Navratri, the Festival of Nine
Nights, is celebrated in honor of goddesses Durga, Lakshmi, and
Saraswati. The festival is celebrated for nine nights every year
in the Hindu month of Ashvin (September-October) although as the
dates of the festival .........
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The Prime Ministers of India
The Prime Minister of India is, in
practice, the most powerful person in the government of India. There have been
fourteen Prime Ministers of India. Some of them have served more than one
tenure.
List Of Prime-Ministers of India
| |
Prime Minister |
Office Tenure |
Party |
|
Jawaharlal Nehru |
Aug. 15, 1947 - May 27,
1964 |
Congress |
 |
Gulzari Lal Nanda |
May 27, 1964 - June 9,
1964 (Interim) |
Congress |
 |
Lal Bahadur Shastri
|
June 9, 1964 - January
11, 1966 |
Congress |
|
|
Gulzari Lal Nanda |
January 11 - 24,
1966(Interim) |
Congress |
 |
Indira Gandhi |
Jan. 24, 1966 to March
24, 1977 |
Congress |
 |
Morarji Desai |
March 24, 1977 to July
28, 1979 |
Janata Party |
 |
Charan Singh |
July 28, 1979 - Jan. 14,
1980 |
Janata Party |
|
|
Indira Gandhi |
Jan. 14, 1980 to Oct.
31,1984 |
Congress (I) |
 |
Rajiv Gandhi |
Oct. 31,1984 to Dec.
1,1989 |
Congress (I) |
 |
V. P. Singh |
Dec. 2,1989 - Nov. 10,
1990 |
Janata Dal |
 |
Chandra Shekhar |
Nov. 10,1990 - June 21,
1991 |
Janata Dal (S) |
 |
P. V. Narasimha Rao |
June 21, 1991 to May 10,
1996 |
Congress (I) |
 |
Atal Bihari Vajpayee |
May 16 to June 1, 1996 |
Bharatiya Janata Party |
 |
H. D. Deve Gowda |
June 1, 1996 to April
21, 1997 |
Janata Dal |
 |
I. K. Gujral |
April 21, 1997 - Nov.
28. 1997 |
Janata Dal |
|
|
Atal Bihari Vajpayee |
March 19, 1998 - May 22,
2004 |
Bharatiya Janata Party |
 |
Dr. Manmohan Singh |
May 22, 2004 - till date |
INC |
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