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With this milestone, PM Modi becomes the second longest consecutively serving Prime Minister in India's history, behind only the country's first Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru. As PM Narendra Modi marks 4,078 consecutive days in office on July 25, 2025, he also holds several historic distinctions.
PM Narendra Modi will reach another milestone in his career on Friday when he will overtake Indira Gandhi's 48-year-old record of having the second-longest consecutive stint as PM. Modi will complete 4,
Hundreds of thousands of workers in India went on strike, opposing Prime Minister Narendra Modi's privatization plans and economic reforms
Prime Minister Narendra Modi called on King Charles III at his residence on Thursday during which he presented a tree sapling as part of his "Ek Ped Maa Ke Naam" environmental initiative.
India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi took office for a third consecutive term on Sunday, but it may hold more challenges for the popular-but-polarizing leader than his past decade in power.
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Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi and his predecessor Keshubhai Patel, third left, attend a RSS gathering, in September 2009. Photographer: Sam Panthaky/AFP/Getty Images
Modi, 74, the first prime minister born in Independent India, was sworn-in for the third consecutive term in June last year.
He is the first PM born in independent India, the longest-serving non-Congress PM, and the only non-Congress leader to win two consecutive terms with a majority.
Prime Minister Modi's foreign trips cost nearly Rs 295 crore from 2021-2024. In 2025, visits to five countries, including the US and France, cost over Rs 67 crore. France was the most expensive single trip in 2025.