The Defence Minister of India List 2023 PDF Download link is available at the end of the post. See the complete List of Defence Ministers From 1947 to 2023.
The Defense Minister is one of the senior-most offices in the Union Council of Ministers as well as a high-level minister in the Union Cabinet. The Defense Minister additionally serves as the Chairman of the Institute for Defense Studies and Analyses, and Chancellor of the Defense Institute of Advanced Technology and the National Defense University. The Government of India is responsible for ensuring the defense of India and every part of it. The supreme command of the armed forces is vested in the President. The responsibility of national defense rests with the cabinet. Here you have been provided with the complete Defense Minister of India List. For this, read the article till the end.
Defence Minister of India List (1947 to 2022)
Defense Minister is the head and high-ranking minister of the Ministry of Defense of the Government of India. The list of Defense Ministers of India is given below-
Indian Defense Minister List 1947 to 2022
| S. NO | Name | Starting Date | Ending Date |
| 1 | Baldev Singh Chokkar | 15 August 1947 | 13 May 1952 |
| 2 | N. Gopalaswami Ayyangar | 13 May 1952 | 10 February 1953 |
| 3 | Jawaharlal Nehru | 27 February 1953 | 10 January 1955 |
| 4 | Kailash Nath Katju | 10 January 1955 | 30 January 1957 |
| 5 | Jawaharlal Nehru | 30 January 1957 | 17 April 1957 |
| 6 | V. K. Krishna Menon | 17 April 1957 | 1 November 1962 |
| 7 | Jawaharlal Nehru | 1 November 1962 | 21 November 1962 |
| 8 | Yashwantrao Chavan | 21 November 1962 | 13 November 1966 |
| 9 | Swaran Singh | 13 November 1966 | 27 June 1970 |
| 10 | Jagjivan Ram | 27 June 1970 | 10 October 1974 |
| 12 | Swaran Singh | 10 October 1974 | 1 December 1975 |
| 13 | Indira Gandhi | 1 December 1975 | 21 December 1975 |
| 14 | Bansi Lal | 21 December 1975 | 24 March 1977 |
| 15 | Jagjivan Ram | 28 March 1977 | 27 July 1979 |
| 16 | Chidambaram Subramaniam | 30 July 1979 | 14 January 1980 |
| 17 | Indira Gandhi | 14 January 1980 | 15 January 1982 |
| 18 | R. Venkataraman | 15 August 1982 | 1 August 1984 |
| 19 | Shankarrao Chavan | 3 August 1984 | 31 December 1984 |
| 20 | P. V. Narasimha Rao | 1 January 1985 | 24 September 1985 |
| 21 | Rajiv Gandhi | 25 September 1985 | 24 January 1987 |
| 22 | V. P. Singh | 25 January 1987 | 12 April 1987 |
| 23 | K. C. Pant | 18 April 1987 | 3 December 1989 |
| 24 | V. P. Singh | 6 December 1989 | 10 November 1990 |
| 25 | Chandra Shekhar | 21 November 1990 | 20 June 1991 |
| 26 | P. V. Narasimha Rao | 21 June 1991 | 26 June 1991 |
| 27 | Sharad Pawar | 26 June 1991 | 5 March 1993 |
| 28 | P. V. Nasimha Rao | 6 March 1993 | 16 May 1996 |
| 29 | Pramod Mahajan | 16 May 1996 | 1 June 1996 |
| 30 | Mulayam Singh Yadav | 1 June 1996 | 19 March 1998 |
| 31 | George Fernandes | 19 March 1998 | 16 March 2001 |
| 32 | Jaswant Singh | 16 March 2001 | 21 October 2001 |
| 33 | George Fernandes | 21 October 2001 | 22 May 2004 |
| 34 | Pranab Mukherjee | 22 May 2004 | 24 October 2006 |
| 35 | A. K. Antony | 26 October 2006 | 26 May 2014 |
| 36 | Arun Jaitley | 26 May 2014 | 9 November 2014 |
| 37 | Manohar Parrikar | 9 November 2014 | 13 March 2017 |
| 38 | Arun Jaitley | 13 March 2017 | 3 September 2017 |
| 39 | Nirmala Sitharaman | 3 September 2017 | 31 May 2019 |
| 40 | Rajnath Singh | 31 May 2019 | Incumbent |
Download Indian Defense Minister List PDF
Through the link given below, you can easily download the list of Defense Ministers of India PDF.
Check more details of the Defense Minister of India along with telephone number and email address at https://www.mod.gov.in/dod/whos-who official website of the Government of India, Ministry of Defence.
