Minister for Home Affairs (India)

The Home Minister, or more properly the Minister for Home Affairs, is a position in the Indian Cabinet, at both State and Union levels. The Home Ministry is one of the most important, powerful and high profile ministry after the Prime Minister. The minister is in charge of the internal administration of the country, with responsibility for

• all matters relating to Centre-State and Inter-State relations;
• all matters related to internal security;
• maintenance of law and order within the country;
• matters like Citizenship and Naturalisation Census of Population, National Anthem, National Flag, Official Languages; and
• basic functions under the Constitution like notification of assumption of office by the President, Vice-President, Prime Minister and other Ministers; notification of appointment, resignation and removal of Governors of States and Lieut. Governors and Administrators in Union Territories.

Home Ministers - Past and Current

In the past this position has been occupied by prominent statesman and politicians such as

• Sardar Patel
• C. Rajagopalachari
• Kailash Nath Katju
• Govind Ballabh Pant
• Lal Bahadur Sastri
• Gulzari Lal Nanda
• Uma Shankar Dikshit (1973-1974) ^[1]
• Morarji Desai
• Yashwantrao Chavan
• Shankarrao Chavan
• Giani Zail Singh
• Kasu Brahmananda Reddy
• P. V. Narasimha Rao
• Mufti Mohammad Sayeed
• Buta Singh
• Indrajit Gupta
• Lal Krishna Advani
• Shivraj Patil
• P.Chidambaram.

Shivraj Patil was forced to resign^[2] from the post of Minister Of Home Affairs on 30 Nov 2008 after a string of terrorist attacks during his tenure, most notably the November 2008 Mumbai attacks. He was succeeded by the incumbent P. Chidambaram who is the current home minister in the Government of India.

References

1. ^ Governors Governor of Karnataka website.
2. ^ http://www.hindu.com/2008/12/01/stories/2008120150550100.htm

External links

• Home Ministry, Govt. of India