Living prime ministers of India
This article shows the living prime ministers of India from the swearing-in of the first prime minister Jawaharlal Nehru in 1947 until the present. Currently, in addition to the incumbent, Narendra Modi, there are two living former prime ministers: H. D. Deve Gowda and Manmohan Singh.
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Current living prime ministers[edit]
Living prime ministers as of November 5, 2024 (from oldest to youngest)
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Manmohan Singh
(2004–2014)
Born September 26, 1932
(age 92 years, 40 days) -
H. D. Deve Gowda
(1996–1997)
Born May 18, 1933
(age 91 years, 171 days) -
Narendra Modi
(2014–present)
Born September 17, 1950
(age 74 years, 49 days)
Timeline[edit]
Table showing the number of prime ministers alive at each time period in Indian History.
Most and least living prime ministers[edit]
There has been one time period with seven living prime ministers (i.e., the incumbent and six former prime ministers):
- May 22, 2004 to December 23, 2004 – Vishwanath Pratap Singh, Chandra Shekhar, P. V. Narasimha Rao, Atal Bihari Vajpayee, H. D. Deve Gowda, Inder Kumar Gujral and Manmohan Singh
There have been three time periods when the incumbent prime minister was the only living prime minister, having no living predecessors:
- August 15, 1947 to May 27, 1964 –Jawaharlal Nehru, who, being the first prime minister, had no predecessors
- June 9, 1964 to January 11, 1966 – Lal Bahadur Shastri, after the death of his only predecessor, Jawaharlal Nehru
- January 24, 1966 to March 24, 1977 – Indira Gandhi, after the death of her predecessor, Lal Bahadur Shastri
- There have been 6 administrations during which a prime minister has not died, the most recent being the administration of Inder Kumar Gujral. This does not include the administrations of Jawaharlal Nehru, Lal Bahadur Shastri, or Indira Gandhi (who were themselves the only prime ministers to die during their administrations).
- Conversely only during the administration of Manmohan Singh has their been as many as four deaths during an administration.
- The longest period between deaths of prime ministers was the 18 years and 294 days between the deaths of Lal Bahadur Shastri on January 11, 1966 and Indira Gandhi on October 31, 1984. The shortest was the 1 year and 142 days between the deaths of Chandra Shekhar on July 8, 2007 and Vishwanath Pratap Singh on November 27, 2008.
- If the longest period between deaths is to be exceeded, no prime minister must die before June 6, 2037, both the current oldest and second oldest surviving prime ministers Manmohan Singh and H. D. Deve Gowda would then be 104 years of age.
- Since the swearing-in of Morarji Desai on March 24, 1977 ( a period of 47 years, 226 days) there have been at least two prime ministers living.
See also[edit]
- Prime Minister of India
- List of prime ministers of India
- List of prime ministers of India by longevity
Citations and references[edit]
- ↑ DelhiMay 30, India Today Web Desk New; May 30, 2019UPDATED; Ist, 2019 16:06. "Empty envelope, tryst with destiny and a maddening crowd: How Nehru took oath as India's 1st PM". India Today. Archived from the original on 2020-11-08. Retrieved 2021-03-20. Unknown parameter
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