photo.jpg/70px-Rita_Verma_Lok_Sabha_photo.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="73" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Rita_Verma_Lok_Sabha_photo.jpg/105px-Rita_Verma_Lok_Sabha_photo.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Rita_Verma_Lok_Sabha_photo.jpg/140px-Rita_Verma_Lok_Sabha_photo.jpg 2x" data-file-width="150" data-file-height="157" /></a></span> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Rita_Verma" title="Rita Verma">Rita Verma</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(born 1953)<br />MP for <a href="/wiki/Dhanbad_Lok_Sabha_constituency" title="Dhanbad Lok Sabha constituency">Dhanbad</a></span> </td> <td>1 September<br />2001 </td> <td>29 January<br />2003 </td> <th><span data-sort-value="7002515000000000000♠"></span>1 year, 150 days </th></tr> <tr> <th>32 </th> <td bgcolor="#FF9933"> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:The_Minister_of_Women%27s_Right,_Child_Development_and_Family_Welfare_of_Mauritius_Mrs._Arianne_Navarre_Marie_calls_on_the_Minister_of_State_for_Human_Resource_Development_Smt._Jaskaur_Meena_in_New_Delhi_on_March_18,_2004_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7d/The_Minister_of_Women%27s_Right%2C_Child_Development_and_Family_Welfare_of_Mauritius_Mrs._Arianne_Navarre_Marie_calls_on_the_Minister_of_State_for_Human_Resource_Development_Smt._Jaskaur_Meena_in_New_Delhi_on_March_18%2C_2004_%28cropped%29.jpg/70px-thumbnail.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="74" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7d/The_Minister_of_Women%27s_Right%2C_Child_Development_and_Family_Welfare_of_Mauritius_Mrs._Arianne_Navarre_Marie_calls_on_the_Minister_of_State_for_Human_Resource_Development_Smt._Jaskaur_Meena_in_New_Delhi_on_March_18%2C_2004_%28cropped%29.jpg/105px-thumbnail.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7d/The_Minister_of_Women%27s_Right%2C_Child_Development_and_Family_Welfare_of_Mauritius_Mrs._Arianne_Navarre_Marie_calls_on_the_Minister_of_State_for_Human_Resource_Development_Smt._Jaskaur_Meena_in_New_Delhi_on_March_18%2C_2004_%28cropped%29.jpg/140px-thumbnail.jpg 2x" data-file-width="150" data-file-height="159" /></a></span> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Jaskaur_Meena" title="Jaskaur Meena">Jaskaur Meena</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(born 1947)<br />MP for <a href="/wiki/Dausa_Lok_Sabha_constituency" title="Dausa Lok Sabha constituency">Dausa</a></span> </td> <td>29 January<br />2003 </td> <td>22 May<br />2004 </td> <th><span data-sort-value="7002479000000000000♠"></span>1 year, 114 days </th></tr> <tr> <th>33 </th> <td bgcolor="#FF9933"> </td> <td> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Ashok_Kumar_Pradhan" title="Ashok Kumar Pradhan">Ashok Kumar Pradhan</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(born 1953)<br />MP for <a href="/wiki/Khurja_Lok_Sabha_constituency" title="Khurja Lok Sabha constituency">Khurja</a></span> </td> <td>29 January<br />2003 </td> <td>24 May<br />2003 </td> <th><span data-sort-value="7002115000000000000♠"></span>115 days </th></tr> <tr> <th>34 </th> <td bgcolor="#FF9933"> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Vallabhbhai_Kathiria_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c9/Vallabhbhai_Kathiria_%28cropped%29.jpg/70px-Vallabhbhai_Kathiria_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="82" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c9/Vallabhbhai_Kathiria_%28cropped%29.jpg/105px-Vallabhbhai_Kathiria_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c9/Vallabhbhai_Kathiria_%28cropped%29.jpg/140px-Vallabhbhai_Kathiria_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="400" data-file-height="471" /></a></span> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Vallabhbhai_Kathiria" title="Vallabhbhai Kathiria">Vallabhbhai Kathiria</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(born 1954)<br />MP for <a href="/wiki/Rajkot_Lok_Sabha_constituency" title="Rajkot Lok Sabha constituency">Rajkot</a></span> </td> <td>30 January<br />2003 </td> <td>9 January<br />2004 </td> <th><span data-sort-value="7002344000000000000♠"></span>344 days </th></tr> <tr> <th>35 </th> <td bgcolor="#FF9933"> </td> <td> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Sanjay_Paswan" title="Sanjay Paswan">Sanjay Paswan</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(born 1962)<br />MP for <a href="/wiki/Nawada_Lok_Sabha_constituency" title="Nawada Lok Sabha constituency">Nawada</a></span> </td> <td>24 May<br />2003 </td> <td>22 May<br />2004 </td> <th><span data-sort-value="7002364000000000000♠"></span>364 days </th></tr> <tr> <th>36 </th> <td bgcolor="#056D05"> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Mohd._Ali_Ashraf_Fatmi_addressing_the_media_in_the_Fifth_Editors%27_Conference_on_Social_Sector_Issues_(ECSSI)_in_New_Delhi,_2004_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b2/Mohd._Ali_Ashraf_Fatmi_addressing_the_media_in_the_Fifth_Editors%27_Conference_on_Social_Sector_Issues_%28ECSSI%29_in_New_Delhi%2C_2004_%28cropped%29.jpg/70px-Mohd._Ali_Ashraf_Fatmi_addressing_the_media_in_the_Fifth_Editors%27_Conference_on_Social_Sector_Issues_%28ECSSI%29_in_New_Delhi%2C_2004_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="90" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b2/Mohd._Ali_Ashraf_Fatmi_addressing_the_media_in_the_Fifth_Editors%27_Conference_on_Social_Sector_Issues_%28ECSSI%29_in_New_Delhi%2C_2004_%28cropped%29.jpg/105px-Mohd._Ali_Ashraf_Fatmi_addressing_the_media_in_the_Fifth_Editors%27_Conference_on_Social_Sector_Issues_%28ECSSI%29_in_New_Delhi%2C_2004_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b2/Mohd._Ali_Ashraf_Fatmi_addressing_the_media_in_the_Fifth_Editors%27_Conference_on_Social_Sector_Issues_%28ECSSI%29_in_New_Delhi%2C_2004_%28cropped%29.jpg/140px-Mohd._Ali_Ashraf_Fatmi_addressing_the_media_in_the_Fifth_Editors%27_Conference_on_Social_Sector_Issues_%28ECSSI%29_in_New_Delhi%2C_2004_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="599" data-file-height="770" /></a></span> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Mohammad_Ali_Ashraf_Fatmi" title="Mohammad Ali Ashraf Fatmi">Mohammad Ali Ashraf Fatmi</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(born 1956)<br />MP for <a href="/wiki/Darbhanga_Lok_Sabha_constituency" title="Darbhanga Lok Sabha constituency">Darbhanga</a></span><br />(School Education and Literacy) </td> <td>23 May<br />2004 </td> <td>22 May<br />2009 </td> <th><span data-sort-value="7003182500000000000♠"></span>4 years, 364 days </th> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Rashtriya_Janata_Dal" title="Rashtriya Janata Dal">Rashtriya Janata Dal</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="7"><a href="/wiki/Manmohan_Singh" title="Manmohan Singh">Manmohan Singh</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th>(24) </th> <td bgcolor="#056D05"> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Kanti_Singh_in_2008_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/73/Kanti_Singh_in_2008_%28cropped%29.jpg/70px-Kanti_Singh_in_2008_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="97" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/73/Kanti_Singh_in_2008_%28cropped%29.jpg/105px-Kanti_Singh_in_2008_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/73/Kanti_Singh_in_2008_%28cropped%29.jpg/140px-Kanti_Singh_in_2008_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="427" data-file-height="590" /></a></span> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Kanti_Singh" title="Kanti Singh">Kanti Singh</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(born 1957)<br />MP for <a href="/wiki/Arrah_Lok_Sabha_constituency" title="Arrah Lok Sabha constituency">Arrah</a></span><br />(Higher Education) </td> <td>23 May<br />2004 </td> <td>29 January<br />2006 </td> <th><span data-sort-value="7002616000000000000♠"></span>1 year, 251 days </th></tr> <tr> <th rowspan="2">37 </th> <td rowspan="2" bgcolor="#00BFFF"> </td> <td rowspan="2"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:D._Purandeswari,_in_New_Delhi_on_February_07,_2013.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e3/D._Purandeswari%2C_in_New_Delhi_on_February_07%2C_2013.jpg/70px-D._Purandeswari%2C_in_New_Delhi_on_February_07%2C_2013.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="80" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e3/D._Purandeswari%2C_in_New_Delhi_on_February_07%2C_2013.jpg/105px-D._Purandeswari%2C_in_New_Delhi_on_February_07%2C_2013.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e3/D._Purandeswari%2C_in_New_Delhi_on_February_07%2C_2013.jpg/140px-D._Purandeswari%2C_in_New_Delhi_on_February_07%2C_2013.jpg 2x" data-file-width="517" data-file-height="590" /></a></span> </td> <td rowspan="2"><b><a href="/wiki/Daggubati_Purandeswari" title="Daggubati Purandeswari">Daggubati Purandeswari</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(born 1959)<br />MP for <a href="/wiki/Bapatla_Lok_Sabha_constituency" title="Bapatla Lok Sabha constituency">Bapatla</a> (till 2009)<br />MP for <a href="/wiki/Visakhapatnam_Lok_Sabha_constituency" title="Visakhapatnam Lok Sabha constituency">Visakhapatnam</a> (from 2009)</span><br />(Higher Education) </td> <td>29 January<br />2006 </td> <td>22 May<br />2009 </td> <th><span data-sort-value="7003120900000000000♠"></span>3 years, 113 days </th> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Indian_National_Congress" title="Indian National Congress">Indian National Congress</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>28 May<br />2009 </td> <td rowspan="2">28 October<br />2012 </td> <th><span data-sort-value="7003124900000000000♠"></span>3 years, 153 days </th> <td rowspan="4" bgcolor="#87CEEB"><a href="/wiki/Second_Manmohan_Singh_ministry" title="Second Manmohan Singh ministry"><b>Manmohan II</b></a> </td></tr> <tr> <th>38 </th> <td bgcolor="#006600"> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:The_portrait_of_the_Minister_of_State_for_Railways,_Shri_E._Ahammed.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/be/The_portrait_of_the_Minister_of_State_for_Railways%2C_Shri_E._Ahammed.jpg/70px-The_portrait_of_the_Minister_of_State_for_Railways%2C_Shri_E._Ahammed.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="75" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/be/The_portrait_of_the_Minister_of_State_for_Railways%2C_Shri_E._Ahammed.jpg/105px-The_portrait_of_the_Minister_of_State_for_Railways%2C_Shri_E._Ahammed.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/be/The_portrait_of_the_Minister_of_State_for_Railways%2C_Shri_E._Ahammed.jpg/140px-The_portrait_of_the_Minister_of_State_for_Railways%2C_Shri_E._Ahammed.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1744" data-file-height="1880" /></a></span> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/E._Ahamed" title="E. Ahamed">E. Ahamed</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(1938–2017)<br />MP for <a href="/wiki/Malappuram_Lok_Sabha_constituency" title="Malappuram Lok Sabha constituency">Malappuram</a></span><br />(School Education and Literacy) </td> <td>12 July<br />2011 </td> <th><span data-sort-value="7002474000000000000♠"></span>1 year, 108 days </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Indian_Union_Muslim_League" title="Indian Union Muslim League">Indian Union Muslim League</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th>39 </th> <td bgcolor="#00BFFF"> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Jitin_Prasada_assuming_office_as_Minister_of_State,_Road_Transport_and_Highways_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/21/Jitin_Prasada_assuming_office_as_Minister_of_State%2C_Road_Transport_and_Highways_%28cropped%29.jpg/70px-Jitin_Prasada_assuming_office_as_Minister_of_State%2C_Road_Transport_and_Highways_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="91" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/21/Jitin_Prasada_assuming_office_as_Minister_of_State%2C_Road_Transport_and_Highways_%28cropped%29.jpg/105px-Jitin_Prasada_assuming_office_as_Minister_of_State%2C_Road_Transport_and_Highways_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/21/Jitin_Prasada_assuming_office_as_Minister_of_State%2C_Road_Transport_and_Highways_%28cropped%29.jpg/140px-Jitin_Prasada_assuming_office_as_Minister_of_State%2C_Road_Transport_and_Highways_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="1170" /></a></span> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Jitin_Prasada" title="Jitin Prasada">Jitin Prasada</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(born 1973)<br />MP for <a href="/wiki/Dhaurahra_Lok_Sabha_constituency" title="Dhaurahra Lok Sabha constituency">Dhaurahra</a></span> </td> <td rowspan="2">28 October<br />2012 </td> <td rowspan="2">26 May<br />2014 </td> <th rowspan="2"><span data-sort-value="7002575000000000000♠"></span>1 year, 210 days </th> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Indian_National_Congress" title="Indian National Congress">Indian National Congress</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th>40 </th> <td bgcolor="#00BFFF"> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Sasi_Tharoor_2021_at_Kollam.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a6/Sasi_Tharoor_2021_at_Kollam.jpg/70px-Sasi_Tharoor_2021_at_Kollam.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="89" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a6/Sasi_Tharoor_2021_at_Kollam.jpg/105px-Sasi_Tharoor_2021_at_Kollam.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a6/Sasi_Tharoor_2021_at_Kollam.jpg/140px-Sasi_Tharoor_2021_at_Kollam.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1198" data-file-height="1518" /></a></span> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Shashi_Tharoor" title="Shashi Tharoor">Shashi Tharoor</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(born 1956)<br />MP for <a href="/wiki/Thiruvananthapuram_Lok_Sabha_constituency" title="Thiruvananthapuram Lok Sabha constituency">Thiruvananthapuram</a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th>41 </th> <td bgcolor="#999966"> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Upendra_Kushwaha_in_2018_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/50/Upendra_Kushwaha_in_2018_%28cropped%29.jpg/70px-Upendra_Kushwaha_in_2018_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="81" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/50/Upendra_Kushwaha_in_2018_%28cropped%29.jpg/105px-Upendra_Kushwaha_in_2018_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/50/Upendra_Kushwaha_in_2018_%28cropped%29.jpg/140px-Upendra_Kushwaha_in_2018_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1354" data-file-height="1575" /></a></span> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Upendra_Kushwaha" title="Upendra Kushwaha">Upendra Kushwaha</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(born 1960)<br />MP for <a href="/wiki/Karakat_Lok_Sabha_constituency" title="Karakat Lok Sabha constituency">Karakat</a></span><br />(School Education and Literacy) </td> <td rowspan="2">9 November<br />2014 </td> <td>11 December<br />2018 </td> <th><span data-sort-value="7003149300000000000♠"></span>4 years, 32 days </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Rashtriya_Lok_Samta_Party" title="Rashtriya Lok Samta Party">Rashtriya Lok Samta Party</a> </td> <td rowspan="4" style="background:#FFA551;"><b><a href="/wiki/First_Modi_ministry" title="First Modi ministry">Modi I</a></b> </td> <td rowspan="5"><a href="/wiki/Narendra_Modi" title="Narendra Modi">Narendra Modi</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th>42 </th> <td bgcolor="#FF9933"> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Ram_Shankar_Katheria_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5f/Ram_Shankar_Katheria_%28cropped%29.jpg/70px-Ram_Shankar_Katheria_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="89" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5f/Ram_Shankar_Katheria_%28cropped%29.jpg/105px-Ram_Shankar_Katheria_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5f/Ram_Shankar_Katheria_%28cropped%29.jpg/140px-Ram_Shankar_Katheria_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="850" data-file-height="1083" /></a></span> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Ram_Shankar_Katheria" title="Ram Shankar Katheria">Ram Shankar Katheria</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(born 1964)<br />MP for <a href="/wiki/Agra_Lok_Sabha_constituency" title="Agra Lok Sabha constituency">Agra</a></span><br />(Higher Education) </td> <td>5 July<br />2016 </td> <th><span data-sort-value="7002604000000000000♠"></span>1 year, 239 days </th> <td rowspan="4"><a href="/wiki/Bharatiya_Janata_Party" title="Bharatiya Janata Party">Bharatiya Janata Party</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th>43 </th> <td bgcolor="#FF9933"> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Mahendra_Nath_Pandey_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/Mahendra_Nath_Pandey_%28cropped%29.jpg/70px-Mahendra_Nath_Pandey_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="82" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/Mahendra_Nath_Pandey_%28cropped%29.jpg/105px-Mahendra_Nath_Pandey_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/Mahendra_Nath_Pandey_%28cropped%29.jpg/140px-Mahendra_Nath_Pandey_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="954" data-file-height="1118" /></a></span> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Mahendra_Nath_Pandey" title="Mahendra Nath Pandey">Mahendra Nath Pandey</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(born 1957)<br />MP for <a href="/wiki/Chandauli_Lok_Sabha_constituency" title="Chandauli Lok Sabha constituency">Chandauli</a></span><br />(Higher Education) </td> <td>5 July<br />2017 </td> <td>3 September<br />2017 </td> <th><span data-sort-value="7001600000000000000♠"></span>60 days </th></tr> <tr> <th>44 </th> <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><br />(Higher Education) </td> <td>3 September<br />2017 </td> <td>30 May<br />2019 </td> <th><span data-sort-value="7002634000000000000♠"></span>1 year, 269 days </th></tr> <tr> <th>45 </th> <td bgcolor="#FF9933"> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Sanjay_Dhotre.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d4/Sanjay_Dhotre.jpg/70px-Sanjay_Dhotre.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="70" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d4/Sanjay_Dhotre.jpg/105px-Sanjay_Dhotre.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d4/Sanjay_Dhotre.jpg/140px-Sanjay_Dhotre.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1105" data-file-height="1099" /></a></span> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Sanjay_Shamrao_Dhotre" title="Sanjay Shamrao Dhotre">Sanjay Shamrao Dhotre</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(born 1959)<br />MP for <a href="/wiki/Akola_Lok_Sabha_constituency" title="Akola Lok Sabha constituency">Akola</a></span> </td> <td>31 May<br />2019 </td> <td>29 July<br />2020 </td> <th><span data-sort-value="7002425000000000000♠"></span>1 year, 59 days </th> <td style="background:#FFA551;"><b><a href="/wiki/Second_Modi_ministry" title="Second Modi ministry">Modi II</a></b> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="10">Minister of State for Education </th></tr> <tr> <th>45 </th> <td bgcolor="#FF9933"> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Sanjay_Dhotre.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d4/Sanjay_Dhotre.jpg/70px-Sanjay_Dhotre.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="70" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d4/Sanjay_Dhotre.jpg/105px-Sanjay_Dhotre.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d4/Sanjay_Dhotre.jpg/140px-Sanjay_Dhotre.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1105" data-file-height="1099" /></a></span> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Sanjay_Shamrao_Dhotre" title="Sanjay Shamrao Dhotre">Sanjay Shamrao Dhotre</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(born 1959)<br />MP for <a href="/wiki/Akola_Lok_Sabha_constituency" title="Akola Lok Sabha constituency">Akola</a></span> </td> <td>29 July<br />2020 </td> <td>7 July<br />2021 </td> <th><span data-sort-value="7002343000000000000♠"></span>343 days </th> <td rowspan="5"><a href="/wiki/Bharatiya_Janata_Party" title="Bharatiya Janata Party">Bharatiya Janata Party</a> </td> <td rowspan="4" style="background:#FFA551;"><b><a href="/wiki/Second_Modi_ministry" title="Second Modi ministry">Modi II</a></b> </td> <td rowspan="5"><a href="/wiki/Narendra_Modi" title="Narendra Modi">Narendra Modi</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th>46 </th> <td bgcolor="#FF9933"> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Annpurna_Devi_Minister_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/80/Annpurna_Devi_Minister_%28cropped%29.jpg/70px-Annpurna_Devi_Minister_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="86" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/80/Annpurna_Devi_Minister_%28cropped%29.jpg/105px-Annpurna_Devi_Minister_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/80/Annpurna_Devi_Minister_%28cropped%29.jpg/140px-Annpurna_Devi_Minister_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="653" data-file-height="806" /></a></span> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Annpurna_Devi" title="Annpurna Devi">Annpurna Devi</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(born 1970)<br />MP for <a href="/wiki/Kodarma_Lok_Sabha_constituency" title="Kodarma Lok Sabha constituency">Kodarma</a></span><br />(School Education and Literacy) </td> <td rowspan="3">7 July<br />2021 </td> <td rowspan="3">9 June<br />2024 </td> <th rowspan="3"><span data-sort-value="7003106800000000000♠"></span>2 years, 338 days </th></tr> <tr> <th>47 </th> <td bgcolor="#FF9933"> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Dr._Subhas_Sarkar_Minister_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e3/Dr._Subhas_Sarkar_Minister_%28cropped%29.jpg/70px-Dr._Subhas_Sarkar_Minister_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="89" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e3/Dr._Subhas_Sarkar_Minister_%28cropped%29.jpg/105px-Dr._Subhas_Sarkar_Minister_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e3/Dr._Subhas_Sarkar_Minister_%28cropped%29.jpg/140px-Dr._Subhas_Sarkar_Minister_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="869" data-file-height="1111" /></a></span> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Subhas_Sarkar" title="Subhas Sarkar">Subhas Sarkar</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(born 1953)<br />MP for <a href="/wiki/Bankura_Lok_Sabha_constituency" title="Bankura Lok Sabha constituency">Bankura</a></span><br />(Higher Education) </td></tr> <tr> <th>48 </th> <td rowspan="2" bgcolor="#FF9933"> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Rajkumar_Ranjan_Singh_in_January_2022.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e1/Rajkumar_Ranjan_Singh_in_January_2022.jpg/70px-Rajkumar_Ranjan_Singh_in_January_2022.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="96" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e1/Rajkumar_Ranjan_Singh_in_January_2022.jpg/105px-Rajkumar_Ranjan_Singh_in_January_2022.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e1/Rajkumar_Ranjan_Singh_in_January_2022.jpg/140px-Rajkumar_Ranjan_Singh_in_January_2022.jpg 2x" data-file-width="521" data-file-height="715" /></a></span> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Rajkumar_Ranjan_Singh" title="Rajkumar Ranjan Singh">Rajkumar Ranjan Singh</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(born 1952)<br /> MP for <a href="/wiki/Inner_Manipur_Lok_Sabha_constituency" title="Inner Manipur Lok Sabha constituency">Inner Manipur</a></span><br />(Higher Education) </td></tr> <tr> <th>49 </th> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Sukanta_Majumdar_-_Kolkata_2022-08-04_0400.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2b/Sukanta_Majumdar_-_Kolkata_2022-08-04_0400.jpg/70px-Sukanta_Majumdar_-_Kolkata_2022-08-04_0400.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="104" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2b/Sukanta_Majumdar_-_Kolkata_2022-08-04_0400.jpg/105px-Sukanta_Majumdar_-_Kolkata_2022-08-04_0400.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2b/Sukanta_Majumdar_-_Kolkata_2022-08-04_0400.jpg/140px-Sukanta_Majumdar_-_Kolkata_2022-08-04_0400.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3602" data-file-height="5332" /></a></span> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Sukanta_Majumder" class="mw-redirect" title="Sukanta Majumder">Sukanta Majumder </a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(born 1979)<br />MP for <a href="/wiki/Balurghat_Lok_Sabha_constituency" title="Balurghat Lok Sabha constituency">Balurghat</a></span><br />(Higher Education) </td> <td>10 June<br /> 2024 </td> <td><i>Incumbent</i> </td> <th><span data-sort-value="7002269000000000000♠"></span>269 days </th> <td rowspan="2" style="background:#FFA551;"><b><a href="/wiki/Third_Modi_ministry" title="Third Modi ministry">Modi III</a></b> </td></tr> <tr> <th>50 </th> <td rowspan="2" bgcolor="#006400"> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Shri_Jayant_Singh_Chaudhary.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fb/Shri_Jayant_Singh_Chaudhary.jpg/70px-Shri_Jayant_Singh_Chaudhary.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="82" class="mw-file-element" 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