Narendra Modi

Narendra Damodardas Modi (born: 17 September, 1950) is an Indian politician who is the 14th and current Prime Minister of the Republic of India since 2014. He was previously the Chief Minister of the state of Gujarat from 2001 to 2014. He was later elected as the prime minister in May 2014. He is a member of the right-wing-Bharatiya Janata Party. He is the first Indian prime minister to be born after the country's independence from the British Empire in 1947.

Early life
Narendra Modi was born into a Gujarati family in Vadnagar. As a child, he used to help his father, who ran a tea stall at Vadnagar railway station.  Later, he and his brother ran a tea stall of their own at a bus terminus.

In 1978, Modi received a B.A. degree in political science from School of Open Learning at the University of Delhi, graduating with a third class. Five years later, in 1983, he received a Master of Arts degree in political science from Gujarat University, as an external distance learning student.

However his degree has been a subject of controversy. Many people claimed the degree as false, but no proof was given by him or his party to prove his degree.

Political carrer

Modi led the BJP in the 2014 Indian general election which gave the party a majority in the Indian lower house of parliament, the Lok Sabha, the first time for any single party since 1984. He soon became Prime Minister of India.

PM Modi's administration has tried to raise foreign investment in the Indian economy and cut spending on healthcare and social welfare programmes. The Modi government has made amendments to existing environmental and labour laws.

Following his party's victory in the 2019 Indian general election, introduced the Citizenship Amendment Act, which resulted in widespread protests across the country.

In 2020, his government introduced new farming bill, which resulted in widespread protests accross the country, according to a report 700 farmers died in the protest. But government took back the bill after almost 2 years of protests before 2022 UP elections. 

Modi was appointed Chief Minister of Gujarat in 2001. Modi was elected to the legislative assembly soon after. His administration oversaw the 2002 Gujarat riots, and he was criticized for how he handled them, which was his starting career as a chief minister .There have been multiple investigations into the Gujarat riots, including a Supreme Court-appointed Special Investigation Team (SIT), which cleared Modi of any wrongdoing. 

As a Prime Minister, Narendra Modi has had high approval ratings. In early 2017, a survey from Pew Research Center showed Modi to be the most popular figure in Indian politics.https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/morning-brief-how-spg-thwarted-possible-threat-to-modi-in-kyiv-bangladesh-guards-stop-india-from-building-fence-more-101724467977281.html

Personal life
In 1968, he married Jashodaben. He was 18 while she 17 that time. However, the couple has been separated but never actually divorced. The marriage was not in memory of people from decades till 2014. A Modi biographer wrote that Modi kept the marriage a secret because he would not have been able to become a pracharak in the RSS, for which celibacy had once been a requirement. Modi had a close relationship with his mother, Hiraben (who died in 2022). He is a vegetarian.https://www.livemint.com/news/world/pakistan-needs-a-leader-like-narendra-modi-nationalism-has-worked-well-for-india-pak-politician-11724588320598.html 

According to Modi during his childhood, he occasionally assisted in his father's tea business on the platform of Vadnagar railway station.

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References

Other websites
 Official Biographical Sketch in Lok Sabha Website
 Narendra Modi Early Life,  Education ,Political Journey, challenges and Achievement


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