Question: who has been the longest serving chief minister in india
Answer: No Name ( birth -- death ) Portrait Prior Office Party ( Alliance ) Elected constituency Term of office Elections ( Lok Sabha ) Ministry Appointed by Jawaharlal Nehru ( 1889 -- 1964 ) Indian freedom fighter Indian National Congress Phulpur , Uttar Pradesh 15 August 1947 27 May 1964 7003613000000000000 ♠ 16 years , 286 days -- Nehru I Lord Mountbatten 1952 ( 1st ) Nehru II Rajendra Prasad 1957 ( 2nd ) Nehru III 1962 ( 3rd ) Nehru IV -- Gulzarilal Nanda ( acting ) ( 1898 -- 1998 ) Union Minister of Labour and Employment Indian National Congress Sabarkantha , Gujarat 27 May 1964 9 June 1964 13 days ( 3rd ) ( acting ) Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan Lal Bahadur Shastri ( 1904 -- 19