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Name
(birth–death); constituency |
Party
(Alliance) |
Term of office
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Appointed by
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1
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Jawaharlal
Nehru
(1889–1964) MP for Phulpur |
Indian National Congress
|
15 August
1947 |
27 May
1964 |
16 years, 286 days
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Lord Mountbatten
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Rajendra
Prasad
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Gulzarilal
Nanda
(acting)
(1898–1998) MP for Sabarkantha |
Indian National Congress
|
27 May
1964 |
9 June
1964 |
13 days
|
Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan
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2
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Lal Bahadur Shastri
(1904–66) MP for Allahabad |
Indian National Congress
|
9 June
1964 |
11 January
1966 |
1 year, 216 days
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Gulzarilal
Nanda
(acting)
(1898–1998) MP for Sabarkantha |
Indian National Congress
|
11 January
1966 |
24 January
1966 |
13 days
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3
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Indira Gandhi
(1917–84) MP for Rae Bareli |
Indian National Congress
|
24 January
1966 |
24 March
1977 |
11 years, 59 days
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V. V. Giri
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4
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Morarji Desai
(1896–1995) MP for Surat |
Janata Party
|
24 March
1977 |
28 July
1979 |
2 years, 126 days
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B. D. Jatti
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5
|
Charan Singh
(1902–87) MP for Baghpat |
Janata Party (Secular)
with INC |
28 July
1979 |
14 January
1980 |
170 days
|
Neelam Sanjiva Reddy
|
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Indira Gandhi
(1917–84) MP for Medak |
Indian National Congress (I)
|
14 January
1980 |
31 October
1984 |
4 years, 291 days
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6
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Rajiv Gandhi
(1944–91) MP for Amethi |
Indian National Congress (I)
|
31 October
1984 |
2 December
1989 |
5 years, 32 days
|
Zail Singh
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7
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V. P. Singh
(1931–2008) MP for Fatehpur |
Janata Dal
(National Front) |
2 December
1989 |
10 November
1990 |
343 days
|
R.
Venkataraman
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8
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Chandra
Shekhar
(1927–2007) MP for Ballia |
Samajwadi Janata Party
with INC |
10 November
1990 |
21 June
1991 |
223 days
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9
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P. V. Narasimha Rao
(1921–2004) MP for Nandyal |
Indian National Congress (I)
|
21 June
1991 |
16 May
1996 |
4 years, 330 days
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10
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Atal Bihari Vajpayee
(born 1924) MP for Lucknow |
Bharatiya Janata Party
|
16 May
1996 |
1 June
1996 |
13 days
|
Shankar Dayal Sharma
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11
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H. D. Deve
Gowda
(born 1933) MP (Rajya Sabha) for Karnataka |
Janata Dal
(United Front) |
1 June
1996 |
21 April
1997 |
324 days
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12
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I. K. Gujral
(1919–2012) MP (Rajya Sabha) for Bihar |
Janata Dal
(United Front) |
21 April
1997 |
19 March
1998 |
332 days
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Atal Bihari Vajpayee
(born 1924) MP for Lucknow |
Bharatiya Janata Party
(NDA) |
19 March
1998[§] |
22 May
2004 |
6 years, 64 days
|
K. R.
Narayanan
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13
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Manmohan Singh
(born 1932) MP (Rajya Sabha) for Assam |
Indian National Congress
(UPA) |
22 May
2004 |
26 May
2014 |
10 years, 4 days
|
A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
|
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Pratibha Patil
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14
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Narendra Modi
(born 1950) MP for Varanasi |
Bharatiya Janata Party
(NDA) |
26 May
2014 |
Incumbent
|
1 year, 237 days
|
Pranab
Mukherje
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