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<\/picture><\/div>\nPrime Minister Narendra Modi turned 76 on Thursday, September 17. Political leaders from across the country and several film industry celebrities extended birthday wishes to him on social media.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n President Droupadi Murmu, Home Minister Amit Shah and Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi, along with actors including Akshay Kumar, Mahesh Babu, Kangana Ranaut and Anupam Kher, shared messages on the occasion.<\/p>\n Akshay Kumar said he would pledge to serve<\/strong><\/p>\n Actor Akshay Kumar wished the Prime Minister in a Hindi post on X. He wrote that the most meaningful way to celebrate a birthday is to help someone in need and bring a smile to their face. He added that he would mark the day by taking a pledge to serve<\/p>\n <\/p>\n South Indian actor Mahesh Babu also shared a post, writing that Prime Minister Modi is a leader who never stops and always puts India first.<\/p>\n Kangana and Sunil Lahri share congratulatory messages<\/strong><\/p>\n Actress and MP Kangana Ranaut wished PM Modi a long life and good health. She wrote that the resolve to build a developed and self-reliant India under the country\u2019s leadership is growing stronger. Kangana also appealed to people to light a \u201clamp of blessings\u201d.<\/p>\n Meanwhile, actor Sunil Lahri, who played Lakshman in the television show Ramayan<\/em>, released a video message on X. Sunil said that a child born in Gujarat had brought glory to the country across the world through his dedication.<\/p>\n Other film personalities express their happiness<\/strong><\/p>\n Besides Akshay, Mahesh Babu and Kangana, several other personalities from Bollywood and South Indian cinema also wished PM Modi. Actor Paresh Rawal prayed to God for the Prime Minister’s long and healthy life.<\/p>\n Anupam Kher wrote a lengthy message on social media wishing him well. Besides them, Chiranjeevi, Prosenjit Chatterjee and several other artists also expressed their affection and respect for the Prime Minister.<\/p>\n Journey from Chief Minister to Prime Minister of the country<\/strong><\/p>\n Narendra Modi was born on 17 September 1950 in Vadnagar, Gujarat. After serving as Gujarat’s Chief Minister for a long time, he became the country’s Prime Minister in 2014. To mark his 76th birthday, the BJP has launched the ‘Seva Sankalp Abhiyan’. Various social service activities will be organised across the country under the campaign, which will run from 17 September to 17 October.<\/p>\n <\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Prime Minister Narendra Modi turned 76 on Thursday, September 17. Political leaders from across the country and several film industry celebrities extended birthday wishes to him on social media. President Droupadi Murmu, Home Minister Amit Shah and Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi, along with actors including Akshay Kumar, Mahesh Babu, Kangana Ranaut and Anupam Kher,…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":39262,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_kad_post_transparent":"","_kad_post_title":"","_kad_post_layout":"","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[24081,42811,8615,22249,37292,41969,102,29140],"class_list":["post-39261","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-7","tag-akshay-kumar","tag-birthday-wishes","tag-bollywood","tag-kangana-ranaut","tag-mahesh-babu","tag-modi-birthday","tag-pm-modi","tag-political-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/petrolnews.in\/live\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39261","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/petrolnews.in\/live\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/petrolnews.in\/live\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/petrolnews.in\/live\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/petrolnews.in\/live\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=39261"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/petrolnews.in\/live\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39261\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/petrolnews.in\/live\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/39262"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/petrolnews.in\/live\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=39261"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/petrolnews.in\/live\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=39261"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/petrolnews.in\/live\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=39261"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"\"](\"https:\/\/images.bhaskarassets.com\/web2images\/521\/2026\/09\/17\/screenshot_2026-09-17_143220_1789636374466.png\")
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