(#HappyBdayPMModi) What is the story behind this trend in Social Media today?
17-09-2026
The hashtag is trending because September 17 is Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s birthday. In 2026 he turned 76. He was born on that date in 1950 in Vadnagar, Gujarat.The occasion is being marked with widespread greetings from political leaders, party workers and supporters. This year the celebrations also highlight 25 years of his continuous public office: he became Chief Minister of Gujarat in October 2001 and has served as Prime Minister since 2014.The Bharatiya Janata Party has framed the day as Seva Diwas and launched a month-long Seva Sankalp Abhiyan running until mid-October. Planned activities include cleanliness drives, blood-donation and medical camps, a bike rally from Vadnagar to Varanasi, and the lighting of lamps (described as Aashirwad Ka Diya) at hundreds of locations and in homes across the country.The party also released a short midnight countdown video featuring a montage of the Prime Minister’s public and international appearances set to an upbeat film song. Messages from the President, Union ministers and chief ministers have focused on themes of governance, national security, development programmes and the goal of a developed India.In short, the trend combines the annual birthday greetings with an organised party campaign that treats the date as both a personal milestone and a commemoration of two-and-a-half decades in office.