List of Prime Ministers of India

Table columns:
№
Name(birth–death)
Portrait
Prior Office
Party(Alliance)
Party(Alliance).1
Elected constituency
Term of office[6]
Term of office[6].1
Term of office[6].2
Appointed by
Lok Sabha[a]

Table rows:
cells: 1
Jawaharlal Nehru(1889–1964)
Vice President of Executive Council
Indian National Congress
Phulpur, Uttar Pradesh
15 August 1947
15 April 1952
16 years, 286 days
Lord Mountbatten
Constituent Assembly[b]
cells: 1
15 April 1952
17 April 1957
Rajendra Prasad
1st
cells: 1
17 April 1957
2 April 1957
2nd
cells: 1
2 April 1957
27 May1964[†]
3rd
cells: –
Gulzarilal Nanda (acting) (1898–1998)
Minister of Labour and Employment
Indian National Congress
Sabarkantha, Gujarat
27 May1964
9 June1964
13 days
Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan
cells: 2
Lal Bahadur Shastri(1904–1966)
Minister of Home Affairs
Indian National Congress
Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh
9 June1964
11 January1966[†]
1 year, 216 days
Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan
cells: –
Gulzarilal Nanda (acting)(1898–1998)
Minister of Home Affairs
Indian National Congress
Sabarkantha, Gujarat
11 January1966
24 January1966
13 days
Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan
cells: 3
Indira Gandhi(1917–1984)
Minister of Information and Broadcasting Prime Minister (Re-elected)
Indian National Congress
Rajya Sabha MP for Uttar Pradesh
24 January1966
4 March 1967
11 years, 59 days
Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan
cells: 3
4 March 1967
15 March 1971
V. V. Giri
4th
cells: 3
15 March 1971
24 March1977
5th
cells: 4
Morarji Desai(1896–1995)
Minister of Finance and Deputy Prime Minister of India before he resigned in 1969
Janata Party
Surat, Gujarat
24 March1977
28 July1979[RES]
2 years, 126 days
B. D. Jatti (acting President)
6th
cells: 5
Charan Singh(1902–1987)
Minister of Finance
Janata Party (Secular)with INC
Baghpat, Uttar Pradesh
28 July1979
14 January1980[RES]
170 days
Neelam Sanjiva Reddy
cells: (3)
Indira Gandhi(1917–1984)
Former Prime Minister
Indian National Congress (I)
Medak, Andhra Pradesh
14 January1980[§]
31 October1984[†]
4 years, 291 days
Neelam Sanjiva Reddy
7th
cells: 6
Rajiv Gandhi(1944–1991)
MP for Amethi
Indian National Congress (I)
Amethi, Uttar Pradesh
31 October1984
31 December 1984
5 years, 32 days
Zail Singh
cells: 6
31 December 1984
2 December1989
8th
cells: 7
Vishwanath Pratap Singh(1931–2008)
Minister of Defence
Janata Dal(National Front)
Fatehpur, Uttar Pradesh
2 December1989
10 November1990[NC]
343 days
R. Venkataraman
9th
cells: 8
Chandra Shekhar(1927–2007)
MP for Ballia
Samajwadi Janata Partywith INC
Ballia, Uttar Pradesh
10 November1990
21 June1991[c]
223 days
R. Venkataraman
cells: 9
Pamulaparti Venkata Narasimha Rao(1921–2004)
Minister of External Affairs
Indian National Congress (I)
Nandyal, Andhra Pradesh
21 June1991
16 May1996
4 years, 330 days
R. Venkataraman
10th
cells: 10
Atal Bihari Vajpayee(born 1924)
Minister of External Affairs
Bharatiya Janata Party
Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh
16 May1996
1 June1996[RES]
16 days
Shankar Dayal Sharma
11th
cells: 11
Haradanahalli Doddegowda Deve Gowda(born 1933)
Chief Minister of Karnataka
Janata Dal(United Front)
Rajya Sabha MP for Karnataka
1 June1996
21 April1997[RES]
324 days
Shankar Dayal Sharma
cells: 12
Inder Kumar Gujral(1919–2012)
Minister of External Affairs
Janata Dal(United Front)
Rajya Sabha MP for Bihar
21 April1997
19 March1998
332 days
Shankar Dayal Sharma
cells: (10)
Atal Bihari Vajpayee(born 1924)
Former Prime Minister
Bharatiya Janata Party(NDA)
Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh
19 March1998[§]
10 October 1999
6 years, 64 days
K. R. Narayanan
12th
cells: (10)
10 October 1999
22 May2004
13th
cells: 13
Manmohan Singh(born 1932)
Minister of Finance
Indian National Congress(UPA)
Rajya Sabha MP for Assam
22 May2004
22 May 2009
10 years, 4 days
A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
14th
cells: 13
22 May 2009
26 May2014
Pratibha Patil
15th
cells: 14
Narendra Modi(born 1950)
Chief Minister of Gujarat
Bharatiya Janata Party(NDA)
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh
26 May2014[7]
Incumbent
4 years, 50 days
Pranab Mukherjee
16th

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originalText: who is the 1st prime minister of india
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