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MP for Indore
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No. | Portrait | Minister (Birth-Death) Constituency | Term of office | Political party | Ministry | Prime Minister | ||||
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From | To | Period | ||||||||
Minister of State for Petroleum and Chemicals | ||||||||||
1 | ![]() | O. V. Alagesan (1911–1992) MP for Chengalpattu | 21 November 1963 | 27 May 1964 | 2 years, 64 days | Indian National Congress | Nehru IV | Jawaharlal Nehru | ||
27 May 1964 | 9 June 1964 | Nanda I | Gulzarilal Nanda | |||||||
9 June 1964 | 11 January 1966 | Shastri | Lal Bahadur Shastri | |||||||
11 January 1966 | 24 January 1966 | Nanda II | Gulzarilal Nanda | |||||||
2 | ![]() | Kotha Raghuramaiah (1912–1979) MP for Guntur | 18 March 1967 | 22 August 1968 | 1 year, 157 days | Indian National Congress | Indira II | Indira Gandhi | ||
Minister of State for Petroleum, Chemicals, Mines and Metals | ||||||||||
3 | ![]() | Jagannath Rao (1909–?) MP for Chatrapur | 14 February 1969 | 27 June 1970 | 1 year, 133 days | Indian National Congress (R) | Indira II | Indira Gandhi | ||
4 | ![]() | Dajisaheb Chavan (1916–1973) MP for Karad | 14 February 1969 | 18 March 1971 | 2 years, 32 days | |||||
5 | ![]() | Nitiraj Singh Chaudhary (1909–1988) MP for Narmadapuram | 26 June 1970 | 18 March 1971 | 265 days | |||||
Minister of State for Petroleum, Chemicals and Non-ferrous Metals | ||||||||||
(5) | ![]() | Nitiraj Singh Chaudhary (1909–1988) MP for Narmadapuram | 18 March 1971 | 2 May 1971 | 45 days | Indian National Congress (R) | Indira III | Indira Gandhi | ||
Minister of State for Petroleum and Chemicals | ||||||||||
6 | ![]() | Shah Nawaz Khan (1914–1993) MP for Meerut | 9 November 1973 | 10 October 1974 | 335 days | Indian National Congress (R) | Indira III | Indira Gandhi | ||
7 | ![]() | K. R. Ganesh (1922–2004) MP for Andaman and Nicobar Islands | 10 October 1974 | 1 December 1975 | 1 year, 52 days | |||||
Minister of State for Petroleum, Chemicals and Fertilizers | ||||||||||
8 | ![]() | Janeshwar Mishra (1933–2010) MP for Prayagraj | 14 August 1977 | 11 July 1978 | 331 days | Janata Party | Desai | Morarji Desai | ||
9 | ![]() | Narsingh Yadav MP for Chandauli | 26 January 1979 | 15 July 1979 | 170 days | |||||
10 | ![]() | Saugata Roy (born 1946) MP for Barrackpore | 4 August 1979 | 14 January 1980 | 163 days | Indian National Congress (U) | Charan | Charan Singh | ||
Minister of State for Petroleum and Chemicals | ||||||||||
11 | ![]() | Chaudhary Dalbir Singh (1926–1987) MP for Sirsa | 8 June 1980 | 19 October 1980 | 133 days | Indian National Congress (I) | Indira IV | Indira Gandhi | ||
Minister of State for Petroleum, Chemicals and Fertilizers | ||||||||||
(11) | ![]() | Chaudhary Dalbir Singh (1926–1987) MP for Sirsa | 19 October 1980 | 2 September 1982 | 1 year, 318 days | Indian National Congress (I) | Indira IV | Indira Gandhi | ||
Minister of State for Petroleum and Natural Gas | ||||||||||
12 | ![]() | Sushila Rohatgi (1921–2011) Rajya Sabha MP for Uttar Pradesh | 24 June 1986 | 22 October 1986 | 120 days | Indian National Congress (I) | Rajiv IV | Rajiv Gandhi | ||
Minister of State for Petroleum and Chemicals | ||||||||||
13 | ![]() | Bhajaman Behara (born 1943) MP for Dhenkanal | 23 April 1990 | 10 November 1990 | 201 days | Janata Dal | Vishwanath | Vishwanath Pratap Singh | ||
Minister of State for Petroleum and Natural Gas | ||||||||||
14 | ![]() | S. Krishna Kumar (born 1939) MP for Quilon | 21 June 1991 | 18 January 1993 | 1 year, 211 days | Indian National Congress (I) | Rao | P. V. Narasimha Rao | ||
15 | ![]() | T. R. Baalu (born 1941) MP for Chennai South | 6 July 1996 | 21 April 1997 | 1 year, 256 days | Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | Deve Gowda | H. D. Deve Gowda | ||
21 April 1997 | 19 March 1998 | Gujral | Inder Kumar Gujral | |||||||
16 | ![]() | Santosh Kumar Gangwar (born 1948) MP for Bareilly | 20 March 1998 | 13 October 1999 | 1 year, 207 days | Bharatiya Janata Party | Vajpayee II | Atal Bihari Vajpayee | ||
17 | ![]() | E. Ponnuswamy (born 1936) MP for Chidambaram | 13 October 1999 | 7 February 2001 | 1 year, 117 days | Pattali Makkal Katchi | Vajpayee III | |||
(16) | ![]() | Santosh Kumar Gangwar (born 1948) MP for Bareilly | 22 November 1999 | 24 May 2003 | 3 years, 183 days | Bharatiya Janata Party | ||||
18 | ![]() | Sumitra Mahajan (born 1943) MP for Indore | 24 May 2003 | 22 May 2004 | 364 days | |||||
19 | ![]() | E. V. K. S. Elangovan (born 1948) MP for Gobichettipalayam | 23 May 2004 | 25 May 2004 | 2 days | Indian National Congress | Manmohan I | Manmohan Singh | ||
20 | ![]() | Dinsha Patel (born 1937) MP for Kheda | 29 January 2006 | 22 May 2009 | 3 years, 113 days | |||||
21 | ![]() | Jitin Prasada (born 1973) MP for Dhaurahra | 28 May 2009 | 19 January 2011 | 1 year, 236 days | Manmohan II | ||||
22 | ![]() | R. P. N. Singh (born 1964) MP for Kushi Nagar | 19 January 2011 | 28 October 2012 | 1 year, 283 days | |||||
23 | ![]() | Panabaka Lakshmi (born 1958) MP for Bapatla | 31 October 2012 | 26 May 2014 | 1 year, 207 days | |||||
24 | ![]() | Rameswar Teli (born 1970) MP for Dibrugarh | 7 July 2021 | 9 June 2024 | 2 years, 338 days | Bharatiya Janata Party | Modi II | Narendra Modi | ||
25 | ![]() | Suresh Gopi (born 1958) MP for Thrissur | 10 June 2024 | Incumbent | 137 days | Modi III | ||||
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