Narendra Modi
Narendra Modi is a leading Indian politician and the current Prime Minister of India. He is known for leading his party Bharatiya Janta Party (BJP) to a historic win in 2014 elections. He became the first Indian Prime Minister born after independence. He rose from a poverty-stricken tea-selling boy to a development-oriented leader, eventually becoming the longest-serving chief minister of Gujarat for 12 years. He became a controversial figure after the 2002 Gujarat riots. His government was accused of not doing enough to curb the riots. He is a protégé of L.K. Advani and is known for running an incorruptible government through his incisive decision-making qualities. Even though his economic policies have been praised, he is criticized for failing to make much positive change in the overall human development in Gujarat. After assuming the office of the Prime Minister, he announced many programs and policies that his government plans to implement in its 5-year term
Childhood & Early Life
Narendra Damodardas Modi was conceived on September 17, 1950 in the residential area of Vadnagar, Mehsana, Gujarat. His dad's name was Damodardas Mulchand Modi and his mom's name is Heeraben Modi. Narendra Modi was the third of six offspring of his folks.
In the wake of finishing his tutoring in Vadnagar in 1967, he exited home and traversed India investigating its extensive scene and various culture, visiting Rishikesh, the Himalayas, Ramakrishna Mission and Northeast India.
He returned home following two years and went to Ahmedabad to join Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) as a fulltime pracharak (campaigner) in 1971.
He finished his graduation from Delhi University in political theory through correspondence in 1978, and got a Masters certificate in political theory from Gujarat University in 1983.
Political Career
Amid the 1975-77 national crisis forced by the then Prime Minister Indira Gandhi, Modi stayed underground and went in mask. He made utilization of different strategies including printing and conveyance of flyers to restrict the administration. This brought his administrative, authoritative and initiative abilities to the fore.
He joined the BJP in 1985 and was made the association secretary of its Gujarat Unit in 1987.
He challenged for Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation decisions and won the equivalent, giving BJP its first historically speaking win.
His abilities were perceived inside the gathering after he helped in directing L.K. Advani's Ayodhya Rath Yatra in 1990, which turned into his first national-level political task, trailed by Murli Manohar Joshi's Ekta Yatra in 1991-92.
He assumed a noteworthy job in fortifying BJP's essence in Gujarat after the 1990 Gujarat Assembly races.
In the 1995 decisions, the gathering won 121 seats, in this way framing the first-ever BJP government in Gujarat. The gathering stayed in power for a brief period, which finished in September 1996.
In 1995, he was named as BJP's National Secretary and moved to New Delhi, to deal with exercises in Haryana and Himachal Pradesh.
He turned into the General Secretary (Organization) in 1998, a situation through which he settled inside political debate and aided BJP win the 1998 Lok Sabha decisions.
He challenged in the 2002 Gujarat get together decisions out of the blue and won a seat from Rajkot-II, and turned into the central Minister of Gujarat.
His legislature was blamed for not doing what's necessary to check the Gujarat uproars of 2002. The mobs happened in striking back to consuming of Hindu pioneers in a train close Godhra.
He was compelled to venture down as the Chief Minister following restriction from both inside and outside Gujarat. Be that as it may, he was re-chosen as the Chief Minister in December 2002, after BJP won the get together decisions.
After a few examinations did by a Special Investigation Team (SIT), Modi was given a spotless chit by the Supreme Court because of absence of proof of his inclusion in the brutality.
Despite the fact that he professed to have taken measures to get success and advancement Gujarat, numerous examinations and insights demonstrate that the state does not rank high in human improvement, instruction, nourishment, and destitution easing.
He was chosen as BJP's prime clerical applicant in the 2014 Lok Sabha decisions, which was unpretentiously restricted by some gathering veterans, for example, L.K. Advani. He, in any case, won both the seats (Varanasi and Vadodara) that he challenged, yet in the long run held the Varanasi situate.
Major Works
- Following the incumbent Gujarat Chief Minister Keshubhai Patel’s failing health, corruption allegations, and poor management of the Bhuj earthquake, he was chosen as a replacement and sworn in as the Chief Minister in 2001.
- Upon assuming power for a second term in 2002, he emphasized on the state’s economic development and eventually turned it into an attractive investment destination for businessmen and industrialists.
- He was elected the Chief Minister for a third term in 2007, wherein he improved agricultural growth rate, provided electricity to all villages, and ensured rapid development of the state.
- During his reign as the Chief Minister of Gujarat, the government supported the creation of groundwater-conservation projects. This helped in the cultivation of Bt Cotton, which could be irrigated with the tube wells and Gujarat became the largest producer of Bt Cotton.
- The Gujarat government under Modi brought electricity to every village in the state. He significantly changed the state's system of power distribution by separating agricultural electricity from rural electricity.
- Make in India
- Swachh Bharat Abhiyan (Clean India Campaign)
- Creation of NITI Aayog to Replace Planning Commission
- Jan Dhan Yojana
- Economic Reforms and Policy Implementation
- Foreign Policy Put on Fast-track Mode
- Campaign for Building Toilets
- Confidence-building Measures in Kashmir
Awards & Achievements
In 2007, he was named the best Chief Minister in the nation, in a study directed by India Today magazine
FDi magazine regarded him with the Asian Winner of the 'FDi Personality of the Year' grant, in 2009.
He included on the cover page of March 2012 issue of TIME's Asian release.
In 2014, he positioned at #15 on Forbes magazine's rundown of the 'World's Most Powerful People'.
He was recorded among 'Time 100 most persuasive individuals on the planet' by Time magazine, in 2014.
He was named as the second most-pursued government official on Twitter and Facebook on the '30 most compelling individuals on the web' list discharged by Time magazine in 2015.
Top 10 Facts You Did Not Know About Narendra Modi
- As a youngster, Narendra Modi fled from home and went to the Himalayas where he lived for a long time with sadhus.
- Narendra Modi was denied a visa to the United States in 2005 when he was the main pastor of Gujarat. The U.S. government did as such in light of the fact that it viewed it as a disappointment on Modi's part to stop the fatal 2002 public uproars in Gujarat, which brought about death of more than 1000 individuals. Modi was the central priest of the state at the season of the uproars.
- Modi is the main Prime Minister of India who was conceived in 'Autonomous India', that is, after August 15, 1947.
- He is the primary Indian Prime Minister whose mother was alive when he took office.
- He is known to be a neatness lunatic.
- He is a strict vegan, a nondrinker, and doesn't smoke.
- He is a religious Hindu and fasts each of the nine days amid Navratra consistently even while he is voyaging.
- He has scholarly interests and composes verse in Gujarati.
- Modi is known for being exceptionally in vogue in his dressing and has an inclination for conventional Indian clothing.
- He rests for just five hours every day or less.
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