Prime Minister of India

 

No. Portrait Name
(born – died)
Constituency		 Age when assumed office Term of office & elections
Duration in years and days		 Concurrent ministerial positions Party Government Head of State
(Tenure)
1 Jawaharlal Nehru
(1889–1964)
MP for United Provinces
(Constituent Assembly, 1947-1952)
MP for Phulpur (1952-1964)		 57 years, 274 days 15 August
1947		 27 May
1964		 16 years, 286 days –
  • Minister of External and Commonwealth Affairs
  • Minister of Defence (1952–1955, 1957)
  • Minister of Finance (1958)
 Indian National Congress Nehru I George VI[b]
(1947–1950)
Rajendra Prasad
(1950–1962)
1951–52 Nehru II
1957 Nehru III
1962 Nehru IV Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan
(1962–1967)
Acting Gulzarilal Nanda
(1898–1998)
MP for Sabarkantha		 65 years, 328 days 27 May
1964		 9 June
1964		 13 days – Nanda I
2 Lal Bahadur Shastri
(1904–1966)
MP for Allahabad		 62 years, 250 days 9 June
1964		 11 January
1966[†]		 1 year, 216 days – Shastri
Acting Gulzarilal Nanda
(1898–1998)
MP for Sabarkantha		 67 years, 191 days 11 January
1966		 24 January
1966		 13 days – Nanda II
3 Indira Gandhi
(1917–1984)
MP for Uttar Pradesh
(Rajya Sabha, 1966–1967)
MP for Rae Bareli (1967–1977)		 48 years, 66 days 24 January
1966		 24 March
1977		 11 years, 59 days – Indira I
1967 Indira II Zakir Husain
(1967–1969)
V. V. Giri
(1969)
(Acting)
Mohammad Hidayatullah
(1969)
(Acting)
V. V. Giri
(1969–1974)
1971 Indian National Congress (R) Indira III
Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed
(1974–1977)
B. D. Jatti
(1977)
(Acting)
4 Morarji Desai
(1896–1995)
MP for Surat		 81 years, 24 days 24 March
1977		 28 July
1979[RES]		 2 years, 126 days 1977
Janata Party Desai
Neelam Sanjiva Reddy
(1977–1982)
5 Charan Singh
(1902–1987)
MP for Baghpat		 76 years, 217 days 28 July
1979		 14 January
1980[RES]		 170 days – None Janata Party (Secular) Charan
(3) Indira Gandhi
(1917–1984)
MP for Medak		 62 years, 56 days 14 January
1980[§]		 31 October
1984[†]		 4 years, 291 days 1980 Indian National Congress (I) Indira IV
Zail Singh
(1982–1987)
6 Rajiv Gandhi
(1944–1991)
MP for Amethi		 40 years, 72 days 31 October
1984		 2 December
1989		 5 years, 32 days – Rajiv I
1984 Rajiv II Ramaswamy Venkataraman
(1987–1992)
7 Vishwanath Pratap Singh
(1931–2008)
MP for Fatehpur		 58 years, 160 days 2 December
1989		 10 November
1990[NC]		 343 days 1989 Janata Dal Vishwanath
8 Chandra Shekhar
(1927–2007)
MP for Ballia		 63 years, 207 days 10 November
1990		 21 June
1991[RES]		 223 days – Samajwadi Janata Party (Rashtriya) Chandra Shekhar
9 P. V. Narasimha Rao
(1921–2004)
MP for Nandyal		 69 years, 358 days 21 June
1991		 16 May
1996		 4 years, 330 days 1991 Indian National Congress (I) Rao
Shankar Dayal Sharma
(1992–1997)
10 Atal Bihari Vajpayee
(1924–2018)
MP for Lucknow		 71 years, 143 days 16 May
1996		 1 June
1996[RES]		 16 days 1996 Bharatiya Janata Party Vajpayee I
11 H. D. Deve Gowda
(born 1933)
MP for Karnataka (Rajya Sabha)		 63 years, 14 days 1 June
1996		 21 April
1997[RES]		 324 days – Janata Dal
(United Front)		 Deve Gowda
12 Inder Kumar Gujral
(1919–2012)
MP for Bihar (Rajya Sabha)		 77 years, 138 days 21 April
1997		 19 March
1998[RES]		 332 days – Gujral
K. R. Narayanan
(1997–2002)
(10) Atal Bihari Vajpayee
(1924–2018)
MP for Lucknow		 73 years, 84 days 19 March
1998[§]		 22 May
2004		 6 years, 64 days 1998 Bharatiya Janata Party
(National Democratic Alliance)		 Vajpayee II
1999 Vajpayee III
A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
(2002–2007)
13 Manmohan Singh
(born 1932)
MP for Assam (Rajya Sabha)		 71 years, 239 days 22 May
2004		 26 May
2014		 10 years, 4 days 2004 Indian National Congress
(United Progressive Alliance)		 Manmohan I
Pratibha Patil
(2007–2012)
2009 Manmohan II
Pranab Mukherjee
(2012–2017)
14 Narendra Modi
(born 1950)
MP for Varanasi		 63 years, 251 days 26 May
2014		 Incumbent 10 years, 205 days 2014 Bharatiya Janata Party
(National Democratic Alliance)		 Modi I
Ram Nath Kovind
(2017–2022)
2019 Modi II
Droupadi Murmu
(2022–present)
2024 Modi III