Hello friends, in this article you will be familiar with the Prime Minister of India and the List of prime ministers of India. Not many of us know much about the Prime Minister, but in this article we will cover all those essential information.
It would not be wrong to call the Prime Minister the superpower of the country or the backbone of the country, because the Constitution has given the Prime Minister full authority to run and control the country.
A good prime minister can take the country towards progress, whereas a bad prime minister can ruin the country. Therefore, the Prime Minister of any country should be good, who thinks not about himself but about the progress of his country.
Prime minister of India
The post of the Prime Minister of India is the post of the head of government of the Indian Union. This post is accountable to the Parliament regarding the work of the government. The appointment of any person to this post is done by the President of India on proving majority in the Lok Sabha, it is mentioned in Article 75.
No time limit has been prescribed for the post of Prime Minister, but a person can hold this office as long as the majority in the Lok Sabha is in his favor.
The Prime Minister is the head of the Council of Ministers of the Central Government and the Chief Advisor to the President. The President appoints the ministers on the advice of the Prime Minister. The Prime Minister also determines the portfolios of the ministers. The Prime Minister also decides the work of the cabinet.
Apart from this, the Prime Minister also gives instructions to the administration of the country and all the policy decisions are also taken by the Prime Minister. The Prime Minister is the point of contact between the President and the Council of Ministers. The principal spokesperson of the Council of Ministers is also the Prime Minister.
Not only this, the Prime Minister also leads the parliamentary debates fought in the name of the ruling party. He can participate in any debate being fought in favor of the Council of Ministers in the Prime Minister’s Parliament.
The Prime Minister also coordinates among the ministers. The Prime Minister can get any necessary information from any ministry. Because the Constitution, in particular, gives the Prime Minister complete control over the Union Cabinet.
Not only this, the power to exercise all the executive powers of the President has been given by the Constitution to the democratically elected Prime Minister. This is the reason why the Prime Minister is called the emerging center of the major power of the country.
List of prime ministers of India
Here we will know about the names and tenure of all the Prime Ministers of India till now and also know about how many days they have been Prime Ministers.
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Prime minister of india list with photo
Jawaharlal Nehru
- Term of office: August 15, 1947 – May 27, 1964
- Party: Congress
Jawaharlal Nehru became the first Prime Minister of India and he became the Prime Minister of the country for a total of 4 times, that is, he was the Prime Minister for a total of 16 years 286 days.
Gulzari Lal Nanda
- Term of office: 27 May 1964 – 9 June 1964
- Term of office: 11 January 1966 – 24 January 1966
- Party: Congress
Gulzari Lal Nanda became the caretaker Prime Minister twice for only 13 days. The first time after the death of Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru and the second time after the death of Lal Bahadur Shastri.
Lal Bahadur Shastri
- Term of office: 9 June 1964 – 11 January 1966
- Party: Congress
Lal Bahadur Shastri is known as the second Prime Minister of India. Lal Bahadur Shastri remained the Prime Minister for 1 year, 216 days till his death (11 January 1966).
Indira Gandhi
- Term of office: 24 January 1966 – 24 March 1977
- Term of office: 14 January 1980 – 31 October 1984
- Party: Congress
Indira Gandhi is known as the first woman Prime Minister of India. She became the Prime Minister for a total of 4 times and she remained the Prime Minister for 15 years and 350 days till her death.
Morarji Desai
- Term of office: 24 March 1977 – 28 July 1979
- Party: Janata Party
Morarji Desai is known as the fourth Prime Minister of India. He became the Prime Minister at the age of 81. But his term as Prime Minister could not be completed, because he had to leave his Prime Minister post due to differences with Chaudhary Charan Singh.
Chaudhary Charan Singh
- Term of office: 28 July 1979 – 14 January 1980
- Party: Janata Party
Chaudhary Charan Singh is known as a farmer politician and the fifth Prime Minister of India. Chaudhary Charan Singh remained the Prime Minister from 28 July 1979 to 14 January 1980 i.e. for a total of 170 days.
Rajiv Gandhi
- Term of office: 31 October 1984 – 2 December 1989
- Party: Congress
Rajiv Gandhi is known as the seventh Prime Minister of India. He is the elder son of Indira Gandhi and Feroze Gandhi. Rajiv Gandhi remained the Prime Minister for 5 years and 32 days.
Vishwanath Pratap Singh
- Term of office: 2 December 1989 – 10 November 1990
- Party: Janata Party
Vishwanath Pratap Singh is known as the eighth Prime Minister of the Republic of India and has also been the Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh. His tenure as Prime Minister was only for 343 days.
Chandra Shekhar Singh
- Term of office: 10 November 1990 – 21 June 1991
- Party: Samajwadi Janata Party
Chandrashekhar Singh is known as the ninth Prime Minister of India. His tenure as Prime Minister was only 223 days. Chandrashekhar Singh belongs to a farmer family, he was born in Ibrahimpatti in Ballia district of Uttar Pradesh.
P. V. Narasimha Rao
- Term of office: 21 June 1991 – 16 May 1996
- Party: Congress
PV Narasimha Rao’s tenure as Prime Minister has been 4 years, 330 days. He is known as the 10th Prime Minister of India. He was born on 28 June 1921 in Karimnagar. He did his studies from Osmania University in Hyderabad, University of Mumbai and Nagpur University.
Atal Bihari Vajpayee
- Term of office: 16 May 1996 – 1 June 1996
- Term of office: 19 March 1998 – 22 May 2004
- Party: BJP
Atal Bihari Vajpayee became the Prime Minister three times in his life. He was the first politician of the BJP party who became the Prime Minister. He served the country as Prime Minister for a total of 6 years and 80 days.
H. D. Deve Gowda
- Term of office: 1 June 1996 – 21 April 1997
- Party: Janata Dal
Haradanahalli Doddegowda Deve Gowda is known as the twelfth Prime Minister of India. Before becoming the Prime Minister, he was also the Chief Minister of Karnataka. His tenure as Prime Minister was for a total of 324 days.
Inder Kumar Gujral
- Term of office: 21 April 1997 – 19 March 1998
- Party: Janata Dal
Inder Kumar Gujral was the 13th Prime Minister of the Republic of India. His tenure as Prime Minister was a total of 332 days. He had also participated in the Indian freedom struggle, apart from this he also went to jail during the Quit India Movement of 1942.
Manmohan Singh
- Term of office: 22 May 2004 – 26 May 2014
- Party: Congress
Manmohan Singh became the Prime Minister for two consecutive terms. His tenure as Prime Minister was 10 years and 2 days. He is also an economist. He is also credited for the economic reforms carried out as finance minister during the prime ministership of PV Narasimha Rao from 21 June 1991 to 16 May 1996.
Narendra Modi
- Term of office: 26 May 2014 to present
- Party: BJP
Narendra Modi is the first person born in independent India to become the Prime Minister of India. Before becoming the Prime Minister, he was the Chief Minister of Gujarat from 7 October 2001 to 22 May 2014.
List of all prime ministers of India
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Prime minister of india salary
The Prime Minister of India gets a basic salary of around Rs 1,60,000 per month. Its basic salary is Rs 50,000. Apart from this, expenditure allowance is Rs 3000 and MP allowance is Rs 45,000. Along with this, daily allowance is also available at the rate of 2,000, which is Rs 61,000 per month. All this together becomes 1,60,000 lakhs.
As per the RTI report dated 31st July 2013
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How many prime ministers of India have become till date?
There have been 15 Prime Ministers of India so far. In which 1) Jawaharlal Nehru, 2) Gulzari Lal Nanda, 3) Lal Bahadur Shastri, 4) Indira Gandhi, 5) Morarji Desai, 6) Charan Singh, 7) Rajiv Gandhi, 8) Vishwanath Pratap Singh, 9) Chandrashekhar, 10) PV Narasimha Rao, 11) Atal Bihari Vajpayee, 12) HD Deve Gowda, 13) Inder Kumar Gujral, 14) Manmohan Singh, 15) Narendra Modi etc. are included.