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List of nicknames of prime ministers of India
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This is a list of nicknames or public names of prime ministers of India that were or are in common usage. Jawaharlal Nehru Full name: Jawaharlal Nehru * Pandit, for his Kashmiri Pandit ancestry. * Chacha (Hindi: uncle), as he was better known among children. * Nanhe (Hindi: little), was his childhood nickname. Indira Gandhi Full name: Indira Priyadarshini Gandhi * Priyadarshini (Sanskrit: dear to the sight), was also her middle name *Mother India, a biographical book written on her by Pranay Gupte. *Iron Lady, Henry Kissinger described her as an "Iron Lady", a nickname that became associated with her tough personality since her lifetime. *Durga, given by the opposition leaders after she led victory against Pakistan in 1971 war. Morarji Desai Full name: Morarji Ranchhodji Desai Charan Singh Full name: Chaudhary Charan Singh * Chaudhary Sahab Rajiv Gandhi Full name: Rajiv Gandhi V. P. Singh Full name: Vishwanath Pratap Singh Chandra Shekhar Full name: Chandra Shekhar Singh P. V. Narasimha Rao Full name: Pamulaparthi Venkata Narasimha Rao Atal Bihari Vajpayee Full name: Atal Bihari Vajpayee *Bhishma Pitamaha, a nickname that is given to him by former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh. H. D. Deve Gowda Full name: Haradanahalli Doddegowda Deve Gowda * Mannina Maga (Kannada: son of the soil), for iterating that he is down-to-earth and cares for the poor. * Dodda Gowdaru (Kannada: Senior Gowda), for disambiguating him from his children or anybody else with the Gowda title. Inder Kumar Gujral Full name: Inder Kumar Gujral Manmohan Singh Full name: Manmohan Singh * Mohna, a childhood nickname used by his friend Raja Mohammad Ali Narendra Modi Full name: Narendra Damodardas Modi See Also
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