The British didn’t rule directly all of India. A big portion of India was ruled by Indian royal families . Most of the the royalfamilies were loyal to the Britishers and actively helped squashing rebellions in the British controlled regions close to their state(those who were not loyal were eliminated). For instance, the British would take Hyderabad’s and Mysore’s help if they need to fight a rebellion in Madras. Only the territories (in pink color) were ruled by the Britishers and they were all adjacent to the princely states.
The first Prime Minister (PM) of Undivided India
Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose was the first Prime Minister (PM) of Undivided India.
Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose had formed this government and taken oath as prime minister on October 21, 1943,” he said. The Azad Hind Sarkar (Azad Hind Government) was not a symbolic government but one which had presented thoughts and policies on several important aspects of human life, he said.
The honorific Netaji (Hindi: “Respected Leader”) was first applied to Bose in Germany in early 1942—by the Indian soldiers of the Indische Legion and by the German and Indian officials in the Special Bureau for India in Berlin.
Note : The Azad Hind Sarkar (Azad Hind Government) was also known as The Provisional Government of Free India or, more simply, Azad Hind.
The Azad Hind Sarkar (Azad Hind Government) was recognized as a legitimate state by only a small number of countries limited solely to Axis powers and their allies. Azad Hind had diplomatic relations with nine countries: Nazi Germany, the Empire of Japan, Italian Social Republic, Independent State of Croatia and Wang Jingwei Government, Thailand, the State of Burma, Manchukuo and the Second Philippine Republic. On the declaration of its formation in occupied Singapore the Taoiseach of Ireland, Éamon de Valera, sent a note of congratulations to Bose. Vichy France, however, although being an Axis collaborator, never gave formal political recognition to Azad Hind. This government participated as an observer in the Greater East Asia Conference in November 1943.
The first prime minister of divided (Partitioned) India 1947
Jawahar Lal Nehru was the first PM of Divided / Partitioned India > FOLLOWED BY THE “Nehru Khan Ghandy (FAKE GANDHI)” FAMILY & ASSOCIATES TILL CERTAIN TIME .
| S.N. | PM of Divided/Partitioned India | Born-Dead | Term of office | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Jawahar Lal Nehru | (1889–1964) | 15 August 1947 to 27 May 196416 years, 286 days | He became the first prime minister of India because of the partiality done by so called Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi/Mahatma Gandhi (PLEASE READ THE DETAILS AS MENTIONED BELOW “IMPORTANCE OF SARDAR VALLABHBHAI JHAVERBHAI PATEL” . The longest-serving PM of India, the first to die in office. He cheated SARDAR VALLABHBHAI JHAVERBHAI PATEL . |
| 2. | Gulzari Lal Nanda (Acting PM) | (1898-1998) | 27 May 1964 to 9 June 1964,13 days | First acting PM of India |
| 3. | Lal Bahadur Shastri | (1904–1966) | 9 June 1964 to 11 January 19661 year, 216 days | He has given the slogan of ‘Jai Jawan Jai Kisan’ during the Indo-Pak war of 1965 |
| 4. | Gulzari Lal Nanda (Acting PM) | (1898-1998) | 11 January 1966 to 24 January 196613 days | — |
| 5. | Indira Gandhi | (1917–1984) | 24 January 1966 to 24 March 197711 years, 59 days | First female Prime Minister of India |
| 6. | Morarji Desai | (1896–1995) | 24 March 1977 to 28 July 1979 2 year, 126 days | Oldest to become PM (81 years old) and first to resign from office |
| 7. | Charan Singh | (1902–1987) | 28 July 1979 to 14 January 1980170 days | Only PM who did not face the Parliament |
| 8. | Indira Gandhi | (1917–1984) | 14 January 1980 to 31 October 19844 years, 291 days | The first lady who served as PM for the second term |
| 9. | Rajiv Gandhi | (1944–1991) | 31 October 1984 to 2 December 19895 years, 32 days | Youngest to become PM (40 years old) |
| 10. | V. P. Singh | (1931–2008) | 2 December 1989 to 10 November 1990343 days | First PM to step down after a vote of no confidence |
| 11. | Chandra Shekhar | (1927–2007) | 10 November 1990 to 21 June 1991223 days | He belongs to Samajwadi Janata Party |
| 12. | P. V. Narasimha Rao | (1921–2004) | 21 June 1991 to 16 May 19964 years, 330 days | First PM from Southern part of India |
| 13. | Atal Bihari Vajpayee | (1924- 2018) | 16 May 1996 to 1 June 199616 days | PM for shortest tenure |
| 14. | H. D. Deve Gowda / Haradanahalli Doddegowda Deve Gowda | (born 1933) | 1 June 1996 to 21 April 1997324 days | He belongs to Janata Dal |
| 15. | Inder Kumar Gujral | (1919–2012) | 21 April 1997 to 19 March 1998 332 days | —— |
| 16. | Atal Bihari Vajpayee | (1924-2018) | 19 March 1998 to 22 May 2004 6 years, 64 days | The first non-congress PM who completed a full term as PM |
| 17. | Manmohan Singh | (born 1932) | 22 May 2004 to 26 May 2014 10 years, 4 days | First Sikh PM (under the banner of fake Gandhi family) |
| 18. | Narendra Modi | (born 1950) | 26 May 2014 – 2019 | 4th Prime Minister of India who served two consecutive tenures |
| 19. | Narendra Modi | (born 1950) | 30 May 2019- Incumbent | First non-congress PM with two consecutive tenures |
Important Facts
- Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose was the first Prime Minister (PM) of Undivided India
- Jawahar Lal Nehru was the first PM of Divided / Partitioned India 1947
- Charan Singh was a peasant leader who is known for his pro-poor policies. He was the first Prime Minister to be elected from a rural constituency.
- Morarji Desai was the first non-Congress Prime Minister of India. He was a staunch Hindu nationalist who is known for his economic reforms.
- Indira Gandhi (Nehru Khan Ghandy family member & FAKE GANDHI-NO BLOOD RELATION WITH MOHANDAS KARAMCHAND GANDHI / MAHATMA GANDHI) has the most no-confidence vote against her(15) . Also she intentionally harmed “INDIAN CONSTITUTION” TO PLEASE FOREIGN INVADERS “MUSLIMS & CHRISTIANS”
- Atal Bihari Vajpayee Served For The Shortest Tenure As The Prime Minister Of India.
IMPORTANCE OF SARDAR VALLABHBHAI JHAVERBHAI PATEL
As India’s freedom struggle was approaching its culmination, Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi made his intentions clear that Indian National Congress (INC) should be dissolved. He felt the objective of the INC was to liberate India from British rule; once that goal was accomplished, the organization had no existential purpose. Gandhi proposed that all leaders who desired public service via electoral politics should form their own political party and contest elections. This actually would have been democracy in the real sense.
It is interesting to consider the possible outcomes of such an idea.
Perhaps Nehru would have been rejected by the people, which probably would have been the end of his political journey of the dynasty. Perhaps Sardar Patel would have been India’s first Prime Minister. Perhaps a newer relatively unknown face would have emerged as the nation’s leader following a fractured mandate.
However, Nehru and others within the party understood that the INC had brand recognition such that they could ride the wave of goodwill earned by the party during the freedom struggle. Challengers could be implicitly or explicitly branded as a traitor for challenging the founding fathers of free India. Hence, Gandhi’s advice was conveniently ignored and the INC prevailed .
However, Gandhi’s advice was assiduously followed in another matter. In 1946, an internal election was held to decide the President for the INC would eventually become the first Prime Minister of independent India. Among the candidates were Jawaharlal Nehru, Acharya Kripalani, and Sardar Patel.
The INC working committee and the various state committees had to send in nominations for their preferred candidates. From the very beginning, Gandhi openly favored Nehru. Gandhi had explained his rationale behind backing Nehru “Jawaharlal cannot be replaced today whilst the charge is being taken from the British. He, a Harrow boy, a Cambridge graduate, and a barrister, is wanted to carry on the negotiations with the Englishmen.”
Gandhi also felt that Nehru was better known abroad and could help India play a role in international affairs. Even Maulana Azad endorsed Nehru three days before the last date of nomination. He wrote in his autobiography, published posthumously in 1959: “After weighing the pros and cons I came to the conclusion that the election of Sardar Patel would not be desirable in the existing circumstances. Taking all facts into consideration it seemed to me that Jawaharlal should be the new President….”
The results showed that the members of INC had a drastically different opinion. Sardar Patel who was known to be a great executive, organizer, and leader, won 12 out of 15 state committees, the other state committees abstained from the process. Nehru did not receive any nominations. This was a unanimous choice for Patel while Nehru was resounding rejected. Sardar Patel was on his way to becoming India’s first Prime Minister.
When Gandhi conveyed the results to Nehru, instead of humbly accepting the popular mandate, Nehru’s reaction was that of total silence. Gandhi realized that while that Sardar Patel would agree to work as Nehru’s deputy, the reverse would most certainly not happen.
Thus Gandhi intervened and asked Sardar Patel to withdraw his nomination.
Gandhi unwittingly introduced the anti-democratic culture of the ‘party high commands’ overruling state units for inter-party matters. In deference to Gandhi, Kripalani nominated Nehru and withdrew from the contest. Sardar Patel who regarded Gandhi as his mentor then willingly stepped aside in favor of Nehru. Such a supreme sacrifice is unthinkable in contemporary times.
There were two major reasons why Sardar Patel accepted Gandhi’s request. Firstly, unlike Nehru, he never had coveted positions or posts, for him satisfaction was solely derived in his service to the nation. Secondly, Patel also knew that Nehru was not one to take rejection well. He had an inkling that Nehru would probably reject playing deputy to Sardar Patel and in fact become a fierce opponent of Patel and will also create problems for Sardar Patel while governing the nation.
He knew Nehru had his myriad supporters who would also join his faction of opposing Sardar Patel. Sardar Patel understood that this division between him and Nehru would further divide a nation that was already plagued with various problems and was about to undergo an almost cataclysmic partition.
Dr. Rajendra Prasad later remarked: ‘Gandhi has once again sacrificed his trusted lieutenant for the sake of the glamorous Nehru.‘ Prasad’s usage of “once again” was owing to the Patel was denied the presidency of the INC in 1929, 1937, and 1946 in preference to Nehru and this change always occurred the last moment.
Nehru was hence ‘elected’ unopposed and his path was cleared as India first Prime Minister. Maulana Azad later changed his opinion about his previous endorsement of Nehru “It was a mistake on my part that I did not support Sardar Patel. We differed on many issues but I am convinced that if he had succeeded me as Congress President he would have seen that the Cabinet Mission Plan was successfully implemented. He would have never committed the mistake of Jawaharlal which gave Mr. Jinnah an opportunity of sabotaging the Plan. I can never forgive myself when I think that if I had not committed these mistakes, perhaps the history of the last ten years would have been different.”
Michael Brecher wrote in his commendatory biography of Nehru wrote: “In accordance with the time-honoured practice of rotating the Presidency, Patel was in line for the post. Fifteen years had elapsed since he presided over the Karachi session whereas Nehru had presided at Lucknow and Ferozpur in 1936 and 1937. Moreover, Patel was the overwhelming choice of the Provincial Congress Committees…. Nehru’s ‘election’ was due to Gandhi’s intervention. Patel was persuaded to step down….“If Gandhi had not intervened, Patel would have been the first de facto Premier of India, in 1946-47. The Sardar was ‘robbed of the prize’ and it rankled deeply.”
C. Rajagopalachari, who wrote in Bhawan’s Journal in 1972, “Undoubtedly it would have been better if Nehru had been asked to be the Foreign Minister and Patel made the Prime Minister. I too fell into the error of believing that Jawaharlal was the more enlightened person of the two. A myth had grown about Patel that he would be harsh towards Muslims. This was a wrong notion but it was the prevailing prejudice.”
Sardar Patel passed away in 1950 and in 1952, INC secured a massive majority in free India’s very first election. Nehru remained India’s prime minister and continued to be prime minister till his last breath. It is sad, unfortunate, and scandalous that the very first election that would decide the leader of free India was manipulated. It wasn’t only the election but the future of India that was rigged.