The following below are the historical rankings of the Prime Ministers of India:[1][2][3]
According to [4] India Today.
Name | Portrait | Party | Term of office | Second Term of office | Rank | Increase/Decrease | ||
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Jawaharlal Nehru (1889-1964) |
Indian National Congress | August 15, 1947 | May 27, 1964 | N/A | N/A | 4 | ||
Gulzarilal Nanda (1898-1998) |
Indian National Congress | May 27, 1964 | June 9, 1964 | January 11, 1966 | January 24, 1966 | 8 | ||
Lal Bahadur Shastri (1904-1966) |
Indian National Congress | June 9, 1964 | January 11, 1966 | N/A | N/A | 5 | ||
Indira Gandhi (1917-1984) |
Indian National Congress (1st tenure) Indian National Congress (I) (2nd tenure) |
January 24, 1966 | March 24, 1977 | January 14, 1980 | October 31, 1984 | 2 | ||
Morarji Desai (1896-1995) |
Janata Party | March 24, 1977 | July 28, 1979 | N/A | N/A | 14 | ||
Charan Singh (1902-1987) |
Janata Party (Secular) with INC | July 28, 1979 | January 14, 1980 | N/A | N/A | 11 | ||
Rajiv Gandhi (1944-1991) |
Indian National Congress (I) | October 31, 1984 | December 2, 1989 | N/A | N/A | 6 | ||
Vishwanath Pratap Singh (1931-2008) |
Janata Dal (National Front) | December 2, 1989 | November 10, 1990 | N/A | N/A | 13 | ||
Chandra Shekhar (1927-2007) |
Samajwadi Janata Party with INC | November 10, 1990 | June 21, 1991 | N/A | N/A | 15 | ||
P. V. Narasimha Rao (1921-2004) |
Indian National Congress (I) | June 21, 1991 | May 16, 1996 | N/A | N/A | 10 | ||
Atal Bihari Vajpayee (1924-2018) |
Bharatiya Janata Party (1st tenure) Bharatiya Janata Party (NDA) (2nd tenure) |
May 16, 1996 | June 1, 1996 | March 19, 1998 | May 22, 2004 | 3 | ||
H. D. Deve Gowda (born 1933) |
Janata Dal (United Front) | June 1, 1996 | April 21, 1997 | N/A | N/A | 9 | ||
Inder Kumar Gujral (1919-2012) |
Janata Dal (United Front) | April 21, 1997 | March 19, 1998 | N/A | N/A | 12 | ||
Manmohan Singh (born 1932) |
Indian National Congress (UPA) | May 22, 2004 | May 26, 2014 | N/A | N/A | 7 | ||
Narendra Modi (born 1950) |
Bharatiya Janata Party (NDA) | May 26, 2014 | Incumbent | N/A | N/A | 1 |