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The [[prime minister of India]] is the chief executive of the [[Government of India]] and chair of the [[Union Council of Ministers]].<ref name="pillay-cri-pm-1">{{citation|last=Pillay|first=Anashri|editor1-last=Masterman|editor1-first=Roger|editor2-last=Schütze|editor2-first=Robert|isbn=978-1-107-16781-0|lccn=2019019723|doi=10.1017/9781316716731|chapter=The Constitution of the Republic of India|title=Cambridge Companion to Comparative Constitutional Law|publisher=Cambridge University Press|year=2019|pages=146&ndash;147|s2cid=219881288|quote=The head of government is the Prime Minister.}}</ref><ref name="dam-1">{{citation|last=Dam|first=Shubhankar|chapter=Executive|title=The Oxford Handbook of the Indian Constitution|editor1-last=Choudhry|editor1-first=Sujit|editor2-last=Khosla|editor2-first=Madhav|editor3-last=Mehta|editor3-first=Pratap Bhanu|location=Oxford and New York|page=307|year=2016|publisher=Oxford University Press|isbn=978-0-19-870489-8|quote=The Prime Minister is the head of government.}}</ref> Although the [[president of India]] is the constitutional, nominal, and ceremonial head of state,<ref name="pillay-cri-pm-2">{{citation|last=Pillay|first=Anashri|editor1-last=Masterman|editor1-first=Roger|editor2-last=Schütze|editor2-first=Robert|isbn=978-1-107-16781-0|lccn=2019019723|doi=10.1017/9781316716731|chapter=The Constitution of the Republic of India|title=Cambridge Companion to Comparative Constitutional Law|publisher=Cambridge University Press|year=2019|pages=146&ndash;147|s2cid=219881288|quote=An elected President is the nominal head of state but exercises little power.}}</ref><ref name="majeed-roi-1">{{citation|last=Majeed|first=Akhtar|chapter=Republic of India|pages=180&ndash;207, 185|title=Constitutional Origins, Structure, and Change in Federal Countries|series=A Global Dialogue on Federalism, Volume I|editor1-last=Kincaid|editor1-first=John|editor2-last=Tarr|editor2-first=G. Alan|location=Montreal & Kingston|publisher=McGill-Queen's University Press for Forum of Federation and International Association of Centers for Federal Studies|year=2005|isbn=0-7735-2849-0|quote=...The president is the constitutional head. (p. 185)}}</ref><ref name="dam-2">{{citation|last=Dam|first=Shubhankar|chapter=Executive|title=The Oxford Handbook of the Indian Constitution|editor1-last=Choudhry|editor1-first=Sujit|editor2-last=Khosla|editor2-first=Madhav|editor3-last=Mehta|editor3-first=Pratap Bhanu|location=Oxford and New York|page=307|year=2016|publisher=Oxford University Press|isbn=978-0-19-870489-8|quote=The President is the head of the Union of India}}</ref><ref name="nsingh-india">{{citation|last=Singh|first=Nirvikar|chapter=Holding India Together: The Role of Institutions of Federalism|editor1-last=Mishra|editor1-first=Ajit|editor2-last=Ray|editor2-first=Tridip|pages=300&ndash;323, 306|publisher=Oxford University Press|year=2018|isbn=978-0-19-881255-5|title=Markets, Governance, and Institutions: In the Process of Economic Development}}</ref> in practice and ordinarily, the executive authority is vested in the prime minister and their chosen Council of Ministers.<ref name="majeed-roi-2">{{citation|last=Majeed|first=Akhtar|chapter=Republic of India|pages=180&ndash;207, 185|title=Constitutional Origins, Structure, and Change in Federal Countries|series=A Global Dialogue on Federalism, Volume I|editor1-last=Kincaid|editor1-first=John|editor2-last=Tarr|editor2-first=G. Alan|location=Montreal & Kingston|publisher=McGill-Queen's University Press for Forum of Federation and International Association of Centers for Federal Studies|year=2005|isbn=0-7735-2849-0|quote=...the executive authority is vested in the prime minister and in their Council of Ministers. (p. 185)}}</ref><ref name="dam-3">{{citation|last=Dam|first=Shubhankar|chapter=Executive|title=The Oxford Handbook of the Indian Constitution|editor1-last=Choudhry|editor1-first=Sujit|editor2-last=Khosla|editor2-first=Madhav|editor3-last=Mehta|editor3-first=Pratap Bhanu|location=Oxford and New York|page=307|year=2016|publisher=Oxford University Press|isbn=978-0-19-870489-8|quote=Executive power, ordinarily, is exercised by Prime Minister.}}</ref><ref name="nsingh-india" /> The prime minister is the leader elected by the party with a majority in the lower house of the [[Parliament of India|Indian parliament]], the [[Lok Sabha]], which is the main legislative body in the [[India|Republic of India]].<ref name="pillay-cri-pm-3">{{citation|last=Pillay|first=Anashri|editor1-last=Masterman|editor1-first=Roger|editor2-last=Schütze|editor2-first=Robert|isbn=978-1-107-16781-0|lccn=2019019723|doi=10.1017/9781316716731|chapter=The Constitution of the Republic of India|title=Cambridge Companion to Comparative Constitutional Law|publisher=Cambridge University Press|year=2019|pages=146&ndash;147|s2cid=219881288|quote=... Like the British system, there are two houses of parliament &ndash; the Lok Sabha, which has 545 members, is the main legislative body. In practice, it is the party with a majority in the Lok Sabha which elects its leader as the Prime Minister.}}</ref> The prime minister and their cabinet are at all times responsible to the Lok Sabha.<ref name="dam-4">{{citation|last=Dam|first=Shubhankar|chapter=Executive|title=The Oxford Handbook of the Indian Constitution|editor1-last=Choudhry|editor1-first=Sujit|editor2-last=Khosla|editor2-first=Madhav|editor3-last=Mehta|editor3-first=Pratap Bhanu|location=Oxford and New York|page=307|year=2016|publisher=Oxford University Press|isbn=978-0-19-870489-8|quote=Along with his or her cabinet, the Prime Minister is responsible to the Lower House of Parliament.}}</ref><ref name="majeed-roi-3">{{citation|last=Majeed|first=Akhtar|chapter=Republic of India|pages=180&ndash;207, 185|title=Constitutional Origins, Structure, and Change in Federal Countries|series=A Global Dialogue on Federalism, Volume I|editor1-last=Kincaid|editor1-first=John|editor2-last=Tarr|editor2-first=G. Alan|location=Montreal & Kingston|publisher=McGill-Queen's University Press for Forum of Federation and International Association of Centers for Federal Studies|year=2005|isbn=0-7735-2849-0|quote=...Both for the Union and the states, a "cabinet-type" system of parliamentary government has been instituted in which the executive is continuously responsible to the legislature. (p. 185)}}</ref> The prime minister can be a member of the Lok Sabha or of the [[Rajya Sabha]], the upper house of the parliament. The prime minister ranks third in the [[Indian order of precedence|order of precedence]].
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 |Top left: [[Jawaharlal Nehru]] was the first and the longest-serving prime minister in Indian history.
 |Top centre: [[Indira Gandhi]] was the first and only woman to serve as prime minister.
 |Top right: [[Charan Singh]] was the first and only prime minister in Indian history who never faced parliament.
 |Bottom left: [[Atal Bihari Vajpayee]] was the first non-Congress prime minister to complete a full 5 year term.
 |Bottom centre: [[Manmohan Singh]] was the first prime minister from a minority religion.
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The prime minister is appointed by the president of India; however, the prime minister has to enjoy the confidence of the majority of Lok Sabha members, who are [[Direct election|directly elected]] [[Elections in India#Parliamentary general elections (Lok Sabha)|every five years]], unless a prime minister resigns. The prime minister is the presiding member of the Council of Ministers of the Union government. The prime minister unilaterally controls the selection and dismissal of members of the council; and allocation of posts to members within the government. This council, which is collectively responsible to the Lok Sabha as per [[s:Constitution of India/Part V|Article 75(3)]], assists the president regarding the operations under the latter's powers; however, by the virtue of [[s:Constitution of India/Part V|Article 74]] of the [[Constitution of India|Constitution]], such '[[Advice (constitutional law)|aid and advice]]' tendered by the council is [[wiktionary:binding#Adjective|binding]].

Since 1947, India has had 14 prime ministers.{{efn|15 including [[Gulzarilal Nanda]] who twice acted in the role, of which 7 having at least one full term, ruling country for about 70 years.}} [[Jawaharlal Nehru]] was India's first prime minister, serving as prime minister of the [[Dominion of India]] from 15 August 1947 until 26 January 1950, and thereafter of the Republic of India until his death in May 1964. (India conducted its first post-independence general elections in 1952). Earlier, Nehru had served as prime minister of the [[Interim Government of India]] during the [[British Raj]] from 2 September 1946 until 14 August 1947, his party, the Indian National Congress having won the [[1946 Indian provincial elections]]. Nehru was succeeded by [[Lal Bahadur Shastri]], whose 1 year 7-month term ended in his death in [[Tashkent]], then in the [[USSR]], where he had signed the [[Tashkent Declaration]] between India and Pakistan.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/society-the-arts/story/19950115-book-review-lal-bahadur-shastri-prime-minister-of-india-1964-66-a-life-of-truth-in-politics-806851-1995-01-15|title=Book review: Lal Bahadur Shastri Prime Minister of India 1964-66: A Life of Truth in Politics|last=Malhotra|first=Inder|work=India Today|date=15 January 1995|access-date=4 February 2019}}</ref> [[Indira Gandhi]], Nehru's daughter, succeeded Shastri in 1966 to become the country's first female prime minister.<ref name="indira">{{cite news|url=https://www.theweek.in/content/archival/news/india/1966-indira-gandhi.html|title=Today in 1966: Indira Gandhi becomes Prime Minister|last=Vijaykumar|first=Neeti|work=[[The Week (Indian magazine)|The Week]]|date=19 January 2017|access-date=4 February 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180216132208/http://www.theweek.in/content/archival/news/india/1966-indira-gandhi.html|archive-date=16 February 2018|url-status=live}}</ref> Eleven years later, her party, the [[Indian National Congress]], lost the [[1977 Indian general election]] to the [[Janata Party]], whose leader [[Morarji Desai]] became the first non-Congress prime minister.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.rediff.com/news/report/slide-show-1-ls-election-before-modi-there-was-morarjibhai/20140407.htm|title=Before Modi, there was Morarjibhai|work=[[Rediff.com]]|date=7 April 2014|access-date=4 February 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180330222007/http://www.rediff.com/news/report/slide-show-1-ls-election-before-modi-there-was-morarjibhai/20140407.htm|archive-date=30 March 2018|url-status=live}}</ref> After Desai resigned in 1979, his former associate [[Charan Singh]] briefly held office until the Congress won the [[1980 Indian general election]] and Indira Gandhi returned as prime minister.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/jd-u-demands-bharat-ratna-to-former-pm-charan-singh/articleshow/50272488.cms|title=JD-U demands Bharat Ratna to former PM Charan Singh|work=[[The Economic Times]]|date=21 December 2015|access-date=4 February 2018}}</ref> Her second term as prime minister ended five years later on 31 October 1984, when she was [[Assassination of Indira Gandhi|assassinated]] by her bodyguards.<ref name="indira" /> Her son [[Rajiv Gandhi]] was sworn in as India's youngest premier. Members of [[Nehru{{endash}}Gandhi family]] have been prime minister for approximately 38 years.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia_pacific/in-india-next-generation-of-gandhi-dynasty/2011/11/17/gIQA28SdMO_story.html|title=In India, next generation of Gandhi dynasty|last=Denyer|first=Simon|newspaper=The Washington Post|date=2 December 2011|access-date=27 December 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161228195140/https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia_pacific/in-india-next-generation-of-gandhi-dynasty/2011/11/17/gIQA28SdMO_story.html|archive-date=28 December 2016|url-status=live}}</ref>

After a general election loss, Rajiv Gandhi's five-year term ended; his former cabinet colleague, [[V. P. Singh]] of the [[Janata Dal]], formed the year-long [[National Front (India)|National Front]] coalition government in 1989. A seven-month interlude under prime minister [[Chandra Shekhar]] followed, after which the Congress party returned to power, forming the government under [[P. V. Narasimha Rao]] in June 1991, Rajiv Gandhi having been assassinated earlier that year.<ref name=former>{{cite web|url=https://www.rediff.com/election/2004/may/03espec1.htm|title=What the former PMs are doing|last=Iype|first=George|work=Rediff.com|date=3 May 2004|access-date=4 February 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100325091259/http://www.rediff.com/election/2004/may/03espec1.htm|archive-date=25 March 2010|url-status=live}}</ref> Rao's five-year term was succeeded by four short-lived governments—[[Atal Bihari Vajpayee]] from the [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] (BJP) for 13 days in 1996, a year each under [[United Front (India, 1996)|United Front]] prime ministers [[H. D. Deve Gowda]] and [[Inder Kumar Gujral]], and Vajpayee again for 13 months in 1998–1999.<ref name=former/> In 1999, Vajpayee's [[National Democratic Alliance]] (NDA) won the general election, the first non-Congress alliance to do so, and he served a full five-year term as prime minister.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/atal-bihari-vajpayee-dies-the-3-time-pm-who-captivated-india-with-his-oratory-1901509|title=Atal Bihari Vajpayee: The 3-Time PM Who Captivated India With His Oratory|last=Ghosh|first=Deepshikha|website=[[NDTV]]|date=16 August 2018|access-date=4 February 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181223151524/https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/atal-bihari-vajpayee-dies-the-3-time-pm-who-captivated-india-with-his-oratory-1901509|archive-date=23 December 2018|url-status=live}}</ref> The Congress and its [[United Progressive Alliance]] (UPA) won the general elections in 2004 and 2009, [[Manmohan Singh]] serving as prime minister between 2004 and 2014.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.outlookindia.com/website/story/pm-modi-rahul-gandhi-greet-manmohan-singh-on-his-86th-birthday/317198|title=PM Modi, Rahul Gandhi Greet Manmohan Singh On His 86th Birthday|work=[[Outlook (Indian magazine)|Outlook]]|date=26 September 2018|access-date=4 February 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180928170607/https://www.outlookindia.com/website/story/pm-modi-rahul-gandhi-greet-manmohan-singh-on-his-86th-birthday/317198|archive-date=28 September 2018|url-status=live}}</ref> The BJP won the [[2014 Indian general election]], and its parliamentary leader [[Narendra Modi]] formed the first non-Congress single-party majority government.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://thediplomat.com/2014/05/bjp-modi-win-landslide-victory-in-indian-elections/|title=BJP, Modi Win Landslide Victory in Indian Elections|last=Panda|first=Ankit|publisher=[[The Diplomat (magazine)|The Diplomat]]|date=16 May 2014|access-date=27 December 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161221054315/https://thediplomat.com/2014/05/bjp-modi-win-landslide-victory-in-indian-elections//|archive-date=21 December 2016|url-status=live}}</ref> The BJP went on to win the [[2019 Indian general election]] with a bigger margin, granting a [[Second Modi ministry|second term]] for the incumbent Modi government.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/lok-sabha-election-results-2019-election-results-today-counting-of-votes-begins-at-8-am-10-points-2041540|title=Election Results: Total BJP Sweep, India Chooses Modi 2.0, Show Leads - 10 Points|publisher=[[NDTV]]|date=21 October 2019|access-date=27 June 2024}}</ref> After the [[2024 Indian general election]], Modi became the prime minister for the [[Third Modi ministry|third consecutive time]], leading a coalition government after the BJP lost its majority, only the second to do so after the first prime minister Jawaharlal Nehru.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/lok-sabha-election-2024-results-modi-3-0-or-i-n-d-i-a-shining-counting-today-5808932|title=PM Set For Historic 3rd Term, Calls It "Victory Of Biggest Democracy"|publisher=[[NDTV]]|date=5 June 2024|access-date=27 June 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://thediplomat.com/2024/06/decoding-indias-elections-how-modis-grip-loosened/|title=Decoding India's Elections: How Modi's Grip Loosened |publisher=[[The Diplomat (magazine)|The Diplomat]]|date=5 June 2024|access-date=27 June 2024}}</ref>

== List of prime ministers of India ==

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* No.: Incumbent number
* {{note label|†|†|†}} Assassinated or died in office 
* {{note label|§|§|§}} Returned to office after a previous non-consecutive term
* {{note label|RES|RES|RES}} Resigned
* {{note label|NC|NC|NC}} Resigned following a [[no-confidence motion]]
* {{note label|DIS|DIS|DIS}} Dismissed by the Head of State

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! Portrait
!style="width:15em"|Name<br><small>(born{{spaced ndash}}died)<br>Constituency</small>
!style="width:6em"| Age when assumed office
!colspan="3" |Term of office<br>{{smaller|Duration in years and days}}
!Election
!style="width:23em"| Concurrent ministerial positions
!colspan=2|Party
!style="width:6em"| Ministry
!style="width:10em" |Head of State<br>{{small|(Tenure)}}
|-
| rowspan="5" | [[File:Jawaharlal Nehru, 1947.jpg|100px]]
! rowspan="5" scope="row" style="text-align:center"| '''[[Jawaharlal Nehru]]'''<br/>{{Small|(1889–1964)}}<br/>{{Small|MP for [[United Provinces (1937–1950)|United Provinces]]<br/>(1947–1952) and [[Phulpur Lok Sabha constituency|Phulpur]]<br/>}}
| rowspan="5" | <small>57 years 274 days</small>
| rowspan="5" style="width:8em"| <small>15 August</small>
1947
| rowspan="5" style="width:8em"| {{small|27 May}}<br>1964{{ref label|†|†|†}}
| rowspan="5" style="width:6em"| 16 years 286 days
| rowspan="2"| {{ndash}}
| rowspan="5" align="left" style="font-size:85%" |{{bulleted list|[[Minister of External Affairs (India)|External and Commonwealth Affairs]]|[[Minister of Defence (India)|Defence]] {{small|(1952{{ndash}}1955, 1957)}}|[[Minister of Finance (India)|Finance]] {{small|(1958)}}}}
| {{Full party name with color|rowspan=13|Indian National Congress}}
| rowspan="2"|[[First Nehru ministry|Nehru I]]
| {{small|[[King George VI]]<br>(1947{{ndash}}1950)}}
|-
| rowspan="3"| {{small|[[Rajendra Prasad]]<br>(1950{{ndash}}1962)}}
|-
| [[1951–52 Indian general election|1951–52]]
| [[Second Nehru ministry|Nehru II]]
|-
| [[1957 Indian general election|1957]]
| [[Third Nehru ministry|Nehru III]]
|-
| [[1962 Indian general election|1962]]
| [[Fourth Nehru ministry|Nehru IV]]
| rowspan="5" | {{small|[[Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan]]<br>(1962{{ndash}}1967)}}
|-
| [[File:Gulzarilal Nanda 1.jpg|100px]]
! scope="row" style="text-align:center"| '''[[Gulzarilal Nanda]]'''<br>{{small|(1898–1998)<br>MP for [[Sabarkantha Lok Sabha constituency|Sabarkantha]]}}
|<small>{{age in years and days|1898|7|4|1964|5|27}}</small>
| {{small|27 May}}<br>1964
| {{small|9 June}}<br>1964{{ref label|DIS|DIS|DIS}}
| {{age in years and days|1964|5|27|1964|6|9}}
| {{ndash}}
| align="left" style="font-size:85%" |{{Bulleted list|[[Minister of Home Affairs (India)| Home Affairs]]|[[Minister of External Affairs (India)|External Affairs]]|[[Department of Atomic Energy|Atomic Energy]]}}
| [[First Nanda ministry|Nanda I]]
|-
| [[File:Lal Bahadur Shastri (cropped).jpg|frameless|123x123px]]
! scope="row" style="text-align:center"| '''[[Lal Bahadur Shastri]]'''<br>{{small|(1904–1966)<br>MP for [[Allahabad Lok Sabha constituency|Allahabad]]}}
|<small>59 years</small>
<small>251 days</small>
| {{small|9 June}}<br>1964
| {{small|11 January}}<br>1966{{ref label|†|†|†}}
| {{age in years and days|1964|6|9|1966|1|11}}
| {{ndash}}
| align="left" style="font-size:85%" |{{bulleted list|[[Minister of External Affairs (India)|External Affairs]] {{small|(1964)}}}}
|[[Shastri ministry|Shastri]]
|-
| [[File:Gulzarilal Nanda 1.jpg|100px]]
! scope="row" style="text-align:center"| '''[[Gulzarilal Nanda]]'''<br>{{small|(1898–1998)<br>MP for [[Sabarkantha Lok Sabha constituency|Sabarkantha]]}}
|<small>{{age in years and days|1898|7|4|1966|1|11}}</small>
| {{small|11 January}}<br>1966
| {{small|24 January}}<br>1966{{ref label|DIS|DIS|DIS}}
| <small>{{age in years and days|1966|1|11|1966|1|24}}</small>
|{{ndash}}
| align="left" style="font-size:85%" |{{bulleted list|[[Minister of Home Affairs (India)|Minister of Home Affairs]]|[[Department of Atomic Energy|Minister of Atomic Energy]]}}
| [[Second Nanda ministry|Nanda II]]
|-
| rowspan="8" | [[File:Indira Gandhi official portrait.png|100px]]
! rowspan="8" scope="row" style="text-align:center"| '''[[Indira Gandhi]]'''<br>{{small|(1917–1984)<br>MP for [[List of Rajya Sabha members from Uttar Pradesh|Uttar Pradesh]]<br>(''Rajya Sabha'', 1966{{ndash}}1967)<br>MP for [[Rae Bareli Lok Sabha constituency|Rae Bareli]] (1967{{ndash}}1977)}}
| rowspan="8" |<small>{{age in years and days|1917|11|19|1966|1|24}}</small>
| rowspan="8" | {{small|24 January}}<br>1966
| rowspan="8" | {{small|24 March}}<br>1977{{ref label|DIS|DIS|DIS}}
| rowspan="8" | {{age in years and days|1966|1|24|1977|3|24}}
| {{ndash}}
| rowspan="8" align="left" style="font-size:85%" |{{bulleted list|[[Minister of External Affairs (India)|External Affairs]] {{small|(1967{{ndash}}1969)}}|[[Minister of Finance (India)|Finance]] {{small|(1970)}}|[[Minister of Home Affairs (India)| Home Affairs]] {{small|(1970{{ndash}}1973)}}|[[Minister of Information and Broadcasting (India)|Information and Broadcasting]] {{small|(1971{{ndash}}1974)}}|[[Minister of Defence (India)|Defence]] {{small|(1975)}}}}
|[[First Indira Gandhi ministry|Indira I]]
|-
| rowspan="4" | [[1967 Indian general election|1967]]
| rowspan="4" |[[Second Indira Gandhi ministry|Indira II]]
|{{small|[[Zakir Husain]]<br>(1967{{ndash}}1969)}}
|-
|{{small|''[[V. V. Giri]]''<br>''(1969) (Acting)''}}
|-
|{{small|''[[Mohammad Hidayatullah|M. Hidayatullah]]''<br>(1969) (Acting)}}
|-
| rowspan="2" | {{small|[[V. V. Giri]]<br>(1969{{ndash}}1974)}}
|-
| rowspan="3" | [[1971 Indian general election|1971]]
| {{Full party name with color|rowspan=3|Indian National Congress (R)|dab=yes}}
| rowspan="3" | [[Third Indira Gandhi ministry|Indira III]]
|-
|{{small|[[Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed]]<br>(1974{{ndash}}1977)}}
|-
| rowspan="2" | {{small|''[[B. D. Jatti]]''<br>(1977) (Acting)}}'
|-
| rowspan="2" | [[File:Morarji Desai During his visit to the United States of America (cropped).jpg|100px]]
! rowspan="2" scope="row" style="text-align:center"| '''[[Morarji Desai]]'''<br>{{small|(1896–1995)<br>MP for [[Surat Lok Sabha constituency|Surat]]}}
| rowspan="2" |<small>{{age in years and days|1896|2|29|1977|3|24}}</small>
| rowspan="2" | {{small|24 March}}<br>1977
| rowspan="2" | {{small|28 July}}<br>1979{{ref label|RES|RES|RES}}
| rowspan="2" | {{age in years and days|1977|3|24|1979|7|28}}
| rowspan="2" | [[1977 Indian general election|1977]]
| rowspan="2" align="left" style="font-size:85%" |{{bulleted list|[[Minister of Finance (India)|Finance]] {{small|(1977, 1979)}}|[[Minister of Home Affairs (India)|Home Affairs]] {{small|(1978{{ndash}}1979)}}}}
| {{Full party name with color|rowspan=2|Janata Party}}
| rowspan="2" | [[Desai ministry|Desai]]
|-
| rowspan="3" | {{small|[[Neelam Sanjiva Reddy]]<br>(1977{{ndash}}1982)}}
|-
| [[File:Prime minister Charan Singh.jpg|frameless|152x152px]]
! scope="row" style="text-align:center"| '''[[Charan Singh]]'''<br>{{small|(1902–1987)<br>MP for [[Baghpat Lok Sabha constituency|Baghpat]]}}
| rowspan="1" |<small>{{age in years and days|1902|12|23|1979|7|28}}</small>
| rowspan="1" | {{small|28 July}}<br>1979
| rowspan="1" | {{small|14 January}}<br>1980{{ref label|RES|RES|RES}}
| {{age in years and days|1979|7|28|1980|1|14}}
| rowspan="1" | {{ndash}}
| align="center" style="font-size:85%" | ''None''
| {{Full party name with color|Janata Party (Secular)|dab=yes}}
| [[Charan Singh ministry|Charan]]
|-
| rowspan="2" | [[File:Indira Gandhi official portrait.png|100px]]
! rowspan="2" scope="row" style="text-align:center"| '''[[Indira Gandhi]]'''<br>{{small|(1917–1984)<br>MP for [[Medak Lok Sabha constituency|Medak]]}}
| rowspan="2" |<small>{{age in years and days|1917|11|19|1980|1|14}}</small>
| rowspan="2" | {{small|14 January}}<br>1980{{ref label|§|§|§}}
| rowspan="2" | {{small|31 October}}<br>1984{{ref label|†|†|†}}
| rowspan="2" | {{age in years and days|1980|1|14|1984|10|31}}
| rowspan="2" | [[1980 Indian general election|1980]]
| rowspan="2" align="left" style="font-size:85%" |{{bulleted list|[[Minister of Defence (India)|Defence]] {{small|(1980{{ndash}}1982)}}|[[Minister of External Affairs (India)|External Affairs]] {{small|(1984)}}}}
| {{Full party name with color|rowspan=4|Indian National Congress (I)|dab=yes}}
| [[Fourth Indira Gandhi ministry|Indira IV]]
|-
|
| rowspan="2" |{{small|[[Giani Zail Singh]]<br/> (1982-1987)}}
|-
| rowspan="2" | [[File:Rajiv Gandhi (1).jpg|frameless|135x135px]]
! rowspan="2" scope="row" style="text-align:center"| '''[[Rajiv Gandhi]]'''<br>{{small|(1944–1991)<br>MP for [[Amethi Lok Sabha constituency|Amethi]]}}
| rowspan="2" |<small>{{age in years and days|1944|8|20|1984|10|31}}</small>
| rowspan="2" | {{small|31 October}}<br>1984
| rowspan="2" | {{small|2 December}}<br>1989{{ref label|DIS|DIS|DIS}}
| rowspan="2" | {{age in years and days|1984|10|31|1989|12|2}}
|{{ndash}}
| rowspan="2" align="left" style="font-size:85%" |{{bulleted list|[[Minister of External Affairs (India)|External Affairs]] {{small|(1984{{ndash}}1985, 1987{{ndash}}1988)}}|[[Ministry of Tourism (India)|Tourism]], [[Ministry of Civil Aviation (India)|Civil Aviation]] and [[Ministry of Commerce and Industry (India)|Commerce]] {{small|(1984{{ndash}}1985)}}|[[Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change|Environment and Forests]] {{small|(1984{{ndash}}1986)}}|[[Minister of Defence (India)|Defence]] {{small|(1985{{ndash}}1987)}}|[[Minister of Finance (India)|Finance]] {{small|(1987)}}}}
|[[First Rajiv Gandhi ministry|Rajiv I]]
|-
| [[1984 Indian general election|1984]]
| [[Second Rajiv Gandhi ministry|Rajiv II]]
| rowspan="4" | {{small|[[Ramaswamy Venkataraman]]<br>(1987{{ndash}}1992)}}
|-
| [[File:Visit of Vishwanath Pratap Singh, Indian Minister for Trade, to the CEC (cropped).jpg|134x134px]]
! scope="row" style="text-align:center"| '''[[V. P. Singh]]'''<br>{{small|(1931–2008)<br>MP for [[Fatehpur Lok Sabha constituency|Fatehpur]]}}
| rowspan="1" |<small>{{age in years and days|1931|6|25|1989|12|2}}</small>
| {{small|2 December}}<br>1989
| {{small|10 November}}<br>1990{{ref label|NC|NC|NC}}
| {{age in years and days|1989|12|2|1990|11|10}}
| [[1989 Indian general election|1989]]
| align="left" style="font-size:85%" |{{bulleted list|[[Minister of Defence (India)|Defence]]|[[Minister of Education (India)|Human Resource Development]]|[[Minister of External Affairs (India)|External Affairs]] {{small|(1989)}}}}
| {{Full party name with color|Janata Dal}}
| [[V. P. Singh ministry|Vishwanath]]
|-
| [[File:Chandra Shekhar Singh 2010 stamp alt.jpg|100px]]
! scope="row" style="text-align:center"| '''[[Chandra Shekhar]]'''<br>{{small|(1927–2007)<br>MP for [[Ballia Lok Sabha constituency|Ballia]]}}
| rowspan="1" |<small>{{age in years and days|1927|4|17|1990|11|10}}</small>
| {{small|10 November}}<br>1990
| {{small|21 June}}<br>1991{{ref label|RES|RES|RES}}
| {{age in years and days|1990|11|10|1991|6|21}}
| {{ndash}}
| align="left" style="font-size:85%" |{{bulleted list|[[Minister of External Affairs (India)|External Affairs]] {{small|(1990)}}}}
| {{Full party name with color|Samajwadi Janata Party (Rashtriya)|dab=yes}}
| [[Chandra Shekhar ministry|Chandra Shekhar]]
|-
| rowspan="2" | [[File:Visit of Narasimha Rao, Indian Minister for Foreign Affairs, to the CEC (cropped)(2).jpg|125x125px]]
! rowspan="2" scope="row" style="text-align:center"| '''[[P. V. Narasimha Rao]]'''<br>{{small|(1921–2004)<br>MP for [[Nandyal Lok Sabha constituency|Nandyal]]}}
| rowspan="2" |<small>{{age in years and days|1921|6|28|1991|6|21}}</small>
| rowspan="2" | {{small|21 June}}<br>1991
| rowspan="2" | {{small|16 May}}<br>1996{{ref label|DIS|DIS|DIS}}
| rowspan="2" | {{age in years and days|1991|6|21|1996|5|16}}
| rowspan="2" | [[1991 Indian general election|1991]]
| rowspan="2" align="left" style="font-size:85%" |{{bulleted list|[[Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers|Chemicals and Fertilizers]] {{small|(1991{{ndash}}1994)}}|[[Minister of External Affairs (India)|External Affairs]] {{small|(1992{{ndash}}1993)}}|[[Minister of Defence (India)|Defence]] {{small|(1993{{ndash}}1996)}}|[[Minister of Railways (India)|Railways]] {{small|(1995{{ndash}}1996)}}}}
| {{Full party name with color|rowspan=2|Indian National Congress (I)|dab=yes}}
| rowspan="2" | [[Rao ministry|Rao]]
|-
| rowspan="4" | {{small|[[Shankar Dayal Sharma]]<br>(1992{{ndash}}1997)}}
|-
| [[File:Atal Bihari Vajpayee.png|frameless|139x139px]]
! scope="row" style="text-align:center"| '''[[Atal Bihari Vajpayee]]'''<br>{{small|(1924–2018)<br>MP for [[Lucknow Lok Sabha constituency|Lucknow]]}}
| rowspan="1" |<small>{{age in years and days|1924|12|25|1996|5|16}}</small>
| {{small|16 May}}<br>1996
| {{small|1 June}}<br>1996{{ref label|RES|RES|RES}}
| {{age in years and days|1996|5|16|1996|6|1}}
| [[1996 Indian general election|1996]]
| align="left" style="font-size:85%" |{{bulleted list|[[Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers|Chemicals and Fertilizers]]|[[Ministry of Textiles (India)|Textiles]]|[[Ministry of Commerce and Industry (India)|Commerce and Industry]]}}
| {{Full party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
| [[First Vajpayee ministry|Vajpayee I]]
|-
| [[File:HD Devegowda.png|frameless|140x140px]]
! scope="row" style="text-align:center"| '''[[H. D. Deve Gowda]]'''<br>{{small|(born 1933)<br>MP for [[List of Rajya Sabha members from Karnataka|Karnataka]] ''(Rajya Sabha)''}}
| rowspan="1" |<small>{{age in years and days|1933|5|18|1996|6|1}}</small>
| {{small|1 June}}<br>1996
| {{small|21 April}}<br>1997{{ref label|RES|RES|RES}}
| {{age in years and days|1996|6|1|1997|4|21}}
| {{ndash}}
| align="left" style="font-size:85%" |{{bulleted list|[[Minister of Home Affairs (India)| Home Affairs]] {{small|(1996)}}|[[Minister of Agriculture and Farmers' Welfare|Agriculture]] {{small|(1996)}}|[[Minister of Textiles (India)|Textiles]] {{small|(1996)}}|[[Minister of Urban Development (India)|Urban Development]] {{small|(1996{{ndash}}1997)}}}}
| {{Full party name with color|rowspan=3|Janata Dal}}<br>{{small|([[United Front (India, 1996)|United Front]])}}
| [[Deve Gowda ministry|Deve Gowda]]
|-
| rowspan="2" | [[File:Inder Kumar Gujral.jpg|100px]]
! rowspan="2" scope="row" style="text-align:center"| '''[[Inder Kumar Gujral]]'''<br>{{small|(1919–2012)<br>MP for [[List of Rajya Sabha members from Bihar|Bihar]] ''(Rajya Sabha)''}}
| rowspan="2" |<small>{{age in years and days|1919|12|4|1997|4|21}}</small>
| rowspan="2" | {{small|21 April}}<br>1997
| rowspan="2" | {{small|19 March}}<br>1998{{ref label|RES|RES|RES}}
| rowspan="2" | {{age in years and days|1997|4|21|1998|3|19}}
| rowspan="2" | {{ndash}}
| rowspan="2" align="left" style="font-size:85%" |{{bulleted list|[[Minister of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions|Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions]]|[[Minister of External Affairs (India)|External Affairs]]|[[Minister of Finance (India)|Finance]] {{small|(1997)}}}}
| rowspan="2" | [[Gujral ministry|Gujral]]
|-
| rowspan="3" | {{small|[[K. R. Narayanan]]<br>(1997{{ndash}}2002)}}
|-
| rowspan="3" | [[File:Atal Bihari Vajpayee.png|frameless|139x139px]]
! rowspan="3" scope="row" style="text-align:center"| '''[[Atal Bihari Vajpayee]]'''<br>{{small|(1924–2018)<br>MP for [[Lucknow Lok Sabha constituency|Lucknow]]}}
| rowspan="3" |<small>{{age in years and days|1924|12|25|1998|3|19}}</small>
| rowspan="3" | {{small|19 March}}<br>1998{{ref label|§|§|§}}
| rowspan="3" | {{small|22 May}}<br>2004{{ref label|DIS|DIS|DIS}}
| rowspan="3" | {{age in years and days|1998|3|19|2004|5|22}}
| [[1998 Indian general election|1998]]
| rowspan="3" align="left" style="font-size:85%" |{{bulleted list|[[Minister of External Affairs (India)|External Affairs]] {{small|(1998)}}|[[Minister of Information and Broadcasting (India)|Information and Broadcasting]], [[Ministry of Communications and Information Technology|Communications and Information Technology]] {{small|(1998)}}|[[Ministry of New and Renewable Energy|Non Conventional Energy Sources]] {{small|(1998{{ndash}}1999)}}|[[Ministry of Coal (India)|Coal]] and [[Ministry of Mines (India)|Mines]] {{small|(2002)}}|[[Ministry of Environment and Forests (India)|Environment and Forests]] {{small|(2003{{ndash}}2004)}}}}
| {{Full party name with color|rowspan=3|Bharatiya Janata Party}}<br>{{small|([[National Democratic Alliance]])}}
| [[Second Vajpayee ministry|Vajpayee II]]
|-
| rowspan="2" | [[1999 Indian general election|1999]]
| rowspan="2" |[[Third Vajpayee ministry|Vajpayee III]]
|-
| rowspan="2" | {{small|[[A. P. J. Abdul Kalam]]<br>(2002{{ndash}}2007)}}
|-
| rowspan="4" | [[File:Official Portrait of the Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh (3x4 cropped).jpg|100px]]
! rowspan="4" scope="row" style="text-align:center"| '''[[Manmohan Singh]]'''<br>{{small|(1932–2024)<br>MP for [[List of Rajya Sabha members from Assam|Assam]] ''(Rajya Sabha)''}}
| rowspan="4" |<small>{{age in years and days|1932|9|26|2004|5|22}}</small>
| rowspan="4" | {{small|22 May}}<br>2004
| rowspan="4" | {{small|26 May}}<br>2014{{ref label|DIS|DIS|DIS}}
| rowspan="4" | {{age in years and days|2004|5|22|2014|5|26}}
| rowspan="2" | [[2004 Indian general election|2004]]
| rowspan="4" align="left" style="font-size:85%" |{{bulleted list|[[Minister of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions|Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions]]|[[Department of Atomic Energy|Atomic Energy]]|[[Department of Space|Space]]|[[Minister of External Affairs (India)|External Affairs]] {{small|(2005{{ndash}}2006)}}|[[Minister of Finance (India)|Finance]] {{small|(2008{{ndash}}2009, 2012)}}|[[Minister of Culture (India)| Culture]] {{small|(2009{{ndash}}2011)}}}}
| {{Full party name with color|rowspan=4|Indian National Congress}}<br>{{small|([[United Progressive Alliance]])}}
| rowspan="2" |[[First Manmohan Singh ministry|Manmohan I]]
|-
| rowspan="2" | {{small|[[Pratibha Patil]]<br>(2007{{ndash}}2012)}}
|-
| rowspan="2" | [[2009 Indian general election|2009]]
| rowspan="2" |[[Second Manmohan Singh ministry|Manmohan II]]
|-
| rowspan="2" | {{small|[[Pranab Mukherjee]]<br>(2012{{ndash}}2017)}}
|-
| rowspan="5" | [[File:Modi meeting Himachal CM (cropped).jpg|center|frameless|139x139px]]
! rowspan="5" scope="row" style="text-align:center"| '''[[Narendra Modi]]'''<br>{{small|(born 1950)<br>MP for [[Varanasi Lok Sabha constituency|Varanasi]]}}
| rowspan="5" |<small>{{age in years and days|1950|9|17|2014|5|26}}</small>
| rowspan="5" | {{small|26 May}}<br>2014
| rowspan="5" | {{small|''Incumbent''}}
| rowspan="5" | {{age in years and days|26 May 2014}}
| rowspan="2" | [[2014 Indian general election|2014]]
| rowspan="5" align="left" style="font-size:85%" |{{bulleted list|[[Minister of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions|Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions]]| [[Department of Atomic Energy|Atomic Energy]]|[[Department of Space|Space]]|[[Ministry of Science and Technology (India)|Science and Technology]], [[Ministry of Earth Sciences|Earth Sciences]] {{small|(2014)}}}}
| {{Full party name with color|rowspan=5|Bharatiya Janata Party}}<br>{{small|([[National Democratic Alliance]])}}
| rowspan="2" |[[First Modi ministry|Modi I]]
|-
| rowspan="2" | {{small|[[Ram Nath Kovind]]<br>(2017{{ndash}}2022)}}
|-
| rowspan="2" | [[2019 Indian general election|2019]]
| rowspan="2" |[[Second Modi ministry|Modi II]]
|-
| rowspan="2" | {{small|[[Droupadi Murmu]]<br>(2022{{ndash}}present)}}
|-
| [[2024 Indian general election|2024]]
| [[Third Modi ministry|Modi III]]
|}

==List of prime ministers by length of term==

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{|class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center"
|-
! rowspan = "2" | Name
! rowspan = "2" colspan="2"| Party
! colspan = "3" | Length of term
|-
! Longest continuous term
! Total years of premiership
|-
| {{Sortname|Jawaharlal|Nehru}}
|style="background-color:{{party color|Indian National Congress}}"|
| [[Indian National Congress|INC]]
| 16 years, 286 days
| 16 years, 286 days
|-
| {{Sortname|Indira|Gandhi}}
|style="background-color:{{party color|Indian National Congress}}"|
| [[Indian National Congress|INC/INC(I)]]/[[Indian National Congress (R)|INC(R)]]
| 11 years, 59 days
| 15 years, 350 days
|-
|'''{{Sortname|Narendra|Modi}}'''
| style="background-color:{{party color|BJP}}" |
| '''[[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]]'''
| '''{{age in years and days|2014|5|26}}'''
| '''{{age in years and days|2014|5|26}}'''
|-
| {{Sortname|Manmohan|Singh}}
|style="background-color:{{party color|Indian National Congress}}"|
| [[Indian National Congress|INC]]
| 10 years, 4 days
| 10 years, 4 days
|-
| {{Sortname|Atal Bihari|Vajpayee}}
|style="background-color:{{party color|BJP}}"|
| [[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]]
| 6 years, 64 days
| 6 years, 80 days
|-
| {{Sortname|Rajiv|Gandhi}}
|style="background-color:{{party color|Indian National Congress}}"|
| [[Indian National Congress|INC(I)]]
| 5 years, 32 days
| 5 years, 32 days
|-
| {{Sortname|P. V. Narasimha|Rao}}
|style="background-color:{{party color|Indian National Congress}}"|
| [[Indian National Congress|INC(I)]]
| 4 years, 330 days
| 4 years, 330 days
|-
| {{Sortname|Morarji|Desai}}
|style="background-color:{{party color|Janata Party}}"|
| [[Janata Party|JP]]
| 2 years, 126 days
| 2 years, 126 days
|-
| {{Sortname|Lal Bahadur|Shastri}}
|style="background-color:{{party color|Indian National Congress}}"|
| [[Indian National Congress|INC]]
| 1 year, 216 days
| 1 year, 216 days
|-
| {{Sortname|V. P.|Singh}}
|style="background-color:{{party color|Janata Dal}}"|
| [[Janata Dal|JD]]
| 343 days
| 343 days
|-
| {{Sortname|Inder Kumar|Gujral}}
|style="background-color:{{party color|Janata Dal}}"|
| [[Janata Dal|JD]]
| 332 days
| 332 days
|-
| {{Sortname|H. D.|Deve Gowda}}
|style="background-color:{{party color|Janata Dal}}"|
| [[Janata Dal|JD]]
| 324 days
| 324 days
|-
| {{Sortname|Chandra|Shekhar}}
|style="background-color:{{party color|Samajwadi Janata Party (Rashtriya)}}"|
| [[Samajwadi Janata Party (Rashtriya)|SJP(R)]]
| 223 days
| 223 days
|-
| {{Sortname|Charan|Singh}}
|style="background-color:{{party color|Janata Party (Secular)}}"|
| [[Janata Party (Secular)|JP(S)]]
| 170 days
| 170 days
|-
| ''{{Sortname|Gulzarilal|Nanda}}''
|style="background-color:{{party color|Indian National Congress}}"|
| ''[[Indian National Congress|INC]]''
| ''13 days''
| ''26 days''
|}

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  from: 09/06/1964 till: 11/01/1966 color:INC text:"[[Lal Bahadur Shastri]]" 
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  from: 28/07/1979 till: 14/01/1980 color:JP(S) text:"[[Charan Singh]]"
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  from: 02/12/1989 till: 10/11/1990 color:JD text:"[[V. P. Singh]]"
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== Lifespan of prime ministers ==
{{Lifespan prime minister of India}}

== List by party ==
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{|class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center"
|+Political parties by total timespan of their member holding [[Prime Minister's Office (India)|PMO]] (as of {{Date}})
! data-sort-type=number | {{Tooltip|No.}}
! Political party
! data-sort-type=number | Number of Prime ministers
! Total years of holding PMO
|-
! data-sort-value="1" | 1
| [[Indian National Congress|INC/INC(I)]]/[[Indian National Congress (R)|INC(R)]]
| data-sort-type=6 | 7{{Efn|Including [[Gulzarilal Nanda]]}}
| 54 years, 166 days
|-
! data-sort-value="2" | 2
| '''[[BJP]]'''
| data-sort-type=2 | '''2'''
| '''{{age in years and days|2008|3|07}}'''
|-
! data-sort-value="3" | 3
| [[Janata Dal|JD]]
| data-sort-type=3 | 3
| 2 years, 269 days
|-
! data-sort-value="4" | 4
| [[Janata Party|JP]]
| data-sort-type=1 | 1
| 2 years, 126 days
|-
! data-sort-value="5" | 5
| [[Samajwadi Janata Party (Rashtriya)|SJP(R)]]
| data-sort-type=1 | 1
| 223 days
|-
! data-sort-value="6" | 6
| [[Janata Party (Secular)|JP(S)]]
| data-sort-type=1 | 1
| 170 days
|}

=== Parties by total duration (in years) of holding Prime Minister's Office ===
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| x legends = INC : BJP : JD : JP : SJP(R) : JP(S)}}

== See also ==

{{portal|India}}
* [[Prime minister of India]]
* [[President of India]]
* [[Vice President of India]]
* [[List of presidents of India]]
* [[List of vice presidents of India]]
* [[List of deputy prime ministers of India]]
* [[List of prime ministers of India by previous experience]]
* [[List of heads of state and government of Indian origin]]

== Footnotes ==
* {{note label|†|†|†}} Assassinated or died in office
* {{note label|§|§|§}} Returned to office after a previous non-consecutive term
* {{note label|RES|RES|RES}} Resigned
* {{note label|NC|NC|NC}} Resigned following a [[no-confidence motion]]

== Notes ==
{{notelist}}

== References ==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
* [https://www.pmindia.gov.in/en/ Prime Minister of India]

{{Prime ministers of India}}
{{Indian federal ministries}}
{{Lists of prime ministers}}
{{Union ministries of India}}

[[Category:Prime ministers of India|*]]
[[Category:Lists of heads of government|India]]
[[Category:Lists of prime ministers by country|India]]
[[Category:Lists of people by time in office|Indian prime ministers by time in office]]
[[Category:Lists of political office-holders in India|Prime Ministers]]
[[Category:Lists relating to prime ministers of India| ]]
[[Category:India politics-related lists|Prime Ministers]]