List of prime ministers of India by education

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This is a list of prime ministers of India and their educational qualifications. All of the prime ministers of India have attended some form of higher education.

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# Name Class Year Degree College University References
1 Jawaharlal Nehru 1910 Natural Sciences Tripos Trinity University of Cambridge
1912 Barrister-at-Law Inner Temple Inner Temple
2 Lal Bahadur Shastri 1925 Philosophy and Ethics Mahatma Gandhi Kashi Vidyapith
3 Indira Gandhi did not graduate Degree in Modern History Somerville University of Oxford
4 Morarji Desai 1917 BA (Honors) Wilson University of Mumbai [1]
5 Charan Singh 1925 MA Agra University
1926 LLB
6 Rajiv Gandhi did not graduate Trinity University of Cambridge
did not graduate Imperial College London University of London
7 Vishwanath Pratap Singh BA; LLB University of Allahabad
B. Sc. in Physics Fergusson Pune University
8 Chandra Shekhar 1950 University of Allahabad
9 P. V. Narasimha Rao Osmania University [2]
Fergusson University of Mumbai
LLM Hislop University of Nagpur
10 Atal Bihari Vajpayee 1946 BA in Hindi, English and Sanskrit Maharani Laxmi Bai Govt. College of Excellence Agra University
1947 MA in Political Science DAV College, Kanpur
11 H. D. Deve Gowda Diploma in Civil Engineering L. V. Polytechnic ―
12 Inder Kumar Gujral DAV College University of the Punjab [3]
Hailey College of Commerce
Forman Christian College
13 Manmohan Singh 1952 BA (Hons.) in Economics Department of Economics Panjab University [4]
1954 MA (Hons.) in Economics Department of Economics
1957 Economics Tripos St John's University of Cambridge [5][6]
1962 D. Phil. Nuffield University of Oxford
14 Narendra Modi 1978 BA in Political Science School of Open Learning University of Delhi [7]
1983 MA (Political science) Gujarat University [8]

List of prime ministers by university[edit | edit source]

University No. of prime ministers
University of Cambridge 3
Allahabad University 2
Agra University 2
University of Oxford 2

References[edit | edit source]

  1. ↑ "Morarji Desai dies at age 99". Washington Post. 1995-04-11. ISSN 0190-8286. Retrieved 2020-01-07.
  2. ↑ "Former Prime Ministers of India - P. V. Narasimha Rao". Prime Minister's Office. Archived from the original on 2019-10-13. Retrieved 2019-11-10.
  3. ↑ "Former Prime Ministers of India - Shri Inder Kumar Gujral". Prime Minister's Office. Archived from the original on 2019-10-13. Retrieved 2019-11-10.
  4. ↑ Sethi, Chitleen K. (2018-04-11). "Manmohan Singh returns to his university, worries about Indians choosing authoritarianism". ThePrint. Retrieved 2019-11-10.
  5. ↑ "Cambridge University says 'alumnus' Manmohan Singh has standing invite". The Economic Times. 2014-09-21. Retrieved 2019-11-10.
  6. ↑ "'Extremely proud' of Manmohan Singh: University of Cambridge". Hindustan Times. 2014-05-15. Retrieved 2020-01-07.
  7. ↑ "Narendra Modi's degree 'authentic': Delhi University Registrar Tarun Das". The Hindu. PTI. 2016-05-10. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 2019-11-10.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: others (link)
  8. ↑ "Degree row- PM Modi MA with first class: Gujarat University". The Indian Express. May 2016. Archived from the original on 29 July 2017. Retrieved 2020-01-07.
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