Narendra Modi

About Narendra Modi

As a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party, he was elected as India's 15th Prime Minister in May 2014. He was previously the Chief Minister of the Indian state of Gujarat, when he held the record for the longest tenure of any Chief Minister in Gujarat's history.

Narendra Damodardas Modi is an Indian politician, the 14th Prime Minister and incumbent of India since 2014. He was Prime Minister of Gujarat from 2001 to 2014 and was a Member of Parliament of Varanasi. Modi is a member of the Bharatiya Janata party and its National Democratic Alliance. He is also a member of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh, a voluntary Hindu nationalist organization. He was the first Prime Minister born after India's independence, the second non-National Prime Minister to win two consecutive terms after Atal Bihari Vajpayee and the first Prime Minister outside of Parliament to win both terms the majority are in Lok Sabha. Born and raised in Vadnagar, a small town northeast of Gujarat, Modi graduated from high school there and is said to have helped his father sell tea at the local train station. He was introduced to RSS when he was 8 years old.

Father	Damodardas Mulchand Modi
Spouse(s)	Jashodaben Modi (1968, estranged)
Residence	7, Lok Kalyan Marg, New Delhi, Delhi, India
Preceded by	Manmohan Singh
Political party	Bharatiya Janata Party
Born	Narendra Damodardas Modi, September 17, 1950, Vadnagar, Bombay State, Republic of India (present-day Gujarat)
President	Pranab Mukherjee, Ram Nath Kovind
Mother	Hiraben Modi
Net worth	₹ 2.85 Crore
Other political affiliations	National Democratic Alliance
Alma mater	University of Delhi (BA), Gujarat University (MA)

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Trivia

His administration faced heavy criticism in 2002 for not adequately protecting Muslims from being massacred by Hindus in Gujarat.

Narendra Modi before fame

As a teenager, he and his brother owned a tea stall.

Achievement of Narendra Modi

In 2002, his administration came under fire for failing to sufficiently protect Muslims in Gujarat from Hindu massacres.

Salary 2020

Not known

Net Worth 2020

$3,921,354 - $7,282,304

Narendra Modi family life

He was the third of Damodardas Mulchand Modi's six children. In 1968, he married Jashodaben Modi.

Associations of Narendra Modi

After the 2002 Gujarat carnage, then-Indian Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee pushed him to retire.

Narendra Modi Height, Weight & Physique Measurements

Weight	in kg - N/A
Height	170 cm
Eye Color	Black
Hair Color	White