List of Prime Ministers of India

1. List of Indian Prime ministers till now
April 16, 2014
by Ramandeep Kaur
Since independence India has seen 14 full-time
Prime Ministers (at the time of updating this post – as on October 25th, 2014) and 15 in all. Pt Jawaharlal Nehru of the Indian National Congress was the
first Prime Minister of free India. At present the office is headed by Narendra Modi of the BJP (the 14th full-time PM as in 2014) last vacated by Dr.
Manmohan Singh of the Congress-led United Progressive Alliance (UPA).
List of Prime Ministers given by different political parties in India in the chronological order:
Narendra Modi – 2014 till date
Manmohan Singh – 2004-14
Atal Bihari Vajpayee – 1998-2004
IK Gujral – 1997-98
HD Deve Gowda – 1996-97
AB Vajpayee – 1996
PV Narasimha Rao – 1991-96
Chandra Shekhar – 1990-91
VP Singh – 1989-90
Rajiv Gandhi – 1984-89
Indira Gandhi – 1980-84
Charan Singh – 1979-80
Morarji Desai – 1977-79
Indira Gandhi – 1966-77
Gulzarilal Nanda – 1966-66
Lal Bahadur Shastri – 1964-66
Gulzarilal Nanda – 1964
Jawaharlal Nehru – 1947-64
Also given are the details of their tenure since independence:
INDIAN NATIONAL CONGRESS
Jawaharlal Nehru
Tenure – 15th Aug 1947 – 27th May 1964 for 16 years, 286 days
Jawaharlal Nehru is the first Prime Minister of independent India and played a significant role in shaping modern India by imparting modern values and
thinking. He was a social reformer and one of his major work towards society was the reform of the ancient Hindu civil code. It permitted Hindu widow to
enjoy equal right with men as far as property and inheritance was concerned.
Gulzarilal Nanda
Tenure – 27 May 1964 – 9th June 1964 for 13 days
Tenure – 11th January 1966 – 24th January 1966 for 13 days
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