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'{{Short description|none}} {{featured list}} {{Use dmy dates|date=September 2020}} {{Use Indian English|date=May 2013}} {{Politics of India}} The '''prime minister of India''' is the [[head of government]] of the [[Republic of India]].<ref name=pillay-cri-pm-1>{{citation|last=Pillay|first=Anashri|editor1-last=Masterman|editor1-first=Roger|editor2-last=Schütze|editor2-first=Robert|isbn=978-1-107-16781-0|lccn=2019019723|doi=10.1017/9781316716731|chapter=The Constitution of the Republic of India|title=Cambridge Companion to Comparative Constitutional Law|publisher=Cambridge University Press|year=2019|pages=146&ndash;147|s2cid=219881288|quote=&nbsp;The head of government is the Prime Minister.}}</ref><ref name=dam-1>{{citation|last=Dam|first=Shubhankar|chapter=Executive|title=The Oxford Handbook of the Indian Constitution|editor1-last=Choudhry|editor1-first=Sujit|editor2-last=Khosla|editor2-first=Madhav|editor3-last=Mehta|editor3-first=Pratap Bhanu|location=Oxford and New York|page=307|year=2016|publisher=Oxford University Press|isbn=978-0-19-870489-8|quote=The Prime Minister is the head of government.}}</ref> Although the [[President of India]] is the constitutional, nominal, or ceremonial head of state,<ref name=pillay-cri-pm-2>{{citation|last=Pillay|first=Anashri|editor1-last=Masterman|editor1-first=Roger|editor2-last=Schütze|editor2-first=Robert|isbn=978-1-107-16781-0|lccn=2019019723|doi=10.1017/9781316716731|chapter=The Constitution of the Republic of India|title=Cambridge Companion to Comparative Constitutional Law|publisher=Cambridge University Press|year=2019|pages=146&ndash;147|s2cid=219881288|quote=&nbsp;An elected President is the nominal head of state but exercises little power.}}</ref><ref name=majeed-roi-1>{{citation|last=Majeed|first=Akhtar|chapter=Republic of India|pages=180&ndash;207, 185|title=Constitutional Origins, Structure, and Change in Federal Countries|series=A Global Dialogue on Federalism, Volume I|editor1-last=Kincaid|editor1-first=John|editor2-last=Tarr|editor2-first=G. Alan|location=Montreal & Kingston|publisher=McGill-Queen's University Press for Forum of Federation and International Association of Centers for Federal Studies|year=2005|isbn=0-7735-2849-0|quote=&nbsp;...The president is the constitutional head. (p. 185)}}</ref><ref name=dam-2>{{citation|last=Dam|first=Shubhankar|chapter=Executive|title=The Oxford Handbook of the Indian Constitution|editor1-last=Choudhry|editor1-first=Sujit|editor2-last=Khosla|editor2-first=Madhav|editor3-last=Mehta|editor3-first=Pratap Bhanu|location=Oxford and New York|page=307|year=2016|publisher=Oxford University Press|isbn=978-0-19-870489-8|quote=The President is the head of the Union of India}}</ref><ref name=nsingh-india>{{citation|last=Singh|first=Nirvikar|chapter=Holding India Together: The Role of Institutions of Federalism|editor1-last=Mishra|editor1-first=Ajit|editor2-last=Ray|editor2-first=Tridip|pages=300&ndash;323, 306|publisher=Oxford University Press|year=2018|isbn=978-0-19-881255-5|title=Markets, Governance, and Institutions: In the Process of Economic Development}}</ref> in practice and ordinarily, the executive authority is vested in the Prime Minister and their chosen Council of Ministers.<ref name=majeed-roi-2>{{citation|last=Majeed|first=Akhtar|chapter=Republic of India|pages=180&ndash;207, 185|title=Constitutional Origins, Structure, and Change in Federal Countries|series=A Global Dialogue on Federalism, Volume I|editor1-last=Kincaid|editor1-first=John|editor2-last=Tarr|editor2-first=G. Alan|location=Montreal & Kingston|publisher=McGill-Queen's University Press for Forum of Federation and International Association of Centers for Federal Studies|year=2005|isbn=0-7735-2849-0|quote=&nbsp;...the executive authority is vested in the prime minister and in their Council of Ministers. (p. 185)}}</ref><ref name=dam-3>{{citation|last=Dam|first=Shubhankar|chapter=Executive|title=The Oxford Handbook of the Indian Constitution|editor1-last=Choudhry|editor1-first=Sujit|editor2-last=Khosla|editor2-first=Madhav|editor3-last=Mehta|editor3-first=Pratap Bhanu|location=Oxford and New York|page=307|year=2016|publisher=Oxford University Press|isbn=978-0-19-870489-8|quote=Executive power, ordinarily, is exercised by Prime Minister.}}</ref><ref name=nsingh-india/> The prime minister is the leader elected by the party with a majority in the lower house of the [[Parliament of India|Indian parliament]], the [[Lok Sabha]], which is the main legislative body in the Republic of India.<ref name=pillay-cri-pm-3>{{citation|last=Pillay|first=Anashri|editor1-last=Masterman|editor1-first=Roger|editor2-last=Schütze|editor2-first=Robert|isbn=978-1-107-16781-0|lccn=2019019723|doi=10.1017/9781316716731|chapter=The Constitution of the Republic of India|title=Cambridge Companion to Comparative Constitutional Law|publisher=Cambridge University Press|year=2019|pages=146&ndash;147|s2cid=219881288|quote=&nbsp;... Like the British system, there are two houses of parliament &ndash; the Lok Sabha, which has 545 members, is the main legislative body. In practice, it is the party with a majority in the Lok Sabha which elects its leader as the Prime Minister.}}</ref> The prime minister and their cabinet are at all times responsible to the Lok Sabha.<ref name=dam-4>{{citation|last=Dam|first=Shubhankar|chapter=Executive|title=The Oxford Handbook of the Indian Constitution|editor1-last=Choudhry|editor1-first=Sujit|editor2-last=Khosla|editor2-first=Madhav|editor3-last=Mehta|editor3-first=Pratap Bhanu|location=Oxford and New York|page=307|year=2016|publisher=Oxford University Press|isbn=978-0-19-870489-8|quote=&nbsp;Along with his or her cabinet, the Prime Minister is responsible to the Lower House of Parliament.}}</ref><ref name=majeed-roi-3>{{citation|last=Majeed|first=Akhtar|chapter=Republic of India|pages=180&ndash;207, 185|title=Constitutional Origins, Structure, and Change in Federal Countries|series=A Global Dialogue on Federalism, Volume I|editor1-last=Kincaid|editor1-first=John|editor2-last=Tarr|editor2-first=G. Alan|location=Montreal & Kingston|publisher=McGill-Queen's University Press for Forum of Federation and International Association of Centers for Federal Studies|year=2005|isbn=0-7735-2849-0|quote=&nbsp;...Both for the Union and the states, a "cabinet-type" system of parliamentary government has been instituted in which the executive is continuously responsible to the legislature. (p. 185)}}</ref> The prime minister can be a member of the Lok Sabha or of the [[Rajya Sabha]], the upper house of the parliament. The prime minister ranks third in the [[Indian order of precedence|order of precedence]]. The prime minister is appointed by the [[President of India]]; however the prime minister has to enjoy the confidence of the majority of [[Lok Sabha]] members, who are [[Direct election|directly elected]] [[Elections in India#Parliamentary general elections (Lok Sabha)|every five years]], unless a prime minister resigns. The prime minister is the presiding member of the [[Union Council of Ministers|Council of Ministers]] of the [[Government of India|Union government]]. The prime minister unilaterally controls the selection and dismissal of members of the Council; and allocation of posts to members within the government. This Council, which is collectively responsible to the [[Lok Sabha]] as per [[s:Constitution of India/Part V|Article 75(3)]], assists the President regarding the operations under the latter's powers; however, by the virtue of [[s:Constitution of India/Part V|Article 74]] of the [[Constitution of India|Constitution]], such '[[Advice (constitutional law)|aid and advice]]' tendered by the Council is [[wiktionary:binding#Adjective|binding]]. Since 1947 India has had 15 prime ministers.{{efn|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>}} [[Jawaharlal Nehru]] was the India's first prime minister, serving as prime minister of the [[Dominion of India]] from 15 August 1947 until 26 January 1950, and thereafter of the [[Republic of India]] until his death in May 1964. (India conducted its first general elections in 1952. Earlier, Nehru had served as prime minister of the [[Interim Government of India]] in the [[British Raj]] from 2 September 1946 until 14 August 1947, his party, the Indian National Congress having won the [[1946 Indian provincial elections]].) Nehru was succeeded by [[Lal Bahadur Shastri]], whose 1 year 7-month term ended in his death in [[Tashkent]], then in the [[USSR]], where he had signed the [[Tashkent Declaration]] between India and Pakistan.<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 female 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, her party the [[Indian National Congress]] lost the [[1977 Indian general election]] to 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 Desai resigned in 1979, his former associate [[Charan Singh]] briefly held office until the Congress won the [[1980 Indian general election]] and Indira Gandhi returned as prime minister.<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 term as prime minister ended five years later on 31 October 1984, when she was [[Assassination of Indira Gandhi|assassinated]] by her bodyguards.<ref name=indira/> Her son [[Rajiv Gandhi]] was sworn in as India's youngest premier. Members of [[Nehru{{endash}}Gandhi family]] have been prime minister for approximately 38 years.<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|newspaper=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> After a general election loss, Rajiv Gandhi's five-year term ended; his former cabinet colleague, [[Vishwanath Pratap Singh]] of the [[Janata Dal]], formed 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, Rajiv Gandhi having been assassinated earlier that year.<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/> In 1998, Vajpayee's [[National Democratic Alliance]] (NDA) won the general election, the first non-Congress alliance to do so, and he served a full five-year term as prime minister.<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> The Congress, and its [[United Progressive Alliance]] won the general elections in 2004 and 2009, [[Manmohan Singh]] serving as prime minister 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 BJP won the [[2014 Indian general election]], and its parliamentary leader [[Narendra Modi]] formed the first non-Congress single party majority government. Modi has served as prime minister since, his party winning the [[2014 Indian general election]].<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> == List == {{Col-begin}} {{col-2}} ;Key * No.: Incumbent number * {{note label|†|†|†}} Assassinated or died in office * {{note label|§|§|§}} Returned to office after a previous non-consecutive term * {{note label|RES|RES|RES}} Resigned * {{note label|NC|NC|NC}} Resigned following a [[no-confidence motion]] {{col-end}} ;Legend * {{legend|wheat|[[Interim Prime Minister]]|border=1px solid #AAAAAA}} {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" ! colspan="12" |{{Party index link|Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP}} (2){{efn|In office}}{{pad}}{{Party index link|Indian National Congress|INC/INC(I)/INC(R)}}{{efn|Known as [[Indian National Congress (R)]] between 1969–1978 Indian National Congress (I) between 1978–96. <ref>{{cite book |title=Statistical Report on General Elections, 1980 to the Seventh Lok Sabha |publisher=[[Election Commission of India]] |location=New Delhi |page=1 |url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1980/Vol_I_LS_80.pdf |access-date=20 May 2020 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140718175926/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1980/Vol_I_LS_80.pdf |archive-date=18 July 2014}}</ref>}} (6+1 acting{{efn|[[Gulzarilal Nanda]] twice appointed as acting Prime minister of India following deaths of two prime ministers.}}){{pad}}{{Party index link|Janata Dal|JD}} (3){{pad}}{{Party index link|Janata Party|JP}} (1){{pad}}{{Party index link|Janata Party (Secular)|JP(S)}} (1){{pad}}{{Party index link|Samajwadi Janata Party (Rashtriya)|SJP(R)}} (1) |- ! rowspan="2" scope="col" |{{Abbr|No.|Number}} ! rowspan="2" scope="col" |Portrait ! rowspan="2" scope="col" |Name ! rowspan="2" |Constituency ! colspan="2" scope="col" |Term of office<ref name=":0">{{cite web |title=Former Prime Ministers |url=http://pmindia.gov.in/en/former-prime-ministers/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141009232119/http://pmindia.gov.in/en/former-prime-ministers/ |archive-date=9 October 2014 |access-date=2 January 2015 |publisher=PM India}}</ref> ! rowspan="2" |Time in office ! rowspan="2" |Lok Sabha{{efn|Although the prime minister can be a member of either house of the [[Parliament of India|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.}} ! rowspan="2" |Ministry ! rowspan="2" |Appointed by ! colspan="2" rowspan="2" scope="col" |Party |- !Took office !Left office |- | rowspan="4" |'''1''' | rowspan="4" |[[File:Nehru.jpg|alt=Jawaharlal Nehru|75px]] | rowspan="4" |[[Jawaharlal Nehru|'''Jawaharlal Nehru''']] | [[Constituent Assembly]] member for [[United Provinces (1937–1950)|United Provinces]] | style="height: 45px;" |15 August 1947 |15 April 1952 | rowspan="4" |{{age in years and days|1947|08|15|1964|5|27}} |[[Constituent Assembly of India|Constituent Assembly]]{{efn|The [[Constituent Assembly of India]] consisted of 389 members elected in 1946 by the provincial assemblies by a [[Single transferable vote|single, transferable-vote]] system of proportional representation. The Assembly was replaced by the Provisional Parliament of India after adoption of the [[Constitution of India|Constitution]] on 26 January 1950 until the [[Indian general election, 1951–52|first general elections]].}} |[[First Nehru ministry|Nehru I]] |[[Louis Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma|The Earl Mountbatten of Burma]] | rowspan="10" |[[Indian National Congress]] | rowspan="10" style="background-color: {{party color|Indian National Congress}}" | |- | rowspan="3" |[[Phulpur (Lok Sabha constituency)|Phulpur]] |15 April 1952 |17 April 1957 |[[1st Lok Sabha|1st]] |[[Second Nehru ministry|Nehru II]] | rowspan="3" |{{Sortname|Rajendra|Prasad}} |- |17 April 1957 |2 April 1962 |[[2nd Lok Sabha|2nd]] |[[Third Nehru ministry|Nehru III]] |- | style="height: 45px;" |2 April 1962 |27 May 1964<small>†</small> | rowspan="5" |[[3rd Lok Sabha|3rd]] |[[Fourth Nehru ministry|Nehru IV]] |- |style="background-color:Wheat"| '''-''' |style="background-color:Wheat"| [[File:Gulzarilal Nanda 1.jpg|75px]] |style="background-color:Wheat"| [[Gulzarilal Nanda|'''Gulzarilal Nanda''']] |style="background-color:Wheat"| [[Sabarkantha (Lok Sabha constituency)|Sabarkantha]] |style="background-color:Wheat"| 27 May 1964 |style="background-color:Wheat"| 9 June 1964 |style="background-color:Wheat"| 13 days |style="background-color:Wheat"| [[First Nanda ministry|Nanda I]] | rowspan="5" |{{Sortname|Sarvepalli|Radhakrishnan}} |- | style="height: 45px;" |[[Premiership of Lal Bahadur Shastri|'''2''']] |[[File:Lal Bahadur Shastri (from stamp).jpg|75px]] |[[Lal Bahadur Shastri|'''Lal Bahadur Shastri''']] |[[Allahabad (Lok Sabha constituency)|Allahabad]] |9 June 1964 |11 January 1966<small>†</small> |{{age in years and days|1964|6|9|1966|1|11}} |[[Shastri ministry|Shastri]] |-style="background-color:Wheat"| - | '''-''' |[[File:Gulzarilal Nanda 1.jpg|75px]] |[[Gulzarilal Nanda|'''Gulzarilal Nanda''']] |[[Sabarkantha (Lok Sabha constituency)|Sabarkantha]] |11 January 1966 |24 January 1966 |13 days |[[First Nanda ministry|Nanda I]] |- | rowspan="3" style="height: 45px;" |'''3''' | rowspan="3" |[[File:Indira Gandhi in 1967.jpg|75px]] | rowspan="3" |[[Indira Gandhi|'''Indira Gandhi''']] |[[Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha|Rajya Sabha MP]] for [[List of Rajya Sabha members from Uttar Pradesh|Uttar Pradesh]] |24 January 1966 |4 March 1967 | rowspan="3" |{{age in years and days|1966|1|24|1977|3|24}} | rowspan="2" |[[First Indira Gandhi ministry|Indira I]] |- style="height: 45px;" | rowspan="2" |[[Rae Bareli (Lok Sabha constituency)|Rae Bareli]] |4 March 1967 |15 March 1971 |[[4th Lok Sabha|4th]] |- | style="height: 45px;" |15 March 1971 |24 March 1977 |[[5th Lok Sabha|5th]] |[[Second Indira Gandhi ministry|Indira II]] | rowspan="1" |{{Sortname|V. V.|Giri}} |- |[[Premiership of Morarji Desai|'''4''']] |[[File:Morarji Desai portrait.jpg|75px]] |[[Morarji Desai|'''Morarji Desai''']] |[[Surat (Lok Sabha constituency)|Surat]] | style="height: 45px;" |24 March 1977 |28 July 1979{{ref label|RES|RES|RES}} |{{age in years and days|1977|3|24|1979|7|28}} | rowspan="2" |[[6th Lok Sabha|6th]] |[[Morarji Desai ministry|Desai]] |{{Sortname|B. D.|Jatti}}<br /><small>''(acting)''</small> |[[Janata Party]] |style="background-color: {{party color|Janata Party}}" | |- | style="height: 45px;" |'''5''' |[[File:Charan_Singh.jpg|75px]] |[[Charan Singh|'''Charan Singh''']] |[[Baghpat (Lok Sabha constituency)|Baghpat]] |28 July 1979 |14 January 1980{{ref label|RES|RES|RES}} |{{age in days|1979|7|28|1980|1|14}} days |[[Charan Singh ministry|Charan]] | rowspan="2" |{{Sortname|Neelam Sanjiva|Reddy}} |[[Janata Party (Secular)]] |style="background-color: {{party color|Janata Party (Secular)}}" | |- | style="height: 45px;" |'''(3)''' |[[File:Indira Gandhi in 1967.jpg|75px]] |[[Indira Gandhi|'''Indira Gandhi''']] |[[Medak (Lok Sabha constituency)|Medak]] |14 January 1980{{ref label|§|§|§}} |31 October 1984<small>†</small> |{{age in years and days|1980|1|14|1984|10|31}} | rowspan="2" |[[7th Lok Sabha|7th]] |[[Third Indira Gandhi ministry|Indira III]] | rowspan="3" |[[Indian National Congress|Indian National Congress (I)]] | rowspan="3" style="background-color: {{party color|Indian National Congress (Indira)}}" | |- | rowspan="2" style="height: 45px;" |'''6''' | rowspan="2" |[[File:Rajiv Gandhi at 7 Race course road 1988 (cropped).jpg|75px]] | rowspan="2" |[[Rajiv Gandhi|'''Rajiv Gandhi''']] | rowspan="2" |[[Amethi (Lok Sabha constituency)|Amethi]] |31 October 1984 |31 December 1984 | rowspan="2" |{{age in years and days|1984|10|31|1989|12|2}} | rowspan="2" |[[Rajiv Gandhi ministry|Rajiv]] | rowspan="2" |{{Sortname|Zail|Singh}} |- | style="height: 45px;" |31 December 1984 |2 December 1989 |[[8th Lok Sabha|8th]] |- |[[Premiership of Vishwanath Pratap Singh|'''7''']] |[[File:Visit of Vishwanath Pratap Sing, Indian Minister for Trade, to the CEC (cropped).jpg|75px]] |[[Vishwanath Pratap Singh|'''Vishwanath Pratap Singh''']] |[[Fatehpur (Lok Sabha constituency)|Fatehpur]] |2 December 1989 |{{nowrap|10 November 1990{{ref label|NC|NC|NC}}}} |{{age in days|1989|12|2|1990|11|10}} days | rowspan="2" |[[9th Lok Sabha|9th]] |[[Vishwanath Pratap Singh ministry|Vishwanath]] | rowspan="3" |{{Sortname|R.|Venkataraman}} |[[Janata Dal]]<br />{{small|(''[[National Front (India)|National Front]]'')}} |style="background-color: {{party color|Janata Dal}}" | |- | style="height: 45px;" |'''8''' |[[File:Chandra Shekhar Singh enhanced.jpg|75px]] |[[Chandra Shekhar|'''Chandra Shekhar''']] |[[Ballia (Lok Sabha constituency)|Ballia]] |{{nowrap|10 November 1990}} |21 June 1991{{ref label|RES|RES|RES}} |{{age in days|1990|11|10|1991|6|21}} days |[[Chandra Shekhar ministry|Chandra Shekhar]] |[[Samajwadi Janata Party (Rashtriya)]] | style="background-color: {{party color|Samajwadi Janata Party (Rashtriya)}}" | |- |'''9''' |[[File:Visit_of_Narasimha_Rao,_Indian_Minister_for_Foreign_Affairs,_to_the_CEC_(cropped)(2).jpg|75px]] |[[P. V. Narasimha Rao|'''P. V. Narasimha Rao''']] |[[Nandyal (Lok Sabha constituency)|Nandyal]] |21 June 1991 |16 May 1996 |{{age in years and days|1991|6|21|1996|5|16}} |[[10th Lok Sabha|10th]] |[[Rao ministry|Rao]] |[[Indian National Congress|Indian National Congress (I)]] |style="background-color: {{party color|Indian National Congress (Indira)}}" | |- |[[Premiership of Atal Bihari Vajpayee|'''10''']] |[[File:Atal Bihari Vajpayee tribute image (cropped).jpg|75px]] |[[Atal Bihari Vajpayee|'''Atal Bihari Vajpayee''']] |[[Lucknow (Lok Sabha constituency)|Lucknow]] |16 May 1996 |1 June 1996{{ref label|RES|RES|RES}} |16 days | rowspan="3" |[[11th Lok Sabha|11th]] |[[First Vajpayee ministry|Vajpayee I]] | rowspan="3" |{{Sortname|Shankar Dayal|Sharma}} |[[Bharatiya Janata Party]] |style="background-color: {{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}" | |- |'''11''' |[[File:H-d-deve-gowda 1.jpg|75px]] |[[H. D. Deve Gowda|'''H. D. Deve Gowda''']] |[[Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha|Rajya Sabha MP]] for [[List of Rajya Sabha members from Karnataka|Karnataka]] |1 June 1996 |21 April 1997{{ref label|RES|RES|RES}} |{{age in days|1996|6|1|1997|4|21}} days |[[Deve Gowda ministry|Deve Gowda]] | rowspan="2" |[[Janata Dal]]<br />{{small|(''[[United Front (India)|United Front]]'')}} | rowspan="2" style="background-color: {{party color|Janata Dal}}" | |- |'''12''' |[[File:Inder Kumar Gujral 017.jpg|75px]] |[[Inder Kumar Gujral|'''Inder Kumar Gujral''']] |[[Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha|Rajya Sabha MP]] for [[List of Rajya Sabha members from Bihar|Bihar]] |21 April 1997 |19 March 1998{{ref label|RES|RES|RES}} |{{age in days|1997|4|21|1998|3|19}} days |[[Gujral ministry|Gujral]] |- | rowspan="2" |'''([[Premiership of Atal Bihari Vajpayee|10]])''' | rowspan="2" |[[File:Atal Bihari Vajpayee tribute image (cropped).jpg|75px]] | rowspan="2" |[[Atal Bihari Vajpayee|'''Atal Bihari Vajpayee''']] | rowspan="2" |[[Lucknow (Lok Sabha constituency)|Lucknow]] |19 March 1998{{ref label|§|§|§}} |{{nowrap|13 October 1999{{ref label|NC|NC|NC}}}} | rowspan="2" |{{age in years and days|1998|3|19|2004|5|22}} |[[12th Lok Sabha|12th]] |[[Second Vajpayee ministry|Vajpayee II]] | rowspan="2" |{{Sortname|K. R.|Narayanan}} | rowspan="2" |[[Bharatiya Janata Party]]<br />{{small|(''[[National Democratic Alliance (India)|NDA]]'')}} | rowspan="2" style="background-color: {{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}" | |- |13 October 1999 |22 May 2004 |[[13th Lok Sabha|13th]] |[[Third Vajpayee ministry|Vajpayee III]] |- | rowspan="2" |'''13''' | rowspan="2" |[[File:Manmohan Singh in 2009.jpg|75px]] | rowspan="2" |[[Manmohan Singh|'''Manmohan Singh''']] | rowspan="2" |[[Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha|Rajya Sabha MP]] for [[List of Rajya Sabha members from Assam|Assam]] |22 May 2004 |22 May 2009 | rowspan="2" |{{age in years and days|2004|5|22|2014|5|26}} |[[14th Lok Sabha|14th]] |[[First Manmohan Singh ministry|Manmohan I]] |{{Sortname|A. P. J. Abdul|Kalam}} | rowspan="2" |[[Indian National Congress]]<br />{{small|(''[[United Progressive Alliance|UPA]]'')}} | rowspan="2" style="background-color: {{party color|Indian National Congress}}" | |- |22 May 2009 |26 May 2014 |[[15th Lok Sabha|15th]] |[[Second Manmohan Singh ministry|Manmohan II]] |{{Sortname|Pratibha|Patil}} |- | rowspan="2" |[[Premiership of Narendra Modi|'''14''']] | rowspan="2" |[[File:Official Photograph of Prime Minister Narendra Modi Potrait.png|75px]] | rowspan="2" |[[Narendra Modi|'''Narendra Modi''']] | rowspan="2" |[[Varanasi (Lok Sabha constituency)|Varanasi]] |26 May 2014 |30 May 2019 | rowspan="2" |{{age in years and days|2014|5|26}} |[[16th Lok Sabha|16th]] |[[First Modi ministry|Modi I]] |{{Sortname|Pranab|Mukherjee}} | rowspan="2" |[[Bharatiya Janata Party]]<br />{{small|(''[[National Democratic Alliance (India)|NDA]]'')}} | rowspan="2" style="background-color: {{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}" | |- |30 May 2019 |''Incumbent'' |[[17th Lok Sabha|17th]] |[[Second Modi ministry|Modi II]] |{{Sortname|Ram Nath|Kovind}} |} ==Statistics== ;List of prime ministers by length of term {|class="wikitable sortable" style="width:70%; text-align:center" |- ! data-sort-type=number rowspan = "2" | {{Tooltip|No.}} ! rowspan = "2" | Name ! rowspan = "2" | Party ! colspan = "2" | Length of term |- ! Longest continuous term ! Total years of premiership |- ! data-sort-value="1" | 1 | {{Sortname|Jawaharlal|Nehru}} | [[Indian National Congress|INC]] | 16 years, 286 days | 16 years, 286 days |- ! data-sort-value="2" | 2 | {{Sortname|Indira|Gandhi}} | [[Indian National Congress|INC/INC(I)]]/[[Indian National Congress (R)|INC(R)]] | 11 years, 59 days | 15 years, 350 days |- ! data-sort-value="3" | 3 | {{Sortname|Manmohan|Singh}} | [[Indian National Congress|INC]] | 10 years, 4 days | 10 years, 4 days |- ! data-sort-value="4" | 4 | '''{{Sortname|Narendra|Modi}}''' | '''[[BJP]]''' | '''{{age in years and days|2014|5|26}}''' | '''{{age in years and days|2014|5|26}}''' |- ! data-sort-value="5" | 5 | {{Sortname|Atal Bihari|Vajpayee}} | [[BJP]] | 6 years, 64 days | 6 years, 80 days |- ! data-sort-value="6" | 6 | {{Sortname|Rajiv|Gandhi}} | [[Indian National Congress|INC(I)]] | 5 years, 32 days | 5 years, 32 days |- ! data-sort-value="7" | 7 | {{Sortname|P. V. Narasimha|Rao}} | [[Indian National Congress|INC(I)]] | 4 years, 330 days | 4 years, 330 days |- ! data-sort-value="8" | 8 | {{Sortname|Morarji|Desai}} | [[Janata Party|JP]] | 2 years, 126 days | 2 years, 126 days |- ! data-sort-value="9" | 9 | {{Sortname|Lal Bahadur|Shastri}} | [[Indian National Congress|INC]] | 1 year, 216 days | 1 year, 216 days |- ! data-sort-value="10" | 10 | {{Sortname|Vishwanath Pratap|Singh}} | [[Janata Dal|JD]] | 343 days | 343 days |- ! data-sort-value="11" | 11 | {{Sortname|Inder Kumar|Gujral}} | [[Janata Dal|JD]] | 332 days | 332 days |- ! data-sort-value="12" | 12 | {{Sortname|H. D.|Deve Gowda}} | [[Janata Dal|JD]] | 324 days | 324 days |- ! data-sort-value="13" | 13 | {{Sortname|Chandra|Shekhar}} | [[Samajwadi Janata Party (Rashtriya)|SJP(R)]] | 223 days | 223 days |- ! data-sort-value="14" | 14 | {{Sortname|Charan|Singh}} | [[Janata Party (Secular)|JP(S)]] | 170 days | 170 days |- ! data-sort-value="15" | Acting | {{Sortname|Gulzarilal|Nanda}} | [[Indian National Congress|INC]] | 13 days | 26 days |} ;Timeline {{#tag:timeline| ImageSize = width:1000 height:auto barincrement:20 PlotArea = top:10 bottom:50 right:40 left:20 AlignBars = late Colors = id:INC value:rgb(0,0.74902,1) legend: INC id:JP value:blue legend:JP id:JP(S) value:darkblue legend:JP(S) id:JD value:kelleygreen legend:JD id:SJP(R) value:green legend:SJP(R) id:BJP value:rgb(1,0.6,0.2) legend:BJP id:gray1 value:gray(0.8) id:gray2 value:gray(0.9) Define $today = {{#time:d/m/Y}} DateFormat = dd/mm/yyyy Period = from:01/01/1945 till:$today TimeAxis = orientation:horizontal ScaleMinor = gridcolor:gray2 unit:year increment:1 start:1945 ScaleMajor = gridcolor:gray1 unit:year increment:5 start:1945 Legend = columns:4 left:150 top:24 columnwidth:200 TextData = pos:(20,27) textcolor:black fontsize:M text: Political Party BarData = barset:PM PlotData= width:5 align:left fontsize:S shift:(5,-4) anchor:till barset:PM from: 15/08/1947 till: 27/05/1964 color:INC text:"[[Jawaharlal Nehru|Nehru]]" fontsize:10 from: 27/05/1964 till: 09/06/1964 color:INC text:"[[Gulzarilal Nanda|Nanda]] (acting)" fontsize:10 from: 09/06/1964 till: 11/01/1966 color:INC text:"[[Lal Bahadur Shastri|Shastri]]" fontsize:10 from: 11/01/1966 till: 24/01/1966 color:INC text:"[[Gulzarilal Nanda|Nanda]] (acting)" fontsize:10 from: 24/01/1966 till: 24/03/1977 color:INC text:"[[Indira Gandhi|Gandhi]]" fontsize:10 from: 24/03/1977 till: 28/07/1979 color:JP text:"[[Morarji Desai|Desai]]" fontsize:10 from: 28/07/1979 till: 14/01/1980 color:JP(S) text:"[[Charan Singh|Charan]]" fontsize:10 from: 14/01/1980 till: 31/10/1984 color:INC text:"[[Indira Gandhi|Gandhi]]" fontsize:10 from: 31/10/1984 till: 02/12/1989 color:INC text:"[[Rajiv Gandhi|Rajiv]]" fontsize:10 from: 02/12/1989 till: 10/11/1990 color:JD text:"[[Vishwanath Pratap Singh|Vishwanath]]" fontsize:10 from: 10/11/1990 till: 21/06/1991 color:SJP(R) text:"[[Chandra Shekhar]]" fontsize:10 from: 21/06/1991 till: 16/05/1996 color:INC text:"[[P. V. Narasimha Rao|Rao]]" fontsize:10 from: 16/05/1996 till: 01/06/1996 color:BJP text:"[[Atal Bihari Vajpayee|Vajpayee]]" fontsize:10 from: 01/06/1996 till: 21/04/1997 color:JD text:"[[H. D. Deve Gowda|Deve Gowda]]" fontsize:10 from: 21/04/1997 till: 19/03/1998 color:JD text:"[[Inder Kumar Gujral|Gujral]]" fontsize:10 from: 19/03/1998 till: 22/05/2004 color:BJP text:"[[Atal Bihari Vajpayee|Vajpayee]]" fontsize:10 from: 22/05/2004 till: 26/04/2014 color:INC text:"[[Manmohan Singh|Manmohan]]" fontsize:10 from: 26/04/2014 till: end color:BJP text:"[[Narendra Modi|Modi]]" fontsize:10 }} ;List by party {|class="wikitable sortable" style="width:100%; text-align:center" |+Political parties by total timespan of their member holding [[Prime Minister's Office (India)|PMO]] (1 October 2021) |- ! data-sort-type=number | {{Tooltip|No.}} ! Political party ! data-sort-type=number | Number of Prime ministers ! Total years of holding PMO |- ! data-sort-value="1" | 1 | [[Indian National Congress|INC/INC(I)]]/[[Indian National Congress (R)|INC(R)]] | data-sort-type=6 | 6 (+1 acting) | 54 years, 123 days |- ! data-sort-value="2" | 2 | '''[[BJP]]''' | data-sort-type=2 | '''2''' | '''{{age in years and days|2008|3|10}}''' |- ! data-sort-value="3" | 3 | [[Janata Dal|JD]] | data-sort-type=3 | 3 | 2 years, 269 days |- ! data-sort-value="4" | 4 | [[Janata Party|JP]] | data-sort-type=1 | 1 | 2 years, 126 days |- ! data-sort-value="5" | 5 | [[Samajwadi Janata Party (Rashtriya)|SJP(R)]] | data-sort-type=1 | 1 | 223 days |- ! data-sort-value="6" | 6 | [[Janata Party (Secular)|JP(S)]] | data-sort-type=1 | 1 | 170 days |} ;Parties by total duration (in years) of holding Prime Minister's Office {{ #invoke:Chart | bar chart | float = center | width = 800 | height = 300 | stack = 1 | group 1 = 54.34:0:0:0:0:0 | group 2 = 0:13.57:0:0:0:0 | group 3 = 0:0:2.74:0:0:0 | group 4 = 0:0:0:2.35:0:0 | group 5 = 0:0:0:0:0.61:0 | group 6 = 0:0:0:0:0:0.47 | colors = #00BFFF : #FF9933 : #2E8B57 : #1F75FE : #00008B : #74C365 | group names = [[Indian National Congress|INC/INC(I)]]/[[Indian National Congress (R)|INC(R)]] : [[BJP]] : [[Janata Dal|JD]] : [[Janata Party|JP]] : [[Janata Party (Secular)|JP(S)]] : [[Samajwadi Janata Party (Rashtriya)|SJP(R)]] | x legends = INC : BJP : JD : JP : JP(S) : SJP(R)}} == See also == {{portal|India}} * [[President of India]] * [[Vice President of India]] * [[Deputy Prime Minister of India]] * [[List of presidents of India]] * [[List of vice presidents of India]] * [[List of children of prime ministers of India]] * [[List of prime ministers of India by previous experience]] * [[List of heads of state and government of Indian origin]] *[[List of nicknames of prime ministers of India]] == Footnotes == * {{note label|†|†|†}} Assassinated or died in office * {{note label|§|§|§}} Returned to office after a previous non-consecutive term * {{note label|RES|RES|RES}} Resigned * {{note label|NC|NC|NC}} Resigned following a [[no-confidence motion]] == Notes == {{notelist}} == References == {{reflist}} == External links == * [https://www.pmindia.gov.in/en/ Prime Minister of India] {{Prime Ministers of India}} {{Indian federal ministries}} {{Lists of Prime Ministers}} {{Union ministries of India}} [[Category:Prime Ministers of India|*]] [[Category:Lists of prime ministers by country|India]] [[Category:Lists of political office-holders in India|Prime Ministers]] [[Category:Lists relating to prime ministers of India]]'
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'@@ -1,551 +1,5 @@ -{{Short description|none}} -{{featured list}} -{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2020}} -{{Use Indian English|date=May 2013}} -{{Politics of India}} -The '''prime minister of India''' is the [[head of government]] of the [[Republic of India]].<ref name=pillay-cri-pm-1>{{citation|last=Pillay|first=Anashri|editor1-last=Masterman|editor1-first=Roger|editor2-last=Schütze|editor2-first=Robert|isbn=978-1-107-16781-0|lccn=2019019723|doi=10.1017/9781316716731|chapter=The Constitution of the Republic of India|title=Cambridge Companion to Comparative Constitutional Law|publisher=Cambridge University Press|year=2019|pages=146&ndash;147|s2cid=219881288|quote=&nbsp;The head of government is the Prime Minister.}}</ref><ref name=dam-1>{{citation|last=Dam|first=Shubhankar|chapter=Executive|title=The Oxford Handbook of the Indian Constitution|editor1-last=Choudhry|editor1-first=Sujit|editor2-last=Khosla|editor2-first=Madhav|editor3-last=Mehta|editor3-first=Pratap Bhanu|location=Oxford and New York|page=307|year=2016|publisher=Oxford University Press|isbn=978-0-19-870489-8|quote=The Prime Minister is the head of government.}}</ref> Although the [[President of India]] is the constitutional, nominal, or ceremonial head of state,<ref name=pillay-cri-pm-2>{{citation|last=Pillay|first=Anashri|editor1-last=Masterman|editor1-first=Roger|editor2-last=Schütze|editor2-first=Robert|isbn=978-1-107-16781-0|lccn=2019019723|doi=10.1017/9781316716731|chapter=The Constitution of the Republic of India|title=Cambridge Companion to Comparative Constitutional Law|publisher=Cambridge University Press|year=2019|pages=146&ndash;147|s2cid=219881288|quote=&nbsp;An elected President is the nominal head of state but exercises little power.}}</ref><ref name=majeed-roi-1>{{citation|last=Majeed|first=Akhtar|chapter=Republic of India|pages=180&ndash;207, 185|title=Constitutional Origins, Structure, and Change in Federal Countries|series=A Global Dialogue on Federalism, Volume I|editor1-last=Kincaid|editor1-first=John|editor2-last=Tarr|editor2-first=G. Alan|location=Montreal & Kingston|publisher=McGill-Queen's University Press for Forum of Federation and International Association of Centers for Federal Studies|year=2005|isbn=0-7735-2849-0|quote=&nbsp;...The president is the constitutional head. (p. 185)}}</ref><ref name=dam-2>{{citation|last=Dam|first=Shubhankar|chapter=Executive|title=The Oxford Handbook of the Indian Constitution|editor1-last=Choudhry|editor1-first=Sujit|editor2-last=Khosla|editor2-first=Madhav|editor3-last=Mehta|editor3-first=Pratap Bhanu|location=Oxford and New York|page=307|year=2016|publisher=Oxford University Press|isbn=978-0-19-870489-8|quote=The President is the head of the Union of India}}</ref><ref name=nsingh-india>{{citation|last=Singh|first=Nirvikar|chapter=Holding India Together: The Role of Institutions of Federalism|editor1-last=Mishra|editor1-first=Ajit|editor2-last=Ray|editor2-first=Tridip|pages=300&ndash;323, 306|publisher=Oxford University Press|year=2018|isbn=978-0-19-881255-5|title=Markets, Governance, and Institutions: In the Process of Economic Development}}</ref> in practice and ordinarily, the executive authority is vested in the Prime Minister and their chosen Council of Ministers.<ref name=majeed-roi-2>{{citation|last=Majeed|first=Akhtar|chapter=Republic of India|pages=180&ndash;207, 185|title=Constitutional Origins, Structure, and Change in Federal Countries|series=A Global Dialogue on Federalism, Volume I|editor1-last=Kincaid|editor1-first=John|editor2-last=Tarr|editor2-first=G. Alan|location=Montreal & Kingston|publisher=McGill-Queen's University Press for Forum of Federation and International Association of Centers for Federal Studies|year=2005|isbn=0-7735-2849-0|quote=&nbsp;...the executive authority is vested in the prime minister and in their Council of Ministers. (p. 185)}}</ref><ref name=dam-3>{{citation|last=Dam|first=Shubhankar|chapter=Executive|title=The Oxford Handbook of the Indian Constitution|editor1-last=Choudhry|editor1-first=Sujit|editor2-last=Khosla|editor2-first=Madhav|editor3-last=Mehta|editor3-first=Pratap Bhanu|location=Oxford and New York|page=307|year=2016|publisher=Oxford University Press|isbn=978-0-19-870489-8|quote=Executive power, ordinarily, is exercised by Prime Minister.}}</ref><ref name=nsingh-india/> The prime minister is the leader elected by the party with a majority in the lower house of the [[Parliament of India|Indian parliament]], the [[Lok Sabha]], which is the main legislative body in the Republic of India.<ref name=pillay-cri-pm-3>{{citation|last=Pillay|first=Anashri|editor1-last=Masterman|editor1-first=Roger|editor2-last=Schütze|editor2-first=Robert|isbn=978-1-107-16781-0|lccn=2019019723|doi=10.1017/9781316716731|chapter=The Constitution of the Republic of India|title=Cambridge Companion to Comparative Constitutional Law|publisher=Cambridge University Press|year=2019|pages=146&ndash;147|s2cid=219881288|quote=&nbsp;... Like the British system, there are two houses of parliament &ndash; the Lok Sabha, which has 545 members, is the main legislative body. In practice, it is the party with a majority in the Lok Sabha which elects its leader as the Prime Minister.}}</ref> The prime minister and their cabinet are at all times responsible to the Lok Sabha.<ref name=dam-4>{{citation|last=Dam|first=Shubhankar|chapter=Executive|title=The Oxford Handbook of the Indian Constitution|editor1-last=Choudhry|editor1-first=Sujit|editor2-last=Khosla|editor2-first=Madhav|editor3-last=Mehta|editor3-first=Pratap Bhanu|location=Oxford and New York|page=307|year=2016|publisher=Oxford University Press|isbn=978-0-19-870489-8|quote=&nbsp;Along with his or her cabinet, the Prime Minister is responsible to the Lower House of Parliament.}}</ref><ref name=majeed-roi-3>{{citation|last=Majeed|first=Akhtar|chapter=Republic of India|pages=180&ndash;207, 185|title=Constitutional Origins, Structure, and Change in Federal Countries|series=A Global Dialogue on Federalism, Volume I|editor1-last=Kincaid|editor1-first=John|editor2-last=Tarr|editor2-first=G. Alan|location=Montreal & Kingston|publisher=McGill-Queen's University Press for Forum of Federation and International Association of Centers for Federal Studies|year=2005|isbn=0-7735-2849-0|quote=&nbsp;...Both for the Union and the states, a "cabinet-type" system of parliamentary government has been instituted in which the executive is continuously responsible to the legislature. (p. 185)}}</ref> The prime minister can be a member of the Lok Sabha or of the [[Rajya Sabha]], the upper house of the parliament. The prime minister ranks third in the [[Indian order of precedence|order of precedence]]. - -The prime minister is appointed by the [[President of India]]; however the prime minister has to enjoy the confidence of the majority of [[Lok Sabha]] members, who are [[Direct election|directly elected]] [[Elections in India#Parliamentary general elections (Lok Sabha)|every five years]], unless a prime minister resigns. The prime minister is the presiding member of the [[Union Council of Ministers|Council of Ministers]] of the [[Government of India|Union government]]. The prime minister unilaterally controls the selection and dismissal of members of the Council; and allocation of posts to members within the government. This Council, which is collectively responsible to the [[Lok Sabha]] as per [[s:Constitution of India/Part V|Article 75(3)]], assists the President regarding the operations under the latter's powers; however, by the virtue of [[s:Constitution of India/Part V|Article 74]] of the [[Constitution of India|Constitution]], such '[[Advice (constitutional law)|aid and advice]]' tendered by the Council is [[wiktionary:binding#Adjective|binding]]. - -Since 1947 India has had 15 prime ministers.{{efn|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>}} [[Jawaharlal Nehru]] was the India's first prime minister, serving as prime minister of the [[Dominion of India]] from 15 August 1947 until 26 January 1950, and thereafter of the [[Republic of India]] until his death in May 1964. (India conducted its first general elections in 1952. Earlier, Nehru had served as prime minister of the [[Interim Government of India]] in the [[British Raj]] from 2 September 1946 until 14 August 1947, his party, the Indian National Congress having won the [[1946 Indian provincial elections]].) Nehru was succeeded by [[Lal Bahadur Shastri]], whose 1 year 7-month term ended in his death in [[Tashkent]], then in the [[USSR]], where he had signed the [[Tashkent Declaration]] between India and Pakistan.<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 female 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, her party the [[Indian National Congress]] lost the [[1977 Indian general election]] to 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 Desai resigned in 1979, his former associate [[Charan Singh]] briefly held office until the Congress won the [[1980 Indian general election]] and Indira Gandhi returned as prime minister.<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 term as prime minister ended five years later on 31 October 1984, when she was [[Assassination of Indira Gandhi|assassinated]] by her bodyguards.<ref name=indira/> Her son [[Rajiv Gandhi]] was sworn in as India's youngest premier. Members of [[Nehru{{endash}}Gandhi family]] have been prime minister for approximately 38 years.<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|newspaper=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> - -After a general election loss, Rajiv Gandhi's five-year term ended; his former cabinet colleague, [[Vishwanath Pratap Singh]] of the [[Janata Dal]], formed 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, Rajiv Gandhi having been assassinated earlier that year.<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/> In 1998, Vajpayee's [[National Democratic Alliance]] (NDA) won the general election, the first non-Congress alliance to do so, and he served a full five-year term as prime minister.<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> The Congress, and its [[United Progressive Alliance]] won the general elections in 2004 and 2009, [[Manmohan Singh]] serving as prime minister 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 BJP won the [[2014 Indian general election]], and its parliamentary leader [[Narendra Modi]] formed the first non-Congress single party majority government. Modi has served as prime minister since, his party winning the [[2014 Indian general election]].<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> - -== List == -{{Col-begin}} -{{col-2}} -;Key -* No.: Incumbent number -* {{note label|†|†|†}} Assassinated or died in office -* {{note label|§|§|§}} Returned to office after a previous non-consecutive term -* {{note label|RES|RES|RES}} Resigned -* {{note label|NC|NC|NC}} Resigned following a [[no-confidence motion]] -{{col-end}} - -;Legend -* {{legend|wheat|[[Interim Prime Minister]]|border=1px solid #AAAAAA}} -{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" -! colspan="12" |{{Party index link|Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP}} (2){{efn|In office}}{{pad}}{{Party index link|Indian National Congress|INC/INC(I)/INC(R)}}{{efn|Known as [[Indian National Congress (R)]] between 1969–1978 Indian National Congress (I) between 1978–96. -<ref>{{cite book |title=Statistical Report on General Elections, 1980 to the Seventh Lok Sabha |publisher=[[Election Commission of India]] |location=New Delhi |page=1 |url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1980/Vol_I_LS_80.pdf |access-date=20 May 2020 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140718175926/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1980/Vol_I_LS_80.pdf |archive-date=18 July 2014}}</ref>}} (6+1 acting{{efn|[[Gulzarilal Nanda]] twice appointed as acting Prime minister of India following deaths of two prime ministers.}}){{pad}}{{Party index link|Janata Dal|JD}} (3){{pad}}{{Party index link|Janata Party|JP}} (1){{pad}}{{Party index link|Janata Party (Secular)|JP(S)}} (1){{pad}}{{Party index link|Samajwadi Janata Party (Rashtriya)|SJP(R)}} (1) -|- -! rowspan="2" scope="col" |{{Abbr|No.|Number}} -! rowspan="2" scope="col" |Portrait -! rowspan="2" scope="col" |Name -! rowspan="2" |Constituency -! colspan="2" scope="col" |Term of office<ref name=":0">{{cite web |title=Former Prime Ministers |url=http://pmindia.gov.in/en/former-prime-ministers/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141009232119/http://pmindia.gov.in/en/former-prime-ministers/ |archive-date=9 October 2014 |access-date=2 January 2015 |publisher=PM India}}</ref> -! rowspan="2" |Time in office -! rowspan="2" |Lok Sabha{{efn|Although the prime minister can be a member of either house of the [[Parliament of India|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.}} -! rowspan="2" |Ministry -! rowspan="2" |Appointed by -! colspan="2" rowspan="2" scope="col" |Party -|- -!Took office -!Left office -|- -| rowspan="4" |'''1''' -| rowspan="4" |[[File:Nehru.jpg|alt=Jawaharlal Nehru|75px]] -| rowspan="4" |[[Jawaharlal Nehru|'''Jawaharlal Nehru''']] -| [[Constituent Assembly]] member for [[United Provinces (1937–1950)|United Provinces]] -| style="height: 45px;" |15 August 1947 -|15 April 1952 -| rowspan="4" |{{age in years and days|1947|08|15|1964|5|27}} -|[[Constituent Assembly of India|Constituent Assembly]]{{efn|The [[Constituent Assembly of India]] consisted of 389 members elected in 1946 by the provincial assemblies by a [[Single transferable vote|single, transferable-vote]] system of proportional representation. The Assembly was replaced by the Provisional Parliament of India after adoption of the [[Constitution of India|Constitution]] on 26 January 1950 until the [[Indian general election, 1951–52|first general elections]].}} -|[[First Nehru ministry|Nehru I]] -|[[Louis Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma|The Earl Mountbatten of Burma]] -| rowspan="10" |[[Indian National Congress]] -| rowspan="10" style="background-color: {{party color|Indian National Congress}}" | -|- -| rowspan="3" |[[Phulpur (Lok Sabha constituency)|Phulpur]] -|15 April 1952 -|17 April 1957 -|[[1st Lok Sabha|1st]] -|[[Second Nehru ministry|Nehru II]] -| rowspan="3" |{{Sortname|Rajendra|Prasad}} -|- -|17 April 1957 -|2 April 1962 -|[[2nd Lok Sabha|2nd]] -|[[Third Nehru ministry|Nehru III]] -|- -| style="height: 45px;" |2 April 1962 -|27 May 1964<small>†</small> -| rowspan="5" |[[3rd Lok Sabha|3rd]] -|[[Fourth Nehru ministry|Nehru IV]] -|- -|style="background-color:Wheat"| '''-''' -|style="background-color:Wheat"| [[File:Gulzarilal Nanda 1.jpg|75px]] -|style="background-color:Wheat"| [[Gulzarilal Nanda|'''Gulzarilal Nanda''']] -|style="background-color:Wheat"| [[Sabarkantha (Lok Sabha constituency)|Sabarkantha]] -|style="background-color:Wheat"| 27 May 1964 -|style="background-color:Wheat"| 9 June 1964 -|style="background-color:Wheat"| 13 days -|style="background-color:Wheat"| [[First Nanda ministry|Nanda I]] -| rowspan="5" |{{Sortname|Sarvepalli|Radhakrishnan}} -|- -| style="height: 45px;" |[[Premiership of Lal Bahadur Shastri|'''2''']] -|[[File:Lal Bahadur Shastri (from stamp).jpg|75px]] -|[[Lal Bahadur Shastri|'''Lal Bahadur Shastri''']] -|[[Allahabad (Lok Sabha constituency)|Allahabad]] -|9 June 1964 -|11 January 1966<small>†</small> -|{{age in years and days|1964|6|9|1966|1|11}} -|[[Shastri ministry|Shastri]] -|-style="background-color:Wheat"| - -| '''-''' -|[[File:Gulzarilal Nanda 1.jpg|75px]] -|[[Gulzarilal Nanda|'''Gulzarilal Nanda''']] -|[[Sabarkantha (Lok Sabha constituency)|Sabarkantha]] -|11 January 1966 -|24 January 1966 -|13 days -|[[First Nanda ministry|Nanda I]] -|- -| rowspan="3" style="height: 45px;" |'''3''' -| rowspan="3" |[[File:Indira Gandhi in 1967.jpg|75px]] -| rowspan="3" |[[Indira Gandhi|'''Indira Gandhi''']] -|[[Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha|Rajya Sabha MP]] for [[List of Rajya Sabha members from Uttar Pradesh|Uttar Pradesh]] -|24 January 1966 -|4 March 1967 -| rowspan="3" |{{age in years and days|1966|1|24|1977|3|24}} -| rowspan="2" |[[First Indira Gandhi ministry|Indira I]] -|- style="height: 45px;" -| rowspan="2" |[[Rae Bareli (Lok Sabha constituency)|Rae Bareli]] -|4 March 1967 -|15 March 1971 -|[[4th Lok Sabha|4th]] -|- -| style="height: 45px;" |15 March 1971 -|24 March 1977 -|[[5th Lok Sabha|5th]] -|[[Second Indira Gandhi ministry|Indira II]] -| rowspan="1" |{{Sortname|V. V.|Giri}} -|- -|[[Premiership of Morarji Desai|'''4''']] -|[[File:Morarji Desai portrait.jpg|75px]] -|[[Morarji Desai|'''Morarji Desai''']] -|[[Surat (Lok Sabha constituency)|Surat]] -| style="height: 45px;" |24 March 1977 -|28 July 1979{{ref label|RES|RES|RES}} -|{{age in years and days|1977|3|24|1979|7|28}} -| rowspan="2" |[[6th Lok Sabha|6th]] -|[[Morarji Desai ministry|Desai]] -|{{Sortname|B. D.|Jatti}}<br /><small>''(acting)''</small> -|[[Janata Party]] -|style="background-color: {{party color|Janata Party}}" | -|- -| style="height: 45px;" |'''5''' -|[[File:Charan_Singh.jpg|75px]] -|[[Charan Singh|'''Charan Singh''']] -|[[Baghpat (Lok Sabha constituency)|Baghpat]] -|28 July 1979 -|14 January 1980{{ref label|RES|RES|RES}} -|{{age in days|1979|7|28|1980|1|14}} days -|[[Charan Singh ministry|Charan]] -| rowspan="2" |{{Sortname|Neelam Sanjiva|Reddy}} -|[[Janata Party (Secular)]] -|style="background-color: {{party color|Janata Party (Secular)}}" | -|- -| style="height: 45px;" |'''(3)''' -|[[File:Indira Gandhi in 1967.jpg|75px]] -|[[Indira Gandhi|'''Indira Gandhi''']] -|[[Medak (Lok Sabha constituency)|Medak]] -|14 January 1980{{ref label|§|§|§}} -|31 October 1984<small>†</small> -|{{age in years and days|1980|1|14|1984|10|31}} -| rowspan="2" |[[7th Lok Sabha|7th]] -|[[Third Indira Gandhi ministry|Indira III]] -| rowspan="3" |[[Indian National Congress|Indian National Congress (I)]] -| rowspan="3" style="background-color: {{party color|Indian National Congress (Indira)}}" | -|- -| rowspan="2" style="height: 45px;" |'''6''' -| rowspan="2" |[[File:Rajiv Gandhi at 7 Race course road 1988 (cropped).jpg|75px]] -| rowspan="2" |[[Rajiv Gandhi|'''Rajiv Gandhi''']] -| rowspan="2" |[[Amethi (Lok Sabha constituency)|Amethi]] -|31 October 1984 -|31 December 1984 -| rowspan="2" |{{age in years and days|1984|10|31|1989|12|2}} -| rowspan="2" |[[Rajiv Gandhi ministry|Rajiv]] -| rowspan="2" |{{Sortname|Zail|Singh}} -|- -| style="height: 45px;" |31 December 1984 -|2 December 1989 -|[[8th Lok Sabha|8th]] -|- -|[[Premiership of Vishwanath Pratap Singh|'''7''']] -|[[File:Visit of Vishwanath Pratap Sing, Indian Minister for Trade, to the CEC (cropped).jpg|75px]] -|[[Vishwanath Pratap Singh|'''Vishwanath Pratap Singh''']] -|[[Fatehpur (Lok Sabha constituency)|Fatehpur]] -|2 December 1989 -|{{nowrap|10 November 1990{{ref label|NC|NC|NC}}}} -|{{age in days|1989|12|2|1990|11|10}} days -| rowspan="2" |[[9th Lok Sabha|9th]] -|[[Vishwanath Pratap Singh ministry|Vishwanath]] -| rowspan="3" |{{Sortname|R.|Venkataraman}} -|[[Janata Dal]]<br />{{small|(''[[National Front (India)|National Front]]'')}} -|style="background-color: {{party color|Janata Dal}}" | -|- -| style="height: 45px;" |'''8''' -|[[File:Chandra Shekhar Singh enhanced.jpg|75px]] -|[[Chandra Shekhar|'''Chandra Shekhar''']] -|[[Ballia (Lok Sabha constituency)|Ballia]] -|{{nowrap|10 November 1990}} -|21 June 1991{{ref label|RES|RES|RES}} -|{{age in days|1990|11|10|1991|6|21}} days -|[[Chandra Shekhar ministry|Chandra Shekhar]] -|[[Samajwadi Janata Party (Rashtriya)]] -| style="background-color: {{party color|Samajwadi Janata Party (Rashtriya)}}" | -|- -|'''9''' -|[[File:Visit_of_Narasimha_Rao,_Indian_Minister_for_Foreign_Affairs,_to_the_CEC_(cropped)(2).jpg|75px]] -|[[P. V. Narasimha Rao|'''P. V. Narasimha Rao''']] -|[[Nandyal (Lok Sabha constituency)|Nandyal]] -|21 June 1991 -|16 May 1996 -|{{age in years and days|1991|6|21|1996|5|16}} -|[[10th Lok Sabha|10th]] -|[[Rao ministry|Rao]] -|[[Indian National Congress|Indian National Congress (I)]] -|style="background-color: {{party color|Indian National Congress (Indira)}}" | -|- -|[[Premiership of Atal Bihari Vajpayee|'''10''']] -|[[File:Atal Bihari Vajpayee tribute image (cropped).jpg|75px]] -|[[Atal Bihari Vajpayee|'''Atal Bihari Vajpayee''']] -|[[Lucknow (Lok Sabha constituency)|Lucknow]] -|16 May 1996 -|1 June 1996{{ref label|RES|RES|RES}} -|16 days -| rowspan="3" |[[11th Lok Sabha|11th]] -|[[First Vajpayee ministry|Vajpayee I]] -| rowspan="3" |{{Sortname|Shankar Dayal|Sharma}} -|[[Bharatiya Janata Party]] -|style="background-color: {{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}" | -|- -|'''11''' -|[[File:H-d-deve-gowda 1.jpg|75px]] -|[[H. D. Deve Gowda|'''H. D. Deve Gowda''']] -|[[Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha|Rajya Sabha MP]] for [[List of Rajya Sabha members from Karnataka|Karnataka]] -|1 June 1996 -|21 April 1997{{ref label|RES|RES|RES}} -|{{age in days|1996|6|1|1997|4|21}} days -|[[Deve Gowda ministry|Deve Gowda]] -| rowspan="2" |[[Janata Dal]]<br />{{small|(''[[United Front (India)|United Front]]'')}} -| rowspan="2" style="background-color: {{party color|Janata Dal}}" | -|- -|'''12''' -|[[File:Inder Kumar Gujral 017.jpg|75px]] -|[[Inder Kumar Gujral|'''Inder Kumar Gujral''']] -|[[Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha|Rajya Sabha MP]] for [[List of Rajya Sabha members from Bihar|Bihar]] -|21 April 1997 -|19 March 1998{{ref label|RES|RES|RES}} -|{{age in days|1997|4|21|1998|3|19}} days -|[[Gujral ministry|Gujral]] -|- -| rowspan="2" |'''([[Premiership of Atal Bihari Vajpayee|10]])''' -| rowspan="2" |[[File:Atal Bihari Vajpayee tribute image (cropped).jpg|75px]] -| rowspan="2" |[[Atal Bihari Vajpayee|'''Atal Bihari Vajpayee''']] -| rowspan="2" |[[Lucknow (Lok Sabha constituency)|Lucknow]] -|19 March 1998{{ref label|§|§|§}} -|{{nowrap|13 October 1999{{ref label|NC|NC|NC}}}} -| rowspan="2" |{{age in years and days|1998|3|19|2004|5|22}} -|[[12th Lok Sabha|12th]] -|[[Second Vajpayee ministry|Vajpayee II]] -| rowspan="2" |{{Sortname|K. R.|Narayanan}} -| rowspan="2" |[[Bharatiya Janata Party]]<br />{{small|(''[[National Democratic Alliance (India)|NDA]]'')}} -| rowspan="2" style="background-color: {{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}" | -|- -|13 October 1999 -|22 May 2004 -|[[13th Lok Sabha|13th]] -|[[Third Vajpayee ministry|Vajpayee III]] -|- -| rowspan="2" |'''13''' -| rowspan="2" |[[File:Manmohan Singh in 2009.jpg|75px]] -| rowspan="2" |[[Manmohan Singh|'''Manmohan Singh''']] -| rowspan="2" |[[Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha|Rajya Sabha MP]] for [[List of Rajya Sabha members from Assam|Assam]] -|22 May 2004 -|22 May 2009 -| rowspan="2" |{{age in years and days|2004|5|22|2014|5|26}} -|[[14th Lok Sabha|14th]] -|[[First Manmohan Singh ministry|Manmohan I]] -|{{Sortname|A. P. J. Abdul|Kalam}} -| rowspan="2" |[[Indian National Congress]]<br />{{small|(''[[United Progressive Alliance|UPA]]'')}} -| rowspan="2" style="background-color: {{party color|Indian National Congress}}" | -|- -|22 May 2009 -|26 May 2014 -|[[15th Lok Sabha|15th]] -|[[Second Manmohan Singh ministry|Manmohan II]] -|{{Sortname|Pratibha|Patil}} -|- -| rowspan="2" |[[Premiership of Narendra Modi|'''14''']] -| rowspan="2" |[[File:Official Photograph of Prime Minister Narendra Modi Potrait.png|75px]] -| rowspan="2" |[[Narendra Modi|'''Narendra Modi''']] -| rowspan="2" |[[Varanasi (Lok Sabha constituency)|Varanasi]] -|26 May 2014 -|30 May 2019 -| rowspan="2" |{{age in years and days|2014|5|26}} -|[[16th Lok Sabha|16th]] -|[[First Modi ministry|Modi I]] -|{{Sortname|Pranab|Mukherjee}} -| rowspan="2" |[[Bharatiya Janata Party]]<br />{{small|(''[[National Democratic Alliance (India)|NDA]]'')}} -| rowspan="2" style="background-color: {{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}" | -|- -|30 May 2019 -|''Incumbent'' -|[[17th Lok Sabha|17th]] -|[[Second Modi ministry|Modi II]] -|{{Sortname|Ram Nath|Kovind}} -|} - -==Statistics== -;List of prime ministers by length of term -{|class="wikitable sortable" style="width:70%; text-align:center" -|- -! data-sort-type=number rowspan = "2" | {{Tooltip|No.}} -! rowspan = "2" | Name -! rowspan = "2" | Party -! colspan = "2" | Length of term -|- -! 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Total years of premiership -|- -! data-sort-value="1" | 1 -| {{Sortname|Jawaharlal|Nehru}} -| [[Indian National Congress|INC]] -| 16 years, 286 days -| 16 years, 286 days -|- -! data-sort-value="2" | 2 -| {{Sortname|Indira|Gandhi}} -| [[Indian National Congress|INC/INC(I)]]/[[Indian National Congress (R)|INC(R)]] -| 11 years, 59 days -| 15 years, 350 days -|- -! data-sort-value="3" | 3 -| {{Sortname|Manmohan|Singh}} -| [[Indian National Congress|INC]] -| 10 years, 4 days -| 10 years, 4 days -|- -! data-sort-value="4" | 4 -| '''{{Sortname|Narendra|Modi}}''' -| '''[[BJP]]''' -| '''{{age in years and days|2014|5|26}}''' -| '''{{age in years and days|2014|5|26}}''' -|- -! data-sort-value="5" | 5 -| {{Sortname|Atal Bihari|Vajpayee}} -| [[BJP]] -| 6 years, 64 days -| 6 years, 80 days -|- -! data-sort-value="6" | 6 -| {{Sortname|Rajiv|Gandhi}} -| [[Indian National Congress|INC(I)]] -| 5 years, 32 days -| 5 years, 32 days -|- -! data-sort-value="7" | 7 -| {{Sortname|P. V. Narasimha|Rao}} -| [[Indian National Congress|INC(I)]] -| 4 years, 330 days -| 4 years, 330 days -|- -! data-sort-value="8" | 8 -| {{Sortname|Morarji|Desai}} -| [[Janata Party|JP]] -| 2 years, 126 days -| 2 years, 126 days -|- -! data-sort-value="9" | 9 -| {{Sortname|Lal Bahadur|Shastri}} -| [[Indian National Congress|INC]] -| 1 year, 216 days -| 1 year, 216 days -|- -! data-sort-value="10" | 10 -| {{Sortname|Vishwanath Pratap|Singh}} -| [[Janata Dal|JD]] -| 343 days -| 343 days -|- -! data-sort-value="11" | 11 -| {{Sortname|Inder Kumar|Gujral}} -| [[Janata Dal|JD]] -| 332 days -| 332 days -|- -! data-sort-value="12" | 12 -| {{Sortname|H. D.|Deve Gowda}} -| [[Janata Dal|JD]] -| 324 days -| 324 days -|- -! data-sort-value="13" | 13 -| {{Sortname|Chandra|Shekhar}} -| [[Samajwadi Janata Party (Rashtriya)|SJP(R)]] -| 223 days -| 223 days -|- -! data-sort-value="14" | 14 -| {{Sortname|Charan|Singh}} -| [[Janata Party (Secular)|JP(S)]] -| 170 days -| 170 days -|- -! data-sort-value="15" | Acting -| {{Sortname|Gulzarilal|Nanda}} -| [[Indian National Congress|INC]] -| 13 days -| 26 days -|} - -;Timeline -{{#tag:timeline| -ImageSize = width:1000 height:auto barincrement:20 -PlotArea = top:10 bottom:50 right:40 left:20 -AlignBars = late - -Colors = - - id:INC value:rgb(0,0.74902,1) legend: INC - id:JP value:blue legend:JP - id:JP(S) value:darkblue legend:JP(S) - id:JD value:kelleygreen legend:JD - id:SJP(R) value:green legend:SJP(R) - id:BJP value:rgb(1,0.6,0.2) legend:BJP - id:gray1 value:gray(0.8) - id:gray2 value:gray(0.9) - -Define $today = {{#time:d/m/Y}} - -DateFormat = dd/mm/yyyy -Period = from:01/01/1945 till:$today -TimeAxis = orientation:horizontal -ScaleMinor = gridcolor:gray2 unit:year increment:1 start:1945 -ScaleMajor = gridcolor:gray1 unit:year increment:5 start:1945 - -Legend = columns:4 left:150 top:24 columnwidth:200 - -TextData = - pos:(20,27) textcolor:black fontsize:M - text: Political Party - -BarData = - barset:PM - -PlotData= - width:5 align:left fontsize:S shift:(5,-4) anchor:till - barset:PM - - from: 15/08/1947 till: 27/05/1964 color:INC text:"[[Jawaharlal Nehru|Nehru]]" fontsize:10 - from: 27/05/1964 till: 09/06/1964 color:INC text:"[[Gulzarilal Nanda|Nanda]] (acting)" fontsize:10 - from: 09/06/1964 till: 11/01/1966 color:INC text:"[[Lal Bahadur Shastri|Shastri]]" fontsize:10 - from: 11/01/1966 till: 24/01/1966 color:INC text:"[[Gulzarilal Nanda|Nanda]] (acting)" fontsize:10 - from: 24/01/1966 till: 24/03/1977 color:INC text:"[[Indira Gandhi|Gandhi]]" fontsize:10 - from: 24/03/1977 till: 28/07/1979 color:JP text:"[[Morarji Desai|Desai]]" fontsize:10 - from: 28/07/1979 till: 14/01/1980 color:JP(S) text:"[[Charan Singh|Charan]]" fontsize:10 - from: 14/01/1980 till: 31/10/1984 color:INC text:"[[Indira Gandhi|Gandhi]]" fontsize:10 - from: 31/10/1984 till: 02/12/1989 color:INC text:"[[Rajiv Gandhi|Rajiv]]" fontsize:10 - from: 02/12/1989 till: 10/11/1990 color:JD text:"[[Vishwanath Pratap Singh|Vishwanath]]" fontsize:10 - from: 10/11/1990 till: 21/06/1991 color:SJP(R) text:"[[Chandra Shekhar]]" fontsize:10 - from: 21/06/1991 till: 16/05/1996 color:INC text:"[[P. V. Narasimha Rao|Rao]]" fontsize:10 - from: 16/05/1996 till: 01/06/1996 color:BJP text:"[[Atal Bihari Vajpayee|Vajpayee]]" fontsize:10 - from: 01/06/1996 till: 21/04/1997 color:JD text:"[[H. D. Deve Gowda|Deve Gowda]]" fontsize:10 - from: 21/04/1997 till: 19/03/1998 color:JD text:"[[Inder Kumar Gujral|Gujral]]" fontsize:10 - from: 19/03/1998 till: 22/05/2004 color:BJP text:"[[Atal Bihari Vajpayee|Vajpayee]]" fontsize:10 - from: 22/05/2004 till: 26/04/2014 color:INC text:"[[Manmohan Singh|Manmohan]]" fontsize:10 - from: 26/04/2014 till: end color:BJP text:"[[Narendra Modi|Modi]]" fontsize:10 }} - -;List by party -{|class="wikitable sortable" style="width:100%; text-align:center" -|+Political parties by total timespan of their member holding [[Prime Minister's Office (India)|PMO]] (1 October 2021) -|- -! data-sort-type=number | {{Tooltip|No.}} -! Political party -! data-sort-type=number | Number of Prime ministers -! Total years of holding PMO -|- -! data-sort-value="1" | 1 -| [[Indian National Congress|INC/INC(I)]]/[[Indian National Congress (R)|INC(R)]] -| data-sort-type=6 | 6 (+1 acting) -| 54 years, 123 days -|- -! data-sort-value="2" | 2 -| '''[[BJP]]''' -| data-sort-type=2 | '''2''' -| '''{{age in years and days|2008|3|10}}''' -|- -! data-sort-value="3" | 3 -| [[Janata Dal|JD]] -| data-sort-type=3 | 3 -| 2 years, 269 days -|- -! data-sort-value="4" | 4 -| [[Janata Party|JP]] -| data-sort-type=1 | 1 -| 2 years, 126 days -|- -! data-sort-value="5" | 5 -| [[Samajwadi Janata Party (Rashtriya)|SJP(R)]] -| data-sort-type=1 | 1 -| 223 days -|- -! data-sort-value="6" | 6 -| [[Janata Party (Secular)|JP(S)]] -| data-sort-type=1 | 1 -| 170 days -|} - -;Parties by total duration (in years) of holding Prime Minister's Office -{{ #invoke:Chart | bar chart -| float = center -| width = 800 -| height = 300 -| stack = 1 -| group 1 = 54.34:0:0:0:0:0 -| group 2 = 0:13.57:0:0:0:0 -| group 3 = 0:0:2.74:0:0:0 -| group 4 = 0:0:0:2.35:0:0 -| group 5 = 0:0:0:0:0.61:0 -| group 6 = 0:0:0:0:0:0.47 -| colors = #00BFFF : #FF9933 : #2E8B57 : #1F75FE : #00008B : #74C365 -| group names = [[Indian National Congress|INC/INC(I)]]/[[Indian National Congress (R)|INC(R)]] : [[BJP]] : [[Janata Dal|JD]] : [[Janata Party|JP]] : [[Janata Party (Secular)|JP(S)]] : [[Samajwadi Janata Party (Rashtriya)|SJP(R)]] -| x legends = INC : BJP : JD : JP : JP(S) : SJP(R)}} - -== See also == - -{{portal|India}} -* [[President of India]] -* [[Vice President of India]] -* [[Deputy Prime Minister of India]] -* [[List of presidents of India]] -* [[List of vice presidents of India]] -* [[List of children of prime ministers of India]] -* [[List of prime ministers of India by previous experience]] -* [[List of heads of state and government of Indian origin]] -*[[List of nicknames of prime ministers of India]] - -== Footnotes == -* {{note label|†|†|†}} Assassinated or died in office -* {{note label|§|§|§}} Returned to office after a previous non-consecutive term -* {{note label|RES|RES|RES}} Resigned -* {{note label|NC|NC|NC}} Resigned following a [[no-confidence motion]] - -== Notes == -{{notelist}} - -== References == -{{reflist}} - -== External links == -* [https://www.pmindia.gov.in/en/ Prime Minister of India] -{{Prime Ministers of India}} -{{Indian federal ministries}} -{{Lists of Prime Ministers}} -{{Union ministries of India}} - +Atlun Matlotli Ki Pant Gili Gili [[Category:Prime Ministers of India|*]] [[Category:Lists of prime ministers by country|India]] [[Category:Lists of political office-holders in India|Prime Ministers]] [[Category:Lists relating to prime ministers of India]] '
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[ 0 => '{{Short description|none}}', 1 => '{{featured list}}', 2 => '{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2020}}', 3 => '{{Use Indian English|date=May 2013}}', 4 => '{{Politics of India}}', 5 => 'The '''prime minister of India''' is the [[head of government]] of the [[Republic of India]].<ref name=pillay-cri-pm-1>{{citation|last=Pillay|first=Anashri|editor1-last=Masterman|editor1-first=Roger|editor2-last=Schütze|editor2-first=Robert|isbn=978-1-107-16781-0|lccn=2019019723|doi=10.1017/9781316716731|chapter=The Constitution of the Republic of India|title=Cambridge Companion to Comparative Constitutional Law|publisher=Cambridge University Press|year=2019|pages=146&ndash;147|s2cid=219881288|quote=&nbsp;The head of government is the Prime Minister.}}</ref><ref name=dam-1>{{citation|last=Dam|first=Shubhankar|chapter=Executive|title=The Oxford Handbook of the Indian Constitution|editor1-last=Choudhry|editor1-first=Sujit|editor2-last=Khosla|editor2-first=Madhav|editor3-last=Mehta|editor3-first=Pratap Bhanu|location=Oxford and New York|page=307|year=2016|publisher=Oxford University Press|isbn=978-0-19-870489-8|quote=The Prime Minister is the head of government.}}</ref> Although the [[President of India]] is the constitutional, nominal, or ceremonial head of state,<ref name=pillay-cri-pm-2>{{citation|last=Pillay|first=Anashri|editor1-last=Masterman|editor1-first=Roger|editor2-last=Schütze|editor2-first=Robert|isbn=978-1-107-16781-0|lccn=2019019723|doi=10.1017/9781316716731|chapter=The Constitution of the Republic of India|title=Cambridge Companion to Comparative Constitutional Law|publisher=Cambridge University Press|year=2019|pages=146&ndash;147|s2cid=219881288|quote=&nbsp;An elected President is the nominal head of state but exercises little power.}}</ref><ref name=majeed-roi-1>{{citation|last=Majeed|first=Akhtar|chapter=Republic of India|pages=180&ndash;207, 185|title=Constitutional Origins, Structure, and Change in Federal Countries|series=A Global Dialogue on Federalism, Volume I|editor1-last=Kincaid|editor1-first=John|editor2-last=Tarr|editor2-first=G. Alan|location=Montreal & Kingston|publisher=McGill-Queen's University Press for Forum of Federation and International Association of Centers for Federal Studies|year=2005|isbn=0-7735-2849-0|quote=&nbsp;...The president is the constitutional head. (p. 185)}}</ref><ref name=dam-2>{{citation|last=Dam|first=Shubhankar|chapter=Executive|title=The Oxford Handbook of the Indian Constitution|editor1-last=Choudhry|editor1-first=Sujit|editor2-last=Khosla|editor2-first=Madhav|editor3-last=Mehta|editor3-first=Pratap Bhanu|location=Oxford and New York|page=307|year=2016|publisher=Oxford University Press|isbn=978-0-19-870489-8|quote=The President is the head of the Union of India}}</ref><ref name=nsingh-india>{{citation|last=Singh|first=Nirvikar|chapter=Holding India Together: The Role of Institutions of Federalism|editor1-last=Mishra|editor1-first=Ajit|editor2-last=Ray|editor2-first=Tridip|pages=300&ndash;323, 306|publisher=Oxford University Press|year=2018|isbn=978-0-19-881255-5|title=Markets, Governance, and Institutions: In the Process of Economic Development}}</ref> in practice and ordinarily, the executive authority is vested in the Prime Minister and their chosen Council of Ministers.<ref name=majeed-roi-2>{{citation|last=Majeed|first=Akhtar|chapter=Republic of India|pages=180&ndash;207, 185|title=Constitutional Origins, Structure, and Change in Federal Countries|series=A Global Dialogue on Federalism, Volume I|editor1-last=Kincaid|editor1-first=John|editor2-last=Tarr|editor2-first=G. Alan|location=Montreal & Kingston|publisher=McGill-Queen's University Press for Forum of Federation and International Association of Centers for Federal Studies|year=2005|isbn=0-7735-2849-0|quote=&nbsp;...the executive authority is vested in the prime minister and in their Council of Ministers. (p. 185)}}</ref><ref name=dam-3>{{citation|last=Dam|first=Shubhankar|chapter=Executive|title=The Oxford Handbook of the Indian Constitution|editor1-last=Choudhry|editor1-first=Sujit|editor2-last=Khosla|editor2-first=Madhav|editor3-last=Mehta|editor3-first=Pratap Bhanu|location=Oxford and New York|page=307|year=2016|publisher=Oxford University Press|isbn=978-0-19-870489-8|quote=Executive power, ordinarily, is exercised by Prime Minister.}}</ref><ref name=nsingh-india/> The prime minister is the leader elected by the party with a majority in the lower house of the [[Parliament of India|Indian parliament]], the [[Lok Sabha]], which is the main legislative body in the Republic of India.<ref name=pillay-cri-pm-3>{{citation|last=Pillay|first=Anashri|editor1-last=Masterman|editor1-first=Roger|editor2-last=Schütze|editor2-first=Robert|isbn=978-1-107-16781-0|lccn=2019019723|doi=10.1017/9781316716731|chapter=The Constitution of the Republic of India|title=Cambridge Companion to Comparative Constitutional Law|publisher=Cambridge University Press|year=2019|pages=146&ndash;147|s2cid=219881288|quote=&nbsp;... Like the British system, there are two houses of parliament &ndash; the Lok Sabha, which has 545 members, is the main legislative body. In practice, it is the party with a majority in the Lok Sabha which elects its leader as the Prime Minister.}}</ref> The prime minister and their cabinet are at all times responsible to the Lok Sabha.<ref name=dam-4>{{citation|last=Dam|first=Shubhankar|chapter=Executive|title=The Oxford Handbook of the Indian Constitution|editor1-last=Choudhry|editor1-first=Sujit|editor2-last=Khosla|editor2-first=Madhav|editor3-last=Mehta|editor3-first=Pratap Bhanu|location=Oxford and New York|page=307|year=2016|publisher=Oxford University Press|isbn=978-0-19-870489-8|quote=&nbsp;Along with his or her cabinet, the Prime Minister is responsible to the Lower House of Parliament.}}</ref><ref name=majeed-roi-3>{{citation|last=Majeed|first=Akhtar|chapter=Republic of India|pages=180&ndash;207, 185|title=Constitutional Origins, Structure, and Change in Federal Countries|series=A Global Dialogue on Federalism, Volume I|editor1-last=Kincaid|editor1-first=John|editor2-last=Tarr|editor2-first=G. Alan|location=Montreal & Kingston|publisher=McGill-Queen's University Press for Forum of Federation and International Association of Centers for Federal Studies|year=2005|isbn=0-7735-2849-0|quote=&nbsp;...Both for the Union and the states, a "cabinet-type" system of parliamentary government has been instituted in which the executive is continuously responsible to the legislature. (p. 185)}}</ref> The prime minister can be a member of the Lok Sabha or of the [[Rajya Sabha]], the upper house of the parliament. The prime minister ranks third in the [[Indian order of precedence|order of precedence]].', 6 => '', 7 => 'The prime minister is appointed by the [[President of India]]; however the prime minister has to enjoy the confidence of the majority of [[Lok Sabha]] members, who are [[Direct election|directly elected]] [[Elections in India#Parliamentary general elections (Lok Sabha)|every five years]], unless a prime minister resigns. The prime minister is the presiding member of the [[Union Council of Ministers|Council of Ministers]] of the [[Government of India|Union government]]. The prime minister unilaterally controls the selection and dismissal of members of the Council; and allocation of posts to members within the government. This Council, which is collectively responsible to the [[Lok Sabha]] as per [[s:Constitution of India/Part V|Article 75(3)]], assists the President regarding the operations under the latter's powers; however, by the virtue of [[s:Constitution of India/Part V|Article 74]] of the [[Constitution of India|Constitution]], such '[[Advice (constitutional law)|aid and advice]]' tendered by the Council is [[wiktionary:binding#Adjective|binding]].', 8 => '', 9 => 'Since 1947 India has had 15 prime ministers.{{efn|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>}} [[Jawaharlal Nehru]] was the India's first prime minister, serving as prime minister of the [[Dominion of India]] from 15 August 1947 until 26 January 1950, and thereafter of the [[Republic of India]] until his death in May 1964. (India conducted its first general elections in 1952. Earlier, Nehru had served as prime minister of the [[Interim Government of India]] in the [[British Raj]] from 2 September 1946 until 14 August 1947, his party, the Indian National Congress having won the [[1946 Indian provincial elections]].) Nehru was succeeded by [[Lal Bahadur Shastri]], whose 1 year 7-month term ended in his death in [[Tashkent]], then in the [[USSR]], where he had signed the [[Tashkent Declaration]] between India and Pakistan.<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 female 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, her party the [[Indian National Congress]] lost the [[1977 Indian general election]] to 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 Desai resigned in 1979, his former associate [[Charan Singh]] briefly held office until the Congress won the [[1980 Indian general election]] and Indira Gandhi returned as prime minister.<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 term as prime minister ended five years later on 31 October 1984, when she was [[Assassination of Indira Gandhi|assassinated]] by her bodyguards.<ref name=indira/> Her son [[Rajiv Gandhi]] was sworn in as India's youngest premier. Members of [[Nehru{{endash}}Gandhi family]] have been prime minister for approximately 38 years.<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|newspaper=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>', 10 => '', 11 => 'After a general election loss, Rajiv Gandhi's five-year term ended; his former cabinet colleague, [[Vishwanath Pratap Singh]] of the [[Janata Dal]], formed 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, Rajiv Gandhi having been assassinated earlier that year.<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/> In 1998, Vajpayee's [[National Democratic Alliance]] (NDA) won the general election, the first non-Congress alliance to do so, and he served a full five-year term as prime minister.<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> The Congress, and its [[United Progressive Alliance]] won the general elections in 2004 and 2009, [[Manmohan Singh]] serving as prime minister 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 BJP won the [[2014 Indian general election]], and its parliamentary leader [[Narendra Modi]] formed the first non-Congress single party majority government. Modi has served as prime minister since, his party winning the [[2014 Indian general election]].<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>', 12 => '', 13 => '== List ==', 14 => '{{Col-begin}}', 15 => '{{col-2}}', 16 => ';Key', 17 => '* No.: Incumbent number', 18 => '* {{note label|†|†|†}} Assassinated or died in office', 19 => '* {{note label|§|§|§}} Returned to office after a previous non-consecutive term', 20 => '* {{note label|RES|RES|RES}} Resigned', 21 => '* {{note label|NC|NC|NC}} Resigned following a [[no-confidence motion]]', 22 => '{{col-end}}', 23 => '', 24 => ';Legend ', 25 => '* {{legend|wheat|[[Interim Prime Minister]]|border=1px solid #AAAAAA}}', 26 => '{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"', 27 => '! colspan="12" |{{Party index link|Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP}} (2){{efn|In office}}{{pad}}{{Party index link|Indian National Congress|INC/INC(I)/INC(R)}}{{efn|Known as [[Indian National Congress (R)]] between 1969–1978 Indian National Congress (I) between 1978–96.', 28 => '<ref>{{cite book |title=Statistical Report on General Elections, 1980 to the Seventh Lok Sabha |publisher=[[Election Commission of India]] |location=New Delhi |page=1 |url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1980/Vol_I_LS_80.pdf |access-date=20 May 2020 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140718175926/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1980/Vol_I_LS_80.pdf |archive-date=18 July 2014}}</ref>}} (6+1 acting{{efn|[[Gulzarilal Nanda]] twice appointed as acting Prime minister of India following deaths of two prime ministers.}}){{pad}}{{Party index link|Janata Dal|JD}} (3){{pad}}{{Party index link|Janata Party|JP}} (1){{pad}}{{Party index link|Janata Party (Secular)|JP(S)}} (1){{pad}}{{Party index link|Samajwadi Janata Party (Rashtriya)|SJP(R)}} (1)', 29 => '|-', 30 => '! rowspan="2" scope="col" |{{Abbr|No.|Number}}', 31 => '! rowspan="2" scope="col" |Portrait', 32 => '! rowspan="2" scope="col" |Name', 33 => '! rowspan="2" |Constituency', 34 => '! colspan="2" scope="col" |Term of office<ref name=":0">{{cite web |title=Former Prime Ministers |url=http://pmindia.gov.in/en/former-prime-ministers/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141009232119/http://pmindia.gov.in/en/former-prime-ministers/ |archive-date=9 October 2014 |access-date=2 January 2015 |publisher=PM India}}</ref>', 35 => '! rowspan="2" |Time in office', 36 => '! rowspan="2" |Lok Sabha{{efn|Although the prime minister can be a member of either house of the [[Parliament of India|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.}}', 37 => '! rowspan="2" |Ministry', 38 => '! rowspan="2" |Appointed by', 39 => '! colspan="2" rowspan="2" scope="col" |Party', 40 => '|-', 41 => '!Took office', 42 => '!Left office', 43 => '|-', 44 => '| rowspan="4" |'''1'''', 45 => '| rowspan="4" |[[File:Nehru.jpg|alt=Jawaharlal Nehru|75px]]', 46 => '| rowspan="4" |[[Jawaharlal Nehru|'''Jawaharlal Nehru''']]', 47 => '| [[Constituent Assembly]] member for [[United Provinces (1937–1950)|United Provinces]]', 48 => '| style="height: 45px;" |15 August 1947', 49 => '|15 April 1952', 50 => '| rowspan="4" |{{age in years and days|1947|08|15|1964|5|27}}', 51 => '|[[Constituent Assembly of India|Constituent Assembly]]{{efn|The [[Constituent Assembly of India]] consisted of 389 members elected in 1946 by the provincial assemblies by a [[Single transferable vote|single, transferable-vote]] system of proportional representation. The Assembly was replaced by the Provisional Parliament of India after adoption of the [[Constitution of India|Constitution]] on 26 January 1950 until the [[Indian general election, 1951–52|first general elections]].}}', 52 => '|[[First Nehru ministry|Nehru I]]', 53 => '|[[Louis Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma|The Earl Mountbatten of Burma]]', 54 => '| rowspan="10" |[[Indian National Congress]]', 55 => '| rowspan="10" style="background-color: {{party color|Indian National Congress}}" |', 56 => '|-', 57 => '| rowspan="3" |[[Phulpur (Lok Sabha constituency)|Phulpur]]', 58 => '|15 April 1952', 59 => '|17 April 1957', 60 => '|[[1st Lok Sabha|1st]]', 61 => '|[[Second Nehru ministry|Nehru II]]', 62 => '| rowspan="3" |{{Sortname|Rajendra|Prasad}}', 63 => '|-', 64 => '|17 April 1957', 65 => '|2 April 1962', 66 => '|[[2nd Lok Sabha|2nd]]', 67 => '|[[Third Nehru ministry|Nehru III]]', 68 => '|-', 69 => '| style="height: 45px;" |2 April 1962', 70 => '|27 May 1964<small>†</small>', 71 => '| rowspan="5" |[[3rd Lok Sabha|3rd]]', 72 => '|[[Fourth Nehru ministry|Nehru IV]]', 73 => '|-', 74 => '|style="background-color:Wheat"| '''-'''', 75 => '|style="background-color:Wheat"| [[File:Gulzarilal Nanda 1.jpg|75px]]', 76 => '|style="background-color:Wheat"| [[Gulzarilal Nanda|'''Gulzarilal Nanda''']]', 77 => '|style="background-color:Wheat"| [[Sabarkantha (Lok Sabha constituency)|Sabarkantha]]', 78 => '|style="background-color:Wheat"| 27 May 1964', 79 => '|style="background-color:Wheat"| 9 June 1964', 80 => '|style="background-color:Wheat"| 13 days', 81 => '|style="background-color:Wheat"| [[First Nanda ministry|Nanda I]]', 82 => '| rowspan="5" |{{Sortname|Sarvepalli|Radhakrishnan}}', 83 => '|-', 84 => '| style="height: 45px;" |[[Premiership of Lal Bahadur Shastri|'''2''']]', 85 => '|[[File:Lal Bahadur Shastri (from stamp).jpg|75px]]', 86 => '|[[Lal Bahadur Shastri|'''Lal Bahadur Shastri''']]', 87 => '|[[Allahabad (Lok Sabha constituency)|Allahabad]]', 88 => '|9 June 1964', 89 => '|11 January 1966<small>†</small>', 90 => '|{{age in years and days|1964|6|9|1966|1|11}}', 91 => '|[[Shastri ministry|Shastri]]', 92 => '|-style="background-color:Wheat"| -', 93 => '| '''-'''', 94 => '|[[File:Gulzarilal Nanda 1.jpg|75px]]', 95 => '|[[Gulzarilal Nanda|'''Gulzarilal Nanda''']]', 96 => '|[[Sabarkantha (Lok Sabha constituency)|Sabarkantha]]', 97 => '|11 January 1966', 98 => '|24 January 1966', 99 => '|13 days', 100 => '|[[First Nanda ministry|Nanda I]]', 101 => '|-', 102 => '| rowspan="3" style="height: 45px;" |'''3'''', 103 => '| rowspan="3" |[[File:Indira Gandhi in 1967.jpg|75px]]', 104 => '| rowspan="3" |[[Indira Gandhi|'''Indira Gandhi''']]', 105 => '|[[Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha|Rajya Sabha MP]] for [[List of Rajya Sabha members from Uttar Pradesh|Uttar Pradesh]]', 106 => '|24 January 1966', 107 => '|4 March 1967', 108 => '| rowspan="3" |{{age in years and days|1966|1|24|1977|3|24}}', 109 => '| rowspan="2" |[[First Indira Gandhi ministry|Indira I]]', 110 => '|- style="height: 45px;"', 111 => '| rowspan="2" |[[Rae Bareli (Lok Sabha constituency)|Rae Bareli]]', 112 => '|4 March 1967', 113 => '|15 March 1971', 114 => '|[[4th Lok Sabha|4th]]', 115 => '|-', 116 => '| style="height: 45px;" |15 March 1971', 117 => '|24 March 1977', 118 => '|[[5th Lok Sabha|5th]]', 119 => '|[[Second Indira Gandhi ministry|Indira II]]', 120 => '| rowspan="1" |{{Sortname|V. V.|Giri}}', 121 => '|-', 122 => '|[[Premiership of Morarji Desai|'''4''']]', 123 => '|[[File:Morarji Desai portrait.jpg|75px]]', 124 => '|[[Morarji Desai|'''Morarji Desai''']]', 125 => '|[[Surat (Lok Sabha constituency)|Surat]] ', 126 => '| style="height: 45px;" |24 March 1977', 127 => '|28 July 1979{{ref label|RES|RES|RES}}', 128 => '|{{age in years and days|1977|3|24|1979|7|28}}', 129 => '| rowspan="2" |[[6th Lok Sabha|6th]]', 130 => '|[[Morarji Desai ministry|Desai]]', 131 => '|{{Sortname|B. D.|Jatti}}<br /><small>''(acting)''</small>', 132 => '|[[Janata Party]]', 133 => '|style="background-color: {{party color|Janata Party}}" |', 134 => '|-', 135 => '| style="height: 45px;" |'''5'''', 136 => '|[[File:Charan_Singh.jpg|75px]]', 137 => '|[[Charan Singh|'''Charan Singh''']]', 138 => '|[[Baghpat (Lok Sabha constituency)|Baghpat]]', 139 => '|28 July 1979', 140 => '|14 January 1980{{ref label|RES|RES|RES}}', 141 => '|{{age in days|1979|7|28|1980|1|14}} days', 142 => '|[[Charan Singh ministry|Charan]]', 143 => '| rowspan="2" |{{Sortname|Neelam Sanjiva|Reddy}}', 144 => '|[[Janata Party (Secular)]]', 145 => '|style="background-color: {{party color|Janata Party (Secular)}}" |', 146 => '|-', 147 => '| style="height: 45px;" |'''(3)'''', 148 => '|[[File:Indira Gandhi in 1967.jpg|75px]]', 149 => '|[[Indira Gandhi|'''Indira Gandhi''']]', 150 => '|[[Medak (Lok Sabha constituency)|Medak]]', 151 => '|14 January 1980{{ref label|§|§|§}}', 152 => '|31 October 1984<small>†</small>', 153 => '|{{age in years and days|1980|1|14|1984|10|31}}', 154 => '| rowspan="2" |[[7th Lok Sabha|7th]]', 155 => '|[[Third Indira Gandhi ministry|Indira III]]', 156 => '| rowspan="3" |[[Indian National Congress|Indian National Congress (I)]]', 157 => '| rowspan="3" style="background-color: {{party color|Indian National Congress (Indira)}}" |', 158 => '|-', 159 => '| rowspan="2" style="height: 45px;" |'''6'''', 160 => '| rowspan="2" |[[File:Rajiv Gandhi at 7 Race course road 1988 (cropped).jpg|75px]]', 161 => '| rowspan="2" |[[Rajiv Gandhi|'''Rajiv Gandhi''']]', 162 => '| rowspan="2" |[[Amethi (Lok Sabha constituency)|Amethi]] ', 163 => '|31 October 1984', 164 => '|31 December 1984', 165 => '| rowspan="2" |{{age in years and days|1984|10|31|1989|12|2}}', 166 => '| rowspan="2" |[[Rajiv Gandhi ministry|Rajiv]]', 167 => '| rowspan="2" |{{Sortname|Zail|Singh}}', 168 => '|-', 169 => '| style="height: 45px;" |31 December 1984', 170 => '|2 December 1989', 171 => '|[[8th Lok Sabha|8th]]', 172 => '|-', 173 => '|[[Premiership of Vishwanath Pratap Singh|'''7''']]', 174 => '|[[File:Visit of Vishwanath Pratap Sing, Indian Minister for Trade, to the CEC (cropped).jpg|75px]]', 175 => '|[[Vishwanath Pratap Singh|'''Vishwanath Pratap Singh''']]', 176 => '|[[Fatehpur (Lok Sabha constituency)|Fatehpur]] ', 177 => '|2 December 1989', 178 => '|{{nowrap|10 November 1990{{ref label|NC|NC|NC}}}}', 179 => '|{{age in days|1989|12|2|1990|11|10}} days', 180 => '| rowspan="2" |[[9th Lok Sabha|9th]]', 181 => '|[[Vishwanath Pratap Singh ministry|Vishwanath]]', 182 => '| rowspan="3" |{{Sortname|R.|Venkataraman}}', 183 => '|[[Janata Dal]]<br />{{small|(''[[National Front (India)|National Front]]'')}}', 184 => '|style="background-color: {{party color|Janata Dal}}" |', 185 => '|-', 186 => '| style="height: 45px;" |'''8'''', 187 => '|[[File:Chandra Shekhar Singh enhanced.jpg|75px]]', 188 => '|[[Chandra Shekhar|'''Chandra Shekhar''']]', 189 => '|[[Ballia (Lok Sabha constituency)|Ballia]] ', 190 => '|{{nowrap|10 November 1990}}', 191 => '|21 June 1991{{ref label|RES|RES|RES}}', 192 => '|{{age in days|1990|11|10|1991|6|21}} days', 193 => '|[[Chandra Shekhar ministry|Chandra Shekhar]]', 194 => '|[[Samajwadi Janata Party (Rashtriya)]]', 195 => '| style="background-color: {{party color|Samajwadi Janata Party (Rashtriya)}}" |', 196 => '|-', 197 => '|'''9'''', 198 => '|[[File:Visit_of_Narasimha_Rao,_Indian_Minister_for_Foreign_Affairs,_to_the_CEC_(cropped)(2).jpg|75px]]', 199 => '|[[P. V. Narasimha Rao|'''P. V. Narasimha Rao''']]', 200 => '|[[Nandyal (Lok Sabha constituency)|Nandyal]] ', 201 => '|21 June 1991', 202 => '|16 May 1996', 203 => '|{{age in years and days|1991|6|21|1996|5|16}}', 204 => '|[[10th Lok Sabha|10th]]', 205 => '|[[Rao ministry|Rao]]', 206 => '|[[Indian National Congress|Indian National Congress (I)]]', 207 => '|style="background-color: {{party color|Indian National Congress (Indira)}}" |', 208 => '|-', 209 => '|[[Premiership of Atal Bihari Vajpayee|'''10''']]', 210 => '|[[File:Atal Bihari Vajpayee tribute image (cropped).jpg|75px]]', 211 => '|[[Atal Bihari Vajpayee|'''Atal Bihari Vajpayee''']]', 212 => '|[[Lucknow (Lok Sabha constituency)|Lucknow]] ', 213 => '|16 May 1996', 214 => '|1 June 1996{{ref label|RES|RES|RES}}', 215 => '|16 days', 216 => '| rowspan="3" |[[11th Lok Sabha|11th]]', 217 => '|[[First Vajpayee ministry|Vajpayee I]]', 218 => '| rowspan="3" |{{Sortname|Shankar Dayal|Sharma}}', 219 => '|[[Bharatiya Janata Party]]', 220 => '|style="background-color: {{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}" |', 221 => '|-', 222 => '|'''11'''', 223 => '|[[File:H-d-deve-gowda 1.jpg|75px]]', 224 => '|[[H. D. Deve Gowda|'''H. D. Deve Gowda''']]', 225 => '|[[Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha|Rajya Sabha MP]] for [[List of Rajya Sabha members from Karnataka|Karnataka]]', 226 => '|1 June 1996', 227 => '|21 April 1997{{ref label|RES|RES|RES}}', 228 => '|{{age in days|1996|6|1|1997|4|21}} days', 229 => '|[[Deve Gowda ministry|Deve Gowda]]', 230 => '| rowspan="2" |[[Janata Dal]]<br />{{small|(''[[United Front (India)|United Front]]'')}}', 231 => '| rowspan="2" style="background-color: {{party color|Janata Dal}}" |', 232 => '|-', 233 => '|'''12'''', 234 => '|[[File:Inder Kumar Gujral 017.jpg|75px]]', 235 => '|[[Inder Kumar Gujral|'''Inder Kumar Gujral''']]', 236 => '|[[Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha|Rajya Sabha MP]] for [[List of Rajya Sabha members from Bihar|Bihar]]', 237 => '|21 April 1997', 238 => '|19 March 1998{{ref label|RES|RES|RES}}', 239 => '|{{age in days|1997|4|21|1998|3|19}} days', 240 => '|[[Gujral ministry|Gujral]]', 241 => '|-', 242 => '| rowspan="2" |'''([[Premiership of Atal Bihari Vajpayee|10]])'''', 243 => '| rowspan="2" |[[File:Atal Bihari Vajpayee tribute image (cropped).jpg|75px]]', 244 => '| rowspan="2" |[[Atal Bihari Vajpayee|'''Atal Bihari Vajpayee''']]', 245 => '| rowspan="2" |[[Lucknow (Lok Sabha constituency)|Lucknow]] ', 246 => '|19 March 1998{{ref label|§|§|§}}', 247 => '|{{nowrap|13 October 1999{{ref label|NC|NC|NC}}}}', 248 => '| rowspan="2" |{{age in years and days|1998|3|19|2004|5|22}}', 249 => '|[[12th Lok Sabha|12th]]', 250 => '|[[Second Vajpayee ministry|Vajpayee II]]', 251 => '| rowspan="2" |{{Sortname|K. R.|Narayanan}}', 252 => '| rowspan="2" |[[Bharatiya Janata Party]]<br />{{small|(''[[National Democratic Alliance (India)|NDA]]'')}}', 253 => '| rowspan="2" style="background-color: {{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}" |', 254 => '|-', 255 => '|13 October 1999', 256 => '|22 May 2004', 257 => '|[[13th Lok Sabha|13th]]', 258 => '|[[Third Vajpayee ministry|Vajpayee III]]', 259 => '|-', 260 => '| rowspan="2" |'''13'''', 261 => '| rowspan="2" |[[File:Manmohan Singh in 2009.jpg|75px]]', 262 => '| rowspan="2" |[[Manmohan Singh|'''Manmohan Singh''']]', 263 => '| rowspan="2" |[[Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha|Rajya Sabha MP]] for [[List of Rajya Sabha members from Assam|Assam]]', 264 => '|22 May 2004', 265 => '|22 May 2009', 266 => '| rowspan="2" |{{age in years and days|2004|5|22|2014|5|26}}', 267 => '|[[14th Lok Sabha|14th]]', 268 => '|[[First Manmohan Singh ministry|Manmohan I]]', 269 => '|{{Sortname|A. P. J. Abdul|Kalam}}', 270 => '| rowspan="2" |[[Indian National Congress]]<br />{{small|(''[[United Progressive Alliance|UPA]]'')}}', 271 => '| rowspan="2" style="background-color: {{party color|Indian National Congress}}" |', 272 => '|-', 273 => '|22 May 2009', 274 => '|26 May 2014', 275 => '|[[15th Lok Sabha|15th]]', 276 => '|[[Second Manmohan Singh ministry|Manmohan II]]', 277 => '|{{Sortname|Pratibha|Patil}}', 278 => '|-', 279 => '| rowspan="2" |[[Premiership of Narendra Modi|'''14''']]', 280 => '| rowspan="2" |[[File:Official Photograph of Prime Minister Narendra Modi Potrait.png|75px]]', 281 => '| rowspan="2" |[[Narendra Modi|'''Narendra Modi''']]', 282 => '| rowspan="2" |[[Varanasi (Lok Sabha constituency)|Varanasi]]', 283 => '|26 May 2014', 284 => '|30 May 2019', 285 => '| rowspan="2" |{{age in years and days|2014|5|26}}', 286 => '|[[16th Lok Sabha|16th]]', 287 => '|[[First Modi ministry|Modi I]]', 288 => '|{{Sortname|Pranab|Mukherjee}}', 289 => '| rowspan="2" |[[Bharatiya Janata Party]]<br />{{small|(''[[National Democratic Alliance (India)|NDA]]'')}}', 290 => '| rowspan="2" style="background-color: {{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}" |', 291 => '|-', 292 => '|30 May 2019', 293 => '|''Incumbent''', 294 => '|[[17th Lok Sabha|17th]]', 295 => '|[[Second Modi ministry|Modi II]]', 296 => '|{{Sortname|Ram Nath|Kovind}}', 297 => '|}', 298 => '', 299 => '==Statistics==', 300 => ';List of prime ministers by length of term', 301 => '{|class="wikitable sortable" style="width:70%; text-align:center"', 302 => '|-', 303 => '! data-sort-type=number rowspan = "2" | {{Tooltip|No.}}', 304 => '! rowspan = "2" | Name', 305 => '! rowspan = "2" | Party', 306 => '! colspan = "2" | Length of term', 307 => '|-', 308 => '! Longest continuous term', 309 => '! Total years of premiership', 310 => '|-', 311 => '! data-sort-value="1" | 1', 312 => '| {{Sortname|Jawaharlal|Nehru}}', 313 => '| [[Indian National Congress|INC]]', 314 => '| 16 years, 286 days', 315 => '| 16 years, 286 days', 316 => '|-', 317 => '! data-sort-value="2" | 2', 318 => '| {{Sortname|Indira|Gandhi}}', 319 => '| [[Indian National Congress|INC/INC(I)]]/[[Indian National Congress (R)|INC(R)]]', 320 => '| 11 years, 59 days', 321 => '| 15 years, 350 days', 322 => '|-', 323 => '! data-sort-value="3" | 3', 324 => '| {{Sortname|Manmohan|Singh}}', 325 => '| [[Indian National Congress|INC]]', 326 => '| 10 years, 4 days', 327 => '| 10 years, 4 days', 328 => '|-', 329 => '! data-sort-value="4" | 4', 330 => '| '''{{Sortname|Narendra|Modi}}'''', 331 => '| '''[[BJP]]'''', 332 => '| '''{{age in years and days|2014|5|26}}'''', 333 => '| '''{{age in years and days|2014|5|26}}'''', 334 => '|-', 335 => '! data-sort-value="5" | 5', 336 => '| {{Sortname|Atal Bihari|Vajpayee}}', 337 => '| [[BJP]]', 338 => '| 6 years, 64 days', 339 => '| 6 years, 80 days', 340 => '|-', 341 => '! data-sort-value="6" | 6', 342 => '| {{Sortname|Rajiv|Gandhi}}', 343 => '| [[Indian National Congress|INC(I)]]', 344 => '| 5 years, 32 days', 345 => '| 5 years, 32 days', 346 => '|-', 347 => '! data-sort-value="7" | 7', 348 => '| {{Sortname|P. V. Narasimha|Rao}}', 349 => '| [[Indian National Congress|INC(I)]]', 350 => '| 4 years, 330 days', 351 => '| 4 years, 330 days', 352 => '|-', 353 => '! data-sort-value="8" | 8', 354 => '| {{Sortname|Morarji|Desai}}', 355 => '| [[Janata Party|JP]]', 356 => '| 2 years, 126 days', 357 => '| 2 years, 126 days', 358 => '|-', 359 => '! data-sort-value="9" | 9', 360 => '| {{Sortname|Lal Bahadur|Shastri}}', 361 => '| [[Indian National Congress|INC]]', 362 => '| 1 year, 216 days', 363 => '| 1 year, 216 days', 364 => '|-', 365 => '! data-sort-value="10" | 10', 366 => '| {{Sortname|Vishwanath Pratap|Singh}}', 367 => '| [[Janata Dal|JD]]', 368 => '| 343 days', 369 => '| 343 days', 370 => '|-', 371 => '! data-sort-value="11" | 11', 372 => '| {{Sortname|Inder Kumar|Gujral}}', 373 => '| [[Janata Dal|JD]]', 374 => '| 332 days', 375 => '| 332 days', 376 => '|-', 377 => '! data-sort-value="12" | 12', 378 => '| {{Sortname|H. D.|Deve Gowda}}', 379 => '| [[Janata Dal|JD]]', 380 => '| 324 days', 381 => '| 324 days', 382 => '|-', 383 => '! data-sort-value="13" | 13', 384 => '| {{Sortname|Chandra|Shekhar}}', 385 => '| [[Samajwadi Janata Party (Rashtriya)|SJP(R)]]', 386 => '| 223 days', 387 => '| 223 days', 388 => '|-', 389 => '! data-sort-value="14" | 14', 390 => '| {{Sortname|Charan|Singh}}', 391 => '| [[Janata Party (Secular)|JP(S)]]', 392 => '| 170 days', 393 => '| 170 days', 394 => '|-', 395 => '! data-sort-value="15" | Acting', 396 => '| {{Sortname|Gulzarilal|Nanda}}', 397 => '| [[Indian National Congress|INC]]', 398 => '| 13 days', 399 => '| 26 days', 400 => '|}', 401 => '', 402 => ';Timeline', 403 => '{{#tag:timeline| ', 404 => 'ImageSize = width:1000 height:auto barincrement:20', 405 => 'PlotArea = top:10 bottom:50 right:40 left:20', 406 => 'AlignBars = late', 407 => '', 408 => 'Colors =', 409 => ' ', 410 => ' id:INC value:rgb(0,0.74902,1) legend: INC', 411 => ' id:JP value:blue legend:JP', 412 => ' id:JP(S) value:darkblue legend:JP(S)', 413 => ' id:JD value:kelleygreen legend:JD', 414 => ' id:SJP(R) value:green legend:SJP(R)', 415 => ' id:BJP value:rgb(1,0.6,0.2) legend:BJP', 416 => ' id:gray1 value:gray(0.8)', 417 => ' id:gray2 value:gray(0.9)', 418 => '', 419 => 'Define $today = {{#time:d/m/Y}}', 420 => '', 421 => 'DateFormat = dd/mm/yyyy', 422 => 'Period = from:01/01/1945 till:$today', 423 => 'TimeAxis = orientation:horizontal', 424 => 'ScaleMinor = gridcolor:gray2 unit:year increment:1 start:1945', 425 => 'ScaleMajor = gridcolor:gray1 unit:year increment:5 start:1945', 426 => '', 427 => 'Legend = columns:4 left:150 top:24 columnwidth:200', 428 => '', 429 => 'TextData =', 430 => ' pos:(20,27) textcolor:black fontsize:M', 431 => ' text: Political Party', 432 => '', 433 => 'BarData =', 434 => ' barset:PM', 435 => '', 436 => 'PlotData=', 437 => ' width:5 align:left fontsize:S shift:(5,-4) anchor:till', 438 => ' barset:PM', 439 => '', 440 => ' from: 15/08/1947 till: 27/05/1964 color:INC text:"[[Jawaharlal Nehru|Nehru]]" fontsize:10', 441 => ' from: 27/05/1964 till: 09/06/1964 color:INC text:"[[Gulzarilal Nanda|Nanda]] (acting)" fontsize:10', 442 => ' from: 09/06/1964 till: 11/01/1966 color:INC text:"[[Lal Bahadur Shastri|Shastri]]" fontsize:10', 443 => ' from: 11/01/1966 till: 24/01/1966 color:INC text:"[[Gulzarilal Nanda|Nanda]] (acting)" fontsize:10', 444 => ' from: 24/01/1966 till: 24/03/1977 color:INC text:"[[Indira Gandhi|Gandhi]]" fontsize:10', 445 => ' from: 24/03/1977 till: 28/07/1979 color:JP text:"[[Morarji Desai|Desai]]" fontsize:10', 446 => ' from: 28/07/1979 till: 14/01/1980 color:JP(S) text:"[[Charan Singh|Charan]]" fontsize:10', 447 => ' from: 14/01/1980 till: 31/10/1984 color:INC text:"[[Indira Gandhi|Gandhi]]" fontsize:10', 448 => ' from: 31/10/1984 till: 02/12/1989 color:INC text:"[[Rajiv Gandhi|Rajiv]]" fontsize:10', 449 => ' from: 02/12/1989 till: 10/11/1990 color:JD text:"[[Vishwanath Pratap Singh|Vishwanath]]" fontsize:10', 450 => ' from: 10/11/1990 till: 21/06/1991 color:SJP(R) text:"[[Chandra Shekhar]]" fontsize:10', 451 => ' from: 21/06/1991 till: 16/05/1996 color:INC text:"[[P. V. Narasimha Rao|Rao]]" fontsize:10', 452 => ' from: 16/05/1996 till: 01/06/1996 color:BJP text:"[[Atal Bihari Vajpayee|Vajpayee]]" fontsize:10', 453 => ' from: 01/06/1996 till: 21/04/1997 color:JD text:"[[H. D. Deve Gowda|Deve Gowda]]" fontsize:10', 454 => ' from: 21/04/1997 till: 19/03/1998 color:JD text:"[[Inder Kumar Gujral|Gujral]]" fontsize:10', 455 => ' from: 19/03/1998 till: 22/05/2004 color:BJP text:"[[Atal Bihari Vajpayee|Vajpayee]]" fontsize:10', 456 => ' from: 22/05/2004 till: 26/04/2014 color:INC text:"[[Manmohan Singh|Manmohan]]" fontsize:10', 457 => ' from: 26/04/2014 till: end color:BJP text:"[[Narendra Modi|Modi]]" fontsize:10 }}', 458 => '', 459 => ';List by party', 460 => '{|class="wikitable sortable" style="width:100%; text-align:center"', 461 => '|+Political parties by total timespan of their member holding [[Prime Minister's Office (India)|PMO]] (1 October 2021)', 462 => '|-', 463 => '! data-sort-type=number | {{Tooltip|No.}}', 464 => '! Political party', 465 => '! data-sort-type=number | Number of Prime ministers', 466 => '! Total years of holding PMO', 467 => '|-', 468 => '! data-sort-value="1" | 1', 469 => '| [[Indian National Congress|INC/INC(I)]]/[[Indian National Congress (R)|INC(R)]]', 470 => '| data-sort-type=6 | 6 (+1 acting)', 471 => '| 54 years, 123 days', 472 => '|-', 473 => '! data-sort-value="2" | 2', 474 => '| '''[[BJP]]'''', 475 => '| data-sort-type=2 | '''2'''', 476 => '| '''{{age in years and days|2008|3|10}}'''', 477 => '|-', 478 => '! data-sort-value="3" | 3', 479 => '| [[Janata Dal|JD]]', 480 => '| data-sort-type=3 | 3', 481 => '| 2 years, 269 days', 482 => '|-', 483 => '! data-sort-value="4" | 4', 484 => '| [[Janata Party|JP]]', 485 => '| data-sort-type=1 | 1', 486 => '| 2 years, 126 days', 487 => '|-', 488 => '! data-sort-value="5" | 5', 489 => '| [[Samajwadi Janata Party (Rashtriya)|SJP(R)]]', 490 => '| data-sort-type=1 | 1', 491 => '| 223 days', 492 => '|-', 493 => '! data-sort-value="6" | 6', 494 => '| [[Janata Party (Secular)|JP(S)]]', 495 => '| data-sort-type=1 | 1', 496 => '| 170 days', 497 => '|}', 498 => '', 499 => ';Parties by total duration (in years) of holding Prime Minister's Office', 500 => '{{ #invoke:Chart | bar chart', 501 => '| float = center', 502 => '| width = 800', 503 => '| height = 300', 504 => '| stack = 1', 505 => '| group 1 = 54.34:0:0:0:0:0', 506 => '| group 2 = 0:13.57:0:0:0:0', 507 => '| group 3 = 0:0:2.74:0:0:0', 508 => '| group 4 = 0:0:0:2.35:0:0', 509 => '| group 5 = 0:0:0:0:0.61:0', 510 => '| group 6 = 0:0:0:0:0:0.47', 511 => '| colors = #00BFFF : #FF9933 : #2E8B57 : #1F75FE : #00008B : #74C365', 512 => '| group names = [[Indian National Congress|INC/INC(I)]]/[[Indian National Congress (R)|INC(R)]] : [[BJP]] : [[Janata Dal|JD]] : [[Janata Party|JP]] : [[Janata Party (Secular)|JP(S)]] : [[Samajwadi Janata Party (Rashtriya)|SJP(R)]]', 513 => '| x legends = INC : BJP : JD : JP : JP(S) : SJP(R)}}', 514 => '', 515 => '== See also ==', 516 => '', 517 => '{{portal|India}}', 518 => '* [[President of India]]', 519 => '* [[Vice President of India]]', 520 => '* [[Deputy Prime Minister of India]]', 521 => '* [[List of presidents of India]]', 522 => '* [[List of vice presidents of India]]', 523 => '* [[List of children of prime ministers of India]]', 524 => '* [[List of prime ministers of India by previous experience]]', 525 => '* [[List of heads of state and government of Indian origin]]', 526 => '*[[List of nicknames of prime ministers of India]]', 527 => '', 528 => '== Footnotes ==', 529 => '* {{note label|†|†|†}} Assassinated or died in office', 530 => '* {{note label|§|§|§}} Returned to office after a previous non-consecutive term', 531 => '* {{note label|RES|RES|RES}} Resigned', 532 => '* {{note label|NC|NC|NC}} Resigned following a [[no-confidence motion]]', 533 => '', 534 => '== Notes ==', 535 => '{{notelist}}', 536 => '', 537 => '== References ==', 538 => '{{reflist}}', 539 => '', 540 => '== External links ==', 541 => '* [https://www.pmindia.gov.in/en/ Prime Minister of India]', 542 => '{{Prime Ministers of India}}', 543 => '{{Indian federal ministries}}', 544 => '{{Lists of Prime Ministers}}', 545 => '{{Union ministries of India}}', 546 => '' ]
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