1

Jawaharlal Nehru

15 August 1947 – 27 May 1964

MP for Phulpur

(1889–1964)

Gulzarilal Nanda

11 January 1966 – 24 January 1966

MP for Sabarkantha

(1898–1999)

2

Lal Bahadur Shastri

9 June 1964 – 11 January 1966

MP for Allahabad

(1904–1966)

Gulzarilal Nanda

11 January 1966 – 24 January 1966

MP for Sabarkantha

(1898–1999)

3

Indira Gandhi

14 January 1980 – 31 October 1984

MP for Rae Bareli

(1917–1984)

4

Morarji Desai

24 March 1977 – 28 July 1979

MP for Surat

(1896–1995)

5

Charan Singh

28 July 1979 – 14 January 1980

MP for Baghpat

(1902–1987)

Indira Gandhi

14 January 1980 – 31 October 1984

MP for Medak

(1917–1984)

6

Rajiv Gandhi

31 October 1984 – 2 December 1989

MP for Amethi

(1944–1991)

7

V. P. Singh

2 December 1989 – 10 November 1990

MP for Fatehpur

(1931–2008)

8

Chandra Shekhar

10 November 1990 – 21 June 1991

MP for Ballia

(1927–2007)

9

P. V. Narasimha Rao

21 June 1991 – 16 May 1996

MP for Nandyal

(1921–2004)

10

Atal Bihari Vajpayee

19 March 1998 – 19 May 2004

MP for Lucknow

(born 1924)

11

H. D. Deve Gowda

1 June 1996 – 21 April 1997

MP (Rajya Sabha) for Karnataka

(born 1933)

12

I. K. Gujral

21 April 1997 – 19 March 1998

MP (Rajya Sabha) for Bihar

(1919–2012)

Atal Bihari Vajpayee

19 March 1998 – 19 May 2004

MP for Lucknow

(born 1924)

13

Manmohan Singh

22 May 2004 – 26 May 2014

MP (Rajya Sabha) for Assam

(born 1932)

14

Narendra Modi

26-May-14

MP for Varanasi

(born 1950)