LIST OF PRIME MINISTERS OF INDIA

No.	Prime Minister	Date	Notes
1	Jawaharlal Nehru	1947 – 1964	First Prime Minister First to die in office Longest tenure
2	Guzari Lal Nanda	May 1964 – Jun 1964	First and only “acting” PM
3	Lal Bahadur Shastri	Jun 1964 – Jan 1966	First PM to die abroad during official tour
4	Guzari Lal Nanda	Jan 1966 – Jan 1966
5	Indira Gandhi	Jan 1966 – Mar 1967	First woman PM First PM to lose an election
6	Moraji Desai	Mar 1977 – Jul 1979	Oldest to become PM (81 years) First to resign from office
7	Charan Singh	Jul 1979 – Jan 1980	Only PM that did not face Parliament
8	Indira Gandhi	Jan 1980 – Oct 1984	First PM to be assassinated
9	Rajiv Gandhi	Oct 1984 – Dec 1989	Youngest to become PM (40 years)
10	VP Singh	Dec 1989 – Nov 1990	First PM to resign after vote of no confidence
11	Chandra Shekar	Nov 1990 – Jun 1991
12	Narasimha Rao	Jun 1991 – May 1996
13	AB Vajpayee	May 1996 – Jun 1996	Shortest tenure (13 days)
14	Deve Gowda	Jun 1996 – Apr 1997
15	IK Gujral	Apr 1997 – Mar 1998
16	AB Vajpayee	Mar 1998 – May 2004
17	Manmohan Singh	May 2004 – Present