GK Question: List of all Prime Minister in India
Jawahar Lal Nehru:
Period: 15
August 1947 to 27 May 1964(16 years, 286 days)
Note: The
first prime minister of India and the longest-serving PM of India, the first to
die in office.
Gulzarilal Nanda (Acting):
Period: 27
May 1964 to 9 June 1964 (13 days)
Note: First
acting PM of India
Lal Bahadur Shastri:
Period: 9
June 1964 to 11 January 1966(1 year, 216 days)
Note: He
has given the slogan of 'Jai Jawan Jai Kisan' during the Indo-Pak war of 1965
Gulzari Lal Nanda (Acting):
Period: 11
January 1966 to 24 January 1966(13 days)
Indira Gandhi:
Period: 24
January 1966 to 24 March 1977 (11 years, 59 days)
Note: First
female Prime Minister of India
Morarji Desai:
Period: 24
March 1977 to 28 July 1979(2 year, 126 days)
Note:Oldest
to become PM (81 years old) and first to resign from office
Charan Singh:
Period: 28
July 1979 to 14 January 1980 (170 days)
Note: Only
PM who did not face the Parliament
Indira Gandhi:
Period: 14
January 1980 to 31 October 1984 (4 years, 291 days)
Note: The
first lady who served as PM for the second term
Rajiv Gandhi:
Period: 31
October 1984 to 2 December 1989(5 years, 32 days)
Note: Youngest
to become PM (40 years old)
V. P. Singh:
Period: 2
December 1989 to 10 November 1990 (343 days)
Note: First
PM to step down after a vote of no confidence
Chandra Shekhar:
Period: 10
November 1990 to 21 June 1991 (223 days)
Note: He
belongs to Samajwadi Janata Party
P. V. Narasimha Rao:
Period: 21
June 1991 to 16 May 1996(4 years, 330 days)
Note: First
PM from south India
Atal Bihari Vajpayee:
Period: 16
May 1996 to 1 June 1996 (16 days)
Note: PM
for shortest tenure
H. D. Deve Gowda:
Period: 1
June 1996 to 21 April 1997(324 days)
Note: He
belongs to Janata Dal
Inder Kumar Gujral:
Period: 21
April 1997 to 19 March 1998(332 days)
Atal Bihari Vajpayee:
Period: 19
March 1998 to 22 May 2004(6 years, 64 days)
Note:
The first non-congress PM who completed a full term as PM
Manmohan Singh:
Period: 22
May 2004 to 26 May 2014 (10 years, 4 days)
Note: First Sikh PM
Narendra Modi:
Period: 26
May 2014 – till now
Note: 4th
Prime Minister of India who served two consecutive tenures