List of Prime Ministers of India since India became republic 1947 to 2018 with their tenure and Parities

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The Prime Minister is the executive head of the country and all the de facto power are vested in the PM and his respective council of ministers. Let's take a look into the List of Prime Ministers of India since India became republic 1947 to 2018 with their tenure and Parities


S.No.
Prime Minister
Party
Constituency
From
To
Duration
President
1.

Jawaharlal Nehru
(1889–1964)
Vice President of Executive Council
Phulpur, Uttar Pradesh
15 August
1947
27 May
1964
16 years, 286 days
Lord Mountbatten


Rajendra Prasad
Gulzarilal Nanda (acting)
(1898–1998)
Indian National Congress
Sabarkantha,      Gujarat
27 May
1964
9 June
1964
13 days
Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan
2
Lal Bahadur Shastri
(1904–1966)
Indian National Congress
Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh
9 June
1964
11 January
1966
1 year, 216 days
Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan
Gulzarilal Nanda (acting)
(1898–1998)
Indian National Congress
Sabarkantha,      Gujarat
11 January
1966
24 January
1966
13 days
Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan
3
Indira Gandhi
(1917–1984)
Indian National Congress
Rajya Sabha MP for Uttar Pradesh
24 January
1966
24 March
1977
11 years, 59 days
V. V. Giri
4
Morarji Desai
(1896–1995)
Janata Party
Surat, Gujarat
24 March
1977
28 July
1979[RES]
2 years, 126 days
B. D. Jatti
(acting President)

5
Charan Singh
(1902–1987)
Janata Party (Secular)
with INC
Baghpat, Uttar Pradesh
28 July
1979
14 January
1980[RES]
170 days
Neelam Sanjiva Reddy
6
Indira Gandhi
(1917–1984)
Indian National Congress (I)
Medak, Andhra Pradesh
14 January
1980
31 October
1984
4 years, 291 days
Neelam Sanjiva Reddy
7
Rajiv Gandhi
(1944–1991)
Indian National Congress (I)
Amethi, Uttar Pradesh
31 October
1984
2 December
1989
5 years, 32 days
Zail Singh
8
Vishwanath Pratap Singh
(1931–2008)
Janata Dal
(National Front)
Fatehpur, Uttar Pradesh
2 December
1989
10 November
1990
343 days
R. Venkataraman

9
Chandra Shekhar
(1927–2007)
Samajwadi Janata Party
with INC
Ballia, Uttar Pradesh
10 November
1990
21 June
1991
223 days
R. Venkataraman
10
Pamulaparti Venkata Narasimha Rao
(1921–2004)
Indian National Congress (I)
Nandyal, Andhra Pradesh
21 June
1991
16 May
1996
4 years, 330 days
R. Venkataraman
11
Atal Bihari Vajpayee
(born 1924)
Bharatiya Janata Party
Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh
16 May
1996
1 June
1996[RES]
16 days
Shankar Dayal Sharma
12
Haradanahalli Doddegowda Deve Gowda
(born 1933)
Janata Dal
(United Front)
Rajya SabhaMP for Karnataka
1 June
1996
21 April
1997[RES]
324 days
Shankar Dayal Sharma
13
Inder Kumar Gujral
(1919–2012)
Janata Dal
(United Front)
Rajya SabhaMP for Bihar
21 April
1997
19 March
1998
332 days
Shankar Dayal Sharma
14
Atal Bihari Vajpayee
(born 1924)
Bharatiya Janata Party
(NDA)
Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh
19 March
1998
22 May
2004
6 years, 64 days
K. R. Narayanan
15
Manmohan Singh
(born 1932)
Indian National Congress
(UPA)
Rajya Sabha MP for Assam
22 May
2004
26 May
2014
10 years, 4 days
A. P. J. Abdul Kalam


Pratibha Patil
16
Narendra Modi
(born 1950)
Bharatiya Janata Party
(NDA)
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh
26 May
2014[7]
Incumbent
3 years, 307 days
Pranab Mukherjee

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