The Prime Minister of India is the Head of Government of India and chief adviser to the President of India.
He is head of the Council of Ministers and the leader of the majority party in the Lok Sabha.
The Prime Minister elects and can dismiss other members of the cabinet; allocates posts to members within the Government.
He serves for the term of 5 years.
First Prime Minister of India : Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru
First Lady Prime Minister of India : Indira Gandhi
Current Prime Minister of India : Narendra Modi
Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru
India's 1st Prime Minister
Term at office : 15th August 1947 to 27th May 1964
Born : 14th November 1889
Died : 27th May 1964
Political party : Indian National Congress
Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru is the first Prime Minister of Independent India.
He was also known as Pandit Nehru due to his roots with the Kashmiri Pandit community.
Many Indian children called him as "Uncle Nehru"(Chacha Nehru) and celebrate his birthday as Children's Day.
Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru was awarded with India’s highest civilian award ‘Bharat Ratna’ in the year 1955.
Nehru wrote number of books such as The Discovery of India, Glimpses of World History, and his autobiography, Toward Freedom.
After the sudden death of Pt.Jawaharlal Nehru, Gulzari Lal Nanda was acting Prime Minister till a fresh election is done.
Lal Bahadur Shastri
India's 2nd Prime Minister
Term at office : 9th June 1964 to 11th January 1966
Born : 2nd October 1904
Died : 11th January 1966
Political party : Indian National Congress
Lal Bahadur Shastri was the second Prime Minister of Republic of India.
He led the country during the Indo-Pakistan War of 1965. His slogan of "Jai Jawan Jai Kisan" ("Hail the soldier, Hail the farmer") was popular during war.
He promoted the White Revolution – a national campaign to increase the production and supply of milk – by supporting the Amul milk co-operative of Anand, Gujarat and creating the National Dairy Development Board.
Shastri's sudden death immediately after signing the Tashkent Pact with Pakistan and the first Prime Minister of India to die overseas.
Shastri was awarded with India’s highest civilian award the ‘Bharat Ratna’ in the year 1966 posthumously.
After his death, Gulzarilal Nanda once again appointed as Acting Prime Minister until the Congress Parliamentary Party elected the Prime Minister.
Indira Gandhi
India's 3rd Prime Minister
Term at office : 24th January 1966 to 24th March 1977
Born : 19th November 1917
Died : 31st October 1984
Political party : Indian National Congress
Indira Gandhi was the third Prime Minister of India.
Indira Gandhi was the first woman Prime Minister of India and the world’s longest serving woman Prime Minister.
Her courage and boldness made India win over Pakistan in 1971. She made a significant contribution in improving international relations with neighbouring countries.
Abolition of privy purse, nationalization of banks, creation of Bangladesh are some of her achievements.
Morarji Desai
India's 4th Prime Minister
Term at office : 24th March 1977 to 28th July 1979
Born : 29th February 1896
Died : 10th April 1995
Political party : Janata Dal
Mr.Morarji Desai was the fourth Prime Minister of Republic India.
Desai was also the first Prime Minister to head India's first non-Congress Government.
He held many important posts in the Government of India such as Chief Minister of Bombay State, Home Minister, Finance Minister and Deputy Prime Minister of India.
Desai is the only Indian to be awarded with Pakistan's highest civilian award, Nishan-e-Pakistan, which was awarded to him by President Ghulam Ishaq Khan in 1990 in a colorful ceremony.
Charan Singh
India's 5th Prime Minister
Term at office : 28th July 1979 to 14th January 1980
Born : 23rd December 1902
Died : 29th May 1987
Political party : Janata Party (Secular)
Mr.Charan Singh was the fifth Prime Minister of India.
As a Revenue Minister of Uttar Pradesh Charan Singh removed the Zamindari system and brought in Land Reform Acts.
He is Known as a 'kisan' Prime Minister from Uttar Pradesh, whereas His birthday on 23 December is celebrated as Kisan Diwas in Uttar Pradesh.
Chaudhary Charan Singh's government did not face the Lok Sabha during his brief tenure as the Indian National Congress withdrew their support from his Government as he refused to agree to the terms of the Congress to protect Mrs Indira Gandhi and her associates from prosecution under the laws of the land. Charan Singh resigned and fresh elections were held six months later.
His ideologies and policies were focused more on farming and agricultural welfares.
Indira Gandhi
India's Prime Minister(IInd Time)
Term at office : 14th January 1980 to 31st October 1984
Born : 19th November 1917
Died : 31st October 1984
Political party :Indian National Congress
Indira Gandhi was the Prime Minister of India for the second time,serving from 1980 to 1984.
During her tenure, she tried to fight the militancy in Punjab, which had become a cause of concern for the Indian government.
She was assassinated in 1984 by her Sikh bodyguards a few months after she ordered the storming of the Harmandir Sahib in Amritsar to counter the Punjab insurgency.
Mrs.Indira Gandhi was awarded with India’s highest civilian award ‘Bharat Ratna’ in the year 1971 posthumously.
Gandhi was cremated on 3rd November near Raj Ghat and is today known as Shakti Sthala.
Rajiv Gandhi
India's 6th Prime Minister
Term at office : 31st October 1984 to 2nd December 1989
Born : 20th August 1944
Died : 21st May 1991
Political party : Indian National Congress
Rajiv Gandhi of the Indian National Congress became the sixth Prime Minister of India.
He become the youngest Indian Prime Minister at the age of 40.
Rajiv Gandhi was awarded with India’s highest civilian award Bharat Ratna in the year 1991, posthumously.
Rajiv Gandhi was assassinated by a suicide bomber working on behalf of Tamil tigers on May 21, 1991.
Vishwanath Pratap Singh
India's 7th Prime Minister
Term at office : 2nd December 1989 to 10th November 1990
Born : 25th June 1931
Died : 27th November 2008
Political party : Jan Morcha
V.P.Singh became the seventh Prime Minister of India and the head of the Janata Dal Government.
V.P. Singh worked to improve the condition of poor in the country.
Singh founded the Janata Dal by the merger of Jan Morcha, Janata Party, Lok Dal and Congress (S), in order to bring together all the centrist parties opposed to the Rajiv Gandhi government, and VP Singh was elected the President of the Janata Dal.
Chandra Shekhar
India's 8th Prime Minister
Term at office : 10th November 1990 to 21st June 1991
Born : 1st July 1927
Died : 8th July 2007
Political party : Samajwadi Janata Party
Chandra shekar was the eighth Prime Minister of India.
He had a nationwide padayatra in 1983 to know the country better. He was called a "Young Turk".
He played a vital role in nationalisation of banks and ending of privy purse being given to royal families.
Chandra Shekhar was prime minister for seven months, the second shortest period after that of Charan Singh.
P. V. Narasimha Rao
India's 9th Prime Minister
Term at office : 21st June 1991 to 16th May 1996
Born : 28th June 1921
Died : 23rd December 2004
Political party : Indian National Congress
P.V.Narasimha Rao of the Indian National Congress became the ninth Prime Minister of India.
P.V.Narasimha Rao is the first South Indian from the State of Andhra Pradesh to become the Prime Minister of India.
He is also known as the Father of Indian Economic Reforms. He dismantled the License Raj and reversed the socialist policies of Rajiv Gandhi’s government. Because of his immense ability he was also referred to as Chanakya.
He spoke 17 languages.He wrote his autobiography, The Insider, which depicts his experiences in politics.
Atal Bihari Vajpayee
India's 10th Prime Minister
Term at office : 16th May 1996 to 1st June 1996
Born : 25th December 1924
Political party : Bharatiya Janata Party
Atal Bihari Vajpayee was the 10th Prime Minister of India, for 13 days in 1996
In the 1996 general elections, the BJP emerged as the single largest party in the Lok Sabha. The then president Shankar Dayal Sharma invited Vajpayee to form the government. Vajpayee was sworn in as the 10th Prime Minister of India, but the BJP failed to muster enough support from other parties to obtain a majority. He resigned after 13 days, when it became clear that he could not preserve a majority.
H. D. Deve Gowda
India's 11th Prime Minister
Term at office : 1st June 1996 to 21st April 1997
Born : 18th May 1933
Political party : Janata Dal (Secular)
H.D.Dev Gowda was the eleventh Prime Minister of India.
Deve Gowda was the Prime Minister heading a ‘non-congress’ and non-BJP’ collision -“United Front”.
During his period, Deve Gowda also held additional charges of Ministries/Departments of Petroleum and Chemicals, Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions, Atomic Energy, Home Affairs, Agriculture, Food Processing Industries, Urban Affairs and Employment and Non-Conventional Energy Sources.
I.K. Gujral
India's 12th Prime Minister
Term at office : 21st April 1997 to 19th March 1998
Born : 4th December 1919
Died : 30th November 2012
Political party : Janata Dal
Dr.I.KGujral had been the twelfth Prime Minister of India from the Janata Dal Government.
Gujral was the third PM to be from the Rajya Sabha.
He also served as Union Minister or Minister of State of several other portfolios—Communications and Parliamentary Affairs, Information and Broadcasting, Works and Housing and Planning.
The most important task was his resistance in signing CTBT(Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty) which made a clear way to conduct the Pokhran nuclear tests. He worked towards improving relationship with Pakistan and gave a five-point doctrine known as Gujral Doctrine.
Mr.Atal Bihari Vajpayee
India's Prime Minister(IInd Time)
Term at office : 19th March 1998 to 22nd May 2004
Born : 25th December 1924
Political party : Bharatiya Janata Party
A.B.Vajpayee was the Prime Minister of India for the second time serving from 1998 to 2004.
He is the first Prime Minister from outside the Indian National Congress party to serve a full five-year term.
He is the first 'bachelor' Prime Minister of India.
His birthday, 25 December, was declared "Good Governance Day"
Atal Bihari Vajpayee was one of the finest Prime Ministers of India. During his tenure the inflation was very low in India. He worked on economic reforms and policies especially for rural India. It was during his tenure that India Pakistan relationship got slightly better.
A.B.Vajpayee was awarded with the highest civilian award of India, the Bharat Ratna in the year 2015.
Manmohan Singh
India's 13th Prime Minister
Term at office : 22nd May 2004 to 26th May 2014
Born : 26th Sepetmber 1932
Political party : Indian National Congress
Dr.Manmohan Singh had been the thirteenth Prime Minister of India.
Singh was the first Sikh and first prime minister since Jawaharlal Nehru to be re-elected after completing a full five-year term.
Singh held several important posts in the Government of India, such as Chief Economic Advisor (1972–76), Reserve Bank governor (1982–85) and Planning Commission head (1985–87).
He's first ministry executed several key legislations and projects, including the Rural Health Mission, Unique Identification Authority, Rural Employment Guarantee scheme and Right to Information Act.
Narendra Modi
India's 14th Prime Minister
Term at office : 26th May 2014 to Incumbent
Born : 17th September 1950
Political party : Bharatiya Janata Party
Narendra Damodardas Modi is the fourteenth and current Prime Minister of India, since 26 May 2014.
Modi was the Chief Minister of Gujarat from 2001 to 2014.
Modi's administration has focused on reforming and modernising India's infrastructure and government, reducing bureaucracy, encouraging increased foreign direct investment, improving national standards of health and sanitation and improving foreign relations.
He has implemented many schemes and policies such as the Jan Dhan Yojana, Swachh Bharat Abhiyan – aimed towards cleanliness marking the 150th birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi in 5 years, Clean Ganga project, etc. for the upliftment of the nation.
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