List of Prime Ministers of India with their Tenure Detail from 1947 to till 2012 Date Photos
1st Prime Minister of India (First Prime Minister of India) Name & Details
Jawaharlal Nehru - Tenure 15 August 1947 to 27 May 1964
PANDIT JAWAHARLAL NEHRU - 1st Prime Minister of India after Independence
was the first Prime Minister of Independent India who held charge continuosly for 17 years from 15th August 1947 to 27th May 1964.Pandit Nehruji was born in Allahabad on 14th November 1889. He died on 27th May 1964 during his tenure as the Prime Minister of India.
2nd Prime Minister of India (Second Prime Minister of India) Name & Information
Gulzarilal Nanda - Tenure 27 May 1964 – 9 July 1964
Gulzarilal Nanda - Tenure 11 January 1966 – 24 January 1966
GULZARILAL NANDA - 2nd Prime Minister of India
Mr. Nanda had been the interim Prime Minister on two occasions;
(1) after the sudden demise of Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru, from may 27, 1964 to June 9, 1964, for 14 days,
(2) after the sudden demise of Mr.Lal Bahadur Shastri, from January 11 to 24, 1966 for a perio.d of 14 days.
Mr.Nanda was born in Sialkot, now in Pakistan on 4th July 1898 and died on January 15, 1998, when he was running 100 years of age.
3rd Prime Minister of India (Third Prime Minister of India) Name & Detail
Lal Bahadur Shastri - Tenure 9 June 1964 – 11 January 1966
LAL BAHADUR SHASTRI - 3rd Prime Minister of India
Mr. Shastri was the Prime Minister of India from 9th June 1964 to 11th January 1966. Mr.Shastri was born in Moghalsarai, Varanasion 2nd October 1904. He died on 11th January 1966 at Tashkent in USSR, while negotiating peace talks with Pakistan.
4th Prime Minister of India (Fourth Prime Minister of India) Name & Information
Indira Gandhi - Tenure 24th January 1966 to 24th March 1966
Indira Gandhi - Tenure 14 January 1980 – 31 October 1984
INDIRA GANDHI - 4th Prime Minister of India
Mrs.Indira Gandhi was the Prime Minister of India from 24th January 1966 to 24th March 1966. Again she was the Prime Minister of India from 14th January 1977 to 31st October 1984. Mrs. Gandhi has been the only lady Prime Minister of India. Mrs. Indira Gandhi was born in Allahabad on 19th November 1917 and was shot dead by her own security guards on 31st October 1984.
5th Prime Minister of India (Fifth Prime Minister of India) Name & Detail
Morarji Desai - Tenure 24 March 1977 – 28 July 1979
MORARJI DESAI - 5th Prime Minister of India
Mr.Morarji Desai was the Prime Minister of India from 24th March 1977 to 28th July 1979, being the first Non-congress Prime Minister of India, heading the Janata Party Government. Mr.Desai was born on 29th February 1896 in a village at Gujarath. Mr.Desai died on 10th April 1995, when he was running 100 years of age.
6th Prime Minister of India (Sixth Prime Minister of India) Name & Detail
Chaudhary Charan Singh - Tenure 28 July 1979 – 14 January 1980
CHARAN SINGH - 6th Prime Minister of India
Mr.Charan Singh was the Prime Minister of India from 28th July 1979 to 14th January 1980. Within a few days of his assuming office as the Prime Minister one of the supporting parties withdrew support and Mr.Charan Singh was only a Caretaker PM. Mr. Charan Singh was born on 23rd December 1902 at Meerut and he died in the year 1987.
7th Prime Minister of India (Seventh Prime Minister of India) Name & Information
Rajiv Ratna Gandhi - 31 October 1984 – 2 December 1989
RAJIV GANDHI - 7th Prime Minister of India
Mr. Rajiv Gandhi was the Prime Minister of India from 31st October 1984 to 1st December 1989, being the youngest Prime Minister of India at the age of 41 years. Mr.Rajiv Gandhi was born at Mumbai on 20th August 1944 and he died on 21st May 1991 at Sriperumpudur in Tamilnadu, in a human bomb-blast.
8th Prime Minister of India (Eighth Prime Minister of India) Name & Information
Vishwanath Pratap Singh - Tenure 2 December 1989 – 10 November 1990
V.P. SINGH - 8th Prime Minister of India
Mr. Viswanath Prataph Singh was the Prime Minister of India, form 2nd December 1989 to 10th November 1990, being the head of the Janata Dal Government. Mr.V.P.Singh was born on 25th June 1931. He died very recently on Thursday, 27th November 2008.
9th Prime Minister of India (Ninth Prime Minister of India) Name & Detail
Chandra Shekhar Singh - Tenure 10 November 1990 – 21 June 1991
CHANDRA SHEKHAR
Mr.Chandrashekhar was the Prime Minister of India from 10th November 1990 to 21st June 1991. He was born on 1st July 1927 in Ballia district, UP. He died on 8th July 2007.
10th Prime Minister of India (Tenth Prime Minister of India) Name & Information
P. V. Narasimha Rao - Tenure 21 June 1991 – 16 May 1996
P. V. NARASIMHA RAO
Mr.Narasimha Rao was the Prime Minister of India from 21st June 1991 to 10th May 1996, being the first Prime Minister from South India.
Mr. Rao was born in Vangara, Karimnagar District, Andhra Pradesh, on 28th June 1921. He died on 23rd December 2004.
11th Prime Minister of India (Eleventh Prime Minister of India) Name & Detail
Atal Bihari Vajpayee - Tenure 19 March 1998 – 19 May 2004
A. B. VAJPAYEE
Mr.Vajpayee was the Prime Minister of India from for only 16 days from 16th May 1996 to 1st June 1996. Mr. Vajpayee was born on 25th December Gwalior. Mr. Vajpayee was the Prime Minister for the second time from 13th October 1999 to 13th May 2004 when he resigned.
12th Prime Minister of India (Twelfth Prime Minister of India) Name & Detail
Haradanahalli Doddegowda Deve Gowda (H. D. Deve Gowda) - Tenure 1 June 1996 – 21 April 1997
H D DEVE GOWDA
Mr.Gowda was the Prime Minister of India form 1st June 1996 to 21st April 1997. He was born on 18th May 1933 Hassan district, Karnataka.
13th Prime Minister of India (Thirteen Prime Minister of India) Name & Detail
Inder Kumar Gujral (I. K. Gujral) - Tenure 21 April 1997 – 19 March 1998
I. K. GUJRAL
Mr.Gujral was the Prime Minister of India for 21st April 1997 to 28th November 1997 when he resigned. Mr. Gujral was born on 4th December 1919 in Jhelum, the undivided Punjab which is at present in Pakistan.
14th Prime Minister of India (Thirteen Prime Minister of India) Name & Detail
Manmohan Singh - Tenure 22 May 2004
MANMOHAN SINGH
Dr.Manmohan Singh is the present Prime Minister of India from 22nd May 2004. Dr. Singh was born on 26th September 1932.
List of Prime Ministers of India from 1947 to 2012
1st Prime Minister of India Jawaharlal Nehru
2nd Prime Minister of India Gulzarilal Nanda
3rd Prime Minister of India Lal Bahadur Shastri
4th Prime Minister of India Indira Gandhi
5th Prime Minister of India Morarji Desai
6th Prime Minister of India Charan Singh
7th Prime Minister of India Rajiv Gandhi
8th Prime Minister of India Vishwanath Pratap Singh
9th Prime Minister of India Chandra Shekhar Singh
10th Prime Minister of India P. V. Narasimha Rao
11th Prime Minister of India Atal Bihari Vajpayee
12th Prime Minister of India H. D. Deve Gowda
13th Prime Minister of India Inder Kumar Gujral
14th Prime Minister of India Dr. Manmohan Singh
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