Prime Ministers of India

Colour key for party of the prime ministers

 Bharatiya Janata Party

 Indian National Congress [designated Indian National Congress (I) 1977–1996[5]]
 Janata Dal
 Janata Party
 Janata Party (Secular)
 Samajwadi Janata Party

Other key

 №: Incumbent number
 †
Assassinated or died in office
 §
Returned to office after a previous term
 RES
Resigned
NC
Resigned following a no-confidence motion

Elected
No Name (birth–death) Portrait Prior Office Party (Alliance) Term of office[6] Appointed by
constituency

Lord
Jawaharlal Nehru Vice President of Indian National Phulpur, Uttar 15 August 27 May 16 year, Mountbatten
1
(1889–1964) Executive Council Congress Pradesh 1947 1964[†] 286 days
Rajendra Prasad
 Elected
No Name (birth–death) Portrait Prior Office Party (Alliance) Term of office[6] Appointed by
constituency

Gulzarilal Nanda (acting) Minister of Labour Indian National Sabarkantha, Guja 27 May 9 June Sarvepalli
– 13 days
(1898–1998) and Employment Congress rat 1964 1964 Radhakrishnan

11
Lal Bahadur Shastri Minister of Home Indian National Allahabad, Uttar 9 June 1 year, Sarvepalli
2 January
(1904–1966) Affairs Congress Pradesh 1964 216 days Radhakrishnan
1966[†]

11 24
Gulzarilal Nanda (acting) Minister of Home Indian National Sabarkantha, Guja Sarvepalli
– January January 13 days
(1898–1998) Affairs Congress rat Radhakrishnan
1966 1966

Minister of
Information and
Broadcasting Rajya 24
Indira Gandhi Indian National 24 March 11 years
3 SabhaMP for Uttar January V. V. Giri
(1917–1984) Congress 1977 , 59 days
Prime Pradesh 1966
Minister (Re-
elected)
 Elected
No Name (birth–death) Portrait Prior Office Party (Alliance) Term of office[6] Appointed by
constituency

Minister of
Financeand Deput B. D. Jatti
Morarji Desai 24 March 28 July 2 years,
4 y Prime Minister of Janata Party Surat, Gujarat (acting
(1896–1995) 1977 1979[RES] 126 days
Indiabefore he President)
resigned in 1969

Janata Party 14
Charan Singh Baghpat, Uttar 28 July Neelam Sanjiva
5 Minister of Finance (Secular) January 170 days
(1902–1987) Pradesh 1979 Reddy
with INC 1980[RES]

14 31
Indira Gandhi Former Prime Indian National Medak, Andhra 4 years, Neelam Sanjiva
6 January October
(1917–1984) Minister Congress (I) Pradesh 291 days Reddy
1980[§] 1984[†]

31 2
Rajiv Gandhi Indian National Amethi, Uttar 5 years,
7 MP for Amethi October December Zail Singh
(1944–1991) Congress (I) Pradesh 32 days
1984 1989
 Elected
No Name (birth–death) Portrait Prior Office Party (Alliance) Term of office[6] Appointed by
constituency

2 10
Vishwanath Pratap Singh Minister of Janata Dal Fatehpur, Uttar R.
8 December November 343 days
(1931–2008) Defence (National Front) Pradesh Venkataraman
1989 1990[NC]

10
Samajwadi
Chandra Shekhar Ballia, Uttar Novembe 21 June R.
9 MP for Ballia Janata Party 223 days
(1927–2007) Pradesh r 1991[a] Venkataraman
with INC
1990

Pamulaparti Venkata
Minister of Indian National Nandyal, Andhra 21 June 16 May 4 years, R.
10 Narasimha Rao
External Affairs Congress (I) Pradesh 1991 1996 330 days Venkataraman
(1921–2004)

Atal Bihari Vajpayee Minister of Bharatiya Lucknow, Uttar 16 May 1 June Shankar Dayal
11 16 days
(born 1924) External Affairs Janata Party Pradesh 1996 1996[RES] Sharma
 Elected
No Name (birth–death) Portrait Prior Office Party (Alliance) Term of office[6] Appointed by
constituency

Haradanahalli
Rajya
Doddegowda Deve Chief Minister of Janata Dal 1 June 21 April Shankar Dayal
12 SabhaMP for Karn 324 days
Gowda Karnataka (United Front) 1996 1997[RES] Sharma
ataka
(born 1933)

Rajya
Inder Kumar Gujral Minister of Janata Dal 21 April 19 March Shankar Dayal
13 SabhaMP for Biha 332 days
(1919–2012) External Affairs (United Front) 1997 1998 Sharma
r

Bharatiya
Atal Bihari Vajpayee Former Prime Lucknow, Uttar 19 March 22 May 6 years, K. R.
14 Janata Party
(born 1924) Minister Pradesh 1998[§] 2004 64 days Narayanan
(NDA)

A. P. J. Abdul
Indian National Rajya
Manmohan Singh 22 May 26 May 10 years Kalam
15 Minister of Finance Congress SabhaMP for Assa
(born 1932) 2004 2014 , 4 days
(UPA) m
Pratibha Patil
 Elected
No Name (birth–death) Portrait Prior Office Party (Alliance) Term of office[6] Appointed by
constituency

Bharatiya
Narendra Modi Chief Minister of Varanasi, Uttar 26 May Incumben 3 years, Pranab
16 Janata Party
(born 1950) Gujarat Pradesh 2014[7] t 335 days Mukherjee
(NDA)