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Prime Minister of India

Head of the Government of India

17 dated entries naming Prime Minister of India, drawn from 16 separate years between 1917 CE and 2024 CE. Nothing here is written by us: each line is the sentence a Wikipedia year article used, and the link beside it opens the exact revision.

Also written as Indian Prime Minister in the source articles; Wikipedia redirects those to the same subject, so their entries are on this page.

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20th century

  • 1917November 19 – Indira Gandhi, Prime Minister of India (died 1984)source
  • 1921June 28 – P. V. Narasimha Rao, Prime Minister of India (died 2004)source
  • 1924December 25 – Atal Bihari Vajpayee, 10th Prime Minister of India (died 2018)source
  • 1932September 26 – Manmohan Singh, Indian economist and 13th prime minister of India (died 2024)source
  • 1947August 15 – Jawaharlal Nehru takes office as the first prime minister of India, taking his oath from Louis Mountbatten, Viscount Mountbatten of Burma, Governor-General of India (but no longer viceroy).source
  • 1950September 17 – Narendra Modi, 14th Prime Minister of Indiasource
  • 1964May 27 – Jawaharlal Nehru, Indian politician, 1st Prime Minister of India (born 1889)source
  • 1978December 19 – Former Prime Minister of India Indira Gandhi is arrested and jailed for a week for breach of privilege and contempt of parliament.source
  • 1980January 14 – Indian National Congress party leader Indira Gandhi returns to power as the Prime Minister of India.source
  • 1982September 16 - Future Prime Minister of India Manmohan Singh becomes Governor of the Reserve Bank of Indiasource
  • 1984October 31 – Assassination of Indira Gandhi: Prime Minister of India Indira Gandhi is assassinated by her two Sikh security guards in New Delhi. Anti-Sikh riots break out, leaving 10,000 to 20,000 Sikhs dead in Delhi and surrounding areas with the majority populations of Hindus. Rajiv Gandhi becomes Prime Minister of India.source
  • 198729 July – The Indo-Sri Lanka Peace Accord is signed in Colombo between Indian Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi and Sri Lankan President J. R. Jayewardene, thus bringing an end to the first phase of the Sri Lankan Civil War.source
  • 1991May 21 – Rajiv Gandhi, 46, Indian politician, prime minister (1984–1989), suicide bombing.source

21st century

  • 2014May 26 – Narendra Modi succeeds Manmohan Singh as the 14th Prime Minister of India.source
  • 2018July 20 – Prime Minister, Narendra Modi wins a no confidence motion in the Lok Sabha moved by the opposition.source
  • 2018August 16 – Atal Bihari Vajpayee, 93, Indian politician, Prime Minister (1996, 1998–2004), Minister of External Affairs (1977–1979), multiple organ failure.source
  • 2024January 22 – Ram Mandir Pran Pratishtha: The Ram Mandir is inaugurated by Prime Minister, Narendra Modi in Ayodhya, Uttar Pradesh.source

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