List of Prime Ministers of India by longevity

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This is a list of Indian Prime Ministers by longevity. Where the person in question is still living, the longevity is calculated
up to 20 November 2013.

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 A. B. Vajpayee, born 25 December 1924 (aged 88 years, 330 days). The youngest living
Prime Minister is H. D. Deve Gowda, born 18 May 1933 (aged 80 years, 186 days).

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. 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.

==Prime Ministers of India==

 Start date Age at End date Total
Prime of (first) term beginning of (final) term time Date of
# Date of birth Lifespan
Minister of (first) in death
term office
27,222 days
Jawaharlal 14 November 57 years, 6,130
1 15 August 1947 27 May 1964[1] 27 May 1964 (74 years,
Nehru 1889 274 days days
195 days)
36,354 days
Gulzarilal 65 years, 15 January
2 4 July 1898 27 May 1964 9 June 1964 26 days (99 years,
Nanda 328 days 1998
195 days)
22,381 days
Lal Bahadur 2 October 59 years, [1] 581 11 January
3 9 June 1964 11 January 1966 (61 years,
Shastri 1904 251 days days 1966
101 days)
24,453 days
19 November 48 years, 5,829 31 October
4 Indira Gandhi 24 January 1966 31 October 1984[1] (66 years,
1917 66 days days 1984
347 days)
36,199 days
29 February 81 years, 856 10 April
5 Morarji Desai 24 March 1977 28 July 1979 (99 years,
1896 23 days days 1995
40 days)
30,838 days
23 December 76 years, 170
6 Charan Singh 28 July 1979 14 January 1980 29 May 1987 (84 years,
1902 217 days days
157 days)
17,075 days
20 August 40 years, 1,858
7 Rajiv Gandhi 31 October 1984 2 December 1989 21 May 1991 (46 years,
1944 72 days days
274 days)
28,280 days
58 years, 343 27 November
8 V. P. Singh 25 June 1931 2 December 1989 10 November 1990 (77 years,
160 days days 2008
155 days)
Chandra 63 years, 223 29,227 days
9 1 July 1927 10 November 1990 21 June 1991 8 July 2007
Shekhar 132 days days (80 years, 7 days)
P. V. 30,494 days
69 years, 1,791 23 December
10 Narasimha 28 June 1921 21 June 1991 16 May 1996 (83 years,
358 days days 2004
Rao 178 days)
32,472 days
Atal Bihari 25 December 71 years, 2,272
11 16 May 1996 22 May 2004 (88  years,
Vajpayee 1924 143 days days
330  days)
29,406 days
H. D. Deve 63 years, 324
12 18 May 1933 1 June 1996 21 April 1997 (80  years,
Gowda 14 days days
186  days)
33,965 days
4 December 77 years, 332 30 November
13 I. K. Gujral 21 April 1997 19 March 1998 (92 years,
1919 138 days days 2012
362 days)
29,640 days
Manmohan 26 September 71 years, 3,469
14 22 May 2004 (81  years,
Singh 1932 239 days days
55  days)
 Start date Age at End date Total
Prime of (first) term beginning of (final) term time Date of
# Date of birth Lifespan
Minister of (first) in death
term office
Age at Total
Prime Start date beginning End date time Date of
# Date of birth Lifespan
Minister of (first) term of (first) of (final) term in death
term office