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How many prime ministers did India had and who had the longest and who had the shortest time to be in this position?

List of Prime Ministers of India

Sl. No.

Name

Term

Lok Sabha Elections

1

Jawaharlal Nehru

1947 – 1964

1952 1st Election

1957 2nd Election

1962 3rd Election

2

Gulzarilal Nanda

27th May 1964 to 9th June 1964

-3rd Election

3

Lal Bahadur Shastri

1964 – 1966

-3rd Election

4

Gulzarilal Nanda

11 January 1966 to 24th January 1966

-3rd Election

5

Indira Gandhi

1966 – 1977

-3rd Election

1967 4th Election

1971 5th Election

6

Morarji Desai

1977 – 1979

1977 6th Election

7

Charan Singh

1979 – 1980

-6th Election

8

Indira Gandhi

1980 – 1984

1980 7th Election

9

Rajiv Gandhi

1984 – 1989

1984 8th Election

10

V. P. Singh

1989 – 1990

1989 9th Election

11

Chandra Shekhar

1990 – 1991

-9th Election

12

P. V. Narasimha Rao

1991 – 1996

1991 10th Election

13

Atal Bihari Vajpayee

16th May 1996 to 1st June 1996

1996 11th Election

14

H. D. Deve Gowda

1996 – 1997

-11th Election

15

Inder Kumar Gujral

1997 – 1998

-11th Election

16

Atal Bihari Vajpayee

1998 – 2004

1998 12th Election

1999 13th Election

17

Dr. Manmohan Singh

2004 - Incumbent

14th Election

15th Election


Jawaharlal Nehru had the longest time in office as the Prime Minister.

Gulzarilal Nanda had the shortest time in office as the Prime Minister.




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