PM Modi Hoists National Flag At Red Fort For Independence Day
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday marked a significant milestone by hoisting the national flag from the ramparts of the Red Fort for the 11th consecutive time, surpassing the previous record held by his predecessor, Dr. Manmohan Singh. With this achievement, Modi now ranks third among Indian Prime Ministers in terms of the number of times they have hoisted the tricolor.
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The record for the most flag hoistings belongs to India’s first Prime Minister, Jawaharlal Nehru, who performed the honors 17 times from 1947 to 1964. Following closely is his daughter, Indira Gandhi, who hoisted the national flag 16 times during her two non-consecutive terms from 1966 to 1977 and 1980 to 1984.
Dr. Manmohan Singh, who served as Prime Minister under the Congress-led UPA government for a decade (2004-2014), hoisted the flag 10 times. Notably, out of India’s 15 Prime Ministers, only Gulzarilal Nanda and Chandra Shekhar did not have the opportunity to hoist the tricolor even once.
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Chandra Shekhar, India’s first coalition government leader, held office from November 1990 to June 1991, while Gulzarilal Nanda, who served as the nation’s second Prime Minister, had two brief terms in May-June 1964 and January 1966.
Former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee holds the fifth spot on the list, having hoisted the flag six times during his tenure, which included a brief 13-day stint in 1996 and two subsequent terms from 1998 to 2004. Rajiv Gandhi, India’s youngest Prime Minister, and P. V. Narasimha Rao, both hoisted the tricolor five times during their respective terms from 1984 to 1989 and 1991 to 1996.
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Lal Bahadur Shastri and Morarji Desai each had the honor of hoisting the flag twice during their tenures, while Charan Singh, V. P. Singh, H. D. Deve Gowda, and I. K. Gujral each did so once. These leaders served relatively short terms, ranging from 170 days to just under a year.
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