List of Prime Minister of India: 1947 to 2025

Notable Prime Ministers

Jawaharlal Nehru

  • First Prime minister of India.
  • Longest serving Prime minister.
  • Started many Govt. Institution like IIIT, IIM.
  •  architect of modern India.

Lal Bahadur Shastri

  • Known for the slogan “Jai Jawan, Jai Kisan” slogan.
  • Leadership during the 1965 Indo-Pak war.
  • Started white revolution for milk production and green revolution for agriculture.

Indira Gandhi

  • First female Prime Minister of India.
  • Led the nation during the 1971 war.
  • Green Revolution.
  • Emergency.

Rajiv Gandhi

  • Youngest PM at the age of 40.
  • Introduced technology and economic reforms.

P. V. Narasimha Rao

  • Introduced liberalization and opened India’s economy to global markets.

Atal Bihari Vajpayee

  • Known for nuclear tests at Pokhran.
  • Promoting infrastructural growth.

Manmohan Singh

  • Credited for major economic reforms and steering India’s growth during global financial crises.
  • NREGA, RTI.

Narendra Modi

  • Introduced key reforms like GST, Demonetization.
  • Make In India, Startup India, Digital India, UPI.
  • Article 370, Ram Mandir. longest-serving non-Congress prime minister.
  • Surgical strike, balakot strike.

Longest serving Prime Ministers in India

  1. Jawaharlal Nehru(16 years, 286 days)
  2. Indira Gandhi(15 years, 350 days)
  3. Narendra Modi(10 years, 289 days*)
  4. Manmohan Singh(10 years, 4 days)
  5. Atal Bihari Vajpayee (6 years, 80 days)

Longest serving Political party as Prime Minister

  • Indian National Congress(INC): 54 years, 123 days
  • Bharatiya Janata Party(BJP): 17 years, 4 days*
  • Janta Dal(JD): 2 years, 269 days
  • Janta Party(JP): 2 years, 126 days
    Samajwadi Janata Party (Rastriya): 223 days
  • Janata Party (Secular): 170 days

List of all prime minister of India from 1947-2025

Last Updated on: 11th March 2025.