๐๏ธ Indian Polity
Prime Ministers of India
All 15 Prime Ministers from Nehru (1947) to Modi โ with terms, parties, key achievements, and exam tips.
Nehru Era: 4Janata Era: 2Coalition Era: 6Modern Era: 3
15 Prime Ministers
๐๏ธ Key PM Facts for Exams
Superlatives
- Longest serving: Jawaharlal Nehru (16+ years)
- Shortest serving (full PM): Atal Bihari Vajpayee (13 days, 1996)
- Youngest PM: Rajiv Gandhi (40 years)
- Oldest PM at swearing-in: Morarji Desai (81 years)
- Only female PM: Indira Gandhi
- First Sikh PM: Manmohan Singh
- First OBC PM: Narendra Modi
- First non-Congress PM: Morarji Desai (1977)
- Only PM to die abroad: Lal Bahadur Shastri (Tashkent, 1966)
PMs who were Assassinated
- Indira Gandhi โ Oct 31, 1984 by her Sikh bodyguards (after Operation Blue Star)
- Rajiv Gandhi โ May 21, 1991 by LTTE suicide bomber in Tamil Nadu
PMs from Uttar Pradesh (most)
Nehru, Shastri, Indira Gandhi (constituency), Rajiv Gandhi, V.P. Singh, Chandra Shekhar all had UP connections. Narendra Modi's constituency is Varanasi (UP).