|
Defence Ministry Name |
Time |
|
Baldev Singh Chokkar |
15 August 1947 13 May 1952 |
|
N. Gopalaswami Ayyangar |
13 May 1952 10 February 1953 |
|
Jawaharlal Nehru |
27 February 1953 10 January 1955 |
|
Kailash Nath Katju |
10 January 1955 30 January 1957 |
|
Jawaharlal Nehru |
30 January 1957 17 April 1957 |
|
V. K. Krishna Menon |
17 April 1957 1 November 1962 |
|
Jawaharlal Nehru |
1 November 1962 21 November 1962 |
|
Yashwantrao Chavan |
21 November 1962 13 November 1966 |
|
Swaran Singh |
13 November 1966 27 June 1970 |
|
Jagjivan Ram |
27 June 1970 10 October 1974 |
|
Swaran Singh |
10 October 1974 1 December 1975 |
|
Indira Gandhi |
1 December 1975 21 December 1975 |
|
Bansi Lal |
21 December 1975 24 March 1977 |
|
Jagjivan Ram |
28 March 1977 27 July 1979 |
|
Chidambaram Subramaniam |
30 July 1979 14 January 1980 |
|
Indira Gandhi |
14 January 1980 15 January 1982 |
|
R. Venkataraman |
15 August 1982 1 August 1984 |
|
Shankarrao Chavan |
3 August 1984 31 December 1984 |
|
P. V. Narasimha Rao |
1 January 1985 24 September 1985 |
|
Rajiv Gandhi |
25 September 1985 24 January 1987 |
|
V. P. Singh |
25 January 1987 12 April 1987 |
|
K. C. Pant |
18 April 1987 3 December 1989 |
|
V. P. Singh |
6 December 1989 10 November 1990 |
|
Chandra Shekhar |
21 November 1990 20 June 1991 |
|
P. V. Narasimha Rao |
21 June 1991 26 June 1991 |
|
Sharad Pawar |
26 June 1991 5 March 1993 |
|
P. V. Nasimha Rao |
6 March 1993 16 May 1996 |
|
Pramod Mahajan |
16 May 1996 1 June 1996 |
|
Mulayam Singh Yadav |
1 June 1996 19 March 1998 |
|
George Fernandes |
19 March 1998 16 March 2001 |
|
Jaswant Singh |
16 March 2001 21 October 2001 |
|
George Fernandes |
21 October 2001 22 May 2004 |
|
Pranab Mukherjee |
22 May 2004 24 October 2006 |
|
A. K. Antony |
26 October 2006 26 May 2014 |
|
Arun Jaitley |
26 May 2014 9 November 2014 |
|
Manohar Parrikar |
9 November 2014 13 March 2017 |
|
Arun Jaitley |
13 March 2017 3 September 2017 |
|
Nirmala Sitharaman |
3 September 2017 31 May 2019 |
|
Rajnath Singh |
31 May 2019 Continue..... |