Prime ministers of India

name party term

Jawaharlal Nehru (Nehru, Jawaharlal) Congress 1947-64

Lal Bahadur Shastri (Shastri, Lal Bahadur) Congress 1964-66

Indira Gandhi (Gandhi, Indira) Congress 1966-77

Morarji Desai (Desai, Morarji) Janata 1977-79

Charan Singh (Singh, Charan) Janata 1979-80

Indira Gandhi (Gandhi, Indira) Congress (I) 1980-84

Rajiv Gandhi (Gandhi, Rajiv) Congress (I) 1984-89

V.P. Singh (Singh, V.P.) Janata Dal 1989-90

Chandra Shekhar Janata Dal (S) 1990-91

P.V. Narasimha Rao (Rao, P.V. Narasimha) Congress (I) 1991-96

Atal Bihari Vajpayee (Vajpayee, Atal Bihari) Bharatiya Janata 1996

H.D. Deve Gowda Janata Dal 1996-97

Inder K. Gujral Janata Dal 1997-98

Atal Bihari Vajpayee (Vajpayee, Atal Bihari) Bharatiya Janata 1998-2004

Manmohan Singh (Singh, Manmohan) Congress 2004-