| Name
of Prime Minister |
Tenure |
| Jawaharlal Nehru (1889-1964) |
15 August 1947-27 May 1964 |
| Gulzari Lal Nanda (1898-1997) |
27 May 1964- 9 June 1964 (Acting) |
| Lal Bahadur Shastri (1904-1966) |
9 June 1964-11 January 1966 |
| Gulzari Lal Nanda (1898-1997) |
11 January 1964 - 24 January
1966 (Acting) |
| Indira Gandhi (1917-1984) |
24 January 1966 -24 March 1977 |
| Morarji Desai (1896-1995) |
24 March 1977- 28 July 1979 |
| Charan Singh (1902-1987) |
28 July 1979- 14 January 1980 |
| Indira Gandhi (1917-1984) |
14 January 1980- 31 October 1984 |
| Rajiv Gandhi (1944-1991) |
31 October 1984- 1 December 1989 |
| Vishwanath Pratap Singh (b-1931) |
2 December 1989- 10 November
1990 |
| Chandra Shekhar (b-1927) |
10 November 1990- 21 June 1991 |
| P.V Narasimha Rao (b-1921) |
21 June 1991- 16 May 1996 |
| Atal Bihari Vajpayee (b-1926) |
16 May 1996- 01 June 1996 |
| H.D Deva Gowda (b-1933) |
01 June 1996- 21 April
1997 |
| I.K Gujral (b-1933) |
21 April 1997- 18 March 1998 |
| Atal Bihari Vajpayee (b-1926) |
19 March 1998- 13 October 1999 |
| Atal Bihari Vajpayee (b-1926) |
13 October 1999- 22 May
2004 |
| Dr. Manmohan Singh (b-1932) |
22 May 2004- till date |
