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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).
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.
As India's first Prime minister and external affairs minister, Nehru played a major role in shaping modern India's government and political culture along with the sound foreign policy. [324] He is praised for creating a system providing universal primary education, [ 325 ] reaching children in the farthest corners of rural India.
She was the daughter of Jawaharlal Nehru, the first prime minister of India, and the mother of Rajiv Gandhi, who succeeded her in office as the country's sixth prime minister. Gandhi's cumulative tenure of 15 years and 350 days makes her the second-longest-serving Indian prime minister after her father.
Minister of Information and Broadcasting (9 June 1964 – 24 January 1966) 24 January 1966 4 Morarji Desai: 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)
Tenure Political affiliation (at time of appointment) Prime Minister; Took office Left office 1 Rajendra Prasad (1884–1963) 1952 1957: 26 January 1950 13 May 1962 Indian National Congress: Nehru: 2 Sir Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan (1888–1975) 1962: 13 May 1962 13 May 1967 Independent: Nehru Nanda Shastri Nanda I. Gandhi: 3 Zakir Husain (1897 ...
Republic of India: Leader: Prime Minister (Narendra Modi) Appointed by: President (Droupadi Murmu) on the advice of the prime minister: Main organ: Council of Ministers: Ministries: 54 ministries and 93 subordinate departments: Responsible to: Parliament of India: Annual budget ₹ 45.03 trillion (equivalent to ₹ 53 trillion or US$640 billion ...
In the 1989 elections, the National Front, with the support of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), formed the government and Singh became the 7th Prime Minister of India. During his tenure as prime minister, he implemented the Mandal Commission report for India's backward castes, which led to major protests against the act.