list of prime minister and president of india

List of prime minister of india 

1.Jawaharlal Nehru

Term-15 Aug 1947 – 27 May 1964

Party-Indian National Congress

•Led India post-independence, initiated 5-Year Plans, Non-Aligned Movement

•Longest-serving PM

2.Gulzarilal Nanda (Acting)

Term-27 May 1964 – 9 Jun 1964

Party-Indian National Congress

•Interim after Nehru's death

•Acting PM

3.Lal Bahadur Shastri

Term-9 Jun 1964 – 11 Jan 1966

Party-Indian National Congress

•Gave slogan "Jai Jawan Jai Kisan", Indo-Pak War 1965, Green Revolution

•Died in office

4.Gulzarilal Nanda (Acting)

Term -11 Jan 1966 – 24 Jan 1966

Party-Indian National Congress

•Interim after Shastri's death

•Acting PM

5.Indira Gandhi

Term-24 Jan 1966 – 24 Mar 1977

Party-Indian National Congress

•Nationalization of banks, Emergency (1975–77), Bangladesh Liberation War 1971

•First woman PM

6.Morarji Desai

Term-24 Mar 1977 – 28 Jul 1979

Party-Janata Party

•First non-Congress PM, improved Indo-Pak ties

•Oldest to become PM

7.Charan Singh

Term-28 Jul 1979 – 14 Jan 1980

Party-Janata Party (Secular)

•Focused on farmers' policies

•Never faced Parliament vote

8.Indira Gandhi

Term-14 Jan 1980 – 31 Oct 1984

Party-Indian National Congress

•Operation Blue Star, economic reforms

•Assassinated in office

9.Rajiv Gandhi

Term-31 Oct 1984 – 2 Dec 1989

Party-Indian National Congress

•Technology push, telecom revolution, Bofors scandal

•Youngest PM

10.V. P. Singh

Term-2 Dec 1989 – 10 Nov 1990

Party-Janata Dal

•Implemented Mandal Commission recommendations

•Faced political instability

11.Chandra Shekhar

Term-10 Nov 1990 – 21 Jun 1991

•Party-Samajwadi Janata Party

•Handled economic crisis, Gulf War period

•Short tenure

12.P. V. Narasimha Rao

Term-21 Jun 1991 – 16 May 1996

Party-Indian National Congress

•Economic liberalization, opened markets to globalization

•“Father of Indian Economic Reforms”

13.Atal Bihari Vajpayee

Term-16 May 1996 – 1 Jun 1996

Party-Bharatiya Janata Party

•First BJP PM

•13-day government

14.H. D. Deve Gowda

Term-1 Jun 1996 – 21 Apr 1997

Party-Janata Dal

•Rural development focus

•Coalition govt

15.I. K. Gujral

Term-21 Apr 1997 – 19 Mar 1998

Party-Janata Dal

•Gujral Doctrine in foreign policy

•Coalition govt

16.Atal Bihari Vajpayee

Term-19 Mar 1998 – 22 May 2004

Party-Bharatiya Janata Party

•Pokhran-II nuclear tests, Golden Quadrilateral project

Full term

17.Manmohan Singh

Term-22 May 2004 – 26 May 2014

Party-Indian National Congress

•Economic growth, RTI Act, Indo-US nuclear deal

•Economist PM

18.Narendra Modi

Term-26 May 2014 – Present

Party-Bharatiya Janata Party

•GST rollout, Digital India, Infrastructure push, abrogation of Article 370

•Second-longest serving PM



Presidents of India

1.Rajendra Prasad

Term-26 Jan 1950 – 13 May 1962

Party-Independent

•First President, longest-serving

•Two terms

2.Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan

Term-13 May 1962 – 13 May 1967

Party-Independent

•Philosopher-President, Teacher’s Day founder

•Vice-President earlier

3.Zakir Husain

Term-13 May 1967 – 3 May 1969

Party-Independent

•First Muslim President

•Died in office

4.V. V. Giri (Acting)

Term-3 May 1969 – 20 Jul 1969

Party-Independent

•Interim after Husain's death

•Acting President

5.M. Hidayatullah (Acting)

Term-20 Jul 1969 – 24 Aug 1969

Party-Independent

•Former CJI

•Acting President

6.V. V. Giri

Term-24 Aug 1969 – 24 Aug 1974

Party-Independent

•First elected independent President

7.Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed

Term-24 Aug 1974 – 11 Feb 1977

Party-Indian National Congress

•Proclaimed Emergency in 1975

•Died in office

8.B. D. Jatti (Acting)

Term-11 Feb 1977 – 25 Jul 1977

Party-Independent

•Interim after Ahmed's death

•Acting President

9.Neelam Sanjiva Reddy

Term-25 Jul 1977 – 25 Jul 1982

Party-Janata Party

•Youngest elected President

•Elected unopposed

10.Giani Zail Singh

Term-25 Jul 1982 – 25 Jul 1987

Party-Indian National Congress

•First Sikh President

•Operation Blue Star period

11.R. Venkataraman

Term-25 Jul 1987 – 25 Jul 1992

Party-Indian National Congress

•Oversaw 1991 economic reforms start

12.Shankar Dayal Sharma

Term-25 Jul 1992 – 25 Jul 1997

•Party-Indian National Congress

•Political stability during coalition era

13.K. R. Narayanan

Term-25 Jul 1997 – 25 Jul 2002

Party-Independent

•First Dalit President

•Advocated for social justice

14.A. P. J. Abdul Kalam

Term-25 Jul 2002 – 25 Jul 2007

Party-Independent

•“People’s President”, missile scientist

•Popular among youth

15.Pratibha Patil

Term-25 Jul 2007 – 25 Jul 2012

•Party-Indian National Congress

•First woman President

16.Pranab Mukherjee

Term-25 Jul 2012 – 25 Jul 2017

•Party-Indian National Congress

•Senior statesman, policy experience

17.Ram Nath Kovind

Term-25 Jul 2017 – 25 Jul 2022

Party-Bharatiya Janata Party

•Second Dalit President

18.Droupadi Murmu

Term-25 Jul 2022 – Present

Party-Bharatiya Janata Party

•First tribal woman President

•Incumbent