Indian Prime Minister (PM) – List 

Indian Prime Minister (PM) – List

In India, the prime minister is the head of the Government, all the de facto powers are vested in the PM and his council of ministers. He is appointed by the President of India and is the chief advisor to the same (president of India). Prime minister in India is elected through Lok Sabha election, the party who gets the maximum number of seats in Lok Sabha with or without alliance or holds a majority in the Lok Sabha elects its leader to be appointed as Prime Minister by the President of India. In other words, the prime minister is elected by the elected members of Lok Sabha among themselves and the president is supposed to appoint the elected PM candidate as the prime minister of India.  The PM candidate must get more than 50% of votes from the elected members. The journey of prime ministers in India started after India got independence on 15 August 1947. Since then till 2018, India has had 15 prime ministers. The list of Prime Ministers of India is as follows:

Sr.  No.	Name	From	To	Political Party
1	Shri Jawaharlal Nehru	15 August 1947	27 May 1964	Congress
2	Gulzari Lal Nanda	27 May 1964	9 June 1964	Congress
3	Shri Lal Bahadur Shastri	9 June 1964	11 January 1966	Congress
4	Gulzari Lal Nanda	11 January 1966	24 January 1966	Congress
5	Smt. Indira Gandhi	24 January 1966	24 March 1977	Congress
6	Shri Morarji Desai	24 March 1977	28 July 1979	Janata Party
7	Shri Charan Singh	28 July 1979	14 January 1980	Janata Party
8	Smt. Indira Gandhi	14 January 1980	31 October 1984	Congress
9	Shri Rajiv Gandhi	31 October 1984	2 December 1989	Congress
10	Shri Vishwanath Pratap Singh	2 December 1989	10 November 1990	Janata Dal
11	Shri Chandra Shekhar	10 November 1990	21 June 1991	Samajwadi Janata Party
12	Shri P.V. Narasimha Rao	21 June 1991	16 May 1996	Congress (I)
13	Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee	16 May 1996	1 June 1996	Bharatiya Janata Party
14	Shri H.D. Deve Gowda	1 June 1996	21 April 1997	Janata Dal (United Front)
15	Shri Inder Kumar Gujral	21 April 1997	19 March 1998	Janata Dal (United Front)
16	Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee	19 March 1998	22 May 2004	Bharatiya Janata Party
17	Dr. Manmohan Singh	22 May 2004	26 May 2014	Congress
18	Narendra Modi	26 May 2014	Till Date	Bharatiya Janata Party