Prime Ministers of India:
India follows a parliamentary system of government, modelled after that of the United Kingdom to which it was formerly subject.
- Jawaharlal Nehru (1947-1964) first prime minister
- Gulzari Lal Nanda (1964) acting prime minister
- Lal Bahadur Shastri (1964-1966) second prime minister
- Gulzari Lal Nanda (1966) acting prime minister (second time in office)
- Indira Gandhi (1966-1977) third prime minister
- Morarji Desai (1977-1979) fourth prime minister
- Choudhary Charan Singh (1979-1980) fifth prime minister
- Indira Gandhi (1980-1984) third prime minister (second time in office)
- Rajiv Gandhi (1984-1989) sixth prime minister
- V. P. Singh (1989-1990) seventh prime minister
- Chandra Shekhar (1990-1991) eighth prime minister
- P. V. Narasimha Rao (1991-1996) ninth prime minister
- Atal Behari Vajpayee (1996) tenth prime minister
- H. D. Deve Gowda (1996-1997) eleventh prime minister
- I. K. Gujral (1997-1998) twelfth prime minister
- Atal Behari Vajpayee (1998-present) tenth prime minister (second time in office)
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