Narendra Modi surpasses Indira Gandhi to be PM with second longest unbroken stint

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday (July 25, 2025) marked a serious milestone within the nation’s historical past, changing into the second-longest-serving Prime Minister of India in consecutive phrases, surpassing the file of former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi.

Officials famous that Mr. Modi completes 4,078 days in workplace on Friday (July 25, 2025). Indira Gandhi was within the workplace in an unbroken stint for 4,077 days, from January 24, 1966 to March 24, 1977.

Notably, he’s the primary non-Congress Prime Minister to mark this achievement. Additionally, Narendra Modi is the primary Prime Minister born after independence and the longest-serving from a non-Hindi state.

The file for the unbroken stint is held by first Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru.

Mr. Modi has matched Nehru in main their respective events to victory in three consecutive Lok Sabha elections.

As an elected head of a authorities, in State and on the Centre, Mr. Modi already enjoys the longest stint.

He turned Gujarat Chief Minister in 2001 and remained within the workplace earlier than taking up as Prime Minister in 2014.

Mr. Modi, the primary Prime Minister born after Independence, can be the longest serving non-Congress Prime Minister. The officers famous that the Gujarat-born chief can be the one non-Congress chief to finish two full phrases as the top of the central authorities.

“Modi is the only leader in India, among all PMs and CMs, to win six consecutive elections as the leader of a party — in Gujarat assembly polls in 2002, 2007 and 2012, and in the national elections in 2014, 2019, and 2024,” an official stated.