Everything about Narendra Damodardas Modi :
Narendra Damodardas Modi was born as the third of the four children to Damodardas Mulchand Modi and Heeraben, in Vadnagar in Mehsana district of erstwhile Bombay State ( present - day Gujarat).
- He helped his father sell teas at Vadnagar railway station.
- At the age of 8, Modi began attending RSS' local shakhas where he came in contact with Lakshmanrao Inamdar, often known as his mentor.
- Modi left his home at the age of 17, for Ramkrishna Mission ashram in Rajkot, to the Belur Math, Kolkata, and then to a Swami Vivekananda's ashram in Almora.
- 1971 : On returning from the ashram, again he worked in the staff canteen of Gujarat State Road Transport Coporation until he became a full-time campaigner of the RSS.
- 1975-1977 : During the state of emergency declared by PM Indira Gandhi, when political opponent were jailed and political organisation like RSS, banned. Modi evaded arrest by disguising like a Sikh, and distributed booklets against the central government actions.
- 1978 : Modi graduated through Distance Education in Political Science from Delhi University.
- 1983 : Did his Master's degree in Political Science from Gujarat University.
- November 1995 : Modi was elected National Secretary of BJP and then transferred to Delhi.
- May 1998 : He was promoted to the post of General Secretary of the BJP.
- First term (2001-2002): In 2001, as Keshubhai Patel's health failed and his poor handling of the Bhuj Earthquake of 2001 caused Modi's appointment as the Chief Minister of Gujarat on 7 October, 2001.
- Second term (2002-2007)
- Third term (2007-2012)
- Fourth term ( 2012-2014)
- 2014 General Election : The star campaigner of BJP.
- Modi won from both seats he contested; defeating Arvind Kejriwal, leader of Aam Aadmi Party, in Varanasi. Madhusudan Mistry of the Indian National Congress in Vadodara ( by a margin of 5.7 lakhs votes)
- Modi led the BJP -led NDA to a decisive victory in the 16th General Elections in which the ruling Indian National Congress suffered defeat.
- May 20: Elected as the leader of the BJP parliamentary party.
- May 20 : appointed as the 16th Prime Minister by India's president.
- Sworn in as Prime Minister on 26th May 2014 at the Rastrapati Bhavan.
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