Who is the first president and prime minister of india
The first was Jawaharlal Nehru of the Indian National Congress party, who was sworn-in on 15 August 1947, when India gained independence from the British. Serving until his death in May 1964, Nehru remains India's longest-serving prime minister. The first prime minister of India who didn’t belonged to the Nehru-Gandhi clan (Congress). Morarji was the 4 th Prime Minister of India. Not many know that Morarji is the only Indian national to get the Pakistan’s highest civilian award, Nishaan-e-Pakistan. Morarji was a socially conservative and a pro-business person. The Prime Minister of India is the chief executive of the Government of India. In India's parliamentary system, the Constitution names the President as head of state de jure, but his de facto executive powers are vested in the Prime Minister and his Council of Ministers. The first prime minister of India who didn’t belonged to the Nehru-Gandhi clan (Congress). Morarji was the 4 th Prime Minister of India. Not many know that Morarji is the only Indian national to get the Pakistan’s highest civilian award, Nishaan-e-Pakistan. The prime minister leads the functioning and exercise of authority of the Government of India. He is invited by the President of India in the Parliament of India as leader of the majority party to form a government at the federal level (known as Central or Union Government in India) and exercise its powers. Manmohan Singh was the Prime Minister of India in 2010. He became the 13th Prime Minister of India on 2004 May 22. Singh is an economist and held the positions of Governor of … the Reserve Bank and Minister of Finance before becoming the Prime Minister. Rajiv Gandhi was another PM of India from the Nehru-Gandhian clan. He was the sixth Prime Minister of India. He was elevated to the PM’s post after her mother’s (Indira Gandhi) assassination. His infamous statement of ‘If a big tree falls, the earth shakes’ created a huge controversy post 1984 anti-Sikh riots. Since independence India has seen 14 full-time Prime Ministers (at the time of updating this post – as on October 25th, 2014) and 15 in all. Pt Jawaharlal Nehru of the Indian National Congress was the first Prime Minister of free India. In India's parliamentary system, the Constitution names the President as head of state de jure, but his de facto executive powers are vested in the Prime Minister and his Council of Ministers. Since 1947, India has had fifteen prime ministers, including Gulzarilal Nanda who twice acted in the role. The first was Jawaharlal Nehru of the Indian National Congress party, who was sworn-in on 15 August 1947, when India gained independence from the British.
 Jawaharlal Nehru