Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has become the longest continuously serving head of government in India’s modern history, surpassing the record previously held by the country’s first prime minister, Jawaharlal Nehru.
As of June 10, Modi has served 4,399 consecutive days in office since first being sworn in on May 26, 2014. This exceeds Nehru’s tenure of 4,398 consecutive days, which ran from May 13, 1952, following India’s first general election, until his death on May 27, 1964, Caliber.Az reports via Indian media.
The milestone marks a symbolic moment in India’s political history, as Nehru’s record had stood for more than six decades.
Modi had already surpassed another long-standing record in July 2025, overtaking former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi’s uninterrupted tenure of 4,077 days, which lasted from January 24, 1966, to March 24, 1977.
He is also the first Indian prime minister since Nehru to win three consecutive parliamentary elections while in office, underscoring his sustained electoral dominance.
Modi’s tenure has unfolded during a period of significant demographic and economic change in India. At the time of Nehru’s early leadership, India’s population was around 340 million. By 2014, when Modi took office, it had grown to more than 1.31 billion, and it now exceeds 1.46 billion.
By Sabina Mammadli
