List of All Prime Ministers of India; Check Complete List

Prime Minister of India is the head of the ruling central government. In 72 years of independence, India has got its 19 Prime Minister. The list of all the Prime Ministers of India has been provided here:

Prime Minister of India is the head of the ruling central government. All the effective executive power rests with the Council of Ministers that is headed by the prime minister. Prime Minister is chosen by the majority party or coalition in the Lok Sabha (lower house of parliament) and is formally appointed by the president.

Prime Minister of India determines the dates of its meetings and programs for the Parliament session. He also decides when the house has to be prorogued or dissolved. As a chief spokesman, he makes the announcement of principal government policies and answers questions on then. In 72 years of independence, India has got its 19 Prime Minister. The list of all the Prime Ministers of India has been given below:

S.No	Prime Minister	Period
1	Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru	15th Aug 1947- 27th May 1964
2	Gulzarilal Nanda (interim)	27th May 1964- 9th Jun 1964
3	Lal Bahadur Shastri	9th June 1964 -11th January 1966
4	Gulzarilal Nanda	11th January 1966- 24th January 1966
5	Indira Gandhi	24th January 1966- 24th March 1977
6	Morarji Desai	24th March 1977- 28th July 1979
7	Charan Singh	28th July 1979- 14th January 1980
8	Indira Gandhi	14th January 1980- 31st October 1984
9	Rajiv Gandhi	31st October 1984- 2nd December 1989
10	Vishwa Pratap Singh	2nd December 1989- 10th November 1990
11	Chandra Shekhar	10th November 1990-21st June 1991
12	P. V Narasimha Rao	21st June 1991- 16th May 1996
13	Atal Bihari Vajpayee	16th May 1996-1st June 1996
14	H. D Deve Gowda	1st June 1996- 21st April 1997
15	Inder Kumar Gujral	21st April 1997- 18th March 1998
16	Atal Bihari Vajpayee	18th March 1998- 22nd May 2004
17	Dr. Manmohan Singh	22nd May 2004 -17th May 2014
18	Narendra Modi	26th May 2014 -Incumbent