| Time | Home Ministers Name |
| 2 September 1946 – 15 December 1950 | Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel |
| 26 December 1950 – 25 October 1951 | C. Rajagopalachari |
| 1951 – 1955 | Kailash Nath Katju |
| 1955 – 1961 | G. B. Pant |
| 4 April 1961 – 29 August 1963 | Lal Bahadur Shastri |
| 29 August 1963 – 14 November 1966 | Gulzarilal Nanda |
| 14 November 1966 – 27 June 1970 | Yashwantrao Chavan |
| 27 June 1970 – 04 February 1973 | Indira Gandhi |
| 4 February 1973 – 1974 | Uma Shankar Dikshit |
| 1974 – 24 March 1977 | Kasu Brahmananda Reddy |
| 24 March 1977 – 01 July 1978 | Charan Singh |
| 1 July 1978 – 28 July 1979 | Morarji Desai |
| 01 July 1978 – 28 July 1979 | Yashwantrao Chavan |
| 14 January 1980 – 22 June 1982 | Giani Zail Singh |
| Time | Home MinisterName |
| 22 June 1982 – 02 September 1982 | Ramaswamy Venkataraman |
| 2 September 1982 – 19 July 1984 | Prakash Chandra Sethi |
| 19 July 1984 – 31 December 1984 | P. V. Narasimha Rao |
| 31 December 1984 – 12 March 1986 | Shankarrao Chavan |
| 12 March 1986 – 12 May 1986 | P. V. Narasimha Rao |
| 12 May 1986 – 02 December 1989 | Sardar Buta Singh |
| 1989 – 10 November 1990 | Mufti Mohammad Sayeed |
| 10 November 1990 – 21 June 1991 | Chandra Shekhar |
| 21 June 1991 – 16 May 1996 | Shankarrao Chavan |
| 16 May 1996 – 1 June 1996 | Murli Manohar Joshi |
| 29 June 1996 – 19 March 1998 | Indrajit Gupta |
| 19 March 1998 – 22 May 2004 | Lal Krishna Advani |
| 22 May 2004 – 30 November 2008 | Shivraj Patil |
| 30 November 2008 – 31 July 2012 | P. Chidambaram |
| 31 July 2012 – 26 May 2014 | Sushilkumar Shinde |
| 27 May 2014 – 29 May 2019 | Rajnath Singh |
| 30 May 2019 – Incumbent | Amit Shah |
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