Prime Ministers of India

The prime minister is the actual head of the country in India, even though we have a president. Most powers rest with the prime minister and he is directly elected by the people and then chosen by his party to lead the country. India has had charismatic leaders as its prime minister as well as down to earth yet made of steel prime ministers like Mr. Shashtri and Mr. Manmohan Singh. The most powerful and charismatic prime minister was perhaps Mrs. Gandhi who won both admiration and awe of the people.

No	Name		From	To	Party
1	Jawahar Lal Nehru		15 August, 1947	27 May, 1964	INC
2	Shri Gulzarilal Nanda		27 May, 1964	9 June, 1964	INC
3	Shri Lal Bahadur Shastri		9 June, 1964	11 January, 1966	INC
4	Shri Gulzarilal Nanda		11 January, 1966	24 January, 1966	INC
5	Shrimati Indira Gandhi		24 January, 1966	24 March, 1977	INC
6	Shri Morarji Desai		24 March, 1977	28 July, 1979	JP
7	Shri Charan Singh		28 July, 1979	14 January, 1980	JP
8	Shrimati Indira Gandhi		14 January, 1980	31 October, 1984	INC
9	Shri Rajiv Gandhi		31 October, 1984	2 December, 1989	INC (Indira)
10	Shri Vishwanath Pratap Singh		2 December, 1989	10 November, 1990	JD
11	Shri Chandra Shekhar		10 November, 1990	21 June, 1991	SJP
12	Shri P.V. Narasimha Rao		21 June, 1991	16 May, 1996	INC
13	Shri Atal Behari Vajpayee		16 May, 1996	1 June, 1996	BJP
14	H. D. Deve Gowda		1 June, 1996	21 April, 1997	JD
15	Inder Kumar Gujral		21 April, 1997	19 March, 1998	JD
16	Shri Atal Behari Vajpayee		19 March, 1998	22 May, 2004	BJP
17	Dr. Manmohan Singh		22 May, 2004	26 May, 2014	INC
18	Narendra Modi		26 May, 2014	Incumbent	BJP