Narendra Modi

Key facts

Born

17 September 1950, Vadnagar

State of birth

Vadnagar, Gujarat

Sector

Politics & governance

Profession

Prime Minister of India since 2014

Gender

Male

Biography

Narendra Damodardas Modi is an Indian politician who has served as the prime minister of India since 26 May 2014. Modi was the chief minister of Gujarat from 2001 to 2014 and is the Member of Parliament (MP) for Varanasi. He is a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), a right-wing Hindutva paramilitary volunteer organisation. He is India's third-longest-serving prime minister, and the longest-serving prime minister outside the Indian National Congress.

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Timeline

1. 1950Born in Vadnagar
2. 2001Becomes Chief Minister of Gujarat
3. 2002Becomes Member of the Gujarat Legislative Assembly
4. 2014Becomes Member of the 16th Lok Sabha
5. 2014Becomes Prime Minister of India
6. 2014Becomes Minister of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions
7. 2014Awarded the CNN-News18 Indian of the Year
8. 2016Awarded the Amir Amanullah Khan Award
9. 2016Awarded the Collar of the Order of Abdul Aziz Al Saud
10. 2018Awarded the Knight Grand Cordon with Collar of the Order of Palestine
11. 2018Awarded the Seoul Peace Prize
12. 2019Becomes Member of the 17th Lok Sabha
13. 2019Becomes Leader of the House in Lok Sabha
14. 2019Awarded the Order of Zayed
15. 2019Awarded the Order of St. Andrew the Apostle the First-Called
16. 2019Awarded the Order of the Distinguished Rule of Izzuddin
17. 2020Awarded the Legion of Merit
18. 2020Awarded the Ig Nobel Prize
19. 2021Awarded the Time 100
20. 2021Awarded the Order of the Dragon King
21. 2024Becomes Member of the Lok Sabha
22. 2026Awarded the Grand Cross of the Order of the White Double Cross‎