| 1 | Jawaharlal Nehru | 15 August 1947 - 15 April 1952 | (1889–1964) | |
| 15 April 1952 - 17 April 1957 | | |
| 17 April 1957 - 2 April 1962 | | |
| 2 April 1962 - 27 May 1964 | | |
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| 2 | Gulzarilal Nanda | 27 May 1964 - 9 June 1964 | (1898–1998) | |
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| 3 | Lal Bahadur Shastri | 9 June 1964 - 11 January 1966 | (1904–1966) | |
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| 4 | Gulzarilal Nanda | 11 January 1966 - 24 January 1966 | (1898–1998) | |
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| 5 | Indira Gandhi | 24 January 1966 - 4 March 1967 | (1917–1984) | |
| 4 March 1967 - 15 March 1971 | | |
| 15 March 1971 - 24 March 1977 | | |
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| 6 | Morarji Desai | 24 March 1977 - 28 July 1979 | (1896–1995) | |
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| 7 | Charan Singh | 28 July 1979 - 14 January 1980 | (1902–1987) | |
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| 8 | Indira Gandhi | 14 January 1980 - 31 October 1984 | (1917–1984) | |
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| 9 | Rajiv Gandhi | 31 October 1984 - 31 December 1984 | (1944–1991) | |
| 31 December 1984 - 2 December 1989 | | |
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| 10 | Vishwanath Pratap Singh | 2 December 1989 - 10 November 1990 | (1931–2008) | |
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| 11 | Chandra Shekhar | 10 November 1990 - 21 June 1991 | (1927–2007) | |
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| 12 | P. V. Narasimha Rao | 21 June 1991 - 16 May 1996 | (1921–2004) | |
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| 13 | Atal Bihari Vajpayee | 16 May 1996 - 1 June 1996 | (1924–2018) | |
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| 14 | H. D. Deve Gowda | 1 June 1996 - 21 April 1997 | (1933 - ) | |
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| 15 | Inder Kumar Gujral | 21 April 1997 - 19 March 1998 | (1919–2012) | |
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| 16 | Atal Bihari Vajpayee | 19 March 1998 - 13 October 1999 | (1924–2018) | |
| 13 October 1999 - 22 May 2004 | | |
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| 17 | Manmohan Singh | 22 May 2004 - 22 May 2009 | (1932 - ) | |
| 22 May 2009 - 26 May 2014 | | |
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| 18 | Narendra Modi | 26 May 2014 - 30 May 2019 | (1950 - ) | |
| 30 May 2019 - Incumbent | | |
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