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  2. List of prime ministers of India - Wikipedia

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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).

  3. List of prime ministers of India by previous experience

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    Assumed office of Prime Minister 1 Jawaharlal Nehru: Vice President of the Executive Council (2 September 1946 – 15 August 1947) Indian Independence activist; Advocate in the Allahabad High Court; 15 August 1947 2 Lal Bahadur Shastri: Minister of Home Affairs (4 April 1961 – 29 August 1963) [1] Minister of Railways (1951–1956) [1]

  4. History of India (1947–present) - Wikipedia

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    U.S. President George W. Bush and India's Prime Minister Manmohan Singh exchange handshakes in New Delhi on 2 March 2006 vis-à-vis the India–United States Civil Nuclear Agreement. The United States and India signed a major nuclear co-operation agreement during a visit by United States President George W. Bush in March 2006. According to the ...

  5. List of presidents of India - Wikipedia

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    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 of India. Governor of Bihar. 13 May 1967 3 May 1969: 1 year, 355 days 1967: V. V. Giri: Acting V. V. Giri (1894–1980) Odisha: Vice President of India: 3 May 1969 20 July 1969 78 days ...

  6. Jawaharlal Nehru - Wikipedia

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    Upon India's independence in 1947, Nehru gave a critically acclaimed speech, "Tryst with Destiny" and was sworn in as the Dominion of India's first prime minister; in 1950, when India became a republic within the Commonwealth of Nations, he continued as prime minister of the Republic of India.

  7. Government of India - Wikipedia

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    Between midnight on 15 August 1947 and 26 January 1950, India was ... in India after the president. ... of India. The prime minister is the senior member of the ...

  8. Prime Minister of India - Wikipedia

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    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.

  9. Second Nehru ministry - Wikipedia

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    Jawaharlal Nehru was sworn in as Prime Minister of India on 15 August 1947. After first Indian general election, Nehru became the first democratically elected Prime Minister of the country and his second term started on 15 April 1952. In his ministry upon reelection, the ministers were as follows.