List of Prime Ministers of India by longevity

This is a list of Indian Prime Ministers by longevity. Where the person in question is still living, the longevity is calculated up to 24 April 2024.

Two measures of the longevity are given - this is to allow for the differing number of leap days occurring within the life of each Prime Minister. The first column is the number of days between date of birth and date of death, allowing for leap days; the second column breaks this number down into years and days, with the years being the number of whole years the Prime Minister lived, and the days being the remaining number of days after his/her last birthday.

Age of the Prime Ministers when assuming office is shown in this bar chart. It is not quite a bell curve (mean age is 64.62 years and is marked by red line).

If a Prime Minister served more than one non-consecutive term, the dates listed below are for the beginning of their first term, and the end of their final term.

The median age at which a Prime Minister first takes office is roughly 64 years and 8 months, which falls between Gulzarilal Nanda and Chandra Shekhar. The youngest person to become Prime Minister was Rajiv Gandhi, who became Prime Minister at the age of 40 years, 72 days. The oldest person to become Prime Minister was Morarji Desai, who became Prime Minister at the age of 81 years, 23 days.

The oldest living Prime Minister is Atal Bihari Vajpayee, born 25 December 1924 (aged ). The youngest living Prime Minister is the incumbent Narendra Modi, born 17 September 1950 (aged ).

The longest lived Prime Minister was Gulzarilal Nanda, who lived to the age of 99 years, 195 days. Morarji Desai was the second-longest lived Prime Minister, and the longest lived elected Prime Minister (Nanda, a cabinet minister, served as acting Prime Minister when both Jawaharlal Nehru and Lal Bahadur Shastri died in office). Desai lived to the age of 99 years, 40 days, only 155 days short of matching Nanda. The shortest lived Prime Minister was Rajiv Gandhi, who was assassinated at the age of 46 years, 274 days.

Narendra Modi (17 September 1950) is the first Prime Minister of India to be born after the Independence of India. Rest all the former Prime Ministers were born before the Independence of India. Before him, Rajiv Gandhi was the last born Prime Minister (20 August 1944), but he was assassinated in 1991.

Prime Ministers of India

#	Prime Minister	Date of birth	Start date of (first) term	Age at beginning of (first) term	End date of (final) term	Total time in office	Date of death	Lifespan
1	Nehru, JawaharlalJawaharlal Nehru	1889-11-14(1889-11-14)14 November 1889	15 August 1947 (1947-08-15)	57-274	27 May 1964 (1964-05-27)	06,130 days	1964-05-2727 May 1964(1964-05-27)	days ()
2	Shastri, Lal BahadurLal Bahadur Shastri	1904-10-02(1904-10-02)2 October 1904	9 June 1964 (1964-06-09)	59-251	11 January 1966 (1966-01-11)	00,581 days	1966-01-1111 January 1966(1966-01-11)	days ()
3	Nanda, GulzarilalGulzarilal Nanda	1898-07-04(1898-07-04)4 July 1898	27 May 1964 (1964-05-27)	65-328	24 January 1966 (1966-01-24)	00,026 days	1998-01-1515 January 1998(1998-01-15)	days ()
4	Gandhi, IndiraIndira Gandhi	1917-11-19(1917-11-19)19 November 1917	24 January 1966 (1966-01-24)	48-066	31 October 1984 (1984-10-31)	05,829 days	1984-10-3131 October 1984(1984-10-31)	days ()
5	Desai, MorarjiMorarji Desai	1896-02-29(1896-02-29)29 February 1896	24 March 1977 (1977-03-24)	81-023	28 July 1979 (1979-07-28)	00,856 days	1995-04-1010 April 1995(1995-04-10)	days ()
6	Singh, CharanCharan Singh	1902-12-23(1902-12-23)23 December 1902	28 July 1979 (1979-07-28)	76-217	14 January 1980 (1980-01-14)	00,170 days	1987-05-2929 May 1987(1987-05-29)	days ()
7	Gandhi, RajivRajiv Gandhi	1944-08-20(1944-08-20)20 August 1944	31 October 1984 (1984-10-31)	40-072	2 December 1989 (1989-12-02)	01,858 days	1991-05-2121 May 1991(1991-05-21)	days ()
8	Singh, V. P.V. P. Singh	1931-06-25(1931-06-25)25 June 1931	2 December 1989 (1989-12-02)	58-160	10 November 1990 (1990-11-10)	00,343 days	2008-11-2727 November 2008(2008-11-27)	days ()
9	Shekhar, ChandraChandra Shekhar	1927-07-01(1927-07-01)1 July 1927	10 November 1990 (1990-11-10)	63-132	21 June 1991 (1991-06-21)	00,223 days	2007-07-088 July 2007(2007-07-08)	days ()
10	Rao, P. V. NarasimhaP. V. Narasimha Rao	1921-06-28(1921-06-28)28 June 1921	21 June 1991 (1991-06-21)	69-358	16 May 1996 (1996-05-16)	01,791 days	2004-12-2323 December 2004(2004-12-23)	days ()
11	Vajpayee, Atal BihariAtal Bihari Vajpayee	1924-12-25(1924-12-25)25 December 1924	16 May 1996 (1996-05-16)	71-143	22 May 2004 (2004-05-22)	02,272 days	2024-04-24	days ()
12	Gowda, H. D. DeveH. D. Deve Gowda	1933-05-18(1933-05-18)18 May 1933	1 June 1996 (1996-06-01)	63-014	21 April 1997 (1997-04-21)	00,324 days	2024-04-24	days ()
13	Gujral, I. K.I. K. Gujral	1919-12-04(1919-12-04)4 December 1919	21 April 1997 (1997-04-21)	77-138	19 March 1998 (1998-03-19)	00,332 days	2012-11-3030 November 2012(2012-11-30)	days ()
14	Dr. Singh, ManmohanManmohan Singh	1932-09-26(1932-09-26)26 September 1932	22 May 2004 (2004-05-22)	71-239	26 May 2014 (2014-05-26)	03,655 days	NA	days ()
15	Modi, NarendraNarendra Modi	1950-09-17(1950-09-17)17 September 1950	26 May 2014 (2014-05-26)	63-251	NA	00,589 days	NA	days ()
#	Prime Minister	Date of birth	Start date of (first) term	Age at beginning of first) term	End date of (final) term	Total time in office	Date of death	Lifespan

See also

• Prime Ministers of India