Time-Line (Chronology)

Bharatiya Jana Sangh

1951 - 1977

Janata Party

1977 - 1979

Bharatiya Janata Party

1980

S.No.

Name

Year

1

Dr. S.P. Mookerjee

1951

2

Dr. S.P. Mookerjee

1952

3

Pt. Mauli Chandra Sharma

1954

4

Pt. Prem Nath Dongra

1955

5

Acharya D.P. Ghosh

1956

6

Acharya D.P. Ghosh

1956

7

Acharya D.P. Ghosh

1958

8

Acharya D.P. Ghosh

1958

9

Shri Pitamber Das

1960

10

Shri A. Rama Rao

1961

11

Acharya D.P. Ghosh

1962

12

Acharya D.P. Ghosh

1963

13

Shri Bachhraj Vyas

1965

14

Shri Balraj Madhok

1966

15

Pt. Deen Dayal Upadhyaya

1967

16

Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee

1969

17

Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee

1969

18

Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee

1971

19

Shri Lal Krishna Advani

1973

S.No.

Name

Year

1

Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee

1980

2

Shri Lal Krishna Advani

1986

3

Dr. Murli Manohar Joshi

1990

4

Shri Lal Krishna Advani

1992

5

Late Shri Kushabhau Thakre

1998

6

Shri Bangaru Laxman

2000

7

Late Shri K. Jana Krishnamurthy

2001

8

Shri M. Venkaiah Naidu

2002

9

Shri M. Venkaiah Naidu

2004

10

Shri Lal Krishna Advani

27th Oct. 2004 to 31st Dec.2006

11

Shri Rajnath Singh

1st Jan. 2006 to 26th Nov. 2006

12

Shri Rajnath Singh

26th Nov. 2006 to 19th Dec. 2009

13

Shri Nitin Gadkari

Elected on 19th Dec. 2009 to 23th Jan. 2013
(for the term 2010-13)