Prime Minister Narendra Modi is set to become India’s longest continuously serving democratically elected prime minister on June 10, surpassing the record held by independent India’s first prime minister, Jawaharlal Nehru.
Modi will complete 4,399 consecutive days in office on June 10, marking another landmark in his political career.
The milestone comes against the backdrop of a dramatically transformed India, with a population that has grown from 34 crore to over 146 crore since Nehru led the country in its early years after Independence.
Modi is also the first non-Congress prime minister to complete two consecutive full-majority terms and the first prime minister since Nehru to win three consecutive Lok Sabha elections as the incumbent leader.
During his tenure, India has witnessed significant expansion in higher education and healthcare institutions, with the number of IITs increasing from 16 to 23, IIMs from 13 to 21, and AIIMS institutions from seven to 23 between 2014 and 2026.
