S.N.

Name Born-Dead Term of office Remark Photo

1 Jawahar Lal Nehru
The first prime
minister of India and
(1889–1964) 15 August 1947 to 27 the longest-serving
May 1964 (16 years, PM of India, the first
286 days) to die in office.

2 Gulzarilal Nanda (Acting) (1898-1998)

27 May 1964 to 9 June First acting PM of
1964, (13 Days) India
He has given the
slogan of 'Jai Jawan
3 Lal Bahadur Shastri (1904–1966) 9 June 1964 to 11 Jai Kisan' during the
January 1966 (1 Indo-Pak war of
year,216 days) 1965

IN
4 Gulzarilal Nanda (Acting) (1898-1998) 11 January 1966 to 24
January 1966

F.
D (13 days)

5 Indira Gandhi (1917–1984) 24 January 1966 to 24

March 1977 First female Prime
AP

(11 years, 59 days) Minister of India

Oldest to become
24 March 1977 to 28
PM (81 years old)
6 Morarji Desai (1896–1995) July 1979
and first to resign
ST

(2 year, 126 days)

from office

28 July 1979 to 14
IN

Only PM who did not

7 Charan Singh (1902–1987) January 1980
face the Parliament
(170 days)

8 Indira Gandhi (1917–1984) 14 January 1980 to 31 The first lady who

October 1984 served as PM for the
(4 years, 291 days) second term

9 Rajiv Gandhi (1944–1991) 31 October 1984 to 2

December 1989 Youngest to become
(5 years, 32 days) PM (40 years old)
S.N. Name Born-Dead Term of office Remark Photo

10 V. P. Singh (1931–2008) 2 December 1989 to 10 First PM to step

November 1990 down after a vote of
(343 days) no confidence

11 Chandra Shekhar (1927–2007) 10 November 1990 to 21 He belongs to

June 1991 Samajwadi Janata
(223 days ) Party

12 P. V. Narasimha Rao (1921–2004) 21 June 1991 to 16 May

1996 First PM from south
(4 years, 330 days) India

IN
13 Atal Bihari Vajpayee (1924- 2018) 16 May 1996 to 1 June
1996 PM for shortest

F.
D (16 days) tenure

14 H. D. Deve Gowda (born 1933) 1 June 1996 to 21 April

1997 He belongs to
AP

(324 days) Janata Dal

15 Inder Kumar Gujral (1919–2012) 21 April 1997 to 19

ST

March 1998
(332 days)

The first non-

IN

16 Atal Bihari Vajpayee (1924- 2018) 19 March 1998 to 22 congress PM who

May 2004 completed a full
(6 years, 64 days) term as PM

17 Manmohan Singh (born 1932) 22 May 2004 to 26 May

2014
(10 years, 4 days) First Sikh PM

4th Prime Minister

Narendra Damodardas
18 (born 1950) of India who served
Modi
two consecutive
26 May 2014 - Present tenures