Wednesday, September 17, 2025

Narendra Modi's 75th Birthday

 

Narendra Damodardas Modi, born 17 September 1950, in Vadnagar, Bombay State (present-day Gujarat), is an Indian politician who has served as the prime minister of India since 2014.

Modi was the chief minister of Gujarat from 2001 to 2014 and is 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 the longest-serving prime minister outside the Indian National Congress.

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