We successfully synthesized the Ru exchanged MMT clay with different Ru metal stacking using the wet impregnation method. All the developed materials were analyzed with advanced analytical techniques. All the data were found in good agreement with each other. Further, we tested all the catalysts for the reduction of aromatic and aliphatic nitro compounds to the corresponding amines in conventional and ionic liquid reaction mediums. We easily isolated the amines with simple ether washing (in an ionic liquid medium) and recycled the catalyst up to 8 times. We also synthesized various amines using the proposed methodology which have direct importance as a building block of several biologically active compounds.