Jawaharlal Nehru
Aug. 15, 1947 - May 27, 1964

Gulzari Lal Nanda
May 27, 1964 - June 9, 1964 (Interim)
January 11 - 24, 1966(Interim)

Lal Bahadur Shastri
June 9, 1964 - January 11, 1966

Indira Gandhi
Jan. 24, 1966 - March 24, 1977
Jan. 14, 1980 - Oct. 31,1984

Morarji Desai
March 24, 1977 - July 28, 1979

Charan Singh
July 28, 1979 - Jan. 14, 1980

Rajiv Gandhi
Oct. 31,1984 - Dec. 1,1989

V. P. Singh
Dec. 2,1989 - Nov. 10, 1990

Chandra Shekhar
Nov. 10,1990 - June 21, 1991

P. V. Narasimha Rao
June 21, 1991 - May 10, 1996

Atal Bihari Vajpayee
May 16 - June 1, 1996

H. D. Deve Gowda
June 1, 1996 - April 21, 1997

I. K. Gujral
April 21, 1997 - Nov. 28. 1997

Atal Bihari Vajpayee
March 19, 1998 - till date