Deputy prime ministers

Vallabhbhai Patel

Tenure: 1947 - 1950

Morarji Desai

Tenure: 1967 - 1969

Charan Singh

Tenure: 1979 - 1979

Jagjivan Ram

Tenure: 1979 - 1979

Yashwantrao Chavan

Tenure: 1979 - 1980

Chaudhary Devi Lal

Tenure: 1989 - 1991

Lal Krishna Advani

Tenure: 2002 - 2004