<P> The first Deputy Prime Minister of India was Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel , who was also home minister in Jawaharlal Nehru 's cabinet . The office has since been only intermittently occupied . The seventh and last deputy prime minister was L.K. Advani , who took on the role in addition to his home ministership from 2002 to 2004 in Atal Bihari Vajpayee 's government . The current government does not have a Deputy Prime Minister . </P>
<P> The first Deputy Prime Minister of India was Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel , who was also home minister in Jawaharlal Nehru 's cabinet . The office has since been only intermittently occupied . The seventh and last deputy prime minister was L.K. Advani , who took on the role in addition to his home ministership from 2002 to 2004 in Atal Bihari Vajpayee 's government . The current government does not have a Deputy Prime Minister . </P>
who was the first deputy prime minister of independent india
who was the first deputy prime minister of independent india
Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel
Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel