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title: "First & Facts: Indian PM History - Nehru to Modi | Key Milestones"
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# First & Facts: Indian PM History - Nehru to Modi | Key Milestones

## First Prime Ministers of India

| Milestone / First | Prime Minister | Details |
| --- | --- | --- |
| First Prime Minister of India | Jawaharlal Nehru | In office 1947–1964 |
| First Deputy Prime Minister of India | Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel | Also held Home Affairs |
| First Woman Prime Minister | Indira Gandhi | Assumed office 1966 |
| Longest-Serving Prime Minister | Jawaharlal Nehru | About 16 years and 9 months |
| First Prime Minister to Resign from Office | Morarji Desai | Resigned in 1979 |
| First Prime Minister Who Did Not Face Parliament | Charan Singh | Never faced the Lok Sabha as PM |
| First Prime Minister to Lose an Election | Indira Gandhi | Defeated in the 1977 general election |
| First Prime Minister Nominated from the Rajya Sabha | Indira Gandhi | Was a member of the Upper House when she took office |
| First Prime Minister from the Non-Hindi Belt of South India | P.V. Narasimha Rao | Took office in 1991 |
| First Sikh Prime Minister of India | Dr. Manmohan Singh | Took office in 2004 |
| First Prime Minister Born After Independence | Narendra Modi | Born 17 September 1950 |
| First Prime Minister to Receive the Bharat Ratna While in Office | Jawaharlal Nehru | Conferred in 1955 |
| First Non-Congress Prime Minister to Complete a Full Term | Atal Bihari Vajpayee | 1999–2004 |
| First Prime Minister to Deliver a Speech in Hindi at the UN General Assembly | Atal Bihari Vajpayee | Addressed the UNGA in Hindi |
| First Prime Minister to Address the Shangri-La Dialogue in Singapore | Narendra Modi | Delivered the keynote address |

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