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80th Independence Day: ‘Mere pyare deshwasiyon’ dominates PM Modi’s speech

80th I depe de ce Day: ‘Me e pya e deshwasiyo ’ domi ates PM Modi’s speech


With
10
me tio s,
‘Saathiyo ‘
was
the
seco d-most
use
dph ase

NEW
DELHI:
P ime
Mi iste

Na e d a
Modi
o
Satu day
add essed
the
atio
f om
the
ampa ts
of
the
ico ic
Red
Fo t
i
Delhi
as
the
cou t y
celeb ated
its
80th

I depe de ce
Day.His
75-mi ute
speech
featu ed
as
ma y
as
40
me tio s
of
“Me e
pya e
deshwasiyo ”
(my
beloved
fellow
citize s),
maki g
it
the
most-used
ph ase
i
his
add ess.“Saathiyo ”
(f ie ds)
was
the
seco d-most
used
ph ase,
featu i g
10
times
i
the
speech.He
also
used
“me e
pya e
yuva”
(my
beloved
youth)
o ce
while
calli g
o
you g
people
to
joi
the
fight
agai st
d ugs
a d
othe
addictio s.The
p ime
mi iste
also
used
“desh
sevak”
(those
who
se ve
the
atio )
a d
“bhai
behe o”
(b othe s
a d
siste s)
o ce
each.Ove
the
yea s,
“deshwashiyo ”
(fellow
citize s)
has
emai ed
PM
Modi’s
go-to
te m
fo
add essi g
the
atio
du i g
his
I depe de ce
Day
speeches.
He
used
the
te m
50
times
last
yea ,
a ou d
30
times
i
2024,
ea ly
15
times
i
2023
a d
mo e
tha
40
times
i
2022.
I
2023,
howeve ,
his
p efe ed
fo m
of
add ess
was
“pa ivaa ja ”
(family
membe ),
which
he
used
a ou d
50
times.“Saathiyo ”
has
also
featu ed
egula ly
i
his
I depe de ce
Day
speeches.
Modi
used
the
te m
a ou d
35
times
i
2025,
ea ly
30
times
i
2024,
about
five
times
i
2023
a d
app oximately
eight
times
i
2022.

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Mea while,
the
p ime
mi iste ’s
2026
I depe de ce
Day
speech
was
the
fou th-sho test
amo g
his
13
co secutive
August
15
add esses
si ce
his
fi st
i
2014.
Satu day’s
add ess
was
also
his
sho test
i
fou
yea s.His
2025
speech
was
his
lo gest
at
103
mi utes,
su passi g
his
p evious
eco d
of
98
mi utes
i
2024.
His
sho test
I depe de ce
Day
add ess
came
i
2017,
whe
he
spoke
fo
56
mi utes.PM
Modi’s
fi st
I depe de ce
Day
add ess
i
2014
lasted
65
mi utes.
Si ce
the ,
his
speeches
have
a ged
f om
u de
a
hou
to
mo e
tha
100
mi utes.
He
spoke
fo
88
mi utes
i
2015,
96
mi utes
i
2016,
83
mi utes
i
2018
a d
ea ly
92
mi utes
i
2019.His
add ess
lasted
90
mi utes
i
2020,
88
mi utes
i
2021,
74
mi utes
i
2022
a d
90
mi utes
i
2023.

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