Prime Ministers of India

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Prime Ministers of India
S. No.	Name	Tenure	Important Points to Remember
1	Jawaharlal Nehru	15 August 1947 – 27 May 1964 16 years, 286 days	The first prime minister of India, The longest-serving PM of India.
2	Gulzari Lal Nanda	27 May 1964 – 9 June 1964 13 days	First acting PM of India
3	Lal Bahadur Shastri	9 June 1964 – 11 January 1966 1 year, 216 days	He gave the slogan of ‘Jai Jawan Jai Kisan’ during the Indo-Pak war of 1965
4	Gulzari Lal Nanda	11 January 1966 – 24 January 1966 13 days
5	Indira Gandhi	24 January 1966 – 24 March 1977 11 years, 59 days	First lady Prime Minister of India.
6	Morarji Desai	24 March 1977 – 28 July 1979 2 year, 126 days	Oldest to become PM elected at 81 years of age.
7	Charan Singh	28 July 1979 – 14 January 1980 170 days	Only PM who did not face the Parliament.
8	Indira Gandhi	14 January 1980 – 31 October 1984 4 years, 291 days	The first lady who served as PM for the second term.
9	Rajiv Gandhi	31 October 1984 – 2 December 1989 5 years, 32 days	Youngest PM of India, became PM at the age of 40 years.
10	Vishwanath Pratap Singh	2 December 1989 – 10 November 1990 343 days	First PM to step down after a vote of no confidence.
11	Chandra Shekhar	10 November 1990 – 21 June 1991 223 days	He belongs to Samajwadi Janata Party.
12	P. V. Narasimha Rao	21 June 1991 – 16 May 1996 4 years, 330 days	First PM from south India.
13	Atal Bihari Vajpayee	16 May 1996 – 1 June 1996 16 days	PM for the shortest tenure.
14	H.D. Deve Gowda	1 June 1996 – 21 April 1997 324 days	He belongs to Janata Dal.
15	I.K. Gujral	21 April 1997 – 19 March 1998 332 days
16	Atal Bihari Vajpayee	19 March 1998 – 22 May 2004 6 years, 64 days	The first non-congress PM who completed a full term as PM
17	Dr. Manmohan Singh	22 May 2004 – 26 May 2014 10 years, 4 days
18	Narendra Modi	26 May 2014 – Incumbent	4th Prime Minister of India who served two consecutive tenures

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