PM Modi's 10th Independence Day speech from Red Fort lasts for nearly 90 minutes; 2016 recorded longest so far

Prime Minister Narendra Modi's 10th consecutive Independence Day speech from the ramparts of the Red Fort on Tuesday lasted for nearly 90 minutes. His longest speech, however, was in 2016 when he spoke for 94 minutes. Till 2015, the longest speech ever given by an Indian PM was in 1947, when Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru spoke for 72 minutes.