№
|
Name
(birth–death)
|
Term of office[4]
|
Elections
(Lok Sabha)
|
1
|
Jawaharlal Nehru
(1889–1964)
|
15 August
1947
|
27 May
1964[†]
|
16 years,
286 days
|
—
|
1952 (1st)
|
1957 (2nd)
|
1962 (3rd)
|
–
|
Gulzarilal Nanda(acting)
(1898–1998)
|
27 May
1964
|
9 June
1964
|
13 days
|
(3rd)
|
2
|
Lal Bahadur Shastri
(1904–1966)
|
9 June
1964
|
11 January
1966[†]
|
1 year,
216 days
|
(3rd)
|
–
|
Gulzarilal Nanda(acting)
(1898–1998)
|
11 January
1966
|
24 January
1966
|
13 days
|
(3rd)
|
3
|
Indira Gandhi
(1917–1984)
|
24 January
1966
|
24 March
1977
|
11 years,
59 days
|
(3rd)
|
1967 (4th)
|
1971 (5th)
|
4
|
Morarji Desai
(1896–1995)
|
24 March
1977
|
28 July
1979[RES]
|
2 years, 126 days
|
1977 (6th)
|
5
|
Charan Singh
(1902–1987)
|
28 July
1979
|
14 January
1980[RES]
|
170 days
|
– (6th)
|
(3)
|
Indira Gandhi
(1917–1984)
|
14 January
1980[§]
|
31 October
1984[†]
|
4 years, 291 days
|
1980 (7th)
|
6
|
Rajiv Gandhi
(1944–1991)
|
31 October
1984
|
2 December
1989
|
5 years, 32 days
|
(7th)
|
1984 (8th)
|
7
|
V. P. Singh
(1931–2008)
|
2 December
1989
|
10 November
1990[NC]
|
343 days
|
1989 (9th)
|
8
|
Chandra Shekhar
(1927–2007)
|
10 November
1990
|
21 June
1991[a]
|
223 days
|
(9th)
|
9
|
P. V. Narasimha Rao
(1921–2004)
|
21 June
1991
|
16 May
1996
|
4 years, 330 days
|
1991(10th)
|
10
|
Atal Bihari Vajpayee
(born 1924)
|
16 May
1996
|
1 June
1996[RES]
|
16 days
|
1996(11th)
|
11
|
H. D. Deve Gowda
(born 1933)
|
1 June
1996
|
21 April
1997[RES]
|
324 days
|
(11th)
|
12
|
Inder Kumar Gujral
(1919–2012)
|
21 April
1997
|
19 March
1998
|
332 days
|
(11th)
|
(10)
|
Atal Bihari Vajpayee
(born 1924)
|
19 March
1998[§]
|
22 May
2004
|
6 years, 64 days
|
1998(12th)
|
1999(13th)
|
13
|
Manmohan Singh
(born 1932)
|
22 May
2004
|
26 May
2014
|
10 years, 4 days
|
2004(14th)
|
2009(15th)
|
14
|
Narendra Modi
(born 1950)
|
26 May
2014[5]
|
Incumbent
|
-
|
2014(16th)
|
1. Jump up^ Chandra
Shekhar officially resigned as Prime Minister on 13 March 1991, but he and his
ministers continued in office until Rao succeeded him
