Prime Minister Narendra Modi delivered his 13th consecutive Independence Day address from the Red Fort on Saturday, with his 78-minute speech emerging as his shortest such address in four years, as per PTI reports.
The 2026 address was delivered on India’s 80th Independence Day. Modi has spoken to the nation from the Red Fort on every Independence Day since becoming prime minister in 2014. He also became the second prime minister after Jawaharlal Nehru to deliver 13 consecutive Independence Day speeches.
