 Dr. Manmohan Singh |
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Dr. Manmohan Singh |
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 President
of India, but because the President's duties are largely ceremonial, the Prime
Minister has effective responsibility for government. India follows a parliamentary
system of government, modelled after that of the United Kingdom. In this system,
the Prime Minister is generally the leader of a party (or coalition of parties)
that can gain a majority in the lower house (Lok Sabha) 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.
Dr. Manmohan Singh is the 17th Prime Ministers
of India
List of Prime Minster of India
|
S.No
|
Name
|
Took Office
|
Left Office
|
Party
|
|
1
|
Jawaharlal Nehru
|
Aug 15, 1947 | May 27, 1964 | Indian National Congress |
|
2
|
Gulzari Lal Nanda
|
May 27, 1964 | Jun 09, 1964 | Indian National Congress |
|
3
|
Lal Bahadur Shastri
|
Jun 09, 1964 | Jan 11, 1966 | Indian National Congress |
|
4
|
Gulzari Lal Nanda
|
Jan 11, 1966 | Jan 24, 1966 | Indian National Congress |
|
5
|
Indira Gandhi
|
Jan 24, 1966 | Mar 24, 1977 | Indian National Congress |
|
6
|
Morarji Desai
|
Mar 24, 1977 | Jul 28, 1979 | Janata Party |
|
7
|
Choudhary Charan Singh
|
Jul 28, 1979 | Jan 14, 1980 | Janata Party |
|
8
|
Indira Gandhi
|
Jan 14, 1980 | Oct 31, 1984 | Indian National Congress |
|
9
|
Rajiv Gandhi
|
Oct 31, 1984 | Dec 02, 1989 | Congress I |
|
10
|
Vishwanath Pratap Singh
|
Dec 02, 1989 | Nov 10, 1990 | Janata Dal |
|
11
|
Chandra Shekhar
|
Nov 10, 1990 | Jun 21, 1991 | Janata Dal |
|
12
|
P. V. Narasimha Rao
|
Jun 21, 1991 | May 16, 1996 | Congress I |
|
13
|
Atal Behari Vajpayee
|
May 16, 1996 | Jun 01, 1996 | Bharatiya Janata Party |
|
14
|
H. D. Deve Gowda
|
Jun 01, 1996 | Apr 21, 1997 | Janata Dal |
|
15
|
Inder Kumar Gujral
|
Apr 21, 1997 | Mar 19, 1998 | Janata Dal |
|
16
|
Atal Behari Vajpayee
|
Mar 19, 1998 | May 22, 2004 | Bharatiya Janata Party |
|
17
|
Dr. Manmohan Singh
|
May 22, 2004 | In Office | Congress I |