| S.N. | Name | Born-Dead | Term of office | Remark |
| 1. | Jawahar Lal Nehru | (1889–1964) | 5 August 1947-27 May 1964
16 years, 286 days |
First prime minister of India and longest serving PM of India, first to die in office. |
| 2. | Gulzarilal Nanda | (1898–1998) | 27 May,1964 to 9 June 1964,
13 days |
First acting PM of India |
| 3. | Lal Bahadur Shastri | (1904–1966) | 9 June, 1964 to 11 January 1966
1 year, 216 days |
He given slogan of ‘Jai Jawan Jai Kisan’ during Indo-Pak war of 1965 |
| 4. | Indira Gandhi | (1917–1984) | 24 January 1966 to 24 March 1977
11 years, 59 days |
First lady Prime Minister of India |
| 5. | Morarji Desai | (1896–1995) | 24 March 1977 – 28 July 1979
2 year, 116 days |
Oldest to become PM @ 81 and first to resign from office |
| 6. | Charan Singh | (1902–1987) | 28 July, 1979 to 14 Jan. 1980
170 days |
Only PM who did not face the Parliament |
| 7. | Indira Gandhi | (1917–1984) | 14 Jan.1980 to 31 Oct. 1984
4 years, 291 days |
First lady who served as PM for second term |
| 8. | Rajiv Gandhi | (1944–1991) | 31 Oct, 1984 to 2 Dec. 1989
5 years, 32 days |
Youngest to become PM @ 40 year |
| 9. | V. P. Singh | (1931–2008) | 2 Dec. 1989 to 10 Nov. 1990
343 days |
First PM to step down after vote of no confidence |
| 10. | Chandra Shekhar | (1927–2007) | 10 November,1990 to 21 June 1991
223 days |
He belongs to Samajwadi Janata Party |
| 11. | P. V. Narasimha Rao | (1921–2004) | 21 June 1991 to 16 May 1996
4 years, 330 days |
First PM from south India |
| 12. | Atal Bihari Vajpayee | (born 1924) | 16 May, 1996 to 1 June 1996
16 days |
PM for shortest tenure |
| 13. | H. D. Deve Gowda | (born 1933) | 1 June, 1996 to 21 April 1997
324 days |
He belongs to Janata Dal |
| 14. | Inder Kumar Gujral | (1919–2012) | 21 April 1997 to 19 March, 1998 332 days | —— |
| 15. | Atal Bihari Vajpayee | (born 1924) | 19 March, 1998 to 22 May 2004
6 years, 64 days |
First non congress PM who completed full term as PM |
| 16. | Manmohan Singh | (born 1932) | 22 May 2004 to 26 May 2014
10 years, 4 May 2 days |
First Sikh PM |
| 17. | Narendra Modi | (born 1950) | 26 May 2014, Incumbent | 4th Prime Minister of India who served two consecutive tenures |