Question: who is the 1st prime minister of india
Answer: No Name ( birth -- death ) Portrait Prior Office Party ( Alliance ) Elected constituency Term of office Appointed by Lok Sabha 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 15 April 1952 17 April 1957 Rajendra Prasad 1st 17 April 1957 2 April 1957 2nd 2 April 1957 27 May 1964 3rd -- Gulzarilal Nanda ( acting ) ( 1898 -- 1998 ) Minister of Labour and Employment Indian National Congress Sabarkantha , Gujarat 27 May 1964 9 June 1964 13 days Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan Lal Bahadur Shastri ( 1904 --