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List of Prime Ministers
Name Term of office
1.Jawaharlal Nehru 1947 August 15 -1964 May 27
2. Gulzarilal Nanda (Acting) - 1964 May 27 - 1964 June 9
3. Lai Bahadur Shastri - 1964 June 9 - 1966 January 11
4. Indira Gandhi - 1966 January 24 -1977 March 24
5. Moraiji Desai - 1977 March 24 - 1979 July 28
6. Charan Singh - 1979 July 28 - 1980 January 14
*Indira Gandhi - 1980 January 14 - 1984 October 31
7.Rajiv Gandhi - 1984 October 31 - 1989 December 2
8.V. P. Singh - 1989 December 2 - 1990 November 10
9.Chandra Shekhar - 1990 November 10 - 1991 June 21
10.P. V. Narasimha Rao - 1991 June 21 - 1996May 16
11.Atal Bihari Vajpayee - 1996 May 16 - 1996 June 1
12. H.D.Deve Gowda - 1996 June 1 - 1997April 21
13.Inder Kumar Gujral - 1997 April 21 - 1998 March 19
*Atal Bihari Vajpayee - 1998 March 19 -2004 May 22
14. Dr. Manmohan Singh - 2004 - May 22 - 2014 May 26
15.Narendra Modi - 2014 May 26 Incumbent
*He can recommend the dissolution of the Lok Sabha at any time.
*Prime Minister is generally the leader of the largest majority party in the Lok Sabha, but there have been instances when the Prime Minister has been from the Rajya Sabha (Indira Gandhi in 1966, I.K. Gujral in 1997’ and Dr. Manmohan Singh in 2004 and 2009).
*Even a non member of Parliament can also be appointed as the Prime Minister howeverhe should be a member of either House of Parliament within 6 months.
*The first Prime Minister to be buried outside Delhi
Ans : Morarjee Desai
*Prime Minister presides over the meetings of the Council of Ministers.
