List of Prime Ministers of India
S.N. Name Born-Dead Term of office Remark
(1889– 15 August 1947-27 May first prime minister and the longest-
1. Jawahar Lal Nehru
1964) 1964 16 years, 286 days serving PM of India, first to die in office.
Gulzarilal Nanda (1898- 27 May,1964 to 9 June
2. First acting PM of India
(Acting) 1998) 1964,13 days
Lal Bahadur (1904– 9 June, 1964 to 11 January He has given the slogan of 'Jai Jawan Jai
3.
Shastri 1966) 19661 year, 216 days Kisan' during Indo-Pak war of 1965
Gulzari Lal Nanda (1898- January 11, 1966 - January
4. -
(Acting) 1998) 24, 1966 13 days
24 January 1966 to 24
(1917–
5. Indira Gandhi March 1977 11 years, 59 First lady Prime Minister of India
1984)
days
(1896– 24 March 1977 – 28 July Oldest to become PM @ 81 and first to
6. Morarji Desai
1995) 1979 2 year, 126 days resign from office
(1902– 28 July 1979 to 14 January Only PM who did not face the
7. Charan Singh
1987) 1980 170 days Parliament
(1917– 14 Jan.1980 to 31 October The first lady who served as PM for the
8. Indira Gandhi
1984) 1984 4 years, 291 days second term
(1944– 31 October 1984 to 2
9. Rajiv Gandhi Youngest to become PM @ 40 year
1991) December 1989
(1931– 2 December 1989 to 10 First PM to step down after a vote of no
10. V. P. Singh
2008) November 1990 343 days confidence
(1927– 10 November 1990 to 21
11. Chandra Shekhar He belongs to Samajwadi Janata Party
2007) June 1991 223 days
P. V. Narasimha (1921– 21 June 1991 to 16 May
12. First PM from south India
Rao 2004) 1996 4 years, 330 days
Atal Bihari (1924- 16 May 1996 to 1 June 1996
13. PM for shortest tenure
Vajpayee 2018) 16 days
(born 1 June 1996 to 21 April 1997
14. H. D. Deve Gowda He belongs to Janata Dal
1933) 324 days
Inder Kumar (1919– 21 April 1997 to 19 March
15. ------
Gujral 2012) 1998 332 days
Atal Bihari (1924- 19 March 1998 to 22 May The first non-congress PM who
16.
Vajpayee 2018) 2004 6 years, 64 days completed a full term as PM
(born 22 May 2004 to 26 May
17. Manmohan Singh First Sikh PM
1932) 2014 10 years, 4 days
18. Narendra Modi (born 26 May 2014, Incumbent 4th Prime Minister of India who served
1950) two consecutive tenures
