5 Longest Serving Prime Ministers Of India

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India's prime minister is the leader of the political party that wins a majority in the Lok Sabha, which serves as the nation's primary legislative chamber

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The prime minister ranks third in order of precedence

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Since 1947, India has had 14 prime ministers

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Here are the 5 longest-serving Prime Ministers of India

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India's first Prime Minister, Jawaharlal Nehru, also holds the record for the longest tenure, serving for 16 years and 286 days

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Indira Gandhi was first and only female Prime Minister of India, serving in two terms (1966-1977 and 1980-1984)

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Manmohan Singh was India's prime minister for 10 years, 4 days. He served two terms as Prime Minister (2004-2014)

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Narendra Modi is serving his second term as prime minister of India since 2019. He is the first Prime Minister to be born after India's independence in 1947

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Atal Bihari Vajpayee served three non-consecutive terms as Prime Minister (1996, 1998-2004)

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