Narendra Modi Age, Height, Wife, Family, Caste, Biography & More

Narendra Damodardas Modi (Pronunciation in Gujarati: [ˈnəɾendrə dɑmodəɾˈdɑs ˈmodiː]; born September 17, 1950) is an Indian politician who served as the current Prime Minister of India on the fourteenth and present since 2014. 

He was Prime Minister of Gujarat State in 2001. Until 2014 he is a member Parliament on Varanasi. Modi is a member of the BJP and Rashtriya Soyamsevak Sang (RSS), a Hindu national volunteer organization. He is the first Prime Minister outside the National Congress in India to win two consecutive terms by a full majority and the second to complete five years in office after Atal Bihari Vajpayee.

Bio         

Real Name	Narendra Damodardas Modi
Nick Name	Namo
Profession	Politician

Physical Stats & More

Height	in centimeters- 170 cm in meters- 1.70 m in feet inches- 5’ 7”
Weight	N/A
Body/ Figure Measurements	N/A
Eye Colour	Black
Hair Colour	White

Politics

Political Party	Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)
Political Journey	• In 1985, he joined BJP. • In 1988, the BJP elected him as Organizing Secretary of the Gujarat Party Unit. • In November 1995, he was elected national secretary of the BJP. • In May 1998, he became general secretary of the BJP. • On October 3, 2001, he became Prime Minister of Gujarat for the first time and held this position until 2014. • He was appointed to the BJP parliamentary committee on March 31, 2013. • He won the elections of Lok Sabha in 2014 in the Varanasi constituency by a wide margin of 3.71,784 votes. • On May 26, 2014, he was appointed fourteenth prime minister of India. • Won the 2019 Lok Sabha elections in the Varanasi constituency by a margin of 4,779,505 votes; higher than the previous margin in the 2014 general elections. • On May 30, 2019, he swore as the 15th Indian Prime Minister.
Awards, Honours	2007: Named best lead minister in a national survey conducted by India Today 2012: appeared on the cover of the Asian edition of Time magazine 2014: Indian elected of the year by the CNN-IBN information network; Forbes magazine also ranked him as the 15th most powerful person in the world. 2015: Bloomberg Markets magazine ranked him 13th as the most influential person in the world; He also named one of Time's 30 most influential people on the Internet as the second most followed politician on Twitter and Facebook 2014 and 2016: the declared winner of the Time magazine reader survey for the person of the year 2016: April 3, honoured with the Order of Abdulaziz Al Saud; The highest civil honour in Saudi Arabia 2016: June 4, honoured with the Order of State of Ghazi Amir Amanullah Khan; Afghanistan's highest civil honour 2014, 2015 and 2017: named one of the 100 most influential people in the world by Time magazine 2015, 2016 and 2018: Forbes magazine placed it in the ninth place among the most powerful personalities in the world 2018 • February 10, honoured with the great necklace of the State of Palestine; Palestine's highest civil honour for foreign dignitaries • September 27, presentation of the Champions of the Earth award; the highest environmental award of the United Nations, also awarded to five other people and organizations, for its leadership in the International Solar Alliance and its commitment to eliminate single-use plastic by 2022 • On October 24, he awarded the Seoul Peace Prize for 2018 for his contribution to international cooperation and the promotion of global economic growth. 2019 • On 22 February, he received the prestigious Seoul Peace The prize for 2018. • On 4 April, he was conferred with Zayed Medal, UAE’s the highest civilian award, for giving “a big boost” to the bilateral relations between both the countries • On 25 September, conferred the ‘Global Goalkeeper’ award by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation for the Swachh Bharat Abhiyan launched by his government.

Personal Life

Date Of Birth	17 September 1950 (Sunday)
Age(as in 2019)	69 Years
Birth Place	Vadnagar, Bombay State (Now, Gujarat), India
Zodiac Sign	Virgo
Nationality	Indian
Home Town	Vadnagar, Gujarat, India
School	Higher Secondary School, Vadnagar, Gujarat
College	• Gujarat University, Ahmedabad, India • University of Delhi, New Delhi, India
Educational Qualification	• SSC exam from Gujarat Board in 1967 • BA in Political Science (a distance-education course from Delhi University) • MA in Political Science from Gujarat University in 1983
Debut	N/A
Family	N/A
Religion	Hinduism
Caste	OBC (Modh Ghanchi), for more information about his caste,
Blood Group	A (+ve)
Food Habit	Vegetarian
Address	C-1, Someshwar Tenament, Ranip, Ahmedabad-382480, Gujarat
Address (official)	7, Lok Kalyan Marg (earlier called 7 Race Course Road), New Delhi
Best Friends	N/A
Hobbies	Doing Yoga, Reading
Likes & Dislikes
Controversies	• The biggest controversy in his career was that of the Gujarat riots in 2002, in which he was criticized for leading it. However, on December 11, 2019, the Nanavati-Mehta Justice Commission gave him a free kick in the 2002 riots in Gujarat. The Gujarat government presented the last part of the Nanavati-Mehta Justice Commission report on the 2002 riots in the Assembly on December 11, 2019. The report addresses post-Godhra violence in which more than 1,000 people were killed in widespread community riots throughout the state. The commission gave a free kick to the then Prime Minister, Narendra Modi and others in riots after Godhara. The Commission discovered that the riots were not organized and that the state administration had taken all necessary measures to control the situation. [one] • Teesta Setalvad held him responsible for the murder of her husband in the Gulbarg society in 2002. • He was also held responsible for the false meeting of Ishrat Jahan. • He was also criticized for his marital status. • The United States has rejected a visa for its role in the Gujarat riots. • He was criticized for listening to the phone calls of a girl (architecture student) in the Snoopgate scandal. • In 2015, he was criticized for wearing a suit worth 10 Lakh with a monogram of his name: Narendra Modi. • On August 10, 2018, for the first time in the history of the Indian Parliament, part of the Prime Minister's comments were removed from the archives of Rajya Sabha. After the election of Harivansh Narayan Singh as vice president of Rajya Sabha, in his speech congratulating Harivansh, Prime Minister Modi said the election had taken place between "two Haris." He then beat Mr. Hariprasad (opposition candidate), playing with his initials.

Boys, Affairs and More

Marital Status	Married
Marriage Date	Year 1968

Family

Wife/Spouse	Jashodaben Chimanlal Modi
Children	None
Parents	Father- Late Damodardas Mulchand Modi (died of Bone Cancer in 1989) Mother- Heeraben
Siblings	Brothers- Soma (75 Years)- Retired Officer of Health Department, Amrut Modi (72)- A Lathe Machine Operator, Prahlad (62)- Runs a Shop in Ahmedabad, Pankaj (57)- Clerk in the Information Department in Gandhinagar Sister- Vasantiben Hasmukhlal Modi

Favourite Things

Politician(s)	Syama Prasad Mukherjee, Atal Bihari Vajpayee
Leader(s)	Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, Swami Vivekananda
Singer	Lata Mangeshkar
Song(s)	• "Jyoti Kalash Chalke" from the film Bhabhi Ki Chudiyan (1961) • "O Pawan Veg Se Uden Wale Ghode" from the film Jai Chitod (1961)

Style Quotient

Cars Collection

He doesn't have any car registered to his name

Assets/Properties

Moveable (worth Rs 1.41 crore) Bank Balance- Rs 4,143 in SBI's Gandhinagar NSCH Branch Fixed Deposits and MOD (Multi Option Deposit Scheme)- worth ₹1,07,96,288 at the same branch Infrastructure Bond Deposits (tax saving)- worth ₹20,000; dated 25 January 2012 National Saving Certificate (Post)- Rs 7.61 lakh Life Insurance (LIC) Policy- Rs 1.9 lakh Jewellery- four pieces of gold rings, weighing approximately 45 grams worth Rs 1.13 lakh; as in March 2019 Immovable (worth Rs 1.1 crore) A 3,531 sq ft plot in Sector-1, Gandhinagar worth Rs 1.1 crore (as in April 2019)

Money Factor

Salary(AS the Prime Minister of India)	₹160,000/ Month + Other Allowances
Net worth(Approx.)	Rs 2.5 crore (as in April 2019)

Some Lesser Known Facts About Narendra Modi

Does Narendra Modi smoke ?: No

Narendra Modi drinks alcohol ?: No

He was born in a family of an oil community, considered the other backward class (CBO) in India.

In his childhood, Modi wanted to join the Indian army and tried to enlist in a school in Sainik, but due to financial limitations, he could not be admitted to the school in Sainik.

At the age of 17, he left home and went to different parts of India.