Prime Minister of India

The Prime Minister of India is, in practice, the most powerful person in the government of India. The Prime Minister is technically outranked by the President of India, but because the President's duties are largely ceremonial, the Prime Minister has effective responsibility for government.

List of Prime Ministers of India

* acting

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** resumed office

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*** Indian National Congress became Congress I ( I for Indira)

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