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'''Narendra Modi''' (born September 17, 1950) is an Indian politician who is the 14th and current Prime Minister of India since 2014. He also served as 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 was implicated in the 2002 Gujarati riots which killed 1,044 people, the majority of whom were Muslims. His government has been accused of denying Muslims rights, such as demoting Jammu and Kashmir from a state into a union territory, building [[concentration camp]]s in Assam, as well as passing the Citizenship Amendment Act which excluded Muslims from citizenship.

==Biography==

Modi was ~~raised~~ in a ~~small town in northern Gujarat~~, ~~and he completed~~ an M.~~A. degree in political science from Gujarat University in Ahmadabad~~.

Modi was born in Vadnagar, Gujarat to a family of grocers. His family belonged to the Modh-Ghanchi-Teli oilpresing community, classified under the Indian government as an Other Backward Class. As a child, he would help his father sell tea by the railway station, opening up a tea stall with his brother by a bus terminal.

He joined the pro-Hindu Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) organization in the early 1970s and set up a unit of the RSS’s students’ wing, the Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad, in his area. Modi rose steadily in the RSS hierarchy, and his association with the organization significantly benefited his subsequent political career.

When he was 8, he discovered the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) and attended shakshas (training sessions) where he met Lakshmanrao Inamdar, whom he would consider a mentor. Modi was described as a keen debater in school, having an interest in theatre. He would often portray larger-than-life characters, which would further shape his image politically. He completed an M.A. degree in political science from Gujarat University in Ahmadabad.

Around 1968, he reached the Belur Math, headquarters of the Ramakrishna Mission in Belur, West Bengal, but was turned away, deciding to travel to northeast India. joined the pro-Hindu Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) organization in the early 1970s and set up a unit of the RSS’s students’ wing, the Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad, in his area. Modi rose steadily in the RSS hierarchy, and his association with the organization significantly benefited his subsequent political career.

Modi joined the BJP in 1987, and a year later he was made the general secretary of the Gujarat branch of the party. He was instrumental in greatly strengthening the party’s presence in the state in succeeding years.

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 '''Narendra Modi''' (born September 17, 1950) is an Indian politician who is the 14th and current Prime Minister of India since 2014. He also served as 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 was implicated in the 2002 Gujarati riots which killed 1,044 people, the majority of whom were Muslims. His government has been accused of denying Muslims rights, such as demoting Jammu and Kashmir from a state into a union territory, building [[concentration camp]]s in Assam, as well as passing the Citizenship Amendment Act which excluded Muslims from citizenship.
 ==Biography==
-Modi was raised in a small town in northern Gujarat, and he completed an M.A. degree in political science from Gujarat University in Ahmadabad.
+Modi was born in Vadnagar, Gujarat to a family of grocers. His family belonged to the Modh-Ghanchi-Teli oilpresing community, classified under the Indian government as an Other Backward Class. As a child, he would help his father sell tea by the railway station, opening up a tea stall with his brother by a bus terminal.
-He joined the pro-Hindu Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) organization in the early 1970s and set up a unit of the RSS’s students’ wing, the Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad, in his area. Modi rose steadily in the RSS hierarchy, and his association with the organization significantly benefited his subsequent political career.
+When he was 8, he discovered the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) and attended shakshas (training sessions) where he met Lakshmanrao Inamdar, whom he would consider a mentor. Modi was described as a keen debater in school, having an interest in theatre. He would often portray larger-than-life characters, which would further shape his image politically. He  completed an M.A. degree in political science from Gujarat University in Ahmadabad.
+Around 1968, he reached the Belur Math, headquarters of the Ramakrishna Mission in Belur, West Bengal, but was turned away, deciding to travel to northeast India. joined the pro-Hindu Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) organization in the early 1970s and set up a unit of the RSS’s students’ wing, the Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad, in his area. Modi rose steadily in the RSS hierarchy, and his association with the organization significantly benefited his subsequent political career.
 Modi joined the BJP in 1987, and a year later he was made the general secretary of the Gujarat branch of the party. He was instrumental in greatly strengthening the party’s presence in the state in succeeding years.