List of Indian Prime Ministers and their Tenure of ruling. No Name From To 1 Jawahar Lal Nehru 15/08/47 27/05/64 2 Gulzarilal Nanda ( Acting ) 27/05/64 09/06/64 3 Lal Bahadur Shastri 09/06/64 11/01/66 4 Gulzarilal Nanda ( Acting ) 11/01/66 24/01/66 5 Indira Gandhi 24/01/66 24/03/77 6 Morarji Desai 24/03/77 28/07/79 7 Charan Singh 28/07/79 14/01/80 8 Indira Gandhi 14/01/80 31/10/84 9 Rajiv Gandhi 31/10/84 02/12/89 10 Vishwanath Pratap Singh 02/12/89 10/11/90 11 Chandra Shekhar 10/11/90 21/06/91 12 P. V. Narasimha Rao 21/06/91 16/05/96 13 Atal Bihari Vajpayee 16/05/96 01/06/96 14 H. D. Deve Gowda 01/06/96 21/04/97 15 Inder Kumar Gujral 21/04/97 19/03/98 16 A...