Prime Ministers Of

India
 ABOUT PRIME MINISTERS
The prime minister of India is the chief executive of the Government of
India. Although the president of India is the constitutional, nominal, and
ceremonial head of state, in practice and ordinarily, the executive authority
is vested in the prime minister and their chosen Council of Ministers. The
prime minister is the leader elected by the party with a majority in the
lower house of the Indian parliament, the Lok Sabha, which is the main
legislative body in the Republic of India. The prime minister and their
cabinet are at all times responsible to the Lok Sabha. The prime minister
can be a member of the Lok Sabha or of the Rajya Sabha, the upper house
of the parliament. The prime minister ranks third in the order of
precedence.
OUR FIRST PRIME MINISTER
JAWAHARLAL NEHRU
 Jawaharlal Nehru 14 November 1889 – 27 May 1964) was an
Indian anti-colonial nationalist, secular humanist, social
democrat and author who was a central figure in India during
the middle of the 20th century Nehru was a principal leader of
the Indian nationalist movement in the 1930s and 1940s. Upon
India's independence in 1947, he served as the country's first
prime minister for 16 years. Nehru promoted parliamentary
democracy, secularism, and science and technology during the
1950s, powerfully influencing India's arc as a modern nati on
GRADUATION
Nehru went to Trinity College, Cambridge in October 1907 and
graduated with an honours degree in natural science in 1910.[18]
During this period, he studied politics, economics, history and
literature with interest. The writings of Bernard Shaw,
H. G. Wells, John Maynard Keynes, Bertrand Russell,
Lowes Dickinson and Meredith Townsend moulded much of his
political and economic thinking.
After completing his degree in 1910, Nehru moved to London
and studied law at the Inner Temple Inn. During this time, he
continued to study Fabian Society scholars including
Beatrice Webb. He was called to the Bar in 1912.
Internationalising the struggle for Indian
independence: 1927
 Nehru played a leading role in the development of the
internationalist outlook of the Indian independence
struggle. He sought foreign allies for India and forged
links with movements for independence and democracy
around the world.[41] In 1927, his efforts paid off, and the
Congress was invited to attend the Congress of oppressed
nationalities in Brussels, Belgium. The meeting was
called to coordinate and plan a common struggle against
imperialism. Nehru represented India and was elected to
the Executive Council of the League against Imperialism
which was born at this meeting.
OUR THIRD PRIME MINISTER
INDIRA GANDI
from 1966 to 1977
 Indira Priyadarshini Gandhi 19 November 1917 – 31 October
1984 was an Indian politician and stateswoman who served as the
3rd Prime Minister of India from 1966 to 1977 and again from
1980 until her assassination in 1984. She was India's first and, to
date, only female prime minister, and a central figure in Indian
politics as the leader of the Indian National Congress. Gandhi was
the daughter of Jawaharlal Nehru, the first prime minister of
India, and the mother of Rajiv Gandhi, who succeeded her in
office as the country's sixth prime minister. Furthermore,
Gandhi's cumulative tenure of 15 years and 350 days makes her
the second-longest-serving Indian prime minister after her father.
 As prime minister, Indira Gandhi was known for her political
intransigence and unprecedented centralization of power. In 1967,
she headed a military conflict with China in which India
successfully repelled Chinese incursions in the Himalayas. In 1971,
she went to war with Pakistan in support of the independence
movement and war of independence in East Pakistan, which resulted
in an Indian victory and the creation of Bangladesh, as well as
increasing India's influence to the point where it became the sole
regional power in South Asia. Gandhi's rule saw India grow closer to
the Soviet Union by signing a friendship treaty in 1971, with India
receiving military, financial, and diplomatic support from the Soviet
Union during its conflict with Pakistan in the same year.
Indira Gandhi is remembered as the most powerful woman in the
world during her tenure. Her supporters cite her leadership during
victories over geopolitical rivals China and Pakistan, the Green
Revolution, a growing economy in the early 1980s, and her anti-
poverty campaign that led her to be known as "Mother Indira" (a
pun on Mother India) among the country's poor and rural classes.
However, critics note her authoritarian rule of India during the
Emergency and atrocities carried out during Operation Blue Star
and the Punjab Insurgency. In 1999, Gandhi was named "Woman
of the Millennium" in an online poll organized by the BBC.
OUR SIXTH PRIME MINISTER
RAJIV RATNA GANDHI
 Rajivaratna Gandhi 20 August 1944 – 21 May 1991 was an Indian
politician who served as the 6th Prime Minister of India from 1984
to 1989. He took office after the assassination of his mother, then–
prime minister Indira Gandhi, to become the youngest Indian prime
minister at the age of 40. During his tenure, Gandhi introduced
several initiatives and policies aimed at modernising India and
promoting economic development. He emphasised technology,
computerisation, and telecommunications, launching the "Vision
2020" program to transform India into a technologically advanced
nation. Gandhi was not related to the world-famous Mahatma
Gandhi. Instead, he was from the politically powerful Nehru–
Gandhi family, which had been associated with the Indian National
Congress party. For much of his childhood, his maternal grandfather
Jawaharlal Nehru was prime minister.
EDUCATION
 . Gandhi attended the elite all-boys' boarding
The Doon School, Dehradun, and the University
of Cambridge in the United Kingdom. He
returned to India in 1966 and became a
professional pilot for the state-owned Indian
Airlines. In 1968, he married Sonia Maino; the
couple settled in Delhi for a domestic life with
their children Rahul and Priyanka
 EARLY LIFE
Rajiv Gandhi was born in Bombay on 20 August 1944 to Indira and
Feroze Gandhi. In 1951, Rajiv and his younger brother Sanjay were
admitted to Shiv Niketan school, where the teachers said Rajiv was
shy and introverted, and "greatly enjoyed painting and drawing".
[11] He was admitted to the preparatory Welham Boys' School and
then moved to The Doon School, Dehradun in 1954, where Sanjay
joined him two years later.[12] At Doon, Rajiv's senior was Mani
Shankar Aiyar, who later became a prominent member in his inner
circle.[13] Rajiv was also educated at the Ecole d'Humanité, an
international boarding school in Switzerland.[
OUR SEVENTH PRIME MINISTER
Vishwanath Pratap Singh
 Vishwanath Pratap Singh (25 June 1931 – 27 November 2008),
shortened to V. P. Singh, was an Indian politician who was the 7th
Prime Minister of India from 1989 to 1990 and the 41st Raja
Bahadur of Manda.He is India's only prime minister to have been
former royalty. He was educated at the Allahabad
University and Fergusson College in Pune. In 1969, he
joined the Indian National Congress (INC) party and was
elected as a member of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative
Assembly. 1971, he became a Member of Parliament in the
Lok Sabha.
 EARLY LIFE OF V.P.
Singh was born on 25 June 1931, the third child of the
Hindu Rajput Zamindar family of Daiya, which is located
on the banks of the Belan River in the Allahabad district.
He was adopted by Raja Bahadur Ram Gopal Singh of
Manda and became the heir-apparent. He became the Raja
Bahadur of Manda at the age of 10 in 1941. His ancestors
were rulers of the predecessor state of Manikpur was
founded in 1180, by Raja Manik Chand, brother of Raja Jai
Chand of Kannauj.[A] His family belonged to the
Gaharwar clan of the Manda Zamindar
EDUCATION
 He obtained his education from Colonel
Brown Cambridge School, Dehradun, and
got his Bachelor of Arts and Law degree
from Allahabad University. He was elected
the vice president of Allahabad University
Students Union and later received a
Bachelor of Science in physics from
Fergusson College in the Pune University.
OUR FOURTEENTH PRIME MINISTER
NARENDRA MODI
 Narendra Damodardas Modi born 17 September 1950) is an
Indian politician who has served as the 14th prime minister of
India since May 2014. Modi was the Chief Minister of Gujarat
from 2001 to 2014 and is the Member of Parliament (MP) for
Varanasi. He is a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and
of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), a right-wing Hindu
nationalist paramilitary volunteer organisation. He is the longest-
serving prime minister from outside the Indian National
Congress.
 EARLY LIFE
Narendra Damodardas Modi was born on 17 September 1950 to a
Gujarati Hindu family of grocers in Vadnagar, Mehsana district,
Bombay State (present-day Gujarat). He was the third of six
children born to Damodardas Mulchand Modi (c. 1915–1989) and
Hiraben Modi (1923–2022).
According to Modi, as a child, he had to work in his father's tea
shop on the platform of Vadnagar railway station,[44] but the
evidence of his neighbours does not entirely corroborate this
statement.
 EDUCATION
Modi completed his higher secondary education in Vadnagar in 1967; his
teachers described him as an average student and a keen, gifted debater with an
interest in theatre. He preferred playing larger-than-life characters in theatrical
productions, which has influenced his political image
When Modi was eight years old, he was introduced to the Rashtriya
Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) and began attending its local shakhas (training
sessions). There, he met Lakshmanrao Inamdar, who inducted Modi as a
balswayamsevak (junior cadet) in the RSS and became his political mentor.
[51] While Modi was training with the RSS, he also met Vasant
Gajendragadkar and Nathalal Jaghda, Bharatiya Jana Sangh leaders who in
1980 helped found the BJP's Gujarat unit