Prime Ministers of India: Complete List (1947–Present) with Date of Birth, Tenure & Key Facts

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1. Jawaharlal Nehru was the first Prime Minister of independent India.
2. Nehru served as Prime Minister from 1947 to 1964.
3. Nehru was India’s longest-serving Prime Minister.
4. Gulzarilal Nanda served as Acting Prime Minister twice.
5. Nanda never became a full-time elected Prime Minister.
6. Lal Bahadur Shastri gave the slogan “Jai Jawan, Jai Kisan.”
7. Shastri died in Tashkent in 1966.
8. Indira Gandhi was India’s first woman Prime Minister.
9. Indira Gandhi served as Prime Minister for more than 15 years.
10. Indira Gandhi was assassinated on 31 October 1984.
11. Morarji Desai was the first non-Congress Prime Minister.
12. Desai became Prime Minister in 1977.
13. Charan Singh never faced Parliament for a confidence vote.
14. Charan Singh served as Prime Minister in 1979.
15. Rajiv Gandhi became India’s youngest Prime Minister.
16. Rajiv Gandhi became Prime Minister at the age of 40.
17. V. P. Singh implemented the Mandal Commission recommendations.
18. Chandra Shekhar served as Prime Minister for about seven months.
19. P. V. Narasimha Rao introduced major economic reforms in 1991.
20. Rao was the first Prime Minister from South India to complete a full term.
21. Atal Bihari Vajpayee served as Prime Minister three times.
22. Vajpayee’s first term lasted only 13 days.
23. India conducted the Pokhran-II nuclear tests during Vajpayee’s tenure.
24. H. D. Deve Gowda became Prime Minister in 1996.
25. Deve Gowda was the first Prime Minister from Karnataka.
26. I. K. Gujral introduced the Gujral Doctrine in foreign policy.
27. Gujral served as Prime Minister from 1997 to 1998.
28. Vajpayee completed a full five-year term from 1999 to 2004.
29. Dr. Manmohan Singh was India’s first Sikh Prime Minister.
30. Manmohan Singh served two consecutive terms.
31. The Right to Information Act, 2005 was passed during Manmohan Singh’s tenure.
32. The Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) was enacted during his government.
33. Narendra Modi became Prime Minister in 2014.
34. Modi is the first Prime Minister born after India’s Independence movement had begun to conclude (born in 1950).
35. Modi served as the Chief Minister of Gujarat before becoming Prime Minister.
36. The Goods and Services Tax (GST) was introduced during Modi’s tenure.
37. Article 370 was abrogated during Modi’s government in 2019.
38. India launched the Digital India programme under Modi.
39. The Swachh Bharat Mission was launched in 2014.
40. India’s G20 Summit was hosted under Modi’s leadership in 2023.
41. Jawaharlal Nehru was born on 14 November 1889.
42. Lal Bahadur Shastri’s birthday is celebrated on 2 October, the same day as Mahatma Gandhi’s.
43. Rajiv Gandhi was the son of Indira Gandhi.
44. Indira Gandhi was the daughter of Jawaharlal Nehru.
45. Nehru, Indira Gandhi, and Rajiv Gandhi all served as Prime Ministers.
46. India has had both full-time and acting Prime Ministers.
47. Coalition governments became common from the late 1980s.
48. The Prime Minister is the head of the Government of India.
49. The Prime Minister is appointed by the President of India.
50. The official residence of the Prime Minister is 7, Lok Kalyan Marg, New Delhi.