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[[File:PM Modi 2015.jpg|thumb|upright=0.5| Narendra Damodar Das Modi is the current [[Prime Minister of India]], since 26 May 2014.]]
'''The Prime Minister of India''', is the [[head of government]] of [[India]], chief adviser to the '''[[President of India]]''', head of the Council of Ministers and the leader of the majority party in parliament. The Prime Minister leads the executive branch of the [[Government of India]].

Since the [[Independence of India]], India has had fifteen prime ministers. The first was [[Jawaharlal Nehru]] of the [[Indian National Congress]] party.<ref>[https://www.connectedtoindia.com/prime-ministers-of-india-list-from-1947-to-2021-9671.html Prime Ministers of India list from 1947 to 2021] ''Connected to India.'' Retrieved December 30, 2021 </ref>

The current prime minister is Narendra Modi of Bharatiya Janta Party. He was sworn in on 30 May 2019.
==Key==
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* {{legend|{{Bharatiya Janata Party/meta/color}}|[[Bharatiya Janata Party]]|border=1px solid #AAAAAA}}
* {{legend|{{Indian National Congress/meta/color}}|[[Indian National Congress]]<br><small>designated [[Indian National Congress|Indian National Congress (I)]] 1977–1996</small><ref name="britannica">{{cite web|url=http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/285841/Indian-National-Congress/232140/Postindependence-from-dominance-to-decline|title=Indian National Congress|publisher=[[Encyclopaedia Britannica]]|accessdate=21 May 2014}}</ref>|border=1px solid #AAAAAA}}
* {{legend|{{Janata Dal/meta/color}}|[[Janata Dal]]|border=1px solid #AAAAAA}}
* {{legend|{{Janata Party/meta/color}}|[[Janata Party]]|border=1px solid #AAAAAA}}
* {{legend|{{Janata Party (Secular)/meta/color}}|[[Janata Party (Secular)]]|border=1px solid #AAAAAA}}
* {{legend|{{Samajwadi Janata Party (Rashtriya)/meta/color}}|[[Samajwadi Janata Party (Rashtriya)|Samajwadi Janata Party]]|border=1px solid #AAAAAA}}

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;Other key
* №: Incumbent number
* {{note label|†|†|†}} Assassinated or died in office
* {{note label|§|§|§}} Returned to office after a previous term
* {{note label|RES|RES|RES}} Resigned
* {{note label|NC|NC|NC}} Resigned following a [[no-confidence motion]]
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==Prime Ministers==
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|-
! №
! style="width:23%;"|Name<br>{{small|(birth–death); constituency}}
! width=100|Portrait
! style="width:10%;"|Party<br>{{small|(''Alliance'')}}
! colspan=3|Term of office<ref>{{cite web|title=Former Prime Ministers|url=http://pmindia.gov.in/en/former-prime-ministers/|publisher=PM India|accessdate=2 January 2015}}</ref>
! Elections<br>{{small|(Lok&nbsp;Sabha)}}
! Council of <br>Ministers
! Appointed by 
|-
! rowspan="4" style="background:{{Indian National Congress/meta/color}};" | 1
|rowspan="4"| [[Jawaharlal Nehru]]<br>{{small|(1889–1964)<br>MP for [[Phulpur (Lok Sabha constituency)|Phulpur]]}}
|rowspan="4"|[[File:Jnehru.jpg|100px]]
|rowspan="4"|[[Indian National Congress]]
|rowspan="4"|{{small|15 August}}<br>1947
|rowspan="4"|{{small|27 May}}<br>1964{{ref label|†|†|†}}
|rowspan="4"|{{age in years and days|1947|08|15|1964|5|27}}
| —
|[[First Nehru ministry|{{small|Nehru I}}]]
|[[Louis Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma|Lord Mountbatten]]
|-
|[[Indian general election, 1952|1952]] ([[1st Lok Sabha|1st]])
|[[Second Nehru ministry|{{small|Nehru II}}]]
|rowspan=3|[[Rajendra Prasad]]
|-
|[[Indian general election, 1957|1957]] ([[2nd Lok Sabha|2nd]])
|[[Third Nehru ministry|{{small|Nehru III}}]]
|-
|[[Indian general election, 1962|1962]] ([[3rd Lok Sabha|3rd]])
|[[Fourth Nehru ministry|{{small|Nehru IV}}]]
|-
! style="background:{{Indian National Congress/meta/color}};" | 2
|[[Gulzarilal Nanda]]<br>{{small|(1898–1998)<br>MP for [[Sabarkantha (Lok Sabha constituency)|Sabarkantha]]}}
|[[File:Gulzarilal Nanda (cropped).jpg|100px]]
|[[Indian National Congress]]
|{{small|27 May}}<br>1964
|{{small|9 June}}<br>1964
|13 days
|&nbsp;– ([[3rd Lok Sabha|3rd]])
|{{small|(''acting'')}}
|rowspan="5"|[[Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan]]
|-
! style="background:{{Indian National Congress/meta/color}};" | 3
|[[Lal Bahadur Shastri]]<br>{{small|(1904–1966)<br>MP for [[Allahabad (Lok Sabha constituency)|Allahabad]]}}
|[[File:Lal Bahadur Shastri (cropped).jpg|100px]]
|[[Indian National Congress]]
|{{small|9 June}}<br>1964
|{{small|11 January}}<br>1966{{ref label|†|†|†}}
|{{age in years and days|1964|6|9|1966|1|11}}
|&nbsp;– ([[3rd Lok Sabha|3rd]])
|[[Lal Bahadur Shastri ministry|{{small|Shastri}}]]
|-
! style="background:{{Indian National Congress/meta/color}};" | (2)
|[[Gulzarilal Nanda]]<br>{{small|(1898–1998)<br>MP for [[Sabarkantha (Lok Sabha constituency)|Sabarkantha]]}}
|[[File:Gulzarilal Nanda (cropped).jpg|100px]]
|[[Indian National Congress]]
|{{small|11 January}}<br>1966
|{{small|24 January}}<br>1966
|13 days
|&nbsp;– ([[3rd Lok Sabha|3rd]])
|{{small|(''acting'')}}
|-
! rowspan="3" style="background:{{Indian National Congress/meta/color}};" | 4
|rowspan="3"|[[Indira Gandhi]]<br>{{small|(1917–1984)<br>MP for [[Rae Bareli (Lok Sabha constituency)|Rae Bareli]]}}
|rowspan="3"|[[File:Indira Gandhi 1977.jpg|100px]]
|rowspan="3"|[[Indian National Congress]]
|rowspan="3"|{{small|24 January}}<br>1966
|rowspan="3"|{{small|24 March}}<br>1977
|rowspan="3"|{{age in years and days|1966|1|24|1977|3|24}}
|&nbsp;– ([[3rd Lok Sabha|3rd]])
|rowspan="2"|[[First Indira Gandhi ministry|{{small|I. Gandhi I}}]]
|- align=center
|[[Indian general election, 1967|1967]] ([[4th Lok Sabha|4th]])
|- align=center
|[[Indian general election, 1971|1971]] ([[5th Lok Sabha|5th]])
|[[Second Indira Gandhi ministry|{{small|I. Gandhi II}}]]
|[[V. V. Giri]]
|-
! style="background:{{Janata Party/meta/color}}; color:white;" | 5
|[[Morarji Desai]]<br>{{small|(1896–1995)<br>MP for [[Surat (Lok Sabha constituency)|Surat]]}}
|[[File:Morarji Desai (portrait).png|100px]]
|[[Janata Party]]
|{{small|24 March}}<br>1977
|{{small|28 July}}<br>1979{{ref label|RES|RES|RES}}
|{{age in years and days|1977|3|24|1979|7|28}}
|[[Indian general election, 1977|1977]] ([[6th Lok Sabha|6th]])
|[[Morarji Desai ministry|{{small|Desai}}]]
|[[B. D. Jatti]]
|-
! style="background:{{Janata Party (Secular)/meta/color}}; color:white;"| 6
|[[Charan Singh]]<br>{{small|(1902–1987)<br>MP for [[Baghpat (Lok Sabha constituency)|Baghpat]]}}
|[[File:Charan Singh 1990 stamp of India.jpg|100px]]
|[[Janata Party (Secular)]]<br>{{small|''with [[Indian National Congress|INC]]''}}
|{{small|28 July}}<br>1979
|{{small|14 January}}<br>1980{{ref label|RES|RES|RES}}
|{{age in days|1979|7|28|1980|1|14}} days
|&nbsp;– ([[6th Lok Sabha|6th]])
|[[Charan Singh ministry|{{small|C. Singh}}]]
|rowspan=2| [[Neelam Sanjiva Reddy]]
|-
! style="background:{{Indian National Congress/meta/color}};" | (3)
|[[Indira Gandhi]]<br>{{small|(1917–1984)<br>MP for [[Medak (Lok Sabha constituency)|Medak]]}}
|[[File:Indira Gandhi 1977.jpg|100px]]
|[[Indian National Congress|Indian National Congress (I)]]
|{{small|14 January}}<br>1980{{ref label|§|§|§}}
|{{small|31 October}}<br>1984{{ref label|†|†|†}}
|{{age in years and days|1980|1|14|1984|10|31}}
|[[Indian general election, 1980|1980]] ([[7th Lok Sabha|7th]])
|[[Third Indira Gandhi ministry|{{small|I. Gandhi III}}]]
|-
! rowspan="2" style="background:{{Indian National Congress/meta/color}};" | 7
|rowspan="2"|[[Rajiv Gandhi]]<br>{{small|(1944–1991)<br>MP for [[Amethi (Lok Sabha constituency)|Amethi]]}}
|rowspan="2"|[[File:Rajiv Gandhi (1987).jpg|100px]]
|rowspan="2"|[[Indian National Congress|Indian National Congress (I)]]
|rowspan="2"|{{small|31 October}}<br>1984
|rowspan="2"|{{small|2 December}}<br>1989
|rowspan="2"|{{age in years and days|1984|10|31|1989|12|2}}
|&nbsp;– ([[7th Lok Sabha|7th]])
|rowspan="2"|[[Rajiv Gandhi ministry|{{small|R. Gandhi}}]]
|rowspan=2|[[Zail Singh]]
|-
|[[Indian general election, 1984|1984]] ([[8th Lok Sabha|8th]])
|-
! style="background:{{Janata Dal/meta/color}};" | 8
|[[V. P. Singh]]<br>{{small|(1931–2008)<br>MP for [[Fatehpur (Lok Sabha constituency)|Fatehpur]]}}
|[[File:V. P. Singh (cropped).jpg|100px]]
|[[Janata Dal]]<br>{{small|(''[[National Front (India)|National Front]]'')}}
|{{small|2 December}}<br>1989
|{{small|10 November}}<br>1990{{ref label|NC|NC|NC}}
|{{age in days|1989|12|2|1990|11|10}} days
|[[Indian general election, 1989|1989]] ([[9th Lok Sabha|9th]])
|[[V. P. Singh ministry|{{small|V. P. Singh}}]]
|rowspan=3| [[R. Venkataraman]]
|-
! style="background:{{Samajwadi Janata Party (Rashtriya)/meta/color}};" | 9
|[[Chandra Shekhar]]<br>{{small|(1927–2007)<br>MP for [[Ballia (Lok Sabha constituency)|Ballia]]}}
|[[File:Chandra Shekhar Singh 2010 stamp of India.jpg|100px]]
|[[Samajwadi Janata Party (Rashtriya)|Samajwadi Janata Party]]<br>{{small|''with [[Indian National Congress|INC]]''}}
|{{small|10 November}}<br>1990
|{{small|21 June}}<br>1991
|{{age in days|1990|11|10|1991|6|21}} days
|&nbsp;– ([[9th Lok Sabha|9th]])
|[[Chandra Shekhar ministry|{{small|Chandra Shekhar}}]]
|-
! style="background:{{Indian National Congress/meta/color}};" | 10
|[[P. V. Narasimha Rao]]<br>{{small|(1921–2004)<br>MP for [[Nandyal (Lok Sabha constituency)|Nandyal]]}}
|[[File:P V Narasimha Rao.png|100px]]
|[[Indian National Congress|Indian National Congress (I)]]
|{{small|21 June}}<br>1991
|{{small|16 May}}<br>1996
|{{age in years and days|1991|6|21|1996|5|16}}
|[[Indian general election, 1991|1991]] ([[10th Lok Sabha|10th]])
|[[P. V. Narasimha Rao ministry|{{small|Rao}}]]
|-
! style="background:{{Bharatiya Janata Party/meta/color}};" | 11
|[[Atal Bihari Vajpayee]]<br>{{small|(1924–2018)<br>MP for [[Lucknow (Lok Sabha constituency)|Lucknow]]}}
|[[File:Atal Bihari Vajpayee 2002-06-12.jpg|100px]]
|[[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
|{{small|16 May}}<br>1996
|{{small|1 June}}<br>1996{{ref label|RES|RES|RES}}
|13 days
|[[Indian general election, 1996|1996]] ([[11th Lok Sabha|11th]])
|[[First Vajpayee ministry|{{small|Vajpayee I}}]]
|rowspan="3"|[[Shankar Dayal Sharma]]
|-
! style="background:{{Janata Dal/meta/color}};" | 12
|[[H. D. Deve Gowda]]<br>{{small|(born 1933)<br>MP ([[Rajya Sabha]]) for [[Karnataka]]}}
|[[File:Deve Gowda BNC.jpg|100px]]
|[[Janata Dal]]<br>{{small|(''[[United Front (India)|United Front]]'')}}
|{{small|1 June}}<br>1996
|{{small|21 April}}<br>1997{{ref label|RES|RES|RES}}
|{{age in days|1996|6|1|1997|4|21}} days
| – ([[11th Lok Sabha|11th]])
|[[H. D. Deve Gowda ministry|{{small|Deve Gowda}}]]
|-
! style="background:{{Janata Dal/meta/color}};" | 13
|[[I. K. Gujral]]<br>{{small|(1919–2012)<br> MP ([[Rajya Sabha]]) for [[Bihar]]}}
|[[File:Inder Kumar Gujral 071.jpg|100px]]
|[[Janata Dal]]<br>{{small|(''[[United Front (India)|United Front]]'')}}
|{{small|21 April}}<br>1997
|{{small|19 March}}<br>1998
|{{age in days|1997|4|21|1998|3|19}} days
|&nbsp;– ([[11th Lok Sabha|11th]])
|[[I. K. Gujral ministry|{{small|Gujral}}]]
|-
! rowspan="2" style="background:{{Bharatiya Janata Party/meta/color}};" | (10)
|rowspan="2"|[[Atal Bihari Vajpayee]]<br>{{small|(1924–2018)<br>MP for [[Lucknow (Lok Sabha constituency)|Lucknow]]}}
|rowspan="2"|[[File:Atal Bihari Vajpayee 2002-06-12.jpg|100px]]
|rowspan="2"|[[Bharatiya Janata Party]]<br>{{small|(''[[National Democratic Alliance (India)|NDA]]'')}}
|rowspan="2"|{{small|19 March}}<br>1998{{ref label|§|§|§}}
|rowspan="2"|{{small|22 May}}<br>2004
|rowspan="2"|{{age in years and days|1998|3|19|2004|5|22}}
|[[Indian general election, 1998|1998]] ([[12th Lok Sabha|12th]])
|[[Second Vajpayee ministry|{{small|Vajpayee II}}]]
|rowspan="2"|[[K. R. Narayanan]]
|-
|[[Indian general election, 1999|1999]] ([[13th Lok Sabha|13th]])
|[[Third Vajpayee ministry|{{small|Vajpayee III}}]]
|-
! rowspan="2" style="background:{{Indian National Congress/meta/color}};" | 14
|rowspan="2"|[[Manmohan Singh]]<br>{{small|(born 1932)<br>MP ([[Rajya Sabha]]) for [[Rajya Sabha members from Assam|Assam]]}}
|rowspan="2"|[[File:Prime Minister Manmohan Singh in WEF ,2009 (cropped).jpg|100px]]
|rowspan="2"|[[Indian National Congress]]<br>{{small|(''[[United Progressive Alliance|UPA]]'')}}
|rowspan="2"|{{small|22 May}}<br>2004
|rowspan="2"|{{small|26 May}}<br>2014
|rowspan="2"|{{age in years and days|2004|5|22|2014|5|26}}
|[[Indian general election, 2004|2004]] ([[14th Lok Sabha|14th]])
|[[First Manmohan Singh ministry|{{small|M. Singh I}}]]
|[[A. P. J. Abdul Kalam]]
|-
|[[Indian general election, 2009|2009]] ([[15th Lok Sabha|15th]])
|[[Second Manmohan Singh ministry|{{small|M. Singh II}}]]
|[[Pratibha Patil]]
|-
! style="background:{{Bharatiya Janata Party/meta/color}};" | 15
|[[Narendra Damodardas Modi]]<br>{{small|(born 1950)<br>MP for [[Varanasi (Lok Sabha constituency)|Varanasi]]}}
|[[File:PM Modi Portrait(cropped).jpg|100px]]
|[[Bharatiya Janata Party]]<br>{{small|(''[[National Democratic Alliance (India)|NDA]]'')}}
|{{small|26 May}}<br>2014<ref>{{cite news|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Home/Lok-Sabha-Elections-2014/News/Narendra-Modi-appointed-Prime-Minister-swearing-in-on-May-26/articleshow/35388297.cms|title=Narendra Modi appointed Prime Minister, swearing in on May 26|date=20 May 2014|work=The Times of India|accessdate=22 January 2015}}</ref>
|Incumbent
|{{age in years and days|2014|5|26}}
|[[Indian general election, 2014|2014]] ([[16th Lok Sabha|16th]])
|[[Narendra Modi ministry|{{small|N. Modi}}]]
|[[Pranab Mukherjee]]
|}
==References==
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[[Category:Prime Ministers of India|*]]
[[Category:India-related lists|India]]


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