List of All Prime Ministers of India

Prime Ministers[edit]

Name
(birth–death); constituency
PortraitParty
(Alliance)
Term of office[2]Elections
(Lok Sabha)
Council of
Ministers
Appointed by
1Jawaharlal Nehru
(1889–1964)
MP for Phulpur
Jnehru.jpgIndian National Congress15 August
1947
27 May
1964[†]
16 years, 286 daysNehru ILord Mountbatten
1952 (1st)Nehru IIRajendra Prasad
1957(2nd)Nehru III
1962 (3rd)Nehru IV
-Gulzarilal Nanda
(1898–1998)
MP for Sabarkantha
No image.pngIndian National Congress27 May
1964
9 June
1964
13 days – (3rd)(acting)Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan
2Lal Bahadur Shastri
(1904–66)
MP for Allahabad
Lal Bahadur Shastri (cropped).jpgIndian National Congress9 June
1964
11 January
1966[†]
1 year, 216 days – (3rd)Shastri
-Gulzarilal Nanda
(1898–1998)
MP for Sabarkantha
No image.pngIndian National Congress11 January
1966
24 January
1966
13 days – (3rd)(acting)
3Indira Gandhi
(1917–84)
MP for Rae Bareli
Indira Gandhi 1977.jpgIndian National Congress24 January
1966
24 March
1977
11 years, 59 days – (3rd)I. Gandhi I
1967 (4th)
1971 (5th)I. Gandhi IIV. V. Giri
4Morarji Desai
(1896–1995)
MP for Surat
Morarji Desai (portrait).pngJanata Party24 March
1977
28 July
1979[RES]
2 years, 126 days1977 (6th)DesaiB. D. Jatti
5Charan Singh
(1902–87)
MP for Baghpat
Charan Singh (cropped).jpgJanata Party (Secular)
with INC
28 July
1979
14 January
1980[RES]
170 days – (6th)C. SinghNeelam Sanjiva Reddy
(3)Indira Gandhi
(1917–84)
MP for Medak
Indira Gandhi 1977.jpgIndian National Congress (I)14 January
1980[§]
31 October
1984[†]
4 years, 291 days1980 (7th)I. Gandhi III
6Rajiv Gandhi
(1944–91)
MP for Amethi
Rajiv Gandhi (1987).jpgIndian National Congress (I)31 October
1984
2 December
1989
5 years, 32 days – (7th)R. GandhiZail Singh
1984 (8th)
7V. P. Singh
(1931–2008)
MP for Fatehpur
V. P. Singh (cropped).jpgJanata Dal
(National Front)
2 December
1989
10 November
1990[NC]
343 days1989 (9th)V. P. SinghR. Venkataraman
8Chandra Shekhar
(1927–2007)
MP for Ballia
Chandra Shekhar (cropped).jpgSamajwadi Janata Party
with INC
10 November
1990
21 June
1991
223 days – (9th)Chandra Shekhar
9P. V. Narasimha Rao
(1921–2004)
MP for Nandyal
P V Narasimha Rao.pngIndian National Congress (I)21 June
1991
16 May
1996
4 years, 330 days1991(10th)Rao
10Atal Bihari Vajpayee
(born 1924)
MP for Lucknow
Atal Bihari Vajpayee (cropped).jpgBharatiya Janata Party16 May
1996
1 June
1996[RES]
13 days1996(11th)Vajpayee IShankar Dayal Sharma
11H. D. Deve Gowda
(born 1933)
MP (Rajya Sabha) for Karnataka
Deve Gowda BNC.jpgJanata Dal
(United Front)
1 June
1996
21 April
1997[RES]
324 days– (11th)Deve Gowda
12I. K. Gujral
(1919–2012)
MP (Rajya Sabha) for Bihar
Inder Kumar Gujral 071.jpgJanata Dal
(United Front)
21 April
1997
19 March
1998
332 days – (11th)Gujral
(10)Atal Bihari Vajpayee
(born 1924)
MP for Lucknow
Atal Bihari Vajpayee (cropped).jpgBharatiya Janata Party
(NDA)
19 March
1998[§]
22 May
2004
6 years, 64 days1998(12th)Vajpayee IIK. R. Narayanan
1999(13th)Vajpayee III
13Manmohan Singh
(born 1932)
MP (Rajya Sabha) for Assam
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh in WEF ,2009 (cropped).jpgIndian National Congress
(UPA)
22 May
2004
26 May
2014
10 years, 4 days2004(14th)M. Singh IA. P. J. Abdul Kalam
2009(15th)M. Singh IIPratibha Patil
14Narendra Modi
(born 1950)
MP for Varanasi
Narendra Damodardas Modi (cropped).jpgBharatiya Janata Party
(NDA)
26 May
2014[3]
Incumbent1 year, 187 days2014(16th)N. ModiPranab Mukherjee
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