List of Prime Ministers of India

The complete list of Prime Ministers of India includes the persons sworn into the office as Prime Minister of India following the proclamation of the independence of India in 1947.
Key:

Congress: Indian National Congress, Indian National Congress (Indira), United Progressive Alliance Bharatiya Janata Party: Bharatiya Janata Party, National Democratic Alliance Parties in power that includes the support of Congress: Samajwadi Janata Party, United Front, Janata Party (Charan Singh faction) Janata Party Janata Dal

#	Portrait	Name	Time in office	Electoral mandates	Political party	Lok Sabha	Council of Ministers	Refs
1st		Jawaharlal Nehru MP for Phulpur	15 August 1947 27 May 19641	1951, 1957, 1962	Indian National Congress	1st 2nd 3rd	1st 2nd 3rd	[1]
			Indo-Pakistani War of 1947; created Planning commission of India and initiated Five-year plan to increase government investment in agriculture and industry; launched programmes to build irrigation canals, dams and spread the use of fertilizers to increase agricultural production; oversaw widespread poverty and unemployment, even with improvements in agriculture and infrastructure; oversaw establishment of All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Indian Institutes of Technology and Indian Institutes of Management; criminalized caste discrimination and increased the legal rights and social freedoms of women; pioneered the policy of non-alignment and co-founded the Non-Aligned Movement; Sino-Indian War; signed the Indus Waters Treaty; granted asylum to the Dalai Lama; oversaw liberation of Goa.
2nd		Gulzarilal Nanda MP for Sabarkantha	27 May 1964 9 June 1964*	-	Indian National Congress	3rd	-	[2]
			was a caretaker prime minister until Lal Bahadur Shastri was elected as a new leader.
3rd		Lal Bahadur Shastri MP for Allahabad	9 June 1964 11 January 19661	-	Indian National Congress	3rd	4th	[3]
			Indo-Pakistani War of 1965; pushed for Green Revolution in India and Operation Flood; The National Dairy Development Board was formed; died from a heart attack at a summit in Tashkent.
2nd		Gulzarilal Nanda MP for Sabarkantha	11 January 1966 24 January 1966*	-	Indian National Congress	3rd	-	[2]
			was in office as caretaker prime minister once again, until Indira Gandhi was chosen as the new leader.
4th		Indira Gandhi MP for Rae Bareli	24 January 1966 24 March 1977	1967, 1971	Indian National Congress	3rd 4th 5th	5th 6th	[4]
			nationalized banks; won the Indo-Pakistani War of 1971, which resulted in the formation of Bangladesh; signed the Shimla Agreement; tested the first nuclear weapon with Smiling Buddha; initiated Green Revolution in India; established state of emergency from 1975-1977.
5th		Morarji Desai MP for Surat	24 March 1977 28 July 19794	1977	Janata Party	6th	7th	[5]
			ended the state of emergency initiated by Indira Gandhi; improved relations with Pakistan, China and theUnited States; softened its relationship with the Soviet Union; launched Sixth Five-Year Plan, aiming to boost agricultural production and rural industries; the plan proved unsuccessful leading to resurging inflation, fuel shortages, unemployment and poverty; lost many MPs from Janata Party, including his rival Charan Singh, which led to his resignation.
6th		Charan Singh MP for Baghpat	28 July 1979 14 January 19803	-	Janata Party	6th	8th	[6]
			initiated high level diplomatic relations with Israel; lost support of Congress, which led to his resignation without even a single session of Lok Sabha.
4th		Indira Gandhi MP for Rae Bareli	14 January 19802 31 October 1984	1980	Indian National Congress (Indira)	7th	9th	[7]
			Operation Bluestar, which subsequently led to her assassination; 1984 anti-Sikh riots.
7th		Rajiv Gandhi MP for Amethi	31 October 1984 2 December 1989	1984	Indian National Congress	8th	10th	[8]
			significantly reduced License Raj; expanded telecommunications in India; signed the Indo-Sri Lanka Peace Accord; Bofors scandal; nullified the Supreme Court's judgement on Shah Bano case.
8th		V. P. Singh MP for Fatehpur	2 December 1989 10 November 19903	1989	Janata Dal	9th	11th	[9]
			negotiated terrorist kidnapping of Mufti Mohammad Sayeed's daughter; visited Golden Temple to ask for forgiveness for Operation Bluestar; withdrew IPKF from Sri Lanka; initiated fixed quota/reservation for allpublic sector jobs as per recommendation from Mandal Commission; Ram Janmabhoomi agitation and subsequent loss of vote of no confidence because of it.
9th	60px	Chandra Shekhar MP for Ballia	10 November 1990 21 June 1991	-	Samajwadi Janata Party	9th	12th	[10]
			resigned due to accusations of spying on former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi, and subsequent withdrawal of Congress' support; Assassination of Rajiv Gandhi.
10th		P. V. Narasimha Rao MP for Nandyal	21 June 1991 16 May 1996	1991	Indian National Congress	10th	13th	[11]
			initiated Economic liberalization in India; SEBI Act 1992; formation of National Stock Exchange of India; 1993 Bombay bombings; introduced TADA; Demolition of Babri Masjid.
11th		Atal Bihari Vajpayee MP for Lucknow	16 May 1996 1 June 19963	1996†	Bharatiya Janata Party	11th	14th	[12]
			Hung parliament†. Was in power for only 13 days, after BJP could not gather enough support from other parties to form a majority.
12th		H. D. Deve Gowda MP for Karnataka	1 June 1996 21 April 19973	1996†	Janata Dal	11th	15th	[12]
			Hung parliament†. After a failed attempt of forming a BJP government, Congress refused to form a government and instead supported a minority United Front coalition led by Janata Dal. Chinese PresidentJiang Zemin begins the first visit by a Chinese head of state to India; initiates controversial president's rulein Gujarat.
13th		Inder Kumar Gujral MP for Bihar	21 April 1997 19 March 1998	-	Janata Dal	11th	16th	[13]
			Fodder scam; Jain Commission.
11th		Atal Bihari Vajpayee MP for Lucknow	19 March 19982 22 May 2004	1998, 1999	Bharatiya Janata Party	12th 13th	17th 18th	[14]
			Pokhran nuclear tests; Kargil War; National Highway Development Project; Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana; Barak Missile Deal Scandal;POTA; Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan; 2001 Gujarat earthquake; 2002 Gujarat violence.
14th		Dr. Manmohan Singh MP for Assam	22 May 2004 Incumbent	2004, 2009	Indian National Congress	14th 15th	19th 20th	[15]
			Indo-US civilian nuclear agreement; won the 2008 Lok Sabha vote of confidence; Iran-Pakistan-India gas pipeline; expanding ties with Israel; Economic crisis of 2008; National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (NREGA); Right to Information Act; revoking of POTA; 2008 Mumbai attacks and the implementation ofUnlawful Activities (Prevention) Act; National Intelligence Agency;

[edit]Notes

• * Interim - It is debatable whether Mr. Gulzari Lal Nanda was a Prime Minister or an Acting Prime Minister. The constitution does not have a position of acting Prime Minister. Mr. Nanda was sworn in as the Prime Minister of India. In contrast, the constitution provides for an acting President who discharges the duties of a President. Hence, constitutional experts and historians now agree that Mr. Nanda is the second Prime Minister of India.
• ¹ Assassinated or Died in Office
• ² Returned to Office
• ³ Resigned
• ⁴ Dismissed by President following a no-confidence motion