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{{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=146–147|s2cid=219881288|quote= 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=146–147|s2cid=219881288|quote= 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=180–207, 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= ...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=300–323, 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=180–207, 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= ...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=146–147|s2cid=219881288|quote= ... Like the British system, there are two houses of parliament – 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= 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=180–207, 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= ...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>
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* {{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]]
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* {{legend|wheat|[[Interim Prime Minister]]|border=1px solid #AAAAAA}}
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! 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
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|-
! 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
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! 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
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! 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
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== 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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-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=146–147|s2cid=219881288|quote= 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=146–147|s2cid=219881288|quote= 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=180–207, 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= ...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=300–323, 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=180–207, 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= ...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=146–147|s2cid=219881288|quote= ... 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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= 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=180–207, 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. 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-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]].
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-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>
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-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>
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-== 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}}
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-;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}}
-|}
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-==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
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-| 4 years, 330 days
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-! data-sort-value="8" | 8
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-| 2 years, 126 days
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-! data-sort-value="9" | 9
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-| 1 year, 216 days
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-! data-sort-value="10" | 10
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-| 343 days
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-! data-sort-value="11" | 11
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-| 332 days
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-! data-sort-value="12" | 12
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-| [[Janata Dal|JD]]
-| 324 days
-| 324 days
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-! data-sort-value="13" | 13
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-| [[Samajwadi Janata Party (Rashtriya)|SJP(R)]]
-| 223 days
-| 223 days
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-! data-sort-value="14" | 14
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-| 170 days
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-| 223 days
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-== See also ==
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-* [[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]]
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-== 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]]
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-== References ==
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-== 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}}
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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=146–147|s2cid=219881288|quote= 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=146–147|s2cid=219881288|quote= 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=180–207, 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= ...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=300–323, 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=180–207, 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= ...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=146–147|s2cid=219881288|quote= ... Like the British system, there are two houses of parliament – 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= 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=180–207, 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= ...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]].',
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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]].',
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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>',
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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>',
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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',
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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 => '|}',
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438 => ' barset:PM',
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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 }}',
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461 => '|+Political parties by total timespan of their member holding [[Prime Minister's Office (India)|PMO]] (1 October 2021)',
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464 => '! Political party',
465 => '! data-sort-type=number | Number of Prime ministers',
466 => '! Total years of holding PMO',
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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',
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499 => ';Parties by total duration (in years) of holding Prime Minister's Office',
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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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