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Prime
Ministers of India
# |
Name |
Term |
Party |
Cessation
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Birth/Death |
1 |
Jawaharlal Nehru |
Aug. 1947-May 1964 |
Congress |
d. in office |
1889-1964 |
2 |
Gulzari Lal Nanda[1] (1) |
May 1964-June 1966 |
Congress |
interim role ended |
1898-1998 |
3 |
Lal Bahadur Shastri |
June 1964-Jan. 1966 |
Congress |
d. in office |
1904-1966 |
(2) |
Gulzari Lal Nanda[1] (2) |
11-24 Jan. 1966 |
Congress |
interim role ended |
v.s. |
4 |
Indira Gandhi (1) |
Jan. 1966-Mar. 1977 |
Congress |
electoral defeat |
1917-1984 |
5 |
Morarji Desai |
Mar. 1977-July 1979 |
Janata |
electoral defeat |
1896-1995 |
6 |
Charan Singh |
July 1979-Jan. 1980 |
Janata |
electoral defeat |
1902-1987 |
(4) |
Indira Gandhi (2) |
Jan. 1980-Oct. 1984 |
Congress |
d. in office |
v.s. |
7 |
Rajiv Gandhi |
Oct. 1984-Dec. 1989 |
Congress |
electoral defeat |
1944-1991 |
8 |
Vishwanath Prathap Singh |
Dec. 1989-Nov. 1990 |
National Front Coalition |
electoral defeat |
1931-2008 |
9 |
Chandra Shekhar |
Nov. 1990-June 1991 |
Janata |
electoral defeat |
1927-2007 |
10 |
P. V. Narasimha Rao |
June 1991-June 1996 |
Congress |
electoral defeat |
1921-2004 |
11 |
H. D. Deve Gowda |
June 1996-Apr. 1997 |
United Front Coalition |
replaced |
1933- |
12 |
Inder K. Gujral |
Apr. 1997-Dec. 1997 |
United Front Coalition |
electoral defeat |
1919- |
13 |
Atal B. Vajpayee (1) |
Mar. 1998-Apr. 1999 |
BJP-led Coalition |
lost vote of no confidence |
1924- |
(13) |
Atal B. Vajpayee (2) |
Oct. 1999-May 2004 |
BJP-led Coalition |
electoral defeat |
v.s. |
14 |
Manmohan Singh |
May 2004- present |
Congress-led Coalition |
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Notes
1. interim caretaker prime minister
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Charles Scribner's Sons, 2006.
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