Today is a historic day, Indira Gandhi's record will be broken, What will PM Modi say from the Red Fort for the 12th time?

Today is a very special day. Today when Prime Minister Narendra Modi will give his 12th speech from the ramparts of the Red Fort, he will break Indira Gandhi's record. PM Modi will be the second Prime Minister of the country to give a speech for the 12th time in a row and as far as the record of hoisting the tricolor at the Red Fort the most number of times is concerned, in that case PM Modi is at number three after Jawaharlal Nehru's 17 times and Indira Gandhi's 16 times.

How many times did Indira Gandhi give a speech from the Red Fort?

Indira Gandhi hoisted the tricolor from the Red Fort 11 times in a row from January 1966 to March 1977. Apart from this, including the tenure from January 1980 to October 1984, she hoisted the flag on Independence Day a total of 16 times. After recently surpassing Indira Gandhi's record of becoming Prime Minister twice in a row, PM Modi with his 12th Independence Day address will surpass Indira's 11 consecutive speeches from the ramparts of the Red Fort, making him second only to the first Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru in this regard.

15 August - Which PM hoisted the tricolour at the Red Fort how many times?

Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru - 17 times

Indira Gandhi - 16 times

Manmohan Singh - 10 times

Atal Bihari Vajpayee - 6 times

Rajiv Gandhi - 5 times

PV Narasimha Rao - 5 times

Chaudhary Charan Singh - 1 time

VP Singh - 1 time
HD Devegowda - 1 time

IK Gujral - 1 time

Lal Bahadur Shastri - 2 times

Morarji Desai - 2 times

Why is PM Modi's speech special today?

Today's speech of PM Modi from Red Fort is very special because the whole world will hear the speech of PM today. Pakistan's Field Marshal Asim Munir will be listening in Rawalpindi. PM Shahbaz Sharif must have switched on the TV in Islamabad. At the same time, every part of PM Modi's speech will be heard in Washington DC today.

This is the first time after 1971 when under Operation Sindoor, our Air Force not only destroyed terrorist hideouts inside Pakistan but also left the bases of Pakistani Air Force in a condition from where flights could be taken off. What happened after this was seen by the whole world. Operation Sindoor will not only be mentioned in PM Modi's speech today but its impact will also be seen on the Red Fort.

PM Modi's speech today is also going to be special because there is a tariff dispute going on between India and America. Donald Trump is threatening every day and PM Modi has also announced his resolution. PM Modi has clearly said that the interest of the farmers of the country is above all. In today's speech, PM can repeat this thing more strongly.

In which year and for how many minutes did PM Modi give his speech?

65 minutes speech in 2014

88 minutes speech in 2015

Longest speech of 96 minutes in 2016

56 minutes speech in 2017

83 minutes speech in 2018

92 minutes speech in 2019

86 minutes speech in 2020

88 minutes speech in 2021

83 minutes speech in 2022
90 minutes speech in 2023

98 minutes speech in 2024

The whole country is painted in the tricolour

Today, the main ceremony will be held at the Red Fort in Delhi, on this occasion the whole country is seen painted in the tricolour. From Delhi to Mumbai, Gujarat to Assam and Kashmir to Kanyakumari, only the tricolour is visible everywhere. PM Modi will hoist the tricolour for the 12th time at the Red Fort. During this time, there will be a shower of flowers from the Indian Air Force helicopters and a chopper will also bring the flag of Operation Sindoor.