Profession: 15thPrime Minister of India

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Biography: The 15th and current Prime Minister of India. Prior to holding this office he was the Chief Minister of Gujarat from 2001 to 2014. Modi was a highly controversial figure in this role, particularly over allegations that he was complicity in the 2002 riots in which over 1,000 Muslims were killed.

Since taking office, Modi has tried to raise foreign direct investment in the Indian economy, while reducing spending on healthcare and social welfare initiatives. Other policies include the abolition of the planning commission and attempts to increase efficiency in the bureaucracy. He has begun a high-profile sanitation campaign, and weakened or abolished environmental and labor laws.

Modi's Hindu nationalism has been the source of controversy, with the riots in Gujarat sometimes used by critics as evidence of his anti-Muslim feelings.

Born:September 17,1950
Birthplace: Vadnagar, India
Age:74 years old

Generation:Baby Boomer
Chinese Zodiac:Tiger
Star Sign:Virgo

• 2014-05-17 The center-right Hindu Nationalist Party, the BJP, led by Narendra Modi wins a landslide general election victory in India
• 2014-05-26 Narendra Modi becomes the 15th Prime Minister of India
• 2016-11-08 Indian PM Narendra Modi announces the demonetization of all ₹500 and ₹1,000 banknotes during an unscheduled live televised address, canceling 86% of the notes in circulation in a battle against corruption
• 2018-09-23 Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi launches "Modicare," a free healthcare program for 500 million people, the world's largest healthcare initiative
• 2018-09-24 Pakyong Airport, India's 100th airport, is opened in the Himalayan mountains at 1,400 meters by Prime Minister Narendra Modi
• 2019-03-27 Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi announces the country is now a "space power" after successfully shooting down a satellite from space in a ballistic missile test
• 2019-05-23 Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) wins re-election in a landslide over the opposition Congress Party, world's largest-ever democratic election with over 600 million voters
• 2019-05-30 Narendra Modi sworn in for a second term as Indian Prime Minister in New Delhi with 8,000 guests at largest-ever gathering at the Presidential Palace
• 2019-09-22 "Howdy, Modi!" US PresidentDonald Trump holds a mass rally for Indian PM Narendra Modi in Houston, Texas
• 2020-02-24 US PresidentDonald Trump begins a 2 day trip to India meeting Indian PM Narendra Modi
• 2020-03-24 Indian PM Narendra Modi orders a 21-day lockdown for the country's 1.3 billion people to address COVID-19
• 2020-04-14 PM Narendra Modi extends India's COVID-19 lockdown until May 3
• 2020-05-12 Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi announces a $260 million economic rescue package, worth 10% of GDP
• 2020-08-05 Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi lays the cornerstone for a new Hindu temple at Ayodhya Ram to replace a previous Muslim mosque
• 2021-02-21 India's BJP party issues resolution country had "defeated COVID under the able, sensitive, committed and visionary leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi”, massive second wave hits two months later
• 2023-05-28 India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurates India's new parliament building, amid a boycott by opposition parties (who wanted the President to open it)
• 2023-06-22 US PresidentJoe Biden meets with India Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the White House
• 2023-07-20 Video of serious mob assault on two women in Indian state of Manipur has "shamed India" claims PM Narendra Modi. Part of violence between Meitei and Kuki communities which have killed 130 people.
• 2024-01-04 Diplomatic row erupts between India and the Maldives after Indian PM Narendra Modi encourages Indians to travel to the Lakshadweep islands instead
• 2024-01-22 New Hindu temple to the god Ram inaugurated by Indian PM Narendra Modi in Ayodhya city in a grand ceremony, on site of a mosque razed to the ground by Hindi militants in 1992
• 2024-06-04 Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Bharatiya Janata party wins the most seats but not a majority, in the country's general election
• 2024-06-09 Narendra Modi is sworn in as only the second third-term Prime Minister of India at the head of a BJP-led coalition government at a ceremony in Delhi

• Biden hosts India's Modi for state visit, navigating critical relationship amid human rights concerns -CBS News
• Manipur: India outrage after women paraded naked in violence-hit state -BBC News
• Modi inaugurates Hindu temple on site of razed mosque in India -Guardian
• Modi, the Maldives and the battle of the beaches -Financial Times
• Narendra Modi sworn in for third term at grand ceremony in Delhi -BBC News
• New parliament: PM Modi inaugurates building amid opposition boycott -BBC

• Atal Bihari Vajpayee
• Indira Gandhi
• Jawaharlal Nehru
• Manmohan Singh
• P. V. Narasimha Rao
• Rajiv Gandhi