On India’s 79th Independence Day, PM Modi delivered his longest-ever Independence Day speech, speaking for 103 minutes from the Red Fort, surpassing his previous records of 98 minutes in 2024 and 96 minutes in 2016. Modi extended greetings on X, saying, “May this day inspire us to keep working even harder to realise the dreams of our freedom fighters and build a Viksit Bharat. Jai Hind!”