India PM List: Complete List Of Indian Prime Ministers From 1947-2024

List of Indian PMs with party Names and Their tenure:  In the Government of India, the Prime Minister serves as the chief executive, according to established constitutional norms. While the President of India holds a ceremonial position as the head of state, the Prime Minister exercises executive authority alongside their chosen Council of Ministers.

The Prime Minister is typically the leader of the political party that holds a majority in the Lok Sabha, the primary legislative body in India. The Prime Minister and their cabinet are accountable to the Lok Sabha, where they must maintain the confidence of its members.

Appointed by the President of India, the Prime Minister's appointment hinges on the support of the majority of Lok Sabha members, who are directly elected every five years. The Prime Minister can be a member of either the Lok Sabha or the Rajya Sabha. As the head of the Council of Ministers, the Prime Minister presides over the Union government's executive functions. So, let’s know about all the Prime Ministers of India since the country’s Independence in 1947.

Complete List Of Indian Prime Ministers (From 1947-2024):

Jawaharlal Nehru

Tenure: 15 August 1947 – 27 May 1964
Party: Indian National Congress
MP Seat: United Provinces (Constituent Assembly, 1947-1952), Phulpur (1952-1964)
Ministries/Departments Held: Minister of External Affairs and Commonwealth Affairs, Minister of Defence, Minister of Finance
Presidents: King George VI, Rajendra Prasad, Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan
Length of Term: 16 years, 286 days

Gulzarilal Nanda (Acting Prime Minister)

Tenure: 27 May 1964 – 9 June 1964, 11 January 1966 - 24 January 1966
Party: Indian National Congress
MP Seat: Sabarkantha
Ministries/Departments Held: Minister of Home Affairs, Minister of External Affairs, Minister of Atomic Energy (Interim)
President: Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan
Length of Term: 13 days

Lal Bahadur Shastri

Tenure: 9 June 1964 – 11 January 1966
Party: Indian National Congress
MP Seat: Allahabad
Ministries/Departments Held: Minister of External Affairs
President: Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan
Length of Term: 1 year, 216 days

Indira Gandhi

Tenure: 24 January 1966 – 24 March 1977, 14 January 1980 – 31 October 1984
Party: Indian National Congress
MP Seat: Uttar Pradesh (Rajya Sabha, 1966–1967), Rae Bareli (1967–1977)
Ministries/Departments Held: Minister of External Affairs, Minister of Finance, Minister of Home Affairs, Minister of Information and Broadcasting, Minister of Defence
Presidents: Zakir Husain, V. V. Giri, Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed
Length of Term: 16 years, 286 days

Morarji Desai

Tenure: 24 March 1977 – 28 July 1979
Party: Janata Party
MP Seat: Surat
Ministries/Departments Held: Minister of Finance, Minister of Home Affairs
President: Neelam Sanjiva Reddy
Length of Term: 2 years, 126 days

Charan Singh

Tenure: 28 July 1979 – 14 January 1980
Party: Janata Party (Secular)
MP Seat: Baghpat
Ministries/Departments Held: None
President: Neelam Sanjiva Reddy
Length of Term: 170 days

Rajiv Gandhi

Tenure: 31 October 1984 – 2 December 1989
Party: Indian National Congress
MP Seat: Amethi
Ministries/Departments Held: Minister of External Affairs, Minister of Tourism, Civil Aviation and Commerce, Minister of Environment and Forests, Minister of Defence, Minister of Finance
President: R. Venkataraman
Length of Term: 5 years, 32 days

Vishwanath Pratap Singh

Tenure: 2 December 1989 – 10 November 1990
Party: Janata Dal
MP Seat: Fatehpur
Ministries/Departments Held: Minister of Defence and Human Resource Development, Minister of External Affairs
President: R. Venkataraman
Length of Term: 343 days

Chandra Shekhar

Tenure: 10 November 1990 – 21 June 1991
Party: Samajwadi Janata Party (Rashtriya)
MP Seat: Ballia
Ministries/Departments Held: Minister of External Affairs
President: R. Venkataraman
Length of Term: 223 days

P. V. Narasimha Rao

Tenure: 21 June 1991 – 16 May 1996
Party: Indian National Congress (I)
MP Seat: Nandyal
Ministries/Departments Held: Minister of Chemicals and Fertilizers, Minister of External Affairs, Minister of Defence, Minister of Railways
President: Shankar Dayal Sharma
Length of Term: 4 years, 330 days

Atal Bihari Vajpayee

Tenure: 16 May 1996 – 1 June 1996, 19 March 1998 – 22 May 2004
Party: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)
MP Seat: Lucknow
Ministries/Departments Held: Minister of Chemicals and Fertilizers, Ministry of Textiles, Minister of Commerce and Industry, Minister of External Affairs, Minister of Information and Broadcasting, Communications and Information Technology, Minister of Non-Conventional Energy Sources, Minister of Coal and Mines, Minister of Environment and Forests
Presidents: Shankar Dayal Sharma, A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
Length of Term: 6 years, 64 days

H. D. Deve Gowda

Tenure: 1 June 1996 – 21 April 1997
Party: Janata Dal (United Front)
MP Seat: Karnataka (Rajya Sabha)
Ministries/Departments Held: Minister of Home Affairs, Minister of Agriculture, Minister of Textiles, Minister of Urban Development
President: Shankar Dayal Sharma
Length of Term: 324 days

Inder Kumar Gujral

Tenure: 21 April 1997 – 19 March 1998
Party: Janata Dal (United Front)
MP Seat: Bihar (Rajya Sabha)
Ministries/Departments Held: Minister of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions, Minister of External Affairs, Minister of Finance
President: K. R. Narayanan
Length of Term: 332 days

Manmohan Singh

Tenure: 22 May 2004 – 26 May 2014
Party: Indian National Congress (UPA)
MP Seat: Assam (Rajya Sabha)
Ministries/Departments Held: Minister of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions, Minister-in-charge of Department of Atomic Energy, Department of Space, Minister of External Affairs, Minister of Finance, Minister of Culture
Presidents: A. P. J. Abdul Kalam, Pratibha Patil, Pranab Mukherjee
Length of Term: 10 years, 4 days

Narendra Modi

Tenure: 26 May 2014 – Present
Party: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)
MP Seat: Varanasi
Ministries/Departments Held: Minister of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions, Minister-in-charge of Department of Atomic Energy, Department of Space, Minister of Science and Technology, Earth Sciences
Presidents: Pranab Mukherjee, Ram Nath Kovind, Droupadi Murmu
Length of Term: 9 years and ongoing

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