Prime Minister of India Totally Explained

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The Prime Minister of India is, in practice, the most powerful person in the Government of India. The Prime Minister is technically outranked by the head of state, the President of India. But, as is typical in most parliamentary democracies, because the head of state's duties are largely ceremonial, the Prime Minister is the head of government and has effective responsibility for executive power.
India follows a parliamentary system of government, known as the Westminster system after that of the United Kingdom. In this system, the Prime Minister is generally the leader of a party (or coalition of parties) that has a majority in the Lok Sabha, the lower house of the Parliament of India. The Prime Minister either has to be a current member of one of the houses of Parliament, or be elected within six months of being appointed.

Appointment of the Prime Minister

Formally, the Prime Minister is appointed by the President. The President is expected to invite that person to be the Prime Minister who has been elected the leader of the parliamentary party that commands an absolute majority in the Lok Sabha. But when no single party enjoys a majority, the president has some discretion: he or she may invite the leader of a combination of parties constituting the majority in the Lok Sabha or the leader of the single largest party in the Lok Sabha.

Name		Entered office	Left office	Date of Birth and Death	Political party	Birth Place
1	Jawaharlal Nehru	15 August 1947	27 May 1964 ^♠	14 November 1889 – 27 May 1964	Indian National Congress	Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh
2	Gulzarilal Nanda	27 May 1964	9 June 1964 *	4 July 1898 - 15 January 1998	Indian National Congress	Sialkot, Punjab
3	Lal Bahadur Shastri	9 June 1964	11 January 1966 ^♠	2 October 1904 - 11 January 1966	Indian National Congress	Mughalsarai, Uttar Pradesh
4	Gulzarilal Nanda	11 January 1966	24 January 1966 *	4 July 1898 - 15 January 1998	Indian National Congress	Sialkot, Punjab
4	Indira Gandhi	24 January 1966^♥	24 March 1977	19 November 1917 - 31 October 1984	Indian National Congress	Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh
5	Morarji Desai	24 March 1977	28 July 1979 ^♦	29 February, 1896 - 10 April, 1995	Janata Party	Valsad, Gujarat
6	Choudhary Charan Singh	28 July 1979	14 January 1980 ^♣	23 December, 1902 - 29 May, 1987	Janata Party	Noorpur, Uttar Pradesh
	Indira Gandhi	14 January 1980 ^♥	31 October 1984 ^♠	19 November 1917 - 31 October 1984	Indian National Congress	Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh
7	Rajiv Gandhi	31 October 1984	2 December 1989	20 August 1944 – 21 May 1991	Indian National Congress (Indira)	Mumbai, Maharashtra
8	Vishwanath Pratap Singh	2 December 1989	10 November 1990 ^♣	b. 25 June 1931	Janata Dal	Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh
9	Chandra Shekhar	10 November 1990	21 June 1991	1 July 1927 – 8 July 2007	Samajwadi Janata Party	Ibrahimpatti - Ballia, Uttar Pradesh
10	P. V. Narasimha Rao	21 June 1991	16 May 1996	28 June 1921 – 23 December 2004	Indian National Congress	Karimnagar, Andra Pradesh
11	Atal Behari Vajpayee	16 May 1996	1 June 1996 ^♣>	b. 25 December, 1924	Bharatiya Janata Party	Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh
! style="background-color: Red" > 12	H. D. Deve Gowda	1 June 1996	21 April 1997 ^♣	b. 18 May 1933	Janata Dal	Hassan District, Karnataka
13	Inder Kumar Gujral	21 April 1997	19 March 1998	b. 4 December 1919	Janata Dal	Jhelum, Punjab
	Atal Bihari Vajpayee	19 March 1998 ^♥	22 May 2004	b. 25 December, 1924	Bharatiya Janata Party	Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh
14	Dr. Manmohan Singh	22 May 2004	Incumbent	b. 26 September, 1932	Indian National Congress	Gah, Punjab

* Interim - It is debatable whether Mr. Gulzari Lal Nanda was a Prime Minister or an Acting Prime Minister. The constitution doesn't have a position of acting Prime Minister. Mr. Nanda was sworn in as the Prime Minister of India. In contrast, the constitution provides for an acting President who discharges the duties of a President. Hence, constitutional experts and historians now agree that Mr. Nanda is the second Prime Minister of India.
^♥ Returned to Office
^♠ Assassinated or Died in Office
^♣ Resigned
^♦ Dismissed by President following a no-confidence motion

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