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List of All PM of India
India has a parliamentary government; The Prime Minister of India serves as the head of the chief executive branch and the presiding authority of the Government of India. The President of India appoints the Prime Minister under Article 75 of the Indian Constitution; who is the constitutional, nominal, and ceremonial head of state. The prime minister is the leader of the political party or coalition that holds a majority in the lower house of the Indian parliament, the Lok Sabha, the Republic of India’s main legislative body. The Prime Minister (Lok Sabha Member) is directly elected every five years unless a prime minister resigns.
Narendra Modi has been serving as India’s 14th and current Prime Minister since 2014. He is the 4th Prime Minister to serve for two consecutive years and would be the first non-Congress Prime Minister of India who would serve for two successive years.
List of all PMs of India.
| Sl No. | PM Name | Tenure of Office | Born-Dead |
| 1 | Jawaharlal Nehru | 15 August 1947 – 27 May 1964 (16 Years, 286 Days) | 1889-1964 (75 Years) |
| 2 | Gulzarilal Nanda (Acting PM) | 27 May 1964 – 09 June 1964 (13 D9ays) | 1898-1998 (100 Years) |
| 3 | Lal Bahadur Shastri | 09 June 1964 to 11 January 1966 (1 Years, 216 Days) | 1904-1966 (62 Years) |
| 4 | Gulzarilal Nanda (Acting PM) | 11 January 1966 to 24 January 1966 (13 Days) | 1898-1998 (100 Years) |
| 5 | Indira Gandhi | 24 January 1966 to 24 March 1977 (11 Years, 59 Days) | 1917-1984 (67 Years) |
| 6 | Morarji Desai | 24 March 1977 to 28 July 1979 (2 Years, 126 Days) | 1896-1995 (99 Years) |
| 7 | Charan Singh | 28 July 1979 to 14 January 1980 (170 Days) | 1902-1987 (85 Years) |
| 8 | Indira Gandhi | 14 January 1980 to 31 October 1984 (4 Years, 291 Years) | 1917-1984 (67 Years) |
| 9 | Rajiv Gandhi | 31 October 1984 to 2 December 1989 (5 Years, 32 Days) | 1944-1991 (47 Years) |
| 10 | Vishwanath Pratap Singh | 2 December 1989 to 10 November 1990 (343 Days) | 1931-2008 (77 Years) |
| 11 | Chandra Shekhar | 10 November 1990 to 21 June 1991 (223 Days) | 1927-2007 (80 Years) |
| 12 | P.V. Narasimha Rao | 21 June 1991 to 16 May 1996 (4 Years, 330 Days) | 1921-2004 (83 Years) |
| 13 | Atal Bihari Vajpayee | 16 May 1996 to 01 June 1996 (16 Days) | 1924-2018 (94 Years) |
| 14 | H.D. Deve Gowda | 01 June 1996 to 21 April 1997 (324 Days) | 1933- |
| 15 | Inder Kumar Gujral | 21 April 1997 to 19 March 1998 (332 Days) | 1919-2012 (93 Years) |
| 16 | Atal Bihari Vajpayee | 19 March 1998 to 22 May 2004 (6 Years, 64 Days) | 1924-2018 (94 Years) |
| 17 | Manmohan Singh | 22 May 2004 to 26 May 2014 (10 Years, 4 Days) | 1932- |
| 18 | Narendra Modi | 26 May 2014 to Incumbent | 1950- |
An important fact about each Prime Minister of India:
Jawaharlal Nehru (1947-1964)
Jawaharlal Nehru was the first and longest-serving Prime Minister of independent India.
Lal Bahadur Shastri (1964-1966)
Lal Bahadur Shastri was the second PM of India. He promoted the White Revolution to increase the production and supply of milk and gave the slogan “Jai Jawan Jai Kisan” (“Hail the soldier, Hail the farmer”).
Indira Gandhi (1966-1977, 1980-1984)
She was the first and only female Prime Minister of India and served the second-longest term as a prime minister. She was known for her imposing controversial Emergency in 1975 to suspend elections.
Morarji Desai (1977-1979)
Desai was the first Prime Minister who was not a member of the Congress party, he represented the Janata Party.
Rajiv Gandhi (1984-1989)
Rajiv Gandhi became the youngest Indian Prime Minister at the age of 40 and initiated economic liberalization policies.
Vishwanath Pratap Singh (1989-1990)
Vishwanath Pratap Singh implemented the Mandal Commission report, which reserved jobs for the Other Backward Classes (OBCs) in the government and public sector.
Atal Bihari Vajpayee (1996, 1998-2004)
Atal Bihar Vajpayee has served three terms as the Prime Minister of India. He gave the slogan “Jai Jawan, Jai Kisaan, Jai Vigyan”. The Pokhran nuclear tests in 1988 were conducted during his tenure and made India a nuclear weapon state.
Inder Kumar Gujral (1997-1998)
Gujral is known for the “Gujral Doctrine,” – a set of five principles to guide the foreign policy of India to strengthen India’s relations with its neighbor country.
Manmohan Singh (2004-2014)
Singh, an economist, played a key role in continuing economic reforms; He is accredited for the 1991 LPG ( Liberalisation, Privatisation, Globalisation ) reforms in India as the finance minister in PV Narasimha Rao government.
Narendra Modi (2014-present)
Narendra Modi, known for his economic policies and initiatives like Digital India and Make in India, has been a polarizing figure due to his strong nationalist and economic reform agendas.
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