The Prime Minister of India is the head of government, appointed by the President of India after a political party wins in the General Election Commission. The first Prime Minister of India was appointed in 1947, whose name is Jawaharlal Nehru, who was the Prime Minister of India for about 16 years 286 days, which was the longest Prime Minister of India.
Currently, the Prime Minister in India is Narendra Modi who is the third longest-serving Prime Minister of India and the fourth Prime Minister of India who will serve for two consecutive terms as the Indian Prime Minister.
List of Indian Prime Ministers
In 72 years of independence, India has got 15 of prime ministers. The list of Prime Ministers of India, period, political parties, they served in place of Prime Minister is given in the table below list of Indian prime ministers:
| SL.NO : | 01 |
| PRIME MINISTER : | Jawaharlal Nehru |
| BIRTH – DEATH : | (1889 – 1964) |
| TERM OF PERIOD : | 15th Aug 19947 to 27th May 1964 – (16 years, 286 days) |
| PARTY ALLIANCE : | Indian National Congress |
| SL.NO : | 02 (Acting) |
| PRIME MINISTER : | Gulzarilal Nanda |
| BIRTH – DEATH : | (1898–1998) |
| TERM OF PERIOD : | 27th May1964 to 9th June1964 – (13 days) |
| PARTY ALLIANCE : | Indian National Congress |
| SL.NO : | 03 |
| PRIME MINISTER : | Lal Bahadur Shastri |
| BIRTH – DEATH : | (1904–1966) |
| TERM OF PERIOD : | 9 June1964 to 11 January 1966 – (1 year, 216 days) |
| PARTY ALLIANCE : | Indian National Congress |
| SL.NO : | 04 (Acting) |
| PRIME MINISTER : | Gulzarilal Nanda |
| BIRTH – DEATH : | (1898–1998) |
| TERM OF PERIOD : | 11 Jan 1966 to 24 Jan 1966 – (13 days) |
| PARTY ALLIANCE : | Indian National Congress |
| SL.NO : | 05 |
| PRIME MINISTER : | Indira Gandhi |
| BIRTH – DEATH : | (1917–1984) |
| TERM OF PERIOD : | 24 Jan 1966 to 24 March 1977 – (11 years, 59 days) |
| PARTY ALLIANCE : | Indian National Congress |
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OBlAutIaes4&t=83s
| SL.NO : | 06 |
| PRIME MINISTER : | Morarji Desai |
| BIRTH – DEATH : | (1896–1995) |
| TERM OF PERIOD : | 24 March 1977 to 28 July 1979 – (2 years, 126 days) |
| PARTY ALLIANCE : | Janata Party |
| SL.NO : | 07 |
| PRIME MINISTER : | Charan Singh |
| BIRTH – DEATH : | (1902–1987) |
| TERM OF PERIOD : | 28 July 1979 to 14 Jan 1980 – (170 days) |
| PARTY ALLIANCE : | Janata Party (Secular) |
| SL.NO : | 08 |
| PRIME MINISTER : | Indira Gandhi |
| BIRTH – DEATH : | (1917–1984) |
| TERM OF PERIOD : | 14 Jan 1980 to 31 October 1984 – (4 years, 291 days) |
| PARTY ALLIANCE : | Indian National Congress (I) |
| SL.NO : | 09 |
| PRIME MINISTER : | Rajiv Gandhi |
| BIRTH – DEATH : | (1944–1991) |
| TERM OF PERIOD : | 31 Oct 1984 to 2 Dec 1989 – (5 years, 32 days) |
| PARTY ALLIANCE : | Indian National Congress (I) |
| SL.NO : | 10 |
| PRIME MINISTER : | Vishwanath Pratap Singh |
| BIRTH – DEATH : | (1931–2008) |
| TERM OF PERIOD : | 2 Dec 1989 to 10 Nov 1990 – (343 days) |
| PARTY ALLIANCE : | Janata Dal – (National Front) |
| SL.NO : | 11 |
| PRIME MINISTER : | Chandra Shekhar |
| BIRTH – DEATH : | (1927–2007) |
| TERM OF PERIOD : | 10 Nov 1990 to 21 June 1991 – (223 days) |
| PARTY ALLIANCE : | Samajwadi Janata Party |
| SL.NO : | 12 |
| PRIME MINISTER : | P. V. Narasimha Rao |
| BIRTH – DEATH : | (1921–2004) |
| TERM OF PERIOD : | 21 June 1991 to 16 May 1996 – (4 years, 330 days) |
| PARTY ALLIANCE : | Indian National Congress (I) |
| SL.NO : | 13 |
| PRIME MINISTER : | Atal Bihari Vajpayee |
| BIRTH – DEATH : | (1924–2018) |
| TERM OF PERIOD : | 16 May 1996 to 1 June 1996 – (13 days) |
| PARTY ALLIANCE : | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| SL.NO : | 14 |
| PRIME MINISTER : | H. D. Deve Gowda |
| BIRTH – DEATH : | (Born 1933) |
| TERM OF PERIOD : | 1 June 1996 to 21 April 1997 – (324 days) |
| PARTY ALLIANCE : | Janata Dal – (United Front) |
| SL.NO : | 15 |
| PRIME MINISTER : | Inder Kumar Gujral |
| BIRTH – DEATH : | (1919–2012) |
| TERM OF PERIOD : | 21 April 1997 to 19 March 1998 – (332 days) |
| PARTY ALLIANCE : | Janata Dal – (United Front) |
| SL.NO : | 16 |
| PRIME MINISTER : | Atal Bihari Vajpayee |
| BIRTH – DEATH : | (1924–2018) |
| TERM OF PERIOD : | 19 March 1998 to 22 May 2004 – (6 years, 64 days) |
| PARTY ALLIANCE : | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| SL.NO : | 17 |
| PRIME MINISTER : | Manmohan Singh |
| BIRTH – DEATH : | (Born 1932) |
| TERM OF PERIOD : | 22 May 2004 to 26 May 2014 – (10 years, 4 days) |
| PARTY ALLIANCE : | Indian National Congress |
| SL.NO : | 18 |
| PRIME MINISTER : | Narendra Damodardas Modi |
| BIRTH – DEATH : | (Born 1950) |
| TERM OF PERIOD : | 26 May 2014 to Incumbent |
| PARTY ALLIANCE : | Bharatiya Janata Party |
