List of Prime Ministers of India since Independence
List of Prime Ministers of India since Independence – Complete List of Prime ministers and terms served for General Awareness
List of Prime Ministers of India since Independence
Prime Minister of India is the Chief Executive of the Government of India. In the parliamentary system of Democracy, the president is the head of state, but the de facto executive powers are vested in the Prime ministers and Council of Ministers. The Prime minister is the leader of the party or alliance that has a majority in Lok Sabha, the lower house of the Indian parliament.
Since, 1947, India has had 14 Prime ministers. The First Prime Minister of India was Jawaharlal Nehru from the Indian National Congress who was sworn in on 15th August 1947. Nehru is the longest serving Prime minister till date who was in office for close to 17 years from 1947 to 1964. He was elected as prime minister thrice first after India became a republic in 1950 and first time as PM in 1947. He has served close to four terms as prime minister. Indira Gandhi was the only Woman Prime minister of India.
The Current Prime minister of India is Narendra Modi who assumed office in 2014. List of Prime Ministers of India since Independence:
S.No. |
Name |
Time Period |
Political party |
| 1 | Jawahar Lal Nehru | 15-Aug-1947 to 27-May-1964 | Indian National Congress |
| 2 | Gulzarilal Nanda | 27-May-1964 to 9 June 1964 | Indian National Congress |
| 3 | Lal Bahadur Shastri | 09-Jun-1964 to 11-Jan-1966 | Indian National Congress |
| 4 | Gulzarilal Nanda | 11-Jan-1966 to 24 January 1966 | Indian National Congress |
| 5 | Indira Gandhi | 24-Jan-1966 to 24-Mar-1977 | Indian National Congress |
| 6 | Morarji Desai | 24-Mar-1977 to 28-Jul-1979 | Janata Party |
| 7 | Charan Singh | 28-Jul-1979 to 14-Jan-1980 | Janata Party |
| 8 | Indira Gandhi | 14-Jan-1980 to 31-Oct-1984 | Indian National Congress |
| 9 | Rajiv Gandhi | 31-Oct-1984 to 02-Dec-1989 | Indian National Congress(Indira) |
| 10 | Vishwanath PratapSingh | 02-Dec-1989 to 10-Nov-1990 | Janata Dal |
| 11 | Chandra Shekhar | 10-Nov-1990 to 21-Jun-1991 | Samajwadi JanataParty |
| 12 | P. V. Narasimha Rao | 21-Jun-1991 to 16-May-1996 | Indian National Congress |
| 13 | Atal Bihari Vajpayee | 16-May-1996 to 01-Jun-1996 | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| 14 | H. D. Deve Gowda | 01-Jun-1996 to 21-Apr-1997 | Janata Dal |
| 15 | Atal Bihari Vajpayee | 19-Mar-1998 to 22-May-2004 | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| 16 | Dr. Manmohan Singh | 22-May-2004 to 26-May-2014 | Indian National Congress |
| 17 | Narendra Modi | 26-May-2014 to present | Bharatiya Janata Party |
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