India, Dec. 5 -- The leader of the world's largest democracy and the first prime minister to be born in independent India, Narendra Modi turned 75 this year and also started his 25th year of serving as the head of a government - as chief minister of Gujarat between 2001 and 2014, and since 2014, as PM. He made history with the country's response to the terror attack at Pahalgam with Operation Sindoor, laid down a new defence doctrine that heralded the rise of a new India, led the country's economy through global economic turbulence, and unlocked animal spirits by pushing for reforms in the goods and services tax. Underpinning his vision for the country -- and his goal of building a developed India or Viksit Bharat by 2047, the centenary of ...