India Since Independence: Prime Ministers
Manmohan Singh
INC member, 1st Sikhi prime minister (challenged by terrorism), former finance minister, directed economic liberalization in 1991, 8-9% economic growth rates while PM, health care expansion, rural wage guarantee
Narendra Modi
BJP member, FINISH
Jawaharlal Nehru
INC member, Gandhi's friend (went against on industrialization), 1st Prime Minister (leader) of India, promoted "green revolution", nonaligned movement (reject offers from soviet aid and US), license raj (elaborate bureaucracy regulating industries)
Rajiv Gandhi
INC member, reform of economy and government, faced rebellion, assassinated by terrorist from the Tamil Tigers
Indira Gandhi
Nehrus daughter, INC member, continued Nehru's policies, faced corruption charges and internal rebellion, assassinated by her Sikhi bodyguards, PM two separate times
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)
held PMO for 14 years; right leaning (privatization, pro-globalization, nationalism)
Indian National Congress (INC)
held PMO for 54 years; left leaning (mixed economy, social justice, secularism)
term limits?
no limits
real power?
yes (head of state; makes decisions)
How are they elected?
1. people vote for members of lower house 2. lower house votes for prime minister
how many since 1947?
14 prime ministers (INC mostly in power)
