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Elections are round the corner and very soon, Indian democracy will choose the head of the top executive body(cabinet) which runs the Government of India. So, how old is our Prime Minister on an average? Is he/she quite old because surely the top job of the country requires a vast experience or is he/she young and dynamic with enough experience?
As the chart above shows(hover over the bubbles for details), most of our prime ministers here in India were in the age bracket of 60-75 years when they assumed office (indeed the average age of all prime ministers is 66.6 years). Rajiv Gandhi was the youngest prime minister India ever had(40 years old) and Morarji Desai the oldest who was of 81 years when he assumed office. Indira Gandhi was also quite young at 50 years while I K Gujaral, Atal Bihari Vajpayee, Charan Singh, Manmohan SIngh and P V Narsimha Rao were all septuagenarian.
The name of PM candidates for 2014 general elections are already out and if Narendra Modi becomes PM, he will be of 64 years which is in the most common age range ofpast PMs(60-75), whereas if Rahul Gandhi becomes PM at 44 years, we will have our youngest PM only after Rajiv Gandhi!
Elections are round the corner and very soon, Indian democracy will choose the head of the top executive body(cabinet) which runs the Government of India. So, how old is our Prime Minister on an average? Is he/she quite old because surely the top job of the country requires a vast experience or is he/she young and dynamic with enough experience?
As the chart above shows(hover over the bubbles for details), most of our prime ministers here in India were in the age bracket of 60-75 years when they assumed office (indeed the average age of all prime ministers is 66.6 years). Rajiv Gandhi was the youngest prime minister India ever had(40 years old) and Morarji Desai the oldest who was of 81 years when he assumed office. Indira Gandhi was also quite young at 50 years while I K Gujaral, Atal Bihari Vajpayee, Charan Singh, Manmohan SIngh and P V Narsimha Rao were all septuagenarian.
The name of PM candidates for 2014 general elections are already out and if Narendra Modi becomes PM, he will be of 64 years which is in the most common age range ofpast PMs(60-75), whereas if Rahul Gandhi becomes PM at 44 years, we will have our youngest PM only after Rajiv Gandhi!
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