PM Modi Spoke For 83 Minutes From The Ramparts Of Red Fort, 2016's Speech Was The Longest

India is completing 75 years of its independence from British rule on the occasion of 15th August today. Due to this, there is an atmosphere of celebration in the country. From East to West and from North to South, people in every corner of the country are celebrating 'Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav' and are becoming a part of 'Har Ghar Tiranga Abhiyan' being run under it.

Today, on this special occasion, Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressed the countrymen by hoisting the national flag for the ninth time from the ramparts of the Red Fort located in the capital Delhi.

PM Modi broke his own record this year

It is known that since taking over as the Prime Minister of the country in the year 2014, Prime Minister Modi has been continuously hoisting the flag from the Red Fort on the occasion of Independence Day. In the meantime, Prime Minister Modi had given his best wishes to the countrymen by giving a speech for 94 minutes in the year 2016.

Listen and watch the full speech of the Prime Minister here

The duration of his speech from the Red Fort
65 minutes in 2014
88 minutes in 2015
94 minutes in 2016
56 minutes in 2017
83 minutes in 2018
92 minutes in 2019
86 minutes in 2020
88 minutes in 2021
83 minutes in 2022
PM Modi broke Pandit Nehru's record in 2015

The country's first Prime Minister Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru gave a 72-minute speech on the occasion of the country's independence in 1947. Till the year 2015, it was considered the longest address was given by the ramparts of the Red Fort, which PM Modi broke in 2015 by giving a speech for 88 minutes.

A PM who addressed the country most times
Since India's independence in 1947, Prime Minister Nehru ranks first on the list of Prime Ministers who have given speeches on the occasion of Independence Day most times. He has addressed the country on the occasion of Independence 17 times.
After that Prime Minister Indira Gandhi is included in this list, she addressed the country 16 times from the ramparts of Red Fort on the occasion of 15th August.
Former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh was at number three. He presented his address to the nation on Independence Day 10 times during his tenure from 2004 to 2014.
He is followed by the current Prime Minister Narendra Modi at number four.
Another record in the name of Prime Minister Modi

Not only this, another record is recorded in the name of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and that is that he is the non-Congress Prime Minister to hoist the flag the most number of times from the ramparts of the Red Fort on the occasion of Independence Day.

Combining this year's figure, he has so far hoisted the flag on the ramparts of the Red Fort on the occasion of independence for the ninth time. Before him, this record was recorded in the name of BJP leader Atal Bihari Vajpayee. Between 1998 and 2003, he hoisted the flag a total of six times.

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