Prime Ministers of India

Politics & Leadership

Rajiv Gandhi

Sixth Prime Minister of India (1984–1989)

1944 – 1991

Politics & Leadership

Lal Bahadur Shastri

Second Prime Minister of India (1964–1966)

1904 – 1966

Politics & Leadership

Manmohan Singh

Thirteenth Prime Minister of India (2004–2014) and architect of the 1991 reforms

1932 – 2024

Politics & Leadership

Jawaharlal Nehru

First Prime Minister of India (1947–1964)

1889 – 1964

Politics & Leadership

Indira Gandhi

Third Prime Minister of India and the only woman to hold the office

1917 – 1984

Politics & Leadership

Atal Bihari Vajpayee

Tenth Prime Minister of India and a founder of the Bharatiya Janata Party

1924 – 2018

Politics & Leadership

Narendra Modi

Prime Minister of India since 2014

Born 1950

Politics & Leadership

Morarji Desai

Fourth Prime Minister of India and the first from outside the Congress

1896 – 1995