Narendra Modi Biography & Unknown Facts About Him.

Name: Narendra Modi

Also Known As: Narendra Damodardas Modi, Namo

Favourite Leaders: Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi (Mahatma Gandhi), Swami Vivekananda

Birthday: September 17, 1950

Nationality: Indian

Age: 68 Years

Sun Sign: Virgo

Born In: Vadnagar, Bombay Presidency Now Gujarat, India

Prime Minister of India: Since 26 May, 2014

Education: SSC – 1967 from SSC board, Gujarat; BA – 1978 from Delhi University, Delhi; PG MA – 1983 Gujarat University, Ahmedabad (acc. to the affidavit filed in front of the Election Commission)

Height: 5'7" (170 cm)

Sex: Male

Political Ideology: Political Party - Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)

Family:

Wife/Spouse/Ex-: Jashodaben Modi

Father: Damodardas Mulchand Modi

Mother: Heeraben Modi

Siblings: 4 Bothers: Pankaj Bhai Modi (Brother), Prahladbhai Modi (Brother), Soma Modi (Brother), Amrutbhai Modi (Brother) and only sister: Vasantiben Hasmukhlal Modi (Sister)

Nowadays Narendra Modi is one of the leading Indian politician and the current Prime Minister of India. He is famous for leading his Party (BJP) to a remarkable win in 2014 Lok Sabha elections. He became the 1st Indian Prime Minister who born later independence. He grows from a poor tea selling boy to a progress oriented leader, ultimately becoming the longest serving chief minister (CM) of a West Indian state Gujarat for consecutively 12 years. He became a controversial personality after the Gujarat riots in 2002. His administration was blamed of not doing sufficient work to control the riots in the state.

He is famous for running an in-corruptible administration/government through his sharp decision-making skills & abilities. Even still his economic/financial policies have been praised; he is condemned for failing to create much helpful revolution in the complete human progress in Gujarat. After elected as the PM of the India, he declared various programs and strategies that his government plans to implement in its 5-year term. And now he becomes the prime minister again for the 2nd consecutive time with a full majority in the general Lok Sabha elections in 2019.

Childhood & Early Life

• Narendra Modi was born on September 17, 1950 in the small city of the Vadnagar, Mehsana district, Gujarat. His father's name was Damodardas Mulchand Modi and his mother's name is Heeraben Modi. Narendra Modi was the third amongst 6 kids of his parents.

• Belonging to the backward Ghanchi community, he started selling tea at Vadnagar railway station in a very early age, later which he set up a small tea shop near a bus terminal with one of his brother.

• After finishing his school education in Vadnagar in 1967, he left home and toured across India and discovering its extensive landscape and varied culture, staying in Rishikesh, the great Himalayas, Ramakrishna Mission and Northeast India.

• He returned to his home after 2 years and departed to Ahmedabad to join the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) in 1971 as a permanent pracharak (campaigner).

• He finished his graduation from Delhi University in political science through correspondence in 1978, and gained a Master’s degree in political science from Gujarat University in 1983.

Modi’s Political Career

• During the period 1975-77 national emergency enforced by the then Prime Minister of India Smt. Indira Gandhi, Modi stayed underground and travelled in different disguise. He made use of several strategies including printing and circulation of brochures to oppose the government. This brought his administrative, legislative, organizational and leadership skills and abilities to the front.

• He joined the BJP in 1985 and was made the organization secretary of its Gujarat Unit in 1987.

• He contested for Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation elections and won the same, giving BJP its first ever win.

• His capabilities were recognized within the party after he helped in conducting L.K. Advani’s Ayodhya Rath Yatra in 1990, which became his first national-level political assignment, followed by Murli Manohar Joshi’s Ekta Yatra in 1991-92.

• He played a major role in strengthening BJP’s presence in Gujarat after the 1990 Gujarat Assembly elections.

• In the 1995 elections, the party won 121 seats, thereby forming the first-ever BJP government in Gujarat. The party remained in power for a short period, which ended in September 1996.

• In 1995, he was appointed as BJP’s National Secretary and relocated to New Delhi, to handle activities in Haryana and Himachal Pradesh.

• He became the General Secretary (Organization) in 1998, a position through which he resolved internal political disputes and helped BJP win the 1998 Lok Sabha elections.

• He contested in the 2002 Gujarat assembly elections for the first time and won a seat from Rajkot-II, and became the chief Minister of Gujarat.

• His government was accused of not doing enough to curb the Gujarat riots of 2002. The riots occurred in retaliation to burning of Hindu pilgrims in a train near Godhra.

• He was forced to step down as the Chief Minister following opposition from both inside and outside Gujarat. However, he was re-elected as the Chief Minister in December 2002, after BJP won the assembly elections.

• After several investigations carried out by a Special Investigation Team (SIT), Modi was given a clean chit by the Supreme Court due to lack of evidence of his involvement in the violence.

• Even though he claimed to have taken measures to bring prosperity and development in Gujarat, many studies and statistics indicate that the state does not rank very high in human development, education, nutrition, and poverty alleviation.

• He was selected as BJP’s prime ministerial candidate in the 2014 Lok Sabha elections, which was subtly opposed by some party veterans such as L.K. Advani. He, however, won both the seats (Varanasi and Vadodara) that he contested, but eventually retained the Varanasi seat.

• The BJP won a historic 282 of 534 seats in the 2014 elections, trouncing the ruling UPA led by the Indian National Congress.

Major Works

• Following the incumbent Gujarat Chief Minister Keshubhai Patel’s failing health, corruption allegations, and poor management of the Bhuj earthquake; he was chosen as a replacement and sworn in as the Chief Minister in 2001.

• Upon assuming power for a second term in 2002, he emphasized on the state’s economic development and eventually turned it into an attractive investment destination for businessmen and industrialists.

• He was elected the Chief Minister for a third term in 2007, wherein he improved agricultural growth rate, provided electricity to all villages, and ensured rapid development of the state.

• During his reign as the Chief Minister of Gujarat, the government supported the creation of groundwater-conservation projects. This helped in the cultivation of Cotton, which could be irrigated with the tube wells and Gujarat became the largest producer of Cotton.

• The Gujarat government under Modi brought electricity to every village in the state. He significantly changed the state's system of power distribution by separating agricultural electricity from rural electricity.

• Modi played a very important role in BJP’s election campaign of 2009 as well as 2014.

• During his reign as Chief Minister, he made successful efforts to invite foreign investments in the state of Gujarat.

• After assuming office as the 15th Prime Minister of India, he has initiated many ambitious projects and programs such as “Swachch Bharat”, “Make in India”, “Clean Ganga” etc.

• He has shown great resolve to strengthen ties with the neighboring countries and also improve the bilateral relations with other countries of the world.

Awards & Achievements

• In 2007, he was named the best Chief Minister in the country, in a survey conducted by India Today magazine.

• FDI magazine honored him with the Asian Winner of the ‘FDI Personality of the Year’ award, in 2009.

• He featured on the cover page of March 2012 issue of TIME’s Asian edition.

• In 2014, he ranked at #15 on Forbes magazine’s list of the ‘World’s Most Powerful People’.

• He was listed among ‘Time 100 most influential people in the world’ by Time magazine, in 2014.

• He was named as the second most-followed politician on Twitter and Facebook on the ‘30 most influential people on the internet’ list released by Time magazine in 2015.

Family & Personal Life

• Narendra Modi married Jashodaben Chimanlal, at the age of 18, according to the traditions followed by the Ghanchi community. As per reports, the marriage was never consummated and eventually resulted in separation. His wife worked as a school teacher in a government school in Gujarat. She is now retired.

• Narendra Modi has five siblings: four brothers and a sister. He is the third of his parents' six children. His eldest brother, Soma Modi, is a presently retired and is currently a social worker. His elder brother, Amrutbhai Modi, worked as a fitter in a private company and is now retired.

• His younger brother, Prahladbhai Modi, runs a fair price shop. His younger brother, Pankaj Bhai Modi, works as a clerk in Information deptt of Gujarat Government. He also has a sister named Vasanti ben Hasmukhlal Modi.

Top 10 Facts You Did Not Know About Narendra Modi

• As a teenager, Narendra Modi ran away from home and went to the Himalayas where he lived for two years with sadhus.

• Narendra Modi was denied a visa to the United States in 2005 when he was the chief minister of Gujarat. The U.S. government did so because it considered it to be a failure on Modi's part to stop the deadly 2002 communal riots in Gujarat, which resulted in death of over 1000 people. Modi was the chief minister of the state at the time of the riots.

• Modi is the first Prime Minister of India who was born in 'Independent India’, that is, after August 15, 1947.

• He is the first Indian Prime Minister whose mother was alive when he took oath as a prime minister.

• He is known to be a cleanliness enthusiast.

• He is a strict vegetarian, a teetotaler, and doesn’t smoke.

• He is a religious Hindu and fasts all nine days during Navratra every year even while he is travelling.

• He has literary interests and writes poetry in Gujarati.

• Modi is known for being very stylish in his dressing and has a preference for traditional Indian attire.

• He sleeps for only 4-5 hours a day or less.

And now he is elected as the Prime minister of India 2nd consecutive time with full majority in general Lok Sabha Elections in 2019.


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