List of Home Ministers
1. Vallabhbhai Patel
Period - 15 Aug 1947 to 15 Dec 1950
Party - Indian National Congress
2. C. Rajagopalachari
Period - 26 Dec 1950 to 25 Oct 1951
Party - Indian National Congress
3. Kailash Nath Katju
Period - 25 Oct 1951 to 10 Jan 1955
Party - Indian National Congress
4. Govind Ballabh Pant
Period - 10 Jan 1955 to 7 Mar 1961
Party - Indian National Congress
5. Lal Bahadur Shastri
Period - 4 Apr 1961 to 29 Aug 1963
Party - Indian National Congress
6. Gulzarilal Nanda
Period - 29 Aug 1963 to 14 Nov 1966
Party - Indian National Congress
7. Yashwantrao Chavan
Period - 14 Nov 1966 to 27 June 1970
Party - Indian National Congress
8. Indira Gandhi
Period - 27 June 1970 to 4 Feb 1973
Party - Indian National Congress
9. Uma Shankar Dikshit
Period - 4 Feb 1973 to 10 Oct 1974
Party - Indian National Congress
10. Kasu Brahmananda Reddy
Period - 10 Oct 1974 to 24 Mar 1977
Party - Indian National Congress
11. Charan Singh
Period - 24 Mar 1977 to 1 July 1978
Party - Janata Party
12. Morarji Desai
Period - 1 July 1978 to 28 July 1979
Party - Janata Party
13. Yashwantrao Chavan
Period - 28 July 1979 to 14 Jan 1980
Party - Janata Party
14. Zail Singh
Period - 14 Jan 1980 to 22 June 1982
Party - Indian National Congress
15. R. Venkataraman
Period - 22 June 1982 to 2 Sep 1982
Party - Indian National Congress
16. Prakash Chandra Sethi
Period - 2 Sep 1982 to 19 July 1984
Party - Indian National Congress
17. P. V. Narasimha Rao
Period - 19 July 1984 to 31 Dec 1984
Party - Indian National Congress
18. Shankarrao Chavan
Period - 31 Dec 1984 to 12 Mar 1986
Party - Indian National Congress
19. P. V. Narasimha Rao
Period - 12 Mar 1986 to 12 May 1986
Party - Indian National Congress
20. Buta Singh
Period - 12 May 1986 to 2 Dec 1989
Party - Indian National Congress
21. Mufti Mohammad Sayeed
Period - Dec 1989 to 10 Nov 1990
Party - Janata Dal
22. Chandra Shekhar
Period - 10 Nov 1990 to 21 June 1991
Party - Samajwadi Janata Party
23. ShankarraoChavan
Period - 21 June 1991 to 16 May 1996
Party - Indian National Congress
24. Murli Manohar Joshi
Period - 16 May 1996 to 1 June 1996
Party - Bharatiya Janata Party
25. H. D. Deve Gowda
Period - 1 June 1996 to 29 June 1996
Party - Janata Dal
26. Indrajit Gupta
Period - 29 June 1996 to 19 Mar 1998
Party - Communist Party of India
27. Lal Krishna Advani
Period - 19 Mar 1998 to 22 May 2004
Party - Bharatiya Janata Party
28. Shivraj Patil
Period - 22 May 2004 to 30 Nov 2008
Party - Indian National Congress
29. P. Chidambaram
Period - 30 Nov 2008 to 31 July 2012
Party - Indian National Congress
30. Sushilkumar Shinde
Period - 31 July 2012 to 26 May 2014
Party - Indian National Congress
31. Rajnath Singh
Period - 26 May 2014 to present
Party - Bharatiya Janata Party.