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List of the Prime ministers of India 1.Jawaharlal Nehru 2.Gulzarilal Nanda (acting) 3.Lal Bahadur Shastri 4.Indira Gandhi 5.Morarji Desai 6.Charan Singh 7.Rajiv Gandhi 8.Vishwanath Pratap Singh 9.Chandra Shekhar 10.P.V. Narasimha Rao 11.Atal Bihari Vajpayee 12.H.D. Deve Gowda 13.I.K. Gujral 14.Manmohan Singh 15.Narendra Modi

Jawaharlal Nehru

Jawaharlal Nehru Jawaharlal Nehru was an Indian anti- colonial nationalist, secular humanist, social democrat, and author who was a central figure in India during the middle third of the 20th century Tenure-1947–1964 He has contributed towards:- 1. National Philosophy of India 2. National Unity 3. Industrialization 4. Scientific Temper 5. Education

Gulzarilal Nanda

Gulzarilal Nanda Gulzarilal Nanda was an Indian politician and economist who specialized in labor issues Tenure-27 May 1964 – 9 June 1964 29 August 1963 – 14 November initiated the Congress Forum for Socialist Action in 1962. He was Union Minister for Labour and Employment in 1962–1963, and Minister for Home Affairs in 1963– 1966. Nanda was re-elected to the Lok Sabha in the 1967 and 1971 elections from the Kaithal 1966

Lal Bahadur Shastri

Gulzarilal Nanda Lal Bahadur Shastri was an Indian statesman who served as the second Prime Minister of India. Tenure-9 June 1964 – 11 January 1966 Shastri was made Minister of Railways and Transport in First Cabinet of Republic of India on 13 May 1952. He served as the Minister of Commerce and Industry in 1959 and Minister of Home Affairs in 1961. Shastri laid the foundation of Mangalore Port in 1964 as a minister without a portfolio.

Indira Gandhi

Indira Priyadarshini Gandhi was an Indian politician and a central figure of the Indian National Congress. She was the 3rd prime minister of India and was also the first and, to date, only female prime minister of India. Tenure-14 January 1980 – 31 October 1984 The economic policy of the Indira Gandhi premiership was characterized by moderate tax increases on higher income Indians, bank nationalisation, and the green revolution. Gandhi presided over three Five- Prime Minister, two of which succeeded in meeting the targeted growth.

Morarji Desai

Morarji Desai was an Indian independence activist and politician who served as the 4th Prime Minister of India between 1977 and 1979 leading the government formed by the Janata Party. Tenure-24 March 1977 – 28 July 1979 Desai was a Gandhian follower, social worker, institution builder and a great reformer. He was the Chancellor of Gujarat Vidyapith. Even during his term as the Prime Minister he used to visit and stay at Vidyapith during the month of October. He lived simply and used to write post cards himself even when he held the office of Prime Minister.

Charan Singh

Chaudhary Charan Singh served as the 5th Prime Minister of India between 28 July 1979 and 14 January 1980. Historians and people alike frequently refer to him as the 'champion of India's peasants. Tenure-28 July 1979 – 14 January 1980 He became particularly notable in Uttar Pradesh from the 1950s for drafting and ensuring the passage of what were then the most revolutionary land reform laws in any state in India under the tutelage of the then Chief Minister Pandit Govind Ballabh Pant; first as Parliamentary Secretary and then as Revenue Minister responsible for Land Reforms.

Rajiv Gandhi

Rajiv Ratna Gandhi was an Indian politician who served as the sixth prime minister of India from 1984 to 1989. He took office after the 1984 assassination of his mother, Prime Minister Indira Gandhi, to become the youngest Indian prime minister at the age of 40. Tenure-31 October 1984 – 2 December 1989 His contributions towards India included:- 1.Telecom Revolution 2.Voting Age 3. Education 4.Panchayati Raj 5. Computerisation

Vishwanath Pratap Singh

Vishwanath Pratap Singh also known as V. P. Singh, was an Indian politician who was the 8th Prime Minister of India from 1989 to 1990 and the 41st Raja Bahadur of Manda.He is India's only prime minister to have been a former Zamindar. Tenure-2 December 1989 – 10 November 1990 Singh was responsible for managing the coalition of the Left and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) against Rajiv Gandhi to dethrone him in the 1989 elections. He is remembered for the important role that he played in 1989 that changed the course of Indian politics.

Chandra Shekhar

Chandra Shekhar Singh (1 July 1927 – 8 July 2007) was an Indian politician who served as the 8th Prime Minister of India, between 10 November 1990 and 21 June 1991 He is the first Indian Prime Minister who has never held any Government office.The greatest contribution to India is,he dislodged the real psycophant,lunatic and cynic person from PrimeMinisterShip.Had he not done it,this country could have faced worst situation than Syria or Bosnia- Herzegonia.His other contribution is handling the balance of payments crisis successfully by hypothecating gold to IMF/World Bank.Had he not done it,India could have faced the situation like Greece, Cyprus or Ireland.He promoted Yashwant aSinha to FM post and his political rival Dr.Subramaniam Swami to post of Minister of Commerce industries.

P.V. Narasimha Rao

Pamulaparthi Venkata Narasimha Rao was an Indian lawyer and politician who served as the 9th Prime Minister of India from 1991 to 1996. His ascendancy to the prime ministership was politically significant in that he was the second holder of this office from a non-Hindi-speaking region and the first from South India. He served as an elected representative for Andhra Pradesh state assembly from 1957 to 1977. He served in various ministerial positions in Andhra government from 1962 to 1973. He became the Chief minister of Andhra Pradesh in 1971 and implemented land reforms and land ceiling acts strictly.

Atal Bihari Vajpayee

Atal Bihari Vajpayee[a] (25 December 1924 – 16 August 2018) was an Indian politician who served three terms as the prime minister of India, first for a term of 13 days in 1996, then for a period of 13 months from 1998 to 1999, followed by a full term from 1999 to 2004. Tenure-19 March 1998 – 22 May 2004 Among Vajpayee's projects were the National Highways Development Project and Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana. In 2001, the Vajpayee government launched the Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan campaign, aimed at improving the quality of education in primary and secondary schools.

H. D. Deve Gowda

Haradanahalli Doddegowda Deve Gowda is an Indian politician from the state of Karnataka. He served as the 12th prime minister of India from 1 June 1996 to 21 April 1997 He was previously the 14th Chief Minister of Karnataka from 1994 to 1996.He had promised that he is committed to the 'words' and 'scheduled ‘with regard to the full utilization of Karnataka's right over Krishna river wa.He issued Green Card to 65 lakh families. The poor got rice at Rs. 3.25 perk.g.He had promised of bringing pressure on the centre for framing a National Agro Policy. ter and he did keep up its promise

I.K. Gujral

Inder Kumar Gujral (4 December 1919 – 30 November 2012) was an Indian diplomat, politician and freedom activist who served as the 12th prime minister of India from April 1997 to March 1998. Tenure - 21 April 1997 – 19 March 1998 In 1976, he was appointed the Ambassador of India to the Soviet Union. In 1996, he became the Minister of External Affairs in the Deve Gowda ministry, and developed the Gujral doctrine during this period. He was appointed the 12th Prime Minister of India in 1997. His tenure lasted for less than a year.

Manmohan Singh

Manmohan Singh is an Indian economist, academic, and politician who served as the 13th Prime Minister of India from 2004 to 2014. His contributions include:- Helping GDP grow National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (NREGA)Act 2005 GDP clocked at 10.08%

Narendra Modi

Narendra Damodardas Modi is an Indian politician serving as the 14th and current prime minister of India since 2014.The Goods and Services Tax (GST) was in the pipeline for 17 years before it became a major tax reform in 2017.The toilet- construction programme under the Swachh Bharat campaign to make India an open-defecation free (ODF) country played a significant part in the Modi government being voted back to power with a greater majority.Modi's administration has tried to raise foreign direct investment in the Indian economy and reduced spending on healthcare and social welfare programmes. Modi has attempted to improve efficiency in the bureaucracy.

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