List of Prime Ministers of India From 1947 to 2023 In
Order
The list of all prime ministers of India after Independence with the respective tenure of the
prime minister of India is tabulated below. Candidates can check the first prime minister of
India, prime minister of India in 1990, 1992 prime minister of India, Prime minister of India
2023 - current prime minister of India, etc., by referring to the table below.
Prime Ministers of India List From 1947 to 2023
Term of Office of List of
List of Prime Ministers of India Names
Prime Ministers of India
15 August 1947 to 27 May 1964
Jawahar Lal Nehru
(16 years, 286 days)
27 May 1964 to 9 June
Gulzarilal Nanda
(13 days)
9 June 1964 to 11 January 1966
Lal Bahadur Shastri
(1 year, 216 days)
11 January 1966, 24 January 1966
Gulzarilal Nanda
(13 days)
24 January 1966 to 24 March 1977
Indira Gandhi
(11 years, 59 days)
24 March 1977 to 28 July 1979
Morarji Desai
(2 years, 126 days)
28 July 1979 to 14 January 1980
Charan Singh
(170 days)
14 January 1980 to 31 October 1984
Indira Gandhi
(4 years, 291 days)
31 October 1984 to 2 December 1989
Rajiv Gandhi
(5 years, 32 days)
2 December 1989 to 10 November 1990
V. P. Singh
(343 days)
10 November 1990 to 21 June 1991
Chandra Shekhar
(223 days)
21 June 1991 to 16 May 1996
P. V. Narasimha Rao
(4 years, 330 days)
16 May 1996 to 1 June 1996
Atal Bihari Vajpayee
(16 days)
1 June 1996 to 21 April 1997
H. D. Deve Gowda
(324 days)
21 April 1997 to 19 March 1998
Inder Kumar Gujral
(332 days)
19 March 1998 to 22 May 2004
Atal Bihari Vajpayee
(6 years, 64 days)
22 May 2004 to 26 May 2014
Manmohan Singh
(10 years, 4 days)
Narendra Modi 26 May 2014 - Present
List of Indian Prime Ministers And Their Constituencies
The List of Prime Ministers of India From 1947 to Till Date and list of prime ministers of India
and their constituencies are tabulated below with the party names.
List of Prime Ministers of India And Their Constituencies with Party Name
List of Prime Ministers of
List of Prime Ministers of
S.No PMs list of India India And Their
India With Party Name
Constituencies
Indian National
1 Jawahar Lal Nehru Phulpur, Uttar Pradesh
Congress
Indian National
2 Gulzarilal Nanda Sabarkantha, Gujarat
Congress
Lal Bahadur Indian National
3 Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh
Shastri Congress
Indian National
5 Indira Gandhi Raebareli, Uttar Pradesh
Congress
6 Morarji Desai Surat, Gujarat Janata Party
7 Charan Singh Chhaprauli, Uttar Pradesh Janata Party (Secular)
Indian National
9 Rajiv Gandhi Amethi, Uttar Pradesh
Congress
10 V. P. Singh Phulpur, Uttar Pradesh Janata Dal
11 Chandra Shekhar Ballia, Uttar Pradesh Samajwadi Janata Party
P. V. Narasimha Indian National
12 Hanamkonda, Telangana
Rao Congress
Atal Bihari
13 Balrampur, Uttar Pradesh Bhartiya Janata Party
Vajpayee
14 H. D. Deve Gowda Holenarasipur, Karnataka Janata Dal
15 Inder Kumar Gujral Jalandhar, Punjab Janata Dal
Served as a member of the
Rajya Sabha, representing Indian National
17 Manmohan Singh
the state of Assam and Congress
Rajasthan
18 Narendra Modi Varanasi, Gujarat Bhartiya Janata Party
List of Prime Ministers of India UPSC - Important Facts
Here we have given some important facts for List of Prime Ministers of India UPSC for your
reference. Here we have given the points that might be asked in the upcoming examinations.
List of Prime Ministers of India UPSC
Jawaharlal Nehru (1947 –
Longest-serving Prime Minister of India
1964)
India’s second-longest-serving Prime Minister Indira Gandhi
India's First Women Prime Minister Indira Gandhi
India's Second Prime Minister and Two times
Gulzari Lal Nanda
as acting Prime Minister
First Indian Prime Minister who received
Indira Gandhi
Bharat Ratna Award
First Prime Minister of India who was not a
Morarji Desai
member of the Congress
Indian Prime minister who received Pakistan's highest
Morarji Desai
civilian honour was
The oldest person to become Prime Minister
Morarji Desai
of India
India’s youngest Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi
First South Indian Prime Minister P.V. Narasimha Rao
First Prime Minister of India who was a
Indira Gandhi
member of the Rajya Sabha
The only Prime Minister who did not
Charan Singh
address the Parliament
First Sikh Prime Minister of India Manmohan Singh
List of Prime Ministers of India From 1947 to 2023 - Details
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Jawaharlal Nehru (1889–1964)
Jawaharlal Nehru was the first prime minister of Independent India. He was also one of the
principal leaders of India’s independence movement in the 1930s and ’40s. He was the longest-
serving PM of India.
Gulzarilal Nanda (1898-1998)
Gulzarilal Nandha was the first Interim Prime Minister of India. He is also the recipient of
India’s highest civilian honor Bharat Ratna (1997).
Lal Bahadur Shastri (1904–1966)
Lal Bahadur Shastri was an Indian politician and statesman who served as the 2nd Prime
Minister of India from 1964 to 1966 and the 6th Home Minister of India from 1961 to 1963.
Indira Gandhi (1917–1984)
Indira Gandhi was elected as the third prime minister of India in 1966 and was also the first
woman prime minister of India and, to date, the only female prime minister of India.
Morarji Desai (1896–1995)
Morarji Ranchhodji Desai was an Indian independence activist and politician who served as
the 4th Prime Minister of India between 1977 to 1979 leading the government formed by the
Janata Party.
Charan Singh (1902–1987)
Chaudhary Charan Singh served as the 5th Prime Minister of India between 28 July 1979 to
14 January 1980. He is referred to as the "champion of India's peasants".
Rajiv Gandhi (1944–1991)
Rajiv Gandhi was an Indian politician who served as the sixth prime minister of India from
1984 to 1989. He took office at the age of 40 after the 1984 assassination of his mother. Rajiv
Gandhi is the youngest prime minister of India.
V. P. Singh (1931–2008)
Vishwanath Pratap Singh, shortened to V. P. Singh, was an Indian politician who was the 7th
Prime Minister of India from 1989 to 1990 and the 41st Raja Bahadur of Manda.
Chandra Shekhar (1927–2007)
Chandra Shekhar Singh was an Indian politician who served as the 8th Prime Minister of
India, between 10 November 1990 and 21 June 1991.
P. V. Narasimha Rao (1921–2004)
Pamulaparthi Venkata Narasimha Rao was an Indian lawyer and politician who served as the
9th Prime Minister of India from 1991 to 1996. He is often referred to as the "Father of Indian
Economic Reforms".
Atal Bihari Vajpayee (1924- 2018)
The 10th prime minister of India is Atal Bihari Vajpayee. Vajpayee was one of the co-
founders and a senior leader of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).
H. D. Deve Gowda (born 1933)
Haradanahalli Doddegowda Deve Gowda is an Indian politician from the state of Karnataka.
He served as the 11th prime minister of India from 1 June 1996 to 21 April 1997.
Inder Kumar Gujral (1919–2012)
Inder Kumar Gujral was an Indian diplomat, politician and freedom activist who served as the
12th prime minister of India from April 1997 to March 1998.
Manmohan Singh (born 1932)
Manmohan Singh is an Indian politician, economist, and statesman who has been the 13th
prime minister of India from 2004 to 2014. He is the third longest-serving prime minister of
India.
Narendra Modi (born 1950)
Narendra Damodardas Modi is an Indian politician serving as the 14th prime minister of
India and the current prime minister of India since 2014. Shri Narendra Modi was sworn in
as India’s Prime Minister on 30th May 2019, marking the start of his second term in office.
The first ever Prime Minister to be born after Independence.
