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 abusterminus.[11][12][13]
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.[21] He soon became Prime Minister of India.
PM Modi's administration has tried to raise foreign investment in the Indian economy and cut spending onhealthcare and social welfare programmes. The Modi government has madeamendments to existing environmental and labour laws.
Following his party's victory in the 2019 Indian general election, introduced theCitizenship Amendment Act, which resulted in widespread protests across the country.
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 initially,which was his starting career as a chief minister .[22][23][24][25]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.[26] In early 2017, a survey fromPew Research Center showed Modi to be the most popular figure in Indian politics.[27][28]
In 1968, he marriedJashodaben.[29] However, the couple has been separated. Narendra has a close relationship with his mother, Hiraben(who died).[30] He is avegetarian.[31][32]
According to Modi and his neighbors, during his childhood, Modi occasionally assisted in his father's tea business on the platform of Vadnagar railway station.[33]
↑gulisten (help·info);Narendra Modi was bornNarendrabhai Damodardas Modi on 17 September 1950. He usesDamodardas as his middle name—Gujaratis have a tradition ofusing the names of their fathers as their middle names—but he is widely known asNarendra Modi.[2]
↑Menon, Kalyani Devaki (2012).Everyday Nationalism: Women of the Hindu Right in India. The University of Pennsylvania Press. p. 26.ISBN978-0-8122-2234-0.Yet, months after this violent pogrom against Muslims, the Hindu nationalist chief minister of Gujarat, Narendra Modi, went to the polls and won a resounding victory
↑Mishra, Pankaj (April 2011). Visweswaran, Kamala (ed.).Perspectives on Modern South Asia: A Reader in Culture, History, and Representation. Wiley-Blackwell. p. 188.ISBN978-1-4051-0062-5.The chief minister of Gujarat, a young up-and-coming leader of the Hindu nationalists called Narendra Modi, quoted Isaac Newton to explain the killings of Muslims. "Every action", he said, "has an equal and opposite reaction."
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