Acting Prime Minister of India (twice)

Gulzarilal Nanda

In office

27 May 1964 – 9 June 1964

11 Jan. 1966 – 24 Jan. 1966

Party

Indian National Congress

Born in

Sialkot, Punjab (now Pakistan)

Lived

1898–1998

Days in office

26

In order

1964: after Jawaharlal Nehru, before Lal Bahadur Shastri

1966: after Lal Bahadur Shastri, before Indira Gandhi

Key achievements & events

• Served twice as acting prime minister, for 13 days each time
• Took over after Nehru's death in 1964 and again after Shastri's death in 1966
• Longtime Union Minister for Labour and Home Affairs, and deputy chair of the Planning Commission
• Awarded the Bharat Ratna, India's highest civilian honour, in 1997

Remember: The only person to be acting prime minister twice. He was an economist who specialised in workers' rights.