In yet another career milestone, Narendra Modi on Thursday became the longest-serving Prime Minister in Indian history of non-Congress origin, surpassing Atal Bihari Vajpayee’s tenure of 2268 days, all his terms combined. Currently, he is also fourth longest-serving Prime Minister of India, after Jawaharlal Nehru, Indira Gandhi and Dr Manmohan Singh.
Narendra Modi took oath as the 14th Prime Minister of the country on May 26, 2014. He started with his second innings as the PM again on May 30, 2019.
Modi is also the first ever Prime Minister to be born after Independence.
Jawaharlal Nehru tops of list of longest serving prime ministers in India. He was the PM of the country for almost 17 years, which roughly accounts to 6,130 days in the office.
His daughter Indira Gandhi remains the second longest serving Prime Minister with 5,829 days in office. Indira Gandhi served two terms of little more 11 years and nearly five years, respectively.
The other non-Congress prime ministers who could not complete their tenure included Morarji Desai (March 24, 1977 — July 28, 1979), Charan Singh (July 28, 1979 — January 14, 1980), Vishwanath Pratap Singh (December 2, 1989 — November 10, 1990), Chandra Shekhar (November 10, 1990 — June 21, 1991), H.D. Deve Gowda (June 1, 1996 — April 21, 1997) and Inder Kumar Gujral (April 21, 1997 — March 19, 1998).
PM Modi also has the distinction of being the longest serving chief minister of Gujarat with his term spanning from October 2001 to May 2014.
