List of Indian Railway Ministers
Below is a list of the Union Government
Ministers of Railways over the years in independent India. Also included
further below is the list of who presented the railway budget for each year.
Note: These lists are incomplete, and some of the dates are uncertain. Unfortunately, there is no readily available source for reliable information on this topic — reference will have to be made to archives of Indian newspapers or magazines for the most accurate information. Corrections or additions are most welcome.
Railway Ministers of India
Years
|
Railway
Minister
|
1947
|
(Nov.) John mathai
(Not formally designated the Minister for Railways) presents the firstRailway
budget for independent Indian
|
1948-1952
|
N
Gopalaswamy Ayyangar; worked on consolidating the various railways into the
zonal railways
|
1952-1956
|
Lal Bahadur
Shastri; resigned in 1956 taking responsibility for three fatal railway
accidents
|
1956-1962
|
Jagjivan
Ram
|
1962
|
Sardar
Swaran Singh
|
1967??
|
Kengal Hanumanthaiah
(Note: Some sources suggest he was Railway Minister later, in 1971). Ram Sew
Singh is also mentioned in some sources as a railway minister in 1966-1968,
he may not have been a Cabinet minister for railways.
|
1968
|
Cheppudira
Muthana Poonacha
|
1969
|
Govinda
Menon Panampilly
|
1970-1971
|
Gulzari Lal
Nanda Note: Kengal Hanumanthaiah may have been the Railway Minister briefly
in
|
1972-1973
|
Tonse
Ananth Pai
|
1973-1975
|
Lalit
Narayan mishra; killed by a bomb blast 2-Jan-1975, at the opening of a
railway line in Samastipur.
|
1975-1977
1977-1979 |
Kamlapati
Tripathi (again briefly in 1980?)
Prof. Madhu Dandavate |
1977-1979
|
Prof. Madhu
Dandavate
|
1980-1981
|
Kedar
Pandey (Kamlapathi Tripathi briefly in 1980).
|
(1981?) 1982-1984
|
ABA Ghani
Khan Chowdhury.
|
1984
|
Bansi Lal;
his was a brief stint during a reorganization of some ministries and
government departments.
|
(1985?) 1984-1989
|
Madhav Rao
Scindia.
|
1989-1990
|
George
Fernandes.
|
1990-1991
|
Jnaneshwar
Mishra; very short tenure.
|
1991-1995
|
C K Jaffer
Sharief.
|
1995-1996
|
Suresh
Kalmadi (briefly), followed by Atal Behari Vajpayee also briefly, who held
the Railways portfolio along with being PM.
|
1996-1998
|
Ram Vilas
Paswan.
|
1998-1999
|
Nitish
Kumar.
|
2000
|
Mamata
Banerjee
|
2001-2004
|
Nitish
Kumar
|
2004-2009
|
Laloo
Prasad Yadav
|
2009
|
Mamata
Banerjee
|
Yearly List of Presenters of the Railway Budget of India
Fiscal Year
|
Budget Presenter
|
1947-1948
|
Transport Member, Railway Board
|
1947-1948
|
Col. R. E. Emerson (Chief Commissioner,
Railways)
|
1948-1949
|
Dr. John Mathai.
|
1949-1950
|
N. Gopalaswami Ayyangar
|
1950-1951
|
N. Gopalaswami Ayyangar
|
1951-1952
|
N. Gopalaswami Ayyangar
|
1952-1953 (Interim)
|
N. Gopalaswami Ayyangar
|
1952-1953 (Final)
|
Lal Bahadur Shastri
|
1953-1954
|
Lal Bahadur Shastri
|
1954-1955
|
Lal Bahadur Shastri
|
1955-1956
|
Lal Bahadur Shastri
|
1956-1957
|
Lal Bahadur Shastri
|
1957-1958 (Interim)
|
Jagjivan Ram
|
1957-1958 (Final)
|
Jagjivan Ram
|
1958-1959
|
Jagjivan Ram
|
1959-1960
|
Jagjivan Ram
|
1960-1961
|
Jagjivan Ram
|
1961-1962
|
Jagjivan Ram
|
1962-1963
|
Jagjivan Ram
|
1962-1963 (Final)
|
Sardar Swaran Singh
|
1963-1964
|
Sardar Swaran Singh
|
1964-1965
|
H.C. Dasappa
|
1965-1966
|
S.K. Patil
|
1966-1967
|
S.K. Patil
|
1967-1968 (Interim)
|
C.M. Poonacha
|
1967-1968 (Final)
|
C.M. Poonacha
|
1968-1969
|
C.M. Poonacha
|
1969-1970
|
Dr. RamSubhag Singh
|
1970-1971
|
Gulzari Lal Nanda
|
1971-1972 (Interim)
|
K. Hanumanthaiya
|
1971-1972 (Final)
|
k. Hanumanthaiya
|
1972-1973
|
K. Hanumanthaiya
|
1973-1974
|
Lalit Narayan Mistra
|
1974-1975
|
Lalit Narayan Mistra
|
August 1974
|
Lalit Narayan Mistra
|
1975-1976
|
Kamalapati Tripathi
|
1976-1977
|
Kamalapati Tripathi
|
1977-1978 (Interim)
|
Prof. Mathu Dandavate
|
1978-1979 (Final)
|
Prof. Mathu Dandavate
|
1978-1979
|
Prof. Mathu Dandavate
|
1979-1980
|
Prof. Mathu Dandavate
|
1980-1981 (Interim)
|
Kamalapati Tripathi
|
1980-1981 (Final)
|
Kamalapati Tripathi
|
1981-1982
|
Kedar Pande
|
1982-1983
|
P.C. Sethi
|
1983-1984
|
A.B.A. Ghani Khan Choudhury
|
1984-1985
|
A.B.A. Ghani Khan Choudhury
|
1985-1986
|
Bansi Lal
|
1986-1987
|
Bansi Lal
|
November 1986
|
Madhavrao Scindia
|
1987-1988
|
Madhavrao Scindia
|
1989-1990
|
Madhavrao Scindia
|
1990-1991
|
George Fernandes
|
1991-1992 (Interim)
|
Janeshwar Mistra
|
1991-1992 (Final)
|
C.K. Jaffar Sharief
|
1992-1993
|
C.K. Jaffar Sharief
|
1993-1994
|
C.K. Jaffar Sharief
|
1994-1996
|
C.K. Jaffar Sharief
|
1996-1997
|
C.K. Jaffar Sharief
|
1996-1997 (Interim)
|
Suresh Kalmadi
|
1996-1997 (Final)
|
Ram Vilas Paswan
|
1997-1998
|
Ram Vilas Paswan
|
1998-1999 (Interim)
|
Nitish Kumar
|
1998-1999 (Final)
|
Nitish Kumar
|
1999-2000
|
Nitish Kumar
|
2000-2001
|
Mamata Banerjee
|
2001-2002
|
Mamata Banerjee
|
2002-2003
|
Nitish Kumar
|
2003-2004
|
Nitish Kumar
|
2004-2005 (Interim)
|
Nitish Kumar
|
2004-2005 (Final)
|
Lalu Prasad Yadav
|
2005-2006
|
Lalu Prasad Yadav
|
2006-2007
|
Lalu Prasad Yadav
|
2007-2008
|
Lalu Prasad Yadav
|
2008-2009
|
Lalu Prasad Yadav
|
2009-2010
|
Mamata Benerjee
|
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