Narendra Modi

Prime Minister of India since 2014 · India · Politicians · Born 1950 · age 76

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India's longest-serving prime minister outside the Congress party, presiding over a shift toward right-wing politics and democratic backsliding while maintaining consistently high approval ratings - and carrying the weight of the 2002 Gujarat violence that killed over a thousand, most of them Muslim.

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2026Grand Cross of the Order of the White Double CrossAward2024Member of the Lok SabhaOffice2021Order of the Dragon KingAwardTime 100Award2020Ig Nobel PrizeAwardLegion of MeritAward2019“I have the ability to pick stones thrown at me to build a staircase to climb up.”In their wordsQuoted from Lok Sabha Election Results 2019: Rise and rise of Prime Minister Narendra ModiRead the whole statement

Order of St. Andrew the Apostle the First-CalledAwardOrder of the Distinguished Rule of IzzuddinAwardOrder of ZayedAwardLeader of the House in Lok SabhaOfficeMember of the 17th Lok SabhaOffice2018Knight Grand Cordon with Collar of the Order of PalestineAwardSeoul Peace PrizeAward2016Amir Amanullah Khan AwardAwardCollar of the Order of Abdul Aziz Al SaudAward2014CNN-News18 Indian of the YearAwardMember of the 16th Lok SabhaOfficePrime Minister of IndiaOffice2002“I am not the ruler of Gujarat, I'm a servant of Gujarat. The environment in which I grew up, seva is treated as a dharma, not power.”In their words19 February 2002Modi election campaign speech, published in Sanjh Times, 19 February 2002; Cited in: Madhu Purnima Kishwar "Modi’s First Election fromRead the whole statement

“I am familiar with the traditions of this institution...”In their words1 January 2002Narendra Modi on January 1, 2002 quoted in Madhu Purnima Kishwar: Modi, Muslims and Media. Voices from Narendra Modi’s Gujarat, ManushiRead the whole statement

“We need to create awareness that this country of 100 crores, immersed in the quagmire of pessimism and weighed down by guilt, is actually a very worthy society.”In their words1 January 2002Narendra Modi on January 1, 2002 quoted in Madhu Purnima Kishwar: Modi, Muslims and Media. Voices from Narendra Modi’s Gujarat, ManushiRead the whole statement

“This ‘sense of rights’ (adhikār bhāv) is making us indifferent towards ‘sense of duty’ (kartavya bhāv).”In their words1 January 2002Narendra Modi on January 1, 2002 quoted in Madhu Purnima Kishwar: Modi, Muslims and Media. Voices from Narendra Modi’s Gujarat, ManushiRead the whole statement

Member of the Gujarat Legislative AssemblyOffice2002-20142001“I did not become the Chief Minister of [Gujarat] on 7th October 2001. I have always been a 'C.M.', I am a C.M. today and will remain a C.M.”In their words7 October 2001Narendra Modi (2001), cited in Kumar Pankaj (2014) Namo Mantra of Narendra Modi. Chapter "Narendra Modi - A Common Man".Read the whole statement

Chief Minister of GujaratOffice2001-20141950Born17 September 1950

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Modi with Atal Bihari Vajpayee in c. 2001

Modi meeting with then-prime minister of India Manmohan Singh in 2004

The Sardar Sarovar Dam during a 2006 height increase

Narendra Modi hands over his resignation as Maninagar MLA to the Speaker of the Gujarat Vidhan Sabha Vajubhai Vala. Chief Minister of Gujarat Anandiben Patel also seen in image.

Modi meets his mother after winning the 2014 Indian general election.

Modi in an election campaign rally in Madhya Pradesh for the 2024 general election

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Narendra Modi

10 statements, newest first

I have the ability to pick stones thrown at me to build a staircase to climb up.
2019, Quoted from Lok Sabha Election Results 2019: Rise and rise of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Own words
It is not necessary that all the time there will be so much anger against the government.
2013, Nilanjan Mukhopadhyay. - Narendra Modi_ The man, the Times-Tranquebar Press (2013), Own words
I've not come to defeat or to put down anyone... I've come to win the hearts of the people of .
Feb 19, 2002, Modi election campaign speech, published in Sanjh Times, 19 February 2002; Cited in: Madhu Purnima Kishwar "Modi’s First Election from, Own words

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Awards

Grand Cross of the Order of the White Double Cross, Peter Pellegrini2026

Time 1002021

Order of the Dragon King2021

Legion of Merit2020

Ig Nobel Prize2020

Order of Zayed2019

Order of St. Andrew the Apostle the First-Called2019

Order of the Distinguished Rule of Izzuddin2019

Knight Grand Cordon with Collar of the Order of Palestine2018

Seoul Peace Prize2018

Amir Amanullah Khan Award2016

Collar of the Order of Abdul Aziz Al Saud2016

CNN-News18 Indian of the Year2014

Order of Bahrain

Order of the Nile

Order of Logohu

Order of the Star of Palestine

Grand Cross of the Legion of Honour

Order of Honour

Order of Palestine

Order of Freedom of Barbados

Order of the Nigeria

Order of Mubarak the Great

Order of the Star and Key of the Indian Ocean

Order of King Abdulaziz al Saud

Order of Makarios III

Order of the Star of Ghana

Order of the Southern Cross

Order of the Welwitschia

Civil Order of Oman

Royal Order of the Polar Star

Royal Norwegian Order of Merit

Honorary Companion of the Order of Fiji

Presidential Medal of Distinction

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Spouse Jashodaben Narendrabhai Modi

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Born in Vadnagar in 1950, Modi joined the RSS at eight and became a full-time organiser by 1971. Assigned to the BJP in 1985, he rose to general secretary before being appointed Gujarat's chief minister in 2001. His administration was found complicit in the 2002 violence that left up to 2,000 dead, mostly Muslim, though a Supreme Court team found no grounds to prosecute him in 2012. He led the BJP to a parliamentary majority in 2014, the first for any party in three decades. His tenure brought demonetisation, controversial farm laws later repealed, the revocation of Kashmir's special status, and the Citizenship Amendment Act that sparked the 2020 Delhi riots targeting Muslims. India lost an estimated 4.7 million to COVID-19 under his watch. In 2024 his party lost its majority and now governs through coalition.

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India