New Delhi: Kuno national park in Sheopur district of Madhya Pradesh is all set to welcome Prime Minister Narendra Modi on his 72nd birthday. All preparations for the celebrations at the national park have been completed.

PM Modi, who turned 72 on Saturday, released 8 Nambian cheetahs at MP’s Kuno National Park.

The Bharatiya Janata Party is ready with a plan to make PM Modi’s birthday celebrations memorable. While the party aims to set a record for maximum number of Covid-19 vaccine immunizations on September 17, it will also launch a 21-day ‘सेवा और समर्पण’ (service and dedication) campaign.

BJP National President JP Nadda will inaugurate an exhibition on the life and leadership of the prime minister at the party headquarters in New Delhi. Similar exhibitions will be held in other states as well.

This is PM Modi’s minute-to-minute program

• Arrival at Gwalior by special plane at 9.45 am.
• Will reach Kuno National Park by helicopter at 10.30 am.
• Will release the cheetahs in the enclosure from 10.45 am to 11.45 am.
• Prime Minister Narendra Modi will reach Karahal at 11.50 am.
• Women Self Help Groups will attend the conference from 12 pm to 1 pm.
• PM to reach Gwalior airport at 2.15 pm.
• Will leave from Gwalior at 2.20 pm.
• Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit will be of 4 hours 35 minutes.

Here’s the moment-to-moment live updates of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s birthday celebrations

11:48 am: PM Modi addresses the nation after releasing the cheetahs

PM Modi said, ‘This is a historic moment. Cheetahs will make us more environmentally conscious.’

Project Cheetah is our endeavour towards environment and wildlife conservation. https://t.co/ZWnf3HqKfi

— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) September 17, 2022

11:30 am: Another cheetah also released in the enclosure

#Breaking: PM Modi ने चीतों को किया रिहा, खुद ली चीतों की फोटो#Cheetah #NarendraModi @PMOIndia @CMMadhyaPradesh pic.twitter.com/0Hqv2d96zG

— News24 MP-CG (@News24_MPCG) September 17, 2022

10:40 am: PM Modi arrives in Kuno

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has reached Kuno National Park. They will release 8 cheetahs in the enclosure.

#Breaking: Kuno National Park पहुंचे देश के प्रधानमंत्री Narendra Modi… 8 चीतों को बाड़े में छोड़ेंगे#KunoNationalPark #Cheetahs #NarendraModi pic.twitter.com/LJi4Dcnug6

— News24 MP-CG (@News24_MPCG) September 17, 2022

10:30 am: PM Modi leaves for Kuno from Gwalior

Prime Minister Modi has left for Kuno Sanctuary from Gwalior. They will reach the sanctuary in the next 20-25 minutes.

10:14 am: PM Modi reaches Gwalior

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has reached Gwalior before going to Kuno Sanctuary. From here he will leave for Kuno.

Birthday wishes to PM Modi

Buddhist religious leader Dalai Lama congratulates PM Modi. He says, “On the occasion of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s seventy-second birthday I have written to him to offer my warmest good wishes and prayers for his continued good health.”

On the occasion of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's seventy-second birthday I have written to him to offer my warmest good wishes and prayers for his continued good health. https://t.co/R2zAYvnkBi

— Dalai Lama (@DalaiLama) September 17, 2022

Sudarsan Pattnaik made sand statue on PM Modi’s birthday

Renowned sand artist Sudarsan Pattnaik extended special wishes to Prime Minister Narendra Modi on his birthday. Patnaik created a five-feet sand statue of the Prime Minister along with the installation of 1,213 clay tea cups at Puri beach in Odisha, on PM Modi’s 72nd birthday.

Union Home Minister Amit Shah said that new India has emerged as the world power under the leadership of PM Modi.

भारतीय संस्कृति के संवाहक @narendramodi जी ने देश को अपनी मूल जड़ों से जोड़ हर क्षेत्र में आगे ले जाने का काम किया है।
मोदीजी की दूरदर्शिता व नेतृत्व में नया भारत एक विश्वशक्ति बनकर उभरा है। मोदी जी ने वैश्विक नेता के रूप में अपनी पहचान बनाई है, जिसका पूरी दुनिया सम्मान करती है।

— Amit Shah (@AmitShah) September 17, 2022

Former Congress president Rahul Gandhi also wished PM Modi on his birthday.

Wishing PM Narendra Modi a happy birthday.

— Rahul Gandhi (@RahulGandhi) September 17, 2022

5 facts about the prime minister

1. PM Narendra Modi used to help his father at the tea shop at the local railway station in his childhood. He participated in a lot of plays while in school and performed a play at the age of 13-14 to earn money to repair a damaged wall.

2. When he was 8 years old, Modi came to know about the RSS and started attending its sessions. In the Sangh, he met Laxmanrao Inamdar, who later became his mentor and inducted him into the organization as a junior cadet.

3. Narendra Modi later became a full-time RSS pracharak before joining the BJP in 1985.

4. When Narendra Modi was appointed as the Chief Minister of Gujarat in 2001, he was not a member of the State Legislative Assembly.

5. Narendra Modi is also the first Indian Prime Minister born after the country’s independence.