Prime Ministers of India - Preparation Materials

Prime Ministers of India

Name - Elections(Lok Sabha) - Political party

1. Jawaharlal Nehru (1889–1964), - 1952 (1st),1957 (2nd),1962 (3rd) - Indian National Congress
2.Gulzarilal Nanda (1898–1998) – 1964,1966 ,(3rd) - Indian National Congress
3. Lal Bahadur Shastri (1904–66) -- 1964,(3rd) - - Indian National Congress
4.Gulzarilal Nanda (1898–1998) – 1964,1966 ,(3rd) - Indian National Congress

5. Indira Gandhi (1917–84) – (3rd),1967 (4th),1971 (5th),1980 (7th) -- Indian National Congress
6. Morarji Desai (1896–1995) - 1977 (6th) --Janata Party
7. Charan Singh (1902–87) – (6th) - - Janata Party (Secular) with Indian National Congress

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8. Rajiv Gandhi (1944–91) – (7th),1984 (8th) --- Indian National Congress
9. V. P. Singh (1931–2008) - 1989 (9th) -- Janata Dal (National Front)
10. Chandra Shekhar (1927–2007) -–1990, (9th) -- Samajwadi Janata Party with Indian National Congress
11. P. V. Narasimha Rao (1921–2004) -- 1991 (10th) -- Indian National Congress
12. Atal Bihari Vajpayee (born 1924) -- 1996 (11th),1998 (12th),1999 (13th) -- Bharatiya Janata Party
13. H. D. Deve Gowda (born 1933) -– 1996,(14th) -- Janata Dal
14. I. K. Gujral (1919–2012) -– 1997,(15th) -- Janata Dal

15. Manmohan Singh (born 1932) -- 2004 (14th),2009 (15th) -- Indian National Congress
(United Progressive Alliance)
16. Narendra Modi (born 1950) -- 2014 (16th) -- Bharatiya Janata Party (National Democratic Alliance)