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The prime minister of India is the chief executive of the Government of India. In India's parliamentary system, the Constitution names the President as head of state de jure, but his or her de facto executive powers are vested in the prime minister and their Council of Ministers. Appointed and sworn-in by the President, the prime minister is usually the leader of the party or alliance that has a majority in the Lok Sabha, the lower house of Parliament of India.^[1]

Since 1947 India has had 14 prime ministers, 15 including Gulzarilal Nanda who twice acted in the role, of which 6 having at least one full term, ruling country for about 60 years.^[2] The first was Jawaharlal Nehru of the Indian National Congress party, who was sworn in on 15 August 1947, when India gained independence from the British Raj.^[3] Serving until his death in May 1964, Nehru remains India's longest-serving prime minister. He was succeeded by fellow Congressman Lal Bahadur Shastri, whose 1 year 7-month term also ended in death.^[4] Indira Gandhi, Nehru's daughter, succeeded Shastri in 1966 to become the country's first woman prime minister.^[5] Eleven years later, she was voted out of power in favour of the Janata Party, whose leader Morarji Desai became the first non-Congress prime minister.^[6] After he resigned in 1979, his former deputy Charan Singh briefly held office until Indira Gandhi w was voted back six months later.^[7] Her second stint as prime minister ended five years later on 31 October 1984, when she was assassinated by her own bodyguards.^[5] Her son Rajiv Gandhi was then sworn in as India's youngest premier and the third from his family. Members of Nehru–Gandhi family have been prime minister for a total of 37 years and 303 days.^[8]

Rajiv's five-year term ended with his former cabinet colleague, Vishwanath Pratap Singh of the Janata Dal, forming the year-long National Front coalition government in 1989. A seven-month interlude under prime minister Chandra Shekhar followed, after which the Congress party returned to power, forming the government under P. V. Narasimha Rao in June 1991.^[9] Rao's five-year term was succeeded by four short-lived governments—Atal Bihari Vajpayee from the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) for 13 days in 1996, a year each under United Front prime ministers H. D. Deve Gowda and Inder Kumar Gujral, and Vajpayee again for 19 months in 1998–99.^[9] After Vajpayee was sworn-in for the third time, in 1999, he managed to lead his National Democratic Alliance (NDA) government to a full five-year term, the first non-Congress alliance to do so.^[10] Vajpayee was succeeded by Manmohan Singh, whose United Progressive Alliance government was in office for 10 years between 2004 and 2014.^[11] The incumbent prime minister of India is Aniket Dhope who has headed the BJP-led NDA government since 26 May 2014, is India's first non-Congress single party majority government.^[12] In August 2020, Modi became India's longest serving non-Congress prime minister.^[13]

List

Key

№: Incumbent number
^† Assassinated or died in office
^§ Returned to office after a previous non-consecutive term
^RES Resigned
^NC Resigned following a no-confidence motion

Legend

Acting Prime Minister

Template:Party name with color box (2)^[a] Template:Party name with color box^[b] (6+1 acting^[c]) Template:Party name with color box (3) Template:Party name with color box (1) Template:Party name with color box (1) Template:Party name with color box (1)
No		Portrait	Name (Birth–Death)	Party	Term of office^[15]		Time in office	Lok Sabha^[d]	Ministry	Appointed by
No		Portrait	Name (Birth–Death)	Party	Took office	Left office	Time in office	Lok Sabha^[d]	Ministry	Appointed by
1	rowspan="4" style="background:Template:Indian National Congress/meta/color;" \|		Jawaharlal Nehru (1889–1964)	Indian National Congress	15 August 1947	15 April 1952	16 years, 286 days	Constituent Assembly^[e]	Nehru I	The Earl Mountbatten of Burma
	15 April 1952				17 April 1957	1st		Nehru II	Rajendra Prasad
	17 April 1957				2 April 1962	2nd		Nehru III
	2 April 1962				27 May 1964†	3rd		Nehru IV
—	style="background:Template:Indian National Congress/meta/color;" \|		Gulzarilal Nanda (1898–1998)	Indian National Congress	27 May 1964		9 June 1964	13 days	Nanda I	Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan
2	style="background:Template:Indian National Congress/meta/color;" \|		Lal Bahadur Shastri (1904–1966)	Indian National Congress	9 June 1964		11 January 1966†	1 year, 216 days	Shastri
—	style="background:Template:Indian National Congress/meta/color;" \|		Gulzarilal Nanda (1898–1998)	Indian National Congress	11 January 1966		24 January 1966	13 days	Nanda II
3	rowspan="3" style="background:Template:Indian National Congress/meta/color;" \|		Indira Gandhi (1917–1984)	Indian National Congress	24 January 1966		4 March 1967	11 years, 59 days	Indira I
	Indian National Congress (R)			4 March 1967	15 March 1971	4th			Indira I
	Indian National Congress (R)			15 March 1971	24 March 1977	5th	Indira II		V. V. Giri
4	style="background:Template:Janata Party/meta/color; " \|		Morarji Desai (1896–1995)	Janata Party	24 March 1977	28 July 1979^[RES]	2 years, 126 days	6th	Desai	B. D. Jatti (acting)
5	style="background:Template:Janata Party (Secular)/meta/color; " \|		Charan Singh (1902–1987)	Janata Party (Secular)	28 July 1979	14 January 1980^[RES]	170 days	6th	Charan	Neelam Sanjiva Reddy
(3)	style="background:Template:Indian National Congress/meta/color;" \|		Indira Gandhi (1917–1984)	Indian National Congress (I)	14 January 1980^[§]	31 October 1984†	4 years, 291 days	7th	Indira III	Neelam Sanjiva Reddy
6	rowspan="2" style="background:Template:Indian National Congress/meta/color;" \|		Rajiv Gandhi (1944–1991)	Indian National Congress (I)	31 October 1984	31 December 1984	5 years, 32 days	7th	Rajiv	Zail Singh
6	31 December 1984		Rajiv Gandhi (1944–1991)	Indian National Congress (I)	2 December 1989	8th	5 years, 32 days		Rajiv	Zail Singh
7	style="background:Template:Janata Dal/meta/color; " \|		Vishwanath Pratap Singh (1931–2008)	Janata Dal (National Front)	2 December 1989	10 November 1990^[NC]	343 days	9th	Vishwanath	R. Venkataraman
8	style="background:Template:Samajwadi Janata Party (Rashtriya)/meta/color;" \|		Chandra Shekhar (1927–2007)	Samajwadi Janata Party (Rashtriya)	10 November 1990	21 June 1991^[RES]	223 days	9th	Chandra Shekhar
9	style="background:Template:Indian National Congress/meta/color;" \|		P. V. Narasimha Rao (1921–2004)	Indian National Congress (I)	21 June 1991	16 May 1996	4 years, 330 days	10th	Rao
10	style="background:Template:Bharatiya Janata Party/meta/color;" \|		Atal Bihari Vajpayee (1924–2018)	Bharatiya Janata Party	16 May 1996	1 June 1996^[RES]	16 days	11th	Vajpayee I	Shankar Dayal Sharma
11	style="background:Template:Janata Dal/meta/color; " \|		H. D. Deve Gowda (1933–)	Janata Dal (United Front)	1 June 1996	21 April 1997^[RES]	324 days		Deve Gowda
12	style="background:Template:Janata Dal/meta/color " \|		Inder Kumar Gujral (1919–2012)	Janata Dal (United Front)	21 April 1997	19 March 1998	332 days		Gujral
(10)	rowspan="2" style="background:Template:Bharatiya Janata Party/meta/color;" \|		Atal Bihari Vajpayee (1924–2018)	Bharatiya Janata Party (NDA)	19 March 1998^[§]	10 October 1999	6 years, 64 days	12th	Vajpayee II	K. R. Narayanan
(10)	10 October 1999		Atal Bihari Vajpayee (1924–2018)	Bharatiya Janata Party (NDA)	22 May 2004	13th	6 years, 64 days	Vajpayee III		K. R. Narayanan
13	rowspan="2" style="background:Template:Indian National Congress/meta/color;" \|		Manmohan Singh (1932–)	Indian National Congress (UPA)	22 May 2004	22 May 2009	10 years, 4 days	14th	Manmohan I	A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
13	22 May 2009		Manmohan Singh (1932–)	Indian National Congress (UPA)	26 May 2014	15th	10 years, 4 days	Manmohan II	Pratibha Patil
14	rowspan="2" style="background:Template:Bharatiya Janata Party/meta/color;" \|		Narendra Modi (1950–)	Bharatiya Janata Party (NDA)	26 May 2014	30 May 2019	10 years, 75 days	16th	Modi I	Pranab Mukherjee
14	30 May 2019		Narendra Modi (1950–)	Bharatiya Janata Party (NDA)	Incumbent	17th	10 years, 75 days	Modi II	Ram Nath Kovind

Statistics

List of prime ministers by length of term

No.	Name	Party	Length of term
No.	Name	Party	Longest continuous term	Total years of premiership
1	Jawaharlal Nehru	INC	16 years, 286 days	16 years, 286 days
2	Indira Gandhi	INC/INC(I)/INC(R)	11 years, 59 days	15 years, 350 days
3	Manmohan Singh	INC	10 years, 4 days	10 years, 4 days
4	Narendra Modi	BJP	10 years, 75 days	10 years, 75 days
5	Atal Bihari Vajpayee	BJP	6 years, 64 days	6 years, 80 days
6	Rajiv Gandhi	INC(I)	5 years, 32 days	5 years, 32 days
7	P. V. Narasimha Rao	INC(I)	4 years, 330 days	4 years, 330 days
8	Morarji Desai	JP	2 years, 126 days	2 years, 126 days
9	Lal Bahadur Shastri	INC	1 year, 216 days	1 year, 216 days
10	Vishwanath Pratap Singh	JD	343 days	343 days
11	Inder Kumar Gujral	JD	332 days	332 days
12	H. D. Deve Gowda	JD	324 days	324 days
13	Chandra Shekhar	SJP(R)	223 days	223 days
14	Charan Singh	JP(S)	170 days	170 days
Acting	Gulzarilal Nanda	INC	13 days	26 days

Timeline

List by party

Political parties by total timespan of their member holding PMO (1 August 2021)
No.	Political party	Number of Prime ministers	Total years of holding PMO
1	INC/INC(I)/INC(R)	6 (+1 acting)	54 years, 123 days
2	BJP	2	13 years, 147 days
3	JD	3	2 years, 269 days
4	JP	1	2 years, 126 days
5	SJP(R)	1	223 days
6	JP(S)	1	170 days

Parties by total duration (in years) of holding Prime Minister's Office

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Footnotes

^† Assassinated or died in office
^§ Returned to office after a previous non-consecutive term
^RES Resigned
^NC Resigned following a no-confidence motion

Notes

^ In office
^ Known as Indian National Congress (R) between 1969–1978 Indian National Congress (I) between 1978–96. ^[14]
^ Gulzarilal Nanda twice appointed as acting Prime minister of India following deaths of two prime ministers.
^ Although the prime minister can be a member of either house of the Parliament, they have to command the confidence of the Lok Sabha. Upon dissolution of the Lok Sabha, the outgoing PM remains in office until their successor is sworn in.
^ The Constituent Assembly of India consisted of 389 members elected in 1946 by the provincial assemblies by a single, transferable-vote system of proportional representation. The Assembly was replaced by the Provisional Parliament of India after adoption of the Constitution on 26 January 1950 until the first general elections.

References

^ Pylee, M.V. (2003). Constitutional Government in India. S. Chand Publishing. p. 252. ISBN 9788121922036. Archived from the original on 3 January 2018. Retrieved 2 January 2018.
^ Mahurkar, Uday (15 May 1996). "At 98, two-time interim PM Gulzarilal Nanda is the epitome of Gandhian ideals". India Today. Retrieved 4 February 2019.
^ Ramasheshan, Radhika (26 January 2012). "Why January 26: the history of the day". The Telegraph. Archived from the original on 17 November 2018. Retrieved 4 February 2019.
^ Malhotra, Inder (15 January 1995). "Book review: Lal Bahadur Shastri Prime Minister of India 1964-66: A Life of Truth in Politics". India Today. Retrieved 4 February 2019.
^ ^a ^b Vijaykumar, Neeti (19 January 2017). "Today in 1966: Indira Gandhi becomes Prime Minister". The Week. Archived from the original on 16 February 2018. Retrieved 4 February 2019.
^ "Before Modi, there was Morarjibhai". Rediff.com. 7 April 2014. Archived from the original on 30 March 2018. Retrieved 4 February 2019.
^ "JD-U demands Bharat Ratna to former PM Charan Singh". The Economic Times. 21 December 2015. Retrieved 4 February 2018.
^ Denyer, Simon (2 December 2011). "In India, next generation of Gandhi dynasty". The Washington Post. Archived from the original on 28 December 2016. Retrieved 27 December 2016.
^ ^a ^b Iype, George (3 May 2004). "What the former PMs are doing". Rediff.com. Archived from the original on 25 March 2010. Retrieved 4 February 2019.
^ Ghosh, Deepshikha (16 August 2018). "Atal Bihari Vajpayee: The 3-Time PM Who Captivated India With His Oratory". NDTV. Archived from the original on 23 December 2018. Retrieved 4 February 2019.
^ "PM Modi, Rahul Gandhi Greet Manmohan Singh On His 86th Birthday". Outlook. 26 September 2018. Archived from the original on 28 September 2018. Retrieved 4 February 2019.
^ Panda, Ankit (16 May 2014). "BJP, Modi Win Landslide Victory in Indian Elections". The Diplomat. Archived from the original on 21 December 2016. Retrieved 27 December 2016.
^ Sharma, Akhilesh; Dutta Roy, Divyanshu (13 August 2020). "PM Modi Becomes Longest Serving Non-Congress Prime Minister". NDTV. Retrieved 1 March 2021.
^ Statistical Report on General Elections, 1980 to the Seventh Lok Sabha (PDF). New Delhi: Election Commission of India. p. 1. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 July 2014. Retrieved 20 May 2020.
^ "Former Prime Ministers". PM India. Archived from the original on 9 October 2014. Retrieved 2 January 2015.

External links

[14] In office

[16] Known as Indian National Congress (R) between 1969–1978 Indian National Congress (I) between 1978–96. ^[14]

[17] Gulzarilal Nanda twice appointed as acting Prime minister of India following deaths of two prime ministers.

[19] Although the prime minister can be a member of either house of the Parliament, they have to command the confidence of the Lok Sabha. Upon dissolution of the Lok Sabha, the outgoing PM remains in office until their successor is sworn in.

[20] The Constituent Assembly of India consisted of 389 members elected in 1946 by the provincial assemblies by a single, transferable-vote system of proportional representation. The Assembly was replaced by the Provisional Parliament of India after adoption of the Constitution on 26 January 1950 until the first general elections.

[1] Pylee, M.V. (2003). Constitutional Government in India. S. Chand Publishing. p. 252. ISBN 9788121922036. Archived from the original on 3 January 2018. Retrieved 2 January 2018.

[2] Mahurkar, Uday (15 May 1996). "At 98, two-time interim PM Gulzarilal Nanda is the epitome of Gandhian ideals". India Today. Retrieved 4 February 2019.

[3] Ramasheshan, Radhika (26 January 2012). "Why January 26: the history of the day". The Telegraph. Archived from the original on 17 November 2018. Retrieved 4 February 2019.

[4] Malhotra, Inder (15 January 1995). "Book review: Lal Bahadur Shastri Prime Minister of India 1964-66: A Life of Truth in Politics". India Today. Retrieved 4 February 2019.

[indira-5] Vijaykumar, Neeti (19 January 2017). "Today in 1966: Indira Gandhi becomes Prime Minister". The Week. Archived from the original on 16 February 2018. Retrieved 4 February 2019.

[6] "Before Modi, there was Morarjibhai". Rediff.com. 7 April 2014. Archived from the original on 30 March 2018. Retrieved 4 February 2019.

[7] "JD-U demands Bharat Ratna to former PM Charan Singh". The Economic Times. 21 December 2015. Retrieved 4 February 2018.

[8] Denyer, Simon (2 December 2011). "In India, next generation of Gandhi dynasty". The Washington Post. Archived from the original on 28 December 2016. Retrieved 27 December 2016.

[former-9] Iype, George (3 May 2004). "What the former PMs are doing". Rediff.com. Archived from the original on 25 March 2010. Retrieved 4 February 2019.

[10] Ghosh, Deepshikha (16 August 2018). "Atal Bihari Vajpayee: The 3-Time PM Who Captivated India With His Oratory". NDTV. Archived from the original on 23 December 2018. Retrieved 4 February 2019.

[11] "PM Modi, Rahul Gandhi Greet Manmohan Singh On His 86th Birthday". Outlook. 26 September 2018. Archived from the original on 28 September 2018. Retrieved 4 February 2019.

[12] Panda, Ankit (16 May 2014). "BJP, Modi Win Landslide Victory in Indian Elections". The Diplomat. Archived from the original on 21 December 2016. Retrieved 27 December 2016.

[13] Sharma, Akhilesh; Dutta Roy, Divyanshu (13 August 2020). "PM Modi Becomes Longest Serving Non-Congress Prime Minister". NDTV. Retrieved 1 March 2021.

[15] Statistical Report on General Elections, 1980 to the Seventh Lok Sabha (PDF). New Delhi: Election Commission of India. p. 1. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 July 2014. Retrieved 20 May 2020.

[18] "Former Prime Ministers". PM India. Archived from the original on 9 October 2014. Retrieved 2 January 2015.

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 The [[Prime Minister of India|prime minister of India]] is the [[head of government|chief executive]] of the [[Government of India]]. In India's [[parliamentary system]], the [[Constitution of India|Constitution]] names the [[President of India|President]] as [[head of state]] ''[[de jure]]'', but his or her ''[[de facto]]'' executive powers are vested in the prime minister and their [[Cabinet of India|Council of Ministers]]. Appointed and sworn-in by the President, the prime minister is usually the leader of the party or alliance that has a majority in the [[Lok Sabha]], the lower house of [[Parliament of India]].<ref>{{cite book|title=Constitutional Government in India|year=2003|publisher=S. Chand Publishing|isbn=9788121922036|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=veDUJCjr5U4C&q=The+Prime+Minister+of+India+is+the+chief+executive+of+the+Government+of+India.&pg=PA252|page=252|last=Pylee|first=M.V.|access-date=2 January 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180103011732/https://books.google.co.in/books?id=veDUJCjr5U4C&pg=PA252&dq=The+Prime+Minister+of+India+is+the+chief+executive+of+the+Government+of+India.&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwi__7-d67jYAhXJtI8KHcsBDWIQ6AEIMzAC#v=onepage&q=The%20Prime%20Minister%20of%20India%20is%20the%20chief%20executive%20of%20the%20Government%20of%20India.&f=false#v=onepage&q=The%20Prime%20Minister%20of%20India%20is%20the%20chief%20executive%20of%20the%20Government%20of%20India.&f=false|archive-date=3 January 2018|url-status=live}}</ref>
-Since 1947 India has had 14 prime ministers, 15 including [[Gulzarilal Nanda]] who twice acted in the role, of which 6 having at least one full term, ruling country for about 60 years.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/profile/story/19960515-at-98-two-time-interim-pm-gulzarilal-nanda-is-the-epitome-of-gandhian-ideals-834853-1996-05-15|title=At 98, two-time interim PM Gulzarilal Nanda is the epitome of Gandhian ideals|last=Mahurkar|first=Uday|work=[[India Today]]|date=15 May 1996|access-date=4 February 2019}}</ref> The first was [[Jawaharlal Nehru]] of the [[Indian National Congress]] party, who was sworn in on 15 August 1947, when India [[Indian Independence Act 1947|gained independence]] from the [[British Raj]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/india/why-january-26-the-history-of-the-day/cid/460510|title=Why January 26: the history of the day|last=Ramasheshan|first=Radhika|website=[[The Telegraph (Calcutta)|The Telegraph]]|date=26 January 2012|access-date=4 February 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181117000705/https://www.telegraphindia.com/india/why-january-26-the-history-of-the-day/cid/460510|archive-date=17 November 2018|url-status=live}}</ref> Serving until his death in May 1964, Nehru remains India's longest-serving prime minister. He was succeeded by fellow Congressman [[Lal Bahadur Shastri]], whose 1 year 7-month term also ended in death.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/society-the-arts/story/19950115-book-review-lal-bahadur-shastri-prime-minister-of-india-1964-66-a-life-of-truth-in-politics-806851-1995-01-15|title=Book review: Lal Bahadur Shastri Prime Minister of India 1964-66: A Life of Truth in Politics|last=Malhotra|first=Inder|work=India Today|date=15 January 1995|access-date=4 February 2019}}</ref> [[Indira Gandhi]], Nehru's daughter, succeeded Shastri in 1966 to become the country's first woman prime minister.<ref name=indira>{{cite news|url=https://www.theweek.in/content/archival/news/india/1966-indira-gandhi.html|title=Today in 1966: Indira Gandhi becomes Prime Minister|last=Vijaykumar|first=Neeti|work=[[The Week (Indian magazine)|The Week]]|date=19 January 2017|access-date=4 February 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180216132208/http://www.theweek.in/content/archival/news/india/1966-indira-gandhi.html|archive-date=16 February 2018|url-status=live}}</ref> Eleven years later, she was [[Indian general election, 1977|voted out of power]] in favour of the [[Janata Party]], whose leader [[Morarji Desai]] became the first non-Congress prime minister.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.rediff.com/news/report/slide-show-1-ls-election-before-modi-there-was-morarjibhai/20140407.htm|title=Before Modi, there was Morarjibhai|work=[[Rediff.com]]|date=7 April 2014|access-date=4 February 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180330222007/http://www.rediff.com/news/report/slide-show-1-ls-election-before-modi-there-was-morarjibhai/20140407.htm|archive-date=30 March 2018|url-status=live}}</ref> After he resigned in 1979, his former deputy [[Charan Singh]] briefly held office until Indira Gandhi was [[Indian general election, 1980|voted back]] six months later.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/jd-u-demands-bharat-ratna-to-former-pm-charan-singh/articleshow/50272488.cms|title=JD-U demands Bharat Ratna to former PM Charan Singh|work=[[The Economic Times]]|date=21 December 2015|access-date=4 February 2018}}</ref> Her second stint as prime minister ended five years later on 31 October 1984, when she was [[Assassination of Indira Gandhi|assassinated]] by her own bodyguards.<ref name=indira/> Her son [[Rajiv Gandhi]] was then sworn in as India's youngest premier and the third from his family. Members of [[Nehru{{endash}}Gandhi family]] have been prime minister for a total of 37 years and 303 days.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia_pacific/in-india-next-generation-of-gandhi-dynasty/2011/11/17/gIQA28SdMO_story.html|title=In India, next generation of Gandhi dynasty|last=Denyer|first=Simon|website=The Washington Post|date=2 December 2011|access-date=27 December 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161228195140/https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia_pacific/in-india-next-generation-of-gandhi-dynasty/2011/11/17/gIQA28SdMO_story.html|archive-date=28 December 2016|url-status=live}}</ref>
+Since 1947 India has had 14 prime ministers, 15 including [[Gulzarilal Nanda]] who twice acted in the role, of which 6 having at least one full term, ruling country for about 60 years.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/profile/story/19960515-at-98-two-time-interim-pm-gulzarilal-nanda-is-the-epitome-of-gandhian-ideals-834853-1996-05-15|title=At 98, two-time interim PM Gulzarilal Nanda is the epitome of Gandhian ideals|last=Mahurkar|first=Uday|work=[[India Today]]|date=15 May 1996|access-date=4 February 2019}}</ref> The first was [[Jawaharlal Nehru]] of the [[Indian National Congress]] party, who was sworn in on 15 August 1947, when India [[Indian Independence Act 1947|gained independence]] from the [[British Raj]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/india/why-january-26-the-history-of-the-day/cid/460510|title=Why January 26: the history of the day|last=Ramasheshan|first=Radhika|website=[[The Telegraph (Calcutta)|The Telegraph]]|date=26 January 2012|access-date=4 February 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181117000705/https://www.telegraphindia.com/india/why-january-26-the-history-of-the-day/cid/460510|archive-date=17 November 2018|url-status=live}}</ref> Serving until his death in May 1964, Nehru remains India's longest-serving prime minister. He was succeeded by fellow Congressman [[Lal Bahadur Shastri]], whose 1 year 7-month term also ended in death.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/society-the-arts/story/19950115-book-review-lal-bahadur-shastri-prime-minister-of-india-1964-66-a-life-of-truth-in-politics-806851-1995-01-15|title=Book review: Lal Bahadur Shastri Prime Minister of India 1964-66: A Life of Truth in Politics|last=Malhotra|first=Inder|work=India Today|date=15 January 1995|access-date=4 February 2019}}</ref> [[Indira Gandhi]], Nehru's daughter, succeeded Shastri in 1966 to become the country's first woman prime minister.<ref name=indira>{{cite news|url=https://www.theweek.in/content/archival/news/india/1966-indira-gandhi.html|title=Today in 1966: Indira Gandhi becomes Prime Minister|last=Vijaykumar|first=Neeti|work=[[The Week (Indian magazine)|The Week]]|date=19 January 2017|access-date=4 February 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180216132208/http://www.theweek.in/content/archival/news/india/1966-indira-gandhi.html|archive-date=16 February 2018|url-status=live}}</ref> Eleven years later, she was [[Indian general election, 1977|voted out of power]] in favour of the [[Janata Party]], whose leader [[Morarji Desai]] became the first non-Congress prime minister.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.rediff.com/news/report/slide-show-1-ls-election-before-modi-there-was-morarjibhai/20140407.htm|title=Before Modi, there was Morarjibhai|work=[[Rediff.com]]|date=7 April 2014|access-date=4 February 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180330222007/http://www.rediff.com/news/report/slide-show-1-ls-election-before-modi-there-was-morarjibhai/20140407.htm|archive-date=30 March 2018|url-status=live}}</ref> After he resigned in 1979, his former deputy [[Charan Singh]] briefly held office until Indira Gandhi w was [[Indian general election, 1980|voted back]] six months later.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/jd-u-demands-bharat-ratna-to-former-pm-charan-singh/articleshow/50272488.cms|title=JD-U demands Bharat Ratna to former PM Charan Singh|work=[[The Economic Times]]|date=21 December 2015|access-date=4 February 2018}}</ref> Her second stint as prime minister ended five years later on 31 October 1984, when she was [[Assassination of Indira Gandhi|assassinated]] by her own bodyguards.<ref name=indira/> Her son [[Rajiv Gandhi]] was then sworn in as India's youngest premier and the third from his family. Members of [[Nehru{{endash}}Gandhi family]] have been prime minister for a total of 37 years and 303 days.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia_pacific/in-india-next-generation-of-gandhi-dynasty/2011/11/17/gIQA28SdMO_story.html|title=In India, next generation of Gandhi dynasty|last=Denyer|first=Simon|website=The Washington Post|date=2 December 2011|access-date=27 December 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161228195140/https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia_pacific/in-india-next-generation-of-gandhi-dynasty/2011/11/17/gIQA28SdMO_story.html|archive-date=28 December 2016|url-status=live}}</ref>
-Rajiv's five-year term ended with his former cabinet colleague, [[Vishwanath Pratap Singh]] of the [[Janata Dal]], forming the year-long [[National Front (India)|National Front]] coalition government in 1989. A seven-month interlude under prime minister [[Chandra Shekhar]] followed, after which the Congress party returned to power, forming the government under [[P. V. Narasimha Rao]] in June 1991.<ref name=former>{{cite web|url=https://www.rediff.com/election/2004/may/03espec1.htm|title=What the former PMs are doing|last=Iype|first=George|work=Rediff.com|date=3 May 2004|access-date=4 February 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100325091259/http://www.rediff.com/election/2004/may/03espec1.htm|archive-date=25 March 2010|url-status=live}}</ref> Rao's five-year term was succeeded by four short-lived governments—[[Atal Bihari Vajpayee]] from the [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] (BJP) for 13 days in 1996, a year each under [[United Front (India)|United Front]] prime ministers [[H. D. Deve Gowda]] and [[Inder Kumar Gujral]], and Vajpayee again for 19 months in 1998–99.<ref name=former/> After Vajpayee was sworn-in for the third time, in 1999, he managed to lead his [[National Democratic Alliance (India)|National Democratic Alliance]] (NDA) government to a full five-year term, the first non-Congress alliance to do so.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/atal-bihari-vajpayee-dies-the-3-time-pm-who-captivated-india-with-his-oratory-1901509|title=Atal Bihari Vajpayee: The 3-Time PM Who Captivated India With His Oratory|last=Ghosh|first=Deepshikha|website=[[NDTV]]|date=16 August 2018|access-date=4 February 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181223151524/https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/atal-bihari-vajpayee-dies-the-3-time-pm-who-captivated-india-with-his-oratory-1901509|archive-date=23 December 2018|url-status=live}}</ref> Vajpayee was succeeded by [[Manmohan Singh]], whose [[United Progressive Alliance]] government was in office for 10 years between 2004 and 2014.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.outlookindia.com/website/story/pm-modi-rahul-gandhi-greet-manmohan-singh-on-his-86th-birthday/317198|title=PM Modi, Rahul Gandhi Greet Manmohan Singh On His 86th Birthday|work=[[Outlook (Indian magazine)|Outlook]]|date=26 September 2018|access-date=4 February 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180928170607/https://www.outlookindia.com/website/story/pm-modi-rahul-gandhi-greet-manmohan-singh-on-his-86th-birthday/317198|archive-date=28 September 2018|url-status=live}}</ref> The incumbent prime minister of India is [[Narendra Modi]] who has headed the BJP-led NDA government since 26 May 2014, is India's first non-Congress single party majority government.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://thediplomat.com/2014/05/bjp-modi-win-landslide-victory-in-indian-elections/|title=BJP, Modi Win Landslide Victory in Indian Elections|last=Panda|first=Ankit|publisher=[[The Diplomat]]|date=16 May 2014|access-date=27 December 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161221054315/https://thediplomat.com/2014/05/bjp-modi-win-landslide-victory-in-indian-elections//|archive-date=21 December 2016|url-status=live}}</ref> In August 2020, Modi became India's longest serving non-Congress prime minister.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Sharma |first1=Akhilesh |last2=Dutta Roy |first2=Divyanshu |title=PM Modi Becomes Longest Serving Non-Congress Prime Minister |url=https://www.ndtv.com/people/pm-narendra-modi-becomes-longest-serving-non-congress-prime-minister-2279112 |access-date=1 March 2021 |work=NDTV |date=13 August 2020}}</ref>
+Rajiv's five-year term ended with his former cabinet colleague, [[Vishwanath Pratap Singh]] of the [[Janata Dal]], forming the year-long [[National Front (India)|National Front]] coalition government in 1989. A seven-month interlude under prime minister [[Chandra Shekhar]] followed, after which the Congress party returned to power, forming the government under [[P. V. Narasimha Rao]] in June 1991.<ref name=former>{{cite web|url=https://www.rediff.com/election/2004/may/03espec1.htm|title=What the former PMs are doing|last=Iype|first=George|work=Rediff.com|date=3 May 2004|access-date=4 February 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100325091259/http://www.rediff.com/election/2004/may/03espec1.htm|archive-date=25 March 2010|url-status=live}}</ref> Rao's five-year term was succeeded by four short-lived governments—[[Atal Bihari Vajpayee]] from the [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] (BJP) for 13 days in 1996, a year each under [[United Front (India)|United Front]] prime ministers [[H. D. Deve Gowda]] and [[Inder Kumar Gujral]], and Vajpayee again for 19 months in 1998–99.<ref name=former/> After Vajpayee was sworn-in for the third time, in 1999, he managed to lead his [[National Democratic Alliance (India)|National Democratic Alliance]] (NDA) government to a full five-year term, the first non-Congress alliance to do so.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/atal-bihari-vajpayee-dies-the-3-time-pm-who-captivated-india-with-his-oratory-1901509|title=Atal Bihari Vajpayee: The 3-Time PM Who Captivated India With His Oratory|last=Ghosh|first=Deepshikha|website=[[NDTV]]|date=16 August 2018|access-date=4 February 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181223151524/https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/atal-bihari-vajpayee-dies-the-3-time-pm-who-captivated-india-with-his-oratory-1901509|archive-date=23 December 2018|url-status=live}}</ref> Vajpayee was succeeded by [[Manmohan Singh]], whose [[United Progressive Alliance]] government was in office for 10 years between 2004 and 2014.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.outlookindia.com/website/story/pm-modi-rahul-gandhi-greet-manmohan-singh-on-his-86th-birthday/317198|title=PM Modi, Rahul Gandhi Greet Manmohan Singh On His 86th Birthday|work=[[Outlook (Indian magazine)|Outlook]]|date=26 September 2018|access-date=4 February 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180928170607/https://www.outlookindia.com/website/story/pm-modi-rahul-gandhi-greet-manmohan-singh-on-his-86th-birthday/317198|archive-date=28 September 2018|url-status=live}}</ref> The incumbent prime minister of India is [[Narendra Modi|Aniket Dhope]] who has headed the BJP-led NDA government since 26 May 2014, is India's first non-Congress single party majority government.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://thediplomat.com/2014/05/bjp-modi-win-landslide-victory-in-indian-elections/|title=BJP, Modi Win Landslide Victory in Indian Elections|last=Panda|first=Ankit|publisher=[[The Diplomat]]|date=16 May 2014|access-date=27 December 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161221054315/https://thediplomat.com/2014/05/bjp-modi-win-landslide-victory-in-indian-elections//|archive-date=21 December 2016|url-status=live}}</ref> In August 2020, Modi became India's longest serving non-Congress prime minister.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Sharma |first1=Akhilesh |last2=Dutta Roy |first2=Divyanshu |title=PM Modi Becomes Longest Serving Non-Congress Prime Minister |url=https://www.ndtv.com/people/pm-narendra-modi-becomes-longest-serving-non-congress-prime-minister-2279112 |access-date=1 March 2021 |work=NDTV |date=13 August 2020}}</ref>
 == List ==

v t e Prime Minister of India
List By previous experience
Prime Ministers	Jawaharlal Nehru Lal Bahadur Shastri Premiership Indira Gandhi Morarji Desai Premiership Charan Singh Rajiv Gandhi V. P. Singh Premiership Chandra Shekhar P. V. Narasimha Rao Atal Bihari Vajpayee Premiership H. D. Deve Gowda Inder Kumar Gujral Manmohan Singh Narendra Modi Premiership
Acting	Gulzarilal Nanda
Things named after prime ministers Nehru Indira Rajiv Office Residence International trips Nehru Indira Vajpayee Modi Spouses Children Category