List of Prime Ministers of India

No. Picture Name
(Birth–Death); Constituency
CM Term of office Elections
(Lok Sabha)
Political party
(Alliance)
Refs

1 Nehru1920.jpg Jawaharlal Nehru
(1889–1964)
MP for Phulpur
1 15 August
1947
27 May
1964 [1]
1952 (1st)
Indian National Congress
[1]
2 1957 (2nd)
3 1962 (3rd)
Indo-Pakistani War of 1947; created Planning commission of India and initiated Five-year plan to increase government investment in agriculture and industry; launched programmes to build irrigation canals, dams and spread the use of fertilizers to increase agricultural production; oversaw widespread poverty and unemployment, even with improvements in agriculture and infrastructure; oversaw establishment of All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Indian Institutes of Technology and Indian Institutes of Management; criminalized caste discrimination and increased the legal rights and social freedoms of women; pioneered the policy of non-alignment and co-founded the Non-Aligned Movement; Sino-Indian War; signed the Indus Waters Treaty; granted asylum to the Dalai Lama; oversaw liberation of Goa.

A Gulzarilal Nanda[2]
(1898–1998)
MP for Sabarkantha
27 May
1964
9 June
1964
– (3rd)
Indian National Congress
[3]
Served as caretaker Prime Minister until the election of Lal Bahadur Shastri.

2


Lal Bahadur Shastri
(1904–1966)
MP for Allahabad
4 9 June
1964
11 January
1966 [1]
– (3rd)
Indian National Congress
[4]
Indo-Pakistani War of 1965; pushed for Green Revolution in India and Operation Flood; The National Dairy Development Board was formed; died from a heart attack at a summit in Tashkent.

(A) Gulzarilal Nanda
(1898–1998)
MP for Sabarkantha
11 January
1966 (int)
24 January
1966
– (3rd)
Indian National Congress
[3]
Served as caretaker Prime Minister once again, until Indira Gandhi was chosen as the new leader.

3 Indira2.jpg Indira Gandhi
(1917–1984)
MP for Rae Bareli
5 24 January
1966
24 March
1977
– (3rd) • 1967 (4th)
Indian National Congress
[5]
6 1971 (5th)
Nationalized banks; won the Indo-Pakistani War of 1971, which resulted in the formation of Bangladesh; signed the Shimla Agreement; tested the first nuclear weapon with Smiling Buddha; initiated Green Revolution in India; imposed state of emergency 1975–1977.

4 Morarji Desai 1978.jpg Morarji Desai
(1896–1995)
MP for Surat
7 24 March
1977
28 July
1979 [3]
1977 (6th)
Janata Party
[6]
Ended the state of emergency initiated by Indira Gandhi; improved relations with Pakistan, China and the United States; softened its relationship with the Soviet Union; launched Sixth Five-Year Plan, aiming to boost agricultural production and rural industries; the plan proved unsuccessful leading to resurging inflation, fuel shortages, unemployment and poverty; lost many MPs from Janata Party, including his rival Charan Singh, which led to his resignation.

5
Charan Singh
(1902–1987)
MP for Baghpat
8 28 July
1979
14 January
1980 [3]
– (6th)
Janata Party (Secular)
with Indian National Congress

[7]
Initiated high level diplomatic relations with Israel; lost support of Congress, which led to his resignation without even a single session of Lok Sabha.

(3) Indira2.jpg Indira Gandhi
(1917–1984)
MP for Rae Bareli
9 14 January
1980 [2]
31 October
1984 [1]
1980 (7th)
Indian National Congress (Indira)
[8]
Operation Blue Star, which subsequently led to her assassination.

6 Rajiv-Sapta.jpg Rajiv Gandhi
(1944–1991)
MP for Amethi
10 31 October
1984
2 December
1989
1984 (8th)
Indian National Congress
[9]
1984 anti-Sikh riots; significantly reduced License Raj; expanded telecommunications in India; signed the Indo-Sri Lanka Peace Accord; Bofors scandal; nullified the Supreme Court's judgement on Shah Bano case.

7 V p singh.jpg V. P. Singh
(1931–2008)
MP for Fatehpur
11 2 December
1989
10 November
1990 [4]
1989 (9th)
Janata Dal
(National Front)

[10]
Negotiated terrorist kidnapping of Mufti Mohammad Sayeed's daughter; visited Golden Temple to ask for forgiveness for Operation Bluestar; withdrew IPKF from Sri Lanka; initiated fixed quota/reservation for all public sector jobs as per recommendation from Mandal Commission; Ram Janmabhoomi agitation and subsequent loss of vote of no confidence because of it.

8 Chandra Shekhar
(1927–2007)
MP for Ballia
12 10 November
1990
21 June
1991
– (9th)
Samajwadi Janata Party
with Bharatiya Janata Party

[11]

Resigned due to accusations of spying on former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi, and subsequent withdrawal of Congress' support; Assassination of Rajiv Gandhi.

9 P. V. Narasimha Rao
(1921–2004)
MP for Nandyal
13 21 June
1991
16 May
1996
1991 (10th)
Indian National Congress
[12]
Initiated Economic liberalization in India; SEBI Act 1992; formation of National Stock Exchange of India; 1993 Bombay bombings; introduced TADA; Demolition of Babri Masjid.

10 Atal Bihari Vajpayee.jpg Atal Bihari Vajpayee
(1924– )
MP for Lucknow
14 16 May
1996
1 June
1996 [3]
1996 (11th)
Bharatiya Janata Party
[13]
Hung parliament†. Was in power for only 13 days, after BJP could not gather enough support from other parties to form a majority.

11 H. D. Deve Gowda
(1933– )
MP for Hassan
15 1 June
1996
21 April
1997 [3]
1996 (11th)
Janata Dal
(United Front)

[13]
Hung parliament†. After a failed attempt of forming a BJP government, Congress refused to form a government and instead supported a minority United Front coalition led by Janata Dal. President of China Jiang Zemin begins the first visit by a Chinese head of state to India; initiates President's rule in Gujarat.

12 Inder Kumar Gujral 071.jpg Inder Kumar Gujral
(1919– )
MP (Rajya Sabha) for Bihar
16 21 April
1997
19 March
1998
– (11th)
Janata Dal
(United Front)

[14]
Fodder scam; Jain Commission.

(10) Atal Bihari Vajpayee.jpg Atal Bihari Vajpayee
(1924– )
MP for Lucknow
17 19 March
1998 [2]
22 May
2004
1998 (12th)
Bharatiya Janata Party
(National Democratic Alliance)

[15]
18 1999 (13th)
Pokhran nuclear tests; Kargil War; National Highway Development Project; Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana; expanding ties with Israel; POTA; Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan; 2001 Indian Parliament attack and Operation Parakram; 2002 Gujarat violence; National Technical Research Organisation.

13 Manmohansingh04052007.jpg Dr. Manmohan Singh
(1932– )
MP (Rajya Sabha) for Assam
19 22 May
2004
Incumbent 2004 (14th)
Indian National Congress
(United Progressive Alliance)

[16]
20 2009 (15th)
2006 Indian anti-reservation protests; Indo-US civilian nuclear agreement; won the 2008 Lok Sabha vote of confidence; US $ 1 Trillion Economy milestone reached; expanding ties with Israel; Economic crisis of 2008; National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (NREGA); Right to Information Act; revoking of POTA; 2008 Mumbai attacks and the implementation of Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act; First visit by Indian PM since 1982 to Saudi Arabia;National Investigation Agency (India); 2G spectrum scam;Adarsh scam; NTRO Scam; Commonwealth Games Scam; Unique ID; Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Act;Anna Hazare's Jan Lokpal agitation

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