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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 head of state, the President of India. But, as is typical in most parliamentary democracy, because the head of state's duties are largely titular head, the Prime Minister is the head of government and has effective responsibility for executive power.

India follows a parliamentary system of government, known as the Westminster system after that of the United Kingdom. In this system, the Prime Minister is generally the leader of a party (or coalition of parties) that has a majority in the Lok Sabha, the lower house of the Parliament of India. The Prime Minister either has to be a current member of one of the houses of Parliament of India, or be elected within six months of being appointed.

Appointment of the Prime Minister Formally, the Prime Minister is appointed by the President of India. The President is expected to invite that person to be the Prime Minister who has been elected the leader of the parliamentary party that commands an absolute majority in the Lok Sabha. But when no single party enjoys a majority, the president has some discretion: he or she may invite the leader of a Coalition government constituting the majority in the Lok Sabha or the leader of the single largest party in the Lok Sabha.

Powers and functions The Prime Minister selects the members of the Council of Ministers, India who are formally appointed by the President. He allocates portfolios among the political minister and he can drop any minister. The Prime Minister presides over the meetings of the Council of Ministers. He decides the policies of the Government of India. He coordinates the work of different ministries and solves inter - departmental conflicts. The Prime Minister is the Chairperson of the Planning Commission which is a key body in the process of planning.

The Prime Minister advises the President on all important matters like appointments judges of the High Courts of India and the Supreme Court of India, Chief Election Commissioner of India, Comptroller and Auditor General. He also advises the President on the summoning and proroguing of the Parliament of India, the dissolving of the Lok Sabha and the declaration of emergencies.

He is a link between the President and the Cabinet.

Prime Ministers through the years Fourteen individuals have served as Prime Minister of India. Jawaharlal Nehru served for four terms (1947-1952, 1952-1957, 1957-1962, and 1962-1964). Indira Gandhi served three times (1966-1971, 1971-1977, and 1980-1984), and Atal Behari Vajpayee served on three occasions (1996, 1998-1999, 1999-2004). Gulzari Lal Nanda served as acting Prime Minister during two transition periods.

The early years were dominated by the Indian National Congress party, which held the premiership for the first thirty years of India's independence. Morarji Desai became the first non-Congress Prime Minister in 1977, representing the broad Janata coalition. In December 1989 V P Singh of that coalition's successor, the Janata Dal, became the first prime minister of that party. In 1996, Atal Behari Vajpayee of the Bharatiya Janata Party became the first person from that party to become Prime Minister. He was again returned to power in 1998 and in 1999. The 2004 elections to the Lok Sabha restored Congress to power, and Dr. Manmohan Singh was named the Prime Minister-designate on 19 May 2004. He was sworn in on May 22,2004. Singh is the first Sikh Prime Minister of India. He is also the only Prime Minister who has never been elected to the Lok Sabha.

Four out of the 13 prime ministers were born in Allahabad; the University of Allahabad has produced three prime ministers; and two prime ministers represented Allahabad as MPs. Thus, the city of Allahabad in some way or other has produced eight prime ministers out of the 14 (including the one acting prime minister). Seven out of the 13 prime ministers were born in India's largest state, Uttar Pradesh; nine prime ministers studied in Uttar Pradesh; and ten prime ministers represented constituencies in Uttar Pradesh as MPs. Thus the state of Uttar Pradesh in some way or other has produced nine prime ministers out of the 14.

The official residence of the Prime Minister of India is 7 Race Course Road. Some prime ministers have chosen to use part of their official residence as their office too, in other words, 7 RCR has functioned as the PMO (Prime Minister's Office) on several occasion in the past. The incumbent prime minister, Dr. Manmohan Singh's PMO is located at South Block and not at 7 RCR.

List of Prime Ministers of India {|width=100% border=0|-|valign="top" width=180| |{| class="wikitable" style="margin:0 auto; clear:both;" border=0|-! colspan=2 width=160|Party! width=3 rowspan=3||-| style="background-color: " || Indian National Congress|-| style="background-color: Red" || [Janata Dal! colspan=2 ||}|width=180| |}

{| class="wikitable"! colspan=2|Name! Portrait! Entered office! Left office! Date of Birth and Death! Political party|-! style="background-color: " | 1| [Jawaharlal Nehru [1947 [1964 ***] 1889 – 27 May 1964|-! style="background-color: " | -| [Gulzarilal Nanda [1964 [1964 *] 1898 - 15 January 1998|-! style="background-color: " | 2| [Lal Bahadur Shastri [1964 [1966 ***] 1904 - 11 January 1966|-! style="background-color: " | -| [Gulzarilal Nanda [1966 [1966 *] 1898 - 15 January 1998|-! style="background-color: " | 3| [Indira Gandhi [1966 [1977 [1917 - 31 October 1984|-! style="background-color: " | 4| [Morarji Desai [1977 [1979 *****], 1896 - 10 April, 1995|-! style="background-color: " | 5| [Choudhary Charan Singh [1979 [1980 ****], 1902 - 29 May, 1987|-! style="background-color: " | 6| [Indira Gandhi [1980 **] 1984 ***] 1917 - 31 October 1984|-! style="background-color: " | 7| [Rajiv Gandhi [1984 [1989 [1944 – 21 May 1991|-! style="background-color: Red" | 8| [Vishwanath Pratap Singh [1989 [1990 ****] 1931 - present]|-! style="background-color: Red" | 9| Chandra Shekhar [1990 [1991 [1927 – 8 July 2007|-! style="background-color: " | 10| [P. V. Narasimha Rao [1991 [1996 [1921 – 23 December 2004|-! style="background-color: " | 11| [Atal Behari Vajpayee [1996 [1996 ****], 1924 - present]|-! style="background-color: Red" | 12| H. D. Deve Gowda [1996 [1997 ****] 1933 - present]|-! style="background-color: Red" | 13| Inder Kumar Gujral [1997 [1998 [1919 - present]|-! style="background-color: " | 14| Atal Behari Vajpayee [1998 [2004, [1924 - present]|-! style="background-color: " | 15| Manmohan Singh [2004, [1932 - present]|}

* Interim
** Returned to Office
*** Assassinated or Died in Office
**** Resigned
***** Dismissed by President following a no-confidence motion