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The prime minister of India is the Republic of India’s head of government. The prime minister is the head of the party that has a majority in Indian Parliament’s Lower House, the Lok Sabha, which is the country’s main legislative body. The prime minister and his cabinet are accountable to the Lok Sabha at all times. The prime minister might be a member of the Lower House of Parliament, the Lok Sabha, or the Upper House, the Rajya Sabha.
Who is the prime minister appointed by?
The prime minister is appointed by the President of India. However, the prime minister must have the trust of a majority in the Lok Sabha, which is directly elected every five years. The prime minister chairs the Council of Ministers of the federal government. The prime minister unilaterally manages the election and dismissal of council members, assigning posts to members within the government.
List of prime ministers of India from 1947 to 2022
A total of 15 prime ministers have been appointed in India since its independence.
Jawaharlal Nehru (15th August 1947- 15th April 1964)
He was India’s prime minister for 17 years after the country gained independence in 1947.
He was appointed by Earl Mountbatten of Burma. During the 1950s, Nehru advocated parliamentary democracy, secularism, and science and technology, greatly impacting India’s development as a modern nation.
Lal Bahadur Shastri (9th June 1964-11th Jan 1966)
Nehru was replaced by Lal Bahadur Shastri, whose one-year, seven-month reign ended with his death in Tashkent, then in the Soviet Union, where he had signed the Tashkent Declaration between India and Pakistan.
Appointed by Sarvapelli Radhakrishnan.
Indira Gandhi /Nehru’s daughter (Jan 1966- March 977)
Lal Bahadur Shastri was succeeded by Nehru’s daughter, who was the third top state leader of India and was additionally the first woman prime minister of India.
Gandhi was the second longest-serving Indian head of state after her father.
Morarji Desai (24th March 1977- 28th July 1979)
Morarji Rannchodji Desai was an Indian freedom lobbyist and lawmaker who drove the public authority shaped by the Janata Party.
He held numerous significant posts in the government, for example, chief minister of Bombay State, home minister, finance minister and second deputy prime minister of India.
Charan Singh (28th July 1979-14th Jan 1980)
Choudhury Charan Singh is commonly referred to as the champion of Indian peasants by historians.
Indira Gandhi (Jan 1980- October 1984)
Indira Gandhi, the daughter of Jawaharlal Nehru, was an Indian politician and a prominent member of the Indian National Congress.
The first and only woman to serve as India’s prime minister
Rajiv Gandhi (31st october 1984-2nd Dec 1989)
He became the prime minister after his mother’s tragic death.
Vishwanath Pratap Singh (2nd Dec 1989-10th Nov 1990 )
V.P. Singh was an Indian politician and the 41st Raja Bahadur of Manda, making him the only prime minister to have enjoyed royalty.
Chandra Shekhar (10th Nov1990-21st June 1991)
He headed a minority administration of a breakaway group of the Janata Dal with outside help from the Indian National Congress.
The only Indian Prime Minister who never held any government office
P.V Narishima Rao (1991-1996)
Lawyer and politician, father of Indian economic reforms
Rao was additionally alluded to as Chanakya for his capacity to direct financial and political regulation through Parliament when he headed a minority government
Atal Bihari Vajpayee (1996)
This tenure only lasted 13 days
H.D. Deva Gowda (1996-97)
He was the fourteenth chief minister of Karnataka from 1994 to 1996.
He, as of now, is a Member of Parliament in the Rajya Sabha from Karnataka. He is the National President of the Janata Dal (Secular).
Inder Kumar Gujral (1997-98)
Freedom activist, politician and indian diplomat
Atal Bihari Vajpayee (1998- 2004)
A politician and diplomat, Atal Bihari Vajpayee was the prime minister of India thrice, first for 13 days in 1996 as we saw above, then for 13 months in 1998 and 1999, and then for the whole term from 1999 to 2004.
He was the chief non-Congress leader to serve a full term in office. He was an artist and an author.
Manmohan Singh (2004-14)
He is the longest-serving state head after Jawaharlal Nehru and Indira Gandhi.
A venerated leader of the Indian National Congress, who ushered in economic liberalisation in India
Narendra Modi (2014- current )
Modi is a Member of Parliament from Varanasi.
He is the top leader of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).
Conclusion
Even though the President of India is the constitutional or ceremonial head of state, in reality, the prime minister of India and the Council of Ministers have executive authority. This Council is collectively accountable to Lok Sabha under Article 75 (3) and supports the President in his activities.
