The full roster
Every prime minister, in order
15 people since 1947. Indira Gandhi and Atal Bihari Vajpayee each served two separate stints, and Gulzarilal Nanda was acting prime minister twice.
You know of 15 prime ministers from the flash cards.
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Known
No. 1
Jawaharlal Nehru
1947–1964
Congress -
Known
Acting
Gulzarilal Nanda
1964, 1966
Congress -
Known
No. 2
Lal Bahadur Shastri
1964–1966
Congress -
Known
No. 3
Indira Gandhi
1966–1977, 1980–1984
Congress -
Known
No. 4
Morarji Desai
1977–1979
Janata Party -
Known
No. 5
Charan Singh
1979–1980
Janata Party (Secular) -
Known
No. 6
Rajiv Gandhi
1984–1989
Congress -
Known
No. 7
V. P. Singh
1989–1990
Janata Dal -
Known
No. 8
Chandra Shekhar
1990–1991
Samajwadi Janata Party -
Known
No. 9
P. V. Narasimha Rao
1991–1996
Congress -
Known
No. 10
Atal Bihari Vajpayee
1996, 1998–2004
BJP -
Known
No. 11
H. D. Deve Gowda
1996–1997
Janata Dal -
Known
No. 12
Inder Kumar Gujral
1997–1998
Janata Dal -
Known
No. 13
Manmohan Singh
2004–2014
Congress -
Known
No. 14
Narendra Modi
2014–present
BJP