{"id":19343,"date":"2026-06-10T10:59:20","date_gmt":"2026-06-10T05:29:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/pm-modi-surpasses-nehrus-record-of-longest-serving-elected-pm-global-leaders-congratulate-him-india-news\/"},"modified":"2026-06-10T10:59:20","modified_gmt":"2026-06-10T05:29:20","slug":"pm-modi-surpasses-nehrus-record-of-longest-serving-elected-pm-global-leaders-congratulate-him-india-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/pm-modi-surpasses-nehrus-record-of-longest-serving-elected-pm-global-leaders-congratulate-him-india-news\/","title":{"rendered":"PM Modi surpasses Nehru&#8217;s record of longest-serving elected PM; global leaders congratulate him | India News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"e9jwa\">\n<div class=\"vdo_embedd\">\n<div class=\"GfdvZ\">\n<section class=\"_bIDB  clearfix id-r-component leadmedia undefined undefined  E9tg9 \" style=\"top:0px\">\n<div class=\"_bIDB\" data-ua-type=\"1\" onclick=\"stpPgtnAndPrvntDefault(event)\">\n<div class=\"ypVvZ\">\n<div class=\"WGttI\"><img src=\"https:\/\/static.toiimg.com\/thumb\/msid-131625336,imgsize-803508,width-400,height-225,resizemode-4\/-.jpg\" alt=\"PM Modi surpasses Nehru's record of longest-serving elected PM; global leaders congratulate him\" title=\"Prime Minister Narendra Modi (File photo)\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"Ta7d_ img_cptn\"><span title=\"Prime Minister Narendra Modi (File photo)\">Prime Minister Narendra Modi (File photo)<\/span><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>NEW DELHI: Prime Minister <a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/topic\/narendra-modi\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" commonstate=\"[object Object]\" frmappuse=\"1\">Narendra Modi<\/a> on Wednesday surpassed the record of country&#8217;s first Prime Minister, <a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/topic\/jawaharlal-nehru\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" commonstate=\"[object Object]\" frmappuse=\"1\">Jawaharlal Nehru<\/a>, to become the country&#8217;s longest-serving elected PM in uninterrupted tenure.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"5\"\/>As PM Modi completed 4,399 consecutive days in office, leaders from India and around the world congratulated him on the milestone and praised his leadership and public service.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"9\"\/>US ambassador to India Sergio Gor said the achievement reflected PM Modi&#8217;s years of service to the nation.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"11\"\/><span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"13\"\/>&#8220;This achievement is a powerful testament to his decades of dedicated public service and leadership,&#8221; Gor said.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"15\"\/>US senator John Cornyn also congratulated PM Modi, calling his tenure transformational.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"17\"\/>&#8220;Congratulations to Prime Minister Narendra Modi on becoming India&#8217;s longest-serving elected Prime Minister \u2014 4,399 days of leadership earned through the trust of 1.4 billion people across three democratic mandates,&#8221; Cornyn wrote on X.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"21\"\/><span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"23\"\/>&#8220;From lifting 250 million out of poverty to making India the world&#8217;s fastest-growing major economy, PM Modi&#8217;s tenure has been nothing short of transformational. The US-India partnership has never been stronger,&#8221; he added.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"25\"\/>Malaysia&#8217;s PM Anwar Ibrahim extended his congratulations and described the milestone as a reflection of Modi&#8217;s commitment to public service.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"27\"\/>&#8220;Heartiest congratulations to PM Modi on this historic milestone of becoming India\u2019s longest-serving elected Prime Minister. This achievement stands as a testament to his years of dedicated public service and leadership in advancing India\u2019s development, prosperity and standing on the global stage,&#8221; Ibrahim said.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"31\"\/><span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"33\"\/>He added that Malaysia valued its close ties with India and looked forward to strengthening bilateral cooperation. &#8220;I wish PM Modi continued success and the people of India continued peace, progress and prosperity.&#8221;<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"35\"\/>The congratulatory messages for PM Modi&#8217;s new record also came from the neighbouring Sri Lanka.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"38\"\/>Sri Lanka President <a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/topic\/anura-kumara-dissanayake\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" commonstate=\"[object Object]\" frmappuse=\"1\">Anura Kumara Dissanayake<\/a> wrote on X:&#8221;I extend my warm congratulations to PM Modi on becoming the longest-serving elected Prime Minister in the history of India. Sri Lanka values our close partnership and looks forward to further strengthening the enduring ties between our two nations.&#8221;<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"42\"\/><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/india\/pm-modi-surpasses-nehrus-record-as-longest-serving-elected-pm-global-leaders-congratulate-him\/articleshow\/131624891.cms\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Prime Minister Narendra Modi (File photo) NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday surpassed the record of country&#8217;s first Prime Minister, Jawaharlal Nehru, to become the country&#8217;s longest-serving elected PM in uninterrupted tenure.As PM Modi completed 4,399 consecutive days in office, leaders from India and around the world congratulated him on the milestone and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":19344,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[133],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-19343","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-country"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19343","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19343"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19343\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/19344"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19343"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19343"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19343"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}