In Pics: 8,000 Guests, Celebs, Foreign Dignitaries At PM's Oath Ceremony
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi and 72 other members of the new coalition administration took the oath of office today. Thirty of them are Cabinet Ministers, five of them hold an independent charge, and 36 of them are Ministers of State.
At 73, PM Modi took oath as India's Prime Minister for a third term, he equaled the record of Jawaharlal Nehru, who was elected as India's first prime minister in 1952, 1957, and 1962.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi and 72 other members of the new coalition administration took the oath of office today. Thirty of them are Cabinet Ministers, five of them hold an independent charge, and 36 of them are Ministers of State.
Celebrated actors Anupam Kher and Anil Kapoor were also in attendance, along with former JNU student leader Shehla Rashid.
The meteorological office is predicting a maximum temperature of 42 degrees Celsius in the nation's capital, where the swearing ceremony is taking place on the lawns of Rashtrapati Bhavan.
