List of Defense Ministers of India
1. Baldev Singh
Period - 15 aug 1947 to 15 may 1952
Party - INC
2. N. Gopal Swamy Ayangar
Period - 13 May 1952 to 10 Feb 1953
Party - INC
3. Pandit Jawahar Lal Nehru
Period - 27 jan 1953 to 10 Jan 1955
Party - INC
4. Kailash Nath Katjoo
Period - 10 Jan 1955 to 30 Jan 1957
Party - INC
5. Pandit Jawahar Lal Nehru
Period - 30 Jan 1957 to 17 Apr 1957
Party - INC
6. V.K. Krishna Menon
Period - 17 apr 1957 to 1 nov 1962
Party - INC
7. Pandit Jawahar lal nehru
Period - 1 nov 1962 to 21 nov 1962
Party - INC
8. Yashwantrao Chavan
Period - 21 Nov 1962 to 13 nov 1966
Party - INC
9. Sardar Swaran Singh
Period - 13 Nov 1966 to 27 june 1970
Party - INC
10. Jagjivan Ram
Period - 27 June 1970 to 10 Oct 1974
Party - INC
11. Sardar Swaran Singh
Period - 10 Oct 1974 to 1 dec 1975
Party - INC
12. Indira Gandhi
Period - 1 Dec 1975 to 21 Dec 1975
Party - INC
13. Bansi Lal
Period - 21 Dec 1975 to 24 Mar 1977
Party - INC
14. Jagjivan Ram
Period - 28 Mar 1977 to 27 july 1979
Party - Janata Party
15. Chidambaram Subramaniam
Period - 30 july 1970 to 14 Jan 1980
Party - Janata Party
16. Indira Gandhi
Period - 14 Jan 1980 to 15 Jan 1982
Party - INC
17. R. Venkataraman
Period - 15 Jan 1982 to 1 Aug 1984
Party - INC
18. Shankarrao Chavan
Period - 1 Aug 1984 to 31 dec 1984
Party - INC
19. P. V. Narasimha Rao
Period - 1 Jan 1985 to 24 Sep 1985
Party - INC
20. Rajiv Gandhi
Period - 25 Sep 1985 to 24 June 1987
Party - INC
21. V.P.Singh
Period - 15 Jan 1987 to 12 Apr 1987
Party - INC
22. K.C.Pant
Period - 18 Apr 1987 to 3 Dec 1989
Party - INC
23. V. P. Singh
Period - 6 Dec 1989 to 10 Nov 1990
Party - Janata Dal
24. Chandra Shekhar
Period - 21 Nov 1990 to 20 June 1991
Party - Samajwadi Party
25. P. V. Narasimha Rao
Period - 21 june 1991 to 25 june 1991
Party - Samajwadi Janata Party
26. Sharad Pawar
Period - 26 June 1991 to 5 Mar 1993
Party - INC
27. P. V. Narasimha Rao
Period - 5 Mar 1993 to 16 May 1996
Party - INC
28. Pramod Mahajan
Period - 17 May 1996 to 31 May 1996
Party - Bharatiya Janata Party.
29. Mulayam Singh Yadav
Period - 1 June 1996 to 19 Mar 1998
Party - Samajwadi Party
30. George Fernandes
Period - 19 Mar 1998 to 15 Mar 2001
Party - Samata Party
31. Jaswant Singh
Period - 16 Mar 2001 to 14 Oct 2001
Party - Bharatiya Janata Party
32. George Fernandes
Period - 15 Oct 2001 to 22 May 2004
Party - Samata Party
33. Pranab Mukherjee
Period - 23 May 2004 to 24 Oct 2006
Party - INC
34. A.K.Antony
Period - 24 Oct 2006 to 26 May 2014
Party - INC
35. Arun Jaitley
Period - 27 May 2014 to 8 Nov 2014
Party- Bharatiya Janata Party
36. Manohar Parrikar
Period - 9 Nov 2014 to 13 Mar 2017
Party - Bharatiya Janata Party
37. Arun Jaitley
Period - 13 Mar 2017 to 4 Sep 2017
Party - Bharatiya Janata Party
38. Nirmala Sitharaman
Period - 4 Sep 2017 to present
Party - Bharatiya Janata Party.