List of Attorneys General for India
Attorney General Term Incumbent Prime Minister
M. C. Setalvad 28 January 1950 – 1 March 1963 Jawaharlal Nehru
C.K.Daphtary 2 March 1963 – 30 October 1968 Jawaharlal Nehru;Lal Bahadur Shastri
Niren De 1 November 1968 – 31 March 1977 Indira Gandhi
S.V. Gupte 1 April 1977 – 8 August 1979 Morarji Desai
L.N. Sinha 9 August 1979 – 8 August 1983 Indira Gandhi
K. Parasaran 9 August 1983 – 8 December 1989 Indira Gandhi; Rajiv Gandhi
Soli Sorabjee 9 December 1989 – 2 December 1990 V. P. Singh; Chandra Shekhar
G. Ramaswamy 3 December 1990 – 23 November 1992 Chandra Shekhar; P. V. Narasimha Rao
Milon K. Banerji 21 November 1992 – 8 July 1996 P. V. Narasimha Rao
Ashok Desai 9 July 1996 – 6 April 1998 H. D. Devegowda; Inder Kumar Gujral
Soli Sorabjee 7 April 1998 – 4 June 2004 Atal Bihari Vajpayee
Milon K. Banerji 5 June 2004 – 7 June 2009 Manmohan Singh
Goolam Essaji Vahanvati 8 June 2009 – 11 June 2014 Manmohan Singh
Mukul Rohatgi 19 June 2014 – 18 June 2017 (Incumbent) Narendra Damodardas Modi