PM Modi Sets Record with 103-Minute Independence Day Speech

Speedy Summary

• Prime Minister Narendra Modi delivered the 79th Independence Day speech on August 15, 2025, lasting 103 minutes-the longest by any Indian prime minister.
• The duration surpassed his own previous record of a 98-minute speech during the 78th Independence Day in 2024.
• Mr. Modi’s shortest independence Day speech was in 2017,at just 56 minutes.
• Since his first address in 2014 (lasting 65 minutes), Mr. Modi has consistently been one of India’s longer speakers from the Red Fort on Independence Days:

– Examples:
– 88 minutes (2015 and 2021)
– 96 minutes (2016)
– 74 minutes (2022)

• Historical comparisons:

– Prime Ministers Jawaharlal Nehru and IK Gujral had previously delivered speeches lasting around 72 and 71 minutes, respectively-among the longest before Mr. Modi’s tenure began.
– Shortest speeches recorded include Nehru’s brief remarks (14-minutes) in 1954,followed by Indira Gandhi (**14 or approx shorter-record overlapping shorter-inclusive-Gujral).

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