Spouse of the Prime Minister of India explained

The spouse of the Prime Minister of India is the wife or husband of the prime minister of India. The prime minister's spouse does not have an officially defined role. According to protocol, they attend social functions and gatherings at home and overseas, but have no participatory role.

To date there have been 10 women and one man who have been married to prime ministers whilst in office. India has also had one bachelor, one estranged, one widow, and two widower prime ministers.

List

S. No.PortraitNameDate of birthDate of marriagePrime MinisterTenure beganTenure endedDate of death and age
1Kamala Nehru1 August 18991916Jawaharlal Nehru15 August 194727 May 196428 February 1936
ActingLakshmi NandaGulzarilal Nanda (acting)27 May 19649 June 1964
11 January 196624 January 1966
2Lalita Shastri11 January 191016 May 1928Lal Bahadur Shastri9 June 196411 January 196613 April 1993
3Feroze Gandhi12 September 1912 March 1942 Indira Gandhi24 January 196624 March 19778 September 1960
14 January 198031 October 1984
4Gujraben Desai1911Morarji Desai24 March 197728 July 1979
5Gayatri Devi5 December 1905Charan Singh28 July 197914 January 198010 May 2002
6Sonia Gandhi1946 12, df=yes1968Rajiv Gandhi31 October 19842 December 1989
7Sita Kumari SinghV. P. Singh2 December 198910 November 1990
8Duja DeviChandra Shekhar10 November 199021 June 199122 August 1997
9Satyamma RaoP. V. Narasimha Rao21 June 199116 May 19961 July 1970
UnmarriedAtal Bihari Vajpayee16 May 19961 June 1996
19 March 199819 May 2004
10Chennamma Deve Gowda1954H. D. Deve Gowda1 June 199621 April 1997
11Sheila Gujral24 January 192426 May 1945Inder Kumar Gujral21 April 199719 March 199811 July 2011[1]
12Gursharan Kaur13 September 19371958Manmohan Singh22 May 200426 May 2014
13Jashodaben Modi (separated)19511968Narendra Modi26 May 2014Incumbent

See also

Notes and References

  1. News: Sheila Gujral passes away. 2011-07-12. The Hindu. 2019-11-10. PTI. en-IN. 0971-751X.