Biography & early life

Narendra Modi was born on September 17th, in the year 1950 at Vadanagar, Gujarat. He is the Chief Minister of Gujarat. He was born in a middle class Hindu family. He worked in the Indian Army and served the soldiers during the Indo-Pak war. He also used to serve the people who were food affected in Gujarat in the year 1967. He was a part of the student organization called Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) and he was also an organizer for this organization. His work was acknowledged in the anti-corruption Reconstruction Movement called Navnirman. He was nominated as a representative in the Bharatiya Janata Party. He also worked with the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS). Narendra Modi completed his schooling in Vadanagar and then went on to do a Masters degree in Political Science. He is a poet and has also written a large number of poems. Career Narendra Modi started his political career when he was young. He worked with the RSS. He played important roles in situations such as the anti corruption agitation in 1974, and during the 19 month long emergency period in 1975 to 1977 which was declared by the Prime Minister of India, Mrs. Indira Gandhi. He entered politics in the year 1987 when he joined the Bharatiya Janata Party. He worked for the Gujarat unit of the party. He became the General Secretary of the Party within a year of his joining. He was the General Secretary for the Gujarat unit. He worked with Shankarsingh Vaghela. After working with Narendra Modi, the BJP started getting political importance in Gujarat and also begin to rise in power in the year 1995. Since then, the BJP is still ruling successfully in Gujarat till now. Between 1988 and 1955 Modi was responsible for various events such as Somnath-AyodhyaYatra which was led by L.K Advani, and also Kanyakumari-Kashmir Yatra, these events made BJP grow as the Central Government in the year 1998. Modi was the National Secretary of the party in the year 1995, and five major states were under him. He was the General Secretary of BJP till 2001. In 2001, Keshubhai Patel was removed from power, and BJP elected Narendra Modi as the Chief Minister of Gujarat. From 2001 till now he is the favorite leader of Gujarat. There was a major riot which broke out in Gujarat in the year 2002. This happened when the Sabarmati Express train was attacked by a group of Muslims, and this led to a Hindu-Muslim communal riot. During these riots around 790 Muslims and 254 Hindus were killed and around 223 people were missing. These riots caused a lot of damage to Gujarat and it also led to the damage of holy places. 298 dargahs, 205 mosques, 17 temples and 3 churches were destroyed during this time. Because of this, Narendra Modi resigned from his post. But he was elected again in the state elections. Modi was held responsible for these riots, so he was denied a U.S visa. The Supreme Court of India did an investigation against him to know his role in the riots, but they could not find any evidence against him

Achievements&awards
Awards and recognitions

Gujarat Ratna by Shri Poona Gujarati Bandhu Samaj at Ganesh Kala Krida Manch on celebration of centenary year.[98] e-Ratna award by the Computer Society of India[99] Best Chief Minister In a nationwide survey conducted in 2006 by India Today magazine, Narendra Modi was declared the Best Chief Minister in the country.[100] Asian Winner of the fDi Personality of the Year Award for 2009 by fDi Magazine.[101] In March 2012, Modi appeared on the cover of Time magazine, one of India's few politicians to have done so.[102] His leadership was described as being strong and businesslike; one that could guide India towards honesty and efficiency.[103]

Education &political activism

Modi remained a pracharak in the RSS while he completed his master's degree in political science from Gujarat University.[14] The RSS seconded Modi to the BJP in 1987.[13][15] While Shankarsingh Vaghela and Keshubhai Patel were the established names in the BJP, Modi rose to prominence after organising Murli Manohar Joshi's Ekta yatra (journey for unity).[11] His electoral strategy was central to BJP's victory in the 1995 state elections.[15][13][16] Modi became the General Secretary of the BJP and was transferred to New Delhi where he was assigned responsibility for the party's activities in Haryana and Himachal Pradesh.[15] Vaghela, who had threatened to break away from BJP in 1995, defected from the BJP after he lost the 1996 Lok Sabha elections. In 1998, Modi was promoted to the post of National Secretary of the BJP.[11] While selecting candidates for the 1998 state elections in Gujarat, Modi sidelined people who were loyal to Vaghela and rewarded those who favoured Patel, thus ending factional divisions within the party. His strategies were key to winning those elections.[15] Patel's failing health, along with allegations of abuse of power, corruption and poor administration, as well as a loss of BJP seats in by-elections and the effects of the devastating Bhuj Earthquake of 2001, which his administration struggled to handle, prompted the BJP's national leadership to seek a new candidate for the office of chief minister.[17][18][15] Modi, who had aired his misgivings about Patel's administration, was chosen as a replacement.[11] L. K. Advani, a senior leader of the BJP, however, did not want to ostracise Patel and was worried about Modi's lack of experience in governance. It was suggested that Modi should be made the

deputy chief minster in a government led by Patel. Modi informed Advani and Atal Bihari Vajpayee that he was "going to be fully responsible for Gujarat or not at all" and declined the proposal. On 7 October 2001, Modi was appointed the Chief Minister of Gujarat and was assigned responsibility to prepare the BJP for elections in December 2002.[17] As Chief Minister, Modi's ideas of governance revolved around privatisation and small government, which stood at odds with what Aditi Phadnis has described as the "antiprivatisation, antiglobalisation position" of the RSS.[17]

Role in central politics

Modi and other BJP leaders after the party's National Executive Meet. Modi was named the chairman of Central Election Campaign Committee during this meet. In March 2013, Modi was appointed as member of the BJP Parliamentary Board, its highest decision-making body, and also as a Chairman of the party's Central Election Campaign Committee

International diplomacy

Modi speaking at the World Economic Forum's India Economic Summit 2008 in New Delhi.
To attract foreign investment in Gujarat during his time as chief minister, Modi has made visits to countries such as China, Singapore and Japan.[85] Modi visited China in November 2006 in order to study the Special Economic Zones that were planned to start in Gujarat.[86] He also visited in September 2007[87] and later in November 2011. A month after his visit of 2011, the Chinese Government released 13 diamond traders from India who had been jailed by the Shenzhen Customs, which Modi described as being the consequence of his diplomatic efforts and statesmanship.[88][89] In 2005 Modi was denied a diplomatic visa to the United States. In addition, the B-1/B-2 visa that had previously been granted to him was also revoked, under a section of the Immigration and Nationality Act which makes any foreign government official who was responsible or "directly carried out, at any time, particularly severe violations of religious freedom" ineligible for the visa.[90] In 2011, the Karachi Chamber of Commerce & Industry, impressed with the development of Gujarat, invited Modi to visit Pakistan and address prominent business leaders. They also asked him to consider a flight between Karachi and Ahmedabad, due to the historical cultural and economic relations between the two regions of Gujarat and Sindh. Modi wishes to help Pakistan out of its power crisis, especially in Sindh, suggesting Pakistan can follow the Gujarat Model in two ways Gujarat Solar Park and Kalpasar Project.[91] The United Kingdom refused to deal with Modi for a decade following the 2002 violence but lifted its diplomatic boycott in October 2012.[92] Later, in March 2013, the European Union, of which the UK is a member, also ended its boycott, saying that talking with Modi was a separate issue from that of protecting human rights and those of women.[93]

About narendra modi

Mr.Narendra Modi, born at Vadnagar, Mehsana district in North Gujarat born on September 1950 in a small town. Shri Modi was brought up in a culture of values like generosity, benevolence and social service which can be seen installed in him. Even as a boy in the Indo-Pak war of the mid sixties, he had volunteered to serve the Indian soldiers during transit at railway stations. He also helped people affected by the flood in Gujarat in 1967. He was elected as the student leader of AkhilBhartiyaVidhyarthiParishad (All India Students Council) due to his excellent organizational capability and a rich insight into human psychology. He has also played prominent roles in various socio-political movements in Gujarat. Since his childhood days he was confronted with many difficulties and obstacles, but he transformed all the challenges into opportunities by sheer strength of character and courage. This was particularly seen when he joined the college and University for higher education where his path was filled with harsh realities of life and painful toil. But as a true solider he has confronted all the bullets in this battle of life. Once he has taken a step forward he never looks back. He refuses to drop out or be defeated. It was this commitment in his life, which enabled him to complete his post graduation in political science. He started working with the RashtriyaSwayamsevakSangh (RSS), a socio-cultural organization with stern a focus on social and cultural development of India which imbibed in him the spirit of selflessness, social responsibility, dedication and nationalism. Shri Narendra Modi in his tenure with the RSS played several important roles on various occasions including the 1974 Navnirman anti-corruption agitation and harrowing19 months(January 1977 to June 1975), a state of emergency' when the fundamental rights of Indian citizens were strangled. Modi showing the path of the true spirit of democracy kept alive the fundamentals by guiding covert operations for the entire period and fighting a spiritual battle against the fascist ways of the then central government. In 1987 he joined the BJP and entered mainstream politics. Within just a year, he was elevated to the rank of General Secretary of the Gujarat unit of BJP. By this time he had already acquired a reputation in the party for being a highly efficient organizer. He took the challenging task of making the party cadres with right intent after which the party started gaining political mileage and formed a coalition government at the Centre in April 1990. Though this partnership short lived and fell apart within a few months, but the BJP gained hold of Gujarat and came to power with a two-third majority on its own in Gujarat in 1995. Since then, the BJP has been director of Gujarat. Due to his work from 1988 and 1995, Shri Narendra Modi now recognized as a master strategist and had successfully gained the necessary groundwork for making the Gujarat BJP the ruling party of the state. Shri Modi in this period was entrusted with the responsibility of organizing two massive and crucial national events for the BJP First was the Somnath to AyodhyaRathYatra (a very long march) of Shri L.K. Advani and Kanyakumari to Kashmir in the north (the southern part of India), similar to March These two highly successful events handled by Shri Modi are

regarded as the reason for the ascent of the BJP to power in New Delhi in 1998. In 1995, ShriModi (a rare distinction for a young leader) was appointed the National Secretary of the party and given the charge of five major states in India. In 1998, he was promoted as the General Secretary (Organization) of BJP, a post he held until October 2001, when he was chosen to lead the state of Gujarat as Chief Minister of Gujarat which is one of the most prosperous and progressive states of India. At the time of some period Narendra Modi hand over some of the responsibilities of state level units having some part of its units and some of sensitive crucial states of Kashmir and north eastern states. He was the only person taking the responsibility against the party in org states in meanwhile working at national level. In the party Narendra Modi is the important person and played the main role on eminence occasions. During this period he traveled extensively throughout the world and interacts with renowned leaders of many countries. These experiences not only helped him develop a global approach but also his passion for serving India in the community of nations. Australia Chapters | Canada Chapters | Central India's Chapter | East India's Chapter | North India's Chapter | South India's Chapter | UK Chapters | USA