At 96 Minutes, Modi Delivers Longest Ever Independence Day Speech By An Indian Prime Minister

Good Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday delivered his longest Independence Day speech at Ninety eight minutes as he addressed the U.S. from the ramparts of ancient Purple Fortress. Modi’s Independence Day speeches famous at eighty two minutes — longer than every diverse true minister in India’s heritage. His longest I-day speech beforehand than Thursday modified into ninety six minutes in 2016 when as his shortest speech modified into in 2017 when he spoke for round fifty six minutes.

On the 78th Independence Day, Modi also turned the true minister to hoist the tricolour on Independence Day and give a speech for the third best time. Modi delivered his first Independence Day speech in 2014, which lasted for Sixty five minutes.

His speech in 2015 lasted for approximately 88 minutes. This modified into Modi’s 11th cope with as PM and his first after taking rate for a third time interval. In 2018, Modi addressed from the ramparts of the Purple Fortress for Eighty three minutes. As a final result, in 2019, he spoke for practically Ninety two minutes, which modified into his 2d-longest to this factor.

In 2020 Modi’s I-day cope with lasted for Ninety minutes. His Independence Day speech in 2021 lasted 88 minutes and in 2022 he spoke for approximately 74 minutes. Final yr, Modi’s speech modified into Ninety minutes long.

Earlier than Modi, Jawaharlal Nehru in 1947 and IK Gujral in 1997 had the longest speeches at seventy two and Seventy one minutes, respectively. Nehru and Indira also gave the shortest speeches on file at 14 minutes in 1954 and 1966, respectively.

Former true ministers Manmohan Singh and Atal Bihari Vajpayee also gave extremely extremely a host the shortest Independence Day speeches from the Purple Fortress.

Singh’s speeches in 2012 and 2013 lasted simplest 32 and 35 minutes, respectively. Vajpayee’s speeches in 2002 and 2003 were even shorter at 25 and half-hour.