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The portfolio is usually held by a minister with cabinet rank who is a senior member of the council of ministers and is often assisted by one or two junior ministers or the Ministers of State. </p><p>The current minister is <a href="/wiki/Jyotiraditya_Scindia" title="Jyotiraditya Scindia">Jyotiraditya Scindia</a> who has been serving in office since 10 June 2024 and is currently assisted by <a href="/wiki/Chandra_Sekhar_Pemmasani" title="Chandra Sekhar Pemmasani">Dr. Chandra Sekhar Pemmasani</a> as the Minister of State for Communications. </p><p>One former president - <a href="/wiki/Shankar_Dayal_Sharma" title="Shankar Dayal Sharma">Shankar Dayal Sharma</a> served as minister in the ministry. Sharma was Cabinet Minister for Communications from 1974 until 1977. Two former prime ministers, <a href="/wiki/Lal_Bahadur_Shastri" title="Lal Bahadur Shastri">Lal Bahadur Shastri</a> and <a href="/wiki/Inder_Kumar_Gujral" title="Inder Kumar Gujral">Inder Kumar Gujral</a> also served as ministers in the ministry. Shastri was Cabinet Minister for Transport and Communications from 1957 until 1958, while Gujral was Minister of State for Communications from 1967 until 1971. </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_Communications_(India)&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The <b>Ministry of Communications</b> came into existence soon after India's independence in the <a href="/wiki/First_Nehru_ministry" title="First Nehru ministry">First Nehru ministry</a> formed on 15 August 1947. <a href="/wiki/Rafi_Ahmed_Kidwai" title="Rafi Ahmed Kidwai">Rafi Ahmed Kidwai</a> was appointed as the first Minister of Communications and served until 1951. The ministry was merged with the <a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Road_Transport_and_Highways" title="Ministry of Road Transport and Highways">Ministry of Transport</a> to form the <b>"Ministry of Transport and Communications"</b> on 17 April 1957 in the <a href="/wiki/Third_Nehru_ministry" title="Third Nehru ministry">Third Nehru ministry</a>. <a href="/wiki/Lal_Bahadur_Shastri" title="Lal Bahadur Shastri">Lal Bahadur Shastri</a> was appointed as the minister in the newly-formed ministry. The ministry was bifurcated on 31 August 1963 into the Ministry of Transport and the Department of Posts and Telegraphs. The <b>"Department of Posts and Telegraphs"</b> became the Ministry of Communications on 13 May 1964. </p><p>On 22 December 2001, the Ministry of Communications and the <a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Information_Technology_(India)" title="Ministry of Information Technology (India)">Ministry of Information Technology</a> were merged to form the <a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Communications_and_Information_Technology" class="mw-redirect" title="Ministry of Communications and Information Technology">Ministry of Communications and Information Technology</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The ministry was further bifurcated on 5 July 2016 into the Ministry of Communications and the <a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Electronics_and_Information_Technology" title="Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology">Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology</a>. The two ministries have since then existed independently. </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_Communications_(India)&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Cabinet Ministers"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"> <tbody><tr> <th rowspan="2"><abbr title="Number">No.</abbr> </th> <th rowspan="2" colspan="2">Portrait </th> <th rowspan="2" style="width:18em">Minister<br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(Birth-Death)<br />Constituency</span> </th> <th colspan="3">Term of office </th> <th rowspan="2" style="width:8em">Political party </th> <th rowspan="2" style="width:6em">Ministry </th> <th rowspan="2" colspan="2">Prime Minister </th></tr> <tr> <th style="width:8em">From </th> <th style="width:8em">To </th> <th style="width:6em">Period </th></tr> <tr> <th colspan="11">Minister of Communications </th></tr> <tr> <th>1 </th> <td bgcolor="#19AAED"> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Rafi_Ahmed_Kidwai_1995_stamp_of_India.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/14/Rafi_Ahmed_Kidwai_1995_stamp_of_India.jpg/70px-Rafi_Ahmed_Kidwai_1995_stamp_of_India.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="94" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/14/Rafi_Ahmed_Kidwai_1995_stamp_of_India.jpg/105px-Rafi_Ahmed_Kidwai_1995_stamp_of_India.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/14/Rafi_Ahmed_Kidwai_1995_stamp_of_India.jpg/140px-Rafi_Ahmed_Kidwai_1995_stamp_of_India.jpg 2x" data-file-width="696" data-file-height="932" /></a></span> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Rafi_Ahmed_Kidwai" title="Rafi Ahmed Kidwai">Rafi Ahmed Kidwai</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(1894–1954)</span> </td> <td>15 August<br />1947 </td> <td>2 August<br />1951 </td> <td><b><span data-sort-value="7003144800000000000♠"></span>3 years, 352 days</b> </td> <td rowspan="4"><a href="/wiki/Indian_National_Congress" title="Indian National Congress">Indian National Congress</a> </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/First_Nehru_ministry" title="First Nehru ministry">Nehru I</a> </td> <td rowspan="4" bgcolor="#19AAED"> </td> <td rowspan="4"><b><a href="/wiki/Jawaharlal_Nehru" title="Jawaharlal Nehru">Jawaharlal Nehru</a></b> </td></tr> <tr> <th>2 </th> <td bgcolor="#19AAED"> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Amrit_Kaur_1989_stamp_of_India_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/23/Amrit_Kaur_1989_stamp_of_India_%28cropped%29.jpg/70px-Amrit_Kaur_1989_stamp_of_India_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="100" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/23/Amrit_Kaur_1989_stamp_of_India_%28cropped%29.jpg/105px-Amrit_Kaur_1989_stamp_of_India_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/23/Amrit_Kaur_1989_stamp_of_India_%28cropped%29.jpg/140px-Amrit_Kaur_1989_stamp_of_India_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="444" data-file-height="635" /></a></span> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Amrit_Kaur" title="Amrit Kaur">Amrit Kaur</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(1887–1964)</span> </td> <td>2 August<br />1951 </td> <td>13 May<br />1952 </td> <td><b><span data-sort-value="7002285000000000000♠"></span>285 days</b> </td></tr> <tr> <th>3 </th> <td bgcolor="#19AAED"> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Jagjivan_Ram_1991_stamp_of_India.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/00/Jagjivan_Ram_1991_stamp_of_India.jpg/70px-Jagjivan_Ram_1991_stamp_of_India.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="93" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/00/Jagjivan_Ram_1991_stamp_of_India.jpg/105px-Jagjivan_Ram_1991_stamp_of_India.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/00/Jagjivan_Ram_1991_stamp_of_India.jpg/140px-Jagjivan_Ram_1991_stamp_of_India.jpg 2x" data-file-width="711" data-file-height="942" /></a></span> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Jagjivan_Ram" title="Jagjivan Ram">Jagjivan Ram</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(1908–1986)<br />MP for <a href="/wiki/Sasaram_Lok_Sabha_constituency#1952-1957" title="Sasaram Lok Sabha constituency">Shahabad South</a></span> </td> <td>13 May<br />1952 </td> <td>7 December<br />1956 </td> <td><b><span data-sort-value="7003166900000000000♠"></span>4 years, 208 days</b> </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Second_Nehru_ministry" title="Second Nehru ministry">Nehru II</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th>4 </th> <td bgcolor="#19AAED"> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Raj_Bahadur_2013_stamp_of_India_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c0/Raj_Bahadur_2013_stamp_of_India_%28cropped%29.jpg/70px-Raj_Bahadur_2013_stamp_of_India_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="94" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c0/Raj_Bahadur_2013_stamp_of_India_%28cropped%29.jpg/105px-Raj_Bahadur_2013_stamp_of_India_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c0/Raj_Bahadur_2013_stamp_of_India_%28cropped%29.jpg/140px-Raj_Bahadur_2013_stamp_of_India_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="473" data-file-height="633" /></a></span> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Raj_Bahadur" title="Raj Bahadur">Raj Bahadur</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(1912–1990)<br />MP for <a href="/wiki/Sawai_Madhopur_Lok_Sabha_constituency" title="Sawai Madhopur Lok Sabha constituency">Jaipur–Sawai Madhopur</a></span><br />(MoS) </td> <td>7 December<br />1956 </td> <td>17 April<br />1957 </td> <td><b><span data-sort-value="7002131000000000000♠"></span>131 days</b> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="11"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r886047488">.mw-parser-output .nobold{font-weight:normal}</style><span class="nobold"><i>Ministry disestablished during this interval</i></span><sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>a<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th></tr> <tr> <th colspan="11">Minister of Posts and Telegraph </th></tr> <tr> <th>5 </th> <td bgcolor="#19AAED"> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Ashoke_Sen_official_portrait.gif" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Ashoke_Sen_official_portrait.gif/70px-Ashoke_Sen_official_portrait.gif" decoding="async" width="70" height="95" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Ashoke_Sen_official_portrait.gif/105px-Ashoke_Sen_official_portrait.gif 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Ashoke_Sen_official_portrait.gif/140px-Ashoke_Sen_official_portrait.gif 2x" data-file-width="221" data-file-height="299" /></a></span> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Ashoke_Kumar_Sen" title="Ashoke Kumar Sen">Ashoke Kumar Sen</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(1913–1996)<br />MP for <a href="/wiki/Calcutta_North_West_Lok_Sabha_constituency" title="Calcutta North West Lok Sabha constituency">Calcutta North West</a></span> </td> <td>1 September<br />1963 </td> <td>13 May<br />1964 </td> <td><b><span data-sort-value="7002255000000000000♠"></span>255 days</b> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Indian_National_Congress" title="Indian National Congress">Indian National Congress</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Fourth_Nehru_ministry" title="Fourth Nehru ministry">Nehru IV</a> </td> <td bgcolor="#19AAED"> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Jawaharlal_Nehru" title="Jawaharlal Nehru">Jawaharlal Nehru</a></b> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="11">Minister of Communications </th></tr> <tr> <th rowspan="3">(5) </th> <td rowspan="3" bgcolor="#19AAED"> </td> <td rowspan="3"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Ashoke_Sen_official_portrait.gif" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Ashoke_Sen_official_portrait.gif/70px-Ashoke_Sen_official_portrait.gif" decoding="async" width="70" height="95" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Ashoke_Sen_official_portrait.gif/105px-Ashoke_Sen_official_portrait.gif 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Ashoke_Sen_official_portrait.gif/140px-Ashoke_Sen_official_portrait.gif 2x" data-file-width="221" data-file-height="299" /></a></span> </td> <td rowspan="3"><b><a href="/wiki/Ashoke_Kumar_Sen" title="Ashoke Kumar Sen">Ashoke Kumar Sen</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(1913–1996)<br />MP for <a href="/wiki/Calcutta_North_West_Lok_Sabha_constituency" title="Calcutta North West Lok Sabha constituency">Calcutta North West</a></span> </td> <td>13 May<br />1964 </td> <td>27 May<br />1964 </td> <td rowspan="3"><b><span data-sort-value="7001310000000000000♠"></span>31 days</b> </td> <td rowspan="7"><a href="/wiki/Indian_National_Congress" title="Indian National Congress">Indian National Congress</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Fourth_Nehru_ministry" title="Fourth Nehru ministry">Nehru IV</a> </td> <td bgcolor="#19AAED"> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Jawaharlal_Nehru" title="Jawaharlal Nehru">Jawaharlal Nehru</a></b> </td></tr> <tr> <td>27 May<br />1964 </td> <td>9 June<br />1964 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/First_Nanda_ministry" title="First Nanda ministry">Nanda I</a> </td> <td bgcolor="#19AAED"> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Gulzarilal_Nanda" title="Gulzarilal Nanda">Gulzarilal Nanda</a></b> </td></tr> <tr> <td>9 June<br />1964 </td> <td>13 June<br />1964 </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Shastri_ministry" title="Shastri ministry">Shastri</a> </td> <td rowspan="2" bgcolor="#19AAED"> </td> <td rowspan="2"><b><a href="/wiki/Lal_Bahadur_Shastri" title="Lal Bahadur Shastri">Lal Bahadur Shastri</a></b> </td></tr> <tr> <th rowspan="3">6 </th> <td rowspan="3" bgcolor="#19AAED"> </td> <td rowspan="3"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Satya_Narayan_Sinha_portrait.gif" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ae/Satya_Narayan_Sinha_portrait.gif/70px-Satya_Narayan_Sinha_portrait.gif" decoding="async" width="70" height="87" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ae/Satya_Narayan_Sinha_portrait.gif/105px-Satya_Narayan_Sinha_portrait.gif 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ae/Satya_Narayan_Sinha_portrait.gif/140px-Satya_Narayan_Sinha_portrait.gif 2x" data-file-width="196" data-file-height="244" /></a></span> </td> <td rowspan="3"><b><a href="/wiki/Satya_Narayan_Sinha" title="Satya Narayan Sinha">Satya Narayan Sinha</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(1900–1983)<br />MP for <a href="/wiki/Samastipur_Lok_Sabha_constituency" title="Samastipur Lok Sabha constituency">Samastipur</a></span> </td> <td>13 June<br />1964 </td> <td>11 January<br />1966 </td> <td rowspan="3"><b><span data-sort-value="7003100300000000000♠"></span>2 years, 273 days</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td>11 January<br />1966 </td> <td>24 January<br />1966 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Second_Nanda_ministry" title="Second Nanda ministry">Nanda II</a> </td> <td bgcolor="#19AAED"> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Gulzarilal_Nanda" title="Gulzarilal Nanda">Gulzarilal Nanda</a></b> </td></tr> <tr> <td>24 January<br />1966 </td> <td>13 March<br />1967 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/First_Indira_Gandhi_ministry" title="First Indira Gandhi ministry">Indira I</a> </td> <td rowspan="2" bgcolor="#19AAED"> </td> <td rowspan="9"><b><a href="/wiki/Indira_Gandhi" title="Indira Gandhi">Indira Gandhi</a></b> </td></tr> <tr> <th>7 </th> <td bgcolor="#19AAED"> </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>13 March<br />1967 </td> <td>14 February<br />1969 </td> <td><b><span data-sort-value="7002704000000000000♠"></span>1 year, 338 days</b> </td> <td rowspan="3"><a href="/wiki/Second_Indira_Gandhi_ministry" title="Second Indira Gandhi ministry">Indira II</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th>(6) </th> <td bgcolor="turquoise"> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Satya_Narayan_Sinha_portrait.gif" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ae/Satya_Narayan_Sinha_portrait.gif/70px-Satya_Narayan_Sinha_portrait.gif" decoding="async" width="70" height="87" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ae/Satya_Narayan_Sinha_portrait.gif/105px-Satya_Narayan_Sinha_portrait.gif 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ae/Satya_Narayan_Sinha_portrait.gif/140px-Satya_Narayan_Sinha_portrait.gif 2x" data-file-width="196" data-file-height="244" /></a></span> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Satya_Narayan_Sinha" title="Satya Narayan Sinha">Satya Narayan Sinha</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(1900–1983)<br />MP for <a href="/wiki/Darbhanga_Lok_Sabha_constituency" title="Darbhanga Lok Sabha constituency">Darbhanga</a></span> </td> <td>14 February<br />1969 </td> <td>8 March<br />1971 </td> <td><b><span data-sort-value="7002752000000000000♠"></span>2 years, 22 days</b> </td> <td rowspan="7"><a href="/wiki/Indian_National_Congress_(R)" title="Indian National Congress (R)">Indian National Congress (R)</a> </td> <td rowspan="7" bgcolor="turquoise"> </td></tr> <tr> <th>– </th> <td bgcolor="turquoise"> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Indira_Gandhi_official_portrait.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a1/Indira_Gandhi_official_portrait.png/70px-Indira_Gandhi_official_portrait.png" decoding="async" width="70" height="104" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a1/Indira_Gandhi_official_portrait.png/105px-Indira_Gandhi_official_portrait.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a1/Indira_Gandhi_official_portrait.png/140px-Indira_Gandhi_official_portrait.png 2x" data-file-width="2592" data-file-height="3840" /></a></span> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Indira_Gandhi" title="Indira Gandhi">Indira Gandhi</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(1917–1984)<br />MP for <a href="/wiki/Raebareli_Lok_Sabha_constituency" class="mw-redirect" title="Raebareli Lok Sabha constituency">Raebareli</a></span><br />(Prime Minister) </td> <td>8 March<br />1971 </td> <td>18 March<br />1971 </td> <td><b><span data-sort-value="7001100000000000000♠"></span>10 days</b> </td></tr> <tr> <th>8 </th> <td bgcolor="turquoise"> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Sher_Singh_Kadyan_Lok_Sabha_photo.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1e/Sher_Singh_Kadyan_Lok_Sabha_photo.jpg/70px-Sher_Singh_Kadyan_Lok_Sabha_photo.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="104" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1e/Sher_Singh_Kadyan_Lok_Sabha_photo.jpg/105px-Sher_Singh_Kadyan_Lok_Sabha_photo.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1e/Sher_Singh_Kadyan_Lok_Sabha_photo.jpg/140px-Sher_Singh_Kadyan_Lok_Sabha_photo.jpg 2x" data-file-width="200" data-file-height="297" /></a></span> </td> <td><b>Sher Singh Kadyan</b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(1917–2009)<br />MP for <a href="/wiki/Rohtak_Lok_Sabha_constituency" title="Rohtak Lok Sabha constituency">Rohtak</a></span><br />(MoS) </td> <td>18 March<br />1971 </td> <td>2 May<br />1971 </td> <td><b><span data-sort-value="7001450000000000000♠"></span>45 days</b> </td> <td rowspan="5"><a href="/wiki/Third_Indira_Gandhi_ministry" title="Third Indira Gandhi ministry">Indira III</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th>9 </th> <td bgcolor="turquoise"> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Hemwati_Nandan_Bahuguna_stamp_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/ba/Hemwati_Nandan_Bahuguna_stamp_%28cropped%29.jpg/70px-Hemwati_Nandan_Bahuguna_stamp_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="84" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/ba/Hemwati_Nandan_Bahuguna_stamp_%28cropped%29.jpg/105px-Hemwati_Nandan_Bahuguna_stamp_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/ba/Hemwati_Nandan_Bahuguna_stamp_%28cropped%29.jpg/140px-Hemwati_Nandan_Bahuguna_stamp_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="197" data-file-height="235" /></a></span> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Hemwati_Nandan_Bahuguna" title="Hemwati Nandan Bahuguna">Hemwati Nandan Bahuguna</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(1919–1989)<br />MP for <a href="/wiki/Prayagraj_Lok_Sabha_constituency" class="mw-redirect" title="Prayagraj Lok Sabha constituency">Allahabad</a></span><br />(MoS) </td> <td>2 May<br />1971 </td> <td>8 November<br />1973 </td> <td><b><span data-sort-value="7002921000000000000♠"></span>2 years, 190 days</b> </td></tr> <tr> <th>(4) </th> <td bgcolor="turquoise"> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Raj_Bahadur_2013_stamp_of_India_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c0/Raj_Bahadur_2013_stamp_of_India_%28cropped%29.jpg/70px-Raj_Bahadur_2013_stamp_of_India_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="94" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c0/Raj_Bahadur_2013_stamp_of_India_%28cropped%29.jpg/105px-Raj_Bahadur_2013_stamp_of_India_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c0/Raj_Bahadur_2013_stamp_of_India_%28cropped%29.jpg/140px-Raj_Bahadur_2013_stamp_of_India_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="473" data-file-height="633" /></a></span> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Raj_Bahadur" title="Raj Bahadur">Raj Bahadur</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(1912–1990)<br />MP for <a href="/wiki/Bharatpur_Lok_Sabha_constituency" title="Bharatpur Lok Sabha constituency">Bharatpur</a></span> </td> <td>8 November<br />1973 </td> <td>11 January<br />1974 </td> <td><b><span data-sort-value="7001640000000000000♠"></span>64 days</b> </td></tr> <tr> <th>10 </th> <td bgcolor="turquoise"> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Kasu_Brahmananda_Reddy_2011_stamp_of_India.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/19/Kasu_Brahmananda_Reddy_2011_stamp_of_India.jpg/70px-Kasu_Brahmananda_Reddy_2011_stamp_of_India.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="93" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/19/Kasu_Brahmananda_Reddy_2011_stamp_of_India.jpg/105px-Kasu_Brahmananda_Reddy_2011_stamp_of_India.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/19/Kasu_Brahmananda_Reddy_2011_stamp_of_India.jpg/140px-Kasu_Brahmananda_Reddy_2011_stamp_of_India.jpg 2x" data-file-width="696" data-file-height="928" /></a></span> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Kasu_Brahmananda_Reddy" title="Kasu Brahmananda Reddy">Kasu Brahmananda Reddy</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(1909–1994)<br />Rajya Sabha MP for <a href="/wiki/Andhra_Pradesh" title="Andhra Pradesh">Andhra Pradesh</a></span> </td> <td>11 January<br />1974 </td> <td>10 October<br />1974 </td> <td><b><span data-sort-value="7002272000000000000♠"></span>272 days</b> </td></tr> <tr> <th>11 </th> <td bgcolor="turquoise"> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Shri_Shankar_Dayal_Sharma.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/05/Shri_Shankar_Dayal_Sharma.jpg/70px-Shri_Shankar_Dayal_Sharma.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="98" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/05/Shri_Shankar_Dayal_Sharma.jpg/105px-Shri_Shankar_Dayal_Sharma.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/05/Shri_Shankar_Dayal_Sharma.jpg/140px-Shri_Shankar_Dayal_Sharma.jpg 2x" data-file-width="340" data-file-height="477" /></a></span> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Shankar_Dayal_Sharma" title="Shankar Dayal Sharma">Shankar Dayal Sharma</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(1918–1999)<br />MP for <a href="/wiki/Bhopal_Lok_Sabha_constituency" title="Bhopal Lok Sabha constituency">Bhopal</a></span> </td> <td>10 October<br />1974 </td> <td>24 March<br />1977 </td> <td><b><span data-sort-value="7002896000000000000♠"></span>2 years, 165 days</b> </td></tr> <tr> <th>– </th> <td bgcolor="#1F75FE"> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Morarji_Desai_visits_the_USA_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e2/Morarji_Desai_visits_the_USA_%28cropped%29.jpg/70px-Morarji_Desai_visits_the_USA_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="90" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e2/Morarji_Desai_visits_the_USA_%28cropped%29.jpg/105px-Morarji_Desai_visits_the_USA_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e2/Morarji_Desai_visits_the_USA_%28cropped%29.jpg/140px-Morarji_Desai_visits_the_USA_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1210" data-file-height="1553" /></a></span> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Morarji_Desai" title="Morarji Desai">Morarji Desai</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(1896–1995)<br />MP for <a href="/wiki/Surat_Lok_Sabha_constituency" title="Surat Lok Sabha constituency">Surat</a></span><br />(Prime Minister) </td> <td>24 March<br />1977 </td> <td>26 March<br />1977 </td> <td><b><span data-sort-value="7000200000000000000♠"></span>2 days</b> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Janata_Party" title="Janata Party">Janata Party</a> </td> <td rowspan="4"><a href="/wiki/Morarji_Desai_ministry" class="mw-redirect" title="Morarji Desai ministry">Desai</a> </td> <td rowspan="4" bgcolor="#1F75FE"> </td> <td rowspan="4"><b><a href="/wiki/Morarji_Desai" title="Morarji Desai">Morarji Desai</a></b> </td></tr> <tr> <th>12 </th> <td bgcolor="#0F204A"> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:ParkashSinghBadal.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/66/ParkashSinghBadal.JPG/70px-ParkashSinghBadal.JPG" decoding="async" width="70" height="88" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/66/ParkashSinghBadal.JPG/105px-ParkashSinghBadal.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/66/ParkashSinghBadal.JPG/140px-ParkashSinghBadal.JPG 2x" data-file-width="1600" data-file-height="2000" /></a></span> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Parkash_Singh_Badal" title="Parkash Singh Badal">Parkash Singh Badal</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(1927–2023)<br />MP for <a href="/wiki/Faridkot_Lok_Sabha_constituency" title="Faridkot Lok Sabha constituency">Faridkot</a></span> </td> <td>26 March<br />1977 </td> <td>27 March<br />1977 </td> <td><b><span data-sort-value="7000100000000000000♠"></span>1 day</b> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Shiromani_Akali_Dal" title="Shiromani Akali Dal">Shiromani Akali Dal</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th>13 </th> <td bgcolor="#1F75FE"> </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>27 March<br />1977 </td> <td>6 July<br />1977 </td> <td><b><span data-sort-value="7002101000000000000♠"></span>101 days</b> </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Janata_Party" title="Janata Party">Janata Party</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th>14 </th> <td bgcolor="#1F75FE"> </td> <td> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Brij_Lal_Varma" title="Brij Lal Varma">Brij Lal Varma</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(1916–1987)<br />MP for <a href="/wiki/Mahasamund_Lok_Sabha_constituency" title="Mahasamund Lok Sabha constituency">Mahasamund</a></span> </td> <td>6 July<br />1977 </td> <td>28 July<br />1979 </td> <td><b><span data-sort-value="7002752000000000000♠"></span>2 years, 22 days</b> </td></tr> <tr> <th>– </th> <td style="background:#06038D"> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Prime_minister_Charan_Singh_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b9/Prime_minister_Charan_Singh_%28cropped%29.jpg/70px-Prime_minister_Charan_Singh_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="111" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b9/Prime_minister_Charan_Singh_%28cropped%29.jpg/105px-Prime_minister_Charan_Singh_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b9/Prime_minister_Charan_Singh_%28cropped%29.jpg/140px-Prime_minister_Charan_Singh_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="148" data-file-height="235" /></a></span> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Charan_Singh" title="Charan Singh">Charan Singh</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(1902–1987)<br />MP for <a href="/wiki/Baghpat_Lok_Sabha_constituency" title="Baghpat Lok Sabha constituency">Baghpat</a></span><br />(Prime Minister) </td> <td>28 July<br />1979 </td> <td>30 July<br />1979 </td> <td><b><span data-sort-value="7000200000000000000♠"></span>2 days</b> </td> <td rowspan="4"><a href="/wiki/Janata_Party_(Secular)" title="Janata Party (Secular)">Janata Party (Secular)</a> </td> <td rowspan="4"><a href="/wiki/Charan_Singh_ministry" title="Charan Singh ministry">Charan</a> </td> <td rowspan="4" style="background:#06038D"> </td> <td rowspan="4"><b><a href="/wiki/Charan_Singh" title="Charan Singh">Charan Singh</a></b> </td></tr> <tr> <th>15 </th> <td style="background:#06038D"> </td> <td> </td> <td><b>Zulfiquarullah</b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">MP for <a href="/wiki/Sultanpur_Lok_Sabha_constituency" title="Sultanpur Lok Sabha constituency">Sultanpur</a></span><br />(MoS) </td> <td>30 July<br />1979 </td> <td>27 November<br />1979 </td> <td><b><span data-sort-value="7002120000000000000♠"></span>120 days</b> </td></tr> <tr> <th>– </th> <td style="background:#06038D"> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Prime_minister_Charan_Singh_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b9/Prime_minister_Charan_Singh_%28cropped%29.jpg/70px-Prime_minister_Charan_Singh_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="111" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b9/Prime_minister_Charan_Singh_%28cropped%29.jpg/105px-Prime_minister_Charan_Singh_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b9/Prime_minister_Charan_Singh_%28cropped%29.jpg/140px-Prime_minister_Charan_Singh_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="148" data-file-height="235" /></a></span> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Charan_Singh" title="Charan Singh">Charan Singh</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(1902–1987)<br />MP for <a href="/wiki/Baghpat_Lok_Sabha_constituency" title="Baghpat Lok Sabha constituency">Baghpat</a></span><br />(Prime Minister) </td> <td>27 November<br />1979 </td> <td>7 December<br />1979 </td> <td><b><span data-sort-value="7001100000000000000♠"></span>10 days</b> </td></tr> <tr> <th>16 </th> <td style="background:#06038D"> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Shyam_Nandan_Prasad_Mishra_portrait.gif" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/99/Shyam_Nandan_Prasad_Mishra_portrait.gif/70px-Shyam_Nandan_Prasad_Mishra_portrait.gif" decoding="async" width="70" height="108" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/99/Shyam_Nandan_Prasad_Mishra_portrait.gif/105px-Shyam_Nandan_Prasad_Mishra_portrait.gif 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/99/Shyam_Nandan_Prasad_Mishra_portrait.gif/140px-Shyam_Nandan_Prasad_Mishra_portrait.gif 2x" data-file-width="191" data-file-height="294" /></a></span> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Shyam_Nandan_Prasad_Mishra" title="Shyam Nandan Prasad Mishra">Shyam Nandan Prasad Mishra</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(1920–2004)<br />MP for <a href="/wiki/Begusarai_Lok_Sabha_constituency" title="Begusarai Lok Sabha constituency">Begusarai</a></span> </td> <td>7 December<br />1979 </td> <td>14 January<br />1980 </td> <td><b><span data-sort-value="7001380000000000000♠"></span>38 days</b> </td></tr> <tr> <th>– </th> <td style="background:#0EF4E1"> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Indira_Gandhi_official_portrait.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a1/Indira_Gandhi_official_portrait.png/70px-Indira_Gandhi_official_portrait.png" decoding="async" width="70" height="104" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a1/Indira_Gandhi_official_portrait.png/105px-Indira_Gandhi_official_portrait.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a1/Indira_Gandhi_official_portrait.png/140px-Indira_Gandhi_official_portrait.png 2x" data-file-width="2592" data-file-height="3840" /></a></span> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Indira_Gandhi" title="Indira Gandhi">Indira Gandhi</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(1917–1984)<br />MP for <a href="/wiki/Medak_Lok_Sabha_constituency" title="Medak Lok Sabha constituency">Medak</a></span><br />(Prime Minister) </td> <td>14 January<br />1980 </td> <td>16 January<br />1980 </td> <td><b><span data-sort-value="7000200000000000000♠"></span>2 days</b> </td> <td rowspan="12"><a href="/wiki/Indian_National_Congress_(I)" class="mw-redirect" title="Indian National Congress (I)">Indian National Congress (I)</a> </td> <td rowspan="5"><a href="/wiki/Fourth_Indira_Gandhi_ministry" title="Fourth Indira Gandhi ministry">Indira IV</a> </td> <td rowspan="5" bgcolor="#0EF4E1"> </td> <td rowspan="5"><b><a href="/wiki/Indira_Gandhi" title="Indira Gandhi">Indira Gandhi</a></b> </td></tr> <tr> <th>17 </th> <td bgcolor="#0EF4E1"> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:BhishmaNarainSingh19.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/26/BhishmaNarainSingh19.jpg/70px-BhishmaNarainSingh19.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="79" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/26/BhishmaNarainSingh19.jpg/105px-BhishmaNarainSingh19.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/26/BhishmaNarainSingh19.jpg/140px-BhishmaNarainSingh19.jpg 2x" data-file-width="597" data-file-height="676" /></a></span> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Bhishma_Narain_Singh" title="Bhishma Narain Singh">Bhishma Narain Singh</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(1933–2018)<br />Rajya Sabha MP for <a href="/wiki/Bihar" title="Bihar">Bihar</a></span> </td> <td>16 January<br />1980 </td> <td>3 March<br />1980 </td> <td><b><span data-sort-value="7001470000000000000♠"></span>47 days</b> </td></tr> <tr> <th>18 </th> <td bgcolor="#0EF4E1"> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:C._M._Stephen_Lok_Sabha_photo.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/33/C._M._Stephen_Lok_Sabha_photo.jpg/70px-C._M._Stephen_Lok_Sabha_photo.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="84" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/33/C._M._Stephen_Lok_Sabha_photo.jpg/105px-C._M._Stephen_Lok_Sabha_photo.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/33/C._M._Stephen_Lok_Sabha_photo.jpg/140px-C._M._Stephen_Lok_Sabha_photo.jpg 2x" data-file-width="376" data-file-height="453" /></a></span> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/C._M._Stephen" title="C. M. Stephen">C. M. Stephen</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(1918–1984)<br />MP for <a href="/wiki/Gulbarga_Lok_Sabha_constituency" title="Gulbarga Lok Sabha constituency">Gulbarga</a></span> </td> <td>3 March<br />1980 </td> <td>2 September<br />1982 </td> <td><b><span data-sort-value="7002913000000000000♠"></span>2 years, 183 days</b> </td></tr> <tr> <th>19 </th> <td bgcolor="#0EF4E1"> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Anant_Sharma_Lok_Sabha_photo.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/ff/Anant_Sharma_Lok_Sabha_photo.jpg/70px-Anant_Sharma_Lok_Sabha_photo.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="93" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/ff/Anant_Sharma_Lok_Sabha_photo.jpg/105px-Anant_Sharma_Lok_Sabha_photo.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/ff/Anant_Sharma_Lok_Sabha_photo.jpg/140px-Anant_Sharma_Lok_Sabha_photo.jpg 2x" data-file-width="304" data-file-height="403" /></a></span> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Anant_Sharma" title="Anant Sharma">Anant Sharma</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(1919–1988)<br />Rajya Sabha MP for <a href="/wiki/Bihar" title="Bihar">Bihar</a></span> </td> <td>2 September<br />1982 </td> <td>14 February<br />1983 </td> <td><b><span data-sort-value="7002165000000000000♠"></span>165 days</b> </td></tr> <tr> <th>– </th> <td style="background:#0EF4E1"> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Indira_Gandhi_official_portrait.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a1/Indira_Gandhi_official_portrait.png/70px-Indira_Gandhi_official_portrait.png" decoding="async" width="70" height="104" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a1/Indira_Gandhi_official_portrait.png/105px-Indira_Gandhi_official_portrait.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a1/Indira_Gandhi_official_portrait.png/140px-Indira_Gandhi_official_portrait.png 2x" data-file-width="2592" data-file-height="3840" /></a></span> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Indira_Gandhi" title="Indira Gandhi">Indira Gandhi</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(1917–1984)<br />MP for <a href="/wiki/Medak_Lok_Sabha_constituency" title="Medak Lok Sabha constituency">Medak</a></span><br />(Prime Minister) </td> <td>14 February<br />1983 </td> <td>31 October<br />1984<br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><i>(died in office)</i></span> </td> <td><b><span data-sort-value="7002625000000000000♠"></span>1 year, 260 days</b> </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>31 October<br />1984 </td> <td>4 November<br />1984 </td> <td><b><span data-sort-value="7000400000000000000♠"></span>4 days</b> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/First_Rajiv_Gandhi_ministry" title="First Rajiv Gandhi ministry">Rajiv I</a> </td> <td rowspan="7" bgcolor="#0EF4E1"> </td> <td rowspan="7"><b><a href="/wiki/Rajiv_Gandhi" title="Rajiv Gandhi">Rajiv Gandhi</a></b> </td></tr> <tr> <th>20 </th> <td bgcolor="#0EF4E1"> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Ram_Niwas_Mirdha_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b1/Ram_Niwas_Mirdha_%28cropped%29.jpg/70px-Ram_Niwas_Mirdha_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="93" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b1/Ram_Niwas_Mirdha_%28cropped%29.jpg/105px-Ram_Niwas_Mirdha_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b1/Ram_Niwas_Mirdha_%28cropped%29.jpg/140px-Ram_Niwas_Mirdha_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="450" data-file-height="600" /></a></span> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Ram_Niwas_Mirdha" title="Ram Niwas Mirdha">Ram Niwas Mirdha</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(1924–2010)<br />MP for <a href="/wiki/Barmer_Lok_Sabha_constituency" title="Barmer Lok Sabha constituency">Barmer</a></span> </td> <td>31 December<br />1984 </td> <td>22 October<br />1986 </td> <td><b><span data-sort-value="7002660000000000000♠"></span>1 year, 295 days</b> </td> <td rowspan="6"><a href="/wiki/Second_Rajiv_Gandhi_ministry" title="Second Rajiv Gandhi ministry">Rajiv II</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th>21 </th> <td bgcolor="#0EF4E1"> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Arjun_Singh_1997.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d7/Arjun_Singh_1997.jpg/72px-Arjun_Singh_1997.jpg" decoding="async" width="72" height="100" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d7/Arjun_Singh_1997.jpg/108px-Arjun_Singh_1997.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d7/Arjun_Singh_1997.jpg/144px-Arjun_Singh_1997.jpg 2x" data-file-width="442" data-file-height="612" /></a></span> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Arjun_Singh_(Madhya_Pradesh_politician)" title="Arjun Singh (Madhya Pradesh politician)">Arjun Singh</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(1930–2011)<br />MP for <a href="/wiki/South_Delhi_Lok_Sabha_constituency" title="South Delhi Lok Sabha constituency">South Delhi</a></span> </td> <td>22 October<br />1986 </td> <td>14 February<br />1988 </td> <td><b><span data-sort-value="7002480000000000000♠"></span>1 year, 115 days</b> </td></tr> <tr> <th>22 </th> <td bgcolor="#0EF4E1"> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Vasant_Sathe_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Vasant_Sathe_%28cropped%29.jpg/70px-Vasant_Sathe_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="95" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Vasant_Sathe_%28cropped%29.jpg/105px-Vasant_Sathe_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Vasant_Sathe_%28cropped%29.jpg/140px-Vasant_Sathe_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="541" data-file-height="738" /></a></span> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Vasant_Sathe" title="Vasant Sathe">Vasant Sathe</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(1925–2011)<br />MP for <a href="/wiki/Wardha_Lok_Sabha_constituency" title="Wardha Lok Sabha constituency">Wardha</a></span> </td> <td>14 February<br />1988 </td> <td>25 June<br />1988 </td> <td><b><span data-sort-value="7002132000000000000♠"></span>132 days</b> </td></tr> <tr> <th>23 </th> <td bgcolor="#0EF4E1"> </td> <td> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Vir_Bahadur_Singh" title="Vir Bahadur Singh">Bir Bahadur Singh</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(1935–1989)<br />Rajya Sabha MP for <a href="/wiki/Uttar_Pradesh" title="Uttar Pradesh">Uttar Pradesh</a></span> </td> <td>25 June<br />1988 </td> <td>30 May<br />1989<br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><i>(died in office)</i></span> </td> <td><b><span data-sort-value="7002339000000000000♠"></span>339 days</b> </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>31 May<br />1989 </td> <td>4 July<br />1989 </td> <td><b><span data-sort-value="7001340000000000000♠"></span>34 days</b> </td></tr> <tr> <th>24 </th> <td bgcolor="#0EF4E1"> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Giridhar-Gamang.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/29/Giridhar-Gamang.jpg/70px-Giridhar-Gamang.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="80" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/29/Giridhar-Gamang.jpg 1.5x" data-file-width="105" data-file-height="120" /></a></span> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Giridhar_Gamang" title="Giridhar Gamang">Giridhar Gamang</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(born 1943)<br />MP for <a href="/wiki/Koraput_Lok_Sabha_constituency" title="Koraput Lok Sabha constituency">Koraput</a></span><br />(MoS, I/C) </td> <td>4 July<br />1989 </td> <td>2 December<br />1989 </td> <td><b><span data-sort-value="7002151000000000000♠"></span>151 days</b> </td></tr> <tr> <th>– </th> <td style="background:#2E8B57"> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:V._P._Singh_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/25/V._P._Singh_%28cropped%29.jpg/70px-V._P._Singh_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="93" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/25/V._P._Singh_%28cropped%29.jpg/105px-V._P._Singh_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/25/V._P._Singh_%28cropped%29.jpg/140px-V._P._Singh_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="899" data-file-height="1200" /></a></span> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/V._P._Singh" title="V. P. Singh">Vishwanath Pratap Singh</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(1931–2008)<br />MP for <a href="/wiki/Fatehpur_Lok_Sabha_constituency" title="Fatehpur Lok Sabha constituency">Fatehpur</a></span><br />(Prime Minister) </td> <td>2 December<br />1989 </td> <td>6 December<br />1989 </td> <td><b><span data-sort-value="7000400000000000000♠"></span>4 days</b> </td> <td rowspan="4"><a href="/wiki/Janata_Dal" title="Janata Dal">Janata Dal</a> </td> <td rowspan="4"><a href="/wiki/V._P._Singh_ministry" title="V. P. Singh ministry">Vishwanath</a> </td> <td rowspan="4" style="background:#2E8B57"> </td> <td rowspan="4" style="width:9em"><b><a href="/wiki/V._P._Singh" title="V. P. Singh">Vishwanath Pratap Singh</a></b> </td></tr> <tr> <th>25 </th> <td bgcolor="#2E8B57"> </td> <td> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/K._P._Unnikrishnan" title="K. P. Unnikrishnan">K. P. Unnikrishnan</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(born 1936)<br />MP for <a href="/wiki/Vatakara_Lok_Sabha_constituency" title="Vatakara Lok Sabha constituency">Vatakara</a></span> </td> <td>6 December<br />1989 </td> <td>23 April<br />1990 </td> <td><b><span data-sort-value="7002138000000000000♠"></span>138 days</b> </td></tr> <tr> <th>26 </th> <td bgcolor="#2E8B57"> </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><br />(MoS, I/C) </td> <td>23 April<br />1990 </td> <td>5 November<br />1990 </td> <td><b><span data-sort-value="7002196000000000000♠"></span>196 days</b> </td></tr> <tr> <th>– </th> <td style="background:#2E8B57"> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:V._P._Singh_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/25/V._P._Singh_%28cropped%29.jpg/70px-V._P._Singh_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="93" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/25/V._P._Singh_%28cropped%29.jpg/105px-V._P._Singh_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/25/V._P._Singh_%28cropped%29.jpg/140px-V._P._Singh_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="899" data-file-height="1200" /></a></span> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/V._P._Singh" title="V. P. Singh">Vishwanath Pratap Singh</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(1931–2008)<br />MP for <a href="/wiki/Fatehpur_Lok_Sabha_constituency" title="Fatehpur Lok Sabha constituency">Fatehpur</a></span><br />(Prime Minister) </td> <td>6 November<br />1990 </td> <td>10 November<br />1990 </td> <td><b><span data-sort-value="7000400000000000000♠"></span>4 days</b> </td></tr> <tr> <th>– </th> <td bgcolor="#74C365"> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Chandra_Shekhar_Singh.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7c/Chandra_Shekhar_Singh.jpg/70px-Chandra_Shekhar_Singh.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="92" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7c/Chandra_Shekhar_Singh.jpg/105px-Chandra_Shekhar_Singh.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7c/Chandra_Shekhar_Singh.jpg/140px-Chandra_Shekhar_Singh.jpg 2x" data-file-width="526" data-file-height="692" /></a></span> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Chandra_Shekhar" title="Chandra Shekhar">Chandra Shekhar</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(1927–2007)<br />MP for <a href="/wiki/Ballia_Lok_Sabha_constituency" title="Ballia Lok Sabha constituency">Ballia</a></span><br />(Prime Minister) </td> <td>10 November<br />1990 </td> <td>21 November<br />1990 </td> <td><b><span data-sort-value="7001110000000000000♠"></span>11 days</b> </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Samajwadi_Janata_Party_(Rashtriya)" title="Samajwadi Janata Party (Rashtriya)">Samajwadi Janata Party (Rashtriya)</a> </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Chandra_Shekhar_ministry" title="Chandra Shekhar ministry">Chandra Shekhar</a> </td> <td rowspan="2" bgcolor="#74C365"> </td> <td rowspan="2"><b><a href="/wiki/Chandra_Shekhar" title="Chandra Shekhar">Chandra Shekhar</a></b> </td></tr> <tr> <th>27 </th> <td bgcolor="#74C365"> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Sanjay_Sinh_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0d/Sanjay_Sinh_%28cropped%29.jpg/70px-Sanjay_Sinh_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="89" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0d/Sanjay_Sinh_%28cropped%29.jpg/105px-Sanjay_Sinh_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0d/Sanjay_Sinh_%28cropped%29.jpg/140px-Sanjay_Sinh_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="406" data-file-height="517" /></a></span> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Sanjaya_Sinh" title="Sanjaya Sinh">Sanjaya Sinh</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(born 1951)<br />Rajya Sabha MP for <a href="/wiki/Uttar_Pradesh" title="Uttar Pradesh">Uttar Pradesh</a></span><br />(MoS, I/C) </td> <td>21 November<br />1990 </td> <td>21 June<br />1991 </td> <td><b><span data-sort-value="7002212000000000000♠"></span>212 days</b> </td></tr> <tr> <th>28 </th> <td bgcolor="#0EF4E1"> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Rajesh_Pilot_2008_stamp_of_India.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/af/Rajesh_Pilot_2008_stamp_of_India.jpg/70px-Rajesh_Pilot_2008_stamp_of_India.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="86" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/af/Rajesh_Pilot_2008_stamp_of_India.jpg/105px-Rajesh_Pilot_2008_stamp_of_India.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/af/Rajesh_Pilot_2008_stamp_of_India.jpg/140px-Rajesh_Pilot_2008_stamp_of_India.jpg 2x" data-file-width="766" data-file-height="940" /></a></span> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Rajesh_Pilot" title="Rajesh Pilot">Rajesh Pilot</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(1945–2000)<br />MP for <a href="/wiki/Dausa_Lok_Sabha_constituency" title="Dausa Lok Sabha constituency">Dausa</a></span><br />(MoS, I/C) </td> <td>21 June<br />1991 </td> <td>18 January<br />1993 </td> <td><b><span data-sort-value="7002577000000000000♠"></span>1 year, 211 days</b> </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Indian_National_Congress_(I)" class="mw-redirect" title="Indian National Congress (I)">Indian National Congress (I)</a> </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Rao_ministry" title="Rao ministry">Rao</a> </td> <td rowspan="2" bgcolor="#0EF4E1"> </td> <td rowspan="2"><b><a href="/wiki/P._V._Narasimha_Rao" title="P. V. Narasimha Rao">P. V. Narasimha Rao</a></b> </td></tr> <tr> <th>29 </th> <td bgcolor="#0EF4E1"> </td> <td> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Sukh_Ram" title="Sukh Ram">Sukh Ram</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(1927–2022)<br />MP for <a href="/wiki/Mandi_Lok_Sabha_constituency" title="Mandi Lok Sabha constituency">Mandi</a></span><br />(MoS, I/C) </td> <td>18 January<br />1993 </td> <td>16 May<br />1996 </td> <td><b><span data-sort-value="7003121400000000000♠"></span>3 years, 119 days</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>16 May<br />1996 </td> <td>1 June<br />1996 </td> <td><b><span data-sort-value="7001160000000000000♠"></span>16 days</b> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Bharatiya_Janata_Party" title="Bharatiya Janata Party">Bharatiya Janata Party</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/First_Vajpayee_ministry" title="First Vajpayee ministry">Vajpayee I</a> </td> <td bgcolor="#FF9933"> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Atal_Bihari_Vajpayee" title="Atal Bihari Vajpayee">Atal Bihari Vajpayee</a></b> </td></tr> <tr> <th>– </th> <td bgcolor="#2E8B57"> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:H._D._Deve_Gowda_BNC.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/71/H._D._Deve_Gowda_BNC.jpg/70px-H._D._Deve_Gowda_BNC.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="88" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/71/H._D._Deve_Gowda_BNC.jpg/105px-H._D._Deve_Gowda_BNC.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/71/H._D._Deve_Gowda_BNC.jpg/140px-H._D._Deve_Gowda_BNC.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1600" data-file-height="2000" /></a></span> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/H._D._Deve_Gowda" title="H. D. Deve Gowda">H. D. Deve Gowda</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(born 1933)<br /><i>Unelected</i></span><br />(Prime Minister) </td> <td>1 June<br />1996 </td> <td>29 June<br />1996 </td> <td><b><span data-sort-value="7001280000000000000♠"></span>28 days</b> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Janata_Dal" title="Janata Dal">Janata Dal</a> </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Deve_Gowda_ministry" title="Deve Gowda ministry">Deve Gowda</a> </td> <td rowspan="2" bgcolor="#2E8B57"> </td> <td rowspan="2"><b><a href="/wiki/H._D._Deve_Gowda" title="H. D. Deve Gowda">H. D. Deve Gowda</a></b> </td></tr> <tr> <th rowspan="2">30 </th> <td rowspan="2" bgcolor="#FF2222"> </td> <td rowspan="2"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Beni_Prasad_Verma_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fc/Beni_Prasad_Verma_%28cropped%29.jpg/70px-Beni_Prasad_Verma_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="97" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fc/Beni_Prasad_Verma_%28cropped%29.jpg/105px-Beni_Prasad_Verma_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fc/Beni_Prasad_Verma_%28cropped%29.jpg/140px-Beni_Prasad_Verma_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="1252" /></a></span> </td> <td rowspan="2"><b><a href="/wiki/Beni_Prasad_Verma" title="Beni Prasad Verma">Beni Prasad Verma</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(1941–2020)<br />MP for <a href="/wiki/Kaiserganj_Lok_Sabha_constituency" title="Kaiserganj Lok Sabha constituency">Kaiserganj</a></span><br />(MoS, I/C until 10 July 1996) </td> <td>29 June<br />1996 </td> <td>21 April<br />1997 </td> <td rowspan="2"><b><span data-sort-value="7002628000000000000♠"></span>1 year, 263 days</b> </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Samajwadi_Party" title="Samajwadi Party">Samajwadi Party</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>21 April<br />1997 </td> <td>19 March<br />1998 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Gujral_ministry" title="Gujral ministry">Gujral</a> </td> <td bgcolor="#2E8B57"> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Inder_Kumar_Gujral" title="Inder Kumar Gujral">Inder Kumar Gujral</a></b> </td></tr> <tr> <th>31 </th> <td bgcolor="#DCDCDC"> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Buta_Singh_at_DJ_Sheizwoods_house_(11)_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/ff/Buta_Singh_at_DJ_Sheizwoods_house_%2811%29_%28cropped%29.jpg/70px-Buta_Singh_at_DJ_Sheizwoods_house_%2811%29_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="84" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/ff/Buta_Singh_at_DJ_Sheizwoods_house_%2811%29_%28cropped%29.jpg/105px-Buta_Singh_at_DJ_Sheizwoods_house_%2811%29_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/ff/Buta_Singh_at_DJ_Sheizwoods_house_%2811%29_%28cropped%29.jpg/140px-Buta_Singh_at_DJ_Sheizwoods_house_%2811%29_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="177" data-file-height="212" /></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/Jalore_Lok_Sabha_constituency" title="Jalore Lok Sabha constituency">Jalore</a></span> </td> <td>19 March<br />1998 </td> <td>20 April<br />1998 </td> <td><b><span data-sort-value="7001320000000000000♠"></span>32 days</b> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Independent_politician" title="Independent politician">Independent</a> </td> <td rowspan="5"><a href="/wiki/Second_Vajpayee_ministry" title="Second Vajpayee ministry">Vajpayee II</a> </td> <td rowspan="8" bgcolor="#FF9933"> </td> <td rowspan="8"><b><a href="/wiki/Atal_Bihari_Vajpayee" title="Atal Bihari Vajpayee">Atal Bihari Vajpayee</a></b> </td></tr> <tr> <th>32 </th> <td bgcolor="#FF9933"> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Sushma_Swaraj_Ji.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/91/Sushma_Swaraj_Ji.jpg/70px-Sushma_Swaraj_Ji.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="88" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/91/Sushma_Swaraj_Ji.jpg/105px-Sushma_Swaraj_Ji.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/91/Sushma_Swaraj_Ji.jpg/140px-Sushma_Swaraj_Ji.jpg 2x" data-file-width="360" data-file-height="450" /></a></span> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Sushma_Swaraj" title="Sushma Swaraj">Sushma Swaraj</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(1952–2019)<br />MP for <a href="/wiki/South_Delhi_Lok_Sabha_constituency" title="South Delhi Lok Sabha constituency">South Delhi</a></span> </td> <td>20 April<br />1998 </td> <td>11 October<br />1998 </td> <td><b><span data-sort-value="7002174000000000000♠"></span>174 days</b> </td> <td rowspan="4"><a href="/wiki/Bharatiya_Janata_Party" title="Bharatiya Janata Party">Bharatiya Janata Party</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th>– </th> <td bgcolor="#FF9933"> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Atal_Bihari_Vajpayee_tribute_image_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b2/Atal_Bihari_Vajpayee_tribute_image_%28cropped%29.jpg/70px-Atal_Bihari_Vajpayee_tribute_image_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="85" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b2/Atal_Bihari_Vajpayee_tribute_image_%28cropped%29.jpg/105px-Atal_Bihari_Vajpayee_tribute_image_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b2/Atal_Bihari_Vajpayee_tribute_image_%28cropped%29.jpg/140px-Atal_Bihari_Vajpayee_tribute_image_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="399" data-file-height="482" /></a></span> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Atal_Bihari_Vajpayee" title="Atal Bihari Vajpayee">Atal Bihari Vajpayee</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(1924–2018)<br />MP for <a href="/wiki/Lucknow_Lok_Sabha_constituency" title="Lucknow Lok Sabha constituency">Lucknow</a></span><br />(Prime Minister) </td> <td>11 October<br />1998 </td> <td>5 December<br />1998 </td> <td><b><span data-sort-value="7001550000000000000♠"></span>55 days</b> </td></tr> <tr> <th>33 </th> <td bgcolor="#FF9933"> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Jagmohan.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/35/Jagmohan.jpg/70px-Jagmohan.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="83" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/35/Jagmohan.jpg/105px-Jagmohan.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/35/Jagmohan.jpg/140px-Jagmohan.jpg 2x" data-file-width="756" data-file-height="893" /></a></span> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Jagmohan" title="Jagmohan">Jagmohan</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(1927–2021)<br />MP for <a href="/wiki/New_Delhi_Lok_Sabha_constituency" title="New Delhi Lok Sabha constituency">New Delhi</a></span> </td> <td>5 December<br />1998 </td> <td>8 June<br />1999 </td> <td><b><span data-sort-value="7002185000000000000♠"></span>185 days</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>8 June<br />1999 </td> <td>13 October<br />1999 </td> <td><b><span data-sort-value="7002127000000000000♠"></span>127 days</b> </td></tr> <tr> <th rowspan="2">34 </th> <td bgcolor="#003366"> </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 rowspan="2">13 October<br />1999 </td> <td rowspan="2">1 September<br />2001 </td> <td rowspan="2"><b><span data-sort-value="7002689000000000000♠"></span>1 year, 323 days</b> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Janata_Dal_(United)" title="Janata Dal (United)">Janata Dal (United)</a> </td> <td rowspan="3"><a href="/wiki/Third_Vajpayee_ministry" title="Third Vajpayee ministry">Vajpayee III</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#0093DD"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Lok_Janshakti_Party" title="Lok Janshakti Party">Lok Janshakti Party</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th>35 </th> <td bgcolor="#FF9933"> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Pramod_jee.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0a/Pramod_jee.jpg/70px-Pramod_jee.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="87" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0a/Pramod_jee.jpg/105px-Pramod_jee.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0a/Pramod_jee.jpg/140px-Pramod_jee.jpg 2x" data-file-width="201" data-file-height="250" /></a></span> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Pramod_Mahajan" title="Pramod Mahajan">Pramod Mahajan</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(1949–2006)<br />Rajya Sabha MP for <a href="/wiki/Maharashtra" title="Maharashtra">Maharashtra</a></span> </td> <td>1 September<br />2001 </td> <td>22 December<br />2001 </td> <td><b><span data-sort-value="7002112000000000000♠"></span>112 days</b> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Bharatiya_Janata_Party" title="Bharatiya Janata Party">Bharatiya Janata Party</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="11">Minister of Communications and Information Technology </th></tr> <tr> <th>(35) </th> <td bgcolor="#FF9933"> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Pramod_jee.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0a/Pramod_jee.jpg/70px-Pramod_jee.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="87" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0a/Pramod_jee.jpg/105px-Pramod_jee.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0a/Pramod_jee.jpg/140px-Pramod_jee.jpg 2x" data-file-width="201" data-file-height="250" /></a></span> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Pramod_Mahajan" title="Pramod Mahajan">Pramod Mahajan</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(1949–2006)<br />Rajya Sabha MP for <a href="/wiki/Maharashtra" title="Maharashtra">Maharashtra</a></span> </td> <td>22 December<br />2001 </td> <td>29 January<br />2003 </td> <td><b><span data-sort-value="7002403000000000000♠"></span>1 year, 38 days</b> </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Bharatiya_Janata_Party" title="Bharatiya Janata Party">Bharatiya Janata Party</a> </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Third_Vajpayee_ministry" title="Third Vajpayee ministry">Vajpayee III</a> </td> <td rowspan="2" bgcolor="#FF9933"> </td> <td rowspan="2"><b><a href="/wiki/Atal_Bihari_Vajpayee" title="Atal Bihari Vajpayee">Atal Bihari Vajpayee</a></b> </td></tr> <tr> <th>36 </th> <td bgcolor="#FF9933"> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Arun_Shourie_cropped.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/Arun_Shourie_cropped.jpg/70px-Arun_Shourie_cropped.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="92" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/Arun_Shourie_cropped.jpg/105px-Arun_Shourie_cropped.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/Arun_Shourie_cropped.jpg/140px-Arun_Shourie_cropped.jpg 2x" data-file-width="669" data-file-height="884" /></a></span> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Arun_Shourie" title="Arun Shourie">Arun Shourie</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(born 1941)<br />Rajya Sabha MP for <a href="/wiki/Uttar_Pradesh" title="Uttar Pradesh">Uttar Pradesh</a></span> </td> <td>29 January<br />2003 </td> <td>22 May<br />2004 </td> <td><b><span data-sort-value="7002479000000000000♠"></span>1 year, 114 days</b> </td></tr> <tr> <th>37 </th> <td bgcolor="#FF0D0D"> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Dayanidhi_Maran.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1c/Dayanidhi_Maran.jpg/70px-Dayanidhi_Maran.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="93" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1c/Dayanidhi_Maran.jpg/105px-Dayanidhi_Maran.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1c/Dayanidhi_Maran.jpg/140px-Dayanidhi_Maran.jpg 2x" data-file-width="537" data-file-height="711" /></a></span> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Dayanidhi_Maran" title="Dayanidhi Maran">Dayanidhi Maran</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(born 1966)<br />MP for <a href="/wiki/Chennai_Central_Lok_Sabha_constituency" title="Chennai Central Lok Sabha constituency">Chennai Central</a></span> </td> <td>23 May<br />2004 </td> <td>15 May<br />2007 </td> <td><b><span data-sort-value="7003108700000000000♠"></span>2 years, 357 days</b> </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Dravida_Munnetra_Kazhagam" title="Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam">Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam</a> </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/First_Manmohan_Singh_ministry" title="First Manmohan Singh ministry">Manmohan I</a> </td> <td rowspan="5" bgcolor="#19AAED"> </td> <td rowspan="5"><b><a href="/wiki/Manmohan_Singh" title="Manmohan Singh">Manmohan Singh</a></b> </td></tr> <tr> <th>38 </th> <td bgcolor="#FF0D0D"> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:A_still_of_the_Union_Minister_for_Environment_%26_Forests,_Shri_A._Raja_during_a_meeting_of_Chief_Wildlife_Wardens_and_Field_Directors_of_Project_Tiger_Reserves,_in_New_Delhi_on_May_26,_2005.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c3/A_still_of_the_Union_Minister_for_Environment_%26_Forests%2C_Shri_A._Raja_during_a_meeting_of_Chief_Wildlife_Wardens_and_Field_Directors_of_Project_Tiger_Reserves%2C_in_New_Delhi_on_May_26%2C_2005.jpg/70px-thumbnail.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="105" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c3/A_still_of_the_Union_Minister_for_Environment_%26_Forests%2C_Shri_A._Raja_during_a_meeting_of_Chief_Wildlife_Wardens_and_Field_Directors_of_Project_Tiger_Reserves%2C_in_New_Delhi_on_May_26%2C_2005.jpg/105px-thumbnail.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c3/A_still_of_the_Union_Minister_for_Environment_%26_Forests%2C_Shri_A._Raja_during_a_meeting_of_Chief_Wildlife_Wardens_and_Field_Directors_of_Project_Tiger_Reserves%2C_in_New_Delhi_on_May_26%2C_2005.jpg/140px-thumbnail.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1900" data-file-height="2854" /></a></span> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/A._Raja" title="A. Raja">A. Raja</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(born 1963)<br />MP for <a href="/wiki/Perambalur_Lok_Sabha_constituency" title="Perambalur Lok Sabha constituency">Perambalur</a></span> </td> <td>15 May<br />2007 </td> <td>22 May<br />2009 </td> <td><b><span data-sort-value="7002738000000000000♠"></span>2 years, 7 days</b> </td></tr> <tr> <th>– </th> <td bgcolor="#19AAED"> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Manmohan_Singh_in_2009.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b7/Manmohan_Singh_in_2009.jpg/70px-Manmohan_Singh_in_2009.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="94" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b7/Manmohan_Singh_in_2009.jpg/105px-Manmohan_Singh_in_2009.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b7/Manmohan_Singh_in_2009.jpg/140px-Manmohan_Singh_in_2009.jpg 2x" data-file-width="443" data-file-height="595" /></a></span> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Manmohan_Singh" title="Manmohan Singh">Manmohan Singh</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(born 1932)<br />Rajya Sabha MP for <a href="/wiki/Assam" title="Assam">Assam</a></span><br />(Prime Minister) </td> <td>22 May<br />2009 </td> <td>28 May<br />2009 </td> <td><b><span data-sort-value="7000600000000000000♠"></span>6 days</b> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Indian_National_Congress" title="Indian National Congress">Indian National Congress</a> </td> <td rowspan="3"><a href="/wiki/Second_Manmohan_Singh_ministry" title="Second Manmohan Singh ministry">Manmohan II</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th>(38) </th> <td bgcolor="#FF0D0D"> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:A_still_of_the_Union_Minister_for_Environment_%26_Forests,_Shri_A._Raja_during_a_meeting_of_Chief_Wildlife_Wardens_and_Field_Directors_of_Project_Tiger_Reserves,_in_New_Delhi_on_May_26,_2005.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c3/A_still_of_the_Union_Minister_for_Environment_%26_Forests%2C_Shri_A._Raja_during_a_meeting_of_Chief_Wildlife_Wardens_and_Field_Directors_of_Project_Tiger_Reserves%2C_in_New_Delhi_on_May_26%2C_2005.jpg/70px-thumbnail.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="105" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c3/A_still_of_the_Union_Minister_for_Environment_%26_Forests%2C_Shri_A._Raja_during_a_meeting_of_Chief_Wildlife_Wardens_and_Field_Directors_of_Project_Tiger_Reserves%2C_in_New_Delhi_on_May_26%2C_2005.jpg/105px-thumbnail.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c3/A_still_of_the_Union_Minister_for_Environment_%26_Forests%2C_Shri_A._Raja_during_a_meeting_of_Chief_Wildlife_Wardens_and_Field_Directors_of_Project_Tiger_Reserves%2C_in_New_Delhi_on_May_26%2C_2005.jpg/140px-thumbnail.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1900" data-file-height="2854" /></a></span> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/A._Raja" title="A. Raja">A. Raja</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(born 1963)<br />MP for <a href="/wiki/Nilgiris_Lok_Sabha_constituency" title="Nilgiris Lok Sabha constituency">Nilgiris</a></span> </td> <td>28 May<br />2009 </td> <td>15 November<br />2010 </td> <td><b><span data-sort-value="7002536000000000000♠"></span>1 year, 171 days</b> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Dravida_Munnetra_Kazhagam" title="Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam">Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th>39 </th> <td bgcolor="#19AAED"> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Kapil_Sibal.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/87/Kapil_Sibal.jpg/70px-Kapil_Sibal.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="84" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/87/Kapil_Sibal.jpg/105px-Kapil_Sibal.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/87/Kapil_Sibal.jpg/140px-Kapil_Sibal.jpg 2x" data-file-width="412" data-file-height="494" /></a></span> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Kapil_Sibal" title="Kapil Sibal">Kapil Sibal</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(born 1948)<br />MP for <a href="/wiki/Chandni_Chowk_Lok_Sabha_constituency" title="Chandni Chowk Lok Sabha constituency">Chandni Chowk</a></span> </td> <td>15 November<br />2010 </td> <td>26 May<br />2014 </td> <td><b><span data-sort-value="7003128800000000000♠"></span>3 years, 192 days</b> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Indian_National_Congress" title="Indian National Congress">Indian National Congress</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th>40 </th> <td bgcolor="#FF9933"> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Ravi_Shankar_Prasad_At_Office.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/78/Ravi_Shankar_Prasad_At_Office.jpg/70px-Ravi_Shankar_Prasad_At_Office.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="105" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/78/Ravi_Shankar_Prasad_At_Office.jpg/105px-Ravi_Shankar_Prasad_At_Office.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/78/Ravi_Shankar_Prasad_At_Office.jpg/140px-Ravi_Shankar_Prasad_At_Office.jpg 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="1200" /></a></span> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Ravi_Shankar_Prasad" title="Ravi Shankar Prasad">Ravi Shankar Prasad</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(born 1954)<br />Rajya Sabha MP for <a href="/wiki/Bihar" title="Bihar">Bihar</a></span> </td> <td>27 May<br />2014 </td> <td>5 July<br />2016 </td> <td><b><span data-sort-value="7002770000000000000♠"></span>2 years, 39 days</b> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Bharatiya_Janata_Party" title="Bharatiya Janata Party">Bharatiya Janata Party</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/First_Modi_ministry" title="First Modi ministry">Modi I</a> </td> <td bgcolor="#FF9933"> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Narendra_Modi" title="Narendra Modi">Narendra Modi</a></b> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="11">Minister of Communications </th></tr> <tr> <th>41 </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>5 July<br />2016 </td> <td>30 May<br />2019 </td> <td><b><span data-sort-value="7003105900000000000♠"></span>2 years, 329 days</b> </td> <td rowspan="4"><a href="/wiki/Bharatiya_Janata_Party" title="Bharatiya Janata Party">Bharatiya Janata Party</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/First_Modi_ministry" title="First Modi ministry">Modi I</a> </td> <td rowspan="4" bgcolor="#FF9933"> </td> <td rowspan="4"><b><a href="/wiki/Narendra_Modi" title="Narendra Modi">Narendra Modi</a></b> </td></tr> <tr> <th>(40) </th> <td bgcolor="#FF9933"> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Ravi_Shankar_Prasad_At_Office.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/78/Ravi_Shankar_Prasad_At_Office.jpg/70px-Ravi_Shankar_Prasad_At_Office.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="105" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/78/Ravi_Shankar_Prasad_At_Office.jpg/105px-Ravi_Shankar_Prasad_At_Office.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/78/Ravi_Shankar_Prasad_At_Office.jpg/140px-Ravi_Shankar_Prasad_At_Office.jpg 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="1200" /></a></span> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Ravi_Shankar_Prasad" title="Ravi Shankar Prasad">Ravi Shankar Prasad</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(born 1954)<br />MP for <a href="/wiki/Patna_Sahib_Lok_Sabha_constituency" title="Patna Sahib Lok Sabha constituency">Patna Sahib</a></span> </td> <td>31 May<br />2019 </td> <td>7 July<br />2021 </td> <td><b><span data-sort-value="7002768000000000000♠"></span>2 years, 37 days</b> </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Second_Modi_ministry" title="Second Modi ministry">Modi II</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th>42 </th> <td bgcolor="#FF9933"> </td> <td><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><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><b><span data-sort-value="7003106800000000000♠"></span>2 years, 338 days</b> </td></tr> <tr> <th>43 </th> <td bgcolor="#FF9933"> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Jyotiraditya_Scindia_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cd/Jyotiraditya_Scindia_%28cropped%29.jpg/70px-Jyotiraditya_Scindia_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="82" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cd/Jyotiraditya_Scindia_%28cropped%29.jpg/105px-Jyotiraditya_Scindia_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cd/Jyotiraditya_Scindia_%28cropped%29.jpg/140px-Jyotiraditya_Scindia_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="1172" /></a></span> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Jyotiraditya_Scindia" title="Jyotiraditya Scindia">Jyotiraditya Scindia</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(born 1971)<br />MP for <a href="/wiki/Guna_Lok_Sabha_constituency" title="Guna Lok Sabha constituency">Guna</a></span> </td> <td>12 June<br />2024 </td> <td>Incumbent </td> <td><b><span data-sort-value="7002164000000000000♠"></span>164 days</b> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Third_Modi_ministry" title="Third Modi ministry">Modi III</a> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist reflist-lower-alpha"> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-3">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">The ministry's competences were transferred to the <a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Road_Transport_and_Highways" title="Ministry of Road Transport and Highways">Ministry of Transport and Communications</a>.</span> </li> </ol></div></div> <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_Communications_(India)&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Ministers of State"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"> <tbody><tr> <th rowspan="2"><abbr title="Number">No.</abbr> </th> <th rowspan="2" colspan="2">Portrait </th> <th rowspan="2" style="width:18em">Minister<br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(Birth-Death)<br />Constituency</span> </th> <th colspan="3">Term of office </th> <th rowspan="2" style="width:8em">Political party </th> <th rowspan="2" style="width:6em">Ministry </th> <th rowspan="2" colspan="2">Prime Minister </th></tr> <tr> <th style="width:8em">From </th> <th style="width:8em">To </th> <th style="width:6em">Period </th></tr> <tr> <th colspan="11">Minister of State of Communications </th></tr> <tr> <th>1 </th> <td bgcolor="#19AAED"> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Raj_Bahadur_2013_stamp_of_India_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c0/Raj_Bahadur_2013_stamp_of_India_%28cropped%29.jpg/70px-Raj_Bahadur_2013_stamp_of_India_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="94" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c0/Raj_Bahadur_2013_stamp_of_India_%28cropped%29.jpg/105px-Raj_Bahadur_2013_stamp_of_India_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c0/Raj_Bahadur_2013_stamp_of_India_%28cropped%29.jpg/140px-Raj_Bahadur_2013_stamp_of_India_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="473" data-file-height="633" /></a></span> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Raj_Bahadur" title="Raj Bahadur">Raj Bahadur</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(1912–1990)<br />MP for <a href="/wiki/Sawai_Madhopur_Lok_Sabha_constituency" title="Sawai Madhopur Lok Sabha constituency">Jaipur–Sawai Madhopur</a></span> </td> <td>14 February<br />1956 </td> <td>7 December<br />1956 </td> <td><b><span data-sort-value="7002297000000000000♠"></span>297 days</b> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Indian_National_Congress" title="Indian National Congress">Indian National Congress</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Second_Nehru_ministry" title="Second Nehru ministry">Nehru II</a> </td> <td bgcolor="#19AAED"> </td> <td style="width:9em"><b><a href="/wiki/Jawaharlal_Nehru" title="Jawaharlal Nehru">Jawaharlal Nehru</a></b> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="11"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r886047488"><span class="nobold"><i>Ministry disestablished during this interval</i></span> </th></tr> <tr> <th colspan="11">Minister of State of Communications </th></tr> <tr> <th>2 </th> <td bgcolor="#19AAED"> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Jagannath_Rao_Lok_Sabha_portrait.gif" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5f/Jagannath_Rao_Lok_Sabha_portrait.gif/70px-Jagannath_Rao_Lok_Sabha_portrait.gif" decoding="async" width="70" height="96" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5f/Jagannath_Rao_Lok_Sabha_portrait.gif/105px-Jagannath_Rao_Lok_Sabha_portrait.gif 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5f/Jagannath_Rao_Lok_Sabha_portrait.gif/140px-Jagannath_Rao_Lok_Sabha_portrait.gif 2x" data-file-width="217" data-file-height="299" /></a></span> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Jagannath_Rao" title="Jagannath Rao">Jagannath Rao</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(1909–?)<br />MP for <a href="/wiki/Berhampur_Lok_Sabha_constituency" title="Berhampur Lok Sabha constituency">Chatrapur</a></span> </td> <td>14 February<br />1966 </td> <td>13 March<br />1967 </td> <td><b><span data-sort-value="7002392000000000000♠"></span>1 year, 27 days</b> </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Indian_National_Congress" title="Indian National Congress">Indian National Congress</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/First_Indira_Gandhi_ministry" title="First Indira Gandhi ministry">Indira I</a> </td> <td rowspan="2" bgcolor="#19AAED"> </td> <td rowspan="6"><b><a href="/wiki/Indira_Gandhi" title="Indira Gandhi">Indira Gandhi</a></b> </td></tr> <tr> <th rowspan="2">5 </th> <td bgcolor="#19AAED"> </td> <td rowspan="2"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Inder_Kumar_Gujral_071.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Inder_Kumar_Gujral_071.jpg/70px-Inder_Kumar_Gujral_071.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="103" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Inder_Kumar_Gujral_071.jpg/105px-Inder_Kumar_Gujral_071.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Inder_Kumar_Gujral_071.jpg/140px-Inder_Kumar_Gujral_071.jpg 2x" data-file-width="725" data-file-height="1065" /></a></span> </td> <td rowspan="2"><b><a href="/wiki/Inder_Kumar_Gujral" title="Inder Kumar Gujral">Inder Kumar Gujral</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(1919–2012)<br />Rajya Sabha MP for <a href="/wiki/Punjab,_India" title="Punjab, India">Punjab</a></span> </td> <td rowspan="2">18 March<br />1967 </td> <td rowspan="2">18 March<br />1971 </td> <td rowspan="2"><b><span data-sort-value="7003146100000000000♠"></span>4 years, 0 days</b> </td> <td rowspan="3"><b><a href="/wiki/Second_Indira_Gandhi_ministry" title="Second Indira Gandhi ministry">Indira II</a></b> </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="turquoise"> </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Indian_National_Congress_(R)" title="Indian National Congress (R)">Indian National Congress (R)</a> </td> <td rowspan="4" bgcolor="turquoise"> </td></tr> <tr> <th>6 </th> <td bgcolor="turquoise"> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Sher_Singh_Kadyan_Lok_Sabha_photo.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1e/Sher_Singh_Kadyan_Lok_Sabha_photo.jpg/70px-Sher_Singh_Kadyan_Lok_Sabha_photo.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="104" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1e/Sher_Singh_Kadyan_Lok_Sabha_photo.jpg/105px-Sher_Singh_Kadyan_Lok_Sabha_photo.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1e/Sher_Singh_Kadyan_Lok_Sabha_photo.jpg/140px-Sher_Singh_Kadyan_Lok_Sabha_photo.jpg 2x" data-file-width="200" data-file-height="297" /></a></span> </td> <td><b>Sher Singh Kadyan</b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(1917–2009)<br />MP for <a href="/wiki/Rohtak_Lok_Sabha_constituency" title="Rohtak Lok Sabha constituency">Rohtak</a></span> </td> <td>14 February<br />1969 </td> <td>18 March<br />1971 </td> <td><b><span data-sort-value="7002762000000000000♠"></span>2 years, 32 days</b> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="9"> </th></tr> <tr> <th>(6) </th> <td bgcolor="turquoise"> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Sher_Singh_Kadyan_Lok_Sabha_photo.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1e/Sher_Singh_Kadyan_Lok_Sabha_photo.jpg/70px-Sher_Singh_Kadyan_Lok_Sabha_photo.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="104" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1e/Sher_Singh_Kadyan_Lok_Sabha_photo.jpg/105px-Sher_Singh_Kadyan_Lok_Sabha_photo.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1e/Sher_Singh_Kadyan_Lok_Sabha_photo.jpg/140px-Sher_Singh_Kadyan_Lok_Sabha_photo.jpg 2x" data-file-width="200" data-file-height="297" /></a></span> </td> <td><b>Sher Singh Kadyan</b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(1917–2009)<br />MP for <a href="/wiki/Rohtak_Lok_Sabha_constituency" title="Rohtak Lok Sabha constituency">Rohtak</a></span> </td> <td>12 January<br />1974 </td> <td>10 October<br />1974 </td> <td><b><span data-sort-value="7002271000000000000♠"></span>271 days</b> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Indian_National_Congress_(R)" title="Indian National Congress (R)">Indian National Congress (R)</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Third_Indira_Gandhi_ministry" title="Third Indira Gandhi ministry">Indira III</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="11"> </th></tr> <tr> <th>7 </th> <td bgcolor="#1F75FE"> </td> <td> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Narhari_Prasad_Sai" title="Narhari Prasad Sai">Narhari Prasad Sai</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(1929–1999)<br />MP for <a href="/wiki/Raigarh_Lok_Sabha_constituency" title="Raigarh Lok Sabha constituency">Raigarh</a></span> </td> <td>14 August<br />1977 </td> <td>28 July<br />1979 </td> <td><b><span data-sort-value="7002713000000000000♠"></span>1 year, 348 days</b> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Janata_Party" title="Janata Party">Janata Party</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Morarji_Desai_ministry" class="mw-redirect" title="Morarji Desai ministry">Desai</a> </td> <td bgcolor="#1F75FE"> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Morarji_Desai" title="Morarji Desai">Morarji Desai</a></b> </td></tr> <tr> <th>8 </th> <td bgcolor="#06038D"> </td> <td> </td> <td><b>Narsingh Yadav</b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">MP for <a href="/wiki/Chandauli_Lok_Sabha_constituency" title="Chandauli Lok Sabha constituency">Chandauli</a></span> </td> <td>30 July<br />1979 </td> <td>14 January<br />1980 </td> <td><b><span data-sort-value="7002168000000000000♠"></span>168 days</b> </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Janata_Party_(Secular)" title="Janata Party (Secular)">Janata Party (Secular)</a> </td> <td rowspan="2"><b><a href="/wiki/Charan_Singh_ministry" title="Charan Singh ministry">Charan</a></b> </td> <td rowspan="2" bgcolor="#06038D"> </td> <td rowspan="2"><b><a href="/wiki/Charan_Singh" title="Charan Singh">Charan Singh</a></b> </td></tr> <tr> <th>9 </th> <td bgcolor="#06038D"> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Tukaram_Shrangare.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/00/Tukaram_Shrangare.jpg/70px-Tukaram_Shrangare.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="97" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/00/Tukaram_Shrangare.jpg/105px-Tukaram_Shrangare.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/00/Tukaram_Shrangare.jpg/140px-Tukaram_Shrangare.jpg 2x" data-file-width="778" data-file-height="1079" /></a></span> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Tukaram_Shrangare" title="Tukaram Shrangare">Tukaram Shrangare</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(1937–2011)<br />MP for <a href="/wiki/Osmanabad_Lok_Sabha_constituency" title="Osmanabad Lok Sabha constituency">Osmanabad</a></span> </td> <td>31 July<br />1979 </td> <td>14 January<br />1980 </td> <td><b><span data-sort-value="7002167000000000000♠"></span>167 days</b> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="11"> </th></tr> <tr> <th>10 </th> <td bgcolor="#0EF4E1"> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Karthik_Oraon_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b1/Karthik_Oraon_%28cropped%29.jpg/70px-Karthik_Oraon_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="75" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b1/Karthik_Oraon_%28cropped%29.jpg/105px-Karthik_Oraon_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b1/Karthik_Oraon_%28cropped%29.jpg/140px-Karthik_Oraon_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="371" data-file-height="400" /></a></span> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Kartik_Oraon" title="Kartik Oraon">Kartik Oraon</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(1924–1981)<br />MP for <a href="/wiki/Lohardaga_Lok_Sabha_constituency" title="Lohardaga Lok Sabha constituency">Lohardaga</a></span> </td> <td>8 June<br />1980 </td> <td>8 December<br />1981<br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><i>(died in office)</i></span> </td> <td><b><span data-sort-value="7002548000000000000♠"></span>1 year, 183 days</b> </td> <td rowspan="5"><a href="/wiki/Indian_National_Congress_(I)" class="mw-redirect" title="Indian National Congress (I)">Indian National Congress (I)</a> </td> <td rowspan="4"><a href="/wiki/Fourth_Indira_Gandhi_ministry" title="Fourth Indira Gandhi ministry">Indira IV</a> </td> <td rowspan="4" bgcolor="#0EF4E1"> </td> <td rowspan="4"><b><a href="/wiki/Indira_Gandhi" title="Indira Gandhi">Indira Gandhi</a></b> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="7"> </th></tr> <tr> <th>11 </th> <td bgcolor="#0EF4E1"> </td> <td> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Yogendra_Makwana" title="Yogendra Makwana">Yogendra Makwana</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(born 1933)<br />Rajya Sabha MP for <a href="/wiki/Gujarat" title="Gujarat">Gujarat</a></span> </td> <td>15 January<br />1982 </td> <td>29 January<br />1983 </td> <td><b><span data-sort-value="7002379000000000000♠"></span>1 year, 14 days</b> </td></tr> <tr> <th rowspan="2">12 </th> <td rowspan="2" bgcolor="#0EF4E1"> </td> <td rowspan="2"> </td> <td rowspan="2"><b><a href="/wiki/Vitthalrao_Gadgil" title="Vitthalrao Gadgil">Vitthalrao Gadgil</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(1928–2001)<br />MP for <a href="/wiki/Pune_Lok_Sabha_constituency" title="Pune Lok Sabha constituency">Pune</a></span> </td> <td>29 January<br />1983 </td> <td>31 October<br />1984 </td> <td rowspan="2"><b><span data-sort-value="7002697000000000000♠"></span>1 year, 332 days</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td>4 November<br />1984 </td> <td>31 December<br />1984 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/First_Rajiv_Gandhi_ministry" title="First Rajiv Gandhi ministry">Rajiv I</a> </td> <td rowspan="3" bgcolor="#0EF4E1"> </td> <td rowspan="3"><b><a href="/wiki/Rajiv_Gandhi" title="Rajiv Gandhi">Rajiv Gandhi</a></b> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="9"> </th></tr> <tr> <th>13 </th> <td bgcolor="#0EF4E1"> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Giridhar-Gamang.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/29/Giridhar-Gamang.jpg/70px-Giridhar-Gamang.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="80" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/29/Giridhar-Gamang.jpg 1.5x" data-file-width="105" data-file-height="120" /></a></span> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Giridhar_Gamang" title="Giridhar Gamang">Giridhar Gamang</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(born 1943)<br />MP for <a href="/wiki/Koraput_Lok_Sabha_constituency" title="Koraput Lok Sabha constituency">Koraput</a></span> </td> <td>25 June<br />1988 </td> <td>4 July<br />1989 </td> <td><b><span data-sort-value="7002374000000000000♠"></span>1 year, 9 days</b> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Indian_National_Congress_(I)" class="mw-redirect" title="Indian National Congress (I)">Indian National Congress (I)</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Second_Rajiv_Gandhi_ministry" title="Second Rajiv Gandhi ministry">Rajiv II</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="11"> </th></tr> <tr> <th>14 </th> <td bgcolor="#FF2222"> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Beni_Prasad_Verma_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fc/Beni_Prasad_Verma_%28cropped%29.jpg/70px-Beni_Prasad_Verma_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="97" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fc/Beni_Prasad_Verma_%28cropped%29.jpg/105px-Beni_Prasad_Verma_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fc/Beni_Prasad_Verma_%28cropped%29.jpg/140px-Beni_Prasad_Verma_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="1252" /></a></span> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Beni_Prasad_Verma" title="Beni Prasad Verma">Beni Prasad Verma</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(1941–2020)<br />MP for <a href="/wiki/Kaiserganj_Lok_Sabha_constituency" title="Kaiserganj Lok Sabha constituency">Kaiserganj</a></span> </td> <td>1 June<br />1996 </td> <td>29 June<br />1996 </td> <td><b><span data-sort-value="7001280000000000000♠"></span>28 days</b> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Samajwadi_Party" title="Samajwadi Party">Samajwadi Party</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Deve_Gowda_ministry" title="Deve Gowda ministry">Deve Gowda</a> </td> <td bgcolor="#2E8B57"> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/H._D._Deve_Gowda" title="H. D. Deve Gowda">H. D. Deve Gowda</a></b> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="11"> </th></tr> <tr> <th>15 </th> <td bgcolor="#FF9933"> </td> <td> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Kabindra_Purkayastha" title="Kabindra Purkayastha">Kabindra Purkayastha</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(born 1931)<br />MP for <a href="/wiki/Silchar_Lok_Sabha_constituency" title="Silchar Lok Sabha constituency">Silchar</a></span> </td> <td>20 March<br />1998 </td> <td>13 October<br />1999 </td> <td><b><span data-sort-value="7002572000000000000♠"></span>1 year, 207 days</b> </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Bharatiya_Janata_Party" title="Bharatiya Janata Party">Bharatiya Janata Party</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Second_Vajpayee_ministry" title="Second Vajpayee ministry">Vajpayee II</a> </td> <td rowspan="2" bgcolor="#FF9933"> </td> <td rowspan="2"><b><a href="/wiki/Atal_Bihari_Vajpayee" title="Atal Bihari Vajpayee">Atal Bihari Vajpayee</a></b> </td></tr> <tr> <th>16 </th> <td bgcolor="#FF9933"> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Tapan_Sikdar_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/50/Tapan_Sikdar_%28cropped%29.jpg/70px-Tapan_Sikdar_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="85" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/50/Tapan_Sikdar_%28cropped%29.jpg/105px-Tapan_Sikdar_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/50/Tapan_Sikdar_%28cropped%29.jpg/140px-Tapan_Sikdar_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="400" data-file-height="483" /></a></span> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Tapan_Sikdar" title="Tapan Sikdar">Tapan Sikdar</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(1944–2014)<br />MP for <a href="/wiki/Dum_Dum_Lok_Sabha_constituency" title="Dum Dum Lok Sabha constituency">Dum Dum</a></span> </td> <td>13 October<br />1999 </td> <td>22 December<br />2001 </td> <td><b><span data-sort-value="7002801000000000000♠"></span>2 years, 70 days</b> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Third_Vajpayee_ministry" title="Third Vajpayee ministry">Vajpayee III</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="11">Minister of State of Communications and Information Technology </th></tr> <tr> <th>(16) </th> <td bgcolor="#FF9933"> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Tapan_Sikdar_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/50/Tapan_Sikdar_%28cropped%29.jpg/70px-Tapan_Sikdar_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="85" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/50/Tapan_Sikdar_%28cropped%29.jpg/105px-Tapan_Sikdar_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/50/Tapan_Sikdar_%28cropped%29.jpg/140px-Tapan_Sikdar_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="400" data-file-height="483" /></a></span> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Tapan_Sikdar" title="Tapan Sikdar">Tapan Sikdar</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(1944–2014)<br />MP for <a href="/wiki/Dum_Dum_Lok_Sabha_constituency" title="Dum Dum Lok Sabha constituency">Dum Dum</a></span> </td> <td>22 December<br />2001 </td> <td>1 July<br />2002 </td> <td><b><span data-sort-value="7002191000000000000♠"></span>191 days</b> </td> <td rowspan="5"><a href="/wiki/Bharatiya_Janata_Party" title="Bharatiya Janata Party">Bharatiya Janata Party</a> </td> <td rowspan="5"><a href="/wiki/Third_Vajpayee_ministry" title="Third Vajpayee ministry">Vajpayee III</a> </td> <td rowspan="5" bgcolor="#FF9933"> </td> <td rowspan="5"><b><a href="/wiki/Atal_Bihari_Vajpayee" title="Atal Bihari Vajpayee">Atal Bihari Vajpayee</a></b> </td></tr> <tr> <th>17 </th> <td bgcolor="#FF9933"> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Sumitra_Mahajan.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8d/Sumitra_Mahajan.jpg/70px-Sumitra_Mahajan.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="82" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8d/Sumitra_Mahajan.jpg/105px-Sumitra_Mahajan.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8d/Sumitra_Mahajan.jpg/140px-Sumitra_Mahajan.jpg 2x" data-file-width="565" data-file-height="662" /></a></span> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Sumitra_Mahajan" title="Sumitra Mahajan">Sumitra Mahajan</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(born 1943)<br />MP for <a href="/wiki/Indore_Lok_Sabha_constituency" title="Indore Lok Sabha constituency">Indore</a></span> </td> <td>1 July<br />2002 </td> <td>24 May<br />2003 </td> <td><b><span data-sort-value="7002327000000000000♠"></span>327 days</b> </td></tr> <tr> <th>18 </th> <td bgcolor="#FF9933"> </td> <td> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Sanjay_Paswan" title="Sanjay Paswan">Sanjay Paswan</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(born 1962)<br />MP for <a href="/wiki/Nawada_Lok_Sabha_constituency" title="Nawada Lok Sabha constituency">Nawada</a></span> </td> <td>1 July<br />2002 </td> <td>29 January<br />2003 </td> <td><b><span data-sort-value="7002212000000000000♠"></span>212 days</b> </td></tr> <tr> <th>18 </th> <td bgcolor="#FF9933"> </td> <td> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Su._Thirunavukkarasar" title="Su. Thirunavukkarasar">Su. Thirunavukkarasar</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(born 1949)<br />MP for <a href="/wiki/Pudukkottai_Lok_Sabha_constituency" title="Pudukkottai Lok Sabha constituency">Pudukkottai</a></span> </td> <td>29 January<br />2003 </td> <td>22 May<br />2004 </td> <td><b><span data-sort-value="7002479000000000000♠"></span>1 year, 114 days</b> </td></tr> <tr> <th>19 </th> <td bgcolor="#FF9933"> </td> <td> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Ashok_Kumar_Pradhan" title="Ashok Kumar Pradhan">Ashok Kumar Pradhan</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(born 1953)<br />MP for <a href="/wiki/Khurja_Lok_Sabha_constituency" title="Khurja Lok Sabha constituency">Khurja</a></span> </td> <td>24 May<br />2003 </td> <td>22 May<br />2004 </td> <td><b><span data-sort-value="7002364000000000000♠"></span>364 days</b> </td></tr> <tr> <th>20 </th> <td bgcolor="#19AAED"> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Shakeel_Ahmad_briefing_media_April_2008_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fb/Shakeel_Ahmad_briefing_media_April_2008_%28cropped%29.jpg/70px-Shakeel_Ahmad_briefing_media_April_2008_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="91" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fb/Shakeel_Ahmad_briefing_media_April_2008_%28cropped%29.jpg/105px-Shakeel_Ahmad_briefing_media_April_2008_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fb/Shakeel_Ahmad_briefing_media_April_2008_%28cropped%29.jpg/140px-Shakeel_Ahmad_briefing_media_April_2008_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="941" data-file-height="1219" /></a></span> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Shakeel_Ahmad" title="Shakeel Ahmad">Shakeel Ahmad</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(born 1956)<br />MP for <a href="/wiki/Madhubani_Lok_Sabha_constituency" title="Madhubani Lok Sabha constituency">Madhubani</a></span> </td> <td>23 May<br />2004 </td> <td>6 April<br />2008 </td> <td><b><span data-sort-value="7003141400000000000♠"></span>3 years, 319 days</b> </td> <td rowspan="7"><a href="/wiki/Indian_National_Congress" title="Indian National Congress">Indian National Congress</a> </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/First_Manmohan_Singh_ministry" title="First Manmohan Singh ministry">Manmohan I</a> </td> <td rowspan="7" bgcolor="#19AAED"> </td> <td rowspan="7"><b><a href="/wiki/Manmohan_Singh" title="Manmohan Singh">Manmohan Singh</a></b> </td></tr> <tr> <th>21 </th> <td bgcolor="#19AAED"> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Jyotiraditya_Scindia_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cd/Jyotiraditya_Scindia_%28cropped%29.jpg/70px-Jyotiraditya_Scindia_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="82" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cd/Jyotiraditya_Scindia_%28cropped%29.jpg/105px-Jyotiraditya_Scindia_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cd/Jyotiraditya_Scindia_%28cropped%29.jpg/140px-Jyotiraditya_Scindia_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="1172" /></a></span> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Jyotiraditya_Scindia" title="Jyotiraditya Scindia">Jyotiraditya Scindia</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(born 1971)<br />MP for <a href="/wiki/Guna_Lok_Sabha_constituency" title="Guna Lok Sabha constituency">Guna</a></span> </td> <td>6 April<br />2008 </td> <td>22 May<br />2009 </td> <td><b><span data-sort-value="7002411000000000000♠"></span>1 year, 46 days</b> </td></tr> <tr> <th>22 </th> <td bgcolor="#19AAED"> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Gurudas_Kamat_New_Delhi_on_November_15,_2010.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ab/Gurudas_Kamat_New_Delhi_on_November_15%2C_2010.jpg/70px-Gurudas_Kamat_New_Delhi_on_November_15%2C_2010.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="84" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ab/Gurudas_Kamat_New_Delhi_on_November_15%2C_2010.jpg/105px-Gurudas_Kamat_New_Delhi_on_November_15%2C_2010.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ab/Gurudas_Kamat_New_Delhi_on_November_15%2C_2010.jpg/140px-Gurudas_Kamat_New_Delhi_on_November_15%2C_2010.jpg 2x" data-file-width="452" data-file-height="542" /></a></span> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Gurudas_Kamat" title="Gurudas Kamat">Gurudas Kamat</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(1954–2018)<br />MP for <a href="/wiki/Mumbai_North_West_Lok_Sabha_constituency" title="Mumbai North West Lok Sabha constituency">Mumbai North West</a></span> </td> <td>28 May<br />2009 </td> <td>19 January<br />2011 </td> <td><b><span data-sort-value="7002601000000000000♠"></span>1 year, 236 days</b> </td> <td rowspan="5"><a href="/wiki/Second_Manmohan_Singh_ministry" title="Second Manmohan Singh ministry">Manmohan II</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th>23 </th> <td bgcolor="#19AAED"> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Sachin_Pilot_at_the_India_Economic_Summit_2010_cropped.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bb/Sachin_Pilot_at_the_India_Economic_Summit_2010_cropped.jpg/70px-Sachin_Pilot_at_the_India_Economic_Summit_2010_cropped.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="90" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bb/Sachin_Pilot_at_the_India_Economic_Summit_2010_cropped.jpg/105px-Sachin_Pilot_at_the_India_Economic_Summit_2010_cropped.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bb/Sachin_Pilot_at_the_India_Economic_Summit_2010_cropped.jpg/140px-Sachin_Pilot_at_the_India_Economic_Summit_2010_cropped.jpg 2x" data-file-width="386" data-file-height="496" /></a></span> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Sachin_Pilot" title="Sachin Pilot">Sachin Pilot</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(born 1977)<br />MP for <a href="/wiki/Dausa_Lok_Sabha_constituency" title="Dausa Lok Sabha constituency">Dausa</a></span> </td> <td>28 May<br />2009 </td> <td>28 October<br />2012 </td> <td><b><span data-sort-value="7003124900000000000♠"></span>3 years, 153 days</b> </td></tr> <tr> <th>(22) </th> <td bgcolor="#19AAED"> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Gurudas_Kamat_New_Delhi_on_November_15,_2010.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ab/Gurudas_Kamat_New_Delhi_on_November_15%2C_2010.jpg/70px-Gurudas_Kamat_New_Delhi_on_November_15%2C_2010.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="84" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ab/Gurudas_Kamat_New_Delhi_on_November_15%2C_2010.jpg/105px-Gurudas_Kamat_New_Delhi_on_November_15%2C_2010.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ab/Gurudas_Kamat_New_Delhi_on_November_15%2C_2010.jpg/140px-Gurudas_Kamat_New_Delhi_on_November_15%2C_2010.jpg 2x" data-file-width="452" data-file-height="542" /></a></span> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Gurudas_Kamat" title="Gurudas Kamat">Gurudas Kamat</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(1954–2018)<br />MP for <a href="/wiki/Mumbai_North_West_Lok_Sabha_constituency" title="Mumbai North West Lok Sabha constituency">Mumbai North West</a></span> </td> <td>21 January<br />2011 </td> <td>12 July<br />2011 </td> <td><b><span data-sort-value="7002172000000000000♠"></span>172 days</b> </td></tr> <tr> <th>24 </th> <td bgcolor="#19AAED"> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Milind_Deora.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Milind_Deora.JPG/70px-Milind_Deora.JPG" decoding="async" width="70" height="109" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Milind_Deora.JPG/105px-Milind_Deora.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Milind_Deora.JPG/140px-Milind_Deora.JPG 2x" data-file-width="434" data-file-height="673" /></a></span> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Milind_Deora" title="Milind Deora">Milind Deora</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(born 1976)<br />MP for <a href="/wiki/Mumbai_South_Lok_Sabha_constituency" title="Mumbai South Lok Sabha constituency">Mumbai South</a></span> </td> <td>12 July<br />2011 </td> <td>26 May<br />2014 </td> <td><b><span data-sort-value="7003104900000000000♠"></span>2 years, 318 days</b> </td></tr> <tr> <th>25 </th> <td bgcolor="#19AAED"> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Kruparani_Killi_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b3/Kruparani_Killi_%28cropped%29.jpg/70px-Kruparani_Killi_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="92" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b3/Kruparani_Killi_%28cropped%29.jpg/105px-Kruparani_Killi_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b3/Kruparani_Killi_%28cropped%29.jpg/140px-Kruparani_Killi_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="440" data-file-height="581" /></a></span> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Killi_Krupa_Rani" title="Killi Krupa Rani">Killi Krupa Rani</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(born 1965)<br />MP for <a href="/wiki/Srikakulam_Lok_Sabha_constituency" title="Srikakulam Lok Sabha constituency">Srikakulam</a></span> </td> <td>28 October<br />2012 </td> <td>26 May<br />2014 </td> <td><b><span data-sort-value="7002575000000000000♠"></span>1 year, 210 days</b> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="11">Minister of State of Communications </th></tr> <tr> <th>26 </th> <td bgcolor="#FF9933"> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Sanjay_Dhotre.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d4/Sanjay_Dhotre.jpg/70px-Sanjay_Dhotre.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="70" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d4/Sanjay_Dhotre.jpg/105px-Sanjay_Dhotre.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d4/Sanjay_Dhotre.jpg/140px-Sanjay_Dhotre.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1105" data-file-height="1099" /></a></span> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Sanjay_Shamrao_Dhotre" title="Sanjay Shamrao Dhotre">Sanjay Shamrao Dhotre</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(born 1959)<br />MP for <a href="/wiki/Akola_Lok_Sabha_constituency" title="Akola Lok Sabha constituency">Akola</a></span> </td> <td>31 May<br />2019 </td> <td>7 July<br />2021 </td> <td><b><span data-sort-value="7002768000000000000♠"></span>2 years, 37 days</b> </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Bharatiya_Janata_Party" title="Bharatiya Janata Party">Bharatiya Janata Party</a> </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Second_Modi_ministry" title="Second Modi ministry">Modi II</a> </td> <td rowspan="3" bgcolor="#FF9933"> </td> <td rowspan="3"><b><a href="/wiki/Narendra_Modi" title="Narendra Modi">Narendra Modi</a></b> </td></tr> <tr> <th>27 </th> <td bgcolor="#FF9933"> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Devusinh_Chauhan_with_PM_Modi_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Devusinh_Chauhan_with_PM_Modi_%28cropped%29.jpg/70px-Devusinh_Chauhan_with_PM_Modi_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="90" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Devusinh_Chauhan_with_PM_Modi_%28cropped%29.jpg/105px-Devusinh_Chauhan_with_PM_Modi_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Devusinh_Chauhan_with_PM_Modi_%28cropped%29.jpg/140px-Devusinh_Chauhan_with_PM_Modi_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="587" data-file-height="751" /></a></span> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Devusinh_Jesingbhai_Chauhan" title="Devusinh Jesingbhai Chauhan">Devusinh Jesingbhai Chauhan</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(born 1964)<br />MP for <a href="/wiki/Kheda_Lok_Sabha_constituency" title="Kheda Lok Sabha constituency">Kheda</a></span> </td> <td>7 July<br />2021 </td> <td>9 June<br />2024 </td> <td><b><span data-sort-value="7003106800000000000♠"></span>2 years, 338 days</b> </td></tr> <tr> <th>28 </th> <td bgcolor="#FFED00"> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Chandra_Sekhar_Pemmasani.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Chandra_Sekhar_Pemmasani.jpg/70px-Chandra_Sekhar_Pemmasani.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="83" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Chandra_Sekhar_Pemmasani.jpg/105px-Chandra_Sekhar_Pemmasani.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Chandra_Sekhar_Pemmasani.jpg/140px-Chandra_Sekhar_Pemmasani.jpg 2x" data-file-width="824" data-file-height="980" /></a></span> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Chandra_Sekhar_Pemmasani" title="Chandra Sekhar Pemmasani">Chandra Sekhar Pemmasani</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(born 1976)<br />MP for <a href="/wiki/Guntur_Lok_Sabha_constituency" title="Guntur Lok Sabha constituency">Guntur</a></span> </td> <td>10 June<br />2024 </td> <td>Incumbent </td> <td><b><span data-sort-value="7002166000000000000♠"></span>166 days</b> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Telugu_Desam_Party" title="Telugu Desam Party">Telugu Desam Party</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Third_Modi_ministry" title="Third Modi ministry">Modi III</a> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Deputy_Ministers">Deputy Ministers</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Minister_of_Communications_(India)&action=edit&section=4" 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"><abbr title="Number">No.</abbr> </th> <th rowspan="2" colspan="2">Portrait </th> <th rowspan="2" style="width:16em">Minister<br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(Birth-Death)<br />Constituency</span> </th> <th colspan="3">Term of office </th> <th rowspan="2" style="width:8em">Political party </th> <th rowspan="2" style="width:6em">Ministry </th> <th rowspan="2" colspan="2">Prime Minister </th></tr> <tr> <th style="width:8em">From </th> <th style="width:8em">To </th> <th style="width:6em">Period </th></tr> <tr> <th colspan="11">Deputy Minister of Communications </th></tr> <tr> <th>1 </th> <td bgcolor="#19AAED"> </td> <td> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Khurshed_Lal" title="Khurshed Lal">Khurshed Lal</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(1903–1951)<br />MCA for <a href="/wiki/United_Provinces_(1937%E2%80%931950)" title="United Provinces (1937–1950)">United Provinces</a></span> </td> <td>1 October<br />1948 </td> <td>29 January<br />1951 </td> <td><b><span data-sort-value="7002850000000000000♠"></span>2 years, 120 days</b> </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Indian_National_Congress" title="Indian National Congress">Indian National Congress</a> </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/First_Nehru_ministry" title="First Nehru ministry">Nehru I</a> </td> <td rowspan="4" bgcolor="#19AAED"> </td> <td rowspan="4"><b><a href="/wiki/Jawaharlal_Nehru" title="Jawaharlal Nehru">Jawaharlal Nehru</a></b> </td></tr> <tr> <th>2 </th> <td bgcolor="#19AAED"> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Raj_Bahadur_2013_stamp_of_India_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c0/Raj_Bahadur_2013_stamp_of_India_%28cropped%29.jpg/70px-Raj_Bahadur_2013_stamp_of_India_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="94" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c0/Raj_Bahadur_2013_stamp_of_India_%28cropped%29.jpg/105px-Raj_Bahadur_2013_stamp_of_India_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c0/Raj_Bahadur_2013_stamp_of_India_%28cropped%29.jpg/140px-Raj_Bahadur_2013_stamp_of_India_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="473" data-file-height="633" /></a></span> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Raj_Bahadur" title="Raj Bahadur">Raj Bahadur</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(1912–1990)<br />MCA for <a href="/wiki/Rajputana" title="Rajputana">Rajputana</a><br />MP for <a href="/wiki/Sawai_Madhopur_Lok_Sabha_constituency" title="Sawai Madhopur Lok Sabha constituency">Jaipur–Sawai Madhopur</a></span> </td> <td>29 January<br />1951 </td> <td>13 May<br />1952 </td> <td><b><span data-sort-value="7002470000000000000♠"></span>1 year, 105 days</b> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="9"> </th></tr> <tr> <th>(2) </th> <td bgcolor="#19AAED"> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Raj_Bahadur_2013_stamp_of_India_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c0/Raj_Bahadur_2013_stamp_of_India_%28cropped%29.jpg/70px-Raj_Bahadur_2013_stamp_of_India_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="94" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c0/Raj_Bahadur_2013_stamp_of_India_%28cropped%29.jpg/105px-Raj_Bahadur_2013_stamp_of_India_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c0/Raj_Bahadur_2013_stamp_of_India_%28cropped%29.jpg/140px-Raj_Bahadur_2013_stamp_of_India_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="473" data-file-height="633" /></a></span> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Raj_Bahadur" title="Raj Bahadur">Raj Bahadur</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(1912–1990)<br />MCA for <a href="/wiki/Rajputana" title="Rajputana">Rajputana</a><br />MP for <a href="/wiki/Sawai_Madhopur_Lok_Sabha_constituency" title="Sawai Madhopur Lok Sabha constituency">Jaipur–Sawai Madhopur</a></span> </td> <td>4 June<br />1952 </td> <td>14 February<br />1956 </td> <td><b><span data-sort-value="7003135000000000000♠"></span>3 years, 255 days</b> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Indian_National_Congress" title="Indian National Congress">Indian National Congress</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Second_Nehru_ministry" title="Second Nehru ministry">Nehru II</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="11">Deputy Minister of Posts and Telegraphs </th></tr> <tr> <th>3 </th> <td bgcolor="#19AAED"> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Bijoy_Chandra_Bhagavati_portrait.gif" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d5/Bijoy_Chandra_Bhagavati_portrait.gif/70px-Bijoy_Chandra_Bhagavati_portrait.gif" decoding="async" width="70" height="88" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d5/Bijoy_Chandra_Bhagavati_portrait.gif/105px-Bijoy_Chandra_Bhagavati_portrait.gif 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d5/Bijoy_Chandra_Bhagavati_portrait.gif/140px-Bijoy_Chandra_Bhagavati_portrait.gif 2x" data-file-width="196" data-file-height="246" /></a></span> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Bijoy_Chandra_Bhagavati" title="Bijoy Chandra Bhagavati">Bijoy Chandra Bhagavati</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(1905–1997)<br />MP for <a href="/wiki/Tezpur_Lok_Sabha_constituency" title="Tezpur Lok Sabha constituency">Tezpur</a></span> </td> <td>1 September<br />1963 </td> <td>13 May<br />1964 </td> <td><b><span data-sort-value="7002255000000000000♠"></span>255 days</b> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Indian_National_Congress" title="Indian National Congress">Indian National Congress</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Fourth_Nehru_ministry" title="Fourth Nehru ministry">Nehru IV</a> </td> <td bgcolor="#19AAED"> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Jawaharlal_Nehru" title="Jawaharlal Nehru">Jawaharlal Nehru</a></b> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="11">Deputy Minister of Communications </th></tr> <tr> <th rowspan="4">(3) </th> <td rowspan="4" bgcolor="#19AAED"> </td> <td rowspan="4"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Bijoy_Chandra_Bhagavati_portrait.gif" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d5/Bijoy_Chandra_Bhagavati_portrait.gif/70px-Bijoy_Chandra_Bhagavati_portrait.gif" decoding="async" width="70" height="88" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d5/Bijoy_Chandra_Bhagavati_portrait.gif/105px-Bijoy_Chandra_Bhagavati_portrait.gif 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d5/Bijoy_Chandra_Bhagavati_portrait.gif/140px-Bijoy_Chandra_Bhagavati_portrait.gif 2x" data-file-width="196" data-file-height="246" /></a></span> </td> <td rowspan="4"><b><a href="/wiki/Bijoy_Chandra_Bhagavati" title="Bijoy Chandra Bhagavati">Bijoy Chandra Bhagavati</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(1905–1997)<br />MP for <a href="/wiki/Tezpur_Lok_Sabha_constituency" title="Tezpur Lok Sabha constituency">Tezpur</a></span> </td> <td>13 May<br />1964 </td> <td>27 May<br />1964 </td> <td rowspan="4"><b><span data-sort-value="7002615000000000000♠"></span>1 year, 250 days</b> </td> <td rowspan="5"><a href="/wiki/Indian_National_Congress" title="Indian National Congress">Indian National Congress</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Fourth_Nehru_ministry" title="Fourth Nehru ministry">Nehru IV</a> </td> <td bgcolor="#19AAED"> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Jawaharlal_Nehru" title="Jawaharlal Nehru">Jawaharlal Nehru</a></b> </td></tr> <tr> <td>27 May<br />1964 </td> <td>9 June<br />1964 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/First_Nanda_ministry" title="First Nanda ministry">Nanda I</a> </td> <td bgcolor="#19AAED"> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Gulzarilal_Nanda" title="Gulzarilal Nanda">Gulzarilal Nanda</a></b> </td></tr> <tr> <td>15 June<br />1964 </td> <td>11 January<br />1966 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Shastri_ministry" title="Shastri ministry">Shastri</a> </td> <td bgcolor="#19AAED"> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Lal_Bahadur_Shastri" title="Lal Bahadur Shastri">Lal Bahadur Shastri</a></b> </td></tr> <tr> <td>11 January<br />1966 </td> <td>24 January<br />1966 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Second_Nanda_ministry" title="Second Nanda ministry">Nanda II</a> </td> <td bgcolor="#19AAED"> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Gulzarilal_Nanda" title="Gulzarilal Nanda">Gulzarilal Nanda</a></b> </td></tr> <tr> <th>4 </th> <td bgcolor="#19AAED"> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Vidya_Charan_Shukla_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/Vidya_Charan_Shukla_%28cropped%29.jpg/70px-Vidya_Charan_Shukla_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="96" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/Vidya_Charan_Shukla_%28cropped%29.jpg/105px-Vidya_Charan_Shukla_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/Vidya_Charan_Shukla_%28cropped%29.jpg/140px-Vidya_Charan_Shukla_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="287" data-file-height="392" /></a></span> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Vidya_Charan_Shukla" title="Vidya Charan Shukla">Vidya Charan Shukla</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(1929–2013)<br />MP for <a href="/wiki/Mahasamund_Lok_Sabha_constituency" title="Mahasamund Lok Sabha constituency">Mahasamund</a></span> </td> <td>24 January<br />1966 </td> <td>14 February<br />1966 </td> <td><b><span data-sort-value="7001210000000000000♠"></span>21 days</b> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/First_Indira_Gandhi_ministry" title="First Indira Gandhi ministry">Indira I</a> </td> <td bgcolor="#19AAED"> </td> <td rowspan="4" style="width:9em"><b><a href="/wiki/Indira_Gandhi" title="Indira Gandhi">Indira Gandhi</a></b> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="10"> </th></tr> <tr> <th>5 </th> <td bgcolor="turquoise"> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Jagannath_Pahadia.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/Jagannath_Pahadia.jpg/70px-Jagannath_Pahadia.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="89" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/Jagannath_Pahadia.jpg/105px-Jagannath_Pahadia.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/Jagannath_Pahadia.jpg/140px-Jagannath_Pahadia.jpg 2x" data-file-width="351" data-file-height="445" /></a></span> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Jagannath_Pahadia" title="Jagannath Pahadia">Jagannath Pahadia</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(1932–1991)<br />MP for <a href="/wiki/Bayana_Lok_Sabha_constituency" title="Bayana Lok Sabha constituency">Bayana</a></span> </td> <td>22 July<br />1972 </td> <td>23 December<br />1976 </td> <td><b><span data-sort-value="7003161500000000000♠"></span>4 years, 154 days</b> </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Indian_National_Congress_(R)" title="Indian National Congress (R)">Indian National Congress (R)</a> </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Third_Indira_Gandhi_ministry" title="Third Indira Gandhi ministry">Indira III</a> </td> <td rowspan="2" bgcolor="turquoise"> </td></tr> <tr> <th>6 </th> <td bgcolor="#19AAED"> </td> <td> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Balgovind_Verma" title="Balgovind Verma">Balgovind Verma</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(1923–1980)<br />MP for <a href="/wiki/Kheri_Lok_Sabha_constituency" title="Kheri Lok Sabha constituency">Kheri</a></span> </td> <td>23 December<br />1976 </td> <td>24 March<br />1977 </td> <td><b><span data-sort-value="7001910000000000000♠"></span>91 days</b> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="11"> </th></tr> <tr> <th rowspan="2">7 </th> <td rowspan="2" bgcolor="#0EF4E1"> </td> <td rowspan="2"> </td> <td rowspan="2"><b><a href="/wiki/Vijaykumar_Naval_Patil" title="Vijaykumar Naval Patil">Vijaykumar Naval Patil</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(born 1942)<br />MP for <a href="/wiki/Dhule_Lok_Sabha_constituency" title="Dhule Lok Sabha constituency">Dhule</a></span> </td> <td>19 October<br />1980 </td> <td>31 October<br />1984 </td> <td rowspan="2"><b><span data-sort-value="7003152900000000000♠"></span>4 years, 68 days</b> </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Indian_National_Congress_(I)" class="mw-redirect" title="Indian National Congress (I)">Indian National Congress (I)</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Fourth_Indira_Gandhi_ministry" title="Fourth Indira Gandhi ministry">Indira IV</a> </td> <td bgcolor="#0EF4E1"> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Indira_Gandhi" title="Indira Gandhi">Indira Gandhi</a></b> </td></tr> <tr> <td>4 November<br />1984 </td> <td>31 December<br />1984 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/First_Rajiv_Gandhi_ministry" title="First Rajiv Gandhi ministry">Rajiv I</a> </td> <td bgcolor="#0EF4E1"> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Rajiv_Gandhi" title="Rajiv Gandhi">Rajiv Gandhi</a></b> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="11"> </th></tr> <tr> <th>8 </th> <td bgcolor="#74C365"> </td> <td> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Jai_Parkash" title="Jai Parkash">Jai Parkash</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(born 1954)<br />MP for <a href="/wiki/Hisar_Lok_Sabha_constituency" title="Hisar Lok Sabha constituency">Hisar</a></span> </td> <td>7 December<br />1990 </td> <td>21 June<br />1991 </td> <td><b><span data-sort-value="7002196000000000000♠"></span>196 days</b> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Samajwadi_Janata_Party_(Rashtriya)" title="Samajwadi Janata Party (Rashtriya)">Samajwadi Janata Party (Rashtriya)</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Chandra_Shekhar_ministry" title="Chandra Shekhar ministry">Chandra Shekhar</a> </td> <td bgcolor="#74C365"> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Chandra_Shekhar" title="Chandra Shekhar">Chandra Shekhar</a></b> </td></tr> <tr> <th>9 </th> <td bgcolor="#0EF4E1"> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:P._V._Rangayya_Naidu_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c0/P._V._Rangayya_Naidu_%28cropped%29.jpg/70px-P._V._Rangayya_Naidu_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="70" height="91" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c0/P._V._Rangayya_Naidu_%28cropped%29.jpg/105px-P._V._Rangayya_Naidu_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c0/P._V._Rangayya_Naidu_%28cropped%29.jpg/140px-P._V._Rangayya_Naidu_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="262" data-file-height="340" /></a></span> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/P._V._Rangayya_Naidu" title="P. V. Rangayya Naidu">P. V. Rangayya Naidu</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(born 1933)<br />MP for <a href="/wiki/Khammam_Lok_Sabha_constituency" title="Khammam Lok Sabha constituency">Khammam</a></span> </td> <td>21 June<br />1991 </td> <td>18 January<br />1993 </td> <td><b><span data-sort-value="7002577000000000000♠"></span>1 year, 211 days</b> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Indian_National_Congress_(I)" class="mw-redirect" title="Indian National Congress (I)">Indian National Congress (I)</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Rao_ministry" title="Rao ministry">Rao</a> </td> <td bgcolor="#0EF4E1"> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/P._V._Narasimha_Rao" title="P. V. Narasimha Rao">P. V. 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