List of Defence Minister of India from 1947 to 2022
India has seen many defence ministers since its independence in 1947 and each defence minister has their own importance in framing of India’s defence policy. Here we bring you the complete Defence Ministers of India list along with their basic details such as term of office, tenure and political party name with which they were associated. Baldev Singh became the 1st Defence Minister of India & served for more than 4 years. Famous personalities like Jawahar Lal Nehru, V. K. Krishna Menon, Yashwantrao Chavan, Swaran Singh, Jagjivan Ram, P. V. Narasimha Rao, Indira Gandhi, Sharad Pawar, Pramod Mahajan, Mulayam Singh Yadav, George, Fernandis also served as the defence minister of India. In this article, we will describe some of the most interesting information about our defence ministers.