Complete List of Railways Ministers of India (1946-2017)

No.	Name	Term of office
1.	Suresh Prabhu	10 November, 2014	Incumbent
2.	D. V. Sadananda Gowda	26 May, 2014	9 November 2014
3.	Mallikarjun Kharge	17 June, 2013	25 May 2014
4.	C. P. Joshi	11 May, 2013	16 June 2013
5.	Pawan Kumar Bansal	28 October, 2012	10 May 2013
6.	C. P. Joshi	22 September, 2012	28 October 2012
7.	Mukul Roy	20 March, 2012	21 September 2012
8.	Dinesh Trivedi	12 July, 2011	14 March 2012
9.	Mamata Banerjee	26 May, 2009	19 May 2011
10.	Lalu Prasad Yadav	23 May, 2004	25 May 2009
11.	Nitish Kumar	20 March, 2001	22 May 2004
12.	Mamata Banerjee	13 October, 1999	15 March 2001
13.	Ram Naik	6 August, 1999	12 October 1999
14.	Nitish Kumar	19 March, 1998	5 August 1999
15.	Ram Vilas Paswan	1 June, 1996	19 March 1998
16.	C. K. Jaffer Sharief	21 June, 1991	16 October 1995
17.	Janeshwar Mishra	21 November, 1990	21 June 1991
18.	George Fernandes	5 December, 1989	10 November 1990
19.	Madhavrao Scindia	22 October, 1986	1 December 1989
20.	Mohsina Kidwai	24 June, 1986	21 October 1986
21.	Bansi Lal	31 December, 1984	4 June 1986
22.	A. B. A. Ghani Khan Choudhury	2 September, 1982	31 December 1984
23.	Prakash Chandra Sethi	15 January 1982	2 September 1982
24.	Kedar Pandey	12 November 1980	14 January 1982
25.	Kamalapati Tripathi	14 January 1980	12 November 1980
26.	T. A. Pai	30 July 1979	13 January 1980
27.	Madhu Dandavate	26 March 1977	28 July 1979
28.	Kamalapati Tripathi	11 February 1975	23 March 1977
29.	Lalit Narayan Mishra	5 February 1973	2 January 1975
30.	T. A. Pai	23 July 1972	4 February 1973
31.	K. Hanumanthaiya	18 March 1971	22 July 1972
32.	Gulzarilal Nanda	18 February 1970	17 March 1971
33.	Panampilli Govinda Menon	4 November 1969	18 February 1970
34.	Ram Subhag Singh	14 February 1969	4 November 1969
35.	C. M. Poonacha	13 March 1967	14 February 1969
36.	S. K. Patil	9 June 1964	12 March 1967
37.	H. C. Dasappa	21 September 1963	8 June 1964
38.	Swaran Singh	10 April 1962	21 September 1963
39.	Jagjivan Ram	7 December 1956	10 April 1962
40.	Lal Bahadur Shastri	13 May 1952	7 December 1956
41.	N. Gopalaswami Ayyangar	22 September 1948	13 May 1952
42.	John Mathai	15 August 1947	22 September 1948
43.	Asaf Ali	2 September 1946	14 August 1947