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 ten women who have been married to prime ministers whilst in office. India has also had one bachelor, one separated, one widow, and two widowed prime ministers.
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#PortraitNameDate of birthDate of marriagePrime MinisterTenure beganTenure endedDate of death and age1Kamala Nehru1 August 18991916Jawaharlal Nehru15 August 194727 May 196428 February 1936ActingLakshmi NandaFebruary 1916Gulzarilal Nanda (acting)27 May 19649 June 1964Unknown11 January 196624 January 19662 Lalita Shastri11 January 191016 May 1928Lal Bahadur Shastri9 June 196411 January 196613 April 19933Feroze Gandhi12 September 1912 26 March 1942 Indira Gandhi24 January 196624 March 19778 September 196014 January 198031 October 19844Gujraben Desai1911Morarji Desai24 March 197728 July 197925 October 19815Gayatri Devi5 December 19055 June 1925Charan Singh28 July 197914 January 198010 May 20026Sonia Gandhi25 February 1968Rajiv Gandhi31 October 19842 December 19897Sita Kumari25 June 1955V. P. Singh2 December 198910 November 19908Duja DeviChandra Shekhar10 November 199021 June 199122 August 19979Satyamma RaoP. V. Narasimha Rao21 June 199116 May 19961 July 1970–unmarriedAtal Bihari Vajpayee16 May 19961 June 199619 March 199819 May 200410Chennamma Deve Gowda25 May 1954H. D. Deve Gowda1 June 199621 April 199718 July 202611Sheila Gujral24 January 192426 May 1945Inder Kumar Gujral21 April 199719 March 199811 July 201112Gursharan Kaur13 September 193714 September 1958Manmohan Singh22 May 200426 May 201413Jashodaben Modi (separated)19511968Narendra Modi26 May 2014Incumbent
See also List of prime ministers of India Nehru–Gandhi family First ladies and gentlemen of India
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