Archive · 25 Jul 2025
Modi Becomes India's Second-Longest Serving Prime Minister
Narendra Modi has been Prime Minister of India for a long time!
He has now served longer than Indira Gandhi, making him the second-longest-serving PM.
He was born after India became independent and is also the longest-serving PM who isn't from a Hindi-speaking state.
Before becoming PM, Modi was also the longest-serving leader of Gujarat.
He first became PM in 2014 and served two terms.
Narendra Modi has become the second-longest-serving Prime Minister of India in consecutive terms.
Modi surpassed the record of Indira Gandhi.
He is the first Prime Minister born after independence.
Modi is also the longest-serving Prime Minister from a non-Hindi state.
Modi served as Prime Minister from 2014 to 2019 and from 2019 to 2024.
- Who
- Narendra Modi
- What
- Narendra Modi became the second-longest-serving Prime Minister of India.
- When
- The milestone was reached on Friday.
- Where
- India
- Why
- Not explicitly stated in the article.
- Achievement
- Second-longest-serving PM
- Predecessor
- Indira Gandhi
- First term start date
- May 26, 2014
- Total service
- 11 years and 60 days
- First PM
- Born after independence
- Previous Role
- Longest-serving Chief Minister of Gujarat
- Terms served
- 2014-2019 and 2019-2024