A new record will be made on June 10… From Nehru-Indira-Manmohan to Modi, who ran the country for how many days?

The story of the tenure of the Prime Ministers of the country.

As the elected Prime Minister, Narendra Modi will leave behind the first Prime Minister Pandit Jawahar Lal Nehru’s record of 4,399 on June 10. Narendra Modi is the fifteenth Prime Minister of the country, including the acting Prime Minister Gulzari Lal Nanda. Meanwhile, some Prime Ministers got the opportunity to work on the most important post of the country for a long time, while the tenure of some was very brief.

Chaudhary Charan Singh was the only one among them, who did not get a chance to face the Parliament even for a day as Prime Minister. Read the story of the Prime Ministers since independence till the present Prime Minister Modi.

Nehru got the post of Prime Minister before the elections

Before the country’s independence on 15 August 1947, Pandit Jawahar Lal Nehru was leading the interim government from 2 September 1946. In this government, Nehru’s post as Deputy Chairman of the Viceroy’s Executive Council was equivalent to that of the Prime Minister. After independence, the Constituent Assembly was accepted as the interim Lok Sabha and Pandit Nehru’s tenure continued as Prime Minister. In the third Lok Sabha elections of 1951-52 and again in 1957 and 1962, Congress continued its winning streak under the leadership of Pandit Nehru.

Pandit Nehru continued to lead these central governments till his death on 27 May 1964. Pandit Nehru’s tenure as elected Prime Minister from the first general elections till his death was 4,398 days. However, if the period between independence on August 15, 1947 and the first general election is added to this, then he got the opportunity to hold the post of Prime Minister for 6,130 days.

Nanda was acting Prime Minister twice

After the death of Pandit Nehru, Gulzari Lal Nanda served as the acting Prime Minister for a period of 13 days from 27 May 1964 to 9 June 1964. The next Prime Minister Lal Bahadur Shastri took oath as Prime Minister on 9 June 1964. Under his leadership as Prime Minister, the Congress Party did not get an opportunity to face any election. But India’s victory in the 1965 Pakistan war made Shastri ji’s tenure memorable.

After this war, negotiations were held with Pakistan in Tashkent under the mediation of the Soviet Union. Shastri ji died tragically in Tashkent on 11 January 1966, the night of the agreement. His tenure as Prime Minister was 581 days. After this Gulzari Lal Nanda once again took oath as the acting Prime Minister. For the second time also between 11 January 1966 and 24 January 1966, he was Got tenure of 13 days.

Indira Gandhi got three terms

The next Prime Minister Indira Gandhi got four terms. After the death of Lal Bahadur Shastri, he took oath as the Prime Minister for the first time on 24 January 1966 after defeating Morarji Desai in the election for the post of leader in the Congress Parliamentary Party. Indira remained the Prime Minister till 24 March 1977 with the victory of Congress in the fourth general election of 1967 and the mid-term elections of 1971.

The one-year extension of the tenure of the Lok Sabha during the Emergency gave Indira the opportunity to lead the country as Prime Minister for 4,077 days in the first phase. Congress was defeated in the 1977 elections. Indira Gandhi also lost her Rae Bareli seat. The next government of Janata Party was led by Morarji Desai. Desai’s tenure lasted 856 days from 24 March 1977 to 28 July 1979.

Charan Singh who did not get the opportunity to face the Lok Sabha

After the breakup of the Janata Party and the fall of the Morarji government through a no-confidence motion in the Lok Sabha, Chaudhary Charan Singh became the next Prime Minister with the support of the Congress. He took the oath of office on 28 July 1979. Before he could face Parliament, on 20 August 1979, Congress withdrew support to his government. Chaudhary Charan Singh submitted his resignation to the President on the same day. Since no next government could be formed in the sixth Lok Sabha, the Lok Sabha was dissolved and new elections were announced. Chaudhary Charan Singh’s tenure as acting Prime Minister continued till 14 January 1980. In this way, he got the opportunity to remain on this post for a total of 170 days.

Indira’s return, Rajiv’s innings again

In the 1980 Lok Sabha elections, Congress once again returned to power under the leadership of Indira Gandhi. On January 14, 1980, Indira took oath as Prime Minister for the fourth time. On October 31, 1984, he was assassinated by two of his security guards. This time his tenure as Prime Minister was 1,752 days. Including 4,077 days of his previous tenure, he led the country as Prime Minister for a total of 5,829 days.

Rajiv Gandhi took oath as the next Prime Minister on 31 October 1984, the day of Indira’s tragic assassination. Congress registered a landslide victory in the premature 1984 Lok Sabha elections. Once again Rajiv Gandhi took oath as Prime Minister. But with the defeat of Congress in the 1989 elections, he resigned on 2 December 1989. Rajiv Gandhi held the post of Prime Minister for 1,858 days.

era of coalition governments

The era of coalition governments started from 1989. This sequence continued for the next twenty-five years. Vishwanath Pratap Singh of Janata Dal, formed with the support of BJP and Left, took oath as Prime Minister on 2 December 1989. After the arrest of Lal Krishna Advani in Samastipur by Bihar Chief Minister Lalu Yadav, who had set out on a journey from Somnath to Ayodhya with Ram Rath, BJP withdrew support from the Central Government.

Despite being in minority, Vishwanath Pratap Singh tried unsuccessfully to get a vote of confidence in the Lok Sabha. Ultimately he resigned on 10 November 1990. His tenure as Prime Minister was 343 days. On the lines of Charan Singh, Congress supported the Chandrashekhar government of the breakaway faction of Janata Dal and then soon opened the way for the next elections by withdrawing its support on the charges of spying on Rajiv Gandhi’s house. Chandrashekhar took oath as Prime Minister on 10 November 1990. Congress withdrew support on 5 March 1991. The next day on 6 March, Chandrashekhar resigned. Due to the dissolution of the Lok Sabha on March 13, the next elections were announced. As acting Prime Minister, Chandrashekhar remained on the post of Prime Minister for a total of 223 days till 21 June 1991.

Four elections in the ninth decade – five governments

No party got a clear majority in the 1991 Lok Sabha elections. Nevertheless, with the support of other parties, PV Narasimha Rao of Congress was successful in completing his term. Rao was the Prime Minister of the country for a total of 1,791 days from 21 June 1991 to 16 May 1996. The 1996 Lok Sabha election results made the situation even more awkward. As the leader of the largest party, President Dr. Shankar Dayal Sharma administered the oath of office to Atal Bihari Vajpayee as Prime Minister on 16 May 1996. His government failed to prove majority in the Lok Sabha.

He resigned within 16 days on June 1, 1996. HD Deve Gowda rests on Congress support 324 days from 1 June 1996 to 21 April 1997 and I.K. Gujral Total from 21 April 1997 to 19 March 1998 Was Prime Minister for 332 days.

In the 1998 elections, a coalition government was once again formed. Atal Bihari Vajpayee took oath as Prime Minister on 19 March 1998. A.I.D.M.K. Due to withdrawal of support, Atal ji failed to get the trust vote on 17 April 1999 by a margin of just one vote. Lok Sabha was dissolved. Elections were held again in 1999. This time on 13 October 1999 i.e. Atal ji’s tenure was 573 days.

Three coalition governments completed their tenure

The series of coalition governments continued in the three Lok Sabha elections between 1999 and 2009. However, these governments were successful in completing their tenure. On 13 October 1999, Atal ji took oath as Prime Minister for the third time. He failed to return to power in the premature elections held in 2004. He remained Prime Minister till 22 May 2004. This time his tenure was 1,683 days.

Congress led UPA Dr. Manmohan Singh was the Prime Minister in the two governments of 2004 and 2009. He led the country as Prime Minister for 3,656 days between 22 May 2004 and 26 May 2014. Narendra Modi as Prime Minister The journey started on 26 May 2014. He is serving his third term as Prime Minister after success in the 2019 and 2024 elections. On June 10, 2026, he will complete 4,399 days as Prime Minister and surpass Pandit Nehru’s tenure of 4,398 days as elected Prime Minister.

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