How many times central government was formed after India got independence...
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Answer:
23
Though the question is somewhat vague, it can be answered by counting the number of times oath for the office of the Prime Minister had been taken.
1st - Nehru as the head of the government which took over from the British.
2nd - Nehru after 1952 General elections.
3rd - Nehru after 1957 General elections.
4th - Nehru after 1962 General elections.
5th - Gulzarilal Nanda (acting PM) after death of Nehru in 1964.
6th - Lal Bahadur Shastri in 1964.
7th - Gulzarilal Nanda (acting PM) after death of Shastri in 1966.
8th - Indira Gandhi in 1966.
9th - Indira Gandhi after 1967 General elections.
10th - Indira Gandhi after 1971 General elections.
11th - Morarji Desai after 1977 General elections.
12th - Charan Singh in 1979 after the fall of Morarji Desai's government.
13th - Indira Gandhi after 1980 General elections.
14th - Rajiv Gandhi in 1984 after assassination of Indira Gandhi.
15th - Rajiv Gandhi after 1984 General elections.
16th - Vishwanath Pratap Singh after 1989 General elections.
17th - Chandrashekhar Singh in 1990 after the fall of V. P. Singh’s government.
18th - P. V. Narsimha Rao after 1991 General elections.
16th - Atal Bihari Vajpayee after 1996 General elections.
17th - H. D. Deve Gowda in 1996 after Vajpayee could not garner majority.
18th - Inder Kumar Gujral in 1997 after the fall of Deve Gowda's government.
19th - Atal Bihari Vajpayee after 1998 General elections.
20th - Atal Bihari Vajpayee after 1999 General elections.
21st - Dr. Manmohan Singh after 2004 General elections.
22nd - Dr. Manmohan Singh after 2009 General elections.
23rd - Narendra Damodardas Modi after 2014 General elections.
Answer:
till now it has formed 72 times