PM Narendra Modi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi has made a new record on Friday, 25 July. He has overtaken former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi as Prime Minister with the longest tenure consecutive tenure. According to news agency PTI, PM Modi has completed 4,078 days on his post on 25 July. Former PM Indira Gandhi’s consecutive term was 4,077 days from 24 January 1966 to March 24, 1977. Let us know that at present, the record of being the longest PM in the continuous tenure is the name of India’s first Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru.
The most elected head serving the longest serving
As the head of an elected government, whether it is in the state or in the center, PM Narendra Modi has been in his longest position. He became the Chief Minister of Gujarat in 2001 and remained in the post till he became Prime Minister in 2014. Since then, he is the Prime Minister of the country for the third consecutive time. The first Prime Minister Modi, born after independence, is the first non-Congress to live in the longest PM. He is also the only non-Congress leader to complete two full tenure as a Gujarat-born and head of the Central Government.
Quoting an official, PTI said, “Among all the Prime Ministers and Chief Ministers, PM Modi is the only leader in India who has won six consecutive elections as the leader of a party.” He won the Gujarat assembly elections in 2002, 2007 and 2012, and in the Kendiya General Elections in 2014, 2019 and 2024.
Travel from simple background to global leader
Born in an ordinary family in Vadnagar, Gujarat, Narendra Modi also worked at the railway station to sell tea with his father. He then moved forward by creating his mark in the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) and later the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). Narendra Modi, known for his grassroots hold and strong communication style, served as the Chief Minister of Gujarat for more than a decade before the BJP won a historic victory in 2014. Since then, he has established himself as a prominent global leader, who is presenting India as an confident and vocal voice on the world stage.