The first Prime Minister of India was JawaharLal Nehru, who served from 1947 to 1964. He was a leader of the Indian independence movement and is considered to be the architect of modern India. He was also known as Pandit Nehru due to his roots in Kashmiri Pandit community. He was a central figure in Indian politics before and after independence and is widely regarded as the most influential political leader of India in the 20th century.