Chart 175 - Prime Ministers of India

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Spectrum Chart - 175 : Prime Ministers of India

1. Parliament - Sansad Bhawan (Parliament Building) is the house of the Parliament of India, located in New Delhi. Construction of parliament house began in 1921. The opening ceremony of the Parliament House was performed on 18 January 1927 by Lord Irwin, the then Viceroy of India.
2. Jawaharlal Nehru - Jawaharlal Nehru was the first Prime Minister of India and a central figure in Indian politics before and after independence. He emerged as the paramount leader of the Indian independence movement under the tutelage of Mahatma Gandhi and ruled India from its establishment as an independent nation in 1947 until his death in 1964.
3. Gulzarilal Nanda - Gulzarilal Nanda was an Indian politician and economist who specialised in labour issues. He was the Prime Minister of India for two short periods following the deaths of Jawaharlal Nehru in 1964 and Lal Bahadur Shastri in 1966. He was awarded the Bharat Ratna, India's highest civilian award, in 1997.
4. Lal Bahadur Shastri - Lal Bahadur Shastri was the second Prime Minister of independent India. He was a man of great courage and will. He successfully led country during the 1965 war with Pakistan.
5. Indira Gandhi - Indira Gandhi was a key 20th century stateswoman, a central figure of the Indian National Congress party and to date the only female Prime Minister of India. She served as Prime Minister from 1966 to 1977 and then again from 1980 until her assassination in 1984.
6. Morarji Desai - Morarji Desai was a Prime Minister of India from 1977 to 1979. He was also the first Prime Minister to head India's first non-Congress Government. Desai was the only Indian national to be conferred with Pakistan's highest civilian award, Nishan-e-Pakistan.
7. Chaudhary Charan Singh - Chaudhary Charan Singh was the Prime Minister of the Republic of India, serving from July 1979 until January 1980. Chaudhary Charan Singh's government did not face the Lok Sabha during his brief tenure as the Congress party withdrew their support from his Government. Before being prime minister he also served as a chief minister of Uttar Pradesh.
8. Rajiv Gandhi - Rajiv Gandhi was the Prime Minister of India, serving from 1984 to 1989. He took office after the 1984 assassination of his mother, Prime Minister Indira Gandhi, to become the youngest Indian Prime Minister. He was assassinated by a suicide bomber from the LTTE in 1991. In 1991 the Indian government posthumously awarded Gandhi the Bharat Ratna, the country's highest civilian award.
9. Vishwanath Pratap Singh - Vishwanath Pratap Singh, Indian politician and government official was the Prime Minister of India for slightly less than a year, from December 1989 to November 1990. He is known for trying to improve the lot of India's lower castes as a Prime Minister. Singh was renowned for his obsession with honesty and his willingness to sacrifice office.
10. Chandra Shekhar - Chandra Shekhar Singh was an Indian politician who served as the 8^th Prime Minister of India from November 1990 to June 1991. Chandra Shekhar was prime minister for seven months, the second shortest period after that of Charan Singh.
11. P. V. Narasimha Rao - Pamulaparti Venkata Narasimha Rao was an Indian lawyer and politician who served as the Prime Minister of India from 1991 to 1996. He led an important administration, overseeing a major economic transformation. He is often referred to as the "Father of Indian Economic Reforms".
12. Atal Bihari Vajpayee - Atal Bihari Vajpayee is an Indian statesman who was the 10^th Prime Minister of India. Vajpayee was a parliamentarian for over four decades. Atal Bihari Vajpayee was honoured with the Bharat Ratna award, India's highest civilian honour.
13. H. D. Deve Gowda - Haradanahalli Doddegowda Deve Gowda is an Indian politician who was the 12^th Prime Minister of India from June 1996 to April 1997. Previously he was the 14^th Chief Minister of Karnataka from 1994 to 1996.
14. Inder Kumar Gujral - Inder Kumar Gujral was an Indian politician who served as the Prime Minister of India for a period less than a year, from April 1997 to March 1998. He is known for the 'Gujral Doctrine', which emphasises the importance of friendly and warm relations with India's neighbours.
15. Dr. Manmohan Singh – Dr. Manmohan Singh is an Indian economist and politician who served as the Prime Minister of India from 2004 to 2014. He was also the first prime minister since Jawaharlal Nehru to be re-elected after completing a full five-year term. Before sworn in as prime minister he held several key posts in the Government of India, such as Chief Economic Advisor (1972–76), Reserve Bank governor (1982–85) and Planning Commission head (1985-87), Finance Minister (1991-96).
16. Narendra Modi - Narendra Modi is the 15th and current Prime Minister of India, in office since 26 May 2014. Prime Minister Modi focused on reforming and modernising India's infrastructure, reducing bureaucracy, encouraging increased foreign direct investment, improving national standards of health and sanitation and improving foreign relations. He also served as a Chief Minister of Gujarat from 2001-14, where his economic policies have been praised worldwide.

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