List of Prime Ministers of India PDF from 1947 to 2022 New Updated

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Prime Minister of India is the head of the ruling central government. All the effective executive power rests with the council of Ministers that is headed by the Prime Minister (Pradhan Mantri). Indian Constitution article 78 specifies the duties of the Prime Minister of India. PM acts as a link b/w the president and cabinet while discharging his duties.

Since 1947 India had 15 Prime Ministers. Jawaharlal Nehru was the India's 1st Prime Minister, serving as prime minister of the Dominion of India from 15th August 1947 until 26 January 1950. Complete list of Prime Ministers of India from 1947 to 2022 is given below.

List of Prime Ministers of India

The below list of Prime Ministers of India from 1947 to 2022.

S.N.	Name	Born-Dead	Term of office	Remark
1.	Jawahar Lal Nehru	(1889–1964)	15 August 1947-27 May 196416 years, 286 days	The first prime minister of India and the longest-serving PM of India, first to die in office.
2.	Gulzarilal Nanda (Acting)	(1898-1998)	27 May,1964 to 9 June 1964,13 days	First acting PM of India
3.	Lal Bahadur Shastri	(1904–1966)	9 June, 1964 to 11 January 19661 year, 216 days	He has given the slogan of 'Jai Jawan Jai Kisan' during Indo-Pak war of 1965
4.	Gulzari Lal Nanda (Acting)	(1898-1998)	January 11, 1966 - January 24, 196613 days	-
5.	Indira Gandhi	(1917–1984)	24 January 1966 to 24 March 197711 years, 59 days	First lady Prime Minister of India
6.	Morarji Desai	(1896–1995)	24 March 1977 – 28 July 1979 2 year, 126 days	Oldest to become PM @ 81 and first to resign from office
7.	Charan Singh	(1902–1987)	28 July 1979 to 14 January 1980170 days	Only PM who did not face the Parliament
8.	Indira Gandhi	(1917–1984)	14 Jan.1980 to 31 October 19844 years, 291 days	The first lady who served as PM for the second term
9.	Rajiv Gandhi	(1944–1991)	31 October 1984 to 2 December 19895 years, 32 days	Youngest to become PM @ 40 year
10.	V. P. Singh	(1931–2008)	2 December 1989 to 10 November 1990343 days	First PM to step down after a vote of no confidence
11.	Chandra Shekhar	(1927–2007)	10 November 1990 to 21 June 1991223 days	He belongs to Samajwadi Janata Party
12.	P. V. Narasimha Rao	(1921–2004)	21 June 1991 to 16 May 19964 years, 330 days	First PM from south India
13.	Atal Bihari Vajpayee	(1924- 2018)	16 May 1996 to 1 June 199616 days	PM for shortest tenure
14.	H. D. Deve Gowda	(born 1933)	1 June 1996 to 21 April 1997324 days	He belongs to Janata Dal
15.	Inder Kumar Gujral	(1919–2012)	21 April 1997 to 19 March 1998 332 days	------
16.	Atal Bihari Vajpayee	(1924-2018)	19 March 1998 to 22 May 2004 6 years, 64 days	The first non-congress PM who completed a full term as PM
17.	Manmohan Singh	(born 1932)	22 May 2004 to 26 May 2014 10 years, 4 days	First Sikh PM
18.	Narendra Modi	(born 1950)	26 May 2014, Incumbent	4th Prime Minister of India who served two consecutive tenures