Railways Ministry Name india 1947 to 2021

 

Time	Railway Ministry Name
15 August 1947 22 September 1948 Duration-1 year, 38 days	John Mathai
22 September 1948 13 May 1952 Duration-3 years, 234 days	N. Gopalaswami Ayyangar
13 May 1952 7 December 1956 Duration-4 years, 208 days	Lal Bahadur Shastri
7 December 1956 10 April 1962 Duration-5 years, 124 days	Jagjivan Ram
10 April 1962 21 September 1963 Duration-1 year, 164 days	Swaran Singh
21 September 1963 8 June 1964 Duration-261 days	H. C. Dasappa
9 June 1964 12 March 1967 Duration-2 years, 276 days	S. K. Patil
13 March 1967 14 February 1969 Duration-1 year, 338 days	C. M. Poonacha
14 February 1969 4 November 1969 Duration-263 days	Ram Subhag Singh
4 November 1969 18 February 1970 Duration-106 days	Panampilly Govinda Menon
18 February 1970 17 March 1971 Duration-1 year, 27 days	Gulzarilal Nanda
18 March 1971 22 July 1972 Duration-1 year, 126 days	K. Hanumanthaiah
23 July 1972 4 February 1973 Duration-196 days	T. A. Pai
5 February 1973 2 January 1975 Duration-1 year, 331 days	Lalit Narayan Mishra
11 February 1975 23 March 1977 Duration-2 years, 40 days	Kamalapati Tripathi
26 March 1977 28 July 1979 Duration-2 years, 124 days	Madhu Dandavate
30 July 1979 14 January 1980 Duration-168 days	T. A. Pai
14 January 1980 12 November 1980 Duration-303 days	Kamalapati Tripathi
12 November 1980 14 January 1982 Duration-1 year, 63 days	Kedar Pandey
15 January 1982 2 September 1982 Duration-230 days	Prakash Chandra Sethi
2 September 1982 31 December 1984 Duration-2 years, 120 days	A. B. A. Ghani Khan Choudhury
31 December 1984 24 June 1986 Duration-1 year, 175 days	Bansi Lal (Minister of Transport from 25 Sept 1985 onwards)
24 June 1986 21 October 1986 Duration-119 days	Mohsina Kidwai (As Minister of Transport)
22 October 1986 2 December 1989 Duration-3 years, 41 days	Madhavrao Scindia (Independent Charge)
2 December 1989 10 November 1990 Duration-343 days	George Fernandes
21 November 1990 21 June 1991 Duration-212 days	Janeshwar Mishra
21 June 1991 17 October 1995 Duration-4 years, 118 days	C. K. Jaffer Sharief
1 June 1996 19 March 1998 Duration-1 year, 291 days	Ram Vilas Paswan
19 March 1998 5 August 1999 Duration-1 year, 139 days	Nitish Kumar
6 August 1999 13 October 1999 Duration-69 days	Ram Naik
13 October 1999 15 March 2001 Duration-1 year, 153 days	Mamata Banerjee
20 March 2001 22 May 2004 Duration-3 years, 63 days	Nitish Kumar
22 May 2004 22 May 2009 Duration-5 years, 0 days	Lalu Prasad Yadav
22 May 2009 19 May 2011 Duration-1 year, 362 days	Mamata Banerjee
12 July 2011 19 March 2012 Duration-251 days	Dinesh Trivedi
20 March 2012 22 September 2012 Duration-186 days	Mukul Roy
22 September 2012 28 October 2012 Duration-36 days	C. P. Joshi
29 October 2012 10 May 2013 Duration-194 days	Pawan Kumar Bansal
13 May 2013 14 June 2013 Duration-32 days	C. P. Joshi
17 June 2013 26 May 2014 Duration-343 days	Mallikarjun Kharge
26 May 2014 9 November 2014 Duration-167 days	D. V. Sadananda Gowda
9 November 2014 3 September 2017 Duration-2 years, 298 days	Suresh Prabhu
3 September 2017 7 July 2021 Duration-3 years, 307 days	Piyush Goyal
7 July 2021 Continue	Ashwini Vaishnaw