Name: Jawaharlal Nehru
Period: 15 Aug 1947 - 27 May 1964
Tenure: 16years 286days
Party: INC
Event: Died on his 3rd term
Name: Gulzarilal Nanda
Period: 11 Jan 1964 - 24 Jan 1964
Tenure: 13days
Party: INC
Name: Lal Bahadur Shastri
Period: 9 June 1964 - 11 Jan 1966
Tenure: 1years 216days
Party: INC
Name: Gulzarilal Nanda
Period: 11 Jan 1964 - 24 Jan 1964
Tenure: 13days
Party: INC
Name: Indira Gandhi
Period: 24 Jan 1964 - 24 March 1977
Tenure: 11years 59days
Party: INC
Name: Morergi Desai
Period: 24 March 1977 - 28 July 1979
Tenure: 2years 126days
Party: JP(Janata Party)
Name: Charan Singh
Period: 28 July 1979 - 14 Jan 1980
Tenure: 170days
Party: Janta Party (saculer)
Name: Indira Gandhi
Period: 14 Janu 1980 - 31 Oct 1984
Tenure: 4years 291days
Party: INC
Name: Rajiv Gandhi
Period: 31 Oct 1984 - 2 Dec 1989
Tenure: 5years 32days
Party: INC
Name: V.P. Singh
Period: 2 Dec 1989 - 10 Nov 1990
Tenure: 343days
Party: JD(W)
Name: Chandra Shekhar
Period: 10 Nov 1990 - 21 June 1991
Tenure: 223days
Party: SJP
Name: P.V.Narasimha Rao
Period: 21 June 1991 - 16 May 1996
Tenure: 4years 330days
Party: INC
Name: Atal Bihari Vajpayee
Period: 16 May 1996 - 1 June 1996
Tenure: 16days
Party: BJP
Name: H.D.Deve Gowda
Period: 1 June 1996 - 21 April 1997
Tenure: 324days
Party: JD(U)
Name: Inder Kumar Gujral
Period: 21 April 1997 - 19 March 1998
Tenure: 332days
Party: JD(U)
Name: Atal Bihari Vajpayee
Period: 19 March 1998 - 22 May 2004
Tenure: 6years 64days
Party: BJP(NDA)
Name: Manmohan Singh
Period: 22 May 2004 - 26 May 2014
Tenure: 10years 4days
Party: INC
Name: Narendra Modi
Period: 26 May 2014 - still continuing
Tenure: 9years 134day(on 8 Oct 2023)
Party: BJP(NDA)