Biography of Narendra Modi

Narendra Modi

Narendra Damodardas Modi is an Indian politician serving as the 14th and current Prime Minister of India since 2014. He was the Chief Minister of Gujarat from 2001 to 2014 and is the Member of Parliament for Varanasi. 

Born: 17 September 1950 (age 69 years), Vadnagar

Spouse: Jashodaben Narendrabhai Modi (m. 1968)

Office: Member of the Lok Sabha since 2014

Education: Gujarat University (1983), School of Open Learning, University of Delhi (1978)

Previous offices: Member of the Gujarat Legislative Assembly (2002–2014), Chief Minister of Gujarat ( 2001--2014)

Awards: Seoul Peace Prize, Order of the Distinguished Rule of Izzuddin, CNN-IBN Indian of the Year

Modi is the first Prime Minister of India who was born in 'Independent India’, that is, post-August 15, 1947. He is also the first Indian prime minister whose mother was alive when he took office. He holds the record of winning a Lok Sabha seat by the highest margin (about 5.70 lakhs; Vadodara).

Narendra Modi is the current Prime Minister of India. He represents Varanasi constituency in the Lok Sabha. He is the most prominent leader of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). He is considered a master strategist for his party. He has been the Chief Minister of Gujarat for four consecutive terms.

Family and Personal Background of Narendra Modi

Narendra Damodardas Modi was born to a family of grocers in a town called Vadnagar in Mehsana district of Gujarat. He was born on 17 September, 1950 to Damodardas Mulchand Modi and Heeraben Modi. The couple had six children among which Narendra Modi was the third eldest.

Political Journey of Narendra Modi

• Became the General Secretary of         the BJP's Gujarat unit in 1988.

• Recognised as a key strategist for       being instrumental in successfully campaigning for the party in the 1995 and 1998 Gujarat Assembly elections, which made the BJP the ruling party in Gujarat.

• Successfully organised two challenging events on national level: the Somnath to Ayodhya Rath Yatra, which was a long march by L. K. Advani and a march from Kanyakumari (southern tip of India) to Kashmir (the northern tip) undertaken by Murli Manohar Joshi. These two events are considered to have contributed in bringing the BJP to power in 1998.

• In 1995, Narendra Modi was appointed as the Secretary of the BJP's national unit.

• Narendra Modi was credited for having successfully carried out the responsibility of revamping the party organisation in different states.

• In 1998, Narendra Modi was promoted as General Secretary and held the position till October 2001.

• Narendra Modi became the Chief Minister of the state of Gujarat for the first time in October 2001 when his predecessor Keshubhai Patel resigned from the post following the defeat of BJP in by-elections.

• After winning the Gujarat Assembly elections three consecutive times and holding the position of the state's chief minister, Modi contested the 2014 Lok Sabha elections for the first time. He won the elections by a grand margin and became the Prime Minister of India following the win.