The following is the list of Indian prime ministers:
1. Jawaharlal Nehru (Aug 15, 1947-May 27, 1964/Four terms)
2. Lal Bahadur Shastri (June 9, 1964-Jan 11, 1966)
3. Indira Gandhi (Jan 24, 1966-March 24, 1977; Jan 14, 1980-Oct 31, 1984/Four terms)
4. Morarji Desai (March 24, 1977-July 28, 1979)
5. Charan Singh (July 28, 1979-Jan 14, 1980)
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6. Rajiv Gandhi (Oct 31, 1984-Dec 2, 1989)
7. Vishwanath Pratap Singh (Dec 2, 1989-Nov 10, 1990)
8. Chandra Shekhar (Nov 10, 1990-June 21, 1991)
9. P.V. Narasimha Rao (June 21, 1991-May 16, 1996)
10. Atal Bihari Vajpayee (May 16, 1996-June 1, 1996; March 19, 1998-May 22, 2004/Three terms)
11. H.D. Deve Gowda (June 1, 1996-April 21, 1997)
12. Inder Kumar Gujral (April 21, 1997-March 19, 1998)
13. Manmohan Singh (May 22, 2004-May 17, 2014/Two terms)
14. Narendra Modi (May 26, 2014-
(Gulzari Lal Nanda served as acting prime minister twice - after the death of Nehru and then Shastri.)
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