List of Prime Ministers of India (1947–Present) | Static GK for UPSC, SSC & State Exams January 24, 2026 📘 List of Prime Ministers of India (1947 – Present) | Static GK S. No. Prime Minister Term of Office Important Remarks (Exam-Oriented) 1 Jawaharlal Nehru 15 Aug 1947 – 27 May 1964 First PM of India; Longest-serving PM; First to die in office 2 Gulzarilal Nanda (Acting) 27 May 1964 – 9 Jun 1964 First Acting Prime Minister 3 Lal Bahadur Shastri 9 Jun 1964 – 11 Jan 1966 Gave slogan “Jai Jawan Jai Kisan” 4 Gulzarilal Nanda (Acting) 11 Jan 1966 – 24 Jan 1966 Second Acting term 5 Indira Gandhi 24 Jan 1966 – 24 Mar 1977 First Female Prime Minister of India 6 Morarji Desai 24 Mar 1977 – 28 Jul 1979 Oldest PM (81 years); First to resign 7 Charan Singh 28 Jul 1979 – 14 Jan 1980 Only PM who did not face Parliament 8 Indira Gandhi 14 Jan 1980 – 31 Oct 1984 First woman PM to serve a second term 9 Rajiv Gandhi 31 Oct 1984 – 2 Dec 1989 Youngest PM (40 years) 10 V. P. Singh 2 Dec 1989 – 10 Nov 1990 First PM to resign after No-Confidence Motion 11 Chandra Shekhar 10 Nov 1990 – 21 Jun 1991 PM from Samajwadi Janata Party 12 P. V. Narasimha Rao 21 Jun 1991 – 16 May 1996 First PM from South India 13 Atal Bihari Vajpayee 16 May 1996 – 1 Jun 1996 Shortest tenure as PM (13 days) 14 H. D. Deve Gowda 1 Jun 1996 – 21 Apr 1997 PM from Janata Dal 15 I. K. Gujral 21 Apr 1997 – 19 Mar 1998 Known for Gujral Doctrine 16 Atal Bihari Vajpayee 19 Mar 1998 – 22 May 2004 First non-Congress PM to complete full term 17 Manmohan Singh 22 May 2004 – 26 May 2014 First Sikh Prime Minister 18 Narendra Modi 26 May 2014 – Present First PM born after Independence; Consecutive terms 🎯 Exam Focus Points Longest-serving PM → Jawaharlal Nehru Shortest tenure → Atal Bihari Vajpayee (1996) Youngest PM → Rajiv Gandhi First Female PM → Indira Gandhi First Sikh PM → Manmohan Singh Last updated: — Auto-scroll to newest Loading updates…