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Panjab University. Inder Kumar Gujral (4 December 1919 – 30 November 2012) was an Indian diplomat, politician and freedom activist who was Prime Minister of India from April 1997 to March 1998. [2] Born in Punjab, he was influenced by nationalistic ideas as a student, and joined the All India Students Federation and the Communist Party of India.
The prime minister ranks third in the order of precedence. Top left: Jawaharlal Nehru was the first and the longest-serving prime minister in Indian history. Top center: Indira Gandhi was the first and only woman to serve as prime minister. Top right: Morarji Desai was the first non- Congress prime minister.
India follows a parliamentary system in which the prime minister is the presiding head of the government and chief of the executive of the government. In such systems, the head of state, or, the head of state's official representative (i.e., the monarch, president, or governor-general) usually holds a purely ceremonial position and acts—on most matters—only on the advice of the prime minister.
Pratibha Patil. Pratibha Devisingh Patil (born 19 December 1934), also known as Pratibha Patil Shekhawat, [1][2] is an Indian politician and lawyer who served as the 12th president of India from 2007 to 2012. She was the first woman to become the president of India. A member of the Indian National Congress, she also served as the Governor of ...
As Modi rose to prominence in India, the UK [167] and the EU [168] lifted their bans in October 2012 and March 2013, respectively, and after his election as prime minister in 2014, the US lifted its ban and invited him to Washington, D.C. [169] [170] Modi meeting with then-Prime Minister of India Manmohan Singh in 2004
v. t. e. Manmohan Singh (Punjabi: [mənˈmoːɦən ˈsɪ́ŋɡ] ⓘ; born 26 September 1932) is an Indian retired politician, economist, academician and bureaucrat who served as the Prime Minister of India from 2004 to 2014. He is the fourth longest-serving prime minister after Jawaharlal Nehru, Indira Gandhi and Narendra Modi.
12 years, 107 days 1950 – Indian National Congress: 1 13 May 1952 13 May 1957 1952: Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan: 13 May 1957 13 May 1962 1957: 2 Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan (1888–1975) Tamil Nadu: Vice President of India: 13 May 1962 13 May 1967 5 years 1962: Zakir Husain: Independent: 3 Zakir Husain (1897–1969) Andhra Pradesh: Vice President ...
Atmanirbhar Bharat[a], which translates to 'self-reliant India',[8]is a phrase the Prime Minister of India Narendra Modiand his governmentused and popularised in relation to the country's economic development plans. The phrase is an umbrella conceptfor the Modi government's plans for India to play a larger role in the world economy, and for it ...