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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