Prime Minister in India | List of Prime Ministers

Apr 15, 2025   By Sadaf

Candidates we provided you with the list of Prime Ministers of India till date. Read the article about the List of Prime Ministers of India till date which will help you for scoring good marks in competitive exams. Since independence, India has seen 14 full-time Prime Ministers. Pt Jawaharlal Nehru of the Indian National Congress was the first Prime Minister of free India in the year 1947. At present, the office is headed by Narendra Modi of the BJP (the 14th full-time PM as in 2014) last vacated by Dr Manmohan Singh of the Congress-led United Progressive Alliance (UPA).

List of Prime Ministers of India from 1947 to 2025

Name
(Birth-Death) 		Party
Name		Term of Office
(Durations)
Jawaharlal Nehru
(1889 – 1964)		Indian National Congress.15-08-194727-06-1964
Gulzarilal Nanda (acting)
(1898–1998)		INC.27-05-196409-06-1964
Lal Bahadur Shastri
(1904–1966).		INC.09-06-196411-01-1966.
Gulzarilal Nanda (acting)
(1898–1998)		INC.11-01-196624-01-1966
Indira Gandhi
(1917–1984)		INC.24-01-1966.24-03-1977
Morarji Desai
(1896–1995).		Janata Party.24-03-197728-07-1979
Charan Singh
(1902–1987)		Janata Party (Secular)
with INC.		28-07-1979.14-01-1980.
Indira Gandhi
(1917–1984)		INC(I).14-01-198031-11-1984
Rajiv Gandhi
(1944–1991).		INC(I).31-10-198402-12-1989
V. P. Singh
(1931–2008)		Janata Dal
(National Front).		02-12-198910-11-1990
Chandra Shekhar
(1927–2007)		Samajwadi Janata Party with
 INC.		10-11-1990.21-06-1991
P. V. Narasimha Rao
(1921–2004)		INC(I).21-06-199116-05-1996
Atal Bihari Vajpayee
(Born 1924).		BJP.16-05-199601-06-1996
H. D. Deve Gowda
(Born 1933)		Janata Dal
(United Front).		01-06-199621-04-1997
Inder Kumar Gujral
(1919–2012)		Janata Dal
(United Front).		21-04-199719-03-1998.
Atal Bihari Vajpayee
(Born 1924).		BJP
(NDA).		19-03-199822-05-2004
Manmohan Singh
(Born 1932).		INC
(UPA).		22-05-200426-05-2014
Narendra Modi
(Born 1950)		BJP
(NDA).		26-05-2014At Present

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