How was Narendra Modi’s first Swearing In function as Gujarat Chief Minister on 7 October 2001 October 07, 2025

Japan K Pathak, Gandhinagar, 7 October 2025: October 7, 2001, was significant for Indian politics. Narendra Modi that day became the 14th Chief Minister of Gujarat at the age of 51. I was some four years old in journalism and a junior scribe who was witnessing and putting in text the public affairs for a leading daily of Gujarat. Marking this day, here’s my reporting notes recollected from that day.

In a historic and grand ceremony attended by over 50,000 people, Shri Narendra Modi was sworn in as the 21st Chief Minister of Gujarat on Sunday, 7th of October 2001 morning. The oath of office and secrecy was administered to Shri Modi by then Governor Shri S. S. Bhandari at exactly

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