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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).
Indian Independence activist; 28 July 1979 6 Rajiv Gandhi: Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha (17 August 1981 – 21 May 1991) [4] 31 October 1984 7 V. P. Singh: Minister of Finance (31 December 1984 – 23 January 1987) Leader of the House in Rajya Sabha (December 1984 – April 1987) Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha (1983–1988)
Rajendra Prasad, the first president of India, is the only person to have held office for two terms. [5] Seven presidents have been members of a political party before being elected. Six of these were active party members of the Indian National Congress. The Janata Party has had one member, Neelam Sanjiva Reddy, who later
This article is part of a series about Narendra Modi Prime Minister of India Incumbent Electoral history Public image Awards and honours Bibliography Chief Ministership Chief Minister of Gujarat 2002 2007 2012 Gujarat Council of Ministers First Second Third Fourth Premiership (Timeline) 2014 Prime ministerial candidacy Assassination attempt Campaign Achhe Din Aane Waale Hain 2019 Campaign Main ...
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 ...
Indian National Congress: 16 December 1994 29 July 1998 3 February 2005 4 March 2005 7 June 2005 8 June 2007 17 N. Rangaswamy: Puducherry: 27 October 2001 4 September 2008 15 years, 226 days Indian National Congress: 16 May 2011 6 June 2016 All India N.R. Congress: 7 May 2021 Incumbent: 18 S. C. Jamir: Nagaland: 18 April 1980 5 June 1980 15 ...
Serving until his death in December 1950, Patel remains India's longest-serving deputy prime minister. The post was vacant until Morarji Desai became the second deputy prime minister in 1967 and has the second-longest tenure. Morarji Desai and Charan Singh were the deputy prime ministers who later became Prime Minister of India.
He is a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), a right-wing Hindu nationalist paramilitary volunteer organisation. 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 ...