S.N.

Name Born-Dead Term of office Remark

1. Jawahar Lal (1889– 15 August 1947 to The first prime

Nehru 1964) 27 May 1964 minister of
16 years, 286 days India and the
longest-
serving PM of
India, the first
to die in
office.

2. Gulzarilal (1898- 27 May 1964 to 9 First acting

Nanda (Acting) 1998) June 1964, PM of India
13 days

3. Lal Bahadur (1904– 9 June 1964 to 11 He has given

Shastri 1966) January 1966 the slogan of
1 year, 216 days 'Jai Jawan Jai
Kisan' during
the Indo-Pak
war of 1965

11 January 1966 to
Gulzarilal (1898-
4.  24 January 1966 -
Nanda (Acting) 1998)
13 days

5. Indira Gandhi (1917– 24 January 1966 to First female

1984) 24 March 1977 Prime Minister
11 years, 59 days of India

6. Morarji Desai (1896– 24 March 1977 Oldest to

1995) to 28 July 1979  become PM
2 year, 126 days (81 years old)
and first to
resign from
office

7. Charan Singh (1902– 28 July 1979 to 14 Only PM who

1987) January 1980 did not face
170 days the Parliament

8. Indira Gandhi (1917– 14 January 1980 to The first lady

1984) 31 October 1984 who served as
4 years, 291 days PM for the
second term
9. Rajiv Gandhi (1944– 31 October 1984 Youngest to
1991) to 2 December become PM
1989 (40 years old)
5 years, 32 days

10. V. P. Singh (1931– 2 December 1989 First PM to

2008) to 10 November step down
1990 after a vote of
343 days no confidence

11. Chandra (1927– 10 November 1990 He belongs to

Shekhar 2007) to 21 June 1991 Samajwadi
223 days Janata Party

12. P. V. (1921– 21 June 1991 to 16 First PM from

Narasimha Rao 2004) May 1996 south India
4 years, 330 days

13. Atal Bihari (1924- 16 May 1996 to 1 PM for

Vajpayee 2018) June 1996 shortest
16 days tenure

14. H. D. Deve (born 1 June 1996 to 21 He belongs

Gowda 1933) April 1997 to Janata Dal
324 days

15. Inder Kumar (1919– 21 April 1997 to 19 ------

Gujral 2012) March 1998 
332 days

16. Atal Bihari (1924- 19 March 1998 to  The first non-

Vajpayee 2018) 22 May 2004  congress PM
6 years, 64 days who
completed a
full term as
PM

17. Manmohan (born 22 May 2004 to 26  First Sikh PM

Singh 1932) May 2014   
10 years, 4 days

18. Narendra (born 26 May 2014 - 4th Prime

Modi 1950) Present Minister of
India who
served two
consecutive
tenures