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Jawaharlal Nehru As India's first prime minister, Jawaharlal Nehru, was in office for more than 16 years, making him the country's longest-serving prime minister.

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prime minister of India, the leader of the Council of Ministers that aids and advises the president of India and serves as the executive head of the Republic of India. The prime minister (Hindi: pradhan mantri) should be a member of a house of parliament, either the Lok Sabha or the Rajya Sabha—if they are not a member of parliament, they must become one within six months of being selected as prime minister—but is typically the leader of the party or coalition in majority in the Lok Sabha. A prime minister’s term coincides with the term of the Lok Sabha, ...(100 of 825 words)

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