Highlights! Happy Birthday Narendra Modi: Leaders, ministers among others extend wishes, PM releases 8 cheetahs in Kuno National Park
PM Modi will be speaking at four programmes linked to diverse fields, including the release of cheetahs brought from Namibia in a Madhya Pradesh national park.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi turned 72 on Saturday, September 17, 2022. His birthday is often marked with development initiatives while the BJP launches 'seva' (service) activities.
Modi will be speaking at four programmes linked to diverse fields, including the release of cheetahs brought from Namibia in a Madhya Pradesh national park.
An RSS pracharak from a young age, Modi was drafted into the BJP's organisation and later became Gujarat chief minister in 2001. Since then, he has achieved the unique feat of never losing the state and now national election when he has been the face of the party.
He led the BJP to win in three consecutive Gujarat assembly polls in 2002, 2007 and 2012 and then in the Lok Sabha polls in 2014 and 2019.
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Filmmaker Karan Johar wished the `strongest pillar` of the nation, Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who turned 72 on Saturday.
Filmmaker Karan Johar extended his warm wishes to the Prime Minister on Twitter. He wrote: "To the strongest pillar of our nation, leading our country to making an enduring mark on the world map - happy birthday @narendramodi ji!"
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi releases the cheetahs that were brought from Namibia this morning, at Kuno National Park in Madhya Pradesh.
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Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal wished for the Prime Minister`s long and healthy life. "Birthday greetings to Hon`ble Prime Minister Shri @narendramodi ji. Praying for your long and healthy life," he said on Twitter.
Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann and his counterpart in Haryana Manohar Lal Khattar on Saturday greeted Prime Minister Narendra Modi on his birthday.
Greetings to Prime Minister of the country @narendramodi ji on his birthday, Mann said in his tweet.
Birthday greetings to respected @narendramodi ji, who undertook a historic journey from a worker to the post of Prime Minister on the strength of selfless service Khattar said in a tweet.
On the occasion of the 72nd birthday of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, renowned sand artist Sudarsan Pattnaik has created a sand sculpture of Modi with installation of 1,213 mud tea cups at Puri beach in Odisha.
Sudarsan has created a 5 ft high sand sculpture of the Prime Minister with a message "Happy Birthday Modi Ji" at the beach. He has used about five tonnes of sand in this sculpture. Pattnaik has created different sand sculptures of Modi ji on his birthdays.
Bollywood actor Akshay Kumar extends warm wishes to PM Modi on his 72nd birthday.
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Several teams of wildlife doctors/experts will monitor the health condition of cheetahs who arrived in the state after 16 hours of air journey from Namibia, forest officials said. "After a routine health checkup, these fastest moving wild animals were taken to their new destination - Sheopur district where Prime Minister Narendra Modi will release them into Kuno National Park on Saturday" officials said.
Notably, the special event was scheduled for September 17 to mark Prime Minister Modi`s 72nd birthday.
On his birthday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi at around 10:45 AM on September 17 will release 8 Cheetahs brought from Namibia in Kuno National Park of Madhya Pradesh, officials said.
A helicopter carrying cheetahs flown in from Namibia reaches Palpur near Kuno National Park; PM Narendra Modi to release the felines in special enclosures in the park.
Tamil Nadu Governor R N Ravi and AIADMK's interim general secretary K Palaniswami greeted Prime Minister Narendra Modi on his 72nd birthday on Saturday.
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Congress Leader Rahul Gandhi extends wishes to PM Modi on his 72nd birthday.
Bollywood actor Ajay Devgn extends his wishes to prime minister Modi.
Defence Minister Rajnath Singh said his leadership has boosted progress and good governance like never before and taken India's prestige and self-respect to a new high.
He has given a new dimension to Indian politics and given importance to the poor's welfare along with development, Singh said.
Home Minister Amit Shah hailed him as the flag-bearer of Indian culture who has connected the country to its roots and led it forward in every field.
Under his farsighted leadership, India has emerged as a world power and he has distinguished himself as a global leader respected by the world, Shah said.
Modi's life symbolises service and dedication, he said, calling him the builder of a secure, strong and 'aatmanirbhar' new India.
Wishing him, President Droupadi Murmu said the work for nation-building under his incomparable hardwork, dedication and creativity continue to advance.
Modi's ministerial colleagues paid fulsome tributes to his leadership and administrative acumen as they wished him on his birthday.
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