List of Prime Ministers of India
No. Name Party (Alliance) Elected constituency Term of office Appointed by Lok Sabha
Constituent Assembly1 Jawaharlal Nehru
(1889–1964)Indian National Congress Phulpur, Uttar Pradesh 15 August 1947
15 April 1952
17 April 1957
2 April 196215 April 1952
17 April 1957
2 April 1962
27 May 196416 years, 286 days Lord Mountbatten
Rajendra prasad1st, 2nd - Gulzarilal Nanda
(acting)
(1898–1998)Indian National Congress Sabarkantha, Gujarat 27 May 1964 9 June 13 days 2 Lal Bahadur Shastri
(1904–1966)Indian National Congress Allahabad, Uttarpradesh 9 June 1964 11 January 1966 1 years,
216 daysSarvepalli Radhakrishnan 3rd - Gulzarilal Nanda
(acting)
(1898–1998)Indian National Congress Sabarkantha, Gujarat 11 Jaunuary 1966 13 days 3 Indira Gandhi
(acting)
(1917-1984)Indian National Congress Rajaya Sabha
MP for Uttar Pradesh4 March 1967
15 March 1971
15 March 197115 April 1952
24 March 197711 years,
59 daysV. V. Giri 4th, 5th 4
Morarji Desai
(1896–1995)Janta Party Surat, Gujarat 24 March 1977 28 July 1979 2 years,
126 daysB. D. Jatti
(acting President)6th 5
Charan Singh
(1902–1987)Janta Party
(Secular)withINCBaghpat Uttar Pradesh 28 July 1979 14 January 1980 170 days Neelam Sanjiva Reddy (3) Indira Gandhi
(1917-1984)Indian National Congress Medak
Andhra Pradesh14 january 1980 31 october 1984
24 March 19774 years,
291 days7th 6 Rajiv Gandhi
(1944-1991)Indian National Congress Amethi
Uttar Pradesh31 october 1984
31 December 198431 December 1984
2 December 19895 years,
32 daysZail Singh 8th 7 Vishwanath Pratap Singh
(1931–2008)Janata Dal(National Front) Fatehpur
Uttar Pradesh2 December 1989 10 november 1990 343 days 9th 8 Chandra Shekhar
(1927–2007)Samajwadi Janata Partywith INC Ballia,
Uttar Pradesh10 November 1990 21 June 1991 223 days R. Venkataraman 9 Pamulaparti Venkata Narasimha Rao
(1921–2004)Indian National Congress Nandyal,
Andhra Pradesh21 June 1991 16 May 1996 4 years 330 days 10th 10 Atal Bihari Vajpayee
(1924–2018)Bharatiya Janata Party Lucknow,
Uttar Pradesh1 June 1996 16 May 1996 16 days 10th 11 Haradanahalli Doddegowda Deve Gowda
(born 1933)Janata Dal(United Front) Rajya Sabha
MP for Karnataka1 June 1996 21 April 1997 324 days Shankar Dayal Sharma 11th 12 Inder Kumar
Gujral(1919–2012)Janata Dal(United Front) Rajya Sabha
MP for Bihar21 April 1997 19 March 1998 332 days (10) Atal Bihari Vajpayee
(1924–2018)Bharatiya Janata Party Lucknow,
Uttar Pradesh19 March 1998
10 October 199910 October 1999
22 May 20046 years 64 days K. R. Narayanan 12th
13th13 Manmohan Singh
(born 1932Indian National Congress Rajya Sabha
MP for Assam22 May 2004
22 May 200922 May 2009
26 May 201410 years 4 days A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
Pratibha Patil14th
15th14 Narendra Modi
(born 1950)Bharatiya Janata Party(NDA) Varanasi,
Uttar Pradesh26 May 2014 Incumbent 4 years
117 daysPranab Mukherjee 14th
16th