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Since 1947, India has had 14 prime ministers. [a] Jawaharlal Nehru was India's first prime minister, serving as prime minister of the Dominion of India from 15 August 1947 until 26 January 1950, and thereafter of the Republic of India until his death in May 1964. (India conducted its first post-independence general elections in 1952).
The prime minister of India (ISO: Bhārata kē Pradhānamaṁtrī) is the head of Union Council of Ministers [2] [a] of the Republic of India.Executive authority is vested in the prime minister and his chosen Council of Ministers, [5] [6] [7] despite the president of India being the nominal head of the executive.
Deputy Prime Minister of India (13 March 1967 – 16 July 1969) [2] Minister of Finance (13 March 1958 – 29 August 1963; 13 March 1967 – 16 July 1969) [2] Chief Minister of Bombay State (21 April 1952 – 31 October 1956) Indian Independence activist [3] 24 March 1977 5 Charan Singh: Deputy Prime Minister of India (24 January 1979 – 28 ...
During the tenure of Jawaharlal Nehru as Prime Minister, the then Prime Minister's Secretariat was headed by a Joint Secretary to Government of India until his death. [3] The post of Principal Secretary to Prime Minister was created during the tenure of Indira Gandhi as Prime Minister. [3]
Commonwealth Prime Ministers' Conference [2] Yugoslavia: July 1965 [2] Burma: 20–23 December 1965 [2] Soviet Union: Tashkent: 4–10 January 1966 Tashkent Declaration: Shastri died of a heart attack in Tashkent on 11 January 1966. [2]
Earlier, the Prime Ministers of India lived in their own house or house allotted to them through Parliament, allotment by virtue of being an MP. Jawaharlal Nehru took up residence in Teen Murti Bhavan, which used to be the residence of the Commander-in-Chief of the British Indian Army in British India; it was formerly called the Flagstaff House.
The Prime Minister's Secretariat (PMS)—headed by an officer of the rank of joint secretary to the Government of India—was established after independence under the prime ministership of Jawaharlal Nehru, as a successor to the office of the Governor-General of India's secretary. [7]
List of prime ministers of India (1947–present) This page was last edited on 7 December 2024, at 20:51 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative Commons ...