New Delhi: In the Republic of India, the Prime Minister is the head of Union Council of Ministers. The Prime Minister and his or her chosen Council of Ministers have the executive authority, despite the President being the nominal head of the executive. The Prime Minister is the head of the government who forms the Cabinet and takes all the important decisions about the benefit of the country. The Prime Minister must enjoy the confidence of the majority of Lok Sabha members, who are directly elected every five years. Currently, the Prime Minister of India is Narendra Modi who is serving in that role since May 26, 2014.
Which state has given India the most Prime Ministers?
Since Independence in 1947, India has had 14 Prime Ministers. Out of them, nine Prime Ministers have been elected from Uttar Pradesh. They are the first PM of India Jawaharlal Nehru, Lal Bahadur Shastri, Indira Gandhi, Chaudhari Charan Singh, Rajiv Gandhi, Vishwanath Pratap Singh, Chandra Shekhar, Atal Bihari Vajpayee and Narendra Modi. Not only UP has sent the most number of Prime Ministers but it has also sent some of the most illustrious names in the history of Indian politics.
Which states follow Uttar Pradesh in this list?
Gujarat
So far, Gujarat has given India three Prime Ministers. Morarji Desai was the first PM from the state and he served in the role between 1977 and 1979, and could not complete his full term in the office. Next is Gulzarilal Nanda who was elected from Gujarat and was the Acting Prime Minister of India for two 13-day tenures following the deaths of Jawaharlal Nehru in 1964 and Lal Bahadur Shastri in 1966 respectively. Here it must be noted that while Narendra Modi, who is currently serving his third term in the office, hails from Gujarat, he contests from Varanasi in the Lok Sabha elections.
Punjab: Two of the 14 Prime Ministers, Inder Kumar Gujral and Manmohan Singh were born in the Punjab region before India gained Independence in 1947.
India has had 14 Prime Ministers since independence. Uttar Pradesh leads with nine, including iconic figures like Jawaharlal Nehru and Indira Gandhi. Gujarat follows with three, notably Narendra Modi and Morarji Desai. knowledge Knowledge News, Photos and Videos on General Knowledge
