When Dr. Manmohan Singh was sworn in as India’s Prime Minister on May 22, 2004, he became the thirteenth person to assume this august office, following the fall of the government led by Atal Bihari Vajpayee after its debacle in the Lok Sabha election. Jawaharlal Nehru was the first Prime Minister of independent India. The first three decades were dominated by the Congress Party. Morarji Desai was the first non-Congress Prime Minister who assumed office in 1977. ...
