awaharlal Nehru (1889–1964)   Indian National Congress  Phulpur, Uttar Pradesh  15 AUGUST 1947  15 April 1952  16 years, 286 days  Lord Mountbatten  Constituent Assembly[b]  15 April 1952  17 April 1957  Rajendra Prasad  1st  17 April 1957  2 April 1962  2nd  2 April 1962  27 May 1964[†]  3rd   –    Gulzarilal Nanda (acting) (1898–1998)   Indian National Congress  Sabarkantha, Gujarat  27 May 1964  9 June 1964  13 days  Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan  2    Lal Bahadur Shastri (1904–1966)   Indian National Congress  ALLAHABAD, Uttar Pradesh  9 June 1964  11 January 1966[†]  1 year, 216 days   –    Gulzarilal Nanda (acting) (1898–1998)   Indian National Congress  Sabarkantha, Gujarat  11 January 1966  24 January 1966  13 days  3    Indira Gandhi (1917–1984)   Indian National Congress  Rajya Sabha MP for Uttar Pradesh  24 January 1966  4 March 1967  11 years, 59 days  Rae Bareli, Uttar Pradesh  4 March 1967  15 March 1971  4th  15 March 1971  24 March 1977  V. V. Giri  5th  4    Morarji Desai (1896–1995)   Janata Party  Surat, Gujarat  24 March 1977  28 July 1979[RES]  2 years, 126 days  B. D. Jatti  6th  5    Charan Singh (1902–1987)   Janata Party (Secular) with INC  Baghpat, Uttar Pradesh  28 July 1979  14 January 1980[RES]  170 days  Neelam Sanjiva Reddy  (3)    Indira Gandhi (1917–1984)   Indian National Congress (I)  Medak, Andhra Pradesh  14 January 1980[§]  31 October 1984[†]  4 years, 291 days  7th  6    Rajiv Gandhi (1944–1991)   Indian National Congress (I)  Amethi, Uttar Pradesh  31 October 1984  31 December 1984  5 years, 32 days  Zail Singh  31 December 1984  2 December 1989  8th  7    Vishwanath Pratap Singh (1931–2008)   Janata Dal (National Front)  Fatehpur, Uttar Pradesh  2 December 1989  10 November 1990[NC]  343 days  R. Venkataraman  9th  8    Chandra Shekhar (1927–2007)   Samajwadi Janata Party with INC  Ballia, Uttar Pradesh  10 November 1990  21 June 1991[c]  223 days  9    P. V. Narasimha Rao (1921–2004)   Indian National Congress (I)  Nandyal, Andhra Pradesh  21 June 1991  16 May 1996  4 years, 330 days  10th  10    Atal Bihari Vajpayee (1924–2018)   Bharatiya Janata Party  Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh  16 May 1996  1 June 1996[RES]  16 days  Shankar Dayal Sharma  11TH  11    H. D. Deve Gowda (1933–)   Janata Dal (United Front)  Rajya Sabha MP for Karnataka  1 June 1996  21 April 1997[RES]  324 days  12    Inder Kumar Gujral (1919–2012)   Janata Dal (United Front)  Rajya Sabha MP for Bihar  21 April 1997  19 March 1998  332 days  (10)    Atal Bihari Vajpayee (1924-2018)   Bharatiya Janata Party (NDA)  Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh  19 March 1998[§]  10 October 1999  6 years, 64 days  K. R. Narayanan  12th  10 October 1999  22 May 2004  13th  13    Manmohan Singh (1932–)   Indian National Congress (UPA)  Rajya Sabha MP for Assam  22 May 2004  22 May 2009  10 years, 4 days  A. P. J. Abdul Kalam  14th  22 May 2009  26 May 2014  Pratibha Patil  15th  14    Narendra Modi (1950–)   Bharatiya Janata Party (NDA)  Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh  26 May 2014  30 May 2019  5 years, 73 days  Pranab Mukherjee  16th  30 May 2019  Incumbent  Ram Nath Kovind  17th Explanation: