Down memory lane: When India got new Prime Ministers

From Jawaharlal Nehru to Narendra Modi, here is a look back at the oath-taking ceremony of Indian PMs.

15-08-1947: Jawaharlal Nehru taking oath as the first Prime Minister of independent India. He served as the country's PM for 16 years, until his death in 1964. He was appointed by Lord Mountbatten and later held his office under the Presidentship of Dr R 

27-05-1964: Gulzarilal Nanda of Indian National Congress swearing in as the acting Prime Minister of India. He was preceded by Lal Bahadur Shastri. Gulzarilal once again become the PM of the country for 13 days -- starting 11 January, 1966 -- before making way for Indira Gandhi. (Express Archives)

24 -01-1966: Congress leader Indira Gandhi swearing in as the third Prime Minister of India. President S Radhakrishnan is seen administering the oath taking ceremony. (Express Archives)

24-03-1977: Morarji Desai of Janata Party along with President BD Jatti (Express Archives)

31-10-1984: Following his mother's assassination, Rajiv Gandhi was appointed the Prime Minister of India. Gandhi remained Congress President until the elections in 1991. While campaigning for the elections, he was assassinated by a suicide bomber from the LTTE. Here, President Zail Singh administering oath of office as Prime Minister to Rajiv Gandhi in New Delhi. (Express Archives)

02-12-1989: VP Singh of Janata Dal being sworn-in as the seventh Prime Minsiter of the nation. His tenure was short-lived as it ended on 10 November, 1990. (Express Archives)

21-06-1991: PV Narasimha Rao was the next Congressman to become the Prime Minister of the country. He entered office on 21 June, 1991. (Express Archives)

01-06-1996: JD(S) supremo HD Deve Gowda being appointed as the eleventh PM of India by President Shankar Dayal Sharma. (Express Archives)

21-04-1997: Janata Dal's Inder Kumar Gujral, who was the Rajya Sabha MP for Bihar, was at office for 332 days. (Express Archives)

19-03-1998: BJP strongman Atal Bihari Vajpayee become the Prime Minister of the country for the second time, and his six-year long tenure lasted till 22 May, 2004. Then President KR Narayanan is seen administering oath to Vajpayee. (Express Archives)

22-04-2004: Dr Manmohan Singh successfully completed two terms at office, starting in 2004 as he headed both the UPA I and II. The former Union Finance Minsiter became the first leader to remain country's PM for a decade after Indira Gandhi. Here, here he is seen with the then President of India Dr APJ Abdul Kalam during his oath-taking ceremony. (Express Archives)

26-05-2014: Narendra Modi became the fourteenth Prime Minister of India following the NDA's thumping victory in the sixteenth Lok Sabha elections. (Express Archives)