Minister of Information and Broadcasting (India)

The Minister of Information and Broadcasting is the head of the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting and one of the cabinet ministers of the Government of India.

Ministers of Information and Broadcasting

Name	Term of office		Political party (Alliance)	Prime Minister
Vallabhbhai Patel	15 August 1947	1949	Indian National Congress	Jawaharlal Nehru
R. R. Diwakar^[1]	1949	1952
B. V. Keskar^[2]	1952	1962
Satya Narayan Sinha^[3]	September 1963	June 1964
Satya Narayan Sinha^[3]	September 1963	June 1964		Lal Bahadur Shastri
Indira Gandhi^[4]	1964	1966		Lal Bahadur Shastri
Kodardas Kalidas Shah^[5]	1967	1971	Indian National Congress	Indira Gandhi
Inder Kumar Gujral^[6]^[7]	1975	1975	Indian National Congress	Indira Gandhi
Vidya Charan Shukla^[8]	1975	1977	Indian National Congress	Indira Gandhi
Lal Krishna Advani^[9]	24 March 1977	28 July 1979	Janata Party	Morarji Desai
Purushottam Kaushik^[10]	28 July 1979	14 January 1980	Janata Party (Secular)	Charan Singh
Vasant Sathe^[11]	1980	1982	Indian National Congress	Indira Gandhi
H. K. L. Bhagat^[12]^[13]	February 1983	December 1984	Indian National Congress	Indira Gandhi
H. K. L. Bhagat^[12]^[13]	February 1983	December 1984		Rajiv Gandhi
V. N. Gadgil^[14]^[13]	January 1985	October 1986
Ajit Kumar Panja^[15]^[13]	1986	1988
H. K. L. Bhagat^[16]	February 1988	December 1989
P. Upendra^[17]	2 December 1989	10 November 1990	Telugu Desam Party National Front	V. P. Singh
Ajit Kumar Panja^[15]^[13]	1991	1993	Indian National Congress	P. V. Narasimha Rao
K. P. Singh Deo^[18]	January 1993	September 1995
P. A. Sangma^[19]	1995	1996
Jaipal Reddy^[20]^[21]	1996	1998	Janata Dal National Front	H. D. Dewe Gowda
Jaipal Reddy^[20]^[21]	1996	1998	Janata Dal National Front	I. K. Gujral
Arun Jaitley	1998	2000	Bharatiya Janata Party National Democratic Alliance	Atal Bihari Vajpayee
Sushma Swaraj^[22]	30 September 2000	29 January 2003
Ravi Shankar Prasad	2003	2004
Jaipal Reddy^[20]	23 May 2004	17 November 2005	Indian National Congress United Progressive Alliance	Manmohan Singh
Priya Ranjan Dasmunsi^[23]	November 2005	2009
Ambika Soni	May 2009	28 October 2012
Manish Tewari	28 October 2012	26 May 2014
Prakash Javadekar^[24]^[13]	26 May 2014	9 November 2014	Bharatiya Janata Party National Democratic Alliance	Narendra Modi
Arun Jaitley	9 November 2014	Incumbent	Bharatiya Janata Party National Democratic Alliance	Narendra Modi

References

^ [1] PDF (RAJYA SABHA MEMBERS, BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES, 1952 - 2003: D)
^ Second Lok Sabha, Members Bioprofile : KESKAR, DR. B. V.
^ 4th Lok Sabha, Members Bioprofile : SINHA. SHRI SATYA NARAYAN
^ 7th Lok Sabha, Members Bioprofile : GANDHI, SHRIMATI INDIRA
^ [2] PDF (RAJYA SABHA MEMBERS, BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES, 1952 - 2003: S)
^ "Inder Kumar Gujral". Encyclopaedia Britannica. Retrieved 4 November 2014.
^ "Ex-Prime Minister IK Gujral dies at 92". The Tribune. 1 December 2012. Retrieved 4 November 2014.
^ "VC Shukla, the man who dared muzzle the Press and Kishore Kumar". Hindustan Times. 11 June 2013. Retrieved 4 November 2014.
^ Sixteenth Lok Sabha, Members Bioprofile : Advani,Shri Lal Krishna
^ 9th Lok Sabha, Members Bioprofile : KAUSHIK, SHRI PURUSHOTTAM
^ 9th Lok Sabha, Members Bioprofile : SATHE, SHRI VASANT
^ 9th Lok Sabha, Members Bioprofile : BHAGAT, SHRI H.K.L.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e Minister of State (Independent Charge)
^ 9th Lok Sabha, Members Bioprofile : GADGIL, SHRI VITHAL NARHAR
^ ^a ^b Thirteenth Lok Sabha, Members Bioprofile : Panja,Shri Ajit Kumar
^ 9th Lok Sabha, Members Bioprofile : BHAGAT, SHRI H.K.L.
^ [3] PDF (RAJYA SABHA MEMBERS, BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES, 1952 - 2003: U)
^ Thirteenth Lok Sabha, Members Bioprofile : Singh Deo,AVSM, Brig.(Retd.) Kamakhya Prasad
^ Sixteenth Lok Sabha, Members Bioprofile : Sangma, Shri Purno Agitok
^ ^a ^b Fifteenth Lok Sabha, Members Bioprofile : Reddy,Shri Jaipal Sudini
^ [4] PDF (RAJYA SABHA MEMBERS, BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES, 1952 - 2003: R)
^ Sixteenth Lok Sabha, Members Bioprofile : Swaraj,Smt. Sushma
^ Fourteenth Lok Sabha, Members Bioprofile : Dasmunsi,Shri Priya Ranjan
^ [5]

External links

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