List of All Prime Ministers of India (भारत के सभी प्रधानमंत्रियों की सूची)

No.	Names	Period
1	Jawaharlal Nehru	15 Aug. 1947 - 29 May 1964
2	Gulzarilal Nanda	27 May 1964 - 9 June 1964, and 11 Jan 1966 - 24 Jan 1966
3	Lal Bahadur Shastri	9 June 1964 - 11 Jan 1966.
4	Indira Gandhi	24 Jan. 1966 - 24 Mar 1977, and 14 Jan. 1980 - 31 Oct. 1984
5	Moraraji Desai	24 Mar. 1977 - 28 Jul. 1979
6	Charan Singh	28 Jul. 1979 - 14 Jan 1980
7	Rajiv Gandhi	31 Oct. 1984 - 2 Dec. 1989
8	Vishwanath Pratap Singh	2 Dec. 1989 - 10 Nov. 1990
9	Chandra Shekhar	10 Nov. 1990 - 21 Jun. 1991
10	P.V. Narasimha Rao	21 Jun. 1991 - 16 May 1996
11	Atal Bihari Vajpai	16 May 1996 - 1 Jan. 1996, And 19 Mar. 1998 - 22 May 2004.
12	H.D. Deve Gowda	1 June 1996 - 21 Apr. 1997
13	Inder Kumar Gujral	21 Apr. 1997 - 19 Mar. 1998
14	Manmohan Singh	22 May 2004 - 26 May 2014
15	Narendra Modi	26 May 2014 – incumbent

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