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class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>العربية</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-as mw-list-item"><a href="https://as.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%AD%E0%A6%BE%E0%A7%B0%E0%A6%A4%E0%A7%B0_%E0%A6%AA%E0%A7%8D%E0%A7%B0%E0%A6%A7%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%A8%E0%A6%AE%E0%A6%A8%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%A4%E0%A7%8D%E0%A7%B0%E0%A7%80%E0%A6%B8%E0%A6%95%E0%A6%B2%E0%A7%B0_%E0%A6%A4%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B2%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%95%E0%A6%BE" title="ভাৰতৰ প্ৰধানমন্ত্ৰীসকলৰ তালিকা – Assamese" lang="as" hreflang="as" data-title="ভাৰতৰ প্ৰধানমন্ত্ৰীসকলৰ তালিকা" data-language-autonym="অসমীয়া" data-language-local-name="Assamese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>অসমীয়া</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-awa mw-list-item"><a href="https://awa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%AD%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%A4_%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%AF_%E0%A4%AA%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%A7%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%A8%E0%A4%AE%E0%A4%82%E0%A4%A4%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%80_%E0%A4%B2%E0%A5%8B%E0%A4%97%E0%A4%A8_%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%AF_%E0%A4%B8%E0%A5%82%E0%A4%9A%E0%A5%80" title="भारत कय प्रधानमंत्री लोगन कय सूची – Awadhi" lang="awa" hreflang="awa" data-title="भारत कय प्रधानमंत्री लोगन कय सूची" data-language-autonym="अवधी" data-language-local-name="Awadhi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>अवधी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bn mw-list-item"><a href="https://bn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%AD%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%A4%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%B0_%E0%A6%AA%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%A7%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%A8%E0%A6%AE%E0%A6%A8%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%A4%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%B0%E0%A7%80%E0%A6%A6%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%B0_%E0%A6%A4%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B2%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%95%E0%A6%BE" title="ভারতের প্রধানমন্ত্রীদের তালিকা – Bangla" lang="bn" hreflang="bn" data-title="ভারতের প্রধানমন্ত্রীদের তালিকা" data-language-autonym="বাংলা" data-language-local-name="Bangla" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>বাংলা</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bh mw-list-item"><a href="https://bh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%AD%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%A4_%E0%A4%95%E0%A5%87_%E0%A4%AA%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%A7%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%A8%E0%A4%AE%E0%A4%82%E0%A4%A4%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%80_%E0%A4%B2%E0%A5%8B%E0%A4%97_%E0%A4%95%E0%A5%87_%E0%A4%B2%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%B8%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%9F" title="भारत के परधानमंत्री लोग के लिस्ट – Bhojpuri" lang="bh" hreflang="bh" data-title="भारत के परधानमंत्री लोग के लिस्ट" data-language-autonym="भोजपुरी" data-language-local-name="Bhojpuri" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>भोजपुरी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liste_der_Premierminister_Indiens" title="Liste der Premierminister Indiens – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Liste der Premierminister Indiens" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-el mw-list-item"><a href="https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%9A%CE%B1%CF%84%CE%AC%CE%BB%CE%BF%CE%B3%CE%BF%CF%82_%CF%80%CF%81%CF%89%CE%B8%CF%85%CF%80%CE%BF%CF%85%CF%81%CE%B3%CF%8E%CE%BD_%CF%84%CE%B7%CF%82_%CE%99%CE%BD%CE%B4%CE%AF%CE%B1%CF%82" title="Κατάλογος πρωθυπουργών της Ινδίας – Greek" lang="el" hreflang="el" data-title="Κατάλογος πρωθυπουργών της Ινδίας" data-language-autonym="Ελληνικά" data-language-local-name="Greek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ελληνικά</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Listo_de_%C4%89efministroj_de_Barato" title="Listo de ĉefministroj de Barato – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="Listo de ĉefministroj de Barato" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Esperanto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%81%D9%87%D8%B1%D8%B3%D8%AA_%D9%86%D8%AE%D8%B3%D8%AA%E2%80%8C%D9%88%D8%B2%DB%8C%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%86_%D9%87%D9%86%D8%AF" title="فهرست نخست‌وزیران هند – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="فهرست نخست‌وزیران هند" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liste_des_Premiers_ministres_de_l%27Inde" title="Liste des Premiers ministres de l'Inde – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Liste des Premiers ministres de l'Inde" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gu mw-list-item"><a href="https://gu.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%AA%AD%E0%AA%BE%E0%AA%B0%E0%AA%A4%E0%AA%A8%E0%AA%BE_%E0%AA%B5%E0%AA%A1%E0%AA%BE%E0%AA%AA%E0%AB%8D%E0%AA%B0%E0%AA%A7%E0%AA%BE%E0%AA%A8" title="ભારતના વડાપ્રધાન – Gujarati" lang="gu" hreflang="gu" data-title="ભારતના વડાપ્રધાન" data-language-autonym="ગુજરાતી" data-language-local-name="Gujarati" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ગુજરાતી</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hi mw-list-item"><a href="https://hi.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%AD%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%A4_%E0%A4%95%E0%A5%87_%E0%A4%AA%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%A7%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%A8_%E0%A4%AE%E0%A4%82%E0%A4%A4%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%AF%E0%A5%8B%E0%A4%82_%E0%A4%95%E0%A5%80_%E0%A4%B8%E0%A5%82%E0%A4%9A%E0%A5%80" title="भारत के प्रधान मंत्रियों की सूची – Hindi" lang="hi" hreflang="hi" data-title="भारत के प्रधान मंत्रियों की सूची" data-language-autonym="हिन्दी" data-language-local-name="Hindi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>हिन्दी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-io mw-list-item"><a href="https://io.wikipedia.org/wiki/Listo_pri_chefministri_di_India" title="Listo pri chefministri di India – Ido" lang="io" hreflang="io" data-title="Listo pri chefministri di India" data-language-autonym="Ido" data-language-local-name="Ido" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ido</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daftar_Perdana_Menteri_India" title="Daftar Perdana Menteri India – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Daftar Perdana Menteri India" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Primi_ministri_dell%27India" title="Primi ministri dell'India – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Primi ministri dell'India" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kn mw-list-item"><a href="https://kn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B2%AD%E0%B2%BE%E0%B2%B0%E0%B2%A4%E0%B2%A6_%E0%B2%AA%E0%B3%8D%E0%B2%B0%E0%B2%A7%E0%B2%BE%E0%B2%A8_%E0%B2%AE%E0%B2%82%E0%B2%A4%E0%B3%8D%E0%B2%B0%E0%B2%BF%E0%B2%97%E0%B2%B3_%E0%B2%AA%E0%B2%9F%E0%B3%8D%E0%B2%9F%E0%B2%BF" title="ಭಾರತದ ಪ್ರಧಾನ ಮಂತ್ರಿಗಳ ಪಟ್ಟಿ – Kannada" lang="kn" hreflang="kn" data-title="ಭಾರತದ ಪ್ರಧಾನ ಮಂತ್ರಿಗಳ ಪಟ್ಟಿ" data-language-autonym="ಕನ್ನಡ" data-language-local-name="Kannada" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ಕನ್ನಡ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lb mw-list-item"><a href="https://lb.wikipedia.org/wiki/L%C3%ABscht_vun_de_Premierministere_vun_Indien" title="Lëscht vun de Premierministere vun Indien – Luxembourgish" lang="lb" hreflang="lb" data-title="Lëscht vun de Premierministere vun Indien" data-language-autonym="Lëtzebuergesch" data-language-local-name="Luxembourgish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lëtzebuergesch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ml mw-list-item"><a href="https://ml.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B4%87%E0%B4%A8%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%A4%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%AF%E0%B4%AF%E0%B5%81%E0%B4%9F%E0%B5%86_%E0%B4%AA%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%B0%E0%B4%A7%E0%B4%BE%E0%B4%A8%E0%B4%AE%E0%B4%A8%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%A4%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%B0%E0%B4%BF%E0%B4%AE%E0%B4%BE%E0%B4%B0%E0%B5%81%E0%B4%9F%E0%B5%86_%E0%B4%AA%E0%B4%9F%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%9F%E0%B4%BF%E0%B4%95" title="ഇന്ത്യയുടെ പ്രധാനമന്ത്രിമാരുടെ പട്ടിക – Malayalam" lang="ml" hreflang="ml" data-title="ഇന്ത്യയുടെ പ്രധാനമന്ത്രിമാരുടെ പട്ടിക" data-language-autonym="മലയാളം" data-language-local-name="Malayalam" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>മലയാളം</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mr mw-list-item"><a href="https://mr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%AD%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%A4%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%9A%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%AF%E0%A4%BE_%E0%A4%AA%E0%A4%82%E0%A4%A4%E0%A4%AA%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%A7%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%A8%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%82%E0%A4%9A%E0%A5%80_%E0%A4%AF%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%A6%E0%A5%80" title="भारताच्या पंतप्रधानांची यादी – Marathi" lang="mr" hreflang="mr" data-title="भारताच्या पंतप्रधानांची यादी" data-language-autonym="मराठी" data-language-local-name="Marathi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>मराठी</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lijst_van_premiers_van_India" title="Lijst van premiers van India – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Lijst van premiers van India" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ne mw-list-item"><a href="https://ne.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%AD%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%A4%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%BE_%E0%A4%AA%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%A7%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%A8%E0%A4%AE%E0%A4%A8%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%A4%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%80%E0%A4%B9%E0%A4%B0%E0%A5%82%E0%A4%95%E0%A5%8B_%E0%A4%B8%E0%A5%82%E0%A4%9A%E0%A5%80" title="भारतका प्रधानमन्त्रीहरूको सूची – Nepali" lang="ne" hreflang="ne" data-title="भारतका प्रधानमन्त्रीहरूको सूची" data-language-autonym="नेपाली" data-language-local-name="Nepali" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>नेपाली</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%A4%E3%83%B3%E3%83%89%E3%81%AE%E6%AD%B4%E4%BB%A3%E9%A6%96%E7%9B%B8" title="インドの歴代首相 – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="インドの歴代首相" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>日本語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no mw-list-item"><a href="https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liste_over_Indias_statsministre" title="Liste over Indias statsministre – Norwegian Bokmål" lang="nb" hreflang="nb" data-title="Liste over Indias statsministre" data-language-autonym="Norsk bokmål" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Bokmål" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk bokmål</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-oc mw-list-item"><a href="https://oc.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lista_dels_primi%C3%A8rs_ministres_d%27%C3%8Dndia" title="Lista dels primièrs ministres d'Índia – Occitan" lang="oc" hreflang="oc" data-title="Lista dels primièrs ministres d'Índia" data-language-autonym="Occitan" data-language-local-name="Occitan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Occitan</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-or mw-list-item"><a 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ਸੂਚੀ" data-language-autonym="ਪੰਜਾਬੀ" data-language-local-name="Punjabi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ਪੰਜਾਬੀ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pnb mw-list-item"><a href="https://pnb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%DA%BE%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AA_%D8%AF%DB%92_%D9%88%D8%B2%DB%8C%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%B9%D8%B8%D9%85" title="بھارت دے وزیراعظم – Western Punjabi" lang="pnb" hreflang="pnb" data-title="بھارت دے وزیراعظم" data-language-autonym="پنجابی" data-language-local-name="Western Punjabi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>پنجابی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lista_de_primeiros-ministros_da_%C3%8Dndia" title="Lista de primeiros-ministros da Índia – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="Lista de primeiros-ministros da Índia" data-language-autonym="Português" data-language-local-name="Portuguese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Português</span></a></li><li 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non-Congress prime minister to complete a full 5 year term.</li><li>Bottom center: <a href="/wiki/Manmohan_Singh" title="Manmohan Singh">Manmohan Singh</a> was the first prime minister from a minority religion.</li><li>Bottom right: <a href="/wiki/Narendra_Modi" title="Narendra Modi">Narendra Modi</a> is the only prime minister to be born in independent India and is the longest-serving non-Congress prime minister.</li></ul></div></div></div></div></div> <p>The prime minister is appointed by the <a href="/wiki/President_of_India" title="President of India">president of India</a>; however, the prime minister has to enjoy the confidence of the majority of <a href="/wiki/Lok_Sabha" title="Lok Sabha">Lok Sabha</a> members, who are <a href="/wiki/Direct_election" title="Direct election">directly elected</a> <a href="/wiki/Elections_in_India#Parliamentary_general_elections_(Lok_Sabha)" title="Elections in India">every five years</a>, unless a prime minister resigns. The prime minister is the presiding member of the <a href="/wiki/Union_Council_of_Ministers" title="Union Council of Ministers">Council of Ministers</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Government_of_India" title="Government of India">Union government</a>. The prime minister unilaterally controls the selection and dismissal of members of the council; and allocation of posts to members within the government. This council, which is collectively responsible to the <a href="/wiki/Lok_Sabha" title="Lok Sabha">Lok Sabha</a> as per <a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Constitution_of_India/Part_V" class="extiw" title="s:Constitution of India/Part V">Article 75(3)</a>, assists the president regarding the operations under the latter's powers; however, by the virtue of <a href="https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Constitution_of_India/Part_V" class="extiw" title="s:Constitution of India/Part V">Article 74</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Constitution_of_India" title="Constitution of India">Constitution</a>, such '<a href="/wiki/Advice_(constitutional_law)" title="Advice (constitutional law)">aid and advice</a>' tendered by the council is <a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/binding#Adjective" class="extiw" title="wiktionary:binding">binding</a>. </p><p>Since 1947, India has had 14 prime ministers.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>a<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Jawaharlal_Nehru" title="Jawaharlal Nehru">Jawaharlal Nehru</a> was India's first prime minister, serving as prime minister of the <a href="/wiki/Dominion_of_India" title="Dominion of India">Dominion of India</a> from 15 August 1947 until 26 January 1950, and thereafter of the <a href="/wiki/Republic_of_India" class="mw-redirect" title="Republic of India">Republic of India</a> until his death in May 1964. (India conducted its first post-independence general elections in 1952). Earlier, Nehru had served as prime minister of the <a href="/wiki/Interim_Government_of_India" title="Interim Government of India">Interim Government of India</a> during the <a href="/wiki/British_Raj" title="British Raj">British Raj</a> from 2 September 1946 until 14 August 1947, his party, the Indian National Congress having won the <a href="/wiki/1946_Indian_provincial_elections" title="1946 Indian provincial elections">1946 Indian provincial elections</a>. Nehru was succeeded by <a href="/wiki/Lal_Bahadur_Shastri" title="Lal Bahadur Shastri">Lal Bahadur Shastri</a>, whose 1 year 7-month term ended in his death in <a href="/wiki/Tashkent" title="Tashkent">Tashkent</a>, then in the <a href="/wiki/USSR" class="mw-redirect" title="USSR">USSR</a>, where he had signed the <a href="/wiki/Tashkent_Declaration" title="Tashkent Declaration">Tashkent Declaration</a> between India and Pakistan.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Indira_Gandhi" title="Indira Gandhi">Indira Gandhi</a>, Nehru's daughter, succeeded Shastri in 1966 to become the country's first female prime minister.<sup id="cite_ref-indira_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-indira-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Eleven years later, her party the <a href="/wiki/Indian_National_Congress" title="Indian National Congress">Indian National Congress</a> lost the <a href="/wiki/1977_Indian_general_election" title="1977 Indian general election">1977 Indian general election</a> to the <a href="/wiki/Janata_Party" title="Janata Party">Janata Party</a>, whose leader <a href="/wiki/Morarji_Desai" title="Morarji Desai">Morarji Desai</a> became the first non-Congress prime minister.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> After Desai resigned in 1979, his former associate <a href="/wiki/Charan_Singh" title="Charan Singh">Charan Singh</a> briefly held office until the Congress won the <a href="/wiki/1980_Indian_general_election" title="1980 Indian general election">1980 Indian general election</a> and Indira Gandhi returned as prime minister.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Her second term as prime minister ended five years later on 31 October 1984, when she was <a href="/wiki/Assassination_of_Indira_Gandhi" title="Assassination of Indira Gandhi">assassinated</a> by her bodyguards.<sup id="cite_ref-indira_14-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-indira-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Her son <a href="/wiki/Rajiv_Gandhi" title="Rajiv Gandhi">Rajiv Gandhi</a> was sworn in as India's youngest premier. Members of <a href="/wiki/Nehru%E2%80%93Gandhi_family" title="Nehru–Gandhi family">Nehru–Gandhi family</a> have been prime minister for approximately 38 years.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>After a general election loss, Rajiv Gandhi's five-year term ended; his former cabinet colleague, <a href="/wiki/Vishwanath_Pratap_Singh" class="mw-redirect" title="Vishwanath Pratap Singh">Vishwanath Pratap Singh</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Janata_Dal" title="Janata Dal">Janata Dal</a>, formed the year-long <a href="/wiki/National_Front_(India)" class="mw-redirect" title="National Front (India)">National Front</a> coalition government in 1989. A seven-month interlude under prime minister <a href="/wiki/Chandra_Shekhar" title="Chandra Shekhar">Chandra Shekhar</a> followed, after which the Congress party returned to power, forming the government under <a href="/wiki/P._V._Narasimha_Rao" title="P. V. Narasimha Rao">P. V. Narasimha Rao</a> in June 1991, Rajiv Gandhi having been assassinated earlier that year.<sup id="cite_ref-former_18-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-former-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Rao's five-year term was succeeded by four short-lived governments—<a href="/wiki/Atal_Bihari_Vajpayee" title="Atal Bihari Vajpayee">Atal Bihari Vajpayee</a> from the <a href="/wiki/Bharatiya_Janata_Party" title="Bharatiya Janata Party">Bharatiya Janata Party</a> (BJP) for 13 days in 1996, a year each under <a href="/wiki/United_Front_(India,_1996)" title="United Front (India, 1996)">United Front</a> prime ministers <a href="/wiki/H._D._Deve_Gowda" title="H. D. Deve Gowda">H. D. Deve Gowda</a> and <a href="/wiki/Inder_Kumar_Gujral" title="Inder Kumar Gujral">Inder Kumar Gujral</a>, and Vajpayee again for 13 months in 1998–1999.<sup id="cite_ref-former_18-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-former-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1999, Vajpayee's <a href="/wiki/National_Democratic_Alliance" title="National Democratic Alliance">National Democratic Alliance</a> (NDA) won the general election, the first non-Congress alliance to do so, and he served a full five-year term as prime minister.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Congress, and its <a href="/wiki/United_Progressive_Alliance" title="United Progressive Alliance">United Progressive Alliance</a> won the general elections in 2004 and 2009, <a href="/wiki/Manmohan_Singh" title="Manmohan Singh">Manmohan Singh</a> serving as prime minister between 2004 and 2014.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The BJP won the <a href="/wiki/2014_Indian_general_election" title="2014 Indian general election">2014 Indian general election</a>, and its parliamentary leader <a href="/wiki/Narendra_Modi" title="Narendra Modi">Narendra Modi</a> formed the first non-Congress single party majority government.<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <a href="/wiki/BJP" class="mw-redirect" title="BJP">BJP</a> goes on to win the <a href="/wiki/2019_Indian_general_election" title="2019 Indian general election">2019 Indian general election</a> with a bigger margin than last time, granting a <a href="/wiki/Second_Modi_ministry" title="Second Modi ministry">second term</a> for the incumbent Modi government.<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In <a href="/wiki/2024_Indian_general_election" title="2024 Indian general election">2024 Indian general election</a>, incumbent <a href="/wiki/BJP" class="mw-redirect" title="BJP">BJP</a> losses majority but remains the single largest party in the country, and BJP and its <a href="/wiki/National_Democratic_Alliance" title="National Democratic Alliance">National Democratic Alliance</a> forms the government. <a href="/wiki/Modi" class="mw-redirect" title="Modi">Modi</a> becomes the prime minister for the <a href="/wiki/Third_Modi_ministry" title="Third Modi ministry">third consecutive time</a>, second only to do so after the first <a href="/wiki/Prime_Minister_of_India" title="Prime Minister of India">Prime Minister</a> <a href="/wiki/Jawaharlal_Nehru" title="Jawaharlal Nehru">Jawaharlal Nehru</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="List_of_prime_ministers_of_India">List of prime ministers of India</h2></div> <dl><dt>Key</dt></dl> <ul><li>No.: Incumbent number</li> <li><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1041539562">.mw-parser-output .citation{word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}</style><span class="citation wikicite" id="endnote_††"><a href="#ref_††"><b><sup>†</sup></b></a></span> Assassinated or died in office</li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1041539562"><span class="citation wikicite" id="endnote_§§"><a href="#ref_§§"><b><sup>§</sup></b></a></span> Returned to office after a previous non-consecutive term</li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1041539562"><span class="citation wikicite" id="endnote_RESRES"><a href="#ref_RESRES"><b><sup>RES</sup></b></a></span> Resigned</li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1041539562"><span class="citation wikicite" id="endnote_NCNC"><a href="#ref_NCNC"><b><sup>NC</sup></b></a></span> Resigned following a <a href="/wiki/No-confidence_motion" class="mw-redirect" title="No-confidence motion">no-confidence motion</a></li></ul> <p><b>Colour key</b> (for political coalitions/parties): </p> <ul><li><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r981673959">.mw-parser-output .legend{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .legend-color{display:inline-block;min-width:1.25em;height:1.25em;line-height:1.25;margin:1px 0;text-align:center;border:1px solid black;background-color:transparent;color:black}.mw-parser-output .legend-text{}</style><div class="legend"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="border: 1px solid #AAAAAA;background-color:#19AAED; color:black;"> </span> <a href="/wiki/Indian_National_Congress" title="Indian National Congress">Indian National Congress</a> (6)</div></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><div class="legend"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="border: 1px solid #AAAAAA;background-color:#2E8B57; color:black;"> </span> <a href="/wiki/Janata_Dal" title="Janata Dal">Janata Dal</a> (3)</div></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><div class="legend"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="border: 1px solid #AAAAAA;background-color:#FF9933; color:black;"> </span> <a href="/wiki/Bharatiya_Janata_Party" title="Bharatiya Janata Party">Bharatiya Janata Party</a> (2)</div></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><div class="legend"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="border: 1px solid #AAAAAA;background-color:turquoise; color:black;"> </span> <a href="/wiki/Indian_National_Congress_(R)" title="Indian National Congress (R)">Indian National Congress (R)</a> (1)</div></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><div class="legend"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="border: 1px solid #AAAAAA;background-color:#1F75FE; color:black;"> </span> <a href="/wiki/Janata_Party" title="Janata Party">Janata Party</a> (1)</div></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><div class="legend"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="border: 1px solid #AAAAAA;background-color:#06038D; color:white;"> </span> <a href="/wiki/Janata_Party_(Secular)" title="Janata Party (Secular)">Janata Party (Secular)</a> (1)</div></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><div class="legend"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="border: 1px solid #AAAAAA;background-color:#74C365; color:black;"> </span> <a href="/wiki/Samajwadi_Janata_Party_(Rashtriya)" title="Samajwadi Janata Party (Rashtriya)">Samajwadi Janata Party (Rashtriya)</a> (1)</div></li></ul> <table class="wikitable notheme" style="text-align:center"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="2"><abbr title="Number">No.</abbr> </th> <th>Portrait </th> <th style="width:15em">Name<br /><small>(born – died)<br />Constituency</small> </th> <th style="width:6em">Age when assumed office </th> <th colspan="4">Term of office & elections<br /><span style="font-size:85%;">Duration in years and days</span> </th> <th style="width:23em">Concurrent ministerial positions </th> <th style="width:6em">Party </th> <th style="width:6em">Government </th> <th style="width:10em">Head of State<br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(Tenure)</span> </th></tr> <tr> <th rowspan="5">1 </th> <td rowspan="5" style="color:inherit;background:#19AAED"> </td> <td rowspan="5"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Jnehru.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5f/Jnehru.jpg/80px-Jnehru.jpg" decoding="async" width="80" height="115" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5f/Jnehru.jpg/120px-Jnehru.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5f/Jnehru.jpg/160px-Jnehru.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1365" data-file-height="1962" /></a></span> </td> <td rowspan="5"><b><a href="/wiki/Jawaharlal_Nehru" title="Jawaharlal Nehru">Jawaharlal Nehru</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(1889–1964)<br /> MP for <a href="/wiki/United_Provinces_(1937%E2%80%931950)" title="United Provinces (1937–1950)">United Provinces</a><br />(<i>Constituent Assembly</i>, 1947-1952)<br />MP for <a href="/wiki/Phulpur_(Lok_Sabha_constituency)" class="mw-redirect" title="Phulpur (Lok Sabha constituency)">Phulpur</a> (1952-1964)</span> </td> <td rowspan="5"><small>57 years, 274 days</small> </td> <td rowspan="5" style="width:8em"><span style="font-size:85%;">15 August</span><br />1947 </td> <td rowspan="5" style="width:8em"><span style="font-size:85%;">27 May</span><br />1964<link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1041539562"><sup class="citation nobold" id="ref_††"><a href="#endnote_††">[†]</a></sup> </td> <td rowspan="5" style="width:6em"><small>16 years, 286 days</small> </td> <td rowspan="2">– </td> <td rowspan="5" align="left" style="background:#eaecf0; font-size:85%"><div><ul><li><a href="/wiki/Minister_of_External_Affairs_(India)" title="Minister of External Affairs (India)">Minister of External and Commonwealth Affairs</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Minister_of_Defence_(India)" title="Minister of Defence (India)">Minister of Defence</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(1952–1955, 1957)</span></li><li><a href="/wiki/Minister_of_Finance_(India)" title="Minister of Finance (India)">Minister of Finance</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(1958)</span></li></ul></div> </td> <td rowspan="13" bgcolor="#87CEEB"><a href="/wiki/Indian_National_Congress" title="Indian National Congress">Indian National Congress</a> </td> <td rowspan="2" bgcolor="#87CEEB"><a href="/wiki/First_Nehru_ministry" title="First Nehru ministry">Nehru I</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/George_VI" title="George VI">George VI</a><sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>b<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(1947–1950)</span> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="3"><a href="/wiki/Rajendra_Prasad" title="Rajendra Prasad">Rajendra Prasad</a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(1950–1962)</span> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1951%E2%80%9352_Indian_general_election" title="1951–52 Indian general election">1951–52</a> </td> <td bgcolor="#87CEEB"><a href="/wiki/Second_Nehru_ministry" title="Second Nehru ministry">Nehru II</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1957_Indian_general_election" title="1957 Indian general election">1957</a> </td> <td bgcolor="#87CEEB"><a href="/wiki/Third_Nehru_ministry" title="Third Nehru ministry">Nehru III</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1962_Indian_general_election" title="1962 Indian general election">1962</a> </td> <td bgcolor="#87CEEB"><a href="/wiki/Fourth_Nehru_ministry" title="Fourth Nehru ministry">Nehru IV</a> </td> <td rowspan="5"><a href="/wiki/Sarvepalli_Radhakrishnan" title="Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan">Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan</a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(1962–1967)</span> </td></tr> <tr> <th><i>Acting</i> </th> <td style="color:inherit;background:#19AAED"> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Gulzarilal_Nanda_1.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f7/Gulzarilal_Nanda_1.jpg/80px-Gulzarilal_Nanda_1.jpg" decoding="async" width="80" height="119" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f7/Gulzarilal_Nanda_1.jpg/120px-Gulzarilal_Nanda_1.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f7/Gulzarilal_Nanda_1.jpg/160px-Gulzarilal_Nanda_1.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1125" data-file-height="1677" /></a></span> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Gulzarilal_Nanda" title="Gulzarilal Nanda">Gulzarilal Nanda</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(1898–1998)<br />MP for <a href="/wiki/Sabarkantha_Lok_Sabha_constituency" title="Sabarkantha Lok Sabha constituency">Sabarkantha</a></span> </td> <td><small>65 years, 328 days</small> </td> <td><span style="font-size:85%;">27 May</span><br />1964 </td> <td><span style="font-size:85%;">9 June</span><br />1964 </td> <td><small>13 days</small> </td> <td>– </td> <td align="left" style="background:#eaecf0; font-size:85%"><div><ul><li><a href="/wiki/Minister_of_Home_Affairs_(India)" title="Minister of Home Affairs (India)">Minister of Home Affairs</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Minister_of_External_Affairs_(India)" title="Minister of External Affairs (India)">Minister of External Affairs</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Department_of_Atomic_Energy" title="Department of Atomic Energy">Minister of Atomic Energy</a></li></ul></div> </td> <td bgcolor="#87CEEB"><a href="/wiki/First_Nanda_ministry" title="First Nanda ministry">Nanda I</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th>2 </th> <td style="color:inherit;background:#19AAED"> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Lal_Bahadur_Shastri_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/45/Lal_Bahadur_Shastri_%28cropped%29.jpg/80px-Lal_Bahadur_Shastri_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="80" height="99" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/45/Lal_Bahadur_Shastri_%28cropped%29.jpg/120px-Lal_Bahadur_Shastri_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/45/Lal_Bahadur_Shastri_%28cropped%29.jpg/160px-Lal_Bahadur_Shastri_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="299" data-file-height="369" /></a></span> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Lal_Bahadur_Shastri" title="Lal Bahadur Shastri">Lal Bahadur Shastri</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(1904–1966)<br />MP for <a href="/wiki/Allahabad_(Lok_Sabha_constituency)" class="mw-redirect" title="Allahabad (Lok Sabha constituency)">Allahabad</a></span> </td> <td><small>62 years, 250 days</small> </td> <td><span style="font-size:85%;">9 June</span><br />1964 </td> <td><span style="font-size:85%;">11 January</span><br />1966<link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1041539562"><sup class="citation nobold" id="ref_††"><a href="#endnote_††">[†]</a></sup> </td> <td><small>1 year, 216 days</small> </td> <td>– </td> <td align="left" style="background:#eaecf0; font-size:85%"><div><ul><li><a href="/wiki/Minister_of_External_Affairs_(India)" title="Minister of External Affairs (India)">Minister of External Affairs</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(1964)</span></li></ul></div> </td> <td bgcolor="#87CEEB"><a href="/wiki/Shastri_ministry" title="Shastri ministry">Shastri</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th><i>Acting</i> </th> <td style="color:inherit;background:#19AAED"> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Gulzarilal_Nanda_1.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f7/Gulzarilal_Nanda_1.jpg/80px-Gulzarilal_Nanda_1.jpg" decoding="async" width="80" height="119" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f7/Gulzarilal_Nanda_1.jpg/120px-Gulzarilal_Nanda_1.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f7/Gulzarilal_Nanda_1.jpg/160px-Gulzarilal_Nanda_1.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1125" data-file-height="1677" /></a></span> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Gulzarilal_Nanda" title="Gulzarilal Nanda">Gulzarilal Nanda</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(1898–1998)<br />MP for <a href="/wiki/Sabarkantha_Lok_Sabha_constituency" title="Sabarkantha Lok Sabha constituency">Sabarkantha</a></span> </td> <td><small>67 years, 191 days</small> </td> <td><span style="font-size:85%;">11 January</span><br />1966 </td> <td><span style="font-size:85%;">24 January</span><br />1966 </td> <td><small>13 days</small> </td> <td>– </td> <td align="left" style="background:#eaecf0; font-size:85%"><div><ul><li><a href="/wiki/Minister_of_Home_Affairs_(India)" title="Minister of Home Affairs (India)">Minister of Home Affairs</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Department_of_Atomic_Energy" title="Department of Atomic Energy">Minister of Atomic Energy</a></li></ul></div> </td> <td bgcolor="#87CEEB"><a href="/wiki/Second_Nanda_ministry" title="Second Nanda ministry">Nanda II</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th rowspan="8">3 </th> <td rowspan="5" style="color:inherit;background:#19AAED"> </td> <td rowspan="8"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:IndiraGandhi.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9a/IndiraGandhi.png/80px-IndiraGandhi.png" decoding="async" width="80" height="100" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9a/IndiraGandhi.png/120px-IndiraGandhi.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9a/IndiraGandhi.png/160px-IndiraGandhi.png 2x" data-file-width="2500" data-file-height="3125" /></a></span> </td> <td rowspan="8"><b><a href="/wiki/Indira_Gandhi" title="Indira Gandhi">Indira Gandhi</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(1917–1984)<br />MP for <a href="/wiki/List_of_Rajya_Sabha_members_from_Uttar_Pradesh" title="List of Rajya Sabha members from Uttar Pradesh">Uttar Pradesh</a><br />(<i>Rajya Sabha</i>, 1966–1967)<br />MP for <a href="/wiki/Rae_Bareli_(Lok_Sabha_constituency)" class="mw-redirect" title="Rae Bareli (Lok Sabha constituency)">Rae Bareli</a> (1967–1977)</span> </td> <td rowspan="8"><small>48 years, 66 days</small> </td> <td rowspan="8"><span style="font-size:85%;">24 January</span><br />1966 </td> <td rowspan="8"><span style="font-size:85%;">24 March</span><br />1977 </td> <td rowspan="8"><small>11 years, 59 days</small> </td> <td>– </td> <td rowspan="8" align="left" style="background:#eaecf0; font-size:85%"><div><ul><li><a href="/wiki/Minister_of_External_Affairs_(India)" title="Minister of External Affairs (India)">Minister of External Affairs</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(1967–1969)</span></li><li><a href="/wiki/Minister_of_Finance_(India)" title="Minister of Finance (India)">Minister of Finance</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(1970)</span></li><li><a href="/wiki/Minister_of_Home_Affairs_(India)" title="Minister of Home Affairs (India)">Minister of Home Affairs</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(1970–1973)</span></li><li><a href="/wiki/Minister_of_Information_and_Broadcasting_(India)" class="mw-redirect" title="Minister of Information and Broadcasting (India)">Minister of Information and Broadcasting</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(1971–1974)</span></li><li><a href="/wiki/Minister_of_Defence_(India)" title="Minister of Defence (India)">Minister of Defence</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(1975)</span></li></ul></div> </td> <td bgcolor="#87CEEB"><a href="/wiki/First_Indira_Gandhi_ministry" title="First Indira Gandhi ministry">Indira I</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="4"><a href="/wiki/1967_Indian_general_election" title="1967 Indian general election">1967</a> </td> <td rowspan="4" bgcolor="#87CEEB"><a href="/wiki/Second_Indira_Gandhi_ministry" title="Second Indira Gandhi ministry">Indira II</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Zakir_Husain" title="Zakir Husain">Zakir Husain</a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(1967–1969)</span> </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/V._V._Giri" title="V. V. Giri">V. V. Giri</a></i><br /><i><span style="font-size:85%;">(1969)</span></i><br /><i><span style="font-size:85%;">(Acting)</span></i> </td></tr> <tr> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Mohammad_Hidayatullah" title="Mohammad Hidayatullah">Mohammad Hidayatullah</a></i><br /><i><span style="font-size:85%;">(1969)</span></i><br /><i><span style="font-size:85%;">(Acting)</span></i> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/V._V._Giri" title="V. V. Giri">V. V. Giri</a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(1969–1974)</span> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="3" style="color:inherit;background:turquoise"> </td> <td rowspan="3"><a href="/wiki/1971_Indian_general_election" title="1971 Indian general election">1971</a> </td> <td rowspan="3" bgcolor="turquoise"><a href="/wiki/Indian_National_Congress_(R)" title="Indian National Congress (R)">Indian National Congress (R)</a> </td> <td rowspan="3" bgcolor="turquoise"><a href="/wiki/Third_Indira_Gandhi_ministry" title="Third Indira Gandhi ministry">Indira III</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Fakhruddin_Ali_Ahmed" title="Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed">Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed</a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(1974–1977)</span> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2"><i><a href="/wiki/B._D._Jatti" title="B. D. Jatti">B. D. Jatti</a></i><br /><i><span style="font-size:85%;">(1977)</span></i><br /><i><span style="font-size:85%;">(Acting)</span></i> </td></tr> <tr> <th rowspan="2">4 </th> <td rowspan="2" style="color:inherit;background:#1F75FE"> </td> <td rowspan="2"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Morarji_Desai_During_his_visit_to_the_United_States_of_America_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e4/Morarji_Desai_During_his_visit_to_the_United_States_of_America_%28cropped%29.jpg/80px-Morarji_Desai_During_his_visit_to_the_United_States_of_America_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="80" height="99" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e4/Morarji_Desai_During_his_visit_to_the_United_States_of_America_%28cropped%29.jpg/120px-Morarji_Desai_During_his_visit_to_the_United_States_of_America_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e4/Morarji_Desai_During_his_visit_to_the_United_States_of_America_%28cropped%29.jpg/160px-Morarji_Desai_During_his_visit_to_the_United_States_of_America_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1657" data-file-height="2046" /></a></span> </td> <td rowspan="2"><b><a href="/wiki/Morarji_Desai" title="Morarji Desai">Morarji Desai</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(1896–1995)<br />MP for <a href="/wiki/Surat_(Lok_Sabha_constituency)" class="mw-redirect" title="Surat (Lok Sabha constituency)">Surat</a></span> </td> <td rowspan="2"><small>81 years, 24 days</small> </td> <td rowspan="2"><span style="font-size:85%;">24 March</span><br />1977 </td> <td rowspan="2"><span style="font-size:85%;">28 July</span><br />1979<link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1041539562"><sup class="citation nobold" id="ref_RESRES"><a href="#endnote_RESRES">[RES]</a></sup> </td> <td rowspan="2"><small>2 years, 126 days</small> </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/1977_Indian_general_election" title="1977 Indian general election">1977</a> </td> <td rowspan="2" align="left" style="background:#eaecf0; font-size:85%"><div><ul><li><a href="/wiki/Minister_of_Finance_(India)" title="Minister of Finance (India)">Minister of Finance</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(1977, 1979)</span></li><li><a href="/wiki/Minister_of_Home_Affairs_(India)" title="Minister of Home Affairs (India)">Minister of Home Affairs</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(1978–1979)</span></li></ul></div> </td> <td rowspan="2" bgcolor="#4089F7"><a href="/wiki/Janata_Party" title="Janata Party">Janata Party</a> </td> <td rowspan="2" bgcolor="#4089F7"><a href="/wiki/Desai_ministry" title="Desai ministry">Desai</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="3"><a href="/wiki/Neelam_Sanjiva_Reddy" title="Neelam Sanjiva Reddy">Neelam Sanjiva Reddy</a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(1977–1982)</span> </td></tr> <tr> <th>5 </th> <td style="color:inherit;background:#06038D"> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Prime_minister_Charan_Singh_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b9/Prime_minister_Charan_Singh_%28cropped%29.jpg/80px-Prime_minister_Charan_Singh_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="80" height="127" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b9/Prime_minister_Charan_Singh_%28cropped%29.jpg/120px-Prime_minister_Charan_Singh_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b9/Prime_minister_Charan_Singh_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="148" data-file-height="235" /></a></span> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Charan_Singh" title="Charan Singh">Charan Singh</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(1902–1987)<br />MP for <a href="/wiki/Baghpat_(Lok_Sabha_constituency)" class="mw-redirect" title="Baghpat (Lok Sabha constituency)">Baghpat</a></span> </td> <td rowspan="1"><small>76 years, 217 days</small> </td> <td rowspan="1"><span style="font-size:85%;">28 July</span><br />1979 </td> <td rowspan="1"><span style="font-size:85%;">14 January</span><br />1980<link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1041539562"><sup class="citation nobold" id="ref_RESRES"><a href="#endnote_RESRES">[RES]</a></sup> </td> <td><small>170 days</small> </td> <td rowspan="1">– </td> <td align="center" style="background:#eaecf0; font-size:85%"><i>None</i> </td> <td bgcolor="#6495ED"><a href="/wiki/Janata_Party_(Secular)" title="Janata Party (Secular)">Janata Party (Secular)</a> </td> <td bgcolor="#6495ED"><a href="/wiki/Charan_Singh_ministry" title="Charan Singh ministry">Charan</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th rowspan="2">(3) </th> <td rowspan="2" style="color:inherit;background:#0EF4E1"> </td> <td rowspan="2"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:IndiraGandhi.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9a/IndiraGandhi.png/80px-IndiraGandhi.png" decoding="async" width="80" height="100" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9a/IndiraGandhi.png/120px-IndiraGandhi.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9a/IndiraGandhi.png/160px-IndiraGandhi.png 2x" data-file-width="2500" data-file-height="3125" /></a></span> </td> <td rowspan="2"><b><a href="/wiki/Indira_Gandhi" title="Indira Gandhi">Indira Gandhi</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(1917–1984)<br />MP for <a href="/wiki/Medak_(Lok_Sabha_constituency)" class="mw-redirect" title="Medak (Lok Sabha constituency)">Medak</a></span> </td> <td rowspan="2"><small>62 years, 56 days</small> </td> <td rowspan="2"><span style="font-size:85%;">14 January</span><br />1980<link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1041539562"><sup class="citation nobold" id="ref_§§"><a href="#endnote_§§">[§]</a></sup> </td> <td rowspan="2"><span style="font-size:85%;">31 October</span><br />1984<link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1041539562"><sup class="citation nobold" id="ref_††"><a href="#endnote_††">[†]</a></sup> </td> <td rowspan="2"><small>4 years, 291 days</small> </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/1980_Indian_general_election" title="1980 Indian general election">1980</a> </td> <td rowspan="2" align="left" style="background:#eaecf0; font-size:85%"><div><ul><li><a href="/wiki/Minister_of_Defence_(India)" title="Minister of Defence (India)">Minister of Defence</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(1980–1982)</span></li><li><a href="/wiki/Minister_of_External_Affairs_(India)" title="Minister of External Affairs (India)">Minister of External Affairs</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(1984)</span></li></ul></div> </td> <td rowspan="4" bgcolor="#0EF4E1"><a href="/wiki/Indian_National_Congress_(I)" class="mw-redirect" title="Indian National Congress (I)">Indian National Congress (I)</a> </td> <td rowspan="2" bgcolor="#0EF4E1"><a href="/wiki/Fourth_Indira_Gandhi_ministry" title="Fourth Indira Gandhi ministry">Indira IV</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Zail_Singh" title="Zail Singh">Zail Singh</a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(1982–1987)</span> </td></tr> <tr> <th rowspan="2">6 </th> <td rowspan="2" style="color:inherit;background:#0EF4E1"> </td> <td rowspan="2"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:RajivGandhi.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/RajivGandhi.jpg/80px-RajivGandhi.jpg" decoding="async" width="80" height="100" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/RajivGandhi.jpg/120px-RajivGandhi.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/RajivGandhi.jpg/160px-RajivGandhi.jpg 2x" data-file-width="184" data-file-height="230" /></a></span> </td> <td rowspan="2"><b><a href="/wiki/Rajiv_Gandhi" title="Rajiv Gandhi">Rajiv Gandhi</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(1944–1991)<br />MP for <a href="/wiki/Amethi_(Lok_Sabha_constituency)" class="mw-redirect" title="Amethi (Lok Sabha constituency)">Amethi</a></span> </td> <td rowspan="2"><small>40 years, 72 days</small> </td> <td rowspan="2"><span style="font-size:85%;">31 October</span><br />1984 </td> <td rowspan="2"><span style="font-size:85%;">2 December</span><br />1989 </td> <td rowspan="2"><small>5 years, 32 days</small> </td> <td>– </td> <td rowspan="2" align="left" style="background:#eaecf0; font-size:85%"><div><ul><li><a href="/wiki/Minister_of_External_Affairs_(India)" title="Minister of External Affairs (India)">Minister of External Affairs</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(1984–1985, 1987–1988)</span></li><li><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Tourism_(India)" title="Ministry of Tourism (India)">Minister of Tourism</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Civil_Aviation_(India)" title="Ministry of Civil Aviation (India)">Civil Aviation</a> and <a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Commerce_and_Industry_(India)" title="Ministry of Commerce and Industry (India)">Commerce</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(1984–1985)</span></li><li><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Environment,_Forest_and_Climate_Change" title="Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change">Minister of Environment and Forests</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(1984–1986)</span></li><li><a href="/wiki/Minister_of_Defence_(India)" title="Minister of Defence (India)">Minister of Defence</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(1985–1987)</span></li><li><a href="/wiki/Minister_of_Finance_(India)" title="Minister of Finance (India)">Minister of Finance</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(1987)</span></li></ul></div> </td> <td bgcolor="#0EF4E1"><a href="/wiki/First_Rajiv_Gandhi_ministry" title="First Rajiv Gandhi ministry">Rajiv I</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1984_Indian_general_election" title="1984 Indian general election">1984</a> </td> <td bgcolor="#0EF4E1"><a href="/wiki/Second_Rajiv_Gandhi_ministry" title="Second Rajiv Gandhi ministry">Rajiv II</a> </td> <td rowspan="4"><a href="/wiki/Ramaswamy_Venkataraman" title="Ramaswamy Venkataraman">Ramaswamy Venkataraman</a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(1987–1992)</span> </td></tr> <tr> <th>7 </th> <td style="color:inherit;background:#2E8B57"> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:V._P._Singh_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/25/V._P._Singh_%28cropped%29.jpg/80px-V._P._Singh_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="80" height="107" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/25/V._P._Singh_%28cropped%29.jpg/120px-V._P._Singh_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/25/V._P._Singh_%28cropped%29.jpg/160px-V._P._Singh_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="899" data-file-height="1200" /></a></span> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/V._P._Singh" title="V. P. Singh">Vishwanath Pratap Singh</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(1931–2008)<br />MP for <a href="/wiki/Fatehpur_(Lok_Sabha_constituency)" class="mw-redirect" title="Fatehpur (Lok Sabha constituency)">Fatehpur</a></span> </td> <td rowspan="1"><small>58 years, 160 days</small> </td> <td><span style="font-size:85%;">2 December</span><br />1989 </td> <td><span style="font-size:85%;">10 November</span><br />1990<link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1041539562"><sup class="citation nobold" id="ref_NCNC"><a href="#endnote_NCNC">[NC]</a></sup> </td> <td><small>343 days</small> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/1989_Indian_general_election" title="1989 Indian general election">1989</a> </td> <td align="left" style="background:#eaecf0; font-size:85%"><div><ul><li><a href="/wiki/Minister_of_Defence_(India)" title="Minister of Defence (India)">Minister of Defence</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Minister_of_Education_(India)" title="Minister of Education (India)">Minister of Human Resource Development</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Minister_of_External_Affairs_(India)" title="Minister of External Affairs (India)">Minister of External Affairs</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(1989)</span></li></ul></div> </td> <td style="background:#4C915F"><a href="/wiki/Janata_Dal" title="Janata Dal">Janata Dal</a> </td> <td style="background:#4C915F"><a href="/wiki/V._P._Singh_ministry" title="V. P. Singh ministry">Vishwanath</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th>8 </th> <td style="color:inherit;background:#74C365"> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Chandra_Shekhar_Singh_2010_stamp_of_India.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d3/Chandra_Shekhar_Singh_2010_stamp_of_India.jpg/80px-Chandra_Shekhar_Singh_2010_stamp_of_India.jpg" decoding="async" width="80" height="109" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d3/Chandra_Shekhar_Singh_2010_stamp_of_India.jpg/120px-Chandra_Shekhar_Singh_2010_stamp_of_India.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d3/Chandra_Shekhar_Singh_2010_stamp_of_India.jpg/160px-Chandra_Shekhar_Singh_2010_stamp_of_India.jpg 2x" data-file-width="686" data-file-height="934" /></a></span> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Chandra_Shekhar" title="Chandra Shekhar">Chandra Shekhar</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(1927–2007)<br />MP for <a href="/wiki/Ballia_(Lok_Sabha_constituency)" class="mw-redirect" title="Ballia (Lok Sabha constituency)">Ballia</a></span> </td> <td rowspan="1"><small>63 years, 207 days</small> </td> <td><span style="font-size:85%;">10 November</span><br />1990 </td> <td><span style="font-size:85%;">21 June</span><br />1991<link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1041539562"><sup class="citation nobold" id="ref_RESRES"><a href="#endnote_RESRES">[RES]</a></sup> </td> <td><small>223 days</small> </td> <td>– </td> <td align="left" style="background:#eaecf0; font-size:85%"><div><ul><li><a href="/wiki/Minister_of_External_Affairs_(India)" title="Minister of External Affairs (India)">Minister of External Affairs</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(1990)</span></li></ul></div> </td> <td style="background:#74C365"><a href="/wiki/Samajwadi_Janata_Party_(Rashtriya)" title="Samajwadi Janata Party (Rashtriya)">Samajwadi Janata Party (Rashtriya)</a> </td> <td style="background:#74C365"><a href="/wiki/Chandra_Shekhar_ministry" title="Chandra Shekhar ministry">Chandra Shekhar</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th rowspan="2">9 </th> <td rowspan="2" style="color:inherit;background:#0EF4E1"> </td> <td rowspan="2"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Visit_of_Narasimha_Rao,_Indian_Minister_for_Foreign_Affairs,_to_the_CEC_(cropped)(2).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a2/Visit_of_Narasimha_Rao%2C_Indian_Minister_for_Foreign_Affairs%2C_to_the_CEC_%28cropped%29%282%29.jpg/80px-Visit_of_Narasimha_Rao%2C_Indian_Minister_for_Foreign_Affairs%2C_to_the_CEC_%28cropped%29%282%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="80" height="100" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a2/Visit_of_Narasimha_Rao%2C_Indian_Minister_for_Foreign_Affairs%2C_to_the_CEC_%28cropped%29%282%29.jpg/120px-Visit_of_Narasimha_Rao%2C_Indian_Minister_for_Foreign_Affairs%2C_to_the_CEC_%28cropped%29%282%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a2/Visit_of_Narasimha_Rao%2C_Indian_Minister_for_Foreign_Affairs%2C_to_the_CEC_%28cropped%29%282%29.jpg/160px-Visit_of_Narasimha_Rao%2C_Indian_Minister_for_Foreign_Affairs%2C_to_the_CEC_%28cropped%29%282%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="392" data-file-height="490" /></a></span> </td> <td rowspan="2"><b><a href="/wiki/P._V._Narasimha_Rao" title="P. V. Narasimha Rao">P. V. Narasimha Rao</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(1921–2004)<br />MP for <a href="/wiki/Nandyal_Lok_Sabha_constituency" title="Nandyal Lok Sabha constituency">Nandyal</a></span> </td> <td rowspan="2"><small>69 years, 358 days</small> </td> <td rowspan="2"><span style="font-size:85%;">21 June</span><br />1991 </td> <td rowspan="2"><span style="font-size:85%;">16 May</span><br />1996 </td> <td rowspan="2"><small>4 years, 330 days</small> </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/1991_Indian_general_election" title="1991 Indian general election">1991</a> </td> <td rowspan="2" align="left" style="background:#eaecf0; font-size:85%"><div><ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Chemicals_and_Fertilizers" title="Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers">Minister of Chemicals and Fertilizers</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(1991–1994)</span></li><li><a href="/wiki/Minister_of_External_Affairs_(India)" title="Minister of External Affairs (India)">Minister of External Affairs</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(1992–1993)</span></li><li><a href="/wiki/Minister_of_Defence_(India)" title="Minister of Defence (India)">Minister of Defence</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(1993–1996)</span></li><li><a href="/wiki/Minister_of_Railways_(India)" title="Minister of Railways (India)">Minister of Railways</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(1995–1996)</span></li></ul></div> </td> <td rowspan="2" bgcolor="#0EF4E1"><a href="/wiki/Indian_National_Congress_(I)" class="mw-redirect" title="Indian National Congress (I)">Indian National Congress (I)</a> </td> <td rowspan="2" bgcolor="#0EF4E1"><a href="/wiki/Rao_ministry" title="Rao ministry">Rao</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="4"><a href="/wiki/Shankar_Dayal_Sharma" title="Shankar Dayal Sharma">Shankar Dayal Sharma</a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(1992–1997)</span> </td></tr> <tr> <th>10 </th> <td style="color:inherit;background:#FF9933"> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Atal_Bihari_Vajpayee_(crop_2).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/be/Atal_Bihari_Vajpayee_%28crop_2%29.jpg/80px-Atal_Bihari_Vajpayee_%28crop_2%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="80" height="100" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/be/Atal_Bihari_Vajpayee_%28crop_2%29.jpg/120px-Atal_Bihari_Vajpayee_%28crop_2%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/be/Atal_Bihari_Vajpayee_%28crop_2%29.jpg/160px-Atal_Bihari_Vajpayee_%28crop_2%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1280" data-file-height="1600" /></a></span> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Atal_Bihari_Vajpayee" title="Atal Bihari Vajpayee">Atal Bihari Vajpayee</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(1924–2018)<br />MP for <a href="/wiki/Lucknow_Lok_Sabha_constituency" title="Lucknow Lok Sabha constituency">Lucknow</a></span> </td> <td rowspan="1"><small>71 years, 143 days</small> </td> <td><span style="font-size:85%;">16 May</span><br />1996 </td> <td><span style="font-size:85%;">1 June</span><br />1996<link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1041539562"><sup class="citation nobold" id="ref_RESRES"><a href="#endnote_RESRES">[RES]</a></sup> </td> <td><small>16 days</small> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/1996_Indian_general_election" title="1996 Indian general election">1996</a> </td> <td align="left" style="background:#eaecf0; font-size:85%"><div><ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Chemicals_and_Fertilizers" title="Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers">Minister of Chemicals and Fertilizers</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Textiles_(India)" class="mw-redirect" title="Ministry of Textiles (India)">Ministry of Textiles</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Commerce_and_Industry_(India)" title="Ministry of Commerce and Industry (India)">Minister of Commerce and Industry</a></li></ul></div> </td> <td style="background:#FFA551;"><a href="/wiki/Bharatiya_Janata_Party" title="Bharatiya Janata Party">Bharatiya Janata Party</a> </td> <td style="background:#FFA551;"><a href="/wiki/First_Vajpayee_ministry" title="First Vajpayee ministry">Vajpayee I</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th>11 </th> <td style="color:inherit;background:#2E8B57"> </td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:H._D._Deve_Gowda_BNC.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/71/H._D._Deve_Gowda_BNC.jpg/80px-H._D._Deve_Gowda_BNC.jpg" decoding="async" width="80" height="100" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/71/H._D._Deve_Gowda_BNC.jpg/120px-H._D._Deve_Gowda_BNC.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/71/H._D._Deve_Gowda_BNC.jpg/160px-H._D._Deve_Gowda_BNC.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1600" data-file-height="2000" /></a></span> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/H._D._Deve_Gowda" title="H. D. Deve Gowda">H. D. Deve Gowda</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(born 1933)<br />MP for <a href="/wiki/List_of_Rajya_Sabha_members_from_Karnataka" title="List of Rajya Sabha members from Karnataka">Karnataka</a> <i>(Rajya Sabha)</i></span> </td> <td rowspan="1"><small>63 years, 14 days</small> </td> <td><span style="font-size:85%;">1 June</span><br />1996 </td> <td><span style="font-size:85%;">21 April</span><br />1997<link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1041539562"><sup class="citation nobold" id="ref_RESRES"><a href="#endnote_RESRES">[RES]</a></sup> </td> <td><small>324 days</small> </td> <td>– </td> <td align="left" style="background:#eaecf0; font-size:85%"><div><ul><li><a href="/wiki/Minister_of_Home_Affairs_(India)" title="Minister of Home Affairs (India)">Minister of Home Affairs</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(1996)</span></li><li><a href="/wiki/Minister_of_Agriculture_and_Farmers%27_Welfare" title="Minister of Agriculture and Farmers' Welfare">Minister of Agriculture</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(1996)</span></li><li><a href="/wiki/Minister_of_Textiles_(India)" class="mw-redirect" title="Minister of Textiles (India)">Minister of Textiles</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(1996)</span></li><li><a href="/wiki/Minister_of_Urban_Development_(India)" class="mw-redirect" title="Minister of Urban Development (India)">Minister of Urban Development</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(1996–1997)</span></li></ul></div> </td> <td rowspan="3" style="background:#4C915F;"><a href="/wiki/Janata_Dal" title="Janata Dal">Janata Dal</a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(<a href="/wiki/United_Front_(India,_1996)" title="United Front (India, 1996)">United Front</a>)</span> </td> <td style="background:#4C915F;"><a href="/wiki/Deve_Gowda_ministry" title="Deve Gowda ministry">Deve Gowda</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th rowspan="2">12 </th> <td rowspan="2" style="color:inherit;background:#2E8B57"> </td> <td rowspan="2"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Inder_Kumar_Gujral_071.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Inder_Kumar_Gujral_071.jpg/80px-Inder_Kumar_Gujral_071.jpg" decoding="async" width="80" height="118" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Inder_Kumar_Gujral_071.jpg/120px-Inder_Kumar_Gujral_071.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Inder_Kumar_Gujral_071.jpg/160px-Inder_Kumar_Gujral_071.jpg 2x" data-file-width="725" data-file-height="1065" /></a></span> </td> <td rowspan="2"><b><a href="/wiki/Inder_Kumar_Gujral" title="Inder Kumar Gujral">Inder Kumar Gujral</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(1919–2012)<br />MP for <a href="/wiki/List_of_Rajya_Sabha_members_from_Bihar" title="List of Rajya Sabha members from Bihar">Bihar</a> <i>(Rajya Sabha)</i></span> </td> <td rowspan="2"><small>77 years, 138 days</small> </td> <td rowspan="2"><span style="font-size:85%;">21 April</span><br />1997 </td> <td rowspan="2"><span style="font-size:85%;">19 March</span><br />1998<link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1041539562"><sup class="citation nobold" id="ref_RESRES"><a href="#endnote_RESRES">[RES]</a></sup> </td> <td rowspan="2"><small>332 days</small> </td> <td rowspan="2">– </td> <td rowspan="2" align="left" style="background:#eaecf0; font-size:85%"><div><ul><li><a href="/wiki/Minister_of_Personnel,_Public_Grievances_and_Pensions" title="Minister of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions">Minister of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Minister_of_External_Affairs_(India)" title="Minister of External Affairs (India)">Minister of External Affairs</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Minister_of_Finance_(India)" title="Minister of Finance (India)">Minister of Finance</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(1997)</span></li></ul></div> </td> <td rowspan="2" style="background:#4C915F;"><a href="/wiki/Gujral_ministry" title="Gujral ministry">Gujral</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="3"><a href="/wiki/K._R._Narayanan" title="K. R. Narayanan">K. R. Narayanan</a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(1997–2002)</span> </td></tr> <tr> <th rowspan="3">(10) </th> <td rowspan="3" style="color:inherit;background:#FF9933"> </td> <td rowspan="3"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Atal_Bihari_Vajpayee_(crop_2).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/be/Atal_Bihari_Vajpayee_%28crop_2%29.jpg/80px-Atal_Bihari_Vajpayee_%28crop_2%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="80" height="100" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/be/Atal_Bihari_Vajpayee_%28crop_2%29.jpg/120px-Atal_Bihari_Vajpayee_%28crop_2%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/be/Atal_Bihari_Vajpayee_%28crop_2%29.jpg/160px-Atal_Bihari_Vajpayee_%28crop_2%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1280" data-file-height="1600" /></a></span> </td> <td rowspan="3"><b><a href="/wiki/Atal_Bihari_Vajpayee" title="Atal Bihari Vajpayee">Atal Bihari Vajpayee</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(1924–2018)<br />MP for <a href="/wiki/Lucknow_Lok_Sabha_constituency" title="Lucknow Lok Sabha constituency">Lucknow</a></span> </td> <td rowspan="3"><small>73 years, 84 days</small> </td> <td rowspan="3"><span style="font-size:85%;">19 March</span><br />1998<link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1041539562"><sup class="citation nobold" id="ref_§§"><a href="#endnote_§§">[§]</a></sup> </td> <td rowspan="3"><span style="font-size:85%;">22 May</span><br />2004 </td> <td rowspan="3"><small>6 years, 64 days</small> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/1998_Indian_general_election" title="1998 Indian general election">1998</a> </td> <td rowspan="3" align="left" style="background:#eaecf0; font-size:85%"><div><ul><li><a href="/wiki/Minister_of_External_Affairs_(India)" title="Minister of External Affairs (India)">Minister of External Affairs</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(1998)</span></li><li><a href="/wiki/Minister_of_Information_and_Broadcasting_(India)" class="mw-redirect" title="Minister of Information and Broadcasting (India)">Minister of Information and Broadcasting</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Communications_and_Information_Technology" class="mw-redirect" title="Ministry of Communications and Information Technology">Communications and Information Technology</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(1998)</span></li><li><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_New_and_Renewable_Energy" title="Ministry of New and Renewable Energy">Minister of Non Conventional Energy Sources</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(1998–1999)</span></li><li><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Coal_(India)" class="mw-redirect" title="Ministry of Coal (India)">Minister of Coal</a> and <a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Mines_(India)" title="Ministry of Mines (India)">Mines</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(2002)</span></li><li><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Environment_and_Forests_(India)" class="mw-redirect" title="Ministry of Environment and Forests (India)">Minister of Environment and Forests</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(2003–2004)</span></li></ul></div> </td> <td rowspan="3" style="background:#FFA551;"><a href="/wiki/Bharatiya_Janata_Party" title="Bharatiya Janata Party">Bharatiya Janata Party</a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(<a href="/wiki/National_Democratic_Alliance" title="National Democratic Alliance">National Democratic Alliance</a>)</span> </td> <td style="background:#FFA551;"><a href="/wiki/Second_Vajpayee_ministry" title="Second Vajpayee ministry">Vajpayee II</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/1999_Indian_general_election" title="1999 Indian general election">1999</a> </td> <td rowspan="2" style="background:#FFA551;"><a href="/wiki/Third_Vajpayee_ministry" title="Third Vajpayee ministry">Vajpayee III</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/A._P._J._Abdul_Kalam" title="A. P. J. Abdul Kalam">A. P. J. Abdul Kalam</a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(2002–2007)</span> </td></tr> <tr> <th rowspan="4">13 </th> <td rowspan="4" style="color:inherit;background:#19AAED"> </td> <td rowspan="4"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Official_Portrait_of_the_Prime_Minister_Dr._Manmohan_Singh.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f1/Official_Portrait_of_the_Prime_Minister_Dr._Manmohan_Singh.jpg/80px-Official_Portrait_of_the_Prime_Minister_Dr._Manmohan_Singh.jpg" decoding="async" width="80" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f1/Official_Portrait_of_the_Prime_Minister_Dr._Manmohan_Singh.jpg/120px-Official_Portrait_of_the_Prime_Minister_Dr._Manmohan_Singh.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f1/Official_Portrait_of_the_Prime_Minister_Dr._Manmohan_Singh.jpg/160px-Official_Portrait_of_the_Prime_Minister_Dr._Manmohan_Singh.jpg 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="900" /></a></span> </td> <td rowspan="4"><b><a href="/wiki/Manmohan_Singh" title="Manmohan Singh">Manmohan Singh</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(born 1932)<br />MP for <a href="/wiki/Assam" title="Assam">Assam</a> <i>(Rajya Sabha)</i></span> </td> <td rowspan="4"><small>71 years, 239 days</small> </td> <td rowspan="4"><span style="font-size:85%;">22 May</span><br />2004 </td> <td rowspan="4"><span style="font-size:85%;">26 May</span><br />2014 </td> <td rowspan="4"><small>10 years, 4 days</small> </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/2004_Indian_general_election" title="2004 Indian general election">2004</a> </td> <td rowspan="4" align="left" style="background:#eaecf0; font-size:85%"><div><ul><li><a href="/wiki/Minister_of_Personnel,_Public_Grievances_and_Pensions" title="Minister of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions">Minister of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions</a></li><li>Minister in-charge of: <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Department_of_Atomic_Energy" title="Department of Atomic Energy">Department of Atomic Energy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Department_of_Space" title="Department of Space">Department of Space</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Minister_of_External_Affairs_(India)" title="Minister of External Affairs (India)">Minister of External Affairs</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(2005–2006)</span></li><li><a href="/wiki/Minister_of_Finance_(India)" title="Minister of Finance (India)">Minister of Finance</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(2008–2009, 2012)</span></li><li><a href="/wiki/Minister_of_Culture_(India)" class="mw-redirect" title="Minister of Culture (India)">Minister of Culture</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(2009–2011)</span></li></ul></li></ul></div> </td> <td rowspan="4" bgcolor="#87CEEB"><a href="/wiki/Indian_National_Congress" title="Indian National Congress">Indian National Congress</a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(<a href="/wiki/United_Progressive_Alliance" title="United Progressive Alliance">United Progressive Alliance</a>)</span> </td> <td rowspan="2" bgcolor="#87CEEB"><a href="/wiki/First_Manmohan_Singh_ministry" title="First Manmohan Singh ministry">Manmohan I</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Pratibha_Patil" title="Pratibha Patil">Pratibha Patil</a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(2007–2012)</span> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/2009_Indian_general_election" title="2009 Indian general election">2009</a> </td> <td rowspan="2" bgcolor="#87CEEB"><a href="/wiki/Second_Manmohan_Singh_ministry" title="Second Manmohan Singh ministry">Manmohan II</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Pranab_Mukherjee" title="Pranab Mukherjee">Pranab Mukherjee</a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(2012–2017)</span> </td></tr> <tr> <th rowspan="5">14 </th> <td rowspan="5" style="color:inherit;background:#FF9933"> </td> <td rowspan="5"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Official_Photograph_of_Prime_Minister_Narendra_Modi_Portrait.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c4/Official_Photograph_of_Prime_Minister_Narendra_Modi_Portrait.png/80px-Official_Photograph_of_Prime_Minister_Narendra_Modi_Portrait.png" decoding="async" width="80" height="94" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c4/Official_Photograph_of_Prime_Minister_Narendra_Modi_Portrait.png/120px-Official_Photograph_of_Prime_Minister_Narendra_Modi_Portrait.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c4/Official_Photograph_of_Prime_Minister_Narendra_Modi_Portrait.png/160px-Official_Photograph_of_Prime_Minister_Narendra_Modi_Portrait.png 2x" data-file-width="337" data-file-height="398" /></a></span> </td> <td rowspan="5"><b><a href="/wiki/Narendra_Modi" title="Narendra Modi">Narendra Modi</a></b><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(born 1950)<br />MP for <a href="/wiki/Varanasi_(Lok_Sabha_constituency)" class="mw-redirect" title="Varanasi (Lok Sabha constituency)">Varanasi</a></span> </td> <td rowspan="5"><small>63 years, 251 days</small> </td> <td rowspan="5"><span style="font-size:85%;">26 May</span><br />2014 </td> <td rowspan="5">Incumbent </td> <td rowspan="5">10 years, 181 days </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/2014_Indian_general_election" title="2014 Indian general election">2014</a> </td> <td rowspan="5" align="left" style="background:#eaecf0; font-size:85%"><div><ul><li><a href="/wiki/Minister_of_Personnel,_Public_Grievances_and_Pensions" title="Minister of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions">Minister of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions</a></li><li>Minister in-charge of: <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Department_of_Atomic_Energy" title="Department of Atomic Energy">Department of Atomic Energy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Department_of_Space" title="Department of Space">Department of Space</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Science_and_Technology_(India)" title="Ministry of Science and Technology (India)">Minister of Science and Technology</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Earth_Sciences" title="Ministry of Earth Sciences">Earth Sciences</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(2014)</span></li></ul></li></ul></div> </td> <td rowspan="5" style="background:#FFA551;"><a href="/wiki/Bharatiya_Janata_Party" title="Bharatiya Janata Party">Bharatiya Janata Party</a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(<a href="/wiki/National_Democratic_Alliance" title="National Democratic Alliance">National Democratic Alliance</a>)</span> </td> <td rowspan="2" style="background:#FFA551;"><a href="/wiki/First_Modi_ministry" title="First Modi ministry">Modi I</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Ram_Nath_Kovind" title="Ram Nath Kovind">Ram Nath Kovind</a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(2017–2022)</span> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/2019_Indian_general_election" title="2019 Indian general election">2019</a> </td> <td rowspan="2" bgcolor="#FFA551"><a href="/wiki/Second_Modi_ministry" title="Second Modi ministry">Modi II</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Droupadi_Murmu" title="Droupadi Murmu">Droupadi Murmu</a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(2022–present)</span> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2024_Indian_general_election" title="2024 Indian general election">2024</a> </td> <td bgcolor="#FFA551"><a href="/wiki/Third_Modi_ministry" title="Third Modi ministry">Modi III</a> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="List_of_prime_ministers_by_length_of_term">List of prime ministers by length of term</h2></div> <table class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center"> <tbody><tr> <th data-sort-type="number" rowspan="2"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1038841319">.mw-parser-output .tooltip-dotted{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}</style><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="">No.</span> </th> <th rowspan="2">Name </th> <th rowspan="2">Party </th> <th colspan="3">Length of term </th></tr> <tr> <th>Longest continuous term </th> <th>Total years of premiership </th></tr> <tr> <th data-sort-value="1">1 </th> <td><span data-sort-value="Nehru, Jawaharlal"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Jawaharlal_Nehru" title="Jawaharlal Nehru">Jawaharlal Nehru</a></span></span></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Indian_National_Congress" title="Indian National Congress">INC</a> </td> <td>16 years, 286 days </td> <td>16 years, 286 days </td></tr> <tr> <th data-sort-value="2">2 </th> <td><span data-sort-value="Gandhi, Indira"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Indira_Gandhi" title="Indira Gandhi">Indira Gandhi</a></span></span></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Indian_National_Congress" title="Indian National Congress">INC/INC(I)</a>/<a href="/wiki/Indian_National_Congress_(R)" title="Indian National Congress (R)">INC(R)</a> </td> <td>11 years, 59 days </td> <td>15 years, 350 days </td></tr> <tr> <th data-sort-value="3">3 </th> <td><b><span data-sort-value="Modi, Narendra"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Narendra_Modi" title="Narendra Modi">Narendra Modi</a></span></span></span></b> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Bharatiya_Janata_Party" title="Bharatiya Janata Party">BJP</a></b> </td> <td><b>10 years, 181 days*</b> </td> <td><b>10 years, 181 days*</b> </td></tr> <tr> <th data-sort-value="4">4 </th> <td><span data-sort-value="Singh, Manmohan"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Manmohan_Singh" title="Manmohan Singh">Manmohan Singh</a></span></span></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Indian_National_Congress" title="Indian National Congress">INC</a> </td> <td>10 years, 4 days </td> <td>10 years, 4 days </td></tr> <tr> <th data-sort-value="5">5 </th> <td><span data-sort-value="Vajpayee, Atal Bihari"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Atal_Bihari_Vajpayee" title="Atal Bihari Vajpayee">Atal Bihari Vajpayee</a></span></span></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Bharatiya_Janata_Party" title="Bharatiya Janata Party">BJP</a> </td> <td>6 years, 64 days </td> <td>6 years, 80 days </td></tr> <tr> <th data-sort-value="6">6 </th> <td><span data-sort-value="Gandhi, Rajiv"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Rajiv_Gandhi" title="Rajiv Gandhi">Rajiv Gandhi</a></span></span></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Indian_National_Congress" title="Indian National Congress">INC(I)</a> </td> <td>5 years, 32 days </td> <td>5 years, 32 days </td></tr> <tr> <th data-sort-value="7">7 </th> <td><span data-sort-value="Rao, P. V. Narasimha"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/P._V._Narasimha_Rao" title="P. V. Narasimha Rao">P. V. Narasimha Rao</a></span></span></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Indian_National_Congress" title="Indian National Congress">INC(I)</a> </td> <td>4 years, 330 days </td> <td>4 years, 330 days </td></tr> <tr> <th data-sort-value="8">8 </th> <td><span data-sort-value="Desai, Morarji"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Morarji_Desai" title="Morarji Desai">Morarji Desai</a></span></span></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Janata_Party" title="Janata Party">JP</a> </td> <td>2 years, 126 days </td> <td>2 years, 126 days </td></tr> <tr> <th data-sort-value="9">9 </th> <td><span data-sort-value="Shastri, Lal Bahadur"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Lal_Bahadur_Shastri" title="Lal Bahadur Shastri">Lal Bahadur Shastri</a></span></span></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Indian_National_Congress" title="Indian National Congress">INC</a> </td> <td>1 year, 216 days </td> <td>1 year, 216 days </td></tr> <tr> <th data-sort-value="10">10 </th> <td><span data-sort-value="Singh, Vishwanath Pratap"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Vishwanath_Pratap_Singh" class="mw-redirect" title="Vishwanath Pratap Singh">Vishwanath Pratap Singh</a></span></span></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Janata_Dal" title="Janata Dal">JD</a> </td> <td>343 days </td> <td>343 days </td></tr> <tr> <th data-sort-value="11">11 </th> <td><span data-sort-value="Gujral, Inder Kumar"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Inder_Kumar_Gujral" title="Inder Kumar Gujral">Inder Kumar Gujral</a></span></span></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Janata_Dal" title="Janata Dal">JD</a> </td> <td>332 days </td> <td>332 days </td></tr> <tr> <th data-sort-value="12">12 </th> <td><span data-sort-value="Deve Gowda, H. D."><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/H._D._Deve_Gowda" title="H. D. Deve Gowda">H. D. Deve Gowda</a></span></span></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Janata_Dal" title="Janata Dal">JD</a> </td> <td>324 days </td> <td>324 days </td></tr> <tr> <th data-sort-value="13">13 </th> <td><span data-sort-value="Shekhar, Chandra"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Chandra_Shekhar" title="Chandra Shekhar">Chandra Shekhar</a></span></span></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Samajwadi_Janata_Party_(Rashtriya)" title="Samajwadi Janata Party (Rashtriya)">SJP(R)</a> </td> <td>223 days </td> <td>223 days </td></tr> <tr> <th data-sort-value="14">14 </th> <td><span data-sort-value="Singh, Charan"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Charan_Singh" title="Charan Singh">Charan Singh</a></span></span></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Janata_Party_(Secular)" title="Janata Party (Secular)">JP(S)</a> </td> <td>170 days </td> <td>170 days </td></tr> <tr> <th data-sort-value="15"><i>15</i> </th> <td><i><span data-sort-value="Nanda, Gulzarilal"><span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Gulzarilal_Nanda" title="Gulzarilal Nanda">Gulzarilal Nanda</a></span></span></span></i> </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Indian_National_Congress" title="Indian National Congress">INC</a></i> </td> <td><i>13 days</i> </td> <td><i>26 days</i> </td></tr></tbody></table> <dl><dt>Timeline</dt></dl> <div class="timeline-wrapper"><map name="timeline_6p784jync7ys4rkz8z0tbft35gg8bah"><area shape="rect" href="/wiki/Narendra_Modi" coords="860,173,968,194" title="Narendra Modi" alt="Narendra Modi" /><area shape="rect" href="/wiki/Manmohan_Singh" coords="744,161,858,181" title="Manmohan Singh" alt="Manmohan Singh" /><area shape="rect" href="/wiki/Inder_Kumar_Gujral" coords="566,149,702,169" title="Inder Kumar Gujral" alt="Inder Kumar Gujral" /><area shape="rect" href="/wiki/H._D._Deve_Gowda" coords="556,137,681,157" title="H. 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style="position:absolute;line-height:0;border-style:solid;left:0;top:0;border-width:0 200px 100px 0;border-color:#2E8B57"></div> <div style="position:absolute;line-height:0;border-style:solid;left:0;top:0;border-width:0 100px 200px 0;border-color:#2E8B57"></div><div style="border:solid transparent;background-color:initial;position:absolute;width:100px;line-height:0;left:100px; top:100px; border-width:100px 0 0 182.44201729727px; border-left-color:#FF9933"></div> <div style="position:absolute;line-height:0;border-style:solid;left:0;top:0;border-width:0 200px 100px 0;border-color:#FF9933"></div> <div style="position:absolute;line-height:0;border-style:solid;left:0;top:0;border-width:0 100px 200px 0;border-color:#FF9933"></div><div style="border:solid transparent;background-color:initial;position:absolute;width:100px;line-height:0;right:100px; top:100px; border-width:95.202262694568px 30.60276421885px 0 0; border-top-color:#19AAED"></div> <div style="position:absolute;line-height:0;border-style:solid;left:0;top:0;border-width:0 200px 100px 0;border-color:#19AAED"></div> </div> <div class="thumbcaption"> <p>Fraction of time of holding PMO by party (as of August 2024) </p> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><div class="legend"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#19AAED; color:black;"> </span> <a href="/wiki/Indian_National_Congress" title="Indian National Congress">Indian National Congress</a> (70.05%)</div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><div class="legend"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#FF9933; color:black;"> </span> <a href="/wiki/Bharatiya_Janata_Party" title="Bharatiya Janata Party">Bharatiya Janata Party</a> (21.97%)</div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><div class="legend"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#2E8B57; color:black;"> </span> <a href="/wiki/Janata_Dal" title="Janata Dal">Janata Dal</a> (3.55%)</div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><div class="legend"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#1F75FE; color:black;"> </span> <a href="/wiki/Janata_Party" title="Janata Party">Janata Party</a> (3.05%)</div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><div class="legend"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#74C365; color:black;"> </span> <a href="/wiki/Samajwadi_Janata_Party_(Rashtriya)" title="Samajwadi Janata Party (Rashtriya)">Samajwadi Janata Party (Rashtriya)</a> (0.79%)</div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><div class="legend"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:#06038D; color:white;"> </span> <a href="/wiki/Janata_Party_(Secular)" title="Janata Party (Secular)">Janata Party (Secular)</a> (0.59%)</div> </div> </div></div> <table class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center"> <caption>Political parties by total timespan of their member holding <a href="/wiki/Prime_Minister%27s_Office_(India)" title="Prime Minister's Office (India)">PMO</a> (as of 23 November 2024) </caption> <tbody><tr> <th data-sort-type="number"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1038841319"><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="">No.</span> </th> <th>Political party </th> <th data-sort-type="number">Number of Prime ministers </th> <th>Total years of holding PMO </th></tr> <tr> <th data-sort-value="1">1 </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Indian_National_Congress" title="Indian National Congress">INC/INC(I)</a>/<a href="/wiki/Indian_National_Congress_(R)" title="Indian National Congress (R)">INC(R)</a> </td> <td data-sort-type="6">7 </td> <td>54 years, 123 days </td></tr> <tr> <th data-sort-value="2">2 </th> <td><b><a href="/wiki/BJP" class="mw-redirect" title="BJP">BJP</a></b> </td> <td data-sort-type="2"><b>2</b> </td> <td><b>16 years, 261 days</b> </td></tr> <tr> <th data-sort-value="3">3 </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Janata_Dal" title="Janata Dal">JD</a> </td> <td data-sort-type="3">3 </td> <td>2 years, 269 days </td></tr> <tr> <th data-sort-value="4">4 </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Janata_Party" title="Janata Party">JP</a> </td> <td data-sort-type="1">1 </td> <td>2 years, 126 days </td></tr> <tr> <th data-sort-value="5">5 </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Samajwadi_Janata_Party_(Rashtriya)" title="Samajwadi Janata Party (Rashtriya)">SJP(R)</a> </td> <td data-sort-type="1">1 </td> <td>223 days </td></tr> <tr> <th data-sort-value="6">6 </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Janata_Party_(Secular)" title="Janata Party (Secular)">JP(S)</a> </td> <td data-sort-type="1">1 </td> <td>170 days </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Parties_by_total_duration_(in_years)_of_holding_Prime_Minister's_Office"><span id="Parties_by_total_duration_.28in_years.29_of_holding_Prime_Minister.27s_Office"></span>Parties by total duration (in years) of holding Prime Minister's Office</h3></div> <div style="padding-top:10px;margin-top:1em;max-width:800px;" class="chart noresize"> <div style="position:relative;min-height:300px;min-width:800px;max-width:800px;"> <div style="float:right;position:relative;min-height:220px;min-width:700px;max-width:700px;border-left:1px black solid;border-bottom:1px black solid;"> <div style="position:absolute;left:39px;top:21px;height:198px;min-width:36px;max-width:36px;background-color:#00BFFF;-webkit-print-color-adjust:exact;border:1px solid #00BFFF;border-bottom:none;overflow:hidden;" title="[[Indian National Congress|INC/INC(I)]]/[[Indian National Congress (R)|INC(R)]]: 54.34"></div> <div style="position:absolute;left:155px;top:158px;height:61px;min-width:36px;max-width:36px;background-color:#FF9933;-webkit-print-color-adjust:exact;border:1px solid #FF9933;border-bottom:none;overflow:hidden;" title="[[BJP]]: 16.91"></div> <div style="position:absolute;left:271px;top:210px;height:9px;min-width:36px;max-width:36px;background-color:#2E8B57;-webkit-print-color-adjust:exact;border:1px solid #2E8B57;border-bottom:none;overflow:hidden;" title="[[Janata Dal|JD]]: 2.74"></div> <div style="position:absolute;left:387px;top:211px;height:8px;min-width:36px;max-width:36px;background-color:#1F75FE;-webkit-print-color-adjust:exact;border:1px solid #1F75FE;border-bottom:none;overflow:hidden;" title="[[Janata Party|JP]]: 2.35"></div> <div style="position:absolute;left:503px;top:218px;height:1px;min-width:36px;max-width:36px;background-color:#00008B;-webkit-print-color-adjust:exact;border:1px solid #00008B;border-bottom:none;overflow:hidden;" title="[[Janata Party (Secular)|JP(S)]]: 0.61"></div> <div style="position:absolute;left:619px;top:218px;height:1px;min-width:36px;max-width:36px;background-color:#74C365;-webkit-print-color-adjust:exact;border:1px solid #74C365;border-bottom:none;overflow:hidden;" title="[[Samajwadi Janata Party (Rashtriya)|SJP(R)]]: 0.47"></div> </div> <div style="position:absolute;height:220px;min-width:100px;max-width:100px;"> <div style="position:absolute;height=20px;text-align:right;vertical-align:middle;width:90px;top:173px;padding:0 2px">10</div> <div style="position:absolute;height=1px;min-width:5px;top:183px;left:96px;border:1px solid black;"></div> <div style="position:absolute;height=20px;text-align:right;vertical-align:middle;width:90px;top:137px;padding:0 2px">20</div> <div style="position:absolute;height=1px;min-width:5px;top:147px;left:96px;border:1px solid black;"></div> <div style="position:absolute;height=20px;text-align:right;vertical-align:middle;width:90px;top:100px;padding:0 2px">30</div> <div style="position:absolute;height=1px;min-width:5px;top:110px;left:96px;border:1px solid black;"></div> <div style="position:absolute;height=20px;text-align:right;vertical-align:middle;width:90px;top:63px;padding:0 2px">40</div> <div style="position:absolute;height=1px;min-width:5px;top:73px;left:96px;border:1px solid black;"></div> <div style="position:absolute;height=20px;text-align:right;vertical-align:middle;width:90px;top:27px;padding:0 2px">50</div> <div style="position:absolute;height=1px;min-width:5px;top:37px;left:96px;border:1px solid black;"></div> <div style="position:absolute;height=20px;text-align:right;vertical-align:middle;width:90px;top:-10px;padding:0 2px">60</div> <div style="position:absolute;height=1px;min-width:5px;top:0px;left:96px;border:1px solid black;"></div> </div> <div style="position:absolute;top:220px;left:100px;width:700px;"> <div style="position:absolute;left:1px;top:10px;min-width:114px;max-width:114px;text-align:center;vertical-align:top;">INC</div> <div style="position:absolute;left:58px;height:10px;width:1px;border-left:1px solid black;"></div> <div style="position:absolute;left:117px;top:10px;min-width:114px;max-width:114px;text-align:center;vertical-align:top;">BJP</div> <div style="position:absolute;left:174px;height:10px;width:1px;border-left:1px solid black;"></div> <div style="position:absolute;left:233px;top:10px;min-width:114px;max-width:114px;text-align:center;vertical-align:top;">JD</div> <div style="position:absolute;left:290px;height:10px;width:1px;border-left:1px solid black;"></div> <div style="position:absolute;left:349px;top:10px;min-width:114px;max-width:114px;text-align:center;vertical-align:top;">JP</div> <div style="position:absolute;left:406px;height:10px;width:1px;border-left:1px solid black;"></div> <div style="position:absolute;left:465px;top:10px;min-width:114px;max-width:114px;text-align:center;vertical-align:top;">JP(S)</div> <div style="position:absolute;left:522px;height:10px;width:1px;border-left:1px solid black;"></div> <div style="position:absolute;left:581px;top:10px;min-width:114px;max-width:114px;text-align:center;vertical-align:top;">SJP(R)</div> <div style="position:absolute;left:638px;height:10px;width:1px;border-left:1px solid black;"></div> </div> </div> <div> <ul style="list-style:none;column-width:12em;"><li><span style="padding:0 1em;background-color:#00BFFF;border:1px solid #00BFFF;margin-right:1em;-webkit-print-color-adjust:exact;"> </span> <a href="/wiki/Indian_National_Congress" title="Indian National Congress">INC/INC(I)</a>/<a href="/wiki/Indian_National_Congress_(R)" title="Indian National Congress (R)">INC(R)</a></li> <li><span style="padding:0 1em;background-color:#FF9933;border:1px solid #FF9933;margin-right:1em;-webkit-print-color-adjust:exact;"> </span> <a href="/wiki/BJP" class="mw-redirect" title="BJP">BJP</a></li> <li><span style="padding:0 1em;background-color:#2E8B57;border:1px solid #2E8B57;margin-right:1em;-webkit-print-color-adjust:exact;"> </span> <a href="/wiki/Janata_Dal" title="Janata Dal">JD</a></li> <li><span style="padding:0 1em;background-color:#1F75FE;border:1px solid #1F75FE;margin-right:1em;-webkit-print-color-adjust:exact;"> </span> <a href="/wiki/Janata_Party" title="Janata Party">JP</a></li> <li><span style="padding:0 1em;background-color:#00008B;border:1px solid #00008B;margin-right:1em;-webkit-print-color-adjust:exact;"> </span> <a href="/wiki/Janata_Party_(Secular)" title="Janata Party (Secular)">JP(S)</a></li> <li><span style="padding:0 1em;background-color:#74C365;border:1px solid #74C365;margin-right:1em;-webkit-print-color-adjust:exact;"> </span> <a href="/wiki/Samajwadi_Janata_Party_(Rashtriya)" title="Samajwadi Janata Party (Rashtriya)">SJP(R)</a></li></ul> </div> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239009302">.mw-parser-output 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typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="flag" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_India.svg/32px-Flag_of_India.svg.png" decoding="async" width="32" height="21" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_India.svg/48px-Flag_of_India.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/41/Flag_of_India.svg/64px-Flag_of_India.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span></span><span class="portalbox-link"><a href="/wiki/Portal:India" title="Portal:India">India portal</a></span></li></ul> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Prime_minister_of_India" class="mw-redirect" title="Prime minister of India">Prime minister of India</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/President_of_India" title="President of India">President of India</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vice_President_of_India" title="Vice President of India">Vice President of India</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_presidents_of_India" title="List of presidents of India">List of presidents of India</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_vice_presidents_of_India" title="List of vice presidents of India">List of vice presidents of India</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_deputy_prime_ministers_of_India" class="mw-redirect" title="List of deputy prime ministers of India">List of deputy prime ministers of India</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_children_of_prime_ministers_of_India" title="List of children of prime ministers of India">List of children of prime ministers of India</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_prime_ministers_of_India_by_previous_experience" title="List of prime ministers of India by previous experience">List of prime ministers of India by previous experience</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_heads_of_state_and_government_of_Indian_origin" title="List of heads of state and government of Indian origin">List of heads of state and government of Indian origin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_nicknames_of_prime_ministers_of_India" title="List of nicknames of prime ministers of India">List of nicknames of prime ministers of India</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Footnotes">Footnotes</h2></div> <ul><li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1041539562"><span class="citation wikicite" id="endnote_††"><a href="#ref_††"><b><sup>†</sup></b></a></span> Assassinated or died in office</li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1041539562"><span class="citation wikicite" id="endnote_§§"><a href="#ref_§§"><b><sup>§</sup></b></a></span> Returned to office after a previous non-consecutive term</li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1041539562"><span class="citation wikicite" id="endnote_RESRES"><a href="#ref_RESRES"><b><sup>RES</sup></b></a></span> Resigned</li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1041539562"><span class="citation wikicite" id="endnote_NCNC"><a href="#ref_NCNC"><b><sup>NC</sup></b></a></span> Resigned following a <a href="/wiki/No-confidence_motion" class="mw-redirect" title="No-confidence motion">no-confidence motion</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notes">Notes</h2></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output 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title="Louis Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma"><b>Lord Louis Mountbatten</b></a><br />(1947–1948),<br /><b><a href="/wiki/C._Rajagopalachari" title="C. Rajagopalachari">C. Rajagopalachari</a></b><br />(1948–1950)</span> </li> </ol></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239543626"><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap mw-references-columns"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-pillay-cri-pm-1-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-pillay-cri-pm-1_1-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite id="CITEREFPillay2019" class="citation cs2">Pillay, Anashri (2019), "The Constitution of the Republic of India", in Masterman, Roger; Schütze, Robert (eds.), <i>Cambridge Companion to Comparative Constitutional Law</i>, Cambridge University Press, pp. 146–147, <a href="/wiki/Doi_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="Doi (identifier)">doi</a>:<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://doi.org/10.1017%2F9781316716731">10.1017/9781316716731</a>, <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1-107-16781-0" title="Special:BookSources/978-1-107-16781-0"><bdi>978-1-107-16781-0</bdi></a>, <a href="/wiki/LCCN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="LCCN (identifier)">LCCN</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://lccn.loc.gov/2019019723">2019019723</a>, <a href="/wiki/S2CID_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="S2CID (identifier)">S2CID</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://api.semanticscholar.org/CorpusID:219881288">219881288</a>, <q>The head of government is the Prime Minister.</q></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=bookitem&rft.atitle=The+Constitution+of+the+Republic+of+India&rft.btitle=Cambridge+Companion+to+Comparative+Constitutional+Law&rft.pages=146-147&rft.pub=Cambridge+University+Press&rft.date=2019&rft_id=info%3Adoi%2F10.1017%2F9781316716731&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fapi.semanticscholar.org%2FCorpusID%3A219881288%23id-name%3DS2CID&rft_id=info%3Alccn%2F2019019723&rft.isbn=978-1-107-16781-0&rft.aulast=Pillay&rft.aufirst=Anashri&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AList+of+prime+ministers+of+India" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-dam-1-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-dam-1_2-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFDam2016" class="citation cs2">Dam, Shubhankar (2016), "Executive", in Choudhry, Sujit; Khosla, Madhav; Mehta, Pratap Bhanu (eds.), <i>The Oxford Handbook of the Indian Constitution</i>, Oxford and New York: Oxford University Press, p. 307, <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-19-870489-8" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-19-870489-8"><bdi>978-0-19-870489-8</bdi></a>, <q>The Prime Minister is the head of government.</q></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=bookitem&rft.atitle=Executive&rft.btitle=The+Oxford+Handbook+of+the+Indian+Constitution&rft.place=Oxford+and+New+York&rft.pages=307&rft.pub=Oxford+University+Press&rft.date=2016&rft.isbn=978-0-19-870489-8&rft.aulast=Dam&rft.aufirst=Shubhankar&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AList+of+prime+ministers+of+India" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-pillay-cri-pm-2-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-pillay-cri-pm-2_3-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFPillay2019" class="citation cs2">Pillay, Anashri (2019), "The Constitution of the Republic of India", in Masterman, Roger; Schütze, Robert (eds.), <i>Cambridge Companion to Comparative Constitutional Law</i>, Cambridge University Press, pp. 146–147, <a href="/wiki/Doi_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="Doi (identifier)">doi</a>:<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://doi.org/10.1017%2F9781316716731">10.1017/9781316716731</a>, <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1-107-16781-0" title="Special:BookSources/978-1-107-16781-0"><bdi>978-1-107-16781-0</bdi></a>, <a href="/wiki/LCCN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="LCCN (identifier)">LCCN</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://lccn.loc.gov/2019019723">2019019723</a>, <a href="/wiki/S2CID_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="S2CID (identifier)">S2CID</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://api.semanticscholar.org/CorpusID:219881288">219881288</a>, <q>An elected President is the nominal head of state but exercises little power.</q></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=bookitem&rft.atitle=The+Constitution+of+the+Republic+of+India&rft.btitle=Cambridge+Companion+to+Comparative+Constitutional+Law&rft.pages=146-147&rft.pub=Cambridge+University+Press&rft.date=2019&rft_id=info%3Adoi%2F10.1017%2F9781316716731&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fapi.semanticscholar.org%2FCorpusID%3A219881288%23id-name%3DS2CID&rft_id=info%3Alccn%2F2019019723&rft.isbn=978-1-107-16781-0&rft.aulast=Pillay&rft.aufirst=Anashri&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AList+of+prime+ministers+of+India" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-majeed-roi-1-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-majeed-roi-1_4-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFMajeed2005" class="citation cs2">Majeed, Akhtar (2005), "Republic of India", in Kincaid, John; Tarr, G. Alan (eds.), <i>Constitutional Origins, Structure, and Change in Federal Countries</i>, A Global Dialogue on Federalism, Volume I, Montreal & Kingston: McGill-Queen's University Press for Forum of Federation and International Association of Centers for Federal Studies, pp. 180–207, 185, <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-7735-2849-0" title="Special:BookSources/0-7735-2849-0"><bdi>0-7735-2849-0</bdi></a>, <q>...The president is the constitutional head. (p. 185)</q></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=bookitem&rft.atitle=Republic+of+India&rft.btitle=Constitutional+Origins%2C+Structure%2C+and+Change+in+Federal+Countries&rft.place=Montreal+%26+Kingston&rft.series=A+Global+Dialogue+on+Federalism%2C+Volume+I&rft.pages=180-207%2C+185&rft.pub=McGill-Queen%27s+University+Press+for+Forum+of+Federation+and+International+Association+of+Centers+for+Federal+Studies&rft.date=2005&rft.isbn=0-7735-2849-0&rft.aulast=Majeed&rft.aufirst=Akhtar&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AList+of+prime+ministers+of+India" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-dam-2-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-dam-2_5-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFDam2016" class="citation cs2">Dam, Shubhankar (2016), "Executive", in Choudhry, Sujit; Khosla, Madhav; Mehta, Pratap Bhanu (eds.), <i>The Oxford Handbook of the Indian Constitution</i>, Oxford and New York: Oxford University Press, p. 307, <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-19-870489-8" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-19-870489-8"><bdi>978-0-19-870489-8</bdi></a>, <q>The President is the head of the Union of India</q></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=bookitem&rft.atitle=Executive&rft.btitle=The+Oxford+Handbook+of+the+Indian+Constitution&rft.place=Oxford+and+New+York&rft.pages=307&rft.pub=Oxford+University+Press&rft.date=2016&rft.isbn=978-0-19-870489-8&rft.aulast=Dam&rft.aufirst=Shubhankar&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AList+of+prime+ministers+of+India" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-nsingh-india-6"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-nsingh-india_6-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-nsingh-india_6-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFSingh2018" class="citation cs2">Singh, Nirvikar (2018), "Holding India Together: The Role of Institutions of Federalism", in Mishra, Ajit; Ray, Tridip (eds.), <i>Markets, Governance, and Institutions: In the Process of Economic Development</i>, Oxford University Press, pp. 300–323, 306, <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-19-881255-5" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-19-881255-5"><bdi>978-0-19-881255-5</bdi></a></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=bookitem&rft.atitle=Holding+India+Together%3A+The+Role+of+Institutions+of+Federalism&rft.btitle=Markets%2C+Governance%2C+and+Institutions%3A+In+the+Process+of+Economic+Development&rft.pages=300-323%2C+306&rft.pub=Oxford+University+Press&rft.date=2018&rft.isbn=978-0-19-881255-5&rft.aulast=Singh&rft.aufirst=Nirvikar&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AList+of+prime+ministers+of+India" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-majeed-roi-2-7"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-majeed-roi-2_7-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFMajeed2005" class="citation cs2">Majeed, Akhtar (2005), "Republic of India", in Kincaid, John; Tarr, G. Alan (eds.), <i>Constitutional Origins, Structure, and Change in Federal Countries</i>, A Global Dialogue on Federalism, Volume I, Montreal & Kingston: McGill-Queen's University Press for Forum of Federation and International Association of Centers for Federal Studies, pp. 180–207, 185, <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-7735-2849-0" title="Special:BookSources/0-7735-2849-0"><bdi>0-7735-2849-0</bdi></a>, <q>...the executive authority is vested in the prime minister and in their Council of Ministers. (p. 185)</q></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=bookitem&rft.atitle=Republic+of+India&rft.btitle=Constitutional+Origins%2C+Structure%2C+and+Change+in+Federal+Countries&rft.place=Montreal+%26+Kingston&rft.series=A+Global+Dialogue+on+Federalism%2C+Volume+I&rft.pages=180-207%2C+185&rft.pub=McGill-Queen%27s+University+Press+for+Forum+of+Federation+and+International+Association+of+Centers+for+Federal+Studies&rft.date=2005&rft.isbn=0-7735-2849-0&rft.aulast=Majeed&rft.aufirst=Akhtar&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AList+of+prime+ministers+of+India" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-dam-3-8"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-dam-3_8-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFDam2016" class="citation cs2">Dam, Shubhankar (2016), "Executive", in Choudhry, Sujit; Khosla, Madhav; Mehta, Pratap Bhanu (eds.), <i>The Oxford Handbook of the Indian Constitution</i>, Oxford and New York: Oxford University Press, p. 307, <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-19-870489-8" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-19-870489-8"><bdi>978-0-19-870489-8</bdi></a>, <q>Executive power, ordinarily, is exercised by Prime Minister.</q></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=bookitem&rft.atitle=Executive&rft.btitle=The+Oxford+Handbook+of+the+Indian+Constitution&rft.place=Oxford+and+New+York&rft.pages=307&rft.pub=Oxford+University+Press&rft.date=2016&rft.isbn=978-0-19-870489-8&rft.aulast=Dam&rft.aufirst=Shubhankar&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AList+of+prime+ministers+of+India" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-pillay-cri-pm-3-9"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-pillay-cri-pm-3_9-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFPillay2019" class="citation cs2">Pillay, Anashri (2019), "The Constitution of the Republic of India", in Masterman, Roger; Schütze, Robert (eds.), <i>Cambridge Companion to Comparative Constitutional Law</i>, Cambridge University Press, pp. 146–147, <a href="/wiki/Doi_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="Doi (identifier)">doi</a>:<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://doi.org/10.1017%2F9781316716731">10.1017/9781316716731</a>, <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1-107-16781-0" title="Special:BookSources/978-1-107-16781-0"><bdi>978-1-107-16781-0</bdi></a>, <a href="/wiki/LCCN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="LCCN (identifier)">LCCN</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://lccn.loc.gov/2019019723">2019019723</a>, <a href="/wiki/S2CID_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="S2CID (identifier)">S2CID</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://api.semanticscholar.org/CorpusID:219881288">219881288</a>, <q>... Like the British system, there are two houses of parliament – the Lok Sabha, which has 545 members, is the main legislative body. In practice, it is the party with a majority in the Lok Sabha which elects its leader as the Prime Minister.</q></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=bookitem&rft.atitle=The+Constitution+of+the+Republic+of+India&rft.btitle=Cambridge+Companion+to+Comparative+Constitutional+Law&rft.pages=146-147&rft.pub=Cambridge+University+Press&rft.date=2019&rft_id=info%3Adoi%2F10.1017%2F9781316716731&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fapi.semanticscholar.org%2FCorpusID%3A219881288%23id-name%3DS2CID&rft_id=info%3Alccn%2F2019019723&rft.isbn=978-1-107-16781-0&rft.aulast=Pillay&rft.aufirst=Anashri&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AList+of+prime+ministers+of+India" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-dam-4-10"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-dam-4_10-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFDam2016" class="citation cs2">Dam, Shubhankar (2016), "Executive", in Choudhry, Sujit; Khosla, Madhav; Mehta, Pratap Bhanu (eds.), <i>The Oxford Handbook of the Indian Constitution</i>, Oxford and New York: Oxford University Press, p. 307, <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-19-870489-8" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-19-870489-8"><bdi>978-0-19-870489-8</bdi></a>, <q>Along with his or her cabinet, the Prime Minister is responsible to the Lower House of Parliament.</q></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=bookitem&rft.atitle=Executive&rft.btitle=The+Oxford+Handbook+of+the+Indian+Constitution&rft.place=Oxford+and+New+York&rft.pages=307&rft.pub=Oxford+University+Press&rft.date=2016&rft.isbn=978-0-19-870489-8&rft.aulast=Dam&rft.aufirst=Shubhankar&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AList+of+prime+ministers+of+India" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-majeed-roi-3-11"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-majeed-roi-3_11-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFMajeed2005" class="citation cs2">Majeed, Akhtar (2005), "Republic of India", in Kincaid, John; Tarr, G. Alan (eds.), <i>Constitutional Origins, Structure, and Change in Federal Countries</i>, A Global Dialogue on Federalism, Volume I, Montreal & Kingston: McGill-Queen's University Press for Forum of Federation and International Association of Centers for Federal Studies, pp. 180–207, 185, <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-7735-2849-0" title="Special:BookSources/0-7735-2849-0"><bdi>0-7735-2849-0</bdi></a>, <q>...Both for the Union and the states, a "cabinet-type" system of parliamentary government has been instituted in which the executive is continuously responsible to the legislature. 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P. Singh">V. P. Singh</a> <ul><li><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="/wiki/Premiership_of_V._P._Singh" title="Premiership of V. P. Singh">Premiership</a></span></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chandra_Shekhar" title="Chandra Shekhar">Chandra Shekhar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/P._V._Narasimha_Rao" title="P. V. Narasimha Rao">P. V. Narasimha Rao</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Atal_Bihari_Vajpayee" title="Atal Bihari Vajpayee">Atal Bihari Vajpayee</a> <ul><li><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="/wiki/Premiership_of_Atal_Bihari_Vajpayee" title="Premiership of Atal Bihari Vajpayee">Premiership</a></span></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/H._D._Deve_Gowda" title="H. D. Deve Gowda">H. D. Deve Gowda</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Inder_Kumar_Gujral" title="Inder Kumar Gujral">Inder Kumar Gujral</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Manmohan_Singh" title="Manmohan Singh">Manmohan Singh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Narendra_Modi" title="Narendra Modi">Narendra Modi</a> <ul><li><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="/wiki/Premiership_of_Narendra_Modi" title="Premiership of Narendra Modi">Premiership</a></span></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td><td class="noviewer navbox-image" rowspan="2" style="width:1px;padding:0 0 0 2px"><div><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Emblem_of_India.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Emblem of India"><img alt="Emblem of India" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/55/Emblem_of_India.svg/31px-Emblem_of_India.svg.png" decoding="async" width="31" height="50" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/55/Emblem_of_India.svg/47px-Emblem_of_India.svg.png 1.5x, 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href="/wiki/List_of_things_named_after_Rajiv_Gandhi" title="List of things named after Rajiv Gandhi">Rajiv</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Prime_Minister%27s_Office_(India)" title="Prime Minister's Office (India)">Office</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/7,_Lok_Kalyan_Marg" title="7, Lok Kalyan Marg">Residence</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_international_trips_made_by_prime_ministers_of_India" title="List of international trips made by prime ministers of India">International trips</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_international_prime_ministerial_trips_made_by_Jawaharlal_Nehru" title="List of international prime ministerial trips made by Jawaharlal Nehru">Nehru</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_international_prime_ministerial_trips_made_by_Indira_Gandhi" title="List of international prime ministerial trips made by Indira Gandhi">Indira</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_international_prime_ministerial_trips_made_by_Atal_Bihari_Vajpayee" title="List of international prime ministerial trips made by Atal Bihari Vajpayee">Vajpayee</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_international_prime_ministerial_trips_made_by_Narendra_Modi" title="List of international prime ministerial trips made by Narendra Modi">Modi</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Spouse_of_the_prime_minister_of_India" class="mw-redirect" title="Spouse of the prime minister of India">Spouses</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_children_of_prime_ministers_of_India" title="List of children of prime ministers of India">Children</a></li> <li><b><span class="noviewer" typeof="mw:File"><span title="Category"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/96/Symbol_category_class.svg/16px-Symbol_category_class.svg.png" decoding="async" width="16" height="16" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/96/Symbol_category_class.svg/23px-Symbol_category_class.svg.png 1.5x, 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prime ministers of Belarus">Belarus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_prime_ministers_of_Belgium" title="List of prime ministers of Belgium">Belgium</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_prime_ministers_of_Belize" title="List of prime ministers of Belize">Belize</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_prime_ministers_of_Bhutan" title="List of prime ministers of Bhutan">Bhutan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_prime_ministers_of_Bosnia_and_Herzegovina" class="mw-redirect" title="List of prime ministers of Bosnia and Herzegovina">Bosnia and Herzegovina</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_prime_ministers_of_Bulgaria" class="mw-redirect" title="List of prime ministers of Bulgaria">Bulgaria</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_prime_ministers_of_Burkina_Faso" title="List of prime ministers of Burkina Faso">Burkina Faso</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_prime_ministers_of_Cambodia" title="List of prime ministers of Cambodia">Cambodia</a></li> <li><a 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ministers of Mongolia">Mongolia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_prime_ministers_of_Montenegro" class="mw-redirect" title="List of prime ministers of Montenegro">Montenegro</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_prime_ministers_of_Morocco" class="mw-redirect" title="List of prime ministers of Morocco">Morocco</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_prime_ministers_of_Mozambique" title="List of prime ministers of Mozambique">Mozambique</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_prime_ministers_of_Nagorno-Karabakh" class="mw-redirect" title="List of prime ministers of Nagorno-Karabakh">Nagorno-Karabakh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_prime_ministers_of_Nepal" title="List of prime ministers of Nepal">Nepal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_prime_ministers_of_the_Netherlands" title="List of prime ministers of the Netherlands">Netherlands</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_prime_ministers_of_the_Netherlands_Antilles" class="mw-redirect" title="List of prime ministers of the Netherlands Antilles">Netherlands Antilles</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_prime_ministers_of_New_Zealand" title="List of prime ministers of New Zealand">New Zealand</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_prime_ministers_of_Niger" title="List of prime ministers of Niger">Niger</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_prime_ministers_of_North_Korea" class="mw-redirect" title="List of prime ministers of North Korea">North Korea</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Prime_Minister_of_North_Macedonia#List_of_prime_ministers_of_North_Macedonia" title="Prime Minister of North Macedonia">North Macedonia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_prime_ministers_of_Northern_Cyprus" title="List of prime ministers of Northern Cyprus">Northern Cyprus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_prime_ministers_of_Northern_Ireland" class="mw-redirect" title="List of prime ministers of Northern Ireland">Northern Ireland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_prime_ministers_of_Norway" class="mw-redirect" title="List of prime ministers of Norway">Norway</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_prime_ministers_of_Pakistan" title="List of prime ministers of Pakistan">Pakistan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_prime_ministers_of_Palestine" class="mw-redirect" title="List of prime ministers of Palestine">Palestine</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_prime_ministers_of_Papua_New_Guinea" class="mw-redirect" title="List of prime ministers of Papua New Guinea">Papua New Guinea</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_prime_ministers_of_Peru" class="mw-redirect" title="List of prime ministers of Peru">Peru</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_prime_ministers_of_the_Philippines" class="mw-redirect" title="List of prime ministers of the Philippines">Philippines</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_prime_ministers_of_Poland" title="List of prime ministers of Poland">Poland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_prime_ministers_of_Portugal" title="List of prime ministers of Portugal">Portugal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_prime_ministers_of_Prussia" class="mw-redirect" title="List of prime ministers of Prussia">Prussia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_prime_ministers_of_Qatar" title="List of prime ministers of Qatar">Qatar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_prime_ministers_of_Republika_Srpska" title="List of prime ministers of Republika Srpska">Republika Srpska</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_prime_ministers_of_Romania" class="mw-redirect" title="List of prime ministers of Romania">Romania</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_prime_ministers_of_Russia" class="mw-redirect" title="List of prime ministers of Russia">Russia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_prime_ministers_of_Rwanda" class="mw-redirect" title="List of prime ministers of Rwanda">Rwanda</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_prime_ministers_of_Saint_Kitts_and_Nevis" title="List of prime ministers of Saint Kitts and Nevis">Saint Kitts and Nevis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_prime_ministers_of_Saint_Lucia" title="List of prime ministers of Saint Lucia">Saint Lucia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_prime_ministers_of_Saint_Vincent_and_the_Grenadines" title="List of prime ministers of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines">Saint Vincent and the Grenadines</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_prime_ministers_of_Samoa" class="mw-redirect" title="List of prime ministers of Samoa">Samoa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_prime_ministers_of_S%C3%A3o_Tom%C3%A9_and_Pr%C3%ADncipe" title="List of prime ministers of São Tomé and Príncipe">São Tomé and Príncipe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_prime_ministers_of_Serbia" class="mw-redirect" title="List of prime ministers of Serbia">Serbia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_prime_ministers_of_the_Republic_of_Serbian_Krajina" class="mw-redirect" title="List of prime ministers of the Republic of Serbian Krajina">Serbian Krajina</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_prime_ministers_of_Sierra_Leone" class="mw-redirect" title="List of prime ministers of 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Tajikistan">Tajikistan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_prime_ministers_of_Tanganyika" class="mw-redirect" title="List of prime ministers of Tanganyika">Tanganyika</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_prime_ministers_of_Tanzania" title="List of prime ministers of Tanzania">Tanzania</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_prime_ministers_of_Tatarstan" class="mw-redirect" title="List of prime ministers of Tatarstan">Tatarstan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_prime_ministers_of_Thailand" title="List of prime ministers of Thailand">Thailand</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_prime_ministers_of_Trinidad_and_Tobago" title="List of prime ministers of Trinidad and Tobago">Trinidad and Tobago</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_prime_ministers_of_Tunisia" title="List of prime ministers of Tunisia">Tunisia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_prime_ministers_of_Turkey" title="List of prime ministers of Turkey">Turkey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_prime_ministers_of_Uganda" class="mw-redirect" title="List of prime ministers of Uganda">Uganda</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_prime_ministers_of_Ukraine" title="List of prime ministers of Ukraine">Ukraine</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_prime_ministers_of_the_United_Arab_Emirates" title="List of prime ministers of the United Arab Emirates">United Arab Emirates</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_prime_ministers_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="List of prime ministers of the United Kingdom">United Kingdom</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_prime_ministers_of_Vietnam" title="List of prime ministers of Vietnam">Vietnam</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_prime_ministers_of_Yugoslavia" class="mw-redirect" title="List of prime ministers of Yugoslavia">Yugoslavia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_prime_ministers_of_Zimbabwe" class="mw-redirect" title="List of prime ministers of Zimbabwe">Zimbabwe</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">By monarch</th><td 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<li><a href="/wiki/List_of_prime_ministers_of_Queen_Victoria" title="List of prime ministers of Queen Victoria">Queen Victoria</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_prime_ministers_of_Victor_Emmanuel_III" title="List of prime ministers of Victor Emmanuel III">Victor Emmanuel III</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="Government_ministries_of_India" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible autocollapse navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239400231"><div 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class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Key</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Defence_(India)" title="Ministry of Defence (India)">Defence</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_External_Affairs_(India)" title="Ministry of External Affairs (India)">External Affairs</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Finance_(India)" title="Ministry of Finance (India)">Finance</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Home_Affairs_(India)" title="Ministry of Home Affairs (India)">Home Affairs</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Economy & Industry</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Chemicals_and_Fertilizers" title="Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers">Chemicals and Fertilizers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Civil_Aviation_(India)" title="Ministry of Civil Aviation (India)">Civil Aviation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Commerce_and_Industry_(India)" title="Ministry of Commerce and Industry (India)">Commerce and Industry</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Communications_(India)" title="Ministry of Communications (India)">Communications</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Co-operation" title="Ministry of Co-operation">Co-operation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Corporate_Affairs" title="Ministry of Corporate Affairs">Corporate Affairs</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Electronics_and_Information_Technology" title="Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology">Electronics and Information Technology</a></li> <li><a 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Tourism (India)">Tourism</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Infrastructure</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Development_of_North_Eastern_Region" title="Ministry of Development of North Eastern Region">Development of North Eastern Region</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Jal_Shakti" title="Ministry of Jal Shakti">Jal Shakti</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Ports,_Shipping_and_Waterways" title="Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Waterways">Ports, Shipping and Waterways</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Railways_(India)" title="Ministry of Railways (India)">Railways</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Road_Transport_and_Highways" title="Ministry of Road Transport and Highways">Road Transport and Highways</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Rural_Development_(India)" title="Ministry of Rural Development (India)">Rural Development</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Housing_and_Urban_Affairs" title="Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs">Housing and Urban Affairs</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Food</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Agriculture_and_Farmers%27_Welfare" title="Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers' Welfare">Agriculture and Farmers' Welfare</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Consumer_Affairs,_Food_and_Public_Distribution" title="Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution">Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Fisheries,_Animal_Husbandry_and_Dairying" title="Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying">Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Food_Processing_Industries" title="Ministry of Food Processing Industries">Food Processing Industries</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Energy & Climate Change</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Coal" title="Ministry of Coal">Coal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Environment,_Forest_and_Climate_Change" title="Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change">Environment, Forest and Climate Change</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_New_and_Renewable_Energy" title="Ministry of New and Renewable Energy">New and Renewable Energy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Petroleum_and_Natural_Gas" title="Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas">Petroleum and Natural Gas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Power_(India)" title="Ministry of Power (India)">Power</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Science, Education & Health</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_AYUSH" class="mw-redirect" title="Ministry of AYUSH">AYUSH</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Earth_Sciences" title="Ministry of Earth Sciences">Earth Sciences</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Education_(India)" title="Ministry of Education (India)">Education</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Health_and_Family_Welfare" title="Ministry of Health and Family Welfare">Health and Family Welfare</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Science_and_Technology_(India)" title="Ministry of Science and Technology (India)">Science and Technology</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Skill_Development_and_Entrepreneurship" title="Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship">Skill Development and Entrepreneurship</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">General Administration</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Culture_(India)" title="Ministry of Culture (India)">Culture</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Law_and_Justice_(India)" title="Ministry of Law and Justice (India)">Law and Justice</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Minority_Affairs" title="Ministry of Minority Affairs">Minority Affairs</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Panchayati_Raj" title="Ministry of Panchayati Raj">Panchayati Raj</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Parliamentary_Affairs_(India)" title="Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs (India)">Parliamentary Affairs</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Personnel,_Public_Grievances_and_Pensions" title="Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions">Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Planning_(India)" title="Ministry of Planning (India)">Planning</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Social_Justice_and_Empowerment" title="Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment">Social Justice and Empowerment</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Statistics_and_Programme_Implementation" title="Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation">Statistics and Programme Implementation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Tribal_Affairs" title="Ministry of Tribal Affairs"> Tribal Affairs</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Women_and_Child_Development" title="Ministry of Women and Child Development">Women and Child Development</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Youth_Affairs_and_Sports" title="Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports">Youth Affairs and Sports</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Defunct</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Communications_and_Information_Technology_(India)" class="mw-redirect" title="Ministry of Communications and Information Technology (India)">Communications and Information Technology</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Information_Technology_(India)" title="Ministry of Information Technology (India)">Information Technology</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Overseas_Indian_Affairs" title="Ministry of Overseas Indian Affairs">Overseas Indian Affairs</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Surface_Transport" class="mw-redirect" title="Ministry of Surface Transport">Surface Transport</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Drinking_Water_and_Sanitation" class="mw-redirect" title="Ministry of Drinking Water and Sanitation">Drinking Water and Sanitation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Water_Resources,_River_Development_and_Ganga_Rejuvenation" title="Ministry of Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation">Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Housing_and_Urban_Poverty_Alleviation" title="Ministry of Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation">Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Ministers</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Minister_of_Agriculture_and_Farmers%27_Welfare" title="Minister of Agriculture and Farmers' Welfare">Agriculture and Farmers' Welfare</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Minister_of_Communications_(India)" title="Minister of Communications (India)">Communications</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Minister_of_Defence_(India)" title="Minister of Defence (India)">Defence</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Minister_of_Education_(India)" title="Minister of Education (India)">Education</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Minister_of_External_Affairs_(India)" title="Minister of External Affairs (India)">External Affairs</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Minister_of_Finance_(India)" title="Minister of Finance (India)">Finance</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Minister_of_Home_Affairs_(India)" title="Minister of Home Affairs (India)">Home Affairs</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Minister_of_Housing_and_Urban_Affairs" title="Minister of Housing and Urban Affairs">Housing and Urban Affairs</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Minister_of_Law_and_Justice" title="Minister of Law and Justice">Law and Justice</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Minister_of_Personnel,_Public_Grievances_and_Pensions" title="Minister of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions">Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Minister_of_Railways_(India)" title="Minister of Railways 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