The
Minister of Indian Railways is the head of the
Ministry of Railways of the
Indian Government.C. P. Joshi is the current
Railway Minister Of India. Indian Railway is the world's largest job producing sector. Here I am providing the list of Railway ministers. With there name and duration of there work.
List Of Railway Ministers |
John Mathai
Born 10 January 1886
Dead 1959 |
1. John Mathai 1947He was India's first Railway Minister (Independent India) and subsequently as the India's Finance Minister. He was the first to present the Indian Railway Budget. His tenure was for one year only and resigned in following the 1950 Finance Budget in protest at the increasing power of the Planning Commission and P.C. Mahalanobis.
He was also the
first Chairman of the State Bank Of India, which was set up in
1955. He was awarded the
Padma Vibhushan in 1976.
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N. Gopalaswamy Ayyangar
Born 1882
Dead 1953 |
2. N. Gopalaswamy Ayyangar 1948-1952He worked for consolidating the various railways into the zonal railways.
He also served as prime minister of Kashmir (1937-1943) During British Empire .
3. Lal Bahadur Shastri 1952-1956Lal Bahadur Shastri was deeply influenced by Mahatma Gandhi. He became loyal follower of Gandhi.
He participated in various Indian national moments. He resigned after taking the responsibility of three fatal railway accidents in 1956. Continui
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Lal Bahadur Shastri (Wikipedia)
Born 2 October 1904
Dead 11 Jan 1966
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4. Babu Jagjivan Ram 1956-1962 |
Babu Jagjivan Ram
Born 5 April 1908
Dead 6 July 1986 |
He was a freedom fighter and social reformer from scheduled caste of Bihar.
5. Sardar Swaran Singh 1962He was an Indian Politician. He was India's longest serving union cabinet minister.
6. Ram Subhang Singh & Kengal Hanumanthaiah 1967Some sources suggest that kengal Hanumanthaiah was the Railway Minister later, in 1971-72. Ram Subhag Singh is also mentioned in some sources as railway minister in 1969.
7. C.M. Poonacha 1968According to some sources his tenure was 1966-68
8. Panampilly Govinda Menon 1969He was Indian politician, Freedom Fighter and Lawyer.
9. Gulzari Lal Nanda 1970-71
He was the inerim Prime Minister Of India two time for thirteen days each: First time after death of PM Jawaharlal Nehru 1964, Second after death of PM Lal Bahadur Shastri in 1966.
10. T.A. Pai 1972-1973
11. Lalit Narayan Mishra 1973-75He was Killed by Bomb Blast on 2nd Jan 1975, During the opening of a Railway Line In Samstipur.
12. Kamalpati Tripathi 1975-77
13. Prof. Madhu Dandavate 1977-79
14. Kedar Pandey 1980-1981
15. A. B. A. Ghani Khan Chowdhury 1982-84 |
| A. B. A. Ghani Khan |
Full name Abu Barkat Ataur Ghani Khan Chowdhury also called as Barkatda. He played active role in introducing the Metro Railways and Circular railways in Kolkata.
16. Bansi Lal 1984-1986
17. Madhav Rao Scindia 1986-89
18. Janeshwar Mishra 1990-91For very short tenure.
19. C. K. Jaffer Sheriff 1991-95
20. Atal Bihari Vajpayee 1996 |
| Atal Bihari Vajpayee |
He was the prime minister of India. He became railway minister for short term in 13 day BJP government where he was also the Prime Minister.
21. Ram Vilas Paswan 1996-98
22. Nitish Kumar 1998-99
23. Mamata Banerjee 1999-2000 |
| Mamata Banerjee |
Mamata Banerjee became the first women Railway Minister Of India.
Born 5 Jan 1955, she is the 11th Chief Minister Of Bengal. First Women to hold the office. Her another name is "Didi".
24. Nitish Kumar 2001-200425. Laloo Prasad Yadav 2004-2009 
26. Mamata Banerjee 2009-11Mamata Banerjee resigned from the Railway Ministry on 19th may 2011, After she became Chief Minister Of West Bengal.
27. Manmohan Singh 2011 
He held railways portfolio along with being PM, after resign of Mamata Banerjee.
He is our Present Prime Minister.
28. Dinesh Trivedi 12th
July 2011-14th
March 2012
29. Mukul Roy
30. C. P. Joshi22 September 2012 to 28 October 2012
31. Pawan Kumar Bansal
Railway Minister, since 28th October to 10th may 2013.allegations of corruption, bribery and serious irregularities, he resigned as the Railway Minister on 10 May 2013.
32. C. P. Joshi11th may 2013 to 16th June 2013 from Congress Party.
33. Mallikarjun KhargeFrom 17 June 2013 to 25th May 2014
from Indian National Congress.
34. D. V. Sadananda GowdaHe is current railway minister from
26 May 2014 till date. From Bhartiya Janta Party.
Source :
Wikipedia
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