List of Prime Ministers of India
S.NoName Term Notes
1 Jawaharlal Nehru 15 Aug 1947 - 27 May 1964 First and longest-serving PM
2 Gulzarilal Nanda 27 May 1964 - 9 June 1964 Acting PM after Nehru's death
3 Lal Bahadur Shastri 9 June 1964 - 11 Jan 1966 Died in office (Tashkent)
4 Gulzarilal Nanda 11 Jan 1966 - 24 Jan 1966 Acting PM after Shastri's death
5 Indira Gandhi 24 Jan 1966 - 24 Mar 1977 First woman PM
6 Morarji Desai 24 Mar 1977 - 28 Jul 1979 First non-Congress PM
7 Charan Singh 28 Jul 1979 - 14 Jan 1980 Resigned before floor test
8 Indira Gandhi 14 Jan 1980 - 31 Oct 1984 Assassinated in office
9 Rajiv Gandhi 31 Oct 1984 - 2 Dec 1989 Youngest PM
10 V. P. Singh 2 Dec 1989 - 10 Nov 1990 Implemented Mandal Commission
11 Chandra Shekhar 10 Nov 1990 - 21 Jun 1991 Short tenure, minority govt
12 P. V. Narasimha Rao 21 Jun 1991 - 16 May 1996 Economic liberalization
13 Atal Bihari Vajpayee 16 May 1996 - 1 Jun 1996 13-day government
14 H. D. Deve Gowda 1 Jun 1996 - 21 Apr 1997 United Front govt
15 I. K. Gujral 21 Apr 1997 - 19 Mar 1998 United Front, brief term
16 Atal Bihari Vajpayee 19 Mar 1998 - 22 May 2004 Full term 1999-2004
17 Manmohan Singh 22 May 2004 - 26 May 2014 2 consecutive terms
18 Narendra Modi 26 May 2014 - Present 3rd consecutive term in 2024
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