Narendra Modi Becomes Longest-Serving Elected Prime Minister in Indian History

On Wednesday, Prime Minister Modi became the longest-serving elected prime minister of India. He completed 12 years as the head of the central government. He broke the record of former prime minister Jawaharlal Nehru with a tenure of 4,399 days as the elected prime minister. For this comparison, Nehru's tenure starting from 1952 is considered, as he led an interim government between 1947 and 1952 before the first general elections were held in the country. Former prime minister Indira Gandhi may have continued her tenure for more than 14 years, but her tenure was not continuous. Modi is the longest-serving elected prime minister in the country's history. He has traveled a long way from his first swearing-in ceremony in 2014 to assuming power for the second consecutive term in 2019 and becoming the prime minister for a historic third consecutive term in 2024. Several important infrastructure and nation-building projects were undertaken during the tenure of the Modi-led government, including the new Parliament building, the redevelopment of the Central Vista, India's Kartarpur Corridor, India's Statue of Duty, India-of-Relief, India's Statue of Unity, India's Ganga Rejuvenation Project, and Ganga Rejuvenation Project.