Chronological Order – Prime Minister of Independent India

S. No. Name (Birth–Death) Period Home state

1 Jawaharlal Nehru (1889–1964) 1947–64 UP

2 Gulzarilal Nanda (1st time) (1898-1998) 1964 Sialkot, Punjab, [now in Pakistan]
3 Lal Bahadur Shastri (1904–1966) 1964–66 UP
4 Gulzarilal Nanda (2nd time) (1898-1998) 1966 Sialkot, Punjab, [now in Pakistan]
5 Indira Gandhi (1st time) (1917–1984) 1966–77 UP
6 Morarji Desai (1896–1995) 1977–79 Gujarat
7 Charan Singh (1902–1987) 1979–80 UP
8 Indira Gandhi (2nd time) (1917–1984) 1980–84 UP
9 Rajiv Gandhi (1944–1991) 1984–89 Maharashtra
10 V.P. Singh (1931–2008) 1989–90 UP
11 Chandra Shekhar (1927–2007) 1990–91 UP,
12 P.V. Narasimha Rao (1921–2004) 1991–96 Andhra Pradesh
13 Atal Bihari Vajpayee (1st time) (1924- 2018) 1996 Madhya Pradesh
14 H.D. Deve Gowda (born 1933) 1996–97 Karnataka
15 Inder Kumar Gujral (1919–2012) 1997–98 Jhelum in J & K [now in Pakistan]
16 Atal Bihari Vajpayee (2nd time) (1924-2018) 1998–2004 Madhya Pradesh
17 Manmohan Singh (born 1932) 2004–14 West Punjab, [now in Pakistan]
18 Narendra Modi (born 1950) 2014 – Gujarat