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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).
He is the longest-serving prime minister outside the Indian National Congress. [4] Modi was born and raised in Vadnagar in northeastern Gujarat, where he completed his secondary education. He was introduced to the RSS at the age of eight.
Manmohan Singh (Punjabi: [mənˈmoːɦən ˈsɪ́ŋɡ] ⓘ; born 26 September 1932) is an Indian 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.
Communist Party of India (Marxist) 42 Bhairon Singh Shekhawat: Rajasthan: 22 June 1977 16 February 1980 10 years, 156 days Janata Party: 4 March 1990 15 December 1992 Bharatiya Janata Party: 4 December 1993 1 December 1998 43 M. G. Ramachandran: Tamil Nadu: 30 June 1977 17 February 1980 10 years, 65 days All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam ...
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.
Jagjivan Ram is India's longest serving Union Minister. The following is a list of the longest-serving ministers of the Union Council of Ministers of India, listing those individuals who served at least a decade in Union ministries. As of November 2024, 83 Union ministers have served for at least 10 years in office, including 18 who served for ...
Top left: Rajendra Prasad was the first and longest-serving President of India. Top right: Zakir Husain was the first from a minority religion to become President of India. Bottom left: Pratibha Patil was the first female President of India.
1 August – Prime Minister addresses Grand Finale of Smart India Hackathon 2020. [54] 14 August – PM Modi becomes the longest-serving non-Congress Prime Minister. [55] 5 August – Prime Minister prays at Hanuman Garhi Temple in Ayodhya, [56] and then held the bhoomipoojan in Ram Mandir in Ayodhya. [57]