Narendra Damodardas Modi ( ; born 17 September 1950) is an Indian politician serving as the 14th and current Prime Minister of India since 2014. He was the Chief Minister of Gujarat from 2001 to 2014 and is the Member of Parliament for Varanasi. Modi is a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), a Hindu nationalist volunteer organisation. He is the first prime minister outside of the Indian National Congress to win two consecutive terms with a full majority and the second to complete more than five years in office after Atal Bihari Vajpayee.
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Narendra Modi
Narendra Modi | Introduction
He was the Chief Minister of Gujarat The RSS assigned him to the BJP in 1985 and he held several positions within the party hierarchy until 2001, rising to the rank of general secretary and then was appointed Chief Minister of Gujarat in 2001 He was appointed general secretary of the "Gujarat Lok Sangharsh Samiti", an RSS committee co-ordinating opposition to the Emergency in Gujarat. He became an RSS "sambhag pracharak" (regional organiser) in 1978, overseeing RSS activities in the areas of Surat and Vadodara, and in 1979 he went to work for the RSS in Delhi, where he was put to work researching and writing the RSS's version of the history of the Emergency.
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Narendra Damodardas Modi
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In 2014
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Cancelled the Requirement of clearance  from NBA for projects close to wildlife, rRelaxed or Abolished regulations related to Industrial Activity & Modi lifted a moratorium on new industrial activity in the most polluted areas in the countries.
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Modi is a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)
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In 1980
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By the Bharatiya Jana Sangh,
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Jashodaben Narendrabhai Modi ("née" Chimanlal Modi; born in January 1952) is a retired Indian teacher and the wife of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Their traditional marriage was arranged in Vadnagar by their families. The couple was married ("gauna") around 1969 when she was about 17 years old, following a religious ceremony ("shaadi" when she was about 11. Her husband never fully accepted the arrangement, and abandoned her shortly after their marriage. In his later life, he did not openly acknowledge his marriage until he was legally required to do in 2014 during a campaign. Jashodaben continues to identify herself as the wife of Narendra Modi, and has requested to be reunited with him.
Jashodaben Modi | Introduction
At political rallies he had said he was single. In the 2014 Indian general election, Modi contested the Vadodara seat in the Lok Sabha, the lower house of the Parliament of India. Under the Representation of the People Act and following recent rulings stating that a complete response was mandatory, Modi was required to declare any previous marriage. Following legal advice to "come clean" about the issue, for the first time in public and media, Modi acknowledged that he had a wife.
Jashodaben Modi | Marriage enters public view
Modi was born in a Gujarati Hindu family and is a vegetarian,He is married but publicly acknowledged the marriage only in April 2014, shortly before the national elections that swept him to power.His spouse is Jashodaben; the couple has remained married, but estranged for more than fifty years. He is a lifelong member of Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) and its political arm, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).Modi became a 'Pracharak' (missionary worker) of the RSS in early 1970s.Since becoming a prachark, Modi has either cut down or reduced ties to his family per the RSS rules. He has never politically helped any members of his family.
Public image of Narendra Modi | Personal life
Her marriage to Modi was said to be common knowledge in her mostly Muslim village. She was reportedly diligent and well liked as a teacher, especially among her Muslim students. When found by a reporter, she became worried and nervous, saying only "I will not say anything against my husband. He is very powerful. This job is all I have to survive. I am afraid of the consequences." When required to fill out forms on which his spouse was requested to be identified, Modi had repeatedly been leaving the spousal information section blank or just marked with a dashincluding in state assembly elections in 2001, 2002, 2007 and 2012.
Jashodaben Modi | Marriage enters public view
Narendra Modi begins his career as a poor tea seller. He leaves his home at a young age, denying his marriage with Jashodaben, to become a Sanyasi in the Himalayas. After his journey, he returns to Gujarat, becomes a Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh member and gets assigned to the Bharatiya Janata Party in 1980, after fighting back the State of Emergency imposed by Indira Gandhi in 1975. He also leads the Ekta Yatra to unite all Indians. He heads along the Indian Army and some other members, fighting against the terrorists to the Lal Chowk and plants the national flag of India.
PM Narendra Modi | Plot
In accordance with Ghanchi tradition, Modi's marriage was arranged by his parents when he was a child. He was engaged at age 13 to Jashodaben, marrying her when he was 18. They spent little time together and grew apart when Modi began two years of travel, including visits to Hindu ashrams. Reportedly, their marriage was never consummated, and he kept it a secret because otherwise he could not have become a 'pracharak' in the puritan Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh. Modi kept his marriage secret for most of his career. He acknowledged his wife for the first time when he filed his nomination for the 2014 general elections.
Narendra Modi | Personal life
Rumours had long been circulating that Modi was actually married. In 1992, Jashodaben refused to be interviewed by the newspaper "Abhiyan" when that publication presented a story on the marriage of her and Modi. Darshan Desai, a reporter for "The Indian Express", located Jashodaben in May 2002, but she and others in her village had refused to speak to him and he was told to leave the town. In 2009, it was reported that Modi's political enemies had discovered her teaching at a school and living in a one-room tenement. Modi himself did not quite deny that she was his wife, although he did not explicitly acknowledge it either.
Jashodaben Modi | Marriage enters public view
He studied BE, MS and then CE at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (USA) . After he died, his wife, Neela Desai also remained active in politics, and in May 2014, she was one of few people invited from Gujarat to attend the swearing-in ceremony of Narendra Modi.
Makrand Desai | Introduction
Later, he was appointed to BJP's national executive. Pandya's wife Jagruti Pandya contested on a Gujarat Parivartan Party ticket in 2012 on the premise that the Modi Government was involved in the conspiracy to murder her husband. She quoted, "My husband's assassination was a political murder. For the last 10 years, I have been fighting a legal battle to get him justice but in vain, however, I will continue to fight".
Haren Pandya | Political career
Sethi is married to Saleem Sethi who is also a retired senior civil service officer. She was the first woman in the country's history to be posted as Principal Secretary to the Prime Minister.
Nargis Sethi | Personal life
In August 1933, his first wife died after a brief illness. In June 1935, he married Indrani Devi, a daughter of Dr. Birbal, a well-known social worker of Kanpur. The couple had two children, Suresh Kumar who was infamously reported in Menaka Gandhi's Surya newspaper, having marital relationship with a 21-year-old woman. and Meira Kumar, a five-time Member of Parliament, who won from his former seat Sasaram in both 2004 and 2009, and became the first woman Speaker of Lok Sabha in 2009.
Jagjivan Ram | Personal life
Finally, the tensions got solved, peace was brought amongst people, the work of reconstruction and further developments were begun. Streets were planned, roads were constructed, employment opportunities were brought, many Indian as well as international companies began to invest in Gujarat, corruption was eliminated, security was tightened, etc. By seeing his work, the BJP heads asked him to be the PM Candidate for the 2014 Indian general election. He campaigned all over India. His popularity resulted in him being prominently targeted by terrorists. He also survives an attempt made by the terrorists to assassinate him.
PM Narendra Modi | Plot
Majumdar married Snehlata Mukherjee. The couple had two daughters and a son, Tapas Majumdar (1929-2010). Tapas, who was nine when Nani Gopal died, later graduated from the Presidency College, Calcutta where he served as a professor of economics.
N. G. Majumdar | Personal life
Narendra Damodardas Modi ( ; born 17 September 1950) is an Indian politician serving as the 14th and current Prime Minister of India since 2014. He was the Chief Minister of Gujarat from 2001 to 2014 and is the Member of Parliament for Varanasi. Modi is a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), a Hindu nationalist volunteer organisation. He is the first prime minister outside of the Indian National Congress to win two consecutive terms with a full majority and the second to complete more than five years in office after Atal Bihari Vajpayee.
Narendra Modi | Introduction
On 6 April 2017, Mr. Mani made a statement about the Prime Minister of India, Narendra Modi. He said that Mr.Modi left his wife as he was suffering from some kind of "biological problem". He also said that Mr. Modi treated his mother badly, as he made her wait at the ATM for two hours to withdraw money, after there was a shortage of cash following demonetization. He made this statement while he was campaigning for LDF at Kondotty for the Malappuram by-election.
M. M. Mani | Controversies
Jashodaben was born as Jashodaben Chimanlal Modi in 1952. Her mother died when she was two years old. Narendra Modi and Jashodaben had an arranged marriage in the custom of the Ghanchi caste of Vadnagar, starting with a family-arranged betrothal in their very early childhood. According to Narendra Modi's brother, the couple had underwent "shaadi", the religious ceremony of marriage when Narendra Modi was 13 and Jashodaben was about 11. A marriage ceremony was held to begin their married life together ("gauna") when she was 17 or 18 and he was 17, 18 or 19.
Jashodaben Modi | Early life, marriage, and career
He completed his education from Elphiston College, Government Law College and the Khalsa College, Bombay. He was married to Shakuntalabai and had 3 sons and 1 daughter and resided at Wadala Mumbai. He was earlier a Member of Bombay Municipal Corporation during 1948-57. He was a Member of Bombay Legislative Assembly during 1960-1962 and also acted as the Leader of the Opposition in Maharashtra Legislative Assembly during 1960-62. He was a Founder Member of Republican Party of India and remained its President from 1964 to 1966.
Ramchandra Dhondiba Bhandare | Education
She married politician Ramjibhai Mavani on 13 May 1973.
Ramaben Patel | Personal life
Later when Sher Bahadur Deuba became PM, he became Housing and Physical Planning Minister. Later again when Sher Bahadur Deuba became PM, he became Science and Technology Minister for the last time.
Balaram Gharti Magar | Later politics
He struggles and ground works in many areas of Gujarat to help people and gain support. Due to the teamwork of the people and the BJP members, the Party wins the Gujarat CM elections and Keshubhai Patel becomes the Chief Minister of Gujarat. Soon, he feels insecure seeing Modi's rise to fame and popularity. He forces the BJP founders- Atal Bihari Vajpayee, L. K. Advani and Murli Manohar Joshi to transfer Modi to some other place. In grief, Modi submits his resignation which is eventually declined as he had done a lot of work for the party. He was transferred to New Delhi for groundwork.
PM Narendra Modi | Plot
Modi himself was a candidate for the Lok Sabha in two constituencies: Varanasi and Vadodara. He won in both constituencies, defeating Aam Aadmi Party leader Arvind Kejriwal in Varanasi and Madhusudan Mistry of the INC in Vadodara by votes. Modi, who was unanimously elected leader of the BJP, was appointed prime minister by India's president. To comply with the law that an MP cannot represent more than one constituency, he vacated the Vadodara seat.
Narendra Modi | 2014 Indian general election
In March 1981, shortly after graduating, Modi married Parul Kothari, who was born and raised in Zimbabwe. They went to Zimbabwe in September of the same year to visit his wife's country. It was supposed to be a short visit—he arrived with only $50, two pairs of clothes, and a return ticket—but when his father-in-law died unexpectedly, the couple ended up staying to support Parul's mother. The loan for his plane tickets, which cost $300 and were funded by an Indian religious organization in Bulawayo, needed to be refunded, so he found work and made payments of $20 each month.
Raj Modi | Business career
Indeed, the families remained opposed to the marriage even to the bitter end. However, Modi and Ameeta were adamant and got married in a registry office in a hastily arranged ceremony. As soon as they had had their way and married each other, the couple began having problems. Behavioural expectations and professional jealousies have been identified conclusively, but religious issues have also been hinted at in a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) report. Most important of all was the involvement of a third person. This was Sanjay Singh, an immensely rich man, a classmate and friend of the then Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi, and a prominent politician belonging to the ruling Congress party.
Syed Modi | Marriage
In February 2014, a reporter for "The Indian Express" interviewed her. It was reported in April 2014 that she does not speak ill of her husband, and does not tolerate when others do so. In May 2014, TV9 Gujarat interviewed her on video.
Jashodaben Modi | Political actions and present life
In 2009, he lost the general elections to Bharat Ram Meghwal of Congress. In 2014, he defeated Bhanwarlal Meghwal of Congress on the same seat. He served as a Minister of state (MOS) in the Cabinet of Prime Minister Narendra Modi from May 2014 to July 2016.
Nihalchand | Political career
Mukherjee married Prabhati Mukherjee, an academician, who died in 2008. They had two daughters, both of whom entered the academic field.
Ramkrishna Mukherjee | Personal life
He and his wife Rajalakshmi were credited for speaking thoughtfully about Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi in the social media.
Senthil Ganesh | Controversy
After the Bharatiya Janata Party led National Democratic Alliance won a landslide in the 2014 Lok Sabha election, Narendra Modi was sworn in as the Prime Minister of India on 26 May 2014. He became the first Prime Minister born after India's independence from the British Empire. Modi started his second term after the Bharatiya Janata Party led National Democratic Alliance won again in the 2019 Lok Sabha election. Modi became the 4th longest serving Prime Minister of India and the longest serving Non-Congress Prime Minister in 2020.
Narendra Modi | Prime Minister
He returned to Gujarat from Delhi in 2001, just a month before the events of the 2001 Gujarat earthquake. He replaced Keshubhai Patel from his position and was also chosen as the CM Candidate for the upcoming election, and he became the Chief Minister. Just after being elected, he faced the 2002 Gujarat riots. He sought help from other state governments and from the federal government, but in vain. Due to his planning and strict law enforcement, he was successful to end the violence. Just after the riots ended, an attack on the Akshardham Temple by the terrorists again brought tensions among the communities.
PM Narendra Modi | Plot
After he left her, she completed her education and had a career as a teacher. Retired from teaching, Jashodaben lives a simple life of prayer. A group of security officers has been assigned to mind her, but she has been unable to learn their identities, who they work for, what their orders are, and what rights she has in her position, despite filing suits with the government. She has been denied a passport for travel, on the grounds that she did not produce a marriage certificate and her husband did not sign an affidavit attesting to their marriage.
Jashodaben Modi | Introduction
He received his LL.M. from Bombay University, since Sindh did not have a university of its own at that time. Jethmalani married his first wife, Durga, in a traditional Indian arranged marriage, around the age of 18. In 1947, just before partition, he married his second wife, Ratna Shahani, a lawyer by profession. His family includes both of his wives and four children – three by Durga (Rani, Shobha, Mahesh) and one by Ratna (Janak). Among his two sons and two daughters, Mahesh and Rani have been supreme court lawyers while Mahesh is also a BJP leader, and Rani a social activist.
Ram Jethmalani | Personal life
He is married to Mathurabai Patel and has three sons and two daughters.
Ramesh Patel (politician) | Personal life
Narendra Modi—the Chief Minister of Gujarat—was elected prime minister, becoming the first prime minister to have been born in an independent India.
Prime Minister of India | 2000–present
Devisingh Ramsingh Shekhawat, who was then a lecturer in chemistry, married Pratibha Patil on 7 July 1965. The couple have a daughter and a son, Raosaheb Shekhawat, who is also a politician. Shekhawat was awarded a PhD from the University of Bombay in 1972. Prior to his wife's elevation to her presidential role, he had been principal of a college operated by his wife's Vidya Bharati Shikshan Sanstha foundation and also a former mayor of Amravati (1991-1992). Like his wife, he is a member of the Indian National Congress party. He is also a farmer and a former Member of Legislative Assembly, being elected for the period 1985-1990 from the Amravati constituency in the Maharashtra state legislature.
Devisingh Ransingh Shekhawat | Life
In 2017, Mriganka married Nirvan Singh, the grandson of Captain Amarinder Singh, Chief Minister of Punjab and of Patiala Royal Dynasty.
Vikramaditya Singh (politician) | Early life
Premlata Singh (born 15 January 1950) became a member of the 13th Haryana Legislative Assembly in 2014 from the BJP representing the Uchana Kalan Vidhan sabha Constituency in Haryana. Premlata married Birender Singh on 9 June 1970. Birender Singh served as the Union Minister of Steel and Minister for Rural Development in the Narendra Modi led NDA Government from July 2016 to April 2019. Her son Brijendra Singh was previously a bureaucrat who served as an IAS officer of 1998 Batch and was posted in Haryana for 21 years. He was elected as Member of Parliament from Hisar in 2019 Indian general election.
Premlata Singh | Introduction
Rajbansi was formerly married to Asha Devi, a journalist and popular figure in local government. Devi spoke to Jani Allan in an interview published by the "Sunday Times" in the 1980s about her affection for her husband. She referred to her husband as "her hero". "Even if it means sleeping on a bed of nails or walking on coals for him, I will do it ... I will always stand by him." They also had four daughters and a son together. Their relationship soured when Devi joined the IFP. The couple separated in 1998, with political and alleged paranormal activity in their marital home being cited as reasons attributed to their separation.
Amichand Rajbansi | Personal life
from Cambridge University and L.L.B. and F.R.E.S from Lincoln's Inn, London. He remained District and Sessions Judge from 1941 to 1947. He was a judge at Sessions Court when he retired to join politics in the first general elections of independent India. He was married to Vidya Vati Kumari of Katesar, and the couple had three sons.
Bhawani Singh (politician) | Introduction
Nirav Modi is married to Ami Modi, they have three children (two daughters and one son). They met when both were students at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, although Modi himself dropped out after a year to return to the diamond business. Ami is a US citizen by birth. In spite of having been a billionaire family earlier, they have attempted to raise children conservatively, and they only use Gujarati in their home. She ran the "Nirav Modi Scholarship for Excellence", which supported 250 students every year. After leaving India, they had been reported to have been living in a JW Marriott Essex House suite in New York City.
Nirav Modi | Personal life
As an ardent orator for the cause of Maha Gujarat, whose fiery speeches drew more crowd and attention than competing rallies of the then prime-minister Jawaharlal Nehru. After completing undergraduate degree in history, he studied law at Gujarat University and received LLB. Then he settled in Ahmedabad. In 1957, during his student movement years, he met and married, Prabhatshobha Majithia, with whom he had four children. Their marriage took place in the town of Nadiad, which also served as constituencies for his bids to the state and national legislative bodies.
Satyam Patel | Biography
He married Ranee Beatrice, who was thereafter known as Ranee Iriyagolle Menike. They had three daughters and two sons, Gamini Iriyagolla served as a Presidential adviser for Ranasinghe Premadasa and Dr Deva Iriyagolla.
I. M. R. A. Iriyagolle | Family
She was elected to the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab as a candidate of Pakistan Muslim League (N) on a reserved seat for women in 2013 Pakistani general election. She was married to Rana Afzal Khan, PML-N leader and Minister of Finance and Economic Affairs in the Abassi Cabinet, until his death on the 27th of September, 2019.
Najma Afzal Khan | Political career
The Spouse of the Prime Minister of India is the wife or husband of the Prime Minister of India. The term "First Spouse" is used to refer to either the spouse of the Prime Minister or the President. The Prime Minister's spouse does not have an officially defined role. According to protocol, they attend social functions and gatherings at home and overseas, but have no participatory role. To date there have been 10 women and one man who have been married to Prime Ministers whilst in office. India has also had one bachelor, one estranged, one widow, and two widower Prime Ministers.
Spouse of the Prime Minister of India | Introduction
Born to a Gujarati family in Vadnagar, Modi helped his father sell tea as a child and has said he later ran his own stall. He was introduced to the RSS at the age of eight, beginning a long association with the organisation. Modi left home after finishing high-school in part due to child marriage to Jashodaben Chimanlal Modi, which he abandoned and publicly acknowledged only many decades later. Modi travelled around India for two years and visited a number of religious centres before returning to Gujarat. In 1971 he became a full-time worker for the RSS. During the state of emergency imposed across the country in 1975, Modi was forced to go into hiding.
Narendra Modi | Introduction
Shardaben Patel married Anilkumar Patel (1944 – 2018), an industrialist and politician who had served as the minister of industries of Gujarat. They have two sons: Asit and Anand.
Shardaben Patel | Personal life
Shortly after being released for lack of evidence, Modi's widow, Ameeta, married her long-time lover, Sanjay Singh. This marriage received sensational reportage in the press and became front-page news in India. Sanjay Singh's wife, Garima Singh, read of the wedding in the newspapers and filed a case in court stating that she had never been divorced from her husband and praying that the court declare his second marriage invalid (due to bigamy) and order restitution of her conjugal rights. Investigation revealed that Sanjay Singh had obtained a decree of divorce by stating a wrong address as his wife's residence. He had given the address of one of his several houses for that purpose, although Garima had not lived in that house for many years.
Syed Modi | Aftermath
Arjun Modhwadia was born at Modhwada, a village near Porbandar, on 17 February 1957. His schooling was at government primary school of the village. He graduated with a mechanical engineering degree from Lukhdhirji Engineering College in Morbi. He became Senate member of Saurashtra University as a Registered Graduate constituency representative in 1982 to 2002. In 1988 he also became a member of the Executive Council of the University. He worked as an assistant engineer with the Gujarat Maritime Board for 10 years. He left his job in 1993 and joined politics. He is married to Hiraben and has a son and a daughter.
Arjun Modhwadia | Early life and career
Prem Singh lived in the Lado Sarai area of Mehrauli with his wife Shivkauri; the couple had 6 daughters and 2 sons. His son Pramod Choudhary (born 1971) was also elected to the MCD in 2007, but lost elections in 2012. His other son Yaduraj Chaudhary also dabbled in politics as a member of the Delhi Youth Congress.
Prem Singh (Delhi politician) | Personal life
Uma Ramesh sharma B.A. was a member of Indian Parliament. She was born at Palghat, Kerala on 17 November 1953. She was educated at Madras University. She married Pusapati Ananda Gajapathi Raju on 18 August 1971. They had 2 daughters. They divorced in 1989 and she married film maker Ramesh Sharma in 1991. Anand Ganapathi Raju died in 2016. She is a Political and Social Worker. She was Joint Secretary of Andhra Pradesh Congress Committee for one year. Anand Gajapathi Raju, Uma's then husband, was a minister in N T Rama Rao's ministry in AP. But in 1989, he resigned from TDP to join Congress before Uma successfully contested Lok Sabha election the same year.
Uma Gajapathi Raju | Introduction
Soon after graduating from college with a B.Com, there was an intense pressure on him to get settled as he was newly married (He married first time with Shashikanta Choudhary in 1951). Sometime in 1955, he started a government job at Patna secretariat in the education department. But he never considered job as his goal of life. The job was just to make his ends meet, not more than that.He was afraid that he might turn into how others live their life which he mentioned in one of his stories in "Sarika"- get a degree, start a job, become a servant, get pension and pass away.It is believed that he quit ( or was perhaps dismissed) from this job in 1957 because of being absent for long duration of times (as new events were happening in his life which included his second marriage to Savitri Sharma of Mussoorie).
Rajkamal Choudhary | Career
Parakala was born in a prominent Telugu Brahmin family in Narsapuram, Andhra Pradesh. His mother, Parakala Kalikamba was a Member of Legislative Assembly in Andhra Pradesh, while his father, Parakala Seshavatharam, was a long time Legislator and served in three successive Cabinets in the state of Andhra Pradesh in the 1970s and early 1980s. Parakala completed his doctorate from the London School of Economics. He did his Master of Arts (M.A.) and Master of Philosophy (M.Phil.) from Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), New Delhi. Prabhakar married Nirmala Sitharaman in 1986, who is the Minister of Finance and Corporate Affairs of the Government of India in Narendra Modi's cabinet, in 2019.
Parakala Prabhakar | Personal life
He won as an MLA from Luxettipet in two successive elections in 1967 and 1972 and was also made a Deputy Chief Minister in his second stint. He was married.
J.V. Narsing Rao | Life
Ramchandra Martand Hajarnavis (born at 24 February 1908 at Junnar, Poona District, Bombay Presidency) was an Indian politician. He studied at Morris College and Law College Nagpur and practiced at Bar. He was President of Bidi Kamgar Sangh during 1941–44. He was member of the 2nd and 3rd Lok Sabha from Bhandara (Lok Sabha constituency). He was elected to 4th Lok Sabha from Chimur (Lok Sabha constituency). He was deputy minister during 1958–63, Minister of State during 63–64 and later minister during 1964–66. He was Councillor in Corporation of City of Nagpur in 1955. He married Usha and had 2 sons.
Ramchandra Martand Hajarnavis | Introduction
He married Anuradha Dasgupta, daughter of renowned professor of economics Amiya Kumar Dasgupta - and sister of renowned economist Sir Partha Dasgupta.
I. G. Patel | Personal life
Ram's first wife Susan was an English woman who came to India as a research student. Like Ram, she was (and remains) an atheist with a Leftist perspective on politics. After their marriage, Susan worked as a teacher, a freelance journalist, an editor for Oxford University Press publications in India and a television presenter. As a husband and wife team, they published the first volume of a biography on R.K.Narayan, the eminent Indian writer. Ram and Susan's daughter, Vidya Ram, became a journalist and graduated at the top of the class at her father's alma mater. She also won a Pulitzer fellowship, was an intern at The New York Times, a reporter at Forbes and is the European Correspondent at Business Line.
N. Ram | Personal life
Soon after 2004 elections, he died due to kidney troubles. He never went to school but learned to read and write in his native Kannada. He was also fluent at Deccani Urdu, Hindi, and Marathi. He said he rarely spoke in Lok Sabha because he was not much familiar with English. He was a dalit by birth. He married thrice. His first wife died childless. He separated from his second wife decades after they had married, and picked up a third wife in his 60s. In all, he had nine children.
Ramchandra Veerappa | Introduction
Modi was born in 1949 to the visionary industrialist Gujarmal Modi and Dayawati Modi in Modinagar. He completed his primary schooling from the Scindia School, Gwalior, graduated with a degree in chemical engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT-BHU) and received an MBA from the University of Southern California. He has been awarded a PhD. in financial management and Doctor of Letters in Industrial Management. He is married to Veena Modi and the couple has three children.
Bhupendra Kumar Modi | Personal life
said by 62% that they would like to see him run from there. A survey of first time voters suggested Modi was the most popular prime ministerial candidate and Mamata Banerjee was the most popular outside the BJP or INC. Latest survey by CNN-IBN-Lokniti predicts the decline (by 5%) in popularity of Narendra Modi as PM candidate.
Opinion polling for the 2014 Indian general election | Other findings
He is married to Prema. They have two daughters. His daughter Malavika Krishna was married to the Late V. G. Siddhartha, a businessman and the founder of Cafe Coffee Day. At the dawn of his political life, he released his biography "Smritivahini" in the presence of many dignatories. He has penned many interesting incidents including Veerappan Kidnapping of Rajkumar during his tenure as the chief minister. He has also quoted that the former prime minister, national president of Janata Dal (Secular), H. D. Devegowda had strong plans of joining Indian National Congress twice during the period of National emergency.
S. M. Krishna | Personal life
In 1939, Mukerjee married Sharda Mukherjee (née Pandit), who was from a prominent Maharashtrian family. They had one son. Sharda was active in social work, and after her husband's death, she became active in public affairs. She was elected to Lok Sabha twice. In 1977, she was appointed as the governor of Andhra Pradesh. She was subsequently appointed the governor of Gujarat. She was the first woman governor of both states.
Subroto Mukerjee | Personal life
Sohrab Modi was born into a Parsi family on 2 November 1897. His father was an Indian civil servant. He spent his childhood in Rampur, Uttar Pradesh where he developed a liking for Hindi and Urdu languages. Sohrab Modi was married to Mehtab Modi, an actress born into an aristocratic Muslim family from Gujarat, who began her career in his movie Parakh (1944). They married on her birthday on 28 April 1946. They had a son, Mehelli, from this marriage who settled in the UK in 1967, where he would later found the British arthouse DVD label Second Run. Mehtab had a son, Ismail from her first marriage, who lived with them.
Sohrab Modi | Personal life
This is a summary of the electoral history of Narendra Modi, who is the incumbent Prime Minister of India since 2014 and served as the Chief Minister of Gujarat from 2001 to 2014. He currently represents Varanasi as a Member of Parliament in Lok Sabha, the lower house of the Indian parliament. He contested his first election in February 2002 by-election to the Gujarat Legislative Assembly from the Rajkot II constituency. Later that year in 2002 elections he contested from Maninagar and won. He was re-elected from Maninagar in 2007 and 2012 and represented the constituency till 2014 when he became the Prime Minister of India.
Electoral history of Narendra Modi | Introduction
He married to Ramineni Chandramolaka Rajesweramma at an early age, while studying Intermediate course. He had a son Late Sri Suri Babu, and two daughters Late Smt Sujata and Dr (Smt) Sarada..
Paturi Nagabhushanam | Marriage and children
Goavindbhai Patel was married to Chandrikaben and had three sons and a daughter.
Govindbhai Patel | Personal life
Devisingh Ramsingh Shekhawat is an Indian farmer, politician who was the First Gentleman of India as the husband of President Pratibha Patil.
Devisingh Ransingh Shekhawat | Introduction
Magantti Venkateswara Rao married to Smt. Padmavalli Devi on 18 Feb 1981. He has two sons and a daughter.
Maganti Venkateswara Rao | Personal life
He married Khema Padmawathi Amaraweera in 1944. They had three children: Jaimini (an architect); Jayanthi Chandani (travel director and political activist); and Mangala Pinsiri cabinet minister and Member of Parliament for Matara. His wife Khema Padmawathi Samaraweera served as a member of the Matara Urban Council.
Mahanama Samaraweera | Family
He was only 25 years of age at that time. The third election was held in Chaitra 2030 BS and he was reelected in NPM and in the meantime, he became Assistant Minister of Home Affairs for the first time. He was 37 years old at that time. Later he became Defence State Minister. After one year, he became Construction and Transport State Minister in 2035 BS under the premiership of Dr Tulshi Giri. In 2034 BS, when Kirti Nidhi Bista became Prime Minister (PM), he became Construction and Transport Minister. Later when Surya Bahadur Thapa became PM, he became Defence Minister.
Balaram Gharti Magar | Later politics
Premadasa married Hema Wickramatunge, only daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Wickramatunge Arachchige Charles Appuhamy of Bandarawela on 23 June 1964. They had a son, Sajith, and a daughter, Dulanjali. A hard worker, Premadasa was known for raising early and following a strict routine. He lived and work from his private residence and office, Sucharitha even during his tenure as prime minister and president.
Ranasinghe Premadasa | Personal life
Kasturba Hospital at Manipal and Mangalore, and Manipal Hospital at Bangalore. He married Ms.Shanti who gave him full support in all his activities. They have two sons Sudhakar Pai, an Engineer trained in Management and Finance, who has been looking after various commercial organisations and is the managing director of Kurl-On, India's largest mattress maker. His other son Dr. Shantharam Pai has done MS (General Surgery), and is working at Loma Linda University, California, USA. His elder daughter Shobha is in California and younger daughter Dr. Sheela is a Gynecologist in U.A.E.
Tonse Ramesh Upendra Pai | Personal life
Prem Kumar Dhumal was born on 10 April 1944 in Samirpur village, Hamirpur district. He has MA and LL.B. degrees following his education at Doaba College in Jalandhar and Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar. He became a lecturer at a private college in Punjab. Dhumal married Sheela, with whom he has two sons, Arun Thakur and Anurag Thakur. The latter is also a politician and has been a member of the 14th and 15th Lok Sabhas, as well as Minister of Finance (India) in Independent Charge.
Prem Kumar Dhumal | Early life
Married to late Savitri Upadhyay, four sons and three daughters. Education - BA LLB Profession - farmer, politician
Govardhan Upadhyay | Personal life
She was married to Padmanabha Rao, a theatre artist.
S. K. Padmadevi | Personal life
After completing his higher secondary education from Madhogadh School in 1967, he completed B.A. (Arts) from Mahendergarh Degree College. During this period he was introduced to Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS)' by RSS Pracharak Rajinder Singh (now in Hisar). Influenced by the RSS, Sharma began to contribute to its growth. Immediately after completing his graduation in 1970, to fulfill his father's wish, he married Bimala Devi on 15 June 1970. Soon after his marriage, he left for Delhi to take over the responsibilities at Sangh's Jhandelwalan branch, wherein he had joined as a proofreader for the English daily "Motherland". Concurrently, he pursued his post-graduation, M.A.
Ram Bilas Sharma (politician) | Education
From May 2014, police from the Mehsana district began providing continual police protection for Jashodaben. The security agent team following her was assigned as a response to the Special Protection Group Act, which says that the spouse of the Prime Minister of India should receive police protection. The Salaries and Allowances of Ministers' Act describes other benefits which are typically given to spouses of prime ministers. In November 2014, Jashodaben filed a Right to Information Act (RTI) request seeking details about her security and rights as the spouse of the prime minister. Various media organizations in India reported the RTI in different ways, including emphasizing Jashodaben's fear, the financial implications of her complaint, the guards' demands to be treated as guests, or the case as an example of female independence.
Jashodaben Modi | Request for information on security detail
Sarojini Ballah married Sir Anerood Jugnauth on 18 December 1957, she has two children, Shalini (now Mrs. Malhotra) and Pravind who is the current Prime Minister. She is the grandmother of five grandchildren that is Anusha, Divya, Sonika, Sonali and Sara.
Sarojini Jugnauth | Personal life
In 1943, Meghrajji married Maharani Shrimati Sri Rajni Brijraj Kunverba Sahiba of Jodhpur. The couple had three sons:
Meghrajji III | Personal life
S.V. Sohoni married Nirmaladevi Taisaheb Ghorpade, of the royal family of Ichalkaranji state. He had two sons, Dr. Venkatrao Sohoni, who graduated from the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Kharagpur with a degree in electronics engineering (1963) and at IIT, Mumbai in 1972 with a PhD in information systems. He married the writer Neera Kuckreja Sohoni. His second son Shrinivas Sohoni entered the Indian Administrative Service in 1970, was the Secretary-General of the Rajya Sabha and retired as Secretary to the President of India. His daughter, Dr. Vineeta Deshmukh, nee Padmaja Sohoni, studied at Patna University (B.A. Literature) and Delhi University (M.A., Literature), and was a Professor of English at the S.N.D.T.
S. V. Sohoni | Personal life
Whilst in the UK Nadaraja joined Lincoln's Inn from where he was awarded the First Class Certificate of Honour by the Council of Legal Education. He also won the Buchanan Prize at Lincoln's Inn. He later obtained M.A and PhD degrees from the University of Cambridge. Nadaraja married Sornam Ammai, daughter of Sir A. Mahadeva, in 1944. They had no children.
T. Nadaraja | Early life and family
Harit married Kamlesh Kumari in 1984 and was blessed with a daughter Arunika and a son Amit. Kamlesh, MA in history, took care of the family as a home maker for almost two decades. She later joined as a first class magistrate Agra collectrate and was a part of consumer forum as a judge. Kamlesh retired from the bench in 2014 and is now running an NGO for under privileged section of the society.
Ram Babu Harit | Family
Kumar holds B.Sc. degree from Bareilly College in Uttar Pradesh. He was a social worker before joining politics. He married Sakuntla Devi in 1987. They have two sons and a daughter.
Mithlesh Kumar | Personal life
The party nominated his wife Sahil Devi Mahato to the Constituent Assembly from the five seats assigned to the party under proportional representation.
Rajendra Mahato | Political career
He was married to Dr. Raj Kaw, a professor of Hindi at Ram Lal Anand College, University of Delhi. He had two children, Anurag (a cardiothoracic surgeon) and Iti (an IT professional). His younger siblings were the distinguished Indian physicist Predhiman Kaw and senior bureaucrat Asha Swarup (former Chief Secretary, Government of Himachal Pradesh).
M. K. Kaw | Personal life
Govindjee and his wife, Rajni, came to the US separately in the mid-1950s and earned Ph.D. degrees at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, studying under the same mentors.
Govindjee | Personal life
Narendra Modi, the 14th Prime Minister of India, has elicited a number of public perceptions regarding his personality and background.
Public image of Narendra Modi | Introduction
Narendra Modi was sworn in as the Prime Minister of India on 26 May 2014 at the Rashtrapati Bhavan. He became the 14th Prime Minister of Republic of India. His first cabinet consisted of 45 ministers, 25 fewer than the previous UPA government. 21 new ministers were added to the council of ministers in November 2014. His current cabinet has a strength of 54 ministers.
Premiership of Narendra Modi | Introduction
Mehta is married to former entrepreneur Aruna Mehta. They have two children. Mehta completed his schooling from Scindia School, Gwalior in 1965. He then graduated from St. Xavier's College, Calcutta in 1968. He also studied his L.L.B. from Rajasthan University, Jaipur in 1975 but did not write the final exams.
Pradeep S Mehta | Personal life
But Shekhar's premiership did not last long, Congress proceeded to withdraw its support; Shekhar's government fell as a result, and new elections were announced. In the general election of 1991, Congress—under the leadership of P. V. Narasimha Rao—formed a minority government; Rao became the first PM of South Indian origin. After the dissolution of the Soviet Union, India was on the brink of bankruptcy, so, Rao took steps to liberalise the economy, and appointed Manmohan Singh—an economist and a former governor of the Reserve Bank of India—as finance minister. Rao and Singh then took various steps to liberalise the economy, these resulted in an unprecedented economic growth in India.
Prime Minister of India | 1984–1999
He married to Kashmira Patil, daughter of BJP leader and cabinet minister Ranjit Patil in May 2019. His marriage was attended by Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis, Uddhav Thackeray, Salman Khan, Jeetendra, Sunil Shetty, Aditya Thackeray, Niranjan Hiranandani, Subhash Desai, Pankaja Munde and Eknath Shinde.
Purvesh Sarnaik | Personal life
He met Jalabala Vaidya, then a trainee reporter and now the famous theatre actress, and in 1958 they got married. CP's marriage lasted just six years as they obtained a mutual divorce in 1964, after fathering two children Jai and Anasuya. In 1960 CP joined The Hindustan Times as Parliament Correspondent. His column 'Last Week in Parliament' was much discussed. When B G Vargeese was fired from the paper in 1974, CP filed a suit against Birla who was the owner of the newspaper. It became a notable chapter in the history of Indian Journalism. In 1986 CP retired from "Hindustan Times" as Deputy Editor.
C. P. Ramachandran | Career
For this, he was also praised by the Prime Minister of India, Narendra Modi.
Jamyang Tsering Namgyal | Political career
He was married to Shirley Field-Ridley (d. 1982) with whom he had two children, Richard and Sharon. Cabinet positions he held during his political career include Minister of Industry and Tourism; Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade; Minister of Development, Planning and Production; Minister of Finance and Planning.
P. J. Patterson | Introduction
Deshpande, and groomed many younger politicians. In the latter part of his life he became depressed and trusted only few friends like Alva, Siddiqui and advocate Manas Ranjan, along with his partner, Prathibha Prahlad, who he confided in and spent his free time with. His wife, Shakuntala, unsuccessfully contested for Rajya Sabha as a BJP candidate in 2004.
Ramakrishna Hegde | Later life
He with Gopinath Munde studied in Swami Ramanand Teerth College, Ambajogai, Maharashtra. He passed Maharashtra Certified Typewriting from former Mahajan Typewriting Institute, Ambajogai. His love for theatre brought him close to Rekha Hamine, whom he courted and married on 11 March 1972. They have two children, daughter Poonam and son Rahul Mahajan. Both his children are trained pilots. His daughter is married to Anand Rao Vajendla, an industrialist from Hyderabad. He worked as an English teacher at the Kholeshwar college in Ambejogai between 1971 and 1974 before joining active politics during the emergency.
Pramod Mahajan | Early life
In June 1991, India's prime minister at the time, P. V. Narasimha Rao, chose Singh to be his finance minister. Singh told Mark Tully the British journalist in 2005 "On the day (Rao) was formulating his cabinet, he sent his Principal Secretary to me saying, 'The PM would like you to become the Minister of Finance'. I didn't take it seriously. He eventually tracked me down the next morning, rather angry, and demanded that I get dressed up and come to Rashtrapati Bhavan for the swearing in. So that's how I started in politics".
Manmohan Singh | Political career
Suresh married to Smt Byrathi Padmavati. They have a son and a daughter. His wife Padmavati unsuccessfully contested from Hosakote Constituency in By-elections 2019.
Byrathi Suresh | Personal life
In 1959, she married Amartya Sen, an economist and academician and then a Lecturer of Economics at the Jadavpur University, who would be awarded the Nobel prize four decades later and who was also christened by Rabindranath Tagore. She moved to Britain with him and they became the parents of two daughters, Antara Dev Sen and Nandana Sen. She then completed her post-doctoral research at the University of California at Berkeley and Newnham College, Cambridge University. After her divorce in 1976, she returned to Calcutta with her daughters. She had one adopted daughter Srabasti Basu. Her hobbies included reading, records, and travelling.
Nabaneeta Dev Sen | Personal life
Jakkampudi Rammohan Rao (6 August 1953 – 9 October 2011) was a three-term member of the Legislative Assembly of Andhra Pradesh for Kadiyam constituency, winning elections in 1989, 1999 and 2004 as an Indian National Congress candidate. He was appointed State Minister of Roads and Buildings in 2004 and became Minister of Excise. He was born in Adurru on 6 August 1953 and died at Bollineni Hospital on 9 October 2011, having suffered from diabetic neuropathy for several years. He had joined the YSR Congress in 2010. He was married to Vijayalakshmi, who attempted election in 2009 due to his poor health, and the couple had two sons and one daughter.
Jakkampudi Rammohan Rao | Introduction
It is the birthplace of Jashodaben Modi, the wife of Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi.
Brahmanwada, Unjha | Notable people
Her husband was a professor at the DAV College of the city, he wrote more than 30 books. With the responsibility of the household, she became the founding member of the Jana Sangh. In 1977, contested Jan Sangh's election symbol lamp from the city seat and became the first MLA. In the government of CM Ramnaresh Yadav, she got the status of Deputy Education Minister. However, due to some differences, she had to resign from the Cabinet. Her importance is realized by the fact that she contested for the Jan Sangh and the BJP from 1967 to 1989. She was the district president of BJP in the district four times.
Malti Sharma | Introduction