Modi breaks Vajpayee'e record as longest-serving non-Cong PM

Atal Bihari Vajpayee, who held that distinction so far had three runs at India's top post - first for 13 days from May 16, 1996, till May 28, 1996, followed by his 408-day second tenure from March 19, 1998, till April 17, 1999, and finally his third tenure of 1,847 days from October 13, 1999, till May 22, 2004, bringing the total to 2,268 days.