List of Indian Prime Ministers

Prime
S.No Minister Period Related Information
Jawaharlal Nehru was referred
as the Constructor of Modern
Pandit India. He was the Longest
Jawaharlal 15th Aug serving prime minister of
Nehru 1947-
1 India(17 Years) and also he
27th May was the
1964 first prime minister died in
office
Gulzarilal 27th May Gulzarilal Nanda is the First
Nanda 1964- Acting
2 (interim) 9th Jun 1964 Prime Minister of India. He
(13 was the shortest serving Prime
Days) Minister of India
Lal Bahadur Sastri was PM after
the sudden death of the
Jawaharlal Nehru.He was given
9th June
Lal 1964 the famous slogan Called “Jai
3 Bahadur -11th
Jawan and Jai Kisan. He was
Shastri January
1966 the only Prime minister to die in
abroad
 11th He was the Prime Minister of
January India for two short periods
Gulzarilal 1966- following the deaths of
4 Nanda 24th Jawaharlal Nehru in 1964 and
January Lal
1966(13 Bahadur Shastri in 1966.
Days)
24th Smt Indira Gandhi was the first
5 Indira January female Prime Minister of
Gandhi 1966- India. She was
24th
 March 1977 famous for her remarkable
financial
inclusions like Nationalization of
Banks.
Morarji Desai was the Oldest
Prime Minister of India. He was
also the first Prime Minister to
24th March resign from Office. He was the
1977- 28th only Prime Minister to celebrate
6 Morarji July his birthday for every 5 years
Desai 1979 since his birthday is on 29th
February.
He was the first Prime Minister
Who did not attend the single
28th July session of parliament. He was
1979- 14th well known for his remarkable
January 1980
7 Charan steps towards the welfare
Singh of the Farmers.
Indira Gandhi was the First
14th Prime to get assassinated and
January First Prime Minister to lost her
8 Indira 1980- seat in a General
Gandhi 31st Elections
October
1984
 Rajiv Gandhi was the Youngest
31st prime
October minister of India. In his reign,
9 Rajiv 1984- Anti Defection was proposed
Gandhi 2nd and came into existence
December
1989
His full name is Viswanath
2nd Pratap Singh.He was referred as
Vishwa December the pioneer of the Reservation
10 Pratap 1989- System for
Singh
10th Employment and Education
November system in
1990
 India
10th He was the Second least
Chandra November serving Prime
11 Shekhar
1990-21st Minister of India after the
June Charan Singh
1991
PV Narasimha Rao was referred
as the father of Modern
Economic Reforms.He was well
known for his tax system in
P. V India with help of his Cabinet
Narasimh 21st June Finance Minister Dr. Manmohan
12 a Rao 1991- Singh. He was the first Prime
16th May minister from southern
1996 India i.e Andhra Pradesh.
Atal Bihari Vajpayee was the 13
days Prime because his
16th May government was collapsed the
Atal Bihari 1996-1st after Jayalalitha Led AIADMK
Vajpayee June 1996
13 has withdrawn its support
(16 Days)
from coalition
Before becoming a Prime
H. D 1st June minister of
14 Deve 1996- India he was the Chief
Gowd 21st April Minister of Karnataka
a 1997 State.
 Inder Kumar Gujral was one of
the well educated Prime
Ministers of India. He served as
21st April Cabinet Minister for ditferent
Inder 1997- 18th portfolios like the Ministry of
Kumar March 1998
15 Planning, Telecommunications,
Gujral
Minister of
Information and Technology.
 This was the Second term for
18th March him as
Atal Bihari 1998- 22nd the Prime Minister.He was well
16 Vajpayee May known for his remarkable
2004 achievements in Nuclear Tests.
Man Mohan Singh was the first
Sikh Prime Minister. He worked
as both Finance Minister, RBI
Governor. He was the Finance
Dr 22nd May Minister one who introduced the
17 Manmo 2004 Service Tax system In
han -17th May India in 1993-94 Budget session
Singh 2014
His full name is Narendra
Damodar Das Modi. In his
reign, BJP Could get the full
majority to form the
Narendra 26th May Government without the help of
18 Modi 2014 the other Parties. He was the
-23rd May most influential Prime
2019 Minister in India.
 Following his party's victory in
the 2019 general election, his
administration revoked the
special status of Jammu and
Kashmir. His administration also
introduced the Citizenship
Narendra 30th May Amendment Act, which resulted
19 Modi 2019 in widespread protests across
-Till Date the country.