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The Prime Minister of India is the most powerful person in the country in practice although it is the President in theory. It is the Prime Minister who calls the shots in India. The Prime Minister or in short the P.M heads the Council of Ministers to exercise the authority of the Government of India. The P.M. is appointed by the President after it is proved that he/she is the leader of the majority party in the Parliament. Currently the Prime Minister of India is Dr.Manmohan Singh, who is the 17th P.M. of India. The ruling party is the United Progressive Alliance (U.P.A) which is led by the Indian National Congress. The Prime Minister has a term of 5 years but there are occasions when he/she has to resign after losing the trust-vote (in other words, not able to prove his/her majority in the Parliament). The official residence of the Prime Minister of India is at 7, Race course road, New Delhi.

Below is the list of Prime Ministers who have served India:

1. Jawahar Lal Nehru

Political Party: Indian National Congress

Tenure: 15 August 1947 – 27 May 1964

2. Gulzarilal Nanda

Political Party: Indian National Congress

Tenure: 27 May 1964 – 9 June 1964

3. Lal Bahadur Shastri

Political Party: Indian National Congress

Tenure: 9 June 1964 – 11 January 1966

4. Gulzarilal Nanda

Political Party: Indian National Congress

Tenure: 11 January 1966 – 24 January 1966

5. Indira Gandhi

Political Party: Indian National Congress

Tenure: 24 January 1966 – 24 March 1977

6. Morarji Desai

Political Party: Janata Party

Tenure: 24 March 1977 – 28 July 1979

7. Choudhary Charan Singh

Political Party: Janata Party

Tenure: 28 July 1979 – 14 January 1980

8. Indira Gandhi

Political Party: Indian National Congress

Tenure: 14 January 1980 – 31 October 1984

9. Rajiv Gandhi

Political Party: Indian National Congress

Tenure: 31 October 1984 – 2 December 1989

10. Vishwanath Pratap Singh

Political Party: Janata Dal

Tenure: 2 December 1989 – 10 November 1990

11. Chandra Shekhar

Political Party: Samajwadi Janata Party

Tenure: 10 November 1990 – 21 June 1991

12. P. V. Narasimha Rao

Political Party: Indian National Congress

Tenure: 21 June 1991- 16 May 1996

13. Atal Bihari Vajpayee

Political Party: Bharatiya Janata Party

Tenure: 16 May 1996 – 1 June 1996

14. H. D. Deve Gowda

Political Party: Janata Dal

Tenure: 1 June 1996 – 21 April 1997

15. Inder Kumar Gujral

Political Party: Janata Party

Tenure: 21 April 1997- 19 March 1998

16. Atal Bihari Vajpayee

Political Party: Bharatiya Janata Party

Tenure: 19 March 1998 – 22 May 2004

17. Dr. Manmohan Singh

Political Party: Indian National Congress

Tenure: 22 May 2004 – Incumbent

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