Who among the following has served the office of the Prime Minister of India for more than one term?

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Answer 1

The Correct Answer is Atal Bihari Vajpayee.

Key Points

Atal Bihari Vajpayee was an Indian statesman who served three terms as India's Prime Minister, first in 1996 for a period of 13 days, then from 1998 to 1999 for a period of 13 months, followed by a full term from 1999 to 2004.
Vajpayee was one of the co-founders of the Bharatiya Janata Party and a senior leader (BJP). He was a founder of a Hindu nationalist volunteer group, the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh.
He was the first Indian prime minister to serve a full term of office outside of the Indian National Congress.
For more than five decades, he was a member of the Indian Parliament, being elected ten times to the Lok Sabha, the lower house, and twice to the Rajya Sabha, the upper house.
In 2014, Narendra Modi's administration announced that Vajpayee's birthday, 25 December, will be marked as Good Governance Day.

Important Points

Morarji Ranchhodji Desai served as India's 4th Prime Minister from 1977 to 1979 and led the government established by the Janata Party.
Rajiv Gandhi was an Indian politician who served from 1984 to 1989 as India's 6th prime minister.
Inder Kumar Gujral was an Indian diplomat, politician, and activist for independence who served from April 1997 to March 1998 as India's 12th Prime Minister.