1
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Jawaharlal Nehru
(1889–1964)
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Indian freedom fighter
|
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Indian National Congress
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Phulpur, Uttar Pradesh
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15 August
1947
|
27 May
1964
|
16 years, 286 days
|
Lord Mountbatten
Rajendra Prasad
|
–
|
Gulzarilal Nanda (acting)
(1898–1998)
|
|
Minister of Labour and Employment
|
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Indian National Congress
|
Sabarkantha, Gujarat
|
27 May
1964
|
9 June
1964
|
13 days
|
Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan
|
2
|
Lal Bahadur Shastri
(1904–1966)
|
|
Minister of Home Affairs
|
|
Indian National Congress
|
Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh
|
9 June
1964
|
11 January
1966
|
1 year, 216 days
|
Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan
|
–
|
Gulzarilal Nanda (acting)
(1898–1998)
|
|
Minister of Home Affairs
|
|
Indian National Congress
|
Sabarkantha, Gujarat
|
11 January
1966
|
24 January
1966
|
13 days
|
Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan
|
3
|
Indira Gandhi
(1917–1984)
|
|
Minister of Information and Broadcasting
Prime Minister (Re-elected)
|
|
Indian National Congress
|
Rajya SabhaMP for Uttar Pradesh
|
24 January
1966
|
24 March
1977
|
11 years, 59 days
|
V. V. Giri
|
4
|
Morarji Desai
(1896–1995)
|
|
Minister of Finance and Deputy Prime Minister of India before he resigned in 1969
|
|
Janata Party
|
Surat, Gujarat
|
24 March
1977
|
28 July
1979
|
2 years, 126 days
|
B. D. Jatti
(acting President)
|
5
|
Charan Singh
(1902–1987)
|
|
Minister of Finance
|
|
Janata Party (Secular)
with
|
Baghpat, Uttar Pradesh
|
28 July
1979
|
14 January
1980
|
170 days
|
Neelam Sanjiva Reddy
|
6
|
Indira Gandhi
(1917–1984)
|
|
Former Prime Minister
|
|
Indian National Congress (I)
|
Medak, Andhra Pradesh
|
14 January
1980
|
31 October
1984
|
4 years, 291 days
|
Neelam Sanjiva Reddy
|
7
|
Rajiv Gandhi
(1944–1991)
|
|
MP for Amethi
|
|
Indian National Congress (I)
|
Amethi, Uttar Pradesh
|
31 October
1984
|
2 December
1989
|
5 years, 32 days
|
Zail Singh
|
8
|
Vishwanath Pratap Singh
(1931–2008)
|
|
Minister of Defence
|
|
Janata Dal
(National Front)
|
Fatehpur, Uttar Pradesh
|
2 December
1989
|
10 November
1990
|
343 days
|
R. Venkataraman
|
9
|
Chandra Shekhar
(1927–2007)
|
|
MP for Ballia
|
|
Samajwadi Janata Party
with
|
Ballia, Uttar Pradesh
|
10 November
1990
|
21 June
1991
|
223 days
|
R. Venkataraman
|
10
|
Pamulaparti Venkata Narasimha Rao
(1921–2004)
|
|
Minister of External Affairs
|
|
Indian National Congress (I)
|
Nandyal, Andhra Pradesh
|
21 June
1991
|
16 May
1996
|
4 years, 330 days
|
R. Venkataraman
|
11
|
Atal Bihari Vajpayee
(born 1924)
|
|
Minister of External Affairs
|
|
Bharatiya Janata Party
|
Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh
|
16 May
1996
|
1 June
1996
|
16 days
|
Shankar Dayal Sharma
|
12
|
Haradanahalli Doddegowda Deve Gowda
(born 1933)
|
|
Chief Minister of Karnataka
|
|
Janata Dal
(United Front)
|
Rajya SabhaMP for Karnataka
|
1 June
1996
|
21 April
1997
|
324 days
|
Shankar Dayal Sharma
|
13
|
Inder Kumar Gujral
(1919–2012)
|
|
Minister of External Affairs
|
|
Janata Dal
(United Front)
|
Rajya SabhaMP for Bihar
|
21 April
1997
|
19 March
1998
|
332 days
|
Shankar Dayal Sharma
|
14
|
Atal Bihari Vajpayee
(born 1924)
|
|
Former Prime Minister
|
|
Bharatiya Janata Party
(NDA)
|
Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh
|
19 March
1998
|
22 May
2004
|
6 years, 64 days
|
K. R. Narayanan
|
15
|
Manmohan Singh
(born 1932)
|
|
Minister of Finance
|
|
Indian National Congress
(UPA)
|
Rajya SabhaMP for Assam
|
22 May
2004
|
26 May
2014
|
10 years, 4 days
|
A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
Pratibha Patil
|
16
|
Narendra Modi
(born 1950)
|
|
Chief Minister of Gujarat
|
|
Bharatiya Janata Party
(NDA)
|
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh
|
26 May
2014
|
Incumbent
|
3 years, 222 days
|
Pranab Mukherjee
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