Name,  Term of office, Prime Minister (s)

Baldev Singh, 2 September 1946 to 1952, Jawaharlal Nehru

Kailash Nath Katju,  1955 to 1957                                                              

V. K. Krishna Menon, 1957 to 1962                                                          

Yashwantrao Chavan, 1962 to 1966, Jawaharlal Nehru, Lal Bahadur Shastri, Indira Gandhi

Sardar Swaran Singh, 1966 to1970, Indira Gandhi              

Jagjivan Ram, 1970 to 1974                                                          

Sardar Swaran Singh, 1974 to 1975                                                           

Indira Gandhi,  1975 to1975                                                        

Bansi Lal, 21 December 1975 to 24 March 1977                                                   

Jagjivan Ram, 24 March 1977 to 28 July 1979, Morarji Desai

Chidambaram Subramaniam, 28 July 1979 to 14 January 1980, Charan Singh

Indira Gandhi, 14 January 1980 to 1982, Indira Gandhi    

R. Venkataraman, 1982 to 1984                                                 

Shankarrao Chavan,  1984 to 1984, Indira Gandhi, Rajiv Gandhi

P. V. Narasimha Rao, 1984 to 1985, Rajiv Gandhi               

Rajiv Gandhi,  1985 to 1987,

V. P. Singh, 1987 to 1987                                                              

K. C. Pant, 1987 to 1989                                                

V. P. Singh,  2 December 1989 to 10 November 1990, V. P. Singh

Chandra Shekhar,  10 November 1990 to 26 June 1991, Chandra Shekhar

Sharad Pawar,   26 June 1991 to 6 March 1993,    P. V. Narasimha Rao

P. V. Narasimha Rao, 6 March 1993 to 16 May 1996,

Pramod Mahajan,  16 May 1996 to 1 June 1996, Atal Bihari Vajpayee

Mulayam Singh Yadav,   1 June 1996 to 19 March 1998, H. D. Deve Gowda, I. K. Gujral,

George Fernandes,  19 March 1998 to 2001, Atal Bihari Vajpayee

Jaswant Singh, 2001 to 2001,

George Fernandes,  2001 to 22 May 2004                                                             

Pranab Mukherjee,  22 May 2004 to 24 October 2006, Manmohan Singh

A.K. Antony,  24 October 2006 to 26 May 2014                                                   

Arun Jaitley,  26 May 2014- 3 September 2017, Narendra Modi

Nirmala Sitharaman 3 September 2017 – 31 May 2019

Rajnath Singh 31 May 2019 -

As on June 1, 2019