Prime Minister of India is the head of the government. He is appointed by the Indian President after the political party wins a general election and nominates a candidate for the post. The leader of that political party is thereafter appointed as the Prime Minister of India.

Jawaharlal Nehru (15 August 1947 – 27 May 1964)

Jawaharlal Nehru referred as the Constructor of Modern India. He was the Longest serving prime minister of India (17 Years) and also he was the first prime minister to died in office. 

Gulzarilal Nanda (Acting) (27 May 1964 – 9 June 1964)

Gulzarilal Nanda is the First Acting Prime Minister of India. He was the shortest serving Prime Minister of India. 

Lal Bahudur Sastri (9 June 1964 – 11 January 1966)

Lal Bahadur Sastri was PM after sudden death of the Jawaharlal Nehru. He was given the famous slogan Called “Jai Jawan Jai Kisan”. He was the only Prime minister to die in abroad.

Gulzarilal Nanda (Acting) (11 January 1966 – 24 January 1966)

Gulzarilal Nanda is second Acting Prime Minister too of India.

Indira Gandhi (24 January 1966 – 24 March 1977)

Smt Indira Gandhi was the first female Prime Minister of the India. She was famous for her remarkable financial and foreign inclusions like Nationalization of Banks and divide East and West Pakistan in 1971 War.

Morarji Desai (24 March 1977 – 28 July 1979)

Morarji Desai was the Oldest Prime Minister of India. He was also first Prime Minister to resign from Office. He was the only the Prime Minister to celebrate his birthday for every 5 years since his birthday is on 29 February.

Charan Singh (28 July 1979 – 14 January 1980)

He was the first Prime Minister Who did not attend the single session of parliament. He was well known for his remarkable steps towards welfare of the Farmers.

Indira Gandhi (14 January 1980 – 31 October 1984)

Indira Gandhi was the First Prime to get assassinated and First Prime Minister to lost her seat in a General Elections. 

Rajiv Gandhi (31 October 1984 – 2 December 1989)

Rajiv Gandhi was the Youngest prime minister of the India. In his reign Anti-Defection was proposed and came into existence. 

V.P Singh (2 December 1989 – 10 November 1990) 

His full name is Viswanath pratap Singh. He was referred as the pioneer of the Reservation System for Employment and Education system in India.

Chandra Shekhar (10 November 1990 – 21 June 1991)

He was the Second least serving Prime Minister of India after the Charan Singh.

P.V Narasimha Rao (21 June 1991 – 16 May 1996)

P.V Narasimha Rao was referred as the father of Modern Economic Reforms. He was well known for his tax system in India with help of his Cabinet Finance Minister Dr Manmohan Singh. He was the first Prime minister from southern India.

Atal Bihari Vajpayee (16 May 1996 – 1 June 1996)

Atal Bihari Vajpayee was the 14 days Primebecause his government was collapsed the after Jayalalitha Led AIADMK withdrawn its support from coalition. 

H.D Deve Gowda (1 June 1996 – 21 April 1997)

Before becoming a Prime minister of India he was the Chief Minister of Karnataka.

I.K Gujral (21 April 1997 – 19 March 1998)

Inder Kumar Gujral was the one of the well educated Prime Ministers of India. He was served as Cabinet Minister for different portfolios like Ministry of Planning, Tele-communications, Minister of Information and Technology.

Atal Bihari Vajpayee (19 March 1998 – 22 May 2004)

This was the Second term for him as the Prime Minister. He was well known for his remarkable achievements in Nuclear Tests. 

Manmohan Singh (22 May 2004 – 26 May 2014)

Manmohan singh was the first Sikh PrimeMinister. He was worked as both FinanceMinister, RBI Governor. He was the FinanceMinister one who introduced the Service Taxsystem In India in 1993-94 Budget session. 

Narendra Modi (26 May 2014- Till date)

His full name is Narendra Damodar Das Modi. In his reign BJP Could get the full majority both in 2014 and 2019 General Election (Loksabha Elections) to form the Government without help of the other Parties. He was the most influent Prime Minister in India. He known as tough guy who takes tough decisions like demonetization, Gst, etc.