List of Prime Ministers of India

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1.Jawahar Lal Nehru (1889–1964)

Term of office- 5 August 1947-27 May 1964
Total- 16 years, 286 days
Remark- The first prime minister of India and the longest-serving PM of India, first to die in office.
Party- Indian National Congress

2.Gulzarilal Nanda (1898–1998)

Term of office- 27 May,1964 to 9 June 1964,
Total- 13 days
Remark- First acting PM of India
Party- Indian National Congress

3. Lal Bahadur Shastri (1904–1966)

Term of office- 9 June, 1964 to 11 January 1966
Total- 1 year, 216 days
Remark- He has given the slogan of ‘Jai Jawan Jai Kisan’ during Indo-Pak war of 1965
Party- Indian National Congress

4. Indira Gandhi (1917–1984)

Term of office- 24 January 1966 to 24 March 1977
Total- 11 years, 59 days
Remark- First lady Prime Minister of India
Party- Indian National Congress

5. Morarji Desai (1896–1995)

Term of office- 24 March 1977 – 28 July 1979
Total- 2 year, 116 days
Remark- Oldest to become PM @ 81 and first to resign from office.
Party- Janata Party

6. Charan Singh (1902–1987)

Term of office- 28 July, 1979 to 14 Jan. 1980
Total- 170 days
Remark- Only PM who did not face the Parliament
Party- Janata Party

7. Indira Gandhi (1917–1984)

Term of office- 14 Jan.1980 to 31 Oct. 1984
Total- 4 years, 291 days
Remark- The first lady who served as PM for the second term.
Party- Indian National Congress

8. Rajiv Gandhi (1944–1991)

Term of office- 31 Oct, 1984 to 2 Dec. 1989
Total- 5 years, 32 days
Remark- Youngest to become PM @ 40 year
Party- Indian National Congress

9. V. P. Singh (1931–2008)

Term of office- 2 Dec. 1989 to 10 Nov. 1990
Total- 343 days
Remark- First PM to step down after a vote of no confidence
Party- Janata Dal

10. Chandra Shekhar (1927–2007)

Term of office- 10 November,1990 to 21 June 1991
Total- 223 days
Remark- He belongs to Samajwadi Janata Party.
Party- Samajwadi Janata Party (Rashtriya)

11. P. V. Narasimha Rao (1921–2004)

Term of office- 21 June 1991 to 16 May 1996
Total- 4 years, 330 days
Remark- First PM from south India
Party- Indian National Congress

12. Atal Bihari Vajpayee (1924- 2004)

Term of office- 16 May, 1996 to 1 June 1996
Total- 16 days
Remark- PM for shortest tenure.
Party- Bharatiya Janata Party

13. H. D. Deve Gowda (born 1933)

Term of office- 1 June, 1996 to 21 April 1997
Total- 324 days
Remark- He belongs to Janata Dal.

14.Inder Kumar Gujral (1919–2012)

Term of office- 21 April 1997 to 19 March, 1998
Total- 332 days

15. Atal Bihari Vajpayee (1924- 2004)

Term of office- 19 March, 1998 to 22 May 2004
Total- 6 years, 64 days
Remark- The first non-congress PM who completed a full term as PM.
Party- Bharatiya Janata Party

16.Manmohan Singh (born 1932)

Term of office- 22 May 2004 to 26 May 2014
Total- 10 years, 4 May 2 days
Remark- First Sikh PM.
Party- Indian National Congress

17.Narendra Modi (born 1950)

Term of office- 26 May 2014, Incumbent
Remark- 4th Prime Minister of India who served two consecutive tenures
Party- Bharatiya Janata Party

So that sums up list of Prime Ministers of India. Thank you for reading.

List of Prime Ministers of India | Since Independence | With Tenure