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

Zee Media Bureau Sep 17, 2022, 20:42 PM IST,

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.

Highlights

  • 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

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  • 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.

  • 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

  • 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"

  • '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)

  • 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."

  • 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.

  • 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."

  • '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.

  • Cheetahs are our guest: Narendra Modi in MP

  • 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.

  • 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."

  • 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."

  • 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.

     

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

     

  • 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.

  • 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. 

  • 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.

  • Dalai Lama's special wishes for PM Modi

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

  • 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.

  • 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.

     

  • 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."

     

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • Rajnath Singh extends birthday greetings to PM Modi

  • President Droupadi Murmu extends birthday greetings to PM Modi

  • 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.

     

  • 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.

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  • 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.

  • BJP to mark PM's 72nd birthday with 16-day ‘Seva Pakhwada’ program

    The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) will observe Seva Pakhwara for 16 days in honour of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's birthday. His birthday is on the 17th of September, thus the BJP has decided to host celebrations from today till October 2. 

  • ALSO READ | PM Narendra Modi’s Birthday: BJP makes plans to celebrate Unity in Diversity, Atma Nirbhar Bharat and much more

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.


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