Prime Minister

Indian Polity · प्रधानमंत्री · 17 facts

FIRST PM → Jawaharlal Nehru (longest serving: 1947-1964)

FIRST woman PM → Indira Gandhi

FIRST non-Congress PM → Morarji Desai

YOUNGEST PM → Rajiv Gandhi (40 years)

OLDEST PM → Morarji Desai (81 years at start of term)

PM who never faced Lok Sabha → Charan Singh

SHORTEST serving PM → Gulzarilal Nanda (caretaker, 13 days)

PM = real executive head, President = nominal head

Articles 74-75 deal with PM and Council of Ministers

PM appointed by President, must be leader of majority in Lok Sabha

Council of Ministers collectively responsible to Lok Sabha (Art 75)

3 tiers: Cabinet Ministers, Ministers of State (Independent), Ministers of State

91st Amendment: Ministers cannot exceed 15% of Lok Sabha strength

Nehru = First & longest PM (1947-1964), died in office

Rajiv Gandhi = Youngest PM (40 years)

Indira Gandhi = First woman PM, declared Emergency in 1975

Morarji Desai = First non-Congress PM