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A Look Back at May 26, the Day Narendra Modi Became India's 15th Prime Minister!
May 26, 2025 12:08 pm
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Divya Delhi: This day marked India's daring endeavor to become a powerful nation with economic aspirations and global impact. It was the day a single political party and a powerful individual changed India's geopolitical direction, positioning it among the world's most influential nations. On this day in 2014, BJP's Narendra Damodardas Modi became India's 15th Prime Minister. New leadership for the nation. His swearing-in ended the Indian National Congress's ten-year rule and changed politics. His swearing-in ended a decade of Indian National Congress government. This was more than a leadership change—it changed India's political environment. Narendra Modi became India's 15th Prime Minister in a magnificent event at Rashtrapati Bhavan's forecourt on May 26, 2014. In the 2014 general elections, Modi's Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) won 282 out of 543 seats, an absolute majority not seen since 1984. With NDA allies, the total grew to 336 seats, distinguishing it from the Congress-led UPA administration, which had 44 seats.