| NAMES |
TIME PERIOD |
| Jawahar Lal Nehru(1889-1964) |
Aug. 15, 1947- May 27,1964 |
| Guljari Lal Nanda(Acting) |
May 27,1964-June 9,1964 |
| Lal Bahadur Shastri(1904-1966) |
June 9, 1964- June 11, 1966 |
| Guljari Lal Nanda(Acting) |
June 11,1966-Jan 24,1966 |
| Indira Gandhi(1917-1984) |
Jan 24,1966-March 24, 1977 |
| Moradi Desai(1896-1995) |
March 24, 1977-Jan. 14, 1980 |
| Charan Singh(1902-1987) |
Jan. 14, 1980-Oct. 31,1984 |
| Indira Gandhi(1917-1984) |
Oct. 31,1984-Dec. 2,1989 |
| Rajiv Gandhi(1944-1991) |
Dec. 2,1989-Nov. 9,1990 |
| V.P. Singh(1931-) |
Nov. 9,1990-June 21,1991 |
| Chandra Shekhar(July 1,1927-) |
June 21,1991- May 15,1996 |
| P.V. Narsimha Rao(June 28,1921-) |
May 15,1996- May 31,1996 |
| A.B. Vajpayee(Dec. 25,1926-) |
June 1,1996-April 20,1997 |
| H.D. Deva Gowda(1933) |
April 21,1997- March 19,1998 |
| I.K. Gujral |
March 19,1998-April 17,1999 |
| A.B. Vajpayee |
April 17,1999-Oct.12,1999(Caretaker) |
| A.B. Vajpayee |
Oct.13,1999-May 22,2004 |
| Dr. Manmohan Singh |
May 22, 2004- to date |
