| 1. |
Jawaharlal Nehru |
August 15, 1947 to May 27, 1964 |
| 2. |
Gulzarilal Nanda |
May 27, 1964 to June 9, 1964 |
| 3. |
Lal Bahadur Shastri |
June 9, 1964 to January 11, 1966 |
| 4. |
Gulzarilal Nanda |
January 11, 1966 to January 24, 1966 |
| 5. |
Indira Gandhi |
January 24, 1966 to March 24, 1977 |
| 6. |
Morarji Desai |
March 24, 1977 to July 28, 1979 |
| 7. |
Choudhary Charan Singh |
July 28, 1979 to January 14, 1980 |
| 8. |
Indira Gandhi |
January 14, 1980 to October 31, 1984 |
| 9. |
Rajiv Gandhi |
October 31, 1984 to December 2, 1989 |
| 10. |
Vishwanath Pratap Singh |
December 2, 1989 to November 10, 1990 |
| 11. |
Chandra Shekhar |
November 10, 1990 to June 21, 1991 |
| 12. |
P. V. Narasimha Rao |
June 21, 1991 to May 16, 1996 |
| 13. |
Atal Behari Vajpayee |
May 16, 1996 to June 1, 1996 |
| 14. |
H. D. Deve Gowda |
June 1, 1996 to April 21, 1997 |
| 15. |
Inder Kumar Gujral |
April 21, 1997 to March 19, 1998 |
| 16. |
Atal Behari Vajpayee |
March 19, 1998 to May 22, 2004 |
| 17. |
Dr. Manmohan Singh |
May 22, 2004 to till date |