Narendra Modi: Unknown Facts and Biography about Indian Prime Minister

Narendra Damodardas Modi, the current Prime Minister of India, was born on September 17, 1950, in Vadnagar, Mehsana Gujarat. Born to a poor family of grocers, his inspiring life journey is something that people look up to, besides his successful political career. Prior to being the prime minister of India, he had served as the chief minister of Gujarat for over 13 years.

Narendra Modi’s Biography

Name	Narendra Damodardas Modi
Title	Prime Minister (2014 – present)
Preceded by	Manmohan Singh
Political Party	Bharatiya Janata Party
Date of Birth	September 17, 1950
Place of Birth	Vadnagar, Gujarat
Father	Late Damodardas Mulchand Modi
Mother	Smt. Heeraben Damodardas Modi
Education	Delhi University (BA Political Science)                                                    Gujarat University (PG MA)

Narendra Modi’s Political Career

1987	Joined BJP a year after which he was made the general secretary of the party’s Gujarat branch
1990	Participated in a coalition government in Gujarat, along with other BJP members
1995	Helped the party achieve success in the state legislative assembly elections. Following that, the party formed the first-ever BJP-controlled government in India.
1998	Appointed as the general secretary of BJP’s national organization in New Delhi
2001	Sworn in as the chief minister of Gujarat replacing his fellow BJP member Keshubhai Patel
2002	Entered his first-ever electoral contest, which won him a seat in the Gujarat state assembly
2014	Sworn in as the Prime Minister of India

Major works by Narendra Modi

Named the best Chief Minister in the country in 2007 by India Today.

• Honored with the ‘FDI Personality of the Year’ award by FDI Magazine in 2009
• Ranked 15 on Forbes’ list of the ‘World’s Most Powerful People’ in 2014
• Listed among ‘Time 100 most influential people in the world by Time magazine in 2014, 2015 and 2017
• Bestowed with Indian of the Year award by CNN-IBN in 2014
• Ranked fifth on Fortune Magazine’s first annual list of the ‘World’s Greatest Leaders
• A wax statue of Narendra Modi was conferred with the Amir Amanullah Khan Award in 2017.
• Bestowed with Saudi Arabia’s highest civilian honor ‘King Abdulaziz Sash’ by King Salman bin Abdulaziz in 2016
• Ranked 9th in Forbes World’s Most Powerful People list 2018
• Honored with UN’s highest environmental award in 2018
• Narendra Modi is the recipient of the first Philip Kotler Presidential Award.
• This year, Narendra Modi had a whopping 70% Global Approval Rating, the highest among 13 world leaders.

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