Quick glance at PM Narendra Modi's 72nd Birthday celebrations across India

PM Narendra Modi's birthday: As the prime minister turns 72, wishes pour in from across the country to wish him. The PM has four major events - related to wildlife and environment, women empowerment, skills and youth development and next-generation infrastructure- lined up on his birthday.

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In the past, the prime minister has often travelled to Gujarat on his birthday to seek the blessings of his mother Heeraben
The release of wild cheetahs from Namibia in the MP forest is part of the PM's efforts to revitalise and diversify India's wildlife and its habitat
Since 2014, different ministries and state governments, especially those run by the BJP, organise their own initiatives to mark the PM's birthday

Pic: ANI

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Prime Minister Narendra Modi has turned 72 today (September 17, 2022). The PM has a packed schedule on his birthday and will deliver important speeches at four diverse events related to wildlife and environment, women empowerment, skills and youth development and next-generation infrastructure. Of these, the most talked about event is Modi's visit to the Kuno National Park in Madhya Pradesh, where he released cheetahs brought from Namibia. The release of wild cheetahs is part of his efforts to revitalise and diversify India's wildlife and its habitat, the Prime Minister's Office has said. In the past, the prime minister has often travelled to Gujarat on his birthday to seek the blessings of his mother Heeraben.

17 September 2022

20:25 IST

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19:53 IST

PM Modi Birthday LIVE Updates: India observes new Blood Donation record

Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya announced that under Raktdaan Amrit Mahotsav, more than 87 thousand people have voluntarily donated blood today, on the occasion of PM Modi's birthday and has created a new world record.

19:12 IST

After delivering the speech at Vigyan Bhawan at the launch of National Logistics Policy, PM Narendra Modi inspects the logistics exhibition at Vigyan Bhawan at New Delhi

19:09 IST

PM Modi on National Logistics Policy launch

PM Narendra Modi, on the launch of National Logistics Policy at Vigyan Bhavan, New Delhi said that, "Experts across the world are saying that India is emerging as a democratic superpower today. They are very impressed with India's extraordinary talent ecosystem. To become a developed India, we need to compete with other developed countries of the world effectively"

Experts across the world are saying that India is emerging as a democratic superpower today. They are very impressed with India's extraordinary talent ecosystem. To become a developed India, we need to compete with other developed countries of the world effectively: PM Modi pic.twitter.com/OqGnXJQ1fW

— ANI (@ANI) September 17, 2022

18:54 IST

'Pehle hum Kabootar chhodte the, aaj Cheetah chhod rahe hai': PM Modi at the launch of the National Logistics Policy

While addressing the audience at Vigyan Bhavan for the launch of the National Logistics Policy, PM Narendra Modi remarked that India has become the 5th largest economy in the world. He also took a dig at previous government and said that "pehle hum kabootar chhodte the, aaj Cheetah chhod rahe hai" (Earlier we used to release Piegons, now we are releasing Cheetah)

18:23 IST

UP CM Yogi Adityanath honours PM Narendra Modi on his 72nd birthday

On PM Narendra Modi's 72nd Birthday, UP Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath inaugurated a photo exhibiton at the Indira Gandhi Pratishthan in Lucknow. He said that India's true potential has been recognized globally under PM Modi's governance. He also said, "India has gained new confidence under Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Even the international community today is unable to ignore India when making decisions. This shows the strength of India."

India has gained new confidence under PM Modi: UP CM

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#PMModi #YogiAdityanath pic.twitter.com/J0GEYjHBdH

— ANI Digital (@ani_digital) September 17, 2022

15:03 IST

September is being celebrated as Nutrition Month: PM Modi

"The month of September is being celebrated as Nutrition Month in the country. With the efforts of India, the United Nations has declared the year 2023 to be celebrated internationally as the year of coarse cereals," said PM Modi at a program of Self Help Groups in Sheopur.

15:02 IST

On his birthday, PM hails women power

PM Narendra Modi said, "A huge difference between the India of the last century and the new India of this century has come as a representation of our Nari Shakti. In today's new India, from Panchayat Bhawan to Rashtrapati Bhavan, the flag of women power is flying."

15:00 IST

'We have helped in every way to empower Self Help Groups': PM Modi on his birthday

"In the last eight years, we have helped in every way to empower Self Help Groups. Today more than 8 crore women across the country are associated with this campaign. We aim to have at least one sister from every rural household associated with this campaign," said PM Modi at a programme of Self Help Groups in Sheopur.

14:59 IST

Cheetahs are our guest: Narendra Modi in MP

#WATCH | Eight #Cheetahs that have arrived in India from Namibia today almost after 75 years, are our guests. I urge all of you, all countrymen to give them a standing ovation & warmly welcome them: Prime Minister Narendra Modi at a program of Self Help Groups in Sheopur, MP pic.twitter.com/mY4Ut4Zdlp

— ANI (@ANI) September 17, 2022

13:59 IST

PM Modi attends meeting of self-help groups

"Women all over - mothers and sisters - are my strength and inspiration," said PM Narendra Modi at a meeting of self-help groups.

13:56 IST

Narendra Modi Birthday updates: "Normally, I meet my mother on my birthday and seek her blessings; today so many mothers of Madhya Pradesh have blessed me," PM Narendra Modi said after releasing the cheetahs flown from Namibia, in Kuno National Park. He added, "These cheetahs were handed over to you as we have full faith in you; People will not break my faith in them."

13:51 IST

PM Modi's 72nd birthday: World's largest blood donation drive launched in Gujarat

Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel on Saturday launched the world's largest blood donation drive on the occasion of the 72nd birthday of Prime Minister Narendra Modi. CM Patel congratulated all the leaders and youth of the society for organizing a blood donation drive on PM's birthday and said, "Such a big event for blood donation has been organised for the first time. PM Modi has always given priority to the works of service."

13:04 IST

Narendra Modi birthday: A packed schedule

Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan attend a program of Self Help Groups in Sheopur.

Madhya Pradesh | Prime Minister Narendra Modi and CM Shivraj Singh Chouhan attend a program of Self Help Groups in Sheopur. pic.twitter.com/j7vKRxvjMh

— ANI (@ANI) September 17, 2022

12:15 IST

Narendra Modi's birthday: Let's give the cheetahs time to adapt, says PM

"People will have to show patience and wait for a few months to see these Cheetahs in Kuno National Park. These Cheetahs have come as guests, unaware of this area. For them to be able to make Kuno National Park their home, we'll have to give these Cheetahs a few months' time," the Prime Minister requested.

12:14 IST

PM Modi on his birthday: 'For decades, no meaningful effort was made to rehabilitate cheetahs'

"It is unfortunate that we declared Cheetahs extinct from the country in 1952, but for decades no meaningful effort was made to rehabilitate them. Today, as we celebrate Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav, the country has started rehabilitating cheetahs with new energy," PM Modi said.

12:13 IST

PM Modi on his birthday: India has shown economy and ecology are not conflicting fields

"Nature and environment, animals and birds, for India are not just about sustainability and security. For us, it is also the basis of our sensibility and spirituality. Today, India of the 21st century is giving a message to the world that economy and ecology are not conflicting fields," PM Modi said.

12:12 IST

PM Modi on Cheetahs on his 72nd birthday

Following international guidelines, India is trying its best to settle these cheetahs. We must not let our efforts fail, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said.

11:57 IST

On his birthday, Modi releases the cheetahs that flew to India from Namibia

Watch Narendra Modi releasing the Namibian cheetahs in Kuno National Park in Madhya Pradesh.

#WATCH | Prime Minister Narendra Modi releases the cheetahs that were brought from Namibia this morning, at their new home Kuno National Park in Madhya Pradesh.

(Source: DD) pic.twitter.com/CigiwoSV3v

— ANI (@ANI) September 17, 2022

11:50 IST

PM Modi releases Namibian cheetahs in MP national park

Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who is celebrating his birthday, released three cheetahs in quarantine enclosures of the Kuno National Park in Madhya Pradesh around 11.30 am.

11:16 IST

PM Modi birthday: Cheetahs make a royal return to India

On PM Modi's birthday, 8 Nambian cheetahs will be released in Kuno National Park, Madhya Pradesh. They reached Gwalior in a special chartered flight.

#WATCH | Madhya Pradesh: Earlier visuals of the 8 cheetahs from Namibia being brought out of the special chartered cargo flight that landed in Gwalior this morning.

Indian Air Force choppers,carrying the felines, are enroute Kuno National Park where they'll be reintroduced today pic.twitter.com/R2UV36N8E1

— ANI (@ANI) September 17, 2022

11:08 IST

Dalai Lama's special wishes for PM Modi

On Narendra Modi's 72nd birthday, the Dalai Lama also extended his wishes.

"On the occasion of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's seventy-second birthday I have written to him to offer my warmest good wishes and prayers for his continued good health," tweets Tibetan spiritual leader Dalai Lama

(Pic source: Dalai Lama's Twitter handle) pic.twitter.com/3KN6DTsSDF

— ANI (@ANI) September 17, 2022

11:06 IST

Narendra Modi birthday updates: On the occasion of the 72nd birthday of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, renowned sand artist Sudarsan Pattnaik created a sand sculpture of Modi with the installation of 1,213 mud tea cups at Puri beach in Odisha.

10:35 IST

Nepal's Prime Minister wishes happy birthday to PM Modi

Nepal's Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba on Saturday extended greetings to Prime Minister Narendra Modi on his 72nd birthday and took to Twitter to greet him.

जन्म दिनको अवसरमा सुस्वास्थ्य एवं दिर्घायुको धेरै धेरै शुभकामना प्रधानमन्त्री @narendramodi जी ।

श्री पशुपतिनाथले सधै रक्षा गरुन् ।

— Sher Bahadur Deuba (@SherBDeuba) September 17, 2022

09:23 IST

PM Modi Birthday: Rahul Gandhi, Shashi Tharoor extend greetings

Rahul Gandhi extended his wishes for Narendra Modi as did another leader Congress Shashi Tharoor. Tharoor also added, "May he work to remove the darkness enveloping so many of our fellow citizens & bring them the light of progress, development & social harmony instead."

Wishing our ⁦@PMOIndia⁩ Shri ⁦@narendramodi⁩ ji a very happy birthday, good health & long life. May he work to remove the darkness enveloping so many of our fellow citizens & bring them the light of progress, development & social harmony instead. pic.twitter.com/3vaYXtGcu7

— Shashi Tharoor (@ShashiTharoor) September 17, 2022

08:46 IST

Landmark celebrations planned by BJP on PM Modi's birthday since 2014

2021: Over 2.5 crore Covid vaccine doses, a record, were administered across the country.
2020: Amid Covid-19 concerns across the country, the BJP focussed on 'seva' (welfare) programmes to help people.
2019: The prime minister spent the day in Gujarat. He visited the Sardar Sarovar Dam to witness the landmark of the Narmada river dam reaching a height of 138.68 metres for the first time.
2018: He visited his Lok Sabha constituency Varanasi, a school and interacted with students. He also visited the Kashi Vishwanath temple.
2017: The prime minister inaugurated the Sardar Sarovar Dam in Gujarat. He also visited the family of Marshal of Air Force Arjan Singh to express his condolences on his death.
2016: He visited Navsari in his home state to attend a function where aid was distributed to differently-abled persons. He also spent time with tribals in Limkeda and later inaugurated drinking water and irrigation projects in the parched region of Dahod district.
2015: The prime minister had visited Shauryanjali, a military exhibition to mark the golden jubilee of the Indo-Pak War of 1965.
2014: Modi had hosted a dinner for Chinese President Xi Jinping in Ahmedabad.

The prime minister has often travelled to Gujarat on his birthday to seek the blessings of his mother Heeraben.

08:45 IST

Narendra Modi has a packed schedule on his birthday

Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who turned 72nd on Saturday, has a packed schedule for the day as various events have been planned - from releasing cheetahs in Madhya Pradesh's Kuno National park to delivering important speeches at four events. At the same time, BJP is also set with plans to make PM Modi's birthday historic. While the party aims to create a record of maximum Covid-19 vaccine inoculations, it will also embark on 21-day "Seva and Samarpan" campaign.

07:54 IST

Rajnath Singh extends birthday greetings to PM Modi

— Rajnath Singh (@rajnathsingh) September 17, 2022

07:53 IST

President Droupadi Murmu extends birthday greetings to PM Modi

— President of India (@rashtrapatibhvn) September 17, 2022

07:20 IST

PM Modi's birthday celebration will be in three categories

Party general secretary and MP Arun Singh said that the party will dedicate the Prime Minister`s birthday to the welfare of the poor in the form of a `Seva Pakhwada`. "The celebration will be in three categories. First, Sewa, in which health camps, blood donation camps, vaccinations centres etc. Our workers will be on booths in these camps to help people in getting done their booster dose and health checkups," he said.

"PM Modi`s vision of TB-free India by 2025 will also be included in this. Our leaders and workers will adopt a patient for a year and keep a routine check on their health and need," Singh added. "Cleanliness drive will be carried out. PM Modi always focuses on cleanliness therefore there will be many cleanliness drives will be taken. Also, we will plant 10 lakh peepal trees at our booths as peepal tree is a great source of oxygen," he said.

07:11 IST

Exhibition on PM Narendra Modi`s life and leadership

Bharatiya Janata Party national president JP Nadda will inaugurate an exhibition on Prime Minister Narendra Modi`s life and leadership at the party headquarters in New Delhi. Similar exhibitions will also be held in other states also.

"There will be exhibitions throughout the country on the life and leadership of PM Modi. Party president JP Nadda will inaugurate the exhibition at BJP headquarter and a similar type of exhibition will be there in other states too," party general secretary and MP Arun Singh had said while addressing the media.

07:04 IST

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07:03 IST

Tamil Nadu BJP to gift gold rings to newborns

Tamil Nadu BJP has planned a string of events including gifting gold rings and baby kits to newborns, to mark the birthday of Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday. According to state BJP sources, the gold rings would be given to the children born on September 17 coinciding with the birthday of the Prime Minister. Each ring, weighing about 2 grams, is expected to cost around Rs 5,000.