India@75: From Jawaharlal Nehru to Narendra Modi, a throwback to Independence Day at Red Fort
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India@75: From Jawaharlal Nehru to Narendra Modi, a throwback to Independence Day at Red Fort

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The first prime minister of a newly independent nation, Jawaharlal Nehru was the longest-serving prime minister of India. He delivered 17 speeches from the Red Fort during Independence Day from 1947 to 1964. Image Courtesy: Wikimedia Commons

 

Lal Bahadur Shastri was the third prime minister of India, from 1964 to 1966. He delivered two speeches from the rampart of Red Fort. Image Courtesy: @sameepshastri/ Twitter

 

The second longest serving prime minister, Indira Gandhi was in office from 1966 to 1977. From the ramparts of Red Fort she made a speech

 

Serving as the fourth prime minister of India, Morarji Desai delivered the first speech at Red Fort post-emergency. Image Courtesy: DD Archive

 

India's youngest prime minister, Rajiv Gandhi held the post from 1984 to 1989. He has delivered the independence speech five times. Image Courtesy: @Congress/ Twitter

 

Atal Bihari Vajpayee served as the prime minister twice, once from 16 May to 1 June 1966 then again from 1998 to 2004. In the occasion of Independence Day, Vajpayee said in a speech, "

 

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has delivered seven speeches till now. PTI
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