List of Prime Minister of India

List of Prime Minister of India

Picture: Narendra Modi - Current Prime Minister of India

S.No	Name	Tenure	Key Highlights
1	Jawaharlal Nehru	1947–1964	First Prime Minister of India, architect of modern India, non-alignment movement, socialist policies.
2	Gulzarilal Nanda (Acting)	1964	Served as acting Prime Minister after Nehru's death.
3	Lal Bahadur Shastri	1964–1966	"Jai Jawan Jai Kisan" slogan, led India during the Indo-Pakistani War of 1965.
4	Gulzarilal Nanda (Acting)	1966	Served as acting Prime Minister after Shastri's death.
5	Indira Gandhi	1966–1977	First female Prime Minister of India, nationalization of banks, Indo-Pakistani War of 1971, emergency declaration.
6	Morarji Desai	1977–1979	First non-Congress Prime Minister, Janata Party government.
7	Charan Singh	1979–1980	Shortest serving Prime Minister, leader of the farmers.
8	Indira Gandhi	1980–1984	Operation Blue Star, assassination.
9	Rajiv Gandhi	1984–1989	Youngest Prime Minister, modernization of India, telecom revolution.
10	V. P. Singh	1989–1990	Implemented Mandal Commission recommendations.
11	Chandra Shekhar	1990–1991	Short tenure, political instability.
12	P. V. Narasimha Rao	1991–1996	Economic liberalization, dismantling of license raj.
13	Atal Bihari Vajpayee	1996 (13 days)	Shortest full term Prime Minister before 2004, first BJP Prime Minister.
14	H. D. Deve Gowda	1996–1997	United Front government.
15	Inder Kumar Gujral	1997–1998	Gujral Doctrine.
16	Atal Bihari Vajpayee	1998–2004	Pokhran-II nuclear tests, Kargil War, Golden Quadrilateral project.
17	Manmohan Singh	2004–2014	Economic reforms, Indo-US civil nuclear deal.
18	Narendra Modi	2014–Present	"Make in India," demonetization, Goods and Services Tax (GST).