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The position of the Minister of Railways is usually held by a minister of cabinet rank and is often assisted by one or two junior Ministers of State.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/John_Mathai" class="mw-redirect" title="John Mathai">John Mathai</a> was the first Minister of Railways.<sup id="cite_ref-RB_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-RB-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Lal_Bahadur_Shastri" title="Lal Bahadur Shastri">Lal Bahadur Shastri</a> who served as the Minister of Railways and Transport from 1952 until 1956 became the second <a href="/wiki/Prime_Minister_of_India" title="Prime Minister of India">Prime Minister of India</a> in 1964.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Four prime ministers, namely <a href="/wiki/Rajiv_Gandhi" title="Rajiv Gandhi">Rajiv Gandhi</a>, <a href="/wiki/P._V._Narasimha_Rao" title="P. V. Narasimha Rao">P. V. Narasimha Rao</a>, <a href="/wiki/Atal_Bihari_Vajpayee" title="Atal Bihari Vajpayee">Atal Bihari Vajpayee</a> (twice) and <a href="/wiki/Manmohan_Singh" title="Manmohan Singh">Manmohan Singh</a> (twice) have briefly held the portfolio of the Minister of Railways during their premiership.<sup id="cite_ref-MR_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MR-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Mohsina_Kidwai" title="Mohsina Kidwai">Mohsina Kidwai</a> was the first female to hold the charge of the ministry (as Minister of Surface Transport) while <a href="/wiki/Mamata_Banerjee" title="Mamata Banerjee">Mamata Banerjee</a> is the first female to have served as the Minister of Railways.<sup id="cite_ref-MR_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MR-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Madhavrao_Scindia" title="Madhavrao Scindia">Madhavrao Scindia</a> and <a href="/wiki/Ram_Naik" title="Ram Naik">Ram Naik</a> are the only people to have served as Ministers of State for Railways with an Independent charge. <a href="/wiki/Lalit_Narayan_Mishra" title="Lalit Narayan Mishra">Lalit Narayan Mishra</a> is the only cabinet minister to die in office after being assassinated in a bomb blast in 1975,<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> while <a href="/wiki/Suresh_Angadi" title="Suresh Angadi">Suresh Angadi</a> is the only minister of state to die in office.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The current Minister of Railways is <a href="/wiki/Ashwini_Vaishnaw" title="Ashwini Vaishnaw">Ashwini Vaishnaw</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Bharatiya_Janata_Party" title="Bharatiya Janata Party">Bharatiya Janata Party</a> who has been in office since 7 July 2021 while <a href="/wiki/V._Somanna" title="V. Somanna">V. Somanna</a> and <a href="/wiki/Ravneet_Singh" class="mw-redirect" title="Ravneet Singh">Ravneet Singh</a> are the ministers of state for railways.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Minister_of_Railways_(India)&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The ministry of railways was part of the Ministry of Transport after the independence in 1947 and <a href="/wiki/John_Mathai" class="mw-redirect" title="John Mathai">John Mathai</a> served as its first minister from 1947 till 1948.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-RB_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-RB-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On 22 September 1948, <a href="/wiki/N._Gopalaswamy_Ayyangar" class="mw-redirect" title="N. Gopalaswamy Ayyangar">N. Gopalaswamy Ayyangar</a> was appointed as the minister of the newly renamed Ministry of Railways and Transport.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On 17 April 1957, <a href="/wiki/Jagjivan_Ram" title="Jagjivan Ram">Jagjivan Ram</a> became the first to head the standalone Minister of Railways.<sup id="cite_ref-MR_4-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MR-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The Ministry of Railways was merged with the <a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Road_Transport_and_Highways" title="Ministry of Road Transport and Highways">Ministry of Shipping and Transport</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Civil_Aviation_(India)" title="Ministry of Civil Aviation (India)">Department of Civil Aviation</a> on 25 September 1985 to form the <a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Surface_Transport_(India)" class="mw-redirect" title="Ministry of Surface Transport (India)">Ministry of Transport</a> and <a href="/wiki/Bansi_Lal" title="Bansi Lal">Bansi Lal</a>, who served as the Railways Minister prior to the merger became the first holder of the new office.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> However, on 22 October 1986, the Ministry of Railways was again separated into an independent ministry and has been the same since then.<sup id="cite_ref-MR_4-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MR-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-JJ_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-JJ-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> C k Jaffer sheriff was the Railway minister from 1991 to 1995 made numerous progress in laying More railway lines he is from Indian national Congress karnataka </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Railway_Budget">Railway Budget</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Minister_of_Railways_(India)&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Railway Budget"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Railway_budget_of_India" title="Railway budget of India">Railway budget of India</a></div> <p>The first <a href="/wiki/Railway_budget_of_India" title="Railway budget of India">railway budget</a> was presented in 1924.<sup id="cite_ref-Hist_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Hist-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Since then, Railway budget was presented as a standalone budget every year before the <a href="/wiki/Union_budget_of_India" title="Union budget of India">union budget</a> by the Railway Minister till 2016.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The last <a href="/wiki/Railway_Budget" class="mw-redirect" title="Railway Budget">Railway Budget</a> was presented on 25 February 2016 and on 21 September 2016, Government of India approved merger of the rail and general budgets from 2017.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The railway budget was estimated to be <span class="nowrap"><span style="white-space: nowrap">₹</span>264,600 crore</span> (US$31 billion) for the financial year 2023–24.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <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_Railways_(India)&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Cabinet Ministers"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><b>Key:</b> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1041539562">.mw-parser-output .citation{word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}</style><span class="citation wikicite" id="endnote_††"><a href="#ref_††"><b><sup>†</sup></b></a></span> Assassinated or died in office</li> <li><b>Note:</b> MoS, I/C – Minister of State (Independent Charge)</li></ul> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"> <caption>Indian Railway Ministers<sup id="cite_ref-MR_4-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MR-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-JJ_11-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-JJ-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-List_16-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-List-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th rowspan="2"><abbr title="Number">No.</abbr> </th> <th rowspan="2" colspan="2">Portrait </th> <th rowspan="2" style="width:19em">Minister<br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(Birth-Death)<br />Constituency</span> </th> <th colspan="3">Term of office </th> <th rowspan="2" style="width:8em">Political party </th> <th rowspan="2">Ministry </th> <th rowspan="2" style="width:9em">Prime Minister </th></tr> <tr> <th style="width:6em">From </th> <th style="width:6em">To </th> <th>Period </th></tr> <tr> <th colspan="10">Minister of Transport </th></tr> <tr> <th>1 </th> <td bgcolor="#00BFFF"> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:John_Mathai.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/John_Mathai.jpg/70px-John_Mathai.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="96" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/John_Mathai.jpg/105px-John_Mathai.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/John_Mathai.jpg/140px-John_Mathai.jpg 2x" data-file-width="206" data-file-height="283" /></a></span> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/John_Mathai" class="mw-redirect" title="John Mathai">John Mathai</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(1886–1959)</span> </td> <td><span style="font-size:85%;">15 August</span><br />1947 </td> <td><span style="font-size:85%;">22 September</span><br />1948 </td> <th><span data-sort-value="7002404000000000000♠"></span>1 year, 38 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/First_Nehru_ministry" title="First Nehru ministry">Nehru I</a></b> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Jawaharlal_Nehru" title="Jawaharlal Nehru">Jawaharlal Nehru</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="10">Minister of Transport and Railways </th></tr> <tr> <th>2 </th> <td bgcolor="#00BFFF"> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Gopalaswamy_Ayyangar.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/Gopalaswamy_Ayyangar.jpg/70px-Gopalaswamy_Ayyangar.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="72" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/Gopalaswamy_Ayyangar.jpg/105px-Gopalaswamy_Ayyangar.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/Gopalaswamy_Ayyangar.jpg/140px-Gopalaswamy_Ayyangar.jpg 2x" data-file-width="744" data-file-height="763" /></a></span> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/N._Gopalaswamy_Ayyangar" class="mw-redirect" title="N. Gopalaswamy Ayyangar">N. Gopalaswamy Ayyangar</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(1882–1953)<br />MP for <a href="/wiki/Madras_Presidency" title="Madras Presidency">Madras</a> (Interim)</span> </td> <td><span style="font-size:85%;">22 September</span><br />1948 </td> <td><span style="font-size:85%;">13 May</span><br />1952 </td> <th><span data-sort-value="7003132900000000000♠"></span>3 years, 234 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/First_Nehru_ministry" title="First Nehru ministry">Nehru I</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:Lal_Bahadur_Shastri_(from_stamp).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/22/Lal_Bahadur_Shastri_%28from_stamp%29.jpg/70px-Lal_Bahadur_Shastri_%28from_stamp%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="86" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/22/Lal_Bahadur_Shastri_%28from_stamp%29.jpg/105px-Lal_Bahadur_Shastri_%28from_stamp%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/22/Lal_Bahadur_Shastri_%28from_stamp%29.jpg/140px-Lal_Bahadur_Shastri_%28from_stamp%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="552" data-file-height="679" /></a></span> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Lal_Bahadur_Shastri" title="Lal Bahadur Shastri">Lal Bahadur Shastri</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(1904–1966)<br />Rajya Sabha MP for <a href="/wiki/Uttar_Pradesh" title="Uttar Pradesh">Uttar Pradesh</a></span> </td> <td><span style="font-size:85%;">13 May</span><br />1952 </td> <td><span style="font-size:85%;">7 December</span><br />1956 </td> <th><span data-sort-value="7003166900000000000♠"></span>4 years, 208 days </th> <td rowspan="2" bgcolor="#87CEEB"><b><a href="/wiki/Second_Nehru_ministry" title="Second Nehru ministry">Nehru II</a></b> </td></tr> <tr> <th>4 </th> <td bgcolor="#00BFFF"> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Jagjivan_Ram_1991_stamp_of_India.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/00/Jagjivan_Ram_1991_stamp_of_India.jpg/70px-Jagjivan_Ram_1991_stamp_of_India.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="93" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/00/Jagjivan_Ram_1991_stamp_of_India.jpg/105px-Jagjivan_Ram_1991_stamp_of_India.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/00/Jagjivan_Ram_1991_stamp_of_India.jpg/140px-Jagjivan_Ram_1991_stamp_of_India.jpg 2x" data-file-width="711" data-file-height="942" /></a></span> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Jagjivan_Ram" title="Jagjivan Ram">Jagjivan Ram</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(1908–1986)<br />MP for <a href="/wiki/Sasaram_Lok_Sabha_constituency#1952-1957" title="Sasaram Lok Sabha constituency">Shahabad South</a></span> </td> <td><span style="font-size:85%;">7 December</span><br />1956 </td> <td><span style="font-size:85%;">17 April</span><br />1957 </td> <th><span data-sort-value="7002131000000000000♠"></span>131 days </th></tr> <tr> <th colspan="10">Minister of Railways </th></tr> <tr> <th>(4) </th> <td bgcolor="#00BFFF"> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Jagjivan_Ram_1991_stamp_of_India.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/00/Jagjivan_Ram_1991_stamp_of_India.jpg/70px-Jagjivan_Ram_1991_stamp_of_India.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="93" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/00/Jagjivan_Ram_1991_stamp_of_India.jpg/105px-Jagjivan_Ram_1991_stamp_of_India.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/00/Jagjivan_Ram_1991_stamp_of_India.jpg/140px-Jagjivan_Ram_1991_stamp_of_India.jpg 2x" data-file-width="711" data-file-height="942" /></a></span> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Jagjivan_Ram" title="Jagjivan Ram">Jagjivan Ram</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(1908–1986)<br />MP for <a href="/wiki/Sasaram_Lok_Sabha_constituency" title="Sasaram Lok Sabha constituency">Sasaram</a></span> </td> <td><span style="font-size:85%;">17 April</span><br />1957 </td> <td><span style="font-size:85%;">10 April</span><br />1962 </td> <th><span data-sort-value="7003181900000000000♠"></span>4 years, 358 days </th> <td rowspan="9"><a href="/wiki/Indian_National_Congress" title="Indian National Congress">Indian National Congress</a> </td> <td bgcolor="#87CEEB"><b><a href="/wiki/Third_Nehru_ministry" title="Third Nehru ministry">Nehru III</a></b> </td> <td rowspan="3"><a href="/wiki/Jawaharlal_Nehru" title="Jawaharlal Nehru">Jawaharlal Nehru</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th>5 </th> <td bgcolor="#00BFFF"> </td> <td> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Swaran_Singh" title="Swaran Singh">Swaran Singh</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(1907–1994)<br />MP for <a href="/wiki/Jalandhar_Lok_Sabha_constituency" title="Jalandhar Lok Sabha constituency">Jullundur</a></span> </td> <td><span style="font-size:85%;">10 April</span><br />1962 </td> <td><span style="font-size:85%;">1 September</span><br />1963 </td> <th><span data-sort-value="7002509000000000000♠"></span>1 year, 144 days </th> <td rowspan="2" bgcolor="#87CEEB"><b><a href="/wiki/Fourth_Nehru_ministry" title="Fourth Nehru ministry">Nehru IV</a></b> </td></tr> <tr> <th rowspan="2">6 </th> <td rowspan="2" bgcolor="#00BFFF"> </td> <td rowspan="2"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:H._C._Dasappa_official_portrait.gif" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/95/H._C._Dasappa_official_portrait.gif/70px-H._C._Dasappa_official_portrait.gif" decoding="async" width="70" height="98" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/95/H._C._Dasappa_official_portrait.gif/105px-H._C._Dasappa_official_portrait.gif 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/95/H._C._Dasappa_official_portrait.gif/140px-H._C._Dasappa_official_portrait.gif 2x" data-file-width="181" data-file-height="253" /></a></span> </td> <td rowspan="2"><b><a href="/wiki/H._C._Dasappa" title="H. C. Dasappa">H. C. Dasappa</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(1894–1964)<br />MP for Bangalore</span> </td> <td><span style="font-size:85%;">1 September</span><br />1963 </td> <td><span style="font-size:85%;">27 May</span><br />1964 </td> <th rowspan="2"><span data-sort-value="7002282000000000000♠"></span>282 days </th></tr> <tr> <td><span style="font-size:85%;">27 May</span><br />1964 </td> <td><span style="font-size:85%;">9 June</span><br />1964 </td> <td bgcolor="#87CEEB"><b><a href="/wiki/First_Nanda_ministry" title="First Nanda ministry">Nanda I</a></b> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Gulzarilal_Nanda" title="Gulzarilal Nanda">Gulzarilal Nanda</a><br />(acting) </td></tr> <tr> <th rowspan="3">7 </th> <td rowspan="3" bgcolor="#00BFFF"> </td> <td rowspan="3"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Miss_India_Indrani_Rehman,_S.K._Patil,_and_two_of_the_sponsors_of_the_contest_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1d/Miss_India_Indrani_Rehman%2C_S.K._Patil%2C_and_two_of_the_sponsors_of_the_contest_%28cropped%29.jpg/70px-Miss_India_Indrani_Rehman%2C_S.K._Patil%2C_and_two_of_the_sponsors_of_the_contest_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="93" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/1d/Miss_India_Indrani_Rehman%2C_S.K._Patil%2C_and_two_of_the_sponsors_of_the_contest_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x" data-file-width="100" data-file-height="133" /></a></span> </td> <td rowspan="3"><b><a href="/wiki/S._K._Patil" title="S. K. Patil">S. K. Patil</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(1898–1981)<br />MP for <a href="/wiki/Mumbai_South_Lok_Sabha_constituency" title="Mumbai South Lok Sabha constituency">Mumbai South</a></span> </td> <td><span style="font-size:85%;">9 June</span><br />1964 </td> <td><span style="font-size:85%;">11 January</span><br />1966 </td> <th rowspan="3"><span data-sort-value="7003100700000000000♠"></span>2 years, 277 days </th> <td bgcolor="#87CEEB"><b><a href="/wiki/Shastri_ministry" title="Shastri ministry">Shastri</a></b> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Lal_Bahadur_Shastri" title="Lal Bahadur Shastri">Lal Bahadur Shastri</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span style="font-size:85%;">11 January</span><br />1966 </td> <td><span style="font-size:85%;">24 January</span><br />1966 </td> <td bgcolor="#87CEEB"><b><a href="/wiki/Second_Nanda_ministry" title="Second Nanda ministry">Nanda II</a></b> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Gulzarilal_Nanda" title="Gulzarilal Nanda">Gulzarilal Nanda</a><br />(acting) </td></tr> <tr> <td><span style="font-size:85%;">24 January</span><br />1966 </td> <td><span style="font-size:85%;">13 March</span><br />1967 </td> <td bgcolor="#87CEEB"><b><a href="/wiki/First_Indira_Gandhi_ministry" title="First Indira Gandhi ministry">Indira I</a></b> </td> <td rowspan="9"><a href="/wiki/Indira_Gandhi" title="Indira Gandhi">Indira Gandhi</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th>8 </th> <td bgcolor="#00BFFF"> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:C_M_Poonacha.gif" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/34/C_M_Poonacha.gif/70px-C_M_Poonacha.gif" decoding="async" width="70" height="88" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/34/C_M_Poonacha.gif/105px-C_M_Poonacha.gif 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/34/C_M_Poonacha.gif/140px-C_M_Poonacha.gif 2x" data-file-width="202" data-file-height="254" /></a></span> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/C._M._Poonacha" title="C. M. Poonacha">C. M. Poonacha</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(1910–1990)<br />MP for <a href="/wiki/Mangalore_Lok_Sabha_constituency" title="Mangalore Lok Sabha constituency">Mangalore</a></span> </td> <td><span style="font-size:85%;">13 March</span><br />1967 </td> <td><span style="font-size:85%;">14 February</span><br />1969 </td> <th><span data-sort-value="7002704000000000000♠"></span>1 year, 338 days </th> <td rowspan="4" bgcolor="#87CEEB"><b><a href="/wiki/Second_Indira_Gandhi_ministry" title="Second Indira Gandhi ministry">Indira II</a></b> </td></tr> <tr> <th>9 </th> <td bgcolor="#00BFFF"> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Ram_Subhag_Singh.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b8/Ram_Subhag_Singh.jpg/70px-Ram_Subhag_Singh.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="99" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b8/Ram_Subhag_Singh.jpg/105px-Ram_Subhag_Singh.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b8/Ram_Subhag_Singh.jpg/140px-Ram_Subhag_Singh.jpg 2x" data-file-width="189" data-file-height="266" /></a></span> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Ram_Subhag_Singh" title="Ram Subhag Singh">Ram Subhag Singh</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(1917–1980)<br />MP for <a href="/wiki/Buxar_Lok_Sabha_constituency" title="Buxar Lok Sabha constituency">Buxar</a></span> </td> <td><span style="font-size:85%;">14 February</span><br />1969 </td> <td><span style="font-size:85%;">4 November</span><br />1969 </td> <th><span data-sort-value="7002263000000000000♠"></span>263 days </th></tr> <tr> <th>10 </th> <td bgcolor="turquoise"> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:P._Govinda_Menon_official_portrait.gif" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/12/P._Govinda_Menon_official_portrait.gif/70px-P._Govinda_Menon_official_portrait.gif" decoding="async" width="70" height="86" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/12/P._Govinda_Menon_official_portrait.gif/105px-P._Govinda_Menon_official_portrait.gif 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/12/P._Govinda_Menon_official_portrait.gif/140px-P._Govinda_Menon_official_portrait.gif 2x" data-file-width="203" data-file-height="249" /></a></span> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Panampilly_Govinda_Menon" title="Panampilly Govinda Menon">Panampilly Govinda Menon</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(1906–1970)<br />MP for <a href="/wiki/Mukundapuram_Lok_Sabha_constituency" title="Mukundapuram Lok Sabha constituency">Mukundapuram</a></span> </td> <td><span style="font-size:85%;">4 November</span><br />1969 </td> <td><span style="font-size:85%;">18 February</span><br />1970 </td> <th><span data-sort-value="7002106000000000000♠"></span>106 days </th> <td rowspan="6"><a href="/wiki/Indian_National_Congress_(R)" title="Indian National Congress (R)">Indian National Congress (R)</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th>11 </th> <td bgcolor="turquoise"> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Gulzarilal_Nanda_1.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f7/Gulzarilal_Nanda_1.jpg/70px-Gulzarilal_Nanda_1.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="104" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f7/Gulzarilal_Nanda_1.jpg/105px-Gulzarilal_Nanda_1.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f7/Gulzarilal_Nanda_1.jpg/140px-Gulzarilal_Nanda_1.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1125" data-file-height="1677" /></a></span> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Gulzarilal_Nanda" title="Gulzarilal Nanda">Gulzarilal Nanda</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(1898–1998)<br />MP for <a href="/wiki/Kurukshetra_Lok_Sabha_constituency" title="Kurukshetra Lok Sabha constituency">Kurukshetra</a></span> </td> <td><span style="font-size:85%;">18 February</span><br />1970 </td> <td><span style="font-size:85%;">18 March</span><br />1971 </td> <th><span data-sort-value="7002393000000000000♠"></span>1 year, 28 days </th></tr> <tr> <th>12 </th> <td bgcolor="turquoise"> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Kengal_Hanumanthaiah.gif" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/50/Kengal_Hanumanthaiah.gif/70px-Kengal_Hanumanthaiah.gif" decoding="async" width="70" height="92" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/50/Kengal_Hanumanthaiah.gif/105px-Kengal_Hanumanthaiah.gif 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/50/Kengal_Hanumanthaiah.gif/140px-Kengal_Hanumanthaiah.gif 2x" data-file-width="307" data-file-height="404" /></a></span> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Kengal_Hanumanthaiah" title="Kengal Hanumanthaiah">Kengal Hanumanthaiah</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(1908–1980)<br />MP for <a href="/wiki/Bangalore_North_Lok_Sabha_constituency" title="Bangalore North Lok Sabha constituency">Bangalore City</a></span> </td> <td><span style="font-size:85%;">18 March</span><br />1971 </td> <td><span style="font-size:85%;">22 July</span><br />1972 </td> <th><span data-sort-value="7002492000000000000♠"></span>1 year, 126 days </th> <td rowspan="4" bgcolor="turquoise"><b><a href="/wiki/Third_Indira_Gandhi_ministry" title="Third Indira Gandhi ministry">Indira III</a></b> </td></tr> <tr> <th>13 </th> <td bgcolor="turquoise"> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:T._A._Pai_photo.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bf/T._A._Pai_photo.jpg/70px-T._A._Pai_photo.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="102" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bf/T._A._Pai_photo.jpg/105px-T._A._Pai_photo.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bf/T._A._Pai_photo.jpg/140px-T._A._Pai_photo.jpg 2x" data-file-width="196" data-file-height="286" /></a></span> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/T._A._Pai" title="T. A. Pai">T. A. Pai</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(1922–1981)<br />Rajya Sabha MP for <a href="/wiki/Karnataka" title="Karnataka">Karnataka</a></span> </td> <td><span style="font-size:85%;">22 July</span><br />1972 </td> <td><span style="font-size:85%;">5 February</span><br />1973 </td> <th><span data-sort-value="7002198000000000000♠"></span>198 days </th></tr> <tr> <th>14 </th> <td bgcolor="turquoise"> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Stamp_of_India_-_1976_-_Colnect_326695_-_1st_Death_Anniv_Lalit_Narayan_Mishra_-_Politician.jpeg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a4/Stamp_of_India_-_1976_-_Colnect_326695_-_1st_Death_Anniv_Lalit_Narayan_Mishra_-_Politician.jpeg/70px-Stamp_of_India_-_1976_-_Colnect_326695_-_1st_Death_Anniv_Lalit_Narayan_Mishra_-_Politician.jpeg" decoding="async" width="70" height="94" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a4/Stamp_of_India_-_1976_-_Colnect_326695_-_1st_Death_Anniv_Lalit_Narayan_Mishra_-_Politician.jpeg/105px-Stamp_of_India_-_1976_-_Colnect_326695_-_1st_Death_Anniv_Lalit_Narayan_Mishra_-_Politician.jpeg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a4/Stamp_of_India_-_1976_-_Colnect_326695_-_1st_Death_Anniv_Lalit_Narayan_Mishra_-_Politician.jpeg/140px-Stamp_of_India_-_1976_-_Colnect_326695_-_1st_Death_Anniv_Lalit_Narayan_Mishra_-_Politician.jpeg 2x" data-file-width="353" data-file-height="476" /></a></span> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Lalit_Narayan_Mishra" title="Lalit Narayan Mishra">Lalit Narayan Mishra</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(1923–1975)<br />MP for <a href="/wiki/Darbhanga_Lok_Sabha_constituency" title="Darbhanga Lok Sabha constituency">Darbhanga</a></span> </td> <td><span style="font-size:85%;">5 February</span><br />1973 </td> <td><span style="font-size:85%;">3 January</span><br />1975<link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1041539562"><sup class="citation nobold" id="ref_††"><a href="#endnote_††">[†]</a></sup> </td> <th><span data-sort-value="7002697000000000000♠"></span>1 year, 332 days </th></tr> <tr> <th>15 </th> <td bgcolor="turquoise"> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Kamalapati_Tripathi_Lok_Sabha_photo.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6d/Kamalapati_Tripathi_Lok_Sabha_photo.jpg/70px-Kamalapati_Tripathi_Lok_Sabha_photo.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="81" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6d/Kamalapati_Tripathi_Lok_Sabha_photo.jpg/105px-Kamalapati_Tripathi_Lok_Sabha_photo.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6d/Kamalapati_Tripathi_Lok_Sabha_photo.jpg/140px-Kamalapati_Tripathi_Lok_Sabha_photo.jpg 2x" data-file-width="382" data-file-height="443" /></a></span> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Kamalapati_Tripathi" title="Kamalapati Tripathi">Kamalapati Tripathi</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(1905–1990)<br />Rajya Sabha MP for <a href="/wiki/Uttar_Pradesh" title="Uttar Pradesh">Uttar Pradesh</a></span> </td> <td><span style="font-size:85%;">10 February</span><br />1975 </td> <td><span style="font-size:85%;">23 March</span><br />1977 </td> <th><span data-sort-value="7002772000000000000♠"></span>2 years, 41 days </th></tr> <tr> <th>16 </th> <td style="background:#1F75FE; color:white"> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Madhu_Dandavate_Lok_Sabha_photo.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8c/Madhu_Dandavate_Lok_Sabha_photo.jpg/70px-Madhu_Dandavate_Lok_Sabha_photo.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="91" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8c/Madhu_Dandavate_Lok_Sabha_photo.jpg/105px-Madhu_Dandavate_Lok_Sabha_photo.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8c/Madhu_Dandavate_Lok_Sabha_photo.jpg/140px-Madhu_Dandavate_Lok_Sabha_photo.jpg 2x" data-file-width="236" data-file-height="308" /></a></span> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Madhu_Dandavate" title="Madhu Dandavate">Madhu Dandavate</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(1924–2005)<br />MP for <a href="/wiki/Rajapur_Lok_Sabha_constituency" title="Rajapur Lok Sabha constituency">Rajapur</a></span> </td> <td><span style="font-size:85%;">26 March</span><br />1977 </td> <td><span style="font-size:85%;">28 July</span><br />1979 </td> <th><span data-sort-value="7002854000000000000♠"></span>2 years, 124 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>(13) </th> <td style="background:#06038D; color:white"> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:T._A._Pai_photo.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bf/T._A._Pai_photo.jpg/70px-T._A._Pai_photo.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="102" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bf/T._A._Pai_photo.jpg/105px-T._A._Pai_photo.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bf/T._A._Pai_photo.jpg/140px-T._A._Pai_photo.jpg 2x" data-file-width="196" data-file-height="286" /></a></span> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/T._A._Pai" title="T. A. Pai">T. A. Pai</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(1922–1981)<br />MP for <a href="/wiki/Udupi_Lok_Sabha_constituency" title="Udupi Lok Sabha constituency">Udipi</a></span> </td> <td><span style="font-size:85%;">28 July</span><br />1979 </td> <td><span style="font-size:85%;">14 January</span><br />1980 </td> <th><span data-sort-value="7002170000000000000♠"></span>170 days </th> <td><a href="/wiki/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>(15) </th> <td bgcolor="#0EF4E1"> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Kamalapati_Tripathi_Lok_Sabha_photo.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6d/Kamalapati_Tripathi_Lok_Sabha_photo.jpg/70px-Kamalapati_Tripathi_Lok_Sabha_photo.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="81" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6d/Kamalapati_Tripathi_Lok_Sabha_photo.jpg/105px-Kamalapati_Tripathi_Lok_Sabha_photo.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6d/Kamalapati_Tripathi_Lok_Sabha_photo.jpg/140px-Kamalapati_Tripathi_Lok_Sabha_photo.jpg 2x" data-file-width="382" data-file-height="443" /></a></span> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Kamalapati_Tripathi" title="Kamalapati Tripathi">Kamalapati Tripathi</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(1905–1990)<br />Rajya Sabha MP for <a href="/wiki/Uttar_Pradesh" title="Uttar Pradesh">Uttar Pradesh</a></span> </td> <td><span style="font-size:85%;">14 January</span><br />1980 </td> <td><span style="font-size:85%;">12 November</span><br />1980 </td> <th><span data-sort-value="7002303000000000000♠"></span>303 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="4" bgcolor="#0EF4E1"><b><a href="/wiki/Fourth_Indira_Gandhi_ministry" title="Fourth Indira Gandhi ministry">Indira IV</a></b> </td> <td rowspan="4"><a href="/wiki/Indira_Gandhi" title="Indira Gandhi">Indira Gandhi</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th>17 </th> <td bgcolor="#0EF4E1"> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Kedar_Pandey.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Kedar_Pandey.jpg/70px-Kedar_Pandey.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="88" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Kedar_Pandey.jpg/105px-Kedar_Pandey.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Kedar_Pandey.jpg/140px-Kedar_Pandey.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1080" data-file-height="1350" /></a></span> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Kedar_Pandey" title="Kedar Pandey">Kedar Pandey</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(1920–1982)<br />MP for <a href="/wiki/Bettiah_Lok_Sabha_constituency" title="Bettiah Lok Sabha constituency">Bettiah</a></span> </td> <td><span style="font-size:85%;">12 November</span><br />1980 </td> <td><span style="font-size:85%;">15 January</span><br />1982 </td> <th><span data-sort-value="7002429000000000000♠"></span>1 year, 64 days </th></tr> <tr> <th>18 </th> <td bgcolor="#0EF4E1"> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Prakash_Chandra_Sethi_Lok_Sabha_photo.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f1/Prakash_Chandra_Sethi_Lok_Sabha_photo.jpg/70px-Prakash_Chandra_Sethi_Lok_Sabha_photo.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="101" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f1/Prakash_Chandra_Sethi_Lok_Sabha_photo.jpg/105px-Prakash_Chandra_Sethi_Lok_Sabha_photo.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f1/Prakash_Chandra_Sethi_Lok_Sabha_photo.jpg/140px-Prakash_Chandra_Sethi_Lok_Sabha_photo.jpg 2x" data-file-width="210" data-file-height="303" /></a></span> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Prakash_Chandra_Sethi" title="Prakash Chandra Sethi">Prakash Chandra Sethi</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(1919–1996)<br />MP for <a href="/wiki/Indore_Lok_Sabha_constituency" title="Indore Lok Sabha constituency">Indore</a></span> </td> <td><span style="font-size:85%;">15 January</span><br />1982 </td> <td><span style="font-size:85%;">2 September</span><br />1982 </td> <th><span data-sort-value="7002230000000000000♠"></span>230 days </th></tr> <tr> <th rowspan="2">19 </th> <td rowspan="2" bgcolor="#0EF4E1"> </td> <td rowspan="2"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Indian_Minister_Ghani_Khan.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/45/Indian_Minister_Ghani_Khan.jpg/70px-Indian_Minister_Ghani_Khan.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="86" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/45/Indian_Minister_Ghani_Khan.jpg/105px-Indian_Minister_Ghani_Khan.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/45/Indian_Minister_Ghani_Khan.jpg/140px-Indian_Minister_Ghani_Khan.jpg 2x" data-file-width="462" data-file-height="566" /></a></span> </td> <td rowspan="2"><b><a href="/wiki/A._B._A._Ghani_Khan_Choudhury" title="A. B. A. Ghani Khan Choudhury">A. B. A. Ghani Khan Choudhury</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(1927–2006)<br />MP for <a href="/wiki/Malda_Lok_Sabha_constituency" title="Malda Lok Sabha constituency">Malda</a></span> </td> <td><span style="font-size:85%;">2 September</span><br />1982 </td> <td><span style="font-size:85%;">31 October</span><br />1984 </td> <th><span data-sort-value="7002790000000000000♠"></span>2 years, 59 days </th></tr> <tr> <td><span style="font-size:85%;">4 November</span><br />1984 </td> <td><span style="font-size:85%;">31 December</span><br />1984 </td> <th><span data-sort-value="7001570000000000000♠"></span>57 days </th> <td bgcolor="#0EF4E1"><b><a href="/wiki/First_Rajiv_Gandhi_ministry" title="First Rajiv Gandhi ministry">Rajiv I</a></b> </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Rajiv_Gandhi" title="Rajiv Gandhi">Rajiv Gandhi</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th>20 </th> <td bgcolor="#0EF4E1"> </td> <td> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Bansi_Lal" title="Bansi Lal">Bansi Lal</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(1927–2006)<br />MP for <a href="/wiki/Bhiwani_Lok_Sabha_constituency" title="Bhiwani Lok Sabha constituency">Bhiwani</a></span> </td> <td><span style="font-size:85%;">31 December</span><br />1984 </td> <td><span style="font-size:85%;">25 September</span><br />1985 </td> <th><span data-sort-value="7002268000000000000♠"></span>268 days </th> <td bgcolor="#0EF4E1"><b><a href="/wiki/Second_Rajiv_Gandhi_ministry" title="Second Rajiv Gandhi ministry">Rajiv II</a></b> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="10">Minister of Transport </th></tr> <tr> <th>(20) </th> <td bgcolor="#0EF4E1"> </td> <td> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Bansi_Lal" title="Bansi Lal">Bansi Lal</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(1927–2006)<br />MP for <a href="/wiki/Bhiwani_Lok_Sabha_constituency" title="Bhiwani Lok Sabha constituency">Bhiwani</a></span> </td> <td><span style="font-size:85%;">25 September</span><br />1985 </td> <td><span style="font-size:85%;">4 June</span><br />1986 </td> <th><span data-sort-value="7002252000000000000♠"></span>252 days </th> <td rowspan="3"><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/Second_Rajiv_Gandhi_ministry" title="Second Rajiv Gandhi ministry">Rajiv II</a></b> </td> <td rowspan="3"><a href="/wiki/Rajiv_Gandhi" title="Rajiv Gandhi">Rajiv Gandhi</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th>– </th> <td bgcolor="#0EF4E1"> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:RajivGandhi.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/RajivGandhi.jpg/70px-RajivGandhi.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="88" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/RajivGandhi.jpg/105px-RajivGandhi.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/RajivGandhi.jpg/140px-RajivGandhi.jpg 2x" data-file-width="184" data-file-height="230" /></a></span> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Rajiv_Gandhi" title="Rajiv Gandhi">Rajiv Gandhi</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(1944–1991)<br />MP for <a href="/wiki/Amethi_Lok_Sabha_constituency" title="Amethi Lok Sabha constituency">Amethi</a></span><br />(Prime Minister) </td> <td><span style="font-size:85%;">4 June</span><br />1986 </td> <td><span style="font-size:85%;">24 June</span><br />1986 </td> <th><span data-sort-value="7001200000000000000♠"></span>20 days </th></tr> <tr> <th>21 </th> <td bgcolor="#0EF4E1"> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Mohsina_Kidwai_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4b/Mohsina_Kidwai_%28cropped%29.jpg/70px-Mohsina_Kidwai_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="89" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4b/Mohsina_Kidwai_%28cropped%29.jpg/105px-Mohsina_Kidwai_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4b/Mohsina_Kidwai_%28cropped%29.jpg/140px-Mohsina_Kidwai_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="198" data-file-height="252" /></a></span> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Mohsina_Kidwai" title="Mohsina Kidwai">Mohsina Kidwai</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(born 1932)<br />MP for <a href="/wiki/Meerut_Lok_Sabha_constituency" title="Meerut Lok Sabha constituency">Meerut</a></span> </td> <td><span style="font-size:85%;">24 June</span><br />1986 </td> <td><span style="font-size:85%;">22 October</span><br />1986 </td> <th><span data-sort-value="7002120000000000000♠"></span>120 days </th></tr> <tr> <th colspan="10">Minister of Railways </th></tr> <tr> <th>22 </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><br />(MoS, I/C) </td> <td><span style="font-size:85%;">22 October</span><br />1986 </td> <td><span style="font-size:85%;">2 December</span><br />1989 </td> <th><span data-sort-value="7003113700000000000♠"></span>3 years, 41 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>23 </th> <td style="background:#2E8B57; color:white"> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:George_Fernandes_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/39/George_Fernandes_%28cropped%29.jpg/70px-George_Fernandes_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="90" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/39/George_Fernandes_%28cropped%29.jpg/105px-George_Fernandes_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/39/George_Fernandes_%28cropped%29.jpg/140px-George_Fernandes_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="722" data-file-height="930" /></a></span> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/George_Fernandes" title="George Fernandes">George Fernandes</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(1930–2019)<br />MP for <a href="/wiki/Muzaffarpur_Lok_Sabha_constituency" title="Muzaffarpur Lok Sabha constituency">Muzaffarpur</a></span> </td> <td><span style="font-size:85%;">6 December</span><br />1989 </td> <td><span style="font-size:85%;">10 November</span><br />1990 </td> <th><span data-sort-value="7002339000000000000♠"></span>339 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>24 </th> <td bgcolor="#74C365"> </td> <td> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Janeshwar_Mishra" title="Janeshwar Mishra">Janeshwar Mishra</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(1933–2010)<br />MP for <a href="/wiki/Prayagraj_Lok_Sabha_constituency" class="mw-redirect" title="Prayagraj Lok Sabha constituency">Allahabad</a></span> </td> <td><span style="font-size:85%;">21 November</span><br />1990 </td> <td><span style="font-size:85%;">21 June</span><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>25 </th> <td bgcolor="#0EF4E1"> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Veteran_Leader_Ck_jaffer_Sharief_on_a_Hartal_(cropped).JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/Veteran_Leader_Ck_jaffer_Sharief_on_a_Hartal_%28cropped%29.JPG/70px-Veteran_Leader_Ck_jaffer_Sharief_on_a_Hartal_%28cropped%29.JPG" decoding="async" width="70" height="88" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/Veteran_Leader_Ck_jaffer_Sharief_on_a_Hartal_%28cropped%29.JPG/105px-Veteran_Leader_Ck_jaffer_Sharief_on_a_Hartal_%28cropped%29.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/Veteran_Leader_Ck_jaffer_Sharief_on_a_Hartal_%28cropped%29.JPG/140px-Veteran_Leader_Ck_jaffer_Sharief_on_a_Hartal_%28cropped%29.JPG 2x" data-file-width="773" data-file-height="967" /></a></span> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/C._K._Jaffer_Sharief" title="C. K. Jaffer Sharief">C. K. Jaffer Sharief</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(1933–2018)<br />MP for <a href="/wiki/Bangalore_North_Lok_Sabha_constituency" title="Bangalore North Lok Sabha constituency">Bangalore North</a></span> </td> <td><span style="font-size:85%;">21 June</span><br />1991 </td> <td><span style="font-size:85%;">17 August</span><br />1995 </td> <th><span data-sort-value="7003151800000000000♠"></span>4 years, 57 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"><a href="/wiki/Rao_ministry" title="Rao ministry"><b>Rao</b></a> </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/P._V._Narasimha_Rao" title="P. V. Narasimha Rao">P. V. Narasimha Rao</a> </td></tr> <tr> <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><span style="font-size:85%;">18 August</span><br />1995 </td> <td><span style="font-size:85%;">16 May</span><br />1996 </td> <th><span data-sort-value="7002272000000000000♠"></span>272 days </th></tr> <tr> <th>– </th> <td bgcolor="#FF9933"> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Atal_Bihari_Vajpayee_tribute_image_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b2/Atal_Bihari_Vajpayee_tribute_image_%28cropped%29.jpg/70px-Atal_Bihari_Vajpayee_tribute_image_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="85" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b2/Atal_Bihari_Vajpayee_tribute_image_%28cropped%29.jpg/105px-Atal_Bihari_Vajpayee_tribute_image_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b2/Atal_Bihari_Vajpayee_tribute_image_%28cropped%29.jpg/140px-Atal_Bihari_Vajpayee_tribute_image_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="399" data-file-height="482" /></a></span> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Atal_Bihari_Vajpayee" title="Atal Bihari Vajpayee">Atal Bihari Vajpayee</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(1924–2018)<br />MP for <a href="/wiki/Lucknow_Lok_Sabha_constituency" title="Lucknow Lok Sabha constituency">Lucknow</a></span><br />(Prime Minister) </td> <td><span style="font-size:85%;">16 May</span><br />1996 </td> <td><span style="font-size:85%;">1 June</span><br />1996 </td> <th><span data-sort-value="7001160000000000000♠"></span>16 days </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Bharatiya_Janata_Party" title="Bharatiya Janata Party">Bharatiya Janata Party</a> </td> <td style="background:#FFA551;"><b><a href="/wiki/First_Vajpayee_ministry" title="First Vajpayee ministry">Vajpayee I</a></b> </td> <td>Self </td></tr> <tr> <th rowspan="2">26 </th> <td rowspan="2" bgcolor="#2E8B57"> </td> <td rowspan="2"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Ram_Vilas_Paswan_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/be/Ram_Vilas_Paswan_%28cropped%29.jpg/70px-Ram_Vilas_Paswan_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="91" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/be/Ram_Vilas_Paswan_%28cropped%29.jpg/105px-Ram_Vilas_Paswan_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/be/Ram_Vilas_Paswan_%28cropped%29.jpg/140px-Ram_Vilas_Paswan_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="571" data-file-height="743" /></a></span> </td> <td rowspan="2"><b><a href="/wiki/Ram_Vilas_Paswan" title="Ram Vilas Paswan">Ram Vilas Paswan</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(1946–2020)<br />MP for <a href="/wiki/Hajipur_Lok_Sabha_constituency" title="Hajipur Lok Sabha constituency">Hajipur</a></span> </td> <td><span style="font-size:85%;">1 June</span><br />1996 </td> <td><span style="font-size:85%;">21 April</span><br />1997 </td> <th rowspan="2"><span data-sort-value="7002656000000000000♠"></span>1 year, 291 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><span style="font-size:85%;">21 April</span><br />1997 </td> <td><span style="font-size:85%;">19 March</span><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>27 </th> <td bgcolor="#F26F21"> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Nitish_Kumar_in_February_2007.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b1/Nitish_Kumar_in_February_2007.jpg/70px-Nitish_Kumar_in_February_2007.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="93" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b1/Nitish_Kumar_in_February_2007.jpg/105px-Nitish_Kumar_in_February_2007.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b1/Nitish_Kumar_in_February_2007.jpg/140px-Nitish_Kumar_in_February_2007.jpg 2x" data-file-width="597" data-file-height="797" /></a></span> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Nitish_Kumar" title="Nitish Kumar">Nitish Kumar</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(born 1951)<br />MP for <a href="/wiki/Barh_Lok_Sabha_constituency" title="Barh Lok Sabha constituency">Barh</a></span> </td> <td><span style="font-size:85%;">19 March</span><br />1998 </td> <td><span style="font-size:85%;">5 August</span><br />1999 </td> <th><span data-sort-value="7002504000000000000♠"></span>1 year, 139 days </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Samata_Party" title="Samata Party">Samata Party</a> </td> <td rowspan="2" style="background:#FFA551;"><b><a href="/wiki/Second_Vajpayee_ministry" title="Second Vajpayee ministry">Vajpayee II</a></b> </td> <td rowspan="5"><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:Governor_Ram_Naik.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/af/Governor_Ram_Naik.jpg/70px-Governor_Ram_Naik.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="94" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/af/Governor_Ram_Naik.jpg/105px-Governor_Ram_Naik.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/af/Governor_Ram_Naik.jpg/140px-Governor_Ram_Naik.jpg 2x" data-file-width="582" data-file-height="780" /></a></span> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Ram_Naik" title="Ram Naik">Ram Naik</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(born 1934)<br />MP for <a href="/wiki/Mumbai_North_Lok_Sabha_constituency" title="Mumbai North Lok Sabha constituency">Mumbai North</a></span><br />(MoS, I/C) </td> <td><span style="font-size:85%;">6 August</span><br />1999 </td> <td><span style="font-size:85%;">13 October</span><br />1999 </td> <th><span data-sort-value="7002161000000000000♠"></span>161 days </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Bharatiya_Janata_Party" title="Bharatiya Janata Party">Bharatiya Janata Party</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th>29 </th> <td bgcolor="#04FF21"> </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> </td> <td><span style="font-size:85%;">13 October</span><br />1999 </td> <td><span style="font-size:85%;">16 March</span><br />2001 </td> <th><span data-sort-value="7002520000000000000♠"></span>1 year, 154 days </th> <td><a href="/wiki/All_India_Trinamool_Congress" class="mw-redirect" title="All India Trinamool Congress">All India Trinamool Congress</a> </td> <td rowspan="3" style="background:#FFA551;"><b><a href="/wiki/Third_Vajpayee_ministry" title="Third Vajpayee ministry">Vajpayee III</a></b> </td></tr> <tr> <th>– </th> <td bgcolor="#FF9933"> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Atal_Bihari_Vajpayee_tribute_image_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b2/Atal_Bihari_Vajpayee_tribute_image_%28cropped%29.jpg/70px-Atal_Bihari_Vajpayee_tribute_image_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="85" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b2/Atal_Bihari_Vajpayee_tribute_image_%28cropped%29.jpg/105px-Atal_Bihari_Vajpayee_tribute_image_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b2/Atal_Bihari_Vajpayee_tribute_image_%28cropped%29.jpg/140px-Atal_Bihari_Vajpayee_tribute_image_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="399" data-file-height="482" /></a></span> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Atal_Bihari_Vajpayee" title="Atal Bihari Vajpayee">Atal Bihari Vajpayee</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(1924–2018)<br />MP for <a href="/wiki/Lucknow_Lok_Sabha_constituency" title="Lucknow Lok Sabha constituency">Lucknow</a></span><br />(Prime Minister) </td> <td><span style="font-size:85%;">16 March</span><br />2001 </td> <td><span style="font-size:85%;">20 March</span><br />2001 </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></tr> <tr> <th>(27) </th> <td style="background:#003366; color:white"> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Nitish_Kumar_in_February_2007.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b1/Nitish_Kumar_in_February_2007.jpg/70px-Nitish_Kumar_in_February_2007.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="93" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b1/Nitish_Kumar_in_February_2007.jpg/105px-Nitish_Kumar_in_February_2007.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b1/Nitish_Kumar_in_February_2007.jpg/140px-Nitish_Kumar_in_February_2007.jpg 2x" data-file-width="597" data-file-height="797" /></a></span> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Nitish_Kumar" title="Nitish Kumar">Nitish Kumar</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(born 1951)<br />MP for <a href="/wiki/Barh_Lok_Sabha_constituency" title="Barh Lok Sabha constituency">Barh</a></span> </td> <td><span style="font-size:85%;">20 March</span><br />2001 </td> <td><span style="font-size:85%;">22 May</span><br />2004 </td> <th><span data-sort-value="7003115900000000000♠"></span>3 years, 63 days </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Janata_Dal_(United)" title="Janata Dal (United)">Janata Dal (United)</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th>30 </th> <td style="background:#056D05; color:white"> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Lalu_Prasad_Yadav_addressing_the_EEC_-_2006_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/16/Lalu_Prasad_Yadav_addressing_the_EEC_-_2006_%28cropped%29.jpg/70px-Lalu_Prasad_Yadav_addressing_the_EEC_-_2006_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="67" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/16/Lalu_Prasad_Yadav_addressing_the_EEC_-_2006_%28cropped%29.jpg/105px-Lalu_Prasad_Yadav_addressing_the_EEC_-_2006_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/16/Lalu_Prasad_Yadav_addressing_the_EEC_-_2006_%28cropped%29.jpg/140px-Lalu_Prasad_Yadav_addressing_the_EEC_-_2006_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="1145" /></a></span> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Lalu_Prasad_Yadav" title="Lalu Prasad Yadav">Lalu Prasad Yadav</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(born 1948)<br />MP for <a href="/wiki/Chapra_Lok_Sabha_constituency" class="mw-redirect" title="Chapra Lok Sabha constituency">Chapra</a></span> </td> <td><span style="font-size:85%;">23 May</span><br />2004 </td> <td><span style="font-size:85%;">22 May</span><br />2009 </td> <th><span data-sort-value="7003182500000000000♠"></span>4 years, 364 days </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Rashtriya_Janata_Dal" title="Rashtriya Janata Dal">Rashtriya Janata Dal</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="10"><a href="/wiki/Manmohan_Singh" title="Manmohan Singh">Manmohan Singh</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th>(29) </th> <td bgcolor="#04FF21"> </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">Kolkata Dakshin</a></span> </td> <td><span style="font-size:85%;">23 May</span><br />2009 </td> <td><span style="font-size:85%;">19 May</span><br />2011 </td> <th><span data-sort-value="7002726000000000000♠"></span>1 year, 361 days </th> <td><a href="/wiki/All_India_Trinamool_Congress" class="mw-redirect" title="All India Trinamool Congress">All India Trinamool Congress</a> </td> <td rowspan="9" bgcolor="#87CEEB"><a href="/wiki/Second_Manmohan_Singh_ministry" title="Second Manmohan Singh ministry"><b>Manmohan II</b></a> </td></tr> <tr> <th>– </th> <td bgcolor="#00BFFF"> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Manmohan_Singh_in_2009.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b7/Manmohan_Singh_in_2009.jpg/70px-Manmohan_Singh_in_2009.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="94" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b7/Manmohan_Singh_in_2009.jpg/105px-Manmohan_Singh_in_2009.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b7/Manmohan_Singh_in_2009.jpg/140px-Manmohan_Singh_in_2009.jpg 2x" data-file-width="443" data-file-height="595" /></a></span> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Manmohan_Singh" title="Manmohan Singh">Manmohan Singh</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(1932–2024)<br />Rajya Sabha MP for <a href="/wiki/Assam" title="Assam">Assam</a></span><br />(Prime Minister) </td> <td><span style="font-size:85%;">19 May</span><br />2011 </td> <td><span style="font-size:85%;">12 July</span><br />2011 </td> <th><span data-sort-value="7001540000000000000♠"></span>54 days </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Indian_National_Congress" title="Indian National Congress">Indian National Congress</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th>31 </th> <td bgcolor="#04FF21"> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Dinesh_trivedi.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/27/Dinesh_trivedi.jpg/70px-Dinesh_trivedi.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="101" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/27/Dinesh_trivedi.jpg/105px-Dinesh_trivedi.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/27/Dinesh_trivedi.jpg/140px-Dinesh_trivedi.jpg 2x" data-file-width="554" data-file-height="800" /></a></span> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Dinesh_Trivedi" title="Dinesh Trivedi">Dinesh Trivedi</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(born 1950)<br />MP for <a href="/wiki/Barrackpore_Lok_Sabha_constituency" title="Barrackpore Lok Sabha constituency">Barrackpore</a></span> </td> <td><span style="font-size:85%;">12 July</span><br />2011 </td> <td><span style="font-size:85%;">19 March</span><br />2012 </td> <th><span data-sort-value="7002251000000000000♠"></span>251 days </th> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/All_India_Trinamool_Congress" class="mw-redirect" title="All India Trinamool Congress">All India Trinamool Congress</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th>32 </th> <td bgcolor="#04FF21"> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Mukul_Roy.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f2/Mukul_Roy.png/70px-Mukul_Roy.png" decoding="async" width="70" height="74" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f2/Mukul_Roy.png/105px-Mukul_Roy.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f2/Mukul_Roy.png/140px-Mukul_Roy.png 2x" data-file-width="556" data-file-height="588" /></a></span> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Mukul_Roy" title="Mukul Roy">Mukul Roy</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(born 1954)<br />Rajya Sabha MP for <a href="/wiki/West_Bengal" title="West Bengal">West Bengal</a></span> </td> <td><span style="font-size:85%;">20 March</span><br />2012 </td> <td><span style="font-size:85%;">22 September</span><br />2012 </td> <th><span data-sort-value="7002186000000000000♠"></span>186 days </th></tr> <tr> <th>33 </th> <td bgcolor="#00BFFF"> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:C_P_Joshi_UNDP_2010.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/56/C_P_Joshi_UNDP_2010.jpg/70px-C_P_Joshi_UNDP_2010.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="96" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/56/C_P_Joshi_UNDP_2010.jpg/105px-C_P_Joshi_UNDP_2010.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/56/C_P_Joshi_UNDP_2010.jpg/140px-C_P_Joshi_UNDP_2010.jpg 2x" data-file-width="551" data-file-height="755" /></a></span> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/C._P._Joshi" title="C. P. Joshi">C. P. Joshi</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(born 1950)<br />MP for <a href="/wiki/Bhilwara_Lok_Sabha_constituency" title="Bhilwara Lok Sabha constituency">Bhilwara</a></span> </td> <td><span style="font-size:85%;">22 September</span><br />2012 </td> <td><span style="font-size:85%;">28 October</span><br />2012 </td> <th><span data-sort-value="7001360000000000000♠"></span>36 days </th> <td rowspan="5"><a href="/wiki/Indian_National_Congress" title="Indian National Congress">Indian National Congress</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th>34 </th> <td bgcolor="#00BFFF"> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:The_Union_Minister_for_Railways,_Shri_Pawan_Kumar_Bansal_inaugurating_the_New_Block_of_Civil_Hospital_at_Manimajra,_in_Chandigarh_on_April_07,_2013.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9d/The_Union_Minister_for_Railways%2C_Shri_Pawan_Kumar_Bansal_inaugurating_the_New_Block_of_Civil_Hospital_at_Manimajra%2C_in_Chandigarh_on_April_07%2C_2013.jpg/70px-The_Union_Minister_for_Railways%2C_Shri_Pawan_Kumar_Bansal_inaugurating_the_New_Block_of_Civil_Hospital_at_Manimajra%2C_in_Chandigarh_on_April_07%2C_2013.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="75" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9d/The_Union_Minister_for_Railways%2C_Shri_Pawan_Kumar_Bansal_inaugurating_the_New_Block_of_Civil_Hospital_at_Manimajra%2C_in_Chandigarh_on_April_07%2C_2013.jpg/105px-The_Union_Minister_for_Railways%2C_Shri_Pawan_Kumar_Bansal_inaugurating_the_New_Block_of_Civil_Hospital_at_Manimajra%2C_in_Chandigarh_on_April_07%2C_2013.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9d/The_Union_Minister_for_Railways%2C_Shri_Pawan_Kumar_Bansal_inaugurating_the_New_Block_of_Civil_Hospital_at_Manimajra%2C_in_Chandigarh_on_April_07%2C_2013.jpg/140px-The_Union_Minister_for_Railways%2C_Shri_Pawan_Kumar_Bansal_inaugurating_the_New_Block_of_Civil_Hospital_at_Manimajra%2C_in_Chandigarh_on_April_07%2C_2013.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1740" data-file-height="1864" /></a></span> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Pawan_Kumar_Bansal" title="Pawan Kumar Bansal">Pawan Kumar Bansal</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(born 1948)<br />MP for <a href="/wiki/Chandigarh_Lok_Sabha_constituency" title="Chandigarh Lok Sabha constituency">Chandigarh</a></span> </td> <td><span style="font-size:85%;">28 October</span><br />2012 </td> <td><span style="font-size:85%;">11 May</span><br />2013 </td> <th><span data-sort-value="7002195000000000000♠"></span>195 days </th></tr> <tr> <th>(33) </th> <td bgcolor="#00BFFF"> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:C_P_Joshi_UNDP_2010.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/56/C_P_Joshi_UNDP_2010.jpg/70px-C_P_Joshi_UNDP_2010.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="96" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/56/C_P_Joshi_UNDP_2010.jpg/105px-C_P_Joshi_UNDP_2010.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/56/C_P_Joshi_UNDP_2010.jpg/140px-C_P_Joshi_UNDP_2010.jpg 2x" data-file-width="551" data-file-height="755" /></a></span> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/C._P._Joshi" title="C. P. Joshi">C. P. Joshi</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(born 1950)<br />MP for <a href="/wiki/Bhilwara_Lok_Sabha_constituency" title="Bhilwara Lok Sabha constituency">Bhilwara</a></span> </td> <td><span style="font-size:85%;">11 May</span><br />2013 </td> <td><span style="font-size:85%;">15 June</span><br />2013 </td> <th><span data-sort-value="7001350000000000000♠"></span>35 days </th></tr> <tr> <th>– </th> <td bgcolor="#00BFFF"> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Manmohan_Singh_in_2009.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b7/Manmohan_Singh_in_2009.jpg/70px-Manmohan_Singh_in_2009.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="94" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b7/Manmohan_Singh_in_2009.jpg/105px-Manmohan_Singh_in_2009.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b7/Manmohan_Singh_in_2009.jpg/140px-Manmohan_Singh_in_2009.jpg 2x" data-file-width="443" data-file-height="595" /></a></span> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Manmohan_Singh" title="Manmohan Singh">Manmohan Singh</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(1932–2024)<br />Rajya Sabha MP for <a href="/wiki/Assam" title="Assam">Assam</a></span><br />(Prime Minister) </td> <td><span style="font-size:85%;">15 June</span><br />2013 </td> <td><span style="font-size:85%;">17 June</span><br />2013 </td> <th><span data-sort-value="7000200000000000000♠"></span>2 days </th></tr> <tr> <th>35 </th> <td bgcolor="#00BFFF"> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Mallikarjun_Kharge.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/12/Mallikarjun_Kharge.jpg/70px-Mallikarjun_Kharge.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="91" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/12/Mallikarjun_Kharge.jpg/105px-Mallikarjun_Kharge.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/12/Mallikarjun_Kharge.jpg/140px-Mallikarjun_Kharge.jpg 2x" data-file-width="576" data-file-height="748" /></a></span> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Mallikarjun_Kharge" title="Mallikarjun Kharge">Mallikarjun Kharge</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(born 1942)<br />MP for <a href="/wiki/Gulbarga_Lok_Sabha_constituency" title="Gulbarga Lok Sabha constituency">Gulbarga</a></span> </td> <td><span style="font-size:85%;">17 June</span><br />2013 </td> <td><span style="font-size:85%;">26 May</span><br />2014 </td> <th><span data-sort-value="7002343000000000000♠"></span>343 days </th></tr> <tr> <th>36 </th> <td bgcolor="#FF9933"> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:D.V._Sadananda_Gowda.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/63/D.V._Sadananda_Gowda.jpg/70px-D.V._Sadananda_Gowda.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="102" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/63/D.V._Sadananda_Gowda.jpg/105px-D.V._Sadananda_Gowda.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/63/D.V._Sadananda_Gowda.jpg/140px-D.V._Sadananda_Gowda.jpg 2x" data-file-width="672" data-file-height="977" /></a></span> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Sadananda_Gowda" title="Sadananda Gowda">D. V. Sadananda Gowda</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(born 1953)<br />MP for <a href="/wiki/Bangalore_North_Lok_Sabha_constituency" title="Bangalore North Lok Sabha constituency">Bangalore North</a></span> </td> <td><span style="font-size:85%;">27 May</span><br />2014 </td> <td><span style="font-size:85%;">9 November</span><br />2014 </td> <th><span data-sort-value="7002166000000000000♠"></span>166 days </th> <td rowspan="6"><a href="/wiki/Bharatiya_Janata_Party" title="Bharatiya Janata Party">Bharatiya Janata Party</a> </td> <td rowspan="3" style="background:#FFA551;"><b><a href="/wiki/First_Modi_ministry" title="First Modi ministry">Modi I</a></b> </td> <td rowspan="6"><a href="/wiki/Narendra_Modi" title="Narendra Modi">Narendra Modi</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th>37 </th> <td bgcolor="#FF9933"> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Suresh_Prabhu_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/27/Suresh_Prabhu_%28cropped%29.jpg/70px-Suresh_Prabhu_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="92" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/27/Suresh_Prabhu_%28cropped%29.jpg/105px-Suresh_Prabhu_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/27/Suresh_Prabhu_%28cropped%29.jpg/140px-Suresh_Prabhu_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1421" data-file-height="1876" /></a></span> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Suresh_Prabhu" title="Suresh Prabhu">Suresh Prabhu</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(born 1953)<br />Rajya Sabha MP for <a href="/wiki/Haryana" title="Haryana">Haryana</a>, till 2016<br />Rajya Sabha MP for <a href="/wiki/Andhra_Pradesh" title="Andhra Pradesh">Andhra Pradesh</a>, from 2016</span> </td> <td><span style="font-size:85%;">9 November</span><br />2014 </td> <td><span style="font-size:85%;">3 September</span><br />2017 </td> <th><span data-sort-value="7003109000000000000♠"></span>2 years, 359 days </th></tr> <tr> <th rowspan="2">38 </th> <td rowspan="2" bgcolor="#FF9933"> </td> <td rowspan="2"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Piyush_Goyal.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f7/Piyush_Goyal.jpg/70px-Piyush_Goyal.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="94" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f7/Piyush_Goyal.jpg/105px-Piyush_Goyal.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f7/Piyush_Goyal.jpg/140px-Piyush_Goyal.jpg 2x" data-file-width="637" data-file-height="853" /></a></span> </td> <td rowspan="2"><b><a href="/wiki/Piyush_Goyal" title="Piyush Goyal">Piyush Goyal</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(born 1964)<br />Rajya Sabha MP for <a href="/wiki/Maharashtra" title="Maharashtra">Maharashtra</a></span> </td> <td><span style="font-size:85%;">3 September</span><br />2017 </td> <td><span style="font-size:85%;">30 May</span><br />2019 </td> <th rowspan="2"><span data-sort-value="7003140300000000000♠"></span>3 years, 307 days </th></tr> <tr> <td><span style="font-size:85%;">31 May</span><br />2019 </td> <td><span style="font-size:85%;">7 July</span><br />2021 </td> <td rowspan="2" style="background:#FFA551;"><b><a href="/wiki/Second_Modi_ministry" title="Second Modi ministry">Modi II</a></b> </td></tr> <tr> <th rowspan="2">39 </th> <td rowspan="2" bgcolor="#FF9933"> </td> <td rowspan="2"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Ashwini_Vaishnaw_cropped.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/35/Ashwini_Vaishnaw_cropped.jpg/70px-Ashwini_Vaishnaw_cropped.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="91" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/35/Ashwini_Vaishnaw_cropped.jpg/105px-Ashwini_Vaishnaw_cropped.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/35/Ashwini_Vaishnaw_cropped.jpg/140px-Ashwini_Vaishnaw_cropped.jpg 2x" data-file-width="316" data-file-height="413" /></a></span> </td> <td rowspan="2"><b><a href="/wiki/Ashwini_Vaishnaw" title="Ashwini Vaishnaw">Ashwini Vaishnaw</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(born 1970)<br />Rajya Sabha MP for <a href="/wiki/Odisha" title="Odisha">Odisha</a></span> </td> <td>7 July<br />2021 </td> <td>9 June<br />2024 </td> <td rowspan="2"><b><span data-sort-value="7003132000000000000♠"></span>3 years, 224 days</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td>10 June<br />2024 </td> <td><b>Incumbent</b> </td> <td style="background:#FFA551;"><a href="/wiki/Third_Modi_ministry" title="Third Modi ministry">Modi III</a> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Ministers_of_State">Ministers of State</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Minister_of_Railways_(India)&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Ministers of State"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><b>Key:</b> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1041539562"><span class="citation wikicite" id="endnote_††"><a href="#ref_††"><b><sup>†</sup></b></a></span> Assassinated or died in office</li></ul> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"> <caption>Ministers of State<sup id="cite_ref-MR_4-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MR-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-List_16-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-List-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th rowspan="2"><abbr title="Number">No.</abbr> </th> <th rowspan="2" colspan="2">Portrait </th> <th rowspan="2" style="width:17em">Minister<br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(Birth-Death)<br />Constituency</span> </th> <th colspan="3">Term of office </th> <th rowspan="2" style="width:8em">Political party </th> <th rowspan="2">Ministry </th> <th rowspan="2" style="width:9em">Prime Minister </th></tr> <tr> <th style="width:6em">From </th> <th style="width:6em">To </th> <th>Period </th></tr> <tr> <th colspan="10">Minister of State for Transport and Railways </th></tr> <tr> <th>1 </th> <td bgcolor="#00BFFF"> </td> <td> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/K._Santhanam" title="K. Santhanam">K. Santhanam</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(1895–1980)<br />MP for <a href="/wiki/Madras_Presidency" title="Madras Presidency">Madras</a> (Constituent Assembly)</span> </td> <td><span style="font-size:85%;">1 October</span><br />1948 </td> <td><span style="font-size:85%;">29 May</span><br />1952 </td> <th><span data-sort-value="7003133600000000000♠"></span>3 years, 241 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/First_Nehru_ministry" title="First Nehru ministry">Nehru I</a></b> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Jawaharlal_Nehru" title="Jawaharlal Nehru">Jawaharlal Nehru</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="10">Minister of State for Railways </th></tr> <tr> <th rowspan="5">2 </th> <td rowspan="5" bgcolor="#00BFFF"> </td> <td rowspan="5"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Ram_Subhag_Singh.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b8/Ram_Subhag_Singh.jpg/70px-Ram_Subhag_Singh.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="99" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b8/Ram_Subhag_Singh.jpg/105px-Ram_Subhag_Singh.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b8/Ram_Subhag_Singh.jpg/140px-Ram_Subhag_Singh.jpg 2x" data-file-width="189" data-file-height="266" /></a></span> </td> <td rowspan="5"><b><a href="/wiki/Ram_Subhag_Singh" title="Ram Subhag Singh">Ram Subhag Singh</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(1917–1980)<br />MP for <a href="/wiki/Bikramganj_Lok_Sabha_constituency" title="Bikramganj Lok Sabha constituency">Bikramganj</a></span> </td> <td><span style="font-size:85%;">13 May</span><br />1964 </td> <td><span style="font-size:85%;">27 May</span><br />1964 </td> <th rowspan="5"><span data-sort-value="7003103400000000000♠"></span>2 years, 304 days </th> <td rowspan="6"><a href="/wiki/Indian_National_Congress" title="Indian National Congress">Indian National Congress</a> </td> <td bgcolor="#87CEEB"><b><a href="/wiki/Fourth_Nehru_ministry" title="Fourth Nehru ministry">Nehru IV</a></b> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Jawaharlal_Nehru" title="Jawaharlal Nehru">Jawaharlal Nehru</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span style="font-size:85%;">27 May</span><br />1964 </td> <td><span style="font-size:85%;">9 June</span><br />1964 </td> <td bgcolor="#87CEEB"><b><a href="/wiki/First_Nanda_ministry" title="First Nanda ministry">Nanda I</a></b> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Gulzarilal_Nanda" title="Gulzarilal Nanda">Gulzarilal Nanda</a><br />(acting) </td></tr> <tr> <td><span style="font-size:85%;">9 June</span><br />1964 </td> <td><span style="font-size:85%;">11 January</span><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><span style="font-size:85%;">11 January</span><br />1966 </td> <td><span style="font-size:85%;">24 January</span><br />1966 </td> <td bgcolor="#87CEEB"><b><a href="/wiki/Second_Nanda_ministry" title="Second Nanda ministry">Nanda II</a></b> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Gulzarilal_Nanda" title="Gulzarilal Nanda">Gulzarilal Nanda</a><br />(acting) </td></tr> <tr> <td><span style="font-size:85%;">24 January</span><br />1966 </td> <td><span style="font-size:85%;">13 March</span><br />1967 </td> <td bgcolor="#87CEEB"><b><a href="/wiki/First_Indira_Gandhi_ministry" title="First Indira Gandhi ministry">Indira I</a></b> </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Indira_Gandhi" title="Indira Gandhi">Indira Gandhi</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th>3 </th> <td bgcolor="#00BFFF"> </td> <td> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Parimal_Ghosh" title="Parimal Ghosh">Parimal Ghosh</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(1917–1985)<br />MP for <a href="/wiki/Ghatal_Lok_Sabha_constituency" title="Ghatal Lok Sabha constituency">Ghatal</a></span> </td> <td><span style="font-size:85%;">13 March</span><br />1967 </td> <td><span style="font-size:85%;">17 October</span><br />1969 </td> <th><span data-sort-value="7002949000000000000♠"></span>2 years, 218 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>4 </th> <td bgcolor="turquoise"> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Mohammad_Shafi_Qureshi,_Governor_of_Madhya_Pradesh_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Mohammad_Shafi_Qureshi%2C_Governor_of_Madhya_Pradesh_%28cropped%29.jpg/70px-Mohammad_Shafi_Qureshi%2C_Governor_of_Madhya_Pradesh_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="90" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Mohammad_Shafi_Qureshi%2C_Governor_of_Madhya_Pradesh_%28cropped%29.jpg/105px-Mohammad_Shafi_Qureshi%2C_Governor_of_Madhya_Pradesh_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Mohammad_Shafi_Qureshi%2C_Governor_of_Madhya_Pradesh_%28cropped%29.jpg/140px-Mohammad_Shafi_Qureshi%2C_Governor_of_Madhya_Pradesh_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="279" data-file-height="359" /></a></span> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Mohammad_Shafi_Qureshi" title="Mohammad Shafi Qureshi">Mohammad Shafi Qureshi</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(1928–2016)<br />MP for <a href="/wiki/Anantnag_Lok_Sabha_constituency" title="Anantnag Lok Sabha constituency">Anantnag</a></span> </td> <td><span style="font-size:85%;">10 October</span><br />1974 </td> <td><span style="font-size:85%;">23 March</span><br />1977 </td> <th><span data-sort-value="7002895000000000000♠"></span>2 years, 164 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>5 </th> <td bgcolor="turquoise"> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Surendra_Pal_Singh_portrait.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/16/Surendra_Pal_Singh_portrait.jpg/70px-Surendra_Pal_Singh_portrait.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="96" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/16/Surendra_Pal_Singh_portrait.jpg/105px-Surendra_Pal_Singh_portrait.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/16/Surendra_Pal_Singh_portrait.jpg/140px-Surendra_Pal_Singh_portrait.jpg 2x" data-file-width="220" data-file-height="303" /></a></span> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Surendra_Pal_Singh_(politician)" title="Surendra Pal Singh (politician)">Surendra Pal Singh</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(1917–2009)<br />MP for <a href="/wiki/Bulandshahr_Lok_Sabha_constituency" title="Bulandshahr Lok Sabha constituency">Bulandshahr</a></span> </td> <td><span style="font-size:85%;">23 December</span><br />1976 </td> <td><span style="font-size:85%;">24 March</span><br />1977 </td> <th><span data-sort-value="7001910000000000000♠"></span>91 days </th></tr> <tr> <th>6 </th> <td bgcolor="#1F75FE"> </td> <td> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Sheo_Narain" title="Sheo Narain">Sheo Narain</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(1913–1987)<br />MP for <a href="/wiki/Basti_Lok_Sabha_constituency" title="Basti Lok Sabha constituency">Basti</a></span> </td> <td><span style="font-size:85%;">14 August</span><br />1977 </td> <td><span style="font-size:85%;">28 July</span><br />1979 </td> <th><span data-sort-value="7002713000000000000♠"></span>1 year, 348 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>7 </th> <td bgcolor="#0EF4E1"> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Veteran_Leader_Ck_jaffer_Sharief_on_a_Hartal_(cropped).JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/Veteran_Leader_Ck_jaffer_Sharief_on_a_Hartal_%28cropped%29.JPG/70px-Veteran_Leader_Ck_jaffer_Sharief_on_a_Hartal_%28cropped%29.JPG" decoding="async" width="70" height="88" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/Veteran_Leader_Ck_jaffer_Sharief_on_a_Hartal_%28cropped%29.JPG/105px-Veteran_Leader_Ck_jaffer_Sharief_on_a_Hartal_%28cropped%29.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/Veteran_Leader_Ck_jaffer_Sharief_on_a_Hartal_%28cropped%29.JPG/140px-Veteran_Leader_Ck_jaffer_Sharief_on_a_Hartal_%28cropped%29.JPG 2x" data-file-width="773" data-file-height="967" /></a></span> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/C._K._Jaffer_Sharief" title="C. K. Jaffer Sharief">C. K. Jaffer Sharief</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(1933–2018)<br />MP for <a href="/wiki/Bangalore_North_Lok_Sabha_constituency" title="Bangalore North Lok Sabha constituency">Bangalore North</a></span> </td> <td><span style="font-size:85%;">14 January</span><br />1980 </td> <td><span style="font-size:85%;">31 October</span><br />1984 </td> <th><span data-sort-value="7003175200000000000♠"></span>4 years, 291 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 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>8 </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><span style="font-size:85%;">31 December</span><br />1984 </td> <td><span style="font-size:85%;">25 September</span><br />1985 </td> <th><span data-sort-value="7002268000000000000♠"></span>268 days </th> <td bgcolor="#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 State for Transport – Department of Railways </th></tr> <tr> <th>(8) </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><span style="font-size:85%;">25 September</span><br />1985 </td> <td><span style="font-size:85%;">22 October</span><br />1986 </td> <th><span data-sort-value="7002392000000000000♠"></span>1 year, 27 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 State for Railways </th></tr> <tr> <th>9 </th> <td bgcolor="#74C365"> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Bhakta_Charan_Das.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/83/Bhakta_Charan_Das.jpg/70px-Bhakta_Charan_Das.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="77" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/83/Bhakta_Charan_Das.jpg 1.5x" data-file-width="100" data-file-height="110" /></a></span> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Bhakta_Charan_Das" title="Bhakta Charan Das">Bhakta Charan Das</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(born 1958)<br />MP for <a href="/wiki/Kalahandi_Lok_Sabha_constituency" title="Kalahandi Lok Sabha constituency">Kalahandi</a></span> </td> <td><span style="font-size:85%;">21 November</span><br />1990 </td> <td><span style="font-size:85%;">21 June</span><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>10 </th> <td bgcolor="#0EF4E1"> </td> <td> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Mallikarjun_Goud" title="Mallikarjun Goud">Mallikarjun Goud</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(1941–2002)<br />MP for <a href="/wiki/Mahabubnagar_Lok_Sabha_constituency" title="Mahabubnagar Lok Sabha constituency">Mahabubnagar</a></span> </td> <td><span style="font-size:85%;">21 June</span><br />1991 </td> <td><span style="font-size:85%;">18 January</span><br />1993 </td> <th><span data-sort-value="7002577000000000000♠"></span>1 year, 211 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>11 </th> <td bgcolor="#0EF4E1"> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Kahnu_Charan_Lenka_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6a/Kahnu_Charan_Lenka_%28cropped%29.jpg/70px-Kahnu_Charan_Lenka_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="82" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6a/Kahnu_Charan_Lenka_%28cropped%29.jpg/105px-Kahnu_Charan_Lenka_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6a/Kahnu_Charan_Lenka_%28cropped%29.jpg/140px-Kahnu_Charan_Lenka_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="292" data-file-height="340" /></a></span> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Kahnu_Charan_Lenka" title="Kahnu Charan Lenka">Kahnu Charan Lenka</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(born 1939)<br />Rajya Sabha MP for <a href="/wiki/Odisha" title="Odisha">Odisha</a></span> </td> <td><span style="font-size:85%;">18 January</span><br />1993 </td> <td><span style="font-size:85%;">2 April</span><br />1994 </td> <th><span data-sort-value="7002439000000000000♠"></span>1 year, 74 days </th></tr> <tr> <th>(10) </th> <td bgcolor="#0EF4E1"> </td> <td> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Mallikarjun_Goud" title="Mallikarjun Goud">Mallikarjun Goud</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(1941–2002)<br />MP for <a href="/wiki/Mahabubnagar_Lok_Sabha_constituency" title="Mahabubnagar Lok Sabha constituency">Mahabubnagar</a></span> </td> <td><span style="font-size:85%;">21 August</span><br />1995 </td> <td><span style="font-size:85%;">19 September</span><br />1995 </td> <th><span data-sort-value="7001290000000000000♠"></span>29 days </th></tr> <tr> <th>12 </th> <td bgcolor="#0EF4E1"> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Suresh_Kalmadi_2009.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b2/Suresh_Kalmadi_2009.jpg/70px-Suresh_Kalmadi_2009.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="93" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b2/Suresh_Kalmadi_2009.jpg/105px-Suresh_Kalmadi_2009.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b2/Suresh_Kalmadi_2009.jpg/140px-Suresh_Kalmadi_2009.jpg 2x" data-file-width="474" data-file-height="632" /></a></span> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Suresh_Kalmadi" title="Suresh Kalmadi">Suresh Kalmadi</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(born 1944)<br />Rajya Sabha MP for <a href="/wiki/Maharashtra" title="Maharashtra">Maharashtra</a></span> </td> <td><span style="font-size:85%;">15 September</span><br />1995 </td> <td><span style="font-size:85%;">16 May</span><br />1996 </td> <th><span data-sort-value="7002244000000000000♠"></span>244 days </th></tr> <tr> <th rowspan="2">13 </th> <td rowspan="2" bgcolor="#00FFFF"> </td> <td rowspan="2"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Shri_Satpal_Maharaj.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/25/Shri_Satpal_Maharaj.jpg/70px-Shri_Satpal_Maharaj.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="95" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/25/Shri_Satpal_Maharaj.jpg/105px-Shri_Satpal_Maharaj.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/25/Shri_Satpal_Maharaj.jpg/140px-Shri_Satpal_Maharaj.jpg 2x" data-file-width="371" data-file-height="505" /></a></span> </td> <td rowspan="2"><b><a href="/wiki/Satpal_Maharaj" title="Satpal Maharaj">Satpal Maharaj</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(born 1951)<br />MP for <a href="/wiki/Garhwal_Lok_Sabha_constituency" title="Garhwal Lok Sabha constituency">Garhwal</a></span> </td> <td><span style="font-size:85%;">6 July</span><br />1996 </td> <td><span style="font-size:85%;">21 April</span><br />1997 </td> <th rowspan="2"><span data-sort-value="7002338000000000000♠"></span>338 days </th> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/All_India_Indira_Congress_(Tiwari)" title="All India Indira Congress (Tiwari)">All India Indira Congress (Tiwari)</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><span style="font-size:85%;">21 April</span><br />1997 </td> <td><span style="font-size:85%;">9 June</span><br />1997 </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>14 </th> <td bgcolor="#FF9933"> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Governor_Ram_Naik.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/af/Governor_Ram_Naik.jpg/70px-Governor_Ram_Naik.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="94" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/af/Governor_Ram_Naik.jpg/105px-Governor_Ram_Naik.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/af/Governor_Ram_Naik.jpg/140px-Governor_Ram_Naik.jpg 2x" data-file-width="582" data-file-height="780" /></a></span> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Ram_Naik" title="Ram Naik">Ram Naik</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(born 1934)<br />MP for <a href="/wiki/Mumbai_North_Lok_Sabha_constituency" title="Mumbai North Lok Sabha constituency">Mumbai North</a></span> </td> <td><span style="font-size:85%;">19 March</span><br />1998 </td> <td><span style="font-size:85%;">6 August</span><br />1999 </td> <th><span data-sort-value="7002505000000000000♠"></span>1 year, 140 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/Second_Vajpayee_ministry" title="Second Vajpayee ministry">Vajpayee II</a></b> </td> <td rowspan="8"><a href="/wiki/Atal_Bihari_Vajpayee" title="Atal Bihari Vajpayee">Atal Bihari Vajpayee</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th>15 </th> <td bgcolor="#F26F21"> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Dig_Vijaysingh.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6d/Dig_Vijaysingh.jpg/70px-Dig_Vijaysingh.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="79" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6d/Dig_Vijaysingh.jpg/105px-Dig_Vijaysingh.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6d/Dig_Vijaysingh.jpg/140px-Dig_Vijaysingh.jpg 2x" data-file-width="200" data-file-height="225" /></a></span> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Digvijay_Singh_(Bihar_politician)" title="Digvijay Singh (Bihar politician)">Digvijay Singh</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(1955–2010)<br />MP for <a href="/wiki/Banka_Lok_Sabha_constituency" title="Banka Lok Sabha constituency">Banka</a></span> </td> <td><span style="font-size:85%;">13 October</span><br />1999 </td> <td><span style="font-size:85%;">22 July</span><br />2001 </td> <th><span data-sort-value="7002648000000000000♠"></span>1 year, 282 days </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Samata_Party" title="Samata Party">Samata Party</a> </td> <td rowspan="7" style="background:#FFA551;"><b><a href="/wiki/Third_Vajpayee_ministry" title="Third Vajpayee ministry">Vajpayee III</a></b> </td></tr> <tr> <th>16 </th> <td bgcolor="#FF9933"> </td> <td> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Bangaru_Laxman" title="Bangaru Laxman">Bangaru Laxman</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(1939–2014)<br />Rajya Sabha MP for <a href="/wiki/Gujarat" title="Gujarat">Gujarat</a></span> </td> <td><span style="font-size:85%;">22 November</span><br />1999 </td> <td><span style="font-size:85%;">31 August</span><br />2000 </td> <th><span data-sort-value="7002283000000000000♠"></span>283 days </th> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Bharatiya_Janata_Party" title="Bharatiya Janata Party">Bharatiya Janata Party</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th>17 </th> <td bgcolor="#FF9933"> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:O_Rajagopal.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/99/O_Rajagopal.jpg/70px-O_Rajagopal.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="105" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/99/O_Rajagopal.jpg/105px-O_Rajagopal.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/99/O_Rajagopal.jpg/140px-O_Rajagopal.jpg 2x" data-file-width="173" data-file-height="260" /></a></span> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/O._Rajagopal" title="O. Rajagopal">O. Rajagopal</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(born 1929)<br />Rajya Sabha MP for <a href="/wiki/Madhya_Pradesh" title="Madhya Pradesh">Madhya Pradesh</a></span> </td> <td><span style="font-size:85%;">31 August</span><br />2000 </td> <td><span style="font-size:85%;">1 July</span><br />2002 </td> <th><span data-sort-value="7002669000000000000♠"></span>1 year, 304 days </th></tr> <tr> <th>(15) </th> <td bgcolor="#F26F21"> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Dig_Vijaysingh.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6d/Dig_Vijaysingh.jpg/70px-Dig_Vijaysingh.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="79" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6d/Dig_Vijaysingh.jpg/105px-Dig_Vijaysingh.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6d/Dig_Vijaysingh.jpg/140px-Dig_Vijaysingh.jpg 2x" data-file-width="200" data-file-height="225" /></a></span> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Digvijay_Singh_(Bihar_politician)" title="Digvijay Singh (Bihar politician)">Digvijay Singh</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(1955–2010)<br />MP for <a href="/wiki/Banka_Lok_Sabha_constituency" title="Banka Lok Sabha constituency">Banka</a></span> </td> <td><span style="font-size:85%;">1 August</span><br />2001 </td> <td><span style="font-size:85%;">1 July</span><br />2002 </td> <th><span data-sort-value="7002334000000000000♠"></span>334 days </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Samata_Party" title="Samata Party">Samata Party</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th>18 </th> <td bgcolor="#FFFF00"> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:A._K._Moorthy_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0d/A._K._Moorthy_%28cropped%29.jpg/70px-A._K._Moorthy_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="85" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0d/A._K._Moorthy_%28cropped%29.jpg/105px-A._K._Moorthy_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0d/A._K._Moorthy_%28cropped%29.jpg/140px-A._K._Moorthy_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="605" /></a></span> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/A._K._Moorthy" title="A. K. Moorthy">A. K. Moorthy</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(born 1964)<br />MP for <a href="/wiki/Chengalpattu_Lok_Sabha_constituency" title="Chengalpattu Lok Sabha constituency">Chengalpattu</a></span> </td> <td><span style="font-size:85%;">1 July</span><br />2002 </td> <td><span style="font-size:85%;">15 January</span><br />2004 </td> <th><span data-sort-value="7002563000000000000♠"></span>1 year, 198 days </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Pattali_Makkal_Katchi" title="Pattali Makkal Katchi">Pattali Makkal Katchi</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th>19 </th> <td bgcolor="#FF9933"> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:The_ILO_Deputy_Director_General_(Policy)_International_Labour_Organization,_Ms._Deborah_Greenfield_meeting_the_Minister_of_State_for_Labour_and_Employment_(Independent_Charge),_Shri_Bandaru_Dattatreya,_in_New_Delhi_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/89/The_ILO_Deputy_Director_General_%28Policy%29_International_Labour_Organization%2C_Ms._Deborah_Greenfield_meeting_the_Minister_of_State_for_Labour_and_Employment_%28Independent_Charge%29%2C_Shri_Bandaru_Dattatreya%2C_in_New_Delhi_%28cropped%29.jpg/70px-thumbnail.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="103" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/89/The_ILO_Deputy_Director_General_%28Policy%29_International_Labour_Organization%2C_Ms._Deborah_Greenfield_meeting_the_Minister_of_State_for_Labour_and_Employment_%28Independent_Charge%29%2C_Shri_Bandaru_Dattatreya%2C_in_New_Delhi_%28cropped%29.jpg/105px-thumbnail.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/89/The_ILO_Deputy_Director_General_%28Policy%29_International_Labour_Organization%2C_Ms._Deborah_Greenfield_meeting_the_Minister_of_State_for_Labour_and_Employment_%28Independent_Charge%29%2C_Shri_Bandaru_Dattatreya%2C_in_New_Delhi_%28cropped%29.jpg/140px-thumbnail.jpg 2x" data-file-width="613" data-file-height="899" /></a></span> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Bandaru_Dattatreya" title="Bandaru Dattatreya">Bandaru Dattatreya</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(born 1947)<br />MP for <a href="/wiki/Secunderabad_Lok_Sabha_constituency" title="Secunderabad Lok Sabha constituency">Secunderabad</a></span> </td> <td><span style="font-size:85%;">1 July</span><br />2002 </td> <td><span style="font-size:85%;">8 September</span><br />2003 </td> <th><span data-sort-value="7002434000000000000♠"></span>1 year, 69 days </th> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Bharatiya_Janata_Party" title="Bharatiya Janata Party">Bharatiya Janata Party</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th>20 </th> <td bgcolor="#FF9933"> </td> <td> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Basangouda_Patil_Yatnal" title="Basangouda Patil Yatnal">Basangouda Patil Yatnal</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(born 1963)<br />MP for <a href="/wiki/Bijapur_Lok_Sabha_constituency" title="Bijapur Lok Sabha constituency">Bijapur</a></span> </td> <td><span style="font-size:85%;">8 September</span><br />2003 </td> <td><span style="font-size:85%;">22 May</span><br />2004 </td> <th><span data-sort-value="7002257000000000000♠"></span>257 days </th></tr> <tr> <th>21 </th> <td bgcolor="#00BFFF"> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Naranbhai_Rathwa_releasing_a_Gujarati_version_of_PIB_Booklet_on_Achievements_of_UPA_Government_-_4_years_at_a_press_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/26/Naranbhai_Rathwa_releasing_a_Gujarati_version_of_PIB_Booklet_on_Achievements_of_UPA_Government_-_4_years_at_a_press_%28cropped%29.jpg/70px-Naranbhai_Rathwa_releasing_a_Gujarati_version_of_PIB_Booklet_on_Achievements_of_UPA_Government_-_4_years_at_a_press_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="88" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/26/Naranbhai_Rathwa_releasing_a_Gujarati_version_of_PIB_Booklet_on_Achievements_of_UPA_Government_-_4_years_at_a_press_%28cropped%29.jpg/105px-Naranbhai_Rathwa_releasing_a_Gujarati_version_of_PIB_Booklet_on_Achievements_of_UPA_Government_-_4_years_at_a_press_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/26/Naranbhai_Rathwa_releasing_a_Gujarati_version_of_PIB_Booklet_on_Achievements_of_UPA_Government_-_4_years_at_a_press_%28cropped%29.jpg/140px-Naranbhai_Rathwa_releasing_a_Gujarati_version_of_PIB_Booklet_on_Achievements_of_UPA_Government_-_4_years_at_a_press_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="619" data-file-height="780" /></a></span> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Naranbhai_Rathwa" title="Naranbhai Rathwa">Naranbhai Rathwa</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(born 1953)<br />MP for <a href="/wiki/Chhota_Udaipur_Lok_Sabha_constituency" title="Chhota Udaipur Lok Sabha constituency">Chhota Udaipur</a></span> </td> <td><span style="font-size:85%;">23 May</span><br />2004 </td> <td><span style="font-size:85%;">22 May</span><br />2009 </td> <th><span data-sort-value="7003182500000000000♠"></span>4 years, 364 days </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Indian_National_Congress" title="Indian National Congress">Indian National Congress</a> </td> <td rowspan="2" bgcolor="#87CEEB"><a href="/wiki/First_Manmohan_Singh_ministry" title="First Manmohan Singh ministry"><b>Manmohan I</b></a> </td> <td rowspan="8"><a href="/wiki/Manmohan_Singh" title="Manmohan Singh">Manmohan Singh</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th>22 </th> <td bgcolor="#FFFF00"> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:R._Velu_addressing_addressing_at_the_Closing_Ceremony_of_the_56th_Senior_National_Kabaddi_Championship_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/39/R._Velu_addressing_addressing_at_the_Closing_Ceremony_of_the_56th_Senior_National_Kabaddi_Championship_%28cropped%29.jpg/70px-R._Velu_addressing_addressing_at_the_Closing_Ceremony_of_the_56th_Senior_National_Kabaddi_Championship_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="92" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/39/R._Velu_addressing_addressing_at_the_Closing_Ceremony_of_the_56th_Senior_National_Kabaddi_Championship_%28cropped%29.jpg/105px-R._Velu_addressing_addressing_at_the_Closing_Ceremony_of_the_56th_Senior_National_Kabaddi_Championship_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/39/R._Velu_addressing_addressing_at_the_Closing_Ceremony_of_the_56th_Senior_National_Kabaddi_Championship_%28cropped%29.jpg/140px-R._Velu_addressing_addressing_at_the_Closing_Ceremony_of_the_56th_Senior_National_Kabaddi_Championship_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="654" data-file-height="862" /></a></span> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/R._Velu" title="R. Velu">R. Velu</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(born 1940)<br />MP for <a href="/wiki/Arakkonam_Lok_Sabha_constituency" title="Arakkonam Lok Sabha constituency">Arakkonam</a></span> </td> <td><span style="font-size:85%;">23 May</span><br />2004 </td> <td><span style="font-size:85%;">29 March</span><br />2009 </td> <th><span data-sort-value="7003177100000000000♠"></span>4 years, 310 days </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Pattali_Makkal_Katchi" title="Pattali Makkal Katchi">Pattali Makkal Katchi</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th>23 </th> <td style="background:#006600; color:white"> </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> </td> <td><span style="font-size:85%;">28 May</span><br />2009 </td> <td><span style="font-size:85%;">19 January</span><br />2011 </td> <th><span data-sort-value="7002601000000000000♠"></span>1 year, 236 days </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Indian_Union_Muslim_League" title="Indian Union Muslim League">Indian Union Muslim League</a> </td> <td rowspan="6" bgcolor="#87CEEB"><a href="/wiki/Second_Manmohan_Singh_ministry" title="Second Manmohan Singh ministry"><b>Manmohan II</b></a> </td></tr> <tr> <th>24 </th> <td bgcolor="#00BFFF"> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:The_portrait_of_the_Minister_of_State_for_Railways,_Shri_K.H._Muniyappa.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ad/The_portrait_of_the_Minister_of_State_for_Railways%2C_Shri_K.H._Muniyappa.jpg/70px-The_portrait_of_the_Minister_of_State_for_Railways%2C_Shri_K.H._Muniyappa.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="82" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ad/The_portrait_of_the_Minister_of_State_for_Railways%2C_Shri_K.H._Muniyappa.jpg/105px-The_portrait_of_the_Minister_of_State_for_Railways%2C_Shri_K.H._Muniyappa.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ad/The_portrait_of_the_Minister_of_State_for_Railways%2C_Shri_K.H._Muniyappa.jpg/140px-The_portrait_of_the_Minister_of_State_for_Railways%2C_Shri_K.H._Muniyappa.jpg 2x" data-file-width="728" data-file-height="848" /></a></span> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/K._H._Muniyappa" title="K. H. Muniyappa">K. H. Muniyappa</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(born 1948)<br />MP for <a href="/wiki/Kolar_Lok_Sabha_constituency" title="Kolar Lok Sabha constituency">Kolar</a></span> </td> <td><span style="font-size:85%;">28 May</span><br />2009 </td> <td><span style="font-size:85%;">28 October</span><br />2012 </td> <th><span data-sort-value="7003124900000000000♠"></span>3 years, 153 days </th> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Indian_National_Congress" title="Indian National Congress">Indian National Congress</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th>25 </th> <td bgcolor="#00BFFF"> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Bharatsinh_Solanki_assuming_office_as_MoS,_Railways_in_January_2011_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0b/Bharatsinh_Solanki_assuming_office_as_MoS%2C_Railways_in_January_2011_%28cropped%29.jpg/70px-Bharatsinh_Solanki_assuming_office_as_MoS%2C_Railways_in_January_2011_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="84" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0b/Bharatsinh_Solanki_assuming_office_as_MoS%2C_Railways_in_January_2011_%28cropped%29.jpg/105px-Bharatsinh_Solanki_assuming_office_as_MoS%2C_Railways_in_January_2011_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0b/Bharatsinh_Solanki_assuming_office_as_MoS%2C_Railways_in_January_2011_%28cropped%29.jpg/140px-Bharatsinh_Solanki_assuming_office_as_MoS%2C_Railways_in_January_2011_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="591" data-file-height="712" /></a></span> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Bharatsinh_Solanki" class="mw-redirect" title="Bharatsinh Solanki">Bharatsinh Solanki</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(born 1953)<br />MP for <a href="/wiki/Anand_Lok_Sabha_constituency" title="Anand Lok Sabha constituency">Anand</a></span> </td> <td><span style="font-size:85%;">19 January</span><br />2011 </td> <td><span style="font-size:85%;">28 October</span><br />2012 </td> <th><span data-sort-value="7002648000000000000♠"></span>1 year, 283 days </th></tr> <tr> <th>26 </th> <td bgcolor="#04FF21"> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Mukul_Roy.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f2/Mukul_Roy.png/70px-Mukul_Roy.png" decoding="async" width="70" height="74" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f2/Mukul_Roy.png/105px-Mukul_Roy.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f2/Mukul_Roy.png/140px-Mukul_Roy.png 2x" data-file-width="556" data-file-height="588" /></a></span> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Mukul_Roy" title="Mukul Roy">Mukul Roy</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(born 1954)<br />Rajya Sabha MP for <a href="/wiki/West_Bengal" title="West Bengal">West Bengal</a></span> </td> <td><span style="font-size:85%;">19 May</span><br />2011 </td> <td><span style="font-size:85%;">12 July</span><br />2011 </td> <th><span data-sort-value="7001540000000000000♠"></span>54 days </th> <td><a href="/wiki/All_India_Trinamool_Congress" class="mw-redirect" title="All India Trinamool Congress">All India Trinamool Congress</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th>27 </th> <td bgcolor="#00BFFF"> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Shri_Kotla_Jaya_Surya_Prakash_Reddy_taking_charge_as_the_Minister_of_State_for_Railways,_in_New_Delhi_on_October_29,_2012.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/84/Shri_Kotla_Jaya_Surya_Prakash_Reddy_taking_charge_as_the_Minister_of_State_for_Railways%2C_in_New_Delhi_on_October_29%2C_2012.jpg/70px-Shri_Kotla_Jaya_Surya_Prakash_Reddy_taking_charge_as_the_Minister_of_State_for_Railways%2C_in_New_Delhi_on_October_29%2C_2012.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="80" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/84/Shri_Kotla_Jaya_Surya_Prakash_Reddy_taking_charge_as_the_Minister_of_State_for_Railways%2C_in_New_Delhi_on_October_29%2C_2012.jpg/105px-Shri_Kotla_Jaya_Surya_Prakash_Reddy_taking_charge_as_the_Minister_of_State_for_Railways%2C_in_New_Delhi_on_October_29%2C_2012.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/84/Shri_Kotla_Jaya_Surya_Prakash_Reddy_taking_charge_as_the_Minister_of_State_for_Railways%2C_in_New_Delhi_on_October_29%2C_2012.jpg/140px-Shri_Kotla_Jaya_Surya_Prakash_Reddy_taking_charge_as_the_Minister_of_State_for_Railways%2C_in_New_Delhi_on_October_29%2C_2012.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1204" data-file-height="1375" /></a></span> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Kotla_Jayasurya_Prakasha_Reddy" title="Kotla Jayasurya Prakasha Reddy">Kotla Jayasurya Prakasha Reddy</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(born 1951)<br />MP for <a href="/wiki/Kurnool_Lok_Sabha_constituency" title="Kurnool Lok Sabha constituency">Kurnool</a></span> </td> <td rowspan="2"><span style="font-size:85%;">28 October</span><br />2012 </td> <td rowspan="2"><span style="font-size:85%;">26 May</span><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>28 </th> <td bgcolor="#00BFFF"> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:The_Minister_of_State_for_Railways,_Shri_Adhir_Ranjan_Chowdhury_addressing_at_the_presentation_of_the_National_Awards_for_Outstanding_Service_in_Railways,_in_Mumbai_on_April_16,_2013_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/58/The_Minister_of_State_for_Railways%2C_Shri_Adhir_Ranjan_Chowdhury_addressing_at_the_presentation_of_the_National_Awards_for_Outstanding_Service_in_Railways%2C_in_Mumbai_on_April_16%2C_2013_%28cropped%29.jpg/70px-thumbnail.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="77" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/58/The_Minister_of_State_for_Railways%2C_Shri_Adhir_Ranjan_Chowdhury_addressing_at_the_presentation_of_the_National_Awards_for_Outstanding_Service_in_Railways%2C_in_Mumbai_on_April_16%2C_2013_%28cropped%29.jpg/105px-thumbnail.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/58/The_Minister_of_State_for_Railways%2C_Shri_Adhir_Ranjan_Chowdhury_addressing_at_the_presentation_of_the_National_Awards_for_Outstanding_Service_in_Railways%2C_in_Mumbai_on_April_16%2C_2013_%28cropped%29.jpg/140px-thumbnail.jpg 2x" data-file-width="580" data-file-height="640" /></a></span> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Adhir_Ranjan_Chowdhury" title="Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury">Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(born 1956)<br />MP for <a href="/wiki/Baharampur_Lok_Sabha_constituency" title="Baharampur Lok Sabha constituency">Baharampur</a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th>29 </th> <td bgcolor="#FF9933"> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Manoj_Sinha.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d0/Manoj_Sinha.jpg/70px-Manoj_Sinha.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="93" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d0/Manoj_Sinha.jpg/105px-Manoj_Sinha.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d0/Manoj_Sinha.jpg/140px-Manoj_Sinha.jpg 2x" data-file-width="816" data-file-height="1087" /></a></span> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Manoj_Sinha" title="Manoj Sinha">Manoj Sinha</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(born 1959)<br />MP for <a href="/wiki/Ghazipur_Lok_Sabha_constituency" title="Ghazipur Lok Sabha constituency">Ghazipur</a></span> </td> <td><span style="font-size:85%;">27 May</span><br />2014 </td> <td><span style="font-size:85%;">30 May</span><br />2019 </td> <th><span data-sort-value="7003182900000000000♠"></span>5 years, 3 days </th> <td rowspan="7"><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="7"><a href="/wiki/Narendra_Modi" title="Narendra Modi">Narendra Modi</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th>30 </th> <td bgcolor="#FF9933"> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Rajen_Gohain_assuming_office_as_Minister_of_State,_Railways_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/Rajen_Gohain_assuming_office_as_Minister_of_State%2C_Railways_%28cropped%29.jpg/70px-Rajen_Gohain_assuming_office_as_Minister_of_State%2C_Railways_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="92" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/Rajen_Gohain_assuming_office_as_Minister_of_State%2C_Railways_%28cropped%29.jpg/105px-Rajen_Gohain_assuming_office_as_Minister_of_State%2C_Railways_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/Rajen_Gohain_assuming_office_as_Minister_of_State%2C_Railways_%28cropped%29.jpg/140px-Rajen_Gohain_assuming_office_as_Minister_of_State%2C_Railways_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="719" data-file-height="945" /></a></span> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Rajen_Gohain" title="Rajen Gohain">Rajen Gohain</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(born 1950)<br />MP for <a href="/wiki/Nowgong_Lok_Sabha_constituency" class="mw-redirect" title="Nowgong Lok Sabha constituency">Nowgong</a></span> </td> <td><span style="font-size:85%;">5 July</span><br />2016 </td> <td><span style="font-size:85%;">30 May</span><br />2019 </td> <th><span data-sort-value="7003105900000000000♠"></span>2 years, 329 days </th></tr> <tr> <th>31 </th> <td bgcolor="#FF9933"> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Suresh_Angadi_assuming_office_in_May_2019.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c0/Suresh_Angadi_assuming_office_in_May_2019.jpg/70px-Suresh_Angadi_assuming_office_in_May_2019.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="89" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c0/Suresh_Angadi_assuming_office_in_May_2019.jpg/105px-Suresh_Angadi_assuming_office_in_May_2019.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c0/Suresh_Angadi_assuming_office_in_May_2019.jpg/140px-Suresh_Angadi_assuming_office_in_May_2019.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1071" data-file-height="1356" /></a></span> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Suresh_Angadi" title="Suresh Angadi">Suresh Angadi</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(1955–2020)<br />MP for <a href="/wiki/Belgaum_Lok_Sabha_constituency" title="Belgaum Lok Sabha constituency">Belgaum</a></span> </td> <td><span style="font-size:85%;">31 May</span><br />2019 </td> <td><span style="font-size:85%;">23 September</span><br />2020<link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1041539562"><sup class="citation nobold" id="ref_††"><a href="#endnote_††">[†]</a></sup> </td> <th><span data-sort-value="7002481000000000000♠"></span>1 year, 115 days </th> <td rowspan="3" style="background:#FFA551;"><b><a href="/wiki/Second_Modi_ministry" title="Second Modi ministry">Modi II</a></b> </td></tr> <tr> <th>32 </th> <td bgcolor="#FF9933"> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:The_Minister_of_State_for_Consumer_Affairs,_Food_and_Public_Distribution,_Shri_Raosaheb_Dadarao_Danve_calls_on_the_Prime_Minister,_Shri_Narendra_Modi,_in_New_Delhi_on_March_05,_2015_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/42/The_Minister_of_State_for_Consumer_Affairs%2C_Food_and_Public_Distribution%2C_Shri_Raosaheb_Dadarao_Danve_calls_on_the_Prime_Minister%2C_Shri_Narendra_Modi%2C_in_New_Delhi_on_March_05%2C_2015_%28cropped%29.jpg/70px-thumbnail.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="69" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/42/The_Minister_of_State_for_Consumer_Affairs%2C_Food_and_Public_Distribution%2C_Shri_Raosaheb_Dadarao_Danve_calls_on_the_Prime_Minister%2C_Shri_Narendra_Modi%2C_in_New_Delhi_on_March_05%2C_2015_%28cropped%29.jpg/105px-thumbnail.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/42/The_Minister_of_State_for_Consumer_Affairs%2C_Food_and_Public_Distribution%2C_Shri_Raosaheb_Dadarao_Danve_calls_on_the_Prime_Minister%2C_Shri_Narendra_Modi%2C_in_New_Delhi_on_March_05%2C_2015_%28cropped%29.jpg/140px-thumbnail.jpg 2x" data-file-width="534" data-file-height="529" /></a></span> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Raosaheb_Danve" title="Raosaheb Danve">Raosaheb Danve</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(born 1955)<br />MP for <a href="/wiki/Jalna_Lok_Sabha_constituency" title="Jalna Lok Sabha constituency">Jalna</a></span> </td> <td rowspan="2"><span style="font-size:85%;">7 July</span><br />2021 </td> <td rowspan="2"><span style="font-size:85%;">9 June</span><br />2024 </td> <th rowspan="2"><span data-sort-value="7003106800000000000♠"></span>2 years, 338 days </th></tr> <tr> <th>33 </th> <td bgcolor="#FF9933"> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Darshana_Jardosh_with_PM_Modi_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3d/Darshana_Jardosh_with_PM_Modi_%28cropped%29.jpg/70px-Darshana_Jardosh_with_PM_Modi_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="84" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3d/Darshana_Jardosh_with_PM_Modi_%28cropped%29.jpg/105px-Darshana_Jardosh_with_PM_Modi_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3d/Darshana_Jardosh_with_PM_Modi_%28cropped%29.jpg/140px-Darshana_Jardosh_with_PM_Modi_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="764" data-file-height="919" /></a></span> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Darshana_Jardosh" title="Darshana Jardosh">Darshana Jardosh</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(born 1961)<br />MP for <a href="/wiki/Surat_Lok_Sabha_constituency" title="Surat Lok Sabha constituency">Surat</a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th>34 </th> <td bgcolor="#FF9933"> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:V._Somanna.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d2/V._Somanna.jpg/70px-V._Somanna.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="100" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d2/V._Somanna.jpg/105px-V._Somanna.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d2/V._Somanna.jpg/140px-V._Somanna.jpg 2x" data-file-width="265" data-file-height="379" /></a></span> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/V._Somanna" title="V. Somanna">V. Somanna</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(born 1950)<br />MP for <a href="/wiki/Tumkur_Lok_Sabha_constituency" title="Tumkur Lok Sabha constituency">Tumkur</a></span> </td> <td rowspan="2"><span style="font-size:85%;">10 June</span><br />2024 </td> <td rowspan="2">Incumbent </td> <th rowspan="2"><span data-sort-value="7002251000000000000♠"></span>251 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>35 </th> <td bgcolor="#FF9933"> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Ravneet_Singh_Bittu2.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3c/Ravneet_Singh_Bittu2.jpg/70px-Ravneet_Singh_Bittu2.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="77" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3c/Ravneet_Singh_Bittu2.jpg/105px-Ravneet_Singh_Bittu2.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3c/Ravneet_Singh_Bittu2.jpg/140px-Ravneet_Singh_Bittu2.jpg 2x" data-file-width="428" data-file-height="471" /></a></span> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Ravneet_Singh_Bittu" title="Ravneet Singh Bittu">Ravneet Singh Bittu</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(born 1975)<br />Rajya Sabha MP for <a href="/wiki/Rajasthan" title="Rajasthan">Rajasthan</a></span> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Deputy_Ministers">Deputy Ministers</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Minister_of_Railways_(India)&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Deputy Ministers"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"> <tbody><tr> <th rowspan="2">No. </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:6em">From </th> <th style="width:6em">To </th> <th>Period </th></tr> <tr> <th colspan="10">Deputy Minister for Transport and Railways </th></tr> <tr> <th>1 </th> <td bgcolor="#00BFFF"> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:B._V._Keskar_portrait.gif" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3f/B._V._Keskar_portrait.gif/70px-B._V._Keskar_portrait.gif" decoding="async" width="70" height="88" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3f/B._V._Keskar_portrait.gif/105px-B._V._Keskar_portrait.gif 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3f/B._V._Keskar_portrait.gif/140px-B._V._Keskar_portrait.gif 2x" data-file-width="199" data-file-height="251" /></a></span> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/B._V._Keskar" title="B. V. Keskar">B. V. Keskar</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(1903–1984)<br />MP for <a href="/wiki/Madras_Presidency" title="Madras Presidency">Madras</a> (Constituent Assembly)</span> </td> <td><span style="font-size:85%;">10 March</span><br />1952 </td> <td><span style="font-size:85%;">13 May</span><br />1952 </td> <th><span data-sort-value="7001640000000000000♠"></span>64 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/First_Nehru_ministry" title="First Nehru ministry">Nehru I</a></b> </td> <td rowspan="3"><a href="/wiki/Jawaharlal_Nehru" title="Jawaharlal Nehru">Jawaharlal Nehru</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th>2 </th> <td bgcolor="#00BFFF"> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:O._V._Alagesan_Lok_Sabha_image.gif" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4a/O._V._Alagesan_Lok_Sabha_image.gif/70px-O._V._Alagesan_Lok_Sabha_image.gif" decoding="async" width="70" height="106" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4a/O._V._Alagesan_Lok_Sabha_image.gif/105px-O._V._Alagesan_Lok_Sabha_image.gif 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4a/O._V._Alagesan_Lok_Sabha_image.gif/140px-O._V._Alagesan_Lok_Sabha_image.gif 2x" data-file-width="196" data-file-height="296" /></a></span> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/O._V._Alagesan" title="O. V. Alagesan">O. V. Alagesan</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(1911–1992)<br />MP for <a href="/wiki/Chengalpattu_Lok_Sabha_constituency" title="Chengalpattu Lok Sabha constituency">Chengalpattu</a></span> </td> <td><span style="font-size:85%;">12 August</span><br />1952 </td> <td><span style="font-size:85%;">16 April</span><br />1957 </td> <th><span data-sort-value="7003170800000000000♠"></span>4 years, 247 days </th> <td rowspan="2" bgcolor="#87CEEB"><b><a href="/wiki/Second_Nehru_ministry" title="Second Nehru ministry">Nehru II</a></b> </td></tr> <tr> <th>3 </th> <td bgcolor="#00BFFF"> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Shah_Nawaz_Khan.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f3/Shah_Nawaz_Khan.jpg/70px-Shah_Nawaz_Khan.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="98" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f3/Shah_Nawaz_Khan.jpg/105px-Shah_Nawaz_Khan.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f3/Shah_Nawaz_Khan.jpg/140px-Shah_Nawaz_Khan.jpg 2x" data-file-width="228" data-file-height="319" /></a></span> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Shah_Nawaz_Khan_(general)" title="Shah Nawaz Khan (general)">Shah Nawaz Khan</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(1914–1993)<br />MP for <a href="/wiki/Meerut_Lok_Sabha_constituency" title="Meerut Lok Sabha constituency">Meerut</a></span> </td> <td><span style="font-size:85%;">20 September</span><br />1956 </td> <td><span style="font-size:85%;">17 April</span><br />1957 </td> <th><span data-sort-value="7002209000000000000♠"></span>209 days </th></tr> <tr> <th colspan="10">Deputy Minister for Railways </th></tr> <tr> <th>(3) </th> <td bgcolor="#00BFFF"> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Shah_Nawaz_Khan.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f3/Shah_Nawaz_Khan.jpg/70px-Shah_Nawaz_Khan.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="98" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f3/Shah_Nawaz_Khan.jpg/105px-Shah_Nawaz_Khan.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f3/Shah_Nawaz_Khan.jpg/140px-Shah_Nawaz_Khan.jpg 2x" data-file-width="228" data-file-height="319" /></a></span> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Shah_Nawaz_Khan_(general)" title="Shah Nawaz Khan (general)">Shah Nawaz Khan</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(1914–1993)<br />MP for <a href="/wiki/Meerut_Lok_Sabha_constituency" title="Meerut Lok Sabha constituency">Meerut</a></span> </td> <td><span style="font-size:85%;">17 April</span><br />1957 </td> <td rowspan="2"><span style="font-size:85%;">10 April</span><br />1962 </td> <th><span data-sort-value="7003181900000000000♠"></span>4 years, 358 days </th> <td rowspan="11"><a href="/wiki/Indian_National_Congress" title="Indian National Congress">Indian National Congress</a> </td> <td rowspan="2" bgcolor="#87CEEB"><b><a href="/wiki/Third_Nehru_ministry" title="Third Nehru ministry">Nehru III</a></b> </td> <td rowspan="4"><a href="/wiki/Jawaharlal_Nehru" title="Jawaharlal Nehru">Jawaharlal Nehru</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th>4 </th> <td bgcolor="#00BFFF"> </td> <td> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/S._V._Ramaswamy" title="S. V. Ramaswamy">S. V. Ramaswamy</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">MP for <a href="/wiki/Salem_Lok_Sabha_constituency" title="Salem Lok Sabha constituency">Salem</a></span> </td> <td><span style="font-size:85%;">2 April</span><br />1958 </td> <th><span data-sort-value="7003146900000000000♠"></span>4 years, 8 days </th></tr> <tr> <th>(3) </th> <td bgcolor="#00BFFF"> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Shah_Nawaz_Khan.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f3/Shah_Nawaz_Khan.jpg/70px-Shah_Nawaz_Khan.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="98" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f3/Shah_Nawaz_Khan.jpg/105px-Shah_Nawaz_Khan.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f3/Shah_Nawaz_Khan.jpg/140px-Shah_Nawaz_Khan.jpg 2x" data-file-width="228" data-file-height="319" /></a></span> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Shah_Nawaz_Khan_(general)" title="Shah Nawaz Khan (general)">Shah Nawaz Khan</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(1914–1993)<br />MP for <a href="/wiki/Meerut_Lok_Sabha_constituency" title="Meerut Lok Sabha constituency">Meerut</a></span> </td> <td rowspan="2"><span style="font-size:85%;">16 April</span><br />1962 </td> <td rowspan="2"><span style="font-size:85%;">27 May</span><br />1964 </td> <th rowspan="2"><span data-sort-value="7002772000000000000♠"></span>2 years, 41 days </th> <td rowspan="2" bgcolor="#87CEEB"><b><a href="/wiki/Third_Nehru_ministry" title="Third Nehru ministry">Nehru III</a></b> </td></tr> <tr> <th>(4) </th> <td bgcolor="#00BFFF"> </td> <td> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/S._V._Ramaswamy" title="S. V. Ramaswamy">S. V. Ramaswamy</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">MP for <a href="/wiki/Salem_Lok_Sabha_constituency" title="Salem Lok Sabha constituency">Salem</a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th>(3) </th> <td bgcolor="#00BFFF"> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Shah_Nawaz_Khan.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f3/Shah_Nawaz_Khan.jpg/70px-Shah_Nawaz_Khan.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="98" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f3/Shah_Nawaz_Khan.jpg/105px-Shah_Nawaz_Khan.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f3/Shah_Nawaz_Khan.jpg/140px-Shah_Nawaz_Khan.jpg 2x" data-file-width="228" data-file-height="319" /></a></span> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Shah_Nawaz_Khan_(general)" title="Shah Nawaz Khan (general)">Shah Nawaz Khan</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(1914–1993)<br />MP for <a href="/wiki/Meerut_Lok_Sabha_constituency" title="Meerut Lok Sabha constituency">Meerut</a></span> </td> <td rowspan="2"><span style="font-size:85%;">27 May</span><br />1964 </td> <td rowspan="2"><span style="font-size:85%;">9 June</span><br />1964 </td> <th rowspan="2"><span data-sort-value="7001130000000000000♠"></span>13 days </th> <td rowspan="2" bgcolor="#87CEEB"><b><a href="/wiki/First_Nanda_ministry" title="First Nanda ministry">Nanda I</a></b> </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Gulzarilal_Nanda" title="Gulzarilal Nanda">Gulzarilal Nanda</a><br />(acting) </td></tr> <tr> <th>(4) </th> <td bgcolor="#00BFFF"> </td> <td> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/S._V._Ramaswamy" title="S. V. Ramaswamy">S. V. Ramaswamy</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">MP for <a href="/wiki/Salem_Lok_Sabha_constituency" title="Salem Lok Sabha constituency">Salem</a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <th rowspan="3">5 </th> <td rowspan="3" bgcolor="#00BFFF"> </td> <td rowspan="3"> </td> <td rowspan="3"><b>Sham Nath</b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">MP for <a href="/wiki/Chandni_Chowk_Lok_Sabha_constituency" title="Chandni Chowk Lok Sabha constituency">Chandni Chowk</a></span> </td> <td><span style="font-size:85%;">15 June</span><br />1964 </td> <td><span style="font-size:85%;">11 January</span><br />1966 </td> <th rowspan="3"><span data-sort-value="7003100100000000000♠"></span>2 years, 271 days </th> <td bgcolor="#87CEEB"><b><a href="/wiki/Shastri_ministry" title="Shastri ministry">Shastri</a></b> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Lal_Bahadur_Shastri" title="Lal Bahadur Shastri">Lal Bahadur Shastri</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span style="font-size:85%;">11 January</span><br />1966 </td> <td><span style="font-size:85%;">24 January</span><br />1966 </td> <td bgcolor="#87CEEB"><b><a href="/wiki/Second_Nanda_ministry" title="Second Nanda ministry">Nanda II</a></b> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Gulzarilal_Nanda" title="Gulzarilal Nanda">Gulzarilal Nanda</a><br />(acting) </td></tr> <tr> <td><span style="font-size:85%;">24 January</span><br />1966 </td> <td><span style="font-size:85%;">13 March</span><br />1967 </td> <td bgcolor="#87CEEB"><b><a href="/wiki/First_Indira_Gandhi_ministry" title="First Indira Gandhi ministry">Indira I</a></b> </td> <td rowspan="6"><a href="/wiki/Indira_Gandhi" title="Indira Gandhi">Indira Gandhi</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th>6 </th> <td bgcolor="#00BFFF"> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Governor_S._C._Jamir_with_CM_Naveen_Patnaik_and_President_Kovind_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f9/Governor_S._C._Jamir_with_CM_Naveen_Patnaik_and_President_Kovind_%28cropped%29.jpg/70px-Governor_S._C._Jamir_with_CM_Naveen_Patnaik_and_President_Kovind_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="88" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f9/Governor_S._C._Jamir_with_CM_Naveen_Patnaik_and_President_Kovind_%28cropped%29.jpg/105px-Governor_S._C._Jamir_with_CM_Naveen_Patnaik_and_President_Kovind_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f9/Governor_S._C._Jamir_with_CM_Naveen_Patnaik_and_President_Kovind_%28cropped%29.jpg/140px-Governor_S._C._Jamir_with_CM_Naveen_Patnaik_and_President_Kovind_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="234" data-file-height="295" /></a></span> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/S._C._Jamir" title="S. C. Jamir">S. C. Jamir</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(born 1931)<br />MP for <a href="/wiki/Nagaland_Lok_Sabha_constituency" title="Nagaland Lok Sabha constituency">Nagaland</a></span> </td> <td><span style="font-size:85%;">13 March</span><br />1967 </td> <td><span style="font-size:85%;">14 November</span><br />1967 </td> <th><span data-sort-value="7002246000000000000♠"></span>246 days </th> <td rowspan="3" bgcolor="#87CEEB"><b><a href="/wiki/Second_Indira_Gandhi_ministry" title="Second Indira Gandhi ministry">Indira II</a></b> </td></tr> <tr> <th>7 </th> <td bgcolor="#00BFFF"> </td> <td> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Rohanlal_Chaturvedi" title="Rohanlal Chaturvedi">Rohanlal Chaturvedi</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(1919–?)<br />MP for <a href="/wiki/Etah_Lok_Sabha_constituency" title="Etah Lok Sabha constituency">Etah</a></span> </td> <td><span style="font-size:85%;">14 November</span><br />1967 </td> <td><span style="font-size:85%;">18 March</span><br />1971 </td> <th><span data-sort-value="7003122000000000000♠"></span>3 years, 124 days </th></tr> <tr> <th>8 </th> <td bgcolor="turquoise"> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Mohammad_Yunus_Saleem,_Governor_of_Bihar_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/Mohammad_Yunus_Saleem%2C_Governor_of_Bihar_%28cropped%29.jpg/70px-Mohammad_Yunus_Saleem%2C_Governor_of_Bihar_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="83" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/Mohammad_Yunus_Saleem%2C_Governor_of_Bihar_%28cropped%29.jpg/105px-Mohammad_Yunus_Saleem%2C_Governor_of_Bihar_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/Mohammad_Yunus_Saleem%2C_Governor_of_Bihar_%28cropped%29.jpg/140px-Mohammad_Yunus_Saleem%2C_Governor_of_Bihar_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="242" data-file-height="288" /></a></span> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Mohammad_Yunus_Saleem" title="Mohammad Yunus Saleem">Mohammad Yunus Saleem</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(1912–2004)<br />MP for <a href="/wiki/Nalgonda_Lok_Sabha_constituency" title="Nalgonda Lok Sabha constituency">Nalgonda</a></span> </td> <td><span style="font-size:85%;">27 June</span><br />1970 </td> <td><span style="font-size:85%;">18 March</span><br />1971 </td> <th><span data-sort-value="7002264000000000000♠"></span>264 days </th> <td rowspan="3"><a href="/wiki/Indian_National_Congress_(R)" title="Indian National Congress (R)">Indian National Congress (R)</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th>9 </th> <td bgcolor="turquoise"> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Mohammad_Shafi_Qureshi,_Governor_of_Madhya_Pradesh_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Mohammad_Shafi_Qureshi%2C_Governor_of_Madhya_Pradesh_%28cropped%29.jpg/70px-Mohammad_Shafi_Qureshi%2C_Governor_of_Madhya_Pradesh_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="90" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Mohammad_Shafi_Qureshi%2C_Governor_of_Madhya_Pradesh_%28cropped%29.jpg/105px-Mohammad_Shafi_Qureshi%2C_Governor_of_Madhya_Pradesh_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Mohammad_Shafi_Qureshi%2C_Governor_of_Madhya_Pradesh_%28cropped%29.jpg/140px-Mohammad_Shafi_Qureshi%2C_Governor_of_Madhya_Pradesh_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="279" data-file-height="359" /></a></span> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Mohammad_Shafi_Qureshi" title="Mohammad Shafi Qureshi">Mohammad Shafi Qureshi</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(1928–2016)<br /><a href="/wiki/Anantnag_Lok_Sabha_constituency" title="Anantnag Lok Sabha constituency">Anantnag</a></span> </td> <td><span style="font-size:85%;">2 May</span><br />1971 </td> <td><span style="font-size:85%;">10 October</span><br />1974 </td> <th><span data-sort-value="7003125700000000000♠"></span>3 years, 161 days </th> <td rowspan="2" bgcolor="turquoise"><b><a href="/wiki/Third_Indira_Gandhi_ministry" title="Third Indira Gandhi ministry">Indira III</a></b> </td></tr> <tr> <th>10 </th> <td bgcolor="turquoise"> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Buta_Singh_(headshot).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Buta_Singh_%28headshot%29.jpg/70px-Buta_Singh_%28headshot%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="84" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Buta_Singh_%28headshot%29.jpg/105px-Buta_Singh_%28headshot%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Buta_Singh_%28headshot%29.jpg/140px-Buta_Singh_%28headshot%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="289" data-file-height="345" /></a></span> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Buta_Singh" title="Buta Singh">Buta Singh</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(1934–2021)<br />MP for <a href="/wiki/Ropar_Lok_Sabha_constituency" title="Ropar Lok Sabha constituency">Ropar</a></span> </td> <td><span style="font-size:85%;">10 October</span><br />1974 </td> <td><span style="font-size:85%;">23 December</span><br />1976 </td> <th><span data-sort-value="7002805000000000000♠"></span>2 years, 74 days </th></tr> <tr> <th colspan="10">Deputy Minister for Railways </th></tr> <tr> <th>11 </th> <td bgcolor="#0EF4E1"> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Mahabir_Prasad_addressing_the_third_meeting_of_the_National_Khadi_and_Village_Industries_Board_(NKVIB),_in_New_Delhi_on_July_16,_2008.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/45/Mahabir_Prasad_addressing_the_third_meeting_of_the_National_Khadi_and_Village_Industries_Board_%28NKVIB%29%2C_in_New_Delhi_on_July_16%2C_2008.jpg/70px-Mahabir_Prasad_addressing_the_third_meeting_of_the_National_Khadi_and_Village_Industries_Board_%28NKVIB%29%2C_in_New_Delhi_on_July_16%2C_2008.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="87" 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title="Bansgaon Lok Sabha constituency">Bansgaon</a></span> </td> <td><span style="font-size:85%;">14 February</span><br />1988 </td> <td><span style="font-size:85%;">4 July</span><br />1989 </td> <th><span data-sort-value="7002506000000000000♠"></span>1 year, 140 days </th> <td><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>12 </th> <td bgcolor="#2E8B57"> </td> <td> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Ajay_Singh_(diplomat)" class="mw-redirect" title="Ajay Singh (diplomat)">Ajay Singh</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(1950–2020)<br />MP for <a href="/wiki/Agra_Lok_Sabha_constituency" title="Agra Lok Sabha constituency">Agra</a></span> </td> <td><span style="font-size:85%;">23 April</span><br />1990 </td> <td><span style="font-size:85%;">10 November</span><br />1990 </td> <th><span data-sort-value="7002201000000000000♠"></span>201 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. 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