Modi becomes longest serving non-Congress PM of India

NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday became the longest serving non-Congress PM of India, surpassing Atal Bihari Vajpayee.
PM Modi is now the fourth longest serving Prime Minister in Indian history.
Modi was sworn in as the 14th PM of India on May 26, 2014. He was again sworn-in as India’s Prime Minister on May 30, 2019, marking the start of his second term in office.

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.
Dr Manmohan Singh served two consecutive terms of five years each.
Atal Bihari Vajpayee, the fourth longest serving Prime Minister had been in office for 2,272 days, over his three terms.
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.
(With agency inputs)