atal bihari vajpayee was the prime minister of india who served the shortest term.
which prime minister of india served the shortest term?
atal bihari vajpayee
the longest lived prime minister was gulzarilal nanda, who lived to the age of 99 years, 195 days. (nanda, a cabinet minister, served as acting prime minister when both jawaharlal nehru and lal bahadur shastri died in office). morarji desai was the second-longest lived prime minister, and the longest lived elected prime minister lived to the age of 99 years, 41 days, only 154 days short of matching nanda. the shortest lived prime minister was rajiv gandhi, who was assassinated at the age of 46 years, 274 days. lal bahadur shastri is the only prime minister to die abroad, when he died in the uzbek ssr capital of tashkent in 1966.
list of prime ministers of india by longevity
a majority government normally lasts around four years, since general elections for parliament are normally held every four years. minority governments generally last for a shorter period. the shortest minority government, prime minister meighen's second government, lasted just under three months. a prime minister who is selected by the governing party to replace an outgoing prime minister may also serve a short term, if the new prime minister is defeated at the general election. prime minister tupper served the shortest term in canadian history, only sixty-eight days, in this way. he was selected by the conservative party to replace prime minister bowell just before the general election of 1896, which tupper and the conservatives lost. prime ministers john turner and kim campbell both served short terms for similar reasons.
list of prime ministers of canada by time in office