India has seen 15 PMs since Independence. We bring you a collection of memorable quotes from some of these PMs' I-Day speeches through the years
"At the stroke of today's midnight hour, when the world sleeps, India will awake to life and freedom"
Jawaharlal Nehru, 1947
''I want to state categorically that Pakistan will not be allowed to take even an inch of our territory…"
Lal Bahadur Shastri, 1965
"Fearlessness is an essential part of truth. We should be as fearless today as we were during the struggle for freedom."
Indira Gandhi, 1966
"The greatest drawback we have suffered from is that we have drifted from the path shown by Gandhiji, in a bid to emulate the West."
Morarji Desai, 1977
"The struggle for Independence is as much our heritage as the Himalayas, the Ganges, the Plateau of Deccan, Ajanta, Taj Mahal and Mahabalipuram…"
Rajiv Gandhi, 1985
"We have to increase our production, as well as the wealth of this country. If wealth does not increase, there will be nothing to distribute and it is not prudent to distribute poverty…"
P V Narasimha Rao, 1991
"Lal Bahadur Shastri had said: 'Jai Jawan, Jai Kisan' - one is incomplete without the other, unfulfilled without the other. I have added a new aspect to this - Jai Vigyan."
Atal Bihari Vajpayee, 1998
"Today, I have no promises to make but I have promises to keep… For the govt to be able to deliver results, we must reform the functioning of govt.''
Manmohan Singh, 2004
"When I came to Delhi, it seemed as if dozens of separate governments are running at the same time in one main government…. Let's resolve to steer the country to one destination…"
Narendra Modi, 2014
