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Born in Vadnagar, Gujarat, Prime Minister Modi spent part of his childhood assisting his father in selling tea at a local railway station.
Prime Minister Modi is the first Indian Prime Minister born after the country gained independence in 1947.
At the age of eight, Modi began attending RSS sessions and was mentored by Lakshman Rao Inamdar, who inducted him as a junior cadet.
Modi completed his high school education in 1967, earned a BA in political science in 1978, and obtained a Master’s degree from Gujarat University in 1982.
During the 1975 Emergency, Modi went into hiding and later authored a Gujarati book recounting the events of that tumultuous period.
In 2014, Modi was ranked 15th on Forbes' list of the world's most powerful people, was named Time's Person of the Year, and was featured in Time’s 100 list three times.
PM Modi is the second most-followed global leader on 'X' (formerly Twitter), with over 90 million followers.