| List of Railway Ministers in India from 1945 to 2023 |
| S.No. |
Name |
Terms of Office |
Political Group |
Prime Minister |
| 1 |
Ashraf Ali |
Sep 2, 1946, to Aug 14, 1947 |
Congress |
Pt. Jawaharlal Nehru |
| 2 |
John Mathai |
15 August 1947- 22 September 1948 |
Congress |
Pt. Jawaharlal Nehru |
| 3 |
N. Gopalaswami Ayyangar |
22 September 1948 – 13 May 1952 |
Congress |
Pt. Jawaharlal Nehru |
| 4 |
Lal Bahadur Shastri |
13 May 1952 – 7 December 1956 |
Congress |
Pt. Jawaharlal Nehru |
| 5 |
Jagjivan Ram |
7 December 1956 – 10 April 1962 |
Congress |
Pt. Jawaharlal Nehru |
| 6 |
Swaran Singh |
10 April 1962 – 21 September 1963 |
Congress |
Pt. Jawaharlal Nehru |
| 7 |
H. C. Dasappa |
21 September 1963 – 8 June 1964 |
Congress |
Pt. Jawaharlal Nehru |
| 8 |
S. K. Patil |
9 June 1964- 12 March 1967 |
Congress |
Lal Bahadur Shastri & Indira Gandhi |
| 9 |
C. M. Poonacha |
13 March 1967 – 14 February 1969 |
Congress |
Indira Gandhi |
| 10 |
Ram Subhag Singh |
14 February 1969 – 4 November 1969 |
Congress |
Indira Gandhi |
| 11 |
Panampilli Govinda Menon |
4 November 1969 – 18 February 1970 |
Congress |
Indira Gandhi |
| 12 |
Gulzarilal Nanda |
18 February 1970 – 17 March 1971 |
Congress |
Indira Gandhi |
| 13 |
K. Hanumanthaiya |
18 March 1971 – 22 July 1972 |
Congress |
Indira Gandhi |
| 14 |
Lalit Narayan Mishra |
5 February 1973 – 2 January 1975 |
Congress |
Indira Gandhi |
| 15 |
Kamalapati Tripathi |
11 February 1975 – 23 March 1977 |
Congress |
Indira Gandhi |
| 16 |
Madhu Dandavate |
26 March 1977 – 28 July 1979 |
Janata Party |
Morarji Desai |
| 17 |
T. A. Pai |
30 July 1979 – 13 January 1980 & 23 July 1972 – 4 February 1973 |
Janta Party (Secular) & Congress |
Ch. Charan Singh & Indira Gandhi |
| 18 |
Kamalapati Tripathi |
14 January 1980 – 12 November 1980 |
Congress |
Indira Gandhi |
| 19 |
Kedar Pandey |
12 November 1980 – 14 January 1982 |
Congress |
Indira Gandhi |
| 20 |
Prakash Chandra Sethi |
15 January 1982 – 2 September 1982 |
Congress |
Indira Gandhi |
| 21 |
A. B. A. Ghani Khan Choudhury |
2 September 1982 – 31 December 1984 |
Congress |
Indira Gandhi & Rajeev Gandhi |
| 22 |
Bansi Lal |
31 December 1984- 4 June 1986 |
Congress |
Rajeev Gandhi |
| 23 |
Mohsina Kidwai |
24 June 1986 – 21 October 1986 |
Congress |
Rajeev Gandhi |
| 24 |
Madhavrao Scindia |
22 October 1986 – 1 December 1989 |
Congress |
Rajeev Gandhi |
| 25 |
George Fernandez |
5 December 1989 – 10 November 1990 |
Janata Dal |
V. P. Singh |
| 26 |
Janeshwar Mishra |
21 November 1990 to 21 June 1991 |
Samajwadi Janta Party |
Chandra Shekhar |
| 27 |
CK Jaffer Sharief |
21 June 1991 to 16 October 1995 |
Congress |
PV Narsimha Rao |
| 28 |
Ram Vilas Paswan |
1 June 1996 to 19 March 1998 |
Janata Dal |
HD Deve Gowda and IK Gujral |
| 29 |
Nitish Kumar |
19 March 1998 to 5 August 1999 |
BJP |
Atal Bihari Vajpayee |
| 30 |
Lalu Prasad Yadav |
23 May 2004 to 25 May 2009 |
BJP |
Atal Bihari Vajpayee |
| 31 |
Mamata Banerjee |
13 October 1999 to 15 March 2001 and 26 May 2009 to 19 May 2011 |
Congress and National Democratic Alliance |
Atal Bihari Vajpayee and Dr. Manmohan Singh |
| 32 |
Dinesh Trivedi |
12 July 2011 to 14 March 2012 |
Congress |
Dr. Manmohan Singh |
| 33 |
Mukul Roy |
20 March 2012 to 21 September 2012 |
Congress |
Dr. Manmohan Singh |
| 34 |
Pawan Kumar Bansal |
28 October 2012 to 10 May 2013 |
Congress |
Dr. Manmohan Singh |
| 35 |
CP Joshi |
22 September 2012 to 28 October 2012 and 11 May 2013 to 16 June 2013 |
Congress |
Dr. Manmohan Singh |
| 36 |
Suresh Prabhu |
10 November 2014 (Incumbent) |
BJP |
Narendra Modi |
| 37 |
D.V. Sadananda Gowda |
26 May 2014 to 9 November 2014 |
BJP |
Narendra Modi |
| 38 |
Suresh Prabhu |
10 November 2014 (Incumbent) |
BJP |
Narendra Modi |
| 39 |
Piyush Goyal |
4 September 2017 to 7 July 2021 |
BJP |
Narendra Modi |
| 40 |
Ashwini Vaishnaw |
July 2021 to present |
BJP |
Narendra Modi |
