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Lokmanya Tilak Terminus–Lucknow AC Superfast Express

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{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2019}}
{{Use Indian English|date=September 2025}}
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| color = d24e01
| name = Mumbai Lokmanya Thilak Terminus - Lucknow Charbagh ''AC Superfast Express''
| logo =
| image = Mtt lucknow ac.jpg
| caption = Mumbai Lokmanya Thilak Terminus - Lucknow Charbagh AC Superfast Express At [[Itarsi Junction railway station]]
| type = [[AC Express (Indian Railways)|AC Express]]
| first = {{start date and age|df=yes|2017|04|08}}
| last =
| operator = [[Central Railway zone|Central Railways]]
| ridership =
| start = [[Lokmanya Tilak Terminus]]
| stops = 9
| end = {{stnlnk|Lucknow Charbagh}}
| distance = {{convert|1407|km|0|abbr=on}}
| journeytime = 23h 40m as 22121 & 24h 5m as 22122
| frequency = 1 day a week (weekly)
| class = AC 1st Class, AC 2 Tier, AC 3 Tier
| seating = No
| sleeping = Yes
| autorack = No
| catering = Yes
| observation =
| entertainment =
| baggage = Storage space under berth
| other facilities =
| stock = [[LHB coach]]
| gauge = {{track gauge|1676mm|al=on|allk=on}}
| electrification = Yes
| trainnumber = 22121 / 22122
| speed = {{convert|130|km/h|0|abbr=on}} maximum, {{convert|59|km/h|0|abbr=on}}, including halts
| map = {{Lokmanya Tilak Terminus–Lucknow AC Superfast Express Route}}
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The 22121/22122 '''Lokmanya Tilak Terminus–Lucknow AC Superfast Express''' (abbreviated as '''LTT–Lucknow AC SF Express''') is a [[Superfast Express trains in India|Superfast Express]] train of [[AC Express (Indian Railways)|AC Express]] series belonging to Indian Railways ([[Central Railway zone]]) that runs between Mumbai and Lucknow in India. It was introduced on 8 April 2017, with fully air-conditioned LHB coach. It is a weekly service. It operates as train number 22121 down from [[Lokmanya Tilak Terminus]] to {{stnlnk|Lucknow Charbagh}} and as train number 22122 up in the reverse direction. This train shares its rake with [[Lokmanya Tilak Terminus–Hazrat Nizamuddin AC Express]].

==Coaches==
The LTT-Lucknow AC Superfast Express generally has one AC 1st class coaches, three AC 2 tier class coaches, one pantry car, two luggage cum generator coaches and fifteen AC 3 tier coaches, for a total of 22 coaches.<ref name="coaches">{{cite web|title=Introduction of new weekly AC Express train between Lokmanya Tilak terminus and Lucknow from 08/09.04.2017 |url=http://www.nr.indianrailways.gov.in/view_detail.jsp?lang=0&id=0,4,268&dcd=5878&did=1490354556207FF9235C556A1377567015EDF1D32F1D1.web91|date=24 March 2017|publisher=[[Northern Railway zone|Northern Railway]]|accessdate=13 January 2019}}</ref> As is customary with most train services in India, coach composition may be amended at the discretion of Indian Railways depending on demand. It has fully air-conditioned [[LHB coach]].

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* EOG consists of Luggage and Generator coach
* B consists of AC 3 Tier coach
* PC consists of Pantry car coach
* A consists of AC 2 Tier coach
* H consists of First Class AC coach

==Schedule==
22121 AC Superfast Express leaves Mumbai LTT every Saturday at 13:40 hrs [[Indian Standard Time|IST]] and reaches the Lucknow Charbagh at 13:20 hrs IST on the next day. On return, the 22122 AC Superfast Express leaves Lucknow Charbagh every Sunday at 16:10 hrs IST from platform number 3 and reaches the Mumbai LTT at 16:15 hrs IST on the next day.

==Service==
The LTT-Lucknow AC Superfast Express covers the distance of {{convert|1407|km|0|abbr=on}} in 23 hours 40 mins at an average speed of 59 km/h (including halts) and while on its return journey as train number 22122 takes 24 hrs 5 mins at an average speed of 58 km/h (including halts). Its highest attained speed is 130 kmph between [[Khandwa Junction railway station|Khandwa]] and {{stnlnk|Jhansi Junction}}.

As the average speed of the train is above {{convert|55|km/h|0|abbr=on}}, as per Indian Railways rules, its fare includes a [[Superfast Express trains in India|Superfast Express]] surcharge.<ref>[http://epaper.navbharattimes.com/details/3044-73826-2.html], ''navbharattimes.com'', 24 May 2017</ref>

==Routeing==

The 22121 / 22 Lokmanya Tilak Terminus–Lucknow Charbagh AC Superfast Express runs from Lokmanya Tilak Terminus via {{stnlnk|Thane}}, {{stnlnk|Kalyan Junction}}, {{stnlnk|Nasik Road}}, {{stnlnk|Jalgaon Junction}}, {{stnlnk|Bhusaval Junction}}, {{stnlnk|Rani Kamlapati}}, {{stnlnk|Virangana Lakshmibai Jhansi Railway Station}} to Lucknow Charbagh.<ref>[http://www.nr.indianrailways.gov.in/view_detail.jsp?lang=0&id=0,4,268&dcd=5878&did=1490354556207FF9235C556A1377567015EDF1D32F1D1.web91], ''Northern Railway'', 9 April 2017</ref>

==Traction==
As the route is electrified, all types of electric locos power the train up to its destination. The LTT-Lucknow AC Superfast Express is mostly hauled by [[Electric Loco Shed, Kalyan|Kalyan]]-based [[WAP-7]] or [[Electric Loco Shed, Ajni|Ajni]]-based [[WAP-7]], from start to end.

== References ==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
*[https://indiarailinfo.com/train/mumbai-ltt-lucknow-ac-sf-express-22121/23140/466/336 22121 AC Express] at India Rail Info
*[https://indiarailinfo.com/train/lucknow-mumbai-ltt-ac-sf-express-22122/23131/336/466 22122 AC Express] at India Rail Info

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[[Category:AC Express (Indian Railways) trains]]
[[Category:Rail transport in Maharashtra]]
[[Category:Rail transport in Madhya Pradesh]]
[[Category:Passenger trains originating from Lucknow]]
[[Category:Superfast Express trains]]

Twenty 20 Party

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{{Short description|Indian political party}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2018}}
{{Use Indian English|date=October 2018}}
{{Infobox Indian political party
|name = Twenty 20 Party
|logo = Twenty20 Kizhakkambalam.jpg
|logo_size = 220px
|abbreviation = TTP<ref>{{Cite web |title=TTP Candidates List For Kerala Elections 2026 - Oneindia |url=https://www.oneindia.com/ttp-candidates-list-for-kerala-assembly-election/ |access-date=17 March 2026 |work=Oneindia}}</ref>
|colorcode = {{party color|Twenty20 Party}}
|leader = [[Sabu M. Jacob]]<ref name="TP"/>
|founder = Sabu M. Jacob<ref name="TP"/>
|foundation = {{Start date and age|2015}}<ref name="TP"/>
|headquarters = Building No. IV/172, Ikkarnadu Panchayath, Kadayiruppu P.O., Kunnthunadu Taluk, Ernakulam — 682311<ref name=TWENTY>{{Cite web |title=TWENTY |url=https://www.ceo.kerala.gov.in/ceokerala/pdf/govt_orders/TWENTY.pdf |format=PDF |publisher=Chief Electoral Officer, Kerala |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240915121601/https://www.ceo.kerala.gov.in/ceokerala/pdf/govt_orders/TWENTY.pdf |archive-date=15 September 2024 |access-date=30 April 2026}}</ref>
|ideology = {{Plainlist|
* [[Welfarism]]
}}
| loksabha_seats = {{Composition bar|0|20|hex={{party color|National Democratic Alliance}}}}
| rajyasabha_seats = {{Composition bar|0|09|{{party color|National Democratic Alliance}}}}
| state_seats_name = [[Kerala Legislative Assembly]]
| state_seats = {{Composition bar|0|140|hex={{party color|National Democratic Alliance}}}}<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thehindu.com/elections/kerala-assembly/bdjs-twenty20-fail-to-leave-a-political-impact/article70939136.ece|title = Kerala Assembly polls 2026: BDJS, Twenty20 fail to leave a political impact|date = 4 May 2026}}</ref>
|position =[[Centrism|Centre]]
|symbol = [[File:Indian Election Symbol Jackfruit.png|89x89px]]
|flag = Twenty20 Party New Flag.jpg
|eci = [[List of political parties in India#Unrecognised parties|Registered Unrecognised]]
|alliance = * [[National Democratic Alliance]] (2026–present)
* [[Aam Aadmi Party|People's Welfare Alliance]] (2022–2023)
}}

'''Twenty 20 Party''' is an Indian [[List of political parties in India|political party]] active in the state of [[Kerala]]. It originated as a [[corporate social responsibility]] intiative of the [[Anna Kitex Group]], led by [[Sabu M. Jacob]], at [[Kizhakkambalam]] in [[Ernakulam district]]. The party made its electoral debut in the [[2015 Kerala local elections]].<ref name=TP>{{Cite news |author=Aneesa PA |url=https://theprint.in/elections/bjps-new-ally-in-kerala-started-out-as-kitex-csr-drive-its-going-back-to-basics-to-woo-voters/2899548/ |title=BJP’s new ally in Kerala started out as Kitex CSR drive. It’s going back to basics to woo voters |date=8 April 2026 |archive-date=10 April 2026 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20260410072335/https://theprint.in/elections/bjps-new-ally-in-kerala-started-out-as-kitex-csr-drive-its-going-back-to-basics-to-woo-voters/2899548/ |work=The Print }}</ref> It has a significant presence in Ernakulam district.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Kochi/14-vote-share-a-confidence-booster-says-twenty20-chairman/article34475742.ece |title=14% vote share a confidence booster, says Twenty20 chairman |work=The Hindu |access-date=30 April 2026}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://english.mathrubhumi.com/news/kerala/lsg-polls-7f360985 |title=Twenty20 wins four grama panchayats in Ernakulam |work=Mathrubhumi English |access-date=30 April 2026}}</ref>

==Alliance==
In May 2022, the party formed an alliance with [[Aam Aadmi Party]] under the name ''People's Welfare Alliance''.<ref>{{cite news|title=Eyeing Kerala, AAP forms alliance with Twenty20, to take on UDF, LDF, NDA|work=The New Indian Express|url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/states/kerala/2022/May/15/aap-eyeing-kerala-now-party-twenty20-form-new-alliance-to-take-on-udf-ldf-ndaaap-eyeing-kerala-n-2453937.html}}</ref> The alliance was dissolved in December 2023.<ref>{{cite news|title=മുന്നണിയുടെ ലക്ഷ്യങ്ങൾ കൈവരിക്കാനായില്ല: ട്വന്റി20 പാർട്ടിയും ആംആദ്മി പാർട്ടിയും വേർപിരിയുന്നു|url=https://www.manoramaonline.com/news/latest-news/2023/12/07/no-more-alliance-between-aam-aadmi-party-and-twenty-20.html}}</ref>

In 2026, the Twenty20 Party became a part of the [[National Democratic Alliance]], led by the [[Bharatiya Janata Party]].

==History==
Twenty 20 Party is a [[Nonprofit organisation|nonprofit]] [[charitable organization]] promoted by the Kitex Garments, a garment exporting company part of the [[Anna Kitex Group]]—ranked in [[Forbes Asia]]'s 200 Best Under A Billion Dollar companies. In the 2015 Grama Panchayat elections, the organization won 17 out of 19 seats in the village council and secured 69 percent of vote share. According to [[Sabu M. Jacob]], the Managing Director of Kitex Garments, the victory was because of the failure of the prevailing political parties. Kitex Garments disbursed its [[Corporate Social Responsibility]] (CSR) funds for the development and welfare schemes undertaken by Twenty 20<ref name="thehindubusinessline.com">{{cite web|url=http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/specials/india-file/twenty20-disrupting-keralas-political-game/article8120849.ece|title=Twenty20: Disrupting Kerala’s political game|publisher=The HinduBusinessLine |access-date=30 April 2026}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Kochi/its-a-t20-match-in-kizhakkambalam/article7752179.ece|title=It’s a T20 match in Kizhakkambalam|date=12 October 2015|publisher=|via=www.thehindu.com}}</ref>

== Electoral performance==
=== Kerala Local Body Elections===
'''2015'''

In the [[2015 Kerala local elections]], Twenty20 won 17 out of 19 seats in [[Kizhakkambalam]] Grama Panchayat.<ref>{{cite news|title=First corporate to fight polls sweeps Kerala panchayat|work=The Times of India|date=2015|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kochi/first-corporate-to-fight-polls-sweeps-kerala-panchayat/articleshow/49706536.cms}}</ref>

'''2020'''

During the [[2020 Kerala local elections]], party won 20 seats in [[Kizhakkambalam]], 9 seats in Aikkaranadu panchayat, 5 seats in [[Kunnathunad]] and 5 seats in [[Mazhuvannur]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Twenty20 spreads wings in neighbouring panchayats in Kerala|url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/states/kerala/2020/dec/16/twenty20-spreads-wings-in-neighbouring-panchayats-in-kerala-2236981.html|access-date=2020-12-16|website=The New Indian Express}}</ref>

'''2025'''

In the [[2025 Kerala local elections]], Twenty20 retained control of Aikaranad Grama Panchayat by winning all 16 seats, and secured a majority in [[Kizhakkambalam]] Grama Panchayat with 14 out of 21 seats. In Thiruvaniyoor Grama Panchayat, the party won 9 out of 18 seats.

However, the party lost control of [[Kunnathunad]] and [[Mazhuvannoor]] grama panchayats, where it had previously held representation.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Twenty20 loses two panchayats wins Kizhakkambalam Aikaranadu in local polls|url=https://www.theweek.in/wire-updates/national/2025/12/13/mes13-kl-civic-polls-twenty20.html|access-date=2026-04-28|website=The Week}}</ref>

=== Kerala Legislative Assembly Elections ===
'''2021'''

In the [[2021 Kerala Legislative Assembly election]], 8 candidates of Twenty20 were contested but no one won the election.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Corporate-led Kizhakkambalam Twenty 20 wins zero seats in Kerala
|url=https://www.thenewsminute.com/kerala/corporate-led-kizhakkambalam-twenty-20-wins-zero-seats-kerala-148203|access-date=2026-04-28|website=The News Minute}}</ref>

'''2026'''

In the [[2026 Kerala Legislative Assembly election]], 19 candidates are contesting as part of [[National Democratic Alliance|NDA]] alliance.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Kerala Assembly elections: Actors, influencers among Twenty20 candidates
|url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/states/kerala/2026/Mar/17/kerala-assembly-elections-actors-influencers-among-twenty20-candidates|access-date=2026-04-28|website=The New Indian Express}}</ref> But failed to secure a single seat.<ref>{{Cite web|title=പ്രചാരണത്തിൽ തിളങ്ങി വോട്ടെണ്ണലിൽ മങ്ങി; പ്രതീക്ഷിച്ച നേട്ടമുണ്ടാക്കാതെ ട്വന്റി 20
|url=https://www.mathrubhumi.com/news/kerala/twenty-20-election-results-2026-kunnathunad-analysis-skkn9ixz|access-date=2026-05-05|website=Mathrubhumi}}</ref>

== Controversies ==
Speaking to a section of media, KITEX group managing director Sabu M Jacob, who is also the chairman of Twenty20, said he was "forced" to buy [[Electoral Bond#Data released by the Election Commission of India|electoral bonds]] for giving contributions to mainstream political parties as it was "essential for the existence of business ventures".<ref>{{Cite web |last=Raghunath |first=Arjun |title=Kerala's Twenty20 party chief & KITEX group MD Sabu Jacob spent Rs 25 crore in electoral bonds |url=https://www.deccanherald.com/india/kerala/keralas-twenty20-party-chief-kitex-group-md-sabu-jacob-spent-rs-25-crore-in-electoral-bonds-2944577 |access-date=2024-03-26 |website=Deccan Herald |language=en}}</ref>

===NDA alliance and internal dissent (2026)===
In January 2026, the Twenty20 Party's decision to align with the [[National Democratic Alliance]] (NDA) led to internal dissent, with several leaders and office-bearers resigning from the party and joining the [[Indian National Congress]].<ref name="southfirst">{{cite news |title=Twenty20 faces major split after NDA alliance, leaders quit party, join Congress |url=https://thesouthfirst.com/kerala/twenty20-faces-major-split-after-nda-alliance-leaders-quit-party-join-congress/ |work=The South First |date=2026-01-23}}</ref> The dissidents alleged that the decision was taken without consultation with party bodies.<ref name="southfirst" />

In April 2026, Pooja Jomon, president of the Poothrikka panchayat and a party member, resigned in protest against the alliance.<ref name="madhyamam1">{{cite news |title=ട്വന്റി 20യിൽ പൊട്ടിത്തെറി; എൻ.ഡി.എ പ്രവേശനത്തിൽ പ്രതിഷേധിച്ച് പൂതൃക്ക പഞ്ചായത്ത് പ്രസിഡന്റ് രാജിവെച്ചു|url=https://www.madhyamam.com/kerala/twenty20-poothrika-panchayat-president-resigns-in-protest-against-nda-entry-1509022 |work=Madhyamam |date=2026-04-06}}</ref><ref name="kaumudi">{{cite news |title=Sabu M Jacob threatened, Twenty20 panchayat president resigns |url=https://keralakaumudi.com/en/news/mobile/news.php?id=1727318&u= |work=Kerala Kaumudi |date=2026-04-06}}</ref> She stated that the resignation followed disagreements over the alliance and alleged that party convenor [[Sabu M. Jacob]] had threatened her, including by referring to a previous party member who had died after an accident.<ref name="madhyamam2">{{cite news |title=‘രാജിവെച്ച ഒരു മെമ്പർ സ്കൂൾ ബസ് ഇടിച്ച് പോറൽപോലുമില്ലാണ്ട് മരണപ്പെട്ടു, അത് ദൈവം വരുത്താതിരിക്കട്ടേ’... സാബു എം. ജേക്കബ് ഭീഷണിപ്പെടുത്തിയെന്ന് പൂജ ജോമോൻ |url=https://www.madhyamam.com/kerala/twenty-20-pooja-jomon-claims-that-sabu-m-jacob-threatened-her-1509026 |work=Madhyamam |date=2026-04-06}}</ref><ref name="kaumudi" />

==References==
{{Reflist}}

{{Political parties in India}}
{{Authority control}}
[[Category:State political parties in Kerala]]
[[Category:Suburbs of Kochi]]
[[Category:2015 establishments in Kerala]]
[[Category:Organizations established in 2015]]
[[Category:Member parties of the National Democratic Alliance]]

Lycodon hypsirhinoides

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{{Short description|Species of snake}}
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| image = Lycodon hypsirhinoides - South Andaman - Shreeram MV.jpg
| image_caption = Lycodon hypsirhinoides from South Andaman
| status = LC
| status_system = IUCN3.1
| status_ref = <ref name=iucn>{{cite iucn |author=Achyuthan, N.S. |year=2021 |title=''Lycodon hypsirhinoides'' |volume=2021 |article-number=e.T48985287A48985311 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-3.RLTS.T48985287A48985311.en |access-date=28 May 2023}}</ref>
| genus = Lycodon
| species = hypsirhinoides
| authority = ([[William Theobald|Theobald]], 1868)
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'''''Lycodon hypsirhinoides''''' is a species of snake in the family [[colubridae]]. It is found in [[India]].<ref name=RDB/>

== References ==
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[[Category:Lycodon]]
[[Category:Reptiles described in 1868]]
[[Category:Endemic reptiles of India]]
[[Category:Taxa named by William Theobald]]

{{Colubrinae-stub}}

National Creators Award

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The '''National Creators Award''' is an Indian award established in 2024 to honour excellence and positive influence in digital content creation. It is presented by the [[Prime Minister of India]] and recognises leading creators across various online platforms.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/government-may-announce-national-creators-awards-for-influencers-report-5027689|title=Government May Announce National Creator's Awards For Influencers: Report|website=NDTV.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.businesstoday.in/technology/news/story/government-announces-national-creators-awards-for-new-age-influencers-417233-2024-02-13|title=Government announces National Creator's Awards for new-age influencers|date=February 13, 2024|website=Business Today}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/pm-modi-to-present-first-ever-national-creators-award-tomorrow-check-list-of-nominees-101709820317813.html|title=PM Modi to present first-ever National Creators Award tomorrow | Checklist of nominees|date=March 7, 2024|website=Hindustan Times}}</ref>

== Eligibility ==
The National Creators Award has specific criteria that creators must meet to be eligible for nomination. Here's a breakdown of the key points:<ref>{{cite web | url=https://innovateindia.mygov.in/national-creators-award-2024/#:~:text=Eligibility%20Criteria,at%20the%20time%20of%20nomination.&text=Language%3A%20Content%20submission%20can%20be,a%20maximum%20of%20three%20categories | title=Innovateindia.mygov.in | National Creators Award 2024 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/national-creators-award-2024-nominees-list-komal-pandey-ankit-baiyanpuria-katrina-kaif-yash-2510948-2024-03-05|title=Katrina Kaif, Komal Pandey among nominees for National Creators Award 2024|website=India Today |date=5 March 2024 }}</ref>

* '''Age''': Participants must be 18 years of age or older at the time of nomination.
* '''Nationality''':
** [[India]]n Creators: 19 categories are reserved exclusively for individuals with Indian nationality.
** International Creators: One dedicated category recognizes outstanding creators from outside India.
* '''Content Platform''': Content must be published on one or more of the following digital platforms:
** [[Instagram]]
** [[YouTube]]
** [[Twitter]]
** [[LinkedIn]]
** [[Facebook]]
* '''Language''': Content submissions can be in Hindi/English or any other Indian language.
* '''Nomination''':
** Self-Nomination: Creators can nominate themselves in a maximum of three relevant categories.
** Nominating Others: Individuals can nominate others for any category.

== Selection ==
A jury of experts assesses the remaining nominees based on predefined criteria:

* '''Creativity:''' Originality and uniqueness of the content.
* '''Impact:''' Positive influence and social change driven by the content.
* '''Reach:''' Engagement and audience base of the creator.
* '''Innovation:''' Fresh approaches and implementation within the content domain.
* '''Sustainability:''' Long-term potential and viability of the creator's work.
* '''Alignment with Goals:''' How well the content aligns with the National Creators Award's vision of positive social impact

Based on the jury's evaluation, the final decision on awarding winners in each category is made.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/pm-modi-invites-content-creators-social-media-influencers-to-national-creators-award-how-to-apply-101708842633561.html|title=Mann Ki Baat: PM Modi invites content creators to National Creators Award. How to apply, what's the criteria?|date=February 25, 2024|website=Hindustan Times}}</ref>
While the specific details of jury composition and evaluation methods might not be publicly available, the award strives for transparency by:

* Having a well-defined set of evaluation criteria.
* Encouraging public participation through open nominations.

== Award Ceremony ==
The inaugural ceremony of the National Creators Award was held on March 8, 2024, coinciding with the auspicious occasion of [[Mahashivratri]]. The ceremony marked a significant moment in recognizing the growing influence of digital content creators in India. [[Bharat Mandapam]] in [[New Delhi]] served as the backdrop for this grand event.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.livemint.com/news/india/pm-narendra-modi-presents-national-creators-award-2024-know-what-is-it-selection-process-other-details-11709881441618.html|title=National Creators Award 2024: Know what is it? Selection process, winners list|date=March 8, 2024|website=mint}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/trending/trending-in-india/national-creators-award-2024-from-katrina-kaif-to-komal-pandey-full-list-of-nominees-here-9198737/|title=National Creators Award 2024: From Katrina Kaif to Komal Pandey, full list of nominees here|date=March 6, 2024}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/pm-modi-national-creators-award-20-categories-for-excellence-jaya-kishori-drew-hicks-social-influencers-2512170-2024-03-08|title=PM presents first-ever National Creators Award in 20 categories|website=India Today|date=8 March 2024 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/bollywood/news/pm-modi-to-present-first-ever-national-creators-awards-katrina-kaif-kangana-ranaut-jackie-shroff-earn-nominations/articleshow/108319281.cms|title=National Creators Award 2024: PM Modi to present the first-ever awards; Katrina Kaif, Kangana Ranaut, Jackie Shroff nominated|newspaper=The Times of India |date=March 8, 2024}}</ref>

The Award is presented by the [[Prime Minister of India|Prime Minister]] in presence of [[Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology|Minister of Electronics & IT]] & Jury members.<ref>{{Cite web |date=March 8, 2024 |title=PM Modi Presents First National Creators Award: Ranveer Alhabadia, Ankit Baiyanpuria Among Recipients |url=https://news.abplive.com/news/india/national-creators-award-2024-pm-modi-presents-awards-at-bharat-mandapam-in-20-categories-check-full-list-1670343 |website=news.abplive.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=PM presents first-ever National Creators Award |url=https://www.pmindia.gov.in/en/news_updates/pm-presents-first-ever-national-creators-award/?comment=disable#:~:text=The%20National%20Creators%20Award%20is,creativity%20to%20drive%20positive%20change |access-date=2025-10-03 |website=pmindia.gov.in}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/india/pm-modi-to-present-first-ever-national-creators-award/articleshow/108302235.cms?from=mdr|title=PM Modi to present first ever National Creators Award|newspaper=The Economic Times |date=March 7, 2024}}</ref>

== Winners ==
{| class="wikitable"
| colspan="3" | '''Winners NCA-2024'''<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/pm-modi-presents-first-ever-national-creators-awards-in-delhi-full-list-of-winners-101709876387420.html|title=PM Modi presents first-ever National Creators Awards in Delhi | Full list of winners|date=March 8, 2024|website=Hindustan Times}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/trending/trending-in-india/national-creators-award-2024-winners-list-maithali-thakur-ranveer-allahbadia-9202756/|title=National Creators Award 2024: From Ranveer Allahbadia to Maithali Thakur, full list of winners here|date=March 8, 2024}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=March 8, 2024 |title=National Creators Award 2024: Maithili Thakur to Ranveer Allahbadia, full list of winners |url=https://www.indiatvnews.com/lifestyle/news/national-creators-award-2024-maithili-thakur-to-ranveer-allahbadia-full-list-of-winners-2024-03-08-920454 |website=www.indiatvnews.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Press Information Bureau of India |date=8 March 2024 |title=PM's interaction with the winners of first-ever National Creators Awards |url=https://pib.gov.in/PressReleaseIframePage.aspx?PRID=2012637 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240318063548/https://pib.gov.in/PressReleaseIframePage.aspx?PRID=2012637 |archive-date=18 March 2024 |website=Press Information Bureau}}</ref>
|-
!Category
!Winner
!Platform
|-
|'''Best Travel Creator'''
|Kamiya Jani
|[[YouTube]]
|-
|'''Best Gaming Creator'''
|Nischay Malhan
|[[YouTube]]
|-
|'''Best Health & Fitness Creator'''
|Ankit Baiyanpuria
|[[YouTube]] & [[Instagram]]
|-
|'''Best Education Creator'''
|Naman Deshmukh
|[[YouTube]], [[Instagram|IG]] & [[Facebook]]
|-
|'''Best Food Creator'''
|Kabita Singh
|[[YouTube]], [[Instagram|IG]] & [[Facebook]]
|-
|'''Most Creative Creator (Male)'''
|RJ Raunac
|[[YouTube]], [[Instagram|IG]] & [[Facebook]]
|-
|'''Most Creative Creator (Female)'''
|Shraddha
|[[YouTube]], [[Instagram|IG]] & [[Facebook]]
|-
|'''Best Tech Creator'''
|[[Gaurav Chaudhary]] (Technical Guruji)
|[[YouTube]], [[Instagram|IG]] & [[Facebook]]
|-
|'''Best International Creator'''
|Drew Hicks
|[[YouTube]], [[Instagram|IG]] & [[Facebook]]
|-
|'''Best Creator for Social Change'''
|Jaya Kishori
|[[YouTube]], [[Instagram|IG]] & [[Facebook]]
|-
|'''Cultural Ambassador of the Year'''
|[[Maithili Thakur]]
|[[YouTube]], [[Instagram|IG]] & [[Facebook]]
|-
|'''Favourite Green Champion'''
|Pankti Pandey
|[[YouTube]], [[Instagram|IG]] & [[Facebook]]
|-
|'''Best Fashion and Lifestyle Creator'''
|[https://instagram.com/mohitkumarofficial Mohit Kumar]
|
|-
|'''Best Micro Creator'''
|Aridaman
|
|-
|'''Best Nano Creator'''
|Piyush Purohit
|[[YouTube]], [[Instagram|IG]] & [[Facebook]]
|-
|'''Most Impactful Agri Creator'''
|Lakshay Dabas
|[[YouTube]], [[Instagram|IG]] & [[Facebook]]
|-
|'''Disruptor of the Year'''
|Ranveer Allahabadia
|[[YouTube]], [[Instagram|IG]] & [[Facebook]]
|-
|'''Celebrity Creator'''
|[[Aman Gupta]]
|[[YouTube]], [[Instagram|IG]] & [[Facebook]]
|-
|'''Swacchata Ambassador Award'''
|[[Malhar Kalambe]]
|[[YouTube]], [[Instagram|IG]] & [[Facebook]]
|-
|'''Heritage Fashion Icon Award'''
|Jahnvi Singh
|
|-
|'''New India Champion'''
|Abhi and Niyu
|
|-
|'''Best Storyteller'''
|Keerthika Govindhasamy
|
|}

== References ==

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[[Category:Indian awards]]

Ratan Das

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{{Short description|Indian politician from Tripura}}
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'''Ratan Das''' (born 18 October 1958)<ref>{{cite web |title=OATH / AFFIRMATION BY ELEVENTH LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY MEMBERS |url=https://tripuraassembly.nic.in/current%20members%20profilenew.pdf}}</ref> is an Indian politician from the state of [[Tripura]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Ratan Das(Communist Party of India (Marxist)(CPI(M))):Constituency- RAMNAGAR : BYE ELECTION ON 19-04-2024(WEST TRIPURA) - Affidavit Information of Candidate: |url=https://www.myneta.info/Tripura2023/candidate.php?candidate_id=7077 |website=www.myneta.info}}</ref> In 2013 assembly elections, he represented [[Ramnagar, Tripura Assembly constituency]] in West Tripura district in [[Tripura Legislative Assembly]]. He was member of the Tripura Legislative Assembly form 2013 to 2018.<ref>{{cite web |title=Tripura Assembly Election Results in 2013 |url=https://www.elections.in/tripura/assembly-constituencies/2013-election-results.html |website=www.elections.in}}</ref> He currently holds the position of CPIM(M) [[West Tripura]] district secretary since 2025.<ref>{{cite news |title=CPI(M) alleges BJP-backed miscreants vandalised party office in West Tripura |url=https://www.indiatodayne.in/tripura/story/cpim-alleges-bjp-backed-miscreants-vandalised-party-office-in-west-tripura-1280319-2025-09-20 |access-date=10 January 2026 |work=India Today NE |date=20 September 2025 |language=hi}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=CPI(M) alleges BJP-backed goons vandalised its party office with bulldozer in Tripura |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/tripura-cpim-bjp-backed-goons-vandalism-bulldozer-party-office-lop/article70073497.ece |work=The Hindu |date=20 September 2025 |language=en-IN}}</ref>

==References==
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{{India-politician-stub}}

Rana Inder Pratap Singh

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{{Short description|Indian politician}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2022}}
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| name = Rana Inder Partap Singh
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| office = Member of the [[Punjab Legislative Assembly]]
| constituency = [[Sultanpur Lodhi Assembly constituency|Sultanpur Lodhi]]
| term_start = 2022
| predecessor = [[Navtej Singh Cheema]]
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| parents = [[Rana Gurjeet Singh]] (father)
Harbans Kaur Rana (Mother)
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'''Rana Inder Pratap Singh''' is an Indian politician from [[Punjab, India|Punjab]]. He was elected to the [[16th Punjab Assembly]] in the [[2022 Punjab Legislative Assembly election]].<ref>{{Cite news |title=Punjab polls: State minister Rana Gurjeet Singh, son win their seats |work=The Economic Times |url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/elections/assembly-elections/punjab/punjab-polls-state-minister-rana-gurjeet-singh-son-win-their-seats/articleshow/90125537.cms |access-date=2022-05-30}}</ref>

==MLA==
He was elected in 2022. The Aam Aadmi Party gained a strong 79% majority in the [[sixteenth Punjab Legislative Assembly]] by winning 92 out of [[List of constituencies of the Punjab Legislative Assembly|117 seats]] in the [[2022 Punjab Legislative Assembly election]]. MP [[Bhagwant Mann]] was sworn in as [[List of chief ministers of Punjab (India)|Chief Minister]] on 16 March 2022.<ref>{{Cite news |last= |first= |date=16 March 2022 |title=AAP's Bhagwant Mann sworn in as Punjab Chief Minister |language=en-IN |work=The Hindu |url=https://www.thehindu.com/elections/punjab-assembly/aaps-bhagwant-mann-sworn-in-as-punjab-cm/article65230309.ece |access-date=22 March 2022 |issn=0971-751X}}</ref>

==Assets and liabilities declared during elections==
During the [[2022 Punjab Legislative Assembly election]], he declared Rs. 69,75,52,000 as an overall financial asset and Rs. 17,97,03,000 as financial liability.<ref>{{cite web |title=Rana Inder Partap Singh(Independent(IND)):Constituency- SULTANPUR LODHI(KAPURTHALA) - Affidavit Information of Candidate: |url=https://www.myneta.info/punjab2022/candidate.php?candidate_id=1111 |website=www.myneta.info |access-date=14 September 2025}}</ref>

== Personal life ==
His father [[Rana Gurjeet Singh]] is a former minister.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-01-18 |title=Rana Gurjeet's son Rana Inder Partap to contest against Cong MLA from Sultanpur Lodhi |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/cities/chandigarh-news/rana-gurjeet-s-son-rana-inder-partap-to-contest-against-cong-mla-from-sultanpur-lodhi-101642449882030.html |access-date=2022-05-30 |website=Hindustan Times |language=en}}</ref>

== References ==
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Gandasi Assembly constituency

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{{Short description|Former Assembly constituency in Karnataka, India}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2022}}
{{Use Indian English|date=November 2022}}
{{Infobox Indian constituency
| name = Gandasi
| type = SLA
| map_image =
| map_caption =
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| state = [[Karnataka]]
| district = [[Hassan district|Hassan]]
| division = [[Mysore division|Mysore]]
| loksabha_cons = [[Hassan Lok Sabha constituency|Hassan]]
| constituency_no = 131
| established = 1957
| reservation = None
| abolished = 2008
| mla = [[B. Shivaramu]]
| party = [[Indian National Congress]]
| alliance = None
| latest_election_year = [[2004 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election|2004]]
| electors =
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'''Gandasi Assembly constituency''' was one of the constituencies in [[Karnataka]] state assembly in India until 2008 when it was made defunct. It was part of [[Hassan Lok Sabha constituency]].

==Members of the Legislative Assembly==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Election
! Member
! colspan=2|Party
|-
| bgcolor="#FFF58A" | [[1957 Mysore State Legislative Assembly election|1957]] || Dyavamma Manjappa || {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|-
| bgcolor="#FFF58A" | [[1962 Mysore State Legislative Assembly election|1962]] || H. R. Keshava Murthy || {{Full party name with color|Praja Socialist Party}}
|-
| bgcolor="#FFF58A" | [[1967 Mysore State Legislative Assembly election|1967]] || B. Nanjappa || {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress|rowspan=2}}
|-
| bgcolor="#FFF58A" | [[1972 Mysore State Legislative Assembly election|1972]] || M. Nanje Gowda
|-
| [[1978 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election|1978]] || Haranahalli Ramaswamy || {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress (I)}}
|-
| [[1983 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election|1983]] || B. Nanjappa || {{Full party name with color|Janata Party|rowspan=2}}
|-
| [[1985 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election|1985]] || E. Nanje Gowda
|-
| [[1989 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election|1989]] || rowspan="4" | B. Shivaramu || {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|-
| [[1994 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election|1994]] || {{Full party name with color|Independent politician}}
|-
| [[1999 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election|1999]] || {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress|rowspan=2}}
|-
| [[2004 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election|2004]]
|}

==Election results==
=== Assembly Election 2004 ===
{{Election box begin |title = [[2004 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election]] : Gandasi <ref>{{cite web|publisher=[[Election Commission of India]]|title=Statistical Report on General Election, 2004 to the Legislative Assembly of Karnataka |url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_2004/StatisticalReports_KT_2004.pdf|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101006204912/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_2004/StatisticalReports_KT_2004.pdf|archive-date=6 October 2010|format=pdf}}</ref>}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link |candidate = B. Shivaramu |party = Indian National Congress |votes = 52,781 |percentage = 46.95% |change = {{decrease}}15.41 }}
{{Election box candidate with party link |candidate = Shivalingegowda. K. M |party = Janata Dal (Secular) |votes = 52,763 |percentage = 46.94% |change = {{increase}}25.54 }}
{{Election box candidate with party link |candidate = Nanjegowda. E |party = Bharatiya Janata Party |votes = 4,650 |percentage = 4.14% |change = ''New'' }}
{{Election box candidate with party link |candidate = Chandrashekar. N. C |party = Kannada Nadu Party |votes = 2,218 |percentage = 1.97% |change = ''New'' }}
{{Election box margin of victory |votes = 18 |percentage = 0.02% |change = {{decrease}}40.94 }}
{{Election box turnout |votes = 112,528 |percentage = 77.93% |change = {{increase}}1.59 }}
{{Election box total valid |votes= 112,412}}
{{Election box registered electors |reg. electors = 144,391 |ref = |change = {{increase}}5.13 }}
{{Election box hold with party link |winner = Indian National Congress |swing = {{decrease}}15.41 }}
{{Election box end}}

=== Assembly Election 1999 ===
{{Election box begin |title = [[1999 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election]] : Gandasi <ref>{{cite web|publisher=[[Election Commission of India]]|title=Statistical Report on General Election, 1999 to the Legislative Assembly of Karnataka |url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1999/StatisticalReport-KT99.pdf|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101006053217/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1999/StatisticalReport-KT99.pdf|archive-date=6 October 2010|format=pdf}}</ref>}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link |candidate = B. Shivaramu |party = Indian National Congress |votes = 62,530 |percentage = 62.36% |change = ''New'' }}
{{Election box candidate with party link |candidate = Rajeshakarappa |party = Janata Dal (Secular) |votes = 21,455 |percentage = 21.40% |change = ''New'' }}
{{Election box candidate with party link |candidate = E. Nanje Gowda |party = Janata Dal (United) |votes = 14,312 |percentage = 14.27% |change = ''New'' }}
{{Election box candidate with party link |candidate = N. Shivaswamy |party = Independent politician |votes = 1,976 |percentage = 1.97% |change = ''New'' }}
{{Election box margin of victory |votes = 41,075 |percentage = 40.96% |change = {{increase}}30.30 }}
{{Election box turnout |votes = 104,850 |percentage = 76.34% |change = {{decrease}}2.86 }}
{{Election box total valid |votes= 100,273}}
{{Election box rejected |votes = 4,557 |percentage = 4.35% |change = {{increase}}2.77 }}
{{Election box registered electors |reg. electors = 137,339 |ref = |change = {{increase}}4.38 }}
{{Election box gain |winner = Indian National Congress |loser = Independent politician |swing = {{increase}}10.66 }}
{{Election box end}}

=== Assembly Election 1994 ===
{{Election box begin |title = [[1994 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election]] : Gandasi <ref>{{cite web|publisher=[[Election Commission of India]]|title=Statistical Report on General Election, 1994 to the Legislative Assembly of Karnataka |url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1994/StatisticalReport-KT94.pdf|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101006211324/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1994/StatisticalReport-KT94.pdf|archive-date=6 October 2010|format=pdf}}</ref>}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link |candidate = B. Shivaramu |party = Independent politician |votes = 53,002 |percentage = 51.70% |change = ''New'' }}
{{Election box candidate with party link |candidate = E. Nanje Gowda |party = Janata Dal |votes = 42,070 |percentage = 41.04% |change = {{increase}}15.18 }}
{{Election box candidate with party link |candidate = G. R. Gopi Nath |party = Bharatiya Janata Party |votes = 5,605 |percentage = 5.47% |change = ''New'' }}
{{Election box candidate with party link |candidate = G. M. Manjunatha |party = Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee |votes = 968 |percentage = 0.94% |change = ''New'' }}
{{Election box margin of victory |votes = 10,932 |percentage = 10.66% |change = {{decrease}}19.95 }}
{{Election box turnout |votes = 104,200 |percentage = 79.20% |change = {{increase}}3.96 }}
{{Election box total valid |votes= 102,510}}
{{Election box rejected |votes = 1,647 |percentage = 1.58% |change = {{decrease}}3.38 }}
{{Election box registered electors |reg. electors = 131,573 |ref = |change = {{increase}}12.37 }}
{{Election box gain |winner = Independent politician |loser = Indian National Congress |swing = {{decrease}}4.77 }}
{{Election box end}}

=== Assembly Election 1989 ===
{{Election box begin |title = [[1989 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election]] : Gandasi <ref>{{cite web|publisher=[[Election Commission of India]]|title=Statistical Report on General Election, 1989 to the Legislative Assembly of Karnataka |url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1989/Statistical%20Report%20karnataka%201989.pdf|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101007070737/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1989/Statistical%20Report%20karnataka%201989.pdf|archive-date=7 October 2010|format=pdf}}</ref>}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link |candidate = B. Shivaramu |party = Indian National Congress |votes = 47,281 |percentage = 56.47% |change = {{increase}}22.48 }}
{{Election box candidate with party link |candidate = E. Nanje Gowda |party = Janata Dal |votes = 21,654 |percentage = 25.86% |change = ''New'' }}
{{Election box candidate with party link |candidate = Nanjunde Gowda |party = Janata Party |votes = 13,143 |percentage = 15.70% |change = ''New'' }}
{{Election box candidate with party link |candidate = Hanumanthe Gowda |party = Independent politician |votes = 1,067 |percentage = 1.27% |change = ''New'' }}
{{Election box candidate with party link |candidate = G. R. Rudranamma |party = Independent politician |votes = 577 |percentage = 0.69% |change = ''New'' }}
{{Election box margin of victory |votes = 25,627 |percentage = 30.61% |change = {{increase}}0.64 }}
{{Election box turnout |votes = 88,093 |percentage = 75.24% |change = {{increase}}3.43 }}
{{Election box total valid |votes= 83,722}}
{{Election box rejected |votes = 4,371 |percentage = 4.96% |change = {{increase}}3.28 }}
{{Election box registered electors |reg. electors = 117,085 |ref = |change = {{increase}}30.29 }}
{{Election box gain |winner = Indian National Congress |loser = Janata Party |swing = {{decrease}}7.49 }}
{{Election box end}}

=== Assembly Election 1985 ===
{{Election box begin |title = [[1985 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election]] : Gandasi <ref>{{cite web|publisher=[[Election Commission of India]]|title=Statistical Report on General Election, 1985 to the Legislative Assembly of Karnataka |url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1985/Statistical%20Report%20Karnataka%201985.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101006143216/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1985/Statistical%20Report%20Karnataka%201985.pdf |archive-date=6 October 2010|format=pdf}}</ref>}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link |candidate = E. Nanje Gowda |party = Janata Party |votes = 40,581 |percentage = 63.96% |change = {{increase}}10.35 }}
{{Election box candidate with party link |candidate = Jayalakshmi Rajannagowda |party = Indian National Congress |votes = 21,566 |percentage = 33.99% |change = {{increase}}3.02 }}
{{Election box candidate with party link |candidate = Puttaiah |party = Independent politician |votes = 405 |percentage = 0.64% |change = ''New'' }}
{{Election box margin of victory |votes = 19,015 |percentage = 29.97% |change = {{increase}}7.33 }}
{{Election box turnout |votes = 64,530 |percentage = 71.81% |change = {{decrease}}1.30 }}
{{Election box total valid |votes= 63,449}}
{{Election box rejected |votes = 1,081 |percentage = 1.68% |change = {{decrease}}0.40 }}
{{Election box registered electors |reg. electors = 89,862 |ref = |change = {{increase}}6.33 }}
{{Election box hold with party link |winner = Janata Party |swing = {{increase}}10.35 }}
{{Election box end}}

=== Assembly Election 1983 ===
{{Election box begin |title = [[1983 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election]] : Gandasi <ref>{{cite web|publisher=[[Election Commission of India]]|title=Statistical Report on General Election, 1983 to the Legislative Assembly of Karnataka |url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1983/Statistical%20Report%201983%20karnatkaa.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101007124742/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1983/Statistical%20Report%201983%20karnatkaa.pdf |archive-date=7 October 2010|format=pdf}}</ref>}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link |candidate = B. Nanjappa |party = Janata Party |votes = 32,433 |percentage = 53.61% |change = {{increase}}14.12 }}
{{Election box candidate with party link |candidate = Haranahalli Ramaswamy |party = Indian National Congress |votes = 18,736 |percentage = 30.97% |change = {{increase}}27.11 }}
{{Election box candidate with party link |candidate = Deshani Basavaraju |party = Independent politician |votes = 7,760 |percentage = 12.83% |change = ''New'' }}
{{Election box candidate with party link |candidate = Panchaksharaiah |party = Independent politician |votes = 632 |percentage = 1.04% |change = ''New'' }}
{{Election box candidate with party link |candidate = M. B. Channabasappa |party = Independent politician |votes = 519 |percentage = 0.86% |change = ''New'' }}
{{Election box margin of victory |votes = 13,697 |percentage = 22.64% |change = {{increase}}19.21 }}
{{Election box turnout |votes = 61,783 |percentage = 73.11% |change = {{increase}}0.47 }}
{{Election box total valid |votes= 60,498}}
{{Election box rejected |votes = 1,285 |percentage = 2.08% |change = {{decrease}}0.86 }}
{{Election box registered electors |reg. electors = 84,511 |ref = |change = {{increase}}9.53 }}
{{Election box gain |winner = Janata Party |loser = Indian National Congress (I) |swing = {{increase}}10.69 }}
{{Election box end}}

=== Assembly Election 1978 ===
{{Election box begin |title = [[1978 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election]] : Gandasi <ref>{{cite web|publisher=[[Election Commission of India]]|title=Statistical Report on General Election, 1978 to the Legislative Assembly of Karnataka |url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1978/Statistical%20Report%20Karnataka%201978.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101007164123/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1978/Statistical%20Report%20Karnataka%201978.pdf |archive-date=7 October 2010|format=pdf}}</ref>}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link |candidate = Haranahalli Ramaswamy |party = Indian National Congress (I) |votes = 23,352 |percentage = 42.92% |change = ''New'' }}
{{Election box candidate with party link |candidate = B. Nanjappa |party = Janata Party |votes = 21,484 |percentage = 39.49% |change = ''New'' }}
{{Election box candidate with party link |candidate = E. Nanje Gowda |party = Independent politician |votes = 7,236 |percentage = 13.30% |change = ''New'' }}
{{Election box candidate with party link |candidate = M. Nanje Gowda |party = Indian National Congress |votes = 2,101 |percentage = 3.86% |change = {{decrease}}34.92 }}
{{Election box margin of victory |votes = 1,868 |percentage = 3.43% |change = {{decrease}}11.87 }}
{{Election box turnout |votes = 56,052 |percentage = 72.64% |change = {{increase}}13.66 }}
{{Election box total valid |votes= 54,404}}
{{Election box rejected |votes = 1,648 |percentage = 2.94% |change = {{increase}}2.94 }}
{{Election box registered electors |reg. electors = 77,161 |ref = |change = {{increase}}17.86 }}
{{Election box gain |winner = Indian National Congress (I) |loser = Indian National Congress |swing = {{increase}}4.14 }}
{{Election box end}}

=== Assembly Election 1972 ===
{{Election box begin |title = [[1972 Mysore State Legislative Assembly election]] : Gandasi <ref>{{cite web|publisher=[[Election Commission of India]]|title=Statistical Report on General Election, 1972 to the Legislative Assembly of Mysore |url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1972/StatisRep_Mysore_72.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101006074555/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1972/StatisRep_Mysore_72.pdf |archive-date=6 October 2010|format=pdf}}</ref>}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link |candidate = M. Nanje Gowda |party = Indian National Congress |votes = 14,502 |percentage = 38.78% |change = {{decrease}}4.32 }}
{{Election box candidate with party link |candidate = B. Nanjappa |party = Independent politician |votes = 8,781 |percentage = 23.48% |change = ''New'' }}
{{Election box candidate with party link |candidate = D. T. Basavaraju |party = Bharatiya Jana Sangh |votes = 8,441 |percentage = 22.57% |change = ''New'' }}
{{Election box candidate with party link |candidate = Rangaswamy |party = Swatantra Party |votes = 2,878 |percentage = 7.70% |change = ''New'' }}
{{Election box candidate with party link |candidate = Dyavamma Manjappa |party = Indian National Congress (Organisation) |votes = 2,792 |percentage = 7.47% |change = ''New'' }}
{{Election box margin of victory |votes = 5,721 |percentage = 15.30% |change = {{increase}}10.43 }}
{{Election box turnout |votes = 38,616 |percentage = 58.98% |change = {{increase}}1.84 }}
{{Election box total valid |votes= 37,394}}
{{Election box registered electors |reg. electors = 65,468 |ref = |change = {{increase}}14.35 }}
{{Election box hold with party link |winner = Indian National Congress |swing = {{decrease}}4.32 }}
{{Election box end}}

=== Assembly Election 1967 ===
{{Election box begin |title = [[1967 Mysore State Legislative Assembly election]] : Gandasi <ref>{{cite web|publisher=[[Election Commission of India]]|title=Statistical Report on General Election, 1967 to the Legislative Assembly of Mysore |url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1967/Statistical%20Report%20Mysore%201967.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101006083645/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1967/Statistical%20Report%20Mysore%201967.pdf |archive-date=6 October 2010|format=pdf}}</ref>}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link |candidate = B. Nanjappa |party = Indian National Congress |votes = 12,971 |percentage = 43.10% |change = {{increase}}13.60 }}
{{Election box candidate with party link |candidate = H. R. Keshava Murthy |party = Praja Socialist Party |votes = 11,505 |percentage = 38.23% |change = {{increase}}2.21 }}
{{Election box candidate with party link |candidate = S. K. S. S. Gowda |party = Independent politician |votes = 5,616 |percentage = 18.66% |change = ''New'' }}
{{Election box margin of victory |votes = 1,466 |percentage = 4.87% |change = {{increase}}3.33 }}
{{Election box turnout |votes = 32,716 |percentage = 57.14% |change = {{increase}}14.21 }}
{{Election box total valid |votes= 30,092}}
{{Election box registered electors |reg. electors = 57,253 |ref = |change = {{decrease}}6.11 }}
{{Election box gain |winner = Indian National Congress |loser = Praja Socialist Party |swing = {{increase}}7.08 }}
{{Election box end}}

=== Assembly Election 1962 ===
{{Election box begin |title = [[1962 Mysore State Legislative Assembly election]] : Gandasi <ref>{{cite web|publisher=[[Election Commission of India]]|title=Statistical Report on General Election, 1962 to the Legislative Assembly of Mysore |url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1962/StatRep_Mysore_1962.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101006093153/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1962/StatRep_Mysore_1962.pdf |archive-date=6 October 2010|format=pdf}}</ref>}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link |candidate = H. R. Keshava Murthy |party = Praja Socialist Party |votes = 8,637 |percentage = 36.02% |change = ''New'' }}
{{Election box candidate with party link |candidate = Chikkegowda |party = Swatantra Party |votes = 8,267 |percentage = 34.48% |change = ''New'' }}
{{Election box candidate with party link |candidate = Dyavamma Manjappa |party = Indian National Congress |votes = 7,074 |percentage = 29.50% |change = {{decrease}}4.88 }}
{{Election box margin of victory |votes = 370 |percentage = 1.54% |change = {{decrease}}5.19 }}
{{Election box turnout |votes = 26,180 |percentage = 42.93% |change = {{decrease}}3.14 }}
{{Election box total valid |votes= 23,978}}
{{Election box registered electors |reg. electors = 60,978 |ref = |change = {{increase}}15.15 }}
{{Election box gain |winner = Praja Socialist Party |loser = Indian National Congress |swing = {{increase}}1.64 }}
{{Election box end}}

=== Assembly Election 1957 ===
{{Election box begin |title = [[1957 Mysore State Legislative Assembly election]] : Gandasi <ref>{{cite web|publisher=[[Election Commission of India]]|title=Statistical Report on General Election, 1957 to the Legislative Assembly of Mysore |url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1957/StatRep_Mysore_1957.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120111195053/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1957/StatRep_Mysore_1957.pdf |archive-date=11 January 2012|format=pdf}}</ref>}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link |candidate = Dyavamma Manjappa |party = Indian National Congress |votes = 8,388 |percentage = 34.38% |change = ''New'' }}
{{Election box candidate with party link |candidate = H. R. Keshava Murthy |party = Independent politician |votes = 6,746 |percentage = 27.65% |change = ''New'' }}
{{Election box candidate with party link |candidate = Chickegowda |party = Independent politician |votes = 6,097 |percentage = 24.99% |change = ''New'' }}
{{Election box candidate with party link |candidate = B. Gangappa |party = Independent politician |votes = 3,168 |percentage = 12.98% |change = ''New'' }}
{{Election box margin of victory |votes = 1,642 |percentage = 6.73% |change = }}
{{Election box turnout |votes = 24,399 |percentage = 46.07% |change = }}
{{Election box total valid |votes= 24,399}}
{{Election box registered electors |reg. electors = 52,955 |ref = |change = }}
{{Election box new seat win |winner = Indian National Congress |swing = }}
{{Election box end}}

== See also ==
* [[List of constituencies of the Karnataka Legislative Assembly]]

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

{{Assembly constituencies of Karnataka}}

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[[Category:Former assembly constituencies of Karnataka]]
[[Category:Hassan district]]
[[Category:Legislative Assembly constituencies of Indian states established in 1957]]
[[Category:1957 establishments in Mysore State]]
[[Category:Constituencies disestablished in 2008]]
[[Category:2008 disestablishments in India]]
[[Category:Politics of Karnataka]]

Bhadravati Assembly constituency

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{{short description|Legislative Assembly constituency in Karnataka State, India}}
{{Use Indian English|date=February 2023}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2021}}
{{Infobox Indian constituency
| name = Bhadravati
| type= SLA
| constituency_no = 112
| map_image = 112-Bhadravati constituency.svg
| state = [[Karnataka]]
| district = [[Shimoga district|Shimoga]]
| loksabha_cons = [[Shimoga Lok Sabha constituency|Shimoga]]
| established = 1951
| reservation = None
| electors = {{formatnum:212359}}<ref name=election2023>{{cite web |url=https://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/15163-karnataka-2023/ |title=Karnataka Legislative Assembly Election - 2023 |publisher=[[Election Commission of India]] |website=eci.gov.in |access-date=24 July 2023}}</ref>{{update after|2028|7}}
| mla = B. K. Sangameshwara
| party = [[Indian National Congress]]
| latest_election_year = [[2023 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election|2023]]
| preceded_by = [[M. J. Appaji Gowda]]
}}

'''Bhadravati Assembly constituency''' is one of the 224 [[Karnataka Legislative Assembly|Legislative Assembly]] constituencies of [[Karnataka]] state in [[India]].<ref name=electors2019>{{cite web |url=https://www.ceokarnataka.kar.nic.in/PCELE2019/GE2019_VOTERS_COUNT.pdf |title=Karnataka Loksabha Elections - 2019 - Voters Count |website=ceokarnataka.kar.nic.in |accessdate= 10 February 2021}}</ref>

It is part of [[Shimoga district]]. [[B. K. Sangameshwara]] is the current MLA from Bhadravati.

== Members of the Legislative Assembly ==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Election
! Member
! colspan=2|Party
|-
| bgcolor="#FFF58A" | [[1952 Mysore State Legislative Assembly election|1952]] || B. Madhavachar || {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress|rowspan=3}}
|-
| bgcolor="#FFF58A" | [[1957 Mysore State Legislative Assembly election|1957]] || D. T. Seetarama Rao
|-
| bgcolor="#FFF58A" | [[1962 Mysore State Legislative Assembly election|1962]] || T. D. Devendrappa
|-
| bgcolor="#FFF58A" | [[1967 Mysore State Legislative Assembly election|1967]] || rowspan="2" | Abdul Khuddus Anwar || {{Full party name with color|Praja Socialist Party}}
|-
| bgcolor="#FFF58A" | [[1972 Mysore State Legislative Assembly election|1972]] || {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|-
| [[1978 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election|1978]] || G. Rajashekar || {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress (I)}}
|-
| [[1983 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election|1983]] || rowspan="2" | Salera. S. Siddappa || {{Full party name with color|Janata Party}}
|-
| [[1985 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election|1985]] || {{Full party name with color|Independent politician}}
|-
| [[1989 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election|1989]] || Isamia. S || {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|-
| [[1994 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election|1994]] || rowspan="2" | [[M. J. Appaji Gowda]] || {{Full party name with color|Independent politician|rowspan=3}}
|-
| [[1999 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election|1999]]
|-
| [[2004 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election|2004]] || rowspan="2" | [[B. K. Sangameshwara]]
|-
| [[2008 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election|2008]] || {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|-
| [[2013 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election|2013]] || [[M. J. Appaji Gowda]] || {{Full party name with color|Janata Dal (Secular)}}
|-
| [[2018 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election|2018]] || rowspan="2" | [[B. K. Sangameshwara]] || {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress|rowspan=2}}
|-
| [[2023 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election|2023]]
|}

==Election results==
=== Assembly Election 2023 ===
{{Election box begin |title = [[2023 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election]] : Bhadravati <ref name=election2023/><ref name="Karnataka Assembly Elections 2023: Bhadravati">{{cite news |title=Karnataka Assembly Elections 2023: Bhadravati |url=https://results.eci.gov.in/ResultAcGenMay2023/ConstituencywiseS10112.htm?ac=112 |access-date=13 May 2025 |work=results.eci.gov.in |publisher=Election Commission of India |date=13 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250513172501/https://results.eci.gov.in/ResultAcGenMay2023/ConstituencywiseS10112.htm?ac=112 |archive-date=13 May 2025}}</ref>}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link |candidate = [[B. K. Sangameshwara]] |party = Indian National Congress |votes = 66,208 |percentage = 42.63% |change = {{decrease}}6.90 }}
{{Election box candidate with party link |candidate = Sharada Appaji |party = Janata Dal (Secular) |votes = 63,503 |percentage = 40.89% |change = {{decrease}}1.08 }}
{{Election box candidate with party link |candidate = Mangote Rudresh |party = Bharatiya Janata Party |votes = 21,279 |percentage = 13.70% |change = {{increase}}7.83 }}
{{Election box candidate with party link |candidate = Ananda Maruthi Medicals |party = Aam Aadmi Party |votes = 1,387 |percentage = 0.89% |change = ''New'' }}
{{Election box candidate with party link |candidate = None of the above |party = None of the above |votes = 803 |percentage = 0.52% |change = {{decrease}}0.41 }}
{{Election box margin of victory |votes = 2,705 |percentage = 1.74% |change = {{decrease}}5.83 }}
{{Election box turnout |votes = 155,480 |percentage = 73.22% |change = {{decrease}}0.45 }}
{{Election box total valid |votes= 155,311}}
{{Election box registered electors |reg. electors = 212,359 |ref = |change = {{increase}}2.22 }}
{{Election box hold with party link |winner = Indian National Congress |swing = {{decrease}}6.90 }}
{{Election box end}}

=== Assembly Election 2018 ===
{{Election box begin |title = [[2018 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election]] : Bhadravati <ref name=election2018>{{cite web |url=https://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/6933-karnataka-2018/ |title=Karnataka Legislative Assembly Election - 2018 |website=Election Commission of India |accessdate= 4 February 2021}}</ref>}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link |candidate = [[B. K. Sangameshwara]] |party = Indian National Congress |votes = 75,722 |percentage = 49.53% |change = {{increase}}33.54 }}
{{Election box candidate with party link |candidate = [[M. J. Appaji Gowda]] |party = Janata Dal (Secular) |votes = 64,155 |percentage = 41.97% |change = {{decrease}}14.15 }}
{{Election box candidate with party link |candidate = Praveen Patel. G. R |party = Bharatiya Janata Party |votes = 8,974 |percentage = 5.87% |change = {{increase}}4.60 }}
{{Election box candidate with party link |candidate = None of the above |party = None of the above |votes = 1,427 |percentage = 0.93% |change = ''New'' }}
{{Election box margin of victory |votes = 11,567 |percentage = 7.57% |change = {{decrease}}24.01 }}
{{Election box turnout |votes = 153,056 |percentage = 73.67% |change = {{increase}}1.64 }}
{{Election box total valid |votes= 152,877}}
{{Election box registered electors |reg. electors = 207,749 |ref = |change = {{increase}}4.21 }}
{{Election box gain |winner = Indian National Congress |loser = Janata Dal (Secular) |swing = {{decrease}}6.59 }}
{{Election box end}}

=== Assembly Election 2013 ===
{{Election box begin |title = [[2013 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election]] : Bhadravati <ref>{{cite web |title=Statistical Report on General Election, 2013 : To the Legislative Assembly of Karnataka |url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/AE2013/StatReports2013.pdf |website=eci.nic.in |publisher=[[Election Commission of India]] |access-date=2014-04-03 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131220034253/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/AE2013/StatReports2013.pdf |archive-date=2013-12-20 |url-status=dead}}</ref>}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link |candidate = [[M. J. Appaji Gowda]] |party = Janata Dal (Secular) |votes = 78,370 |percentage = 56.12% |change = {{increase}}14.01 }}
{{Election box candidate with party link |candidate = [[B. K. Sangameshwara]] |party = Independent politician |votes = 34,271 |percentage = 24.54% |change = ''New'' }}
{{Election box candidate with party link |candidate = C. M. Ibrahim |party = Indian National Congress |votes = 22,329 |percentage = 15.99% |change = {{decrease}}26.51 }}
{{Election box candidate with party link |candidate = Hanumantharao |party = Independent politician |votes = 2,254 |percentage = 1.61% |change = ''New'' }}
{{Election box candidate with party link |candidate = S. B. Shivaji Rao Sindhya |party = Bharatiya Janata Party |votes = 1,779 |percentage = 1.27% |change = {{decrease}}9.40 }}
{{Election box candidate with party link |candidate = Hanumanthappa |party = Independent politician |votes = 1,282 |percentage = 0.92% |change = ''New'' }}
{{Election box candidate with party link |candidate = Ahamed Ali |party = Independent politician |votes = 1,084 |percentage = 0.78% |change = ''New'' }}
{{Election box margin of victory |votes = 44,099 |percentage = 31.58% |change = {{increase}}31.19 }}
{{Election box turnout |votes = 143,596 |percentage = 72.03% |change = {{increase}}8.17 }}
{{Election box total valid |votes= 139,648}}
{{Election box registered electors |reg. electors = 199,362 |ref = |change = {{increase}}1.53 }}
{{Election box gain |winner = Janata Dal (Secular) |loser = Indian National Congress |swing = {{increase}}13.62 }}
{{Election box end}}

=== Assembly Election 2008 ===
{{Election box begin |title = [[2008 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election]] : Bhadravati <ref>{{cite web |title=General Election Karnataka Legislative Assembly 2008 Election Statistics |url=https://www.ceokarnataka.kar.nic.in/PDFS/Previous%20Elections/Election%20Statistics%202008%20Final.pdf |publisher=Government of Karnataka |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210201232433/https://www.ceokarnataka.kar.nic.in/PDFS/Previous%20Elections/Election%20Statistics%202008%20Final.pdf |archive-date=1 February 2021 |url-status=dead}}</ref>}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link |candidate = [[B. K. Sangameshwara]] |party = Indian National Congress |votes = 53,257 |percentage = 42.50% |change = {{increase}}6.61 }}
{{Election box candidate with party link |candidate = [[M. J. Appaji Gowda]] |party = Janata Dal (Secular) |votes = 52,770 |percentage = 42.11% |change = {{increase}}41.53 }}
{{Election box candidate with party link |candidate = Ayanur Manjunatha |party = Bharatiya Janata Party |votes = 13,374 |percentage = 10.67% |change = {{increase}}2.28 }}
{{Election box candidate with party link |candidate = C. Maheshkumar |party = Bahujan Samaj Party |votes = 2,532 |percentage = 2.02% |change = ''New'' }}
{{Election box candidate with party link |candidate = Akhil Ahmed |party = Independent politician |votes = 1,721 |percentage = 1.37% |change = ''New'' }}
{{Election box candidate with party link |candidate = Babajan |party = Samajwadi Party |votes = 829 |percentage = 0.66% |change = ''New'' }}
{{Election box candidate with party link |candidate = S. Sathisha |party = Swarna Yuga Party |votes = 817 |percentage = 0.65% |change = ''New'' }}
{{Election box margin of victory |votes = 487 |percentage = 0.39% |change = {{decrease}}17.41 }}
{{Election box turnout |votes = 125,391 |percentage = 63.86% |change = {{increase}}1.09 }}
{{Election box total valid |votes= 125,300}}
{{Election box registered electors |reg. electors = 196,363 |ref = |change = {{increase}}25.85 }}
{{Election box gain |winner = Indian National Congress |loser = Independent politician |swing = {{decrease}}11.19 }}
{{Election box end}}

=== Assembly Election 2004 ===
{{Election box begin |title = [[2004 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election]] : Bhadravati <ref>{{cite web|publisher=[[Election Commission of India]]|title=Statistical Report on General Election, 2004 to the Legislative Assembly of Karnataka |url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_2004/StatisticalReports_KT_2004.pdf|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101006204912/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_2004/StatisticalReports_KT_2004.pdf|archive-date=6 October 2010|format=pdf}}</ref>}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link |candidate = [[B. K. Sangameshwara]] |party = Independent politician |votes = 52,572 |percentage = 53.69% |change = ''New'' }}
{{Election box candidate with party link |candidate = [[M. J. Appaji Gowda]] |party = Indian National Congress |votes = 35,141 |percentage = 35.89% |change = {{decrease}}0.99 }}
{{Election box candidate with party link |candidate = M. Manjunath (kudligere) |party = Bharatiya Janata Party |votes = 8,218 |percentage = 8.39% |change = {{decrease}}2.98 }}
{{Election box margin of victory |votes = 17,431 |percentage = 17.80% |change = {{increase}}10.35 }}
{{Election box turnout |votes = 97,934 |percentage = 62.77% |change = {{decrease}}8.75 }}
{{Election box total valid |votes= 97,922}}
{{Election box registered electors |reg. electors = 156,028 |ref = |change = {{increase}}7.89 }}
{{Election box hold with party link |winner = Independent politician |swing = {{increase}}9.36 }}
{{Election box end}}

=== Assembly Election 1999 ===
{{Election box begin |title = [[1999 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election]] : Bhadravati <ref>{{cite web|publisher=[[Election Commission of India]]|title=Statistical Report on General Election, 1999 to the Legislative Assembly of Karnataka |url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1999/StatisticalReport-KT99.pdf|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101006053217/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1999/StatisticalReport-KT99.pdf|archive-date=6 October 2010|format=pdf}}</ref>}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link |candidate = [[M. J. Appaji Gowda]] |party = Independent politician |votes = 43,923 |percentage = 44.33% |change = ''New'' }}
{{Election box candidate with party link |candidate = [[B. K. Sangameshwara]] |party = Indian National Congress |votes = 36,537 |percentage = 36.88% |change = {{increase}}25.28 }}
{{Election box candidate with party link |candidate = V. Kadiresh |party = Bharatiya Janata Party |votes = 11,266 |percentage = 11.37% |change = {{decrease}}6.45 }}
{{Election box candidate with party link |candidate = C. Maheshkumar |party = Independent politician |votes = 3,050 |percentage = 3.08% |change = ''New'' }}
{{Election box candidate with party link |candidate = C. Ramakrishna |party = Janata Dal (Secular) |votes = 2,154 |percentage = 2.17% |change = ''New'' }}
{{Election box candidate with party link |candidate = Js Raja |party = Samajwadi Party |votes = 1,078 |percentage = 1.09% |change = ''New'' }}
{{Election box candidate with party link |candidate = Bhadravathi Shivaram |party = Independent politician |votes = 713 |percentage = 0.72% |change = ''New'' }}
{{Election box margin of victory |votes = 7,386 |percentage = 7.45% |change = {{decrease}}15.05 }}
{{Election box turnout |votes = 103,426 |percentage = 71.52% |change = {{increase}}1.17 }}
{{Election box total valid |votes= 99,077}}
{{Election box rejected |votes = 4,349 |percentage = 4.20% |change = {{increase}}2.72 }}
{{Election box registered electors |reg. electors = 144,615 |ref = |change = {{increase}}5.67 }}
{{Election box hold with party link |winner = Independent politician |swing = {{increase}}0.21 }}
{{Election box end}}

=== Assembly Election 1994 ===
{{Election box begin |title = [[1994 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election]] : Bhadravati <ref>{{cite web|publisher=[[Election Commission of India]]|title=Statistical Report on General Election, 1994 to the Legislative Assembly of Karnataka |url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1994/StatisticalReport-KT94.pdf|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101006211324/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1994/StatisticalReport-KT94.pdf|archive-date=6 October 2010|format=pdf}}</ref>}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link |candidate = [[M. J. Appaji Gowda]] |party = Independent politician |votes = 41,660 |percentage = 44.12% |change = ''New'' }}
{{Election box candidate with party link |candidate = B. P. Shivakumar |party = Janata Dal |votes = 20,412 |percentage = 21.62% |change = {{increase}}7.28 }}
{{Election box candidate with party link |candidate = Navaneetha |party = Bharatiya Janata Party |votes = 16,830 |percentage = 17.82% |change = {{increase}}7.99 }}
{{Election box candidate with party link |candidate = Isamia. S |party = Indian National Congress |votes = 10,952 |percentage = 11.60% |change = {{decrease}}29.04 }}
{{Election box candidate with party link |candidate = Mir Azeez Ahmed |party = Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee |votes = 2,215 |percentage = 2.35% |change = ''New'' }}
{{Election box candidate with party link |candidate = D. M. Chandrappa |party = Kranti Sabha |votes = 787 |percentage = 0.83% |change = {{decrease}}3.02 }}
{{Election box candidate with party link |candidate = Bhadravathi Shivaram |party = Independent politician |votes = 602 |percentage = 0.64% |change = ''New'' }}
{{Election box margin of victory |votes = 21,248 |percentage = 22.50% |change = {{increase}}10.62 }}
{{Election box turnout |votes = 96,276 |percentage = 70.35% |change = {{increase}}4.41 }}
{{Election box total valid |votes= 94,429}}
{{Election box rejected |votes = 1,428 |percentage = 1.48% |change = {{decrease}}3.41 }}
{{Election box registered electors |reg. electors = 136,851 |ref = |change = {{decrease}}4.41 }}
{{Election box gain |winner = Independent politician |loser = Indian National Congress |swing = {{increase}}3.48 }}
{{Election box end}}

=== Assembly Election 1989 ===
{{Election box begin |title = [[1989 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election]] : Bhadravati <ref>{{cite web|publisher=[[Election Commission of India]]|title=Statistical Report on General Election, 1989 to the Legislative Assembly of Karnataka |url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1989/Statistical%20Report%20karnataka%201989.pdf|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101007070737/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1989/Statistical%20Report%20karnataka%201989.pdf|archive-date=7 October 2010|format=pdf}}</ref>}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link |candidate = Isamia. S |party = Indian National Congress |votes = 36,487 |percentage = 40.64% |change = {{increase}}0.61 }}
{{Election box candidate with party link |candidate = [[M. J. Appaji Gowda]] |party = Janata Party |votes = 25,819 |percentage = 28.76% |change = ''New'' }}
{{Election box candidate with party link |candidate = S. N. Ganganna |party = Janata Dal |votes = 12,875 |percentage = 14.34% |change = ''New'' }}
{{Election box candidate with party link |candidate = Navaneetha |party = Bharatiya Janata Party |votes = 8,821 |percentage = 9.83% |change = {{decrease}}5.97 }}
{{Election box candidate with party link |candidate = D. M. Chandrappa |party = Kranti Sabha |votes = 3,461 |percentage = 3.85% |change = ''New'' }}
{{Election box candidate with party link |candidate = D. C. Mayanna |party = Communist Party of India |votes = 1,190 |percentage = 1.33% |change = ''New'' }}
{{Election box margin of victory |votes = 10,668 |percentage = 11.88% |change = {{increase}}9.04 }}
{{Election box turnout |votes = 94,394 |percentage = 65.94% |change = {{decrease}}0.60 }}
{{Election box total valid |votes= 89,780}}
{{Election box rejected |votes = 4,614 |percentage = 4.89% |change = {{increase}}3.58 }}
{{Election box registered electors |reg. electors = 143,158 |ref = |change = {{increase}}27.77 }}
{{Election box gain |winner = Indian National Congress |loser = Independent politician |swing = {{decrease}}2.23 }}
{{Election box end}}

=== Assembly Election 1985 ===
{{Election box begin |title = [[1985 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election]] : Bhadravati <ref>{{cite web|publisher=[[Election Commission of India]]|title=Statistical Report on General Election, 1985 to the Legislative Assembly of Karnataka |url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1985/Statistical%20Report%20Karnataka%201985.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101006143216/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1985/Statistical%20Report%20Karnataka%201985.pdf |archive-date=6 October 2010|format=pdf}}</ref>}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link |candidate = Salera. S. Siddappa |party = Independent politician |votes = 31,540 |percentage = 42.87% |change = ''New'' }}
{{Election box candidate with party link |candidate = Isamia. S |party = Indian National Congress |votes = 29,450 |percentage = 40.03% |change = {{increase}}2.51 }}
{{Election box candidate with party link |candidate = D. G. Shivanna Gowda |party = Bharatiya Janata Party |votes = 11,628 |percentage = 15.80% |change = {{increase}}6.74 }}
{{Election box margin of victory |votes = 2,090 |percentage = 2.84% |change = {{decrease}}8.89 }}
{{Election box turnout |votes = 74,552 |percentage = 66.54% |change = {{decrease}}4.81 }}
{{Election box total valid |votes= 73,572}}
{{Election box rejected |votes = 980 |percentage = 1.31% |change = {{decrease}}0.80 }}
{{Election box registered electors |reg. electors = 112,040 |ref = |change = {{increase}}11.47 }}
{{Election box gain |winner = Independent politician |loser = Janata Party |swing = {{decrease}}6.38 }}
{{Election box end}}

=== Assembly Election 1983 ===
{{Election box begin |title = [[1983 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election]] : Bhadravati <ref>{{cite web|publisher=[[Election Commission of India]]|title=Statistical Report on General Election, 1983 to the Legislative Assembly of Karnataka |url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1983/Statistical%20Report%201983%20karnatkaa.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101007124742/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1983/Statistical%20Report%201983%20karnatkaa.pdf |archive-date=7 October 2010|format=pdf}}</ref>}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link |candidate = Salera. S. Siddappa |party = Janata Party |votes = 34,576 |percentage = 49.25% |change = {{increase}}4.91 }}
{{Election box candidate with party link |candidate = D. Mnjappa |party = Indian National Congress |votes = 26,343 |percentage = 37.52% |change = {{increase}}35.58 }}
{{Election box candidate with party link |candidate = Viswanath Koti |party = Bharatiya Janata Party |votes = 6,359 |percentage = 9.06% |change = ''New'' }}
{{Election box candidate with party link |candidate = K. Jyothilinga Rao |party = Lokdal |votes = 1,628 |percentage = 2.32% |change = ''New'' }}
{{Election box candidate with party link |candidate = K. Ningaiah |party = Indian Congress (Socialist) |votes = 810 |percentage = 1.15% |change = ''New'' }}
{{Election box margin of victory |votes = 8,233 |percentage = 11.73% |change = {{increase}}6.44 }}
{{Election box turnout |votes = 71,715 |percentage = 71.35% |change = {{decrease}}2.15 }}
{{Election box total valid |votes= 70,202}}
{{Election box rejected |votes = 1,513 |percentage = 2.11% |change = {{decrease}}0.07 }}
{{Election box registered electors |reg. electors = 100,514 |ref = |change = {{increase}}10.12 }}
{{Election box gain |winner = Janata Party |loser = Indian National Congress (I) |swing = {{decrease}}0.39 }}
{{Election box end}}

=== Assembly Election 1978 ===
{{Election box begin |title = [[1978 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election]] : Bhadravati <ref>{{cite web|publisher=[[Election Commission of India]]|title=Statistical Report on General Election, 1978 to the Legislative Assembly of Karnataka |url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1978/Statistical%20Report%20Karnataka%201978.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101007164123/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1978/Statistical%20Report%20Karnataka%201978.pdf |archive-date=7 October 2010|format=pdf}}</ref>}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link |candidate = G. Rajashekar |party = Indian National Congress (I) |votes = 32,573 |percentage = 49.64% |change = ''New'' }}
{{Election box candidate with party link |candidate = K. M. Javaraiah |party = Janata Party |votes = 29,099 |percentage = 44.34% |change = ''New'' }}
{{Election box candidate with party link |candidate = Chokkalingam |party = All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam |votes = 2,018 |percentage = 3.08% |change = ''New'' }}
{{Election box candidate with party link |candidate = D. K. Thimmegowda |party = Indian National Congress |votes = 1,273 |percentage = 1.94% |change = {{decrease}}40.85 }}
{{Election box margin of victory |votes = 3,474 |percentage = 5.29% |change = {{increase}}2.49 }}
{{Election box turnout |votes = 67,085 |percentage = 73.50% |change = {{increase}}6.12 }}
{{Election box total valid |votes= 65,623}}
{{Election box rejected |votes = 1,462 |percentage = 2.18% |change = {{increase}}2.18 }}
{{Election box registered electors |reg. electors = 91,273 |ref = |change = {{increase}}8.20 }}
{{Election box gain |winner = Indian National Congress (I) |loser = Indian National Congress |swing = {{increase}}6.85 }}
{{Election box end}}

=== Assembly Election 1972 ===
{{Election box begin |title = [[1972 Mysore State Legislative Assembly election]] : Bhadravati <ref>{{cite web|publisher=[[Election Commission of India]]|title=Statistical Report on General Election, 1972 to the Legislative Assembly of Mysore |url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1972/StatisRep_Mysore_72.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101006074555/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1972/StatisRep_Mysore_72.pdf |archive-date=6 October 2010|format=pdf}}</ref>}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link |candidate = Abdul Khuddus Anwar |party = Indian National Congress |votes = 23,527 |percentage = 42.79% |change = {{increase}}4.06 }}
{{Election box candidate with party link |candidate = K. M. Javaraiah |party = Indian National Congress (Organisation) |votes = 21,987 |percentage = 39.99% |change = ''New'' }}
{{Election box candidate with party link |candidate = H. M. Siddappa |party = Bharatiya Jana Sangh |votes = 6,487 |percentage = 11.80% |change = ''New'' }}
{{Election box candidate with party link |candidate = P. Kannan |party = Independent politician |votes = 2,985 |percentage = 5.43% |change = ''New'' }}
{{Election box margin of victory |votes = 1,540 |percentage = 2.80% |change = {{increase}}1.59 }}
{{Election box turnout |votes = 56,839 |percentage = 67.38% |change = {{increase}}3.79 }}
{{Election box total valid |votes= 54,986}}
{{Election box registered electors |reg. electors = 84,355 |ref = |change = {{increase}}25.44 }}
{{Election box gain |winner = Indian National Congress |loser = Praja Socialist Party |swing = {{increase}}2.84 }}
{{Election box end}}

=== Assembly Election 1967 ===
{{Election box begin |title = [[1967 Mysore State Legislative Assembly election]] : Bhadravati <ref>{{cite web|publisher=[[Election Commission of India]]|title=Statistical Report on General Election, 1967 to the Legislative Assembly of Mysore |url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1967/Statistical%20Report%20Mysore%201967.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101006083645/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1967/Statistical%20Report%20Mysore%201967.pdf |archive-date=6 October 2010|format=pdf}}</ref>}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link |candidate = Abdul Khuddus Anwar |party = Praja Socialist Party |votes = 15,862 |percentage = 39.95% |change = {{decrease}}0.18 }}
{{Election box candidate with party link |candidate = D. R. Gurushantappa |party = Indian National Congress |votes = 15,380 |percentage = 38.73% |change = {{decrease}}12.84 }}
{{Election box candidate with party link |candidate = T. D. Devendrappa |party = Independent politician |votes = 5,450 |percentage = 13.73% |change = ''New'' }}
{{Election box candidate with party link |candidate = B. G. R. Kadam |party = Independent politician |votes = 2,216 |percentage = 5.58% |change = ''New'' }}
{{Election box candidate with party link |candidate = A. Nagaraj |party = Independent politician |votes = 800 |percentage = 2.01% |change = ''New'' }}
{{Election box margin of victory |votes = 482 |percentage = 1.21% |change = {{decrease}}10.23 }}
{{Election box turnout |votes = 42,762 |percentage = 63.59% |change = {{increase}}6.58 }}
{{Election box total valid |votes= 39,708}}
{{Election box registered electors |reg. electors = 67,245 |ref = |change = {{decrease}}4.91 }}
{{Election box gain |winner = Praja Socialist Party |loser = Indian National Congress |swing = {{decrease}}11.62 }}
{{Election box end}}

=== Assembly Election 1962 ===
{{Election box begin |title = [[1962 Mysore State Legislative Assembly election]] : Bhadravati <ref>{{cite web|publisher=[[Election Commission of India]]|title=Statistical Report on General Election, 1962 to the Legislative Assembly of Mysore |url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1962/StatRep_Mysore_1962.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101006093153/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1962/StatRep_Mysore_1962.pdf |archive-date=6 October 2010|format=pdf}}</ref>}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link |candidate = T. D. Devendrappa |party = Indian National Congress |votes = 19,604 |percentage = 51.57% |change = {{increase}}0.76 }}
{{Election box candidate with party link |candidate = B. Krishna Bhatt |party = Praja Socialist Party |votes = 15,256 |percentage = 40.13% |change = {{increase}}9.46 }}
{{Election box candidate with party link |candidate = K. R. Kenchappa |party = Bharatiya Jana Sangh |votes = 2,051 |percentage = 5.40% |change = ''New'' }}
{{Election box candidate with party link |candidate = S. M. Venkatappa |party = Communist Party of India |votes = 1,104 |percentage = 2.90% |change = ''New'' }}
{{Election box margin of victory |votes = 4,348 |percentage = 11.44% |change = {{decrease}}8.70 }}
{{Election box turnout |votes = 40,311 |percentage = 57.01% |change = {{increase}}2.15 }}
{{Election box total valid |votes= 38,015}}
{{Election box registered electors |reg. electors = 70,714 |ref = |change = {{increase}}31.40 }}
{{Election box hold with party link |winner = Indian National Congress |swing = {{increase}}0.76 }}
{{Election box end}}

=== Assembly Election 1957 ===
{{Election box begin |title = [[1957 Mysore State Legislative Assembly election]] : Bhadravati <ref>{{cite web|publisher=[[Election Commission of India]]|title=Statistical Report on General Election, 1957 to the Legislative Assembly of Mysore |url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1957/StatRep_Mysore_1957.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120111195053/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1957/StatRep_Mysore_1957.pdf |archive-date=11 January 2012|format=pdf}}</ref>}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link |candidate = D. T. Seetarama Rao |party = Indian National Congress |votes = 15,002 |percentage = 50.81% |change = {{increase}}0.12 }}
{{Election box candidate with party link |candidate = M. P. Eswarappa |party = Praja Socialist Party |votes = 9,056 |percentage = 30.67% |change = ''New'' }}
{{Election box candidate with party link |candidate = N. Basavappa |party = Independent politician |votes = 4,553 |percentage = 15.42% |change = ''New'' }}
{{Election box candidate with party link |candidate = K. N. Desai |party = Bharatiya Jana Sangh |votes = 912 |percentage = 3.09% |change = {{decrease}}1.17 }}
{{Election box margin of victory |votes = 5,946 |percentage = 20.14% |change = {{decrease}}5.21 }}
{{Election box turnout |votes = 29,523 |percentage = 54.86% |change = {{increase}}5.19 }}
{{Election box total valid |votes= 29,523}}
{{Election box registered electors |reg. electors = 53,817 |ref = |change = {{increase}}32.31 }}
{{Election box hold with party link |winner = Indian National Congress |swing = {{increase}}0.12 }}
{{Election box end}}

=== Assembly Election 1952 ===
{{Election box begin |title = [[1952 Mysore State Legislative Assembly election]] : Bhadravati <ref>{{cite web|publisher=[[Election Commission of India]]|title=Statistical Report on General Election, 1951 to the Legislative Assembly of Mysore |url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1951/StatRep_51_MYSORE.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101007130946/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1951/StatRep_51_MYSORE.pdf|archive-date=7 October 2010|format=pdf}}</ref>}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link |candidate = B. Madhavachar |party = Indian National Congress |votes = 10,241 |percentage = 50.69% |change = ''New'' }}
{{Election box candidate with party link |candidate = K. S. Ramachandra Setty |party = Socialist Party (India) |votes = 5,119 |percentage = 25.34% |change = ''New'' }}
{{Election box candidate with party link |candidate = Dr. Bhujanga Rao |party = Kisan Mazdoor Praja Party |votes = 3,501 |percentage = 17.33% |change = ''New'' }}
{{Election box candidate with party link |candidate = G. Koti Maleshappa |party = Bharatiya Jana Sangh |votes = 860 |percentage = 4.26% |change = ''New'' }}
{{Election box candidate with party link |candidate = V. V. Aiyar |party = Independent politician |votes = 482 |percentage = 2.39% |change = ''New'' }}
{{Election box margin of victory |votes = 5,122 |percentage = 25.35% |change = }}
{{Election box turnout |votes = 20,203 |percentage = 49.67% |change = }}
{{Election box total valid |votes= 20,203}}
{{Election box registered electors |reg. electors = 40,674 |ref = |change = }}
{{Election box new seat win |winner = Indian National Congress |swing = }}
{{Election box end}}

==See also==
* [[List of constituencies of the Karnataka Legislative Assembly]]
* [[Shimoga district]]

==References==
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{{Assembly constituencies of Karnataka}}

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[[Category:Shimoga district]]
[[Category:Assembly constituencies of Karnataka]]
[[Category:Politics of Karnataka]]
[[Category:Legislative Assembly constituencies of Indian states established in 1951]]
[[Category:1951 establishments in Mysore State]]

Ramesh Chandra Jena (politician)

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{{Short description|Politician from Odisha, India}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Ramesh Chandra Jena
| native_name =
| caption =
| office1 = Member of the [[Odisha Legislative Assembly]]
| term_start1 = 23 May 2019
| successor1 =
| predecessor1 = [[Nandini Devi]]
| constituency1 = [[Sanakhemundi (Odisha Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Sanakhemundi]]
| term_start2 = 2009
| term_end2 = 2014
| successor2 = [[Nandini Devi]]
| predecessor2 = ''position established''
| constituency2 = [[Sanakhemundi (Odisha Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Sanakhemundi]]
| party = [[Independent politician|Independent]] {{small|(March 2026-Present)}}
| other_party = [[Indian National Congress]] {{small|(till 2026)}}
| birth_date ={{Birth date and age|1975|05|07|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[Sanakhemundi]], [[Odisha]], [[India]]
| spouse = Jochhna Jena
| children =
| father =
| mother = Arakhita Jena
| education =
| alma_mater =
| profession =
| source =
}}

'''Ramesh Chandra Jena''' is an Indian politician from [[Odisha]]. He is currently serving as an [[Odisha Legislative Assembly|MLA]] in [[Odisha Legislative Assembly]] from [[Sanakhemundi Assembly constituency|Sanakhemundi]] as a Member of [[Indian National Congress]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=RAMESH CHANDRA JENA (Winner) SANAKHEMUNDI (GANJAM) - Affidavit Information of Candidate|url=https://www.myneta.info/Odisha2024/candidate.php?candidate_id=317|access-date=2025-06-10|website=myneta.info}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Sanakhemundi Assembly Election Results 2024|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/elections/assembly-elections/odisha/constituency-show/sanakhemundi|access-date=2025-06-10|work=[[The Times of India]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Sanakhemundi Assembly Constituency Election Result|url=https://resultuniversity.com/election/sanakhemundi-odisha-assembly-constituency|access-date=2025-06-10|website=Result University}}</ref>

==References==
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[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:1975 births]]
[[Category:Odisha MLAs 2009–2014]]
[[Category:Odisha MLAs 2019–2024]]
[[Category:Odisha MLAs 2024–2029]]
[[Category:Indian National Congress politicians from Odisha]]

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Manikpur, Chitrakoot

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{{About|the municipality in [[Uttar Pradesh]]|other uses|Manikpur (disambiguation)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2018}}
{{Use Indian English|date=October 2018}}
{{Infobox settlement
| name = Manikpur
| native_name = Manikpur
| native_name_lang =
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'''Manikpur''' is a town in the [[India]]n state of [[Uttar Pradesh]] in [[Chitrakoot district|Chitrakoot]] district, a [[nagar panchayat]], and [[Tehsil]] in the District. It is an important junction on the Jabalpur-Prayagraj railway line.

==Geography==
Manikpur is located at {{coord|25|04|N|81|06|E}}. <ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.fallingrain.com/world/IN/36/Manikpur.html | title=Maps, Weather, and Airports for Manikpur, India }}</ref> It is surrounded by the large [[Vindhya]] mountain range.

==Demographics==
As of the 2011 India [[census]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.censusindia.net/results/town.php?stad=A&state5=999|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20040616075334/http://www.censusindia.net/results/town.php?stad=A&state5=999|archivedate=2004-06-16|title= Census of India 2001: Data from the 2001 Census, including cities, villages and towns (Provisional)|accessdate=2008-11-01|publisher= Census Commission of India}}</ref> Manikpur Sarhat had a population of 15,435. Males constitute 53% of the population and females 47%. Manikpur Sarhat has an average literacy rate of 62%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 72%, and female literacy is 50%. In Manikpur Sarhat, 18% of the population is under 6 years of age.

==Transportation==
* It is an important railway Station in the Jabalpur-Prayagraj Section. One other railway line goes to Jhansi. Many important trains halt in Manikpur.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://indiarailinfo.com/departures/manikpur-junction-mkp/484 | title=144 Departures from Manikpur NCR/North Central Zone - Railway Enquiry }}</ref>
* Manikpur is connected to [[Chitrakoot district|Chitrakoot]] and [[Rajapur, Uttar Pradesh|Rajpur]] by State Highway and by private bus services to all the nearest major cities.

==References==
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Colonial and Indian Exhibition (1905)

2026-03-29T01:56:09Z

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[[File:Plan of the proposed Colonial and Indian Exhibition, 1905 (Alamy).png|alt=Illustrated plan of the proposed Colonial and Indian Exhibition, 1905, at Crystal Palace|thumb|Plan of the proposed Colonial and Indian Exhibition, 1905]]
The 1905 '''Colonial and Indian Exhibition''' took place at the [[The Crystal Palace|Crystal Palace]] in London and is reported to have been larger and more popular than the 1895 [[1895 African Exhibition|African Exhibition]] and the most direct forerunner of the [[Festival of Empire|1911 Festival of Empire]], two other colonial events that took place at the same site.<ref name=":0">{{Cite book |last=Auerbach |first=Jeffrey |title=Empire under glass: The British Empire and the Crystal Palace, 1851-1911 |publisher=Manchester University |year=2015 |isbn=9780719091094 |location=Manchester |pages=111–141 |language=English}}</ref>

== Purpose ==
The 1905 Colonial and Indian Exhibition at Crystal Palace aimed to ‘offer to the people of the United Kingdom an [[object lesson]] which would demonstrate that the British Empire produces all the necessaries and luxuries of life in quantities large enough to supply the wants of all its inhabitants’ and hoped to boost ‘inter-Imperial trading’. Those that organised the exhibition are reported in [[The Times]], 12 October 1904, as saying there would be ‘no better site’ than the Crystal Palace ‘for this Imperial undertaking than the vast house of glass constructed for the epoch-making exhibition of 1851.’<ref name=":0" />

== Contents ==
The plan of the proposed Colonial and Indian Exhibition, 1905, shows a West Indian Court along with Concert Room, Great Orchestra and Theatre and twenty other exhibits unlabelled on the plan.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Limited |first=Alamy |title=. Agricultural news. Agriculture -- West Indies; Plant diseases -- West Indies. Vol. IV. No. 74. THE AGRICULTURAL NEWS. 39 THE COLONIAL AND The plan criven below and the explanatory text appeared in the West India Committee Circular of October 25, 1904. We are indebted to the courtesy of the Secretary of the West India Committee for the privilege of reproducing this:—? The plan below is given to show the space which has been provisionally allotted to the West India Committee for the West Indian Court at the Colonial and Indian Exhibition to be held at the Crystal Palace in 1905. It will be see Stock Photo - Alamy |url=https://www.alamy.com/agricultural-news-agriculture-west-indies-plant-diseases-west-indies-vol-iv-no-74-the-agricultural-news-39-the-colonial-and-the-plan-criven-below-and-the-explanatory-text-appeared-in-the-west-india-committee-circular-of-october-25-1904-we-are-indebted-to-the-courtesy-of-the-secretary-of-the-west-india-committee-for-the-privilege-of-reproducing-this-the-plan-below-is-given-to-show-the-space-which-has-been-provisionally-allotted-to-the-west-india-committee-for-the-west-indian-court-at-the-colonial-and-indian-exhibition-to-be-held-at-the-crystal-palace-in-1905-it-will-be-see-image237907377.html |access-date=2022-03-18 |website=www.alamy.com |language=en}}</ref>

It was reported in the [[Marlborough Express]] newspaper on 27 October 1905 that the New Zealand displays gained numerous awards at the exhibition. Thirteen grand prizes were awarded for the exhibit representing New Zealand dairy, meat, grain and wool industries. Twenty-six gold medals, five silver medals and one bronze medal were awarded for other displays of [[History of New Zealand#Colonial period|colonial industries in New Zealand]] ranging from tinned fish to oil painting.<ref>{{Cite web |date=1905 |title=COLONIAL AND INDIAN EXHIBITION. |url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/MEX19051027.2.26?query=meek |website=Papers Past}}</ref>

== References ==
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Prem Shanker Goel

2026-03-25T11:37:21Z

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{{Short description|Indian space scientist (born 1947)}}
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'''Prem Shanker Goel''' (born 20 April 1947) is an Indian space scientist,<ref name="IAS">{{cite web | url=http://www.ias.ac.in/php/fell_detail.php3?name=Goel&intials=Prem&year=20-04-1947 | title=IAS | publisher=IAS | date=2014 | access-date=3 January 2015}}</ref> former secretary at the [[Department of Ocean Development]],<ref name="Department of Science and Technology">{{cite web | url=http://dst.gov.in/whats_new/press_releases05/dr-prem-shanker.htm | title=Department of Science and Technology | publisher=Department of Science and Technology | date=1 June 2005 | access-date=3 January 2015 | url-status=dead | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150103210015/http://dst.gov.in/whats_new/press_releases05/dr-prem-shanker.htm | archive-date=3 January 2015 }}</ref> [[Ministry of Earth Sciences]],<ref name="INSA">{{cite web | url=http://insaindia.org.in/detail.php?id=N98-1230 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160813000511/http://insaindia.org.in/detail.php?id=N98-1230 | url-status=usurped | archive-date=13 August 2016 | title=INSA | publisher=INSA | date=2014 | access-date=3 January 2015}}</ref> [[Government of India]] and a former director of [[Indian Space Research Organization]].<ref name="Getty Images">{{cite web | url=http://www.gettyimages.ae/detail/news-photo/dr-prem-shanker-goel-the-director-of-indian-space-research-news-photo/103930979 | title=Getty Images | publisher=Getty Images | date=2014 | access-date=3 January 2015}}</ref><ref name="INFLIBNET">{{cite web | url=http://vidwan.inflibnet.ac.in/searchr.php?id=11428 | title=INFLIBNET | publisher=INFLIBNET | date=2014 | access-date=3 January 2015}}</ref><ref name="My Coordinates">{{cite web | url=http://mycoordinates.org/tsunami-three-years-down-the-line/ | title=My Coordinates | publisher=My Coordinates | date=January 2008 | access-date=3 January 2015}}</ref> He was honored by the [[Government of India]], in 2001, with the fourth highest [[Indian honours system|Indian civilian award]] of [[Padma Shri]].<ref name="Padma Awards">{{cite web | url=http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf | title=Padma Awards | publisher=Padma Awards | date=2014 | access-date=11 November 2014}}</ref>

==Biography==
Born on 20 April 1947<ref name="IAS" /><ref name="INFLIBNET" /> in the [[Rajputana Agency]] of the [[British Raj]] (now the [[States and union territories of India|Indian state]] of [[Rajasthan]]), he graduate from [[M.B.M. University]], secured a post graduate degree (ME) in Applied Electronics and [[Servomechanism]] from the [[Indian Institute of Science]], Bangalore (IISc) and continued at Bengaluru to complete his PhD from the [[Bangalore University]].<ref name="INSA" /><ref name="IAS" /><ref name="INFLIBNET" /> He started his career by joining the [[Indian Space Research Organization]] at their centre in [[Thiruvananthapuram]] in the project for Satellite [[Attitude control system|Attitude Control System]] for spinning RS-1 satellite but later shifted to the Bengaluru centre to join the [[Aryabhata (satellite)]] team.<ref name="INSA" />

Over the years, Goel has served as the chairman of the Spacecraft System Advisory Board for [[IRS-1]], the project engineer of the Attitude and Orbitalal Control Subsystem of the [[Ariane Passenger Payload Experiment]], associate project director of [[Indian National Satellite System|INSAT-2]], head of the control system, group director of Attitude and Orbitalal Control Subsystem, deputy director of Mission and Control Area, associate director and later, the director of ISRO satellite system.<ref name="INSA" /><ref name="Getty Images" /> On his retirement from ISRO in 2005, he was appointed as the Secretary of the [[Department of Ocean Development]],<ref name="Department of Science and Technology" /> a post he held till 2008.<ref name="INSA" /> During his tenure there, the department was developed into a full-fledged ministry, [[Ministry of Earth Sciences]], by combining the departments of ocean, atmosphere, geoscience and atmosphere. The next move was as the Chairman of Recruitment and Assessment Centre of the [[Defence Research and Development Organisation]]. He is the incumbent Honorary Distinguished Professor at ISRO and holds the Professor M. G. K. Menon DRDO Chair.<ref name="INSA" /><ref name="IAS" />

Goel is credited with the development of the [[Spacecraft attitude control|spin axis orientation system]] for [[Bhaskara I]] and [[Bhaskara II]] satellites and the magnetic control for spinning satellites.<ref name="INSA" /> His contributions are also reported in the [[Ariane Passenger Payload Experiment]] project in the development of momentum based III-axis control system, in the [[Indian Remote Sensing|IRS-V]] project in the development of zero momentum biased III-axis control system and in the [[INSAT-2E|INSAT-II]] project in the development of ''configuration momentum biased attitude control system''.<ref name="INSA" /> He has also been involved in the development of TES, SRE missions and other communication and scientific missions.<ref name="INSA" /><ref name="Department of Science and Technology" />

The first chairman of the Earth Commission, a global forum of scientists.<ref name="Earth Commission">{{cite web | url=http://www.earthcommission.com/ | title=Earth Commission | publisher=Earth Commission | date=2014 | access-date=3 January 2015}}</ref> and a member of several professional organizations such as the [[International Academy of Astronautics]], Paris and the [[Indian National Academy of Engineering]],<ref name="INSA" /><ref name="Getty Images" /> Goel has over 100 scientific papers to his credit,<ref name="Department of Science and Technology" /> published in peer-reviewed national and international journals.<ref name="INSA" /> He has also attended many conferences and seminars to deliver keynote addresses.<ref name="Getty Images" />

==Awards and recognitions==
Prem Shanker Goel is an elected Fellow of the [[Indian National Science Academy]], [[National Academy of Sciences, India]],<ref name="NASI">{{cite web | url=http://www.nasi.org.in/fellows.asp?RsFilter=G | title=NASI | publisher=NASI | date=2014 | access-date=3 January 2015 | url-status=dead | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141021102942/http://www.nasi.org.in/fellows.asp?RsFilter=G | archive-date=21 October 2014 }}</ref> [[The Academy of Sciences for the Developing World]], the [[Aeronautical Society of India]]<ref name="INSA" /> and the [[Indian Academy of Sciences]]<ref name="IAS" /> He is also an honorary Fellow of the Electrochemical Society of India, and the [[Indian Institute of Technology]], Mumbai.<ref name="INSA" />

Goel received the Special Achievement Award in 1975 for the [[Aryabhata]] project and Hari Om Ashram Prerit Dr. Vikram Sarabhai Research Award in 1983.<ref name="INFLIBNET" /> In 1992, he was awarded the ASI Lifetime Achievement Award by the [[Aeronautical Society of India]].<ref name="INSA" /><ref name="INFLIBNET" /> The same year, he received the [[VASVIK Industrial Research Award]] followed by Om Prakash Bhasin Award in 1995.<ref name="INFLIBNET" /> The [[Government of India]] awarded him the civilian honour of [[Padma Shri]] in 2001.<ref name="INSA" /><ref name="INFLIBNET" /> He is also a recipient of ISRO Distinguished Scientist Award.<ref name="INSA" />

==See also==
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* [[Department of Ocean Development]]
* [[Indian Space Research Organization]]
* [[Bhaskara I]]
* [[Bhaskara II]]
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{{portal|India|Space}}

==References==
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Kirat Bhattal

2026-03-24T00:58:50Z

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{{Short description|Indian actress}}
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| education = Lawrence School
| spouse = [[Gaurav Kapur]] (m.2014-2021divorced)
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'''Kirat Bhattal''' (born [[Monrovia]], [[Liberia]]), is an Indian actress.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.hindu.com/mp/2006/10/07/stories/2006100700450803.htm|title=Arya, a gun-runner|last=Pillai|first=Sreedhar|date=7 October 2006|work=[[The Hindu]]|accessdate=21 February 2012|archive-date=12 October 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201012040442/https://www.thehindu.com/archive/print/2006/10/07/|url-status=live}}</ref> She started with modelling and later got a breakthrough in the [[Kollywood|Tamil]] film industry.

== Early and personal life ==
Kirat was born in Liberia, belongs to a [[Sikh]] family from [[Chandigarh]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/punjabi/movies/news/The-kudis-of-Punjab-flock-South/articleshow/18379514.cms|title=The kudis of Punjab flock South - Times of India|publisher=|access-date=9 August 2015|archive-date=7 July 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150707190525/http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/punjabi/movies/news/The-kudis-of-Punjab-flock-South/articleshow/18379514.cms|url-status=live}}</ref> She was raised in Delhi and completed her education at the [[Lawrence School, Sanawar]].<ref>Priya Gill, [https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/supplement/story/20090706-who-s-who-740196-2009-07-05 Who's Who] dated 6 July 2009, at indiatoday.intoday.in, accessed 13 March 2012</ref> She was married to [[Gaurav Kapur]] on November 2, 2014, later divorced in 2021.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Verma |first=Sakshi |title=Kirat Bhattal: Meet Gaurav Kapur’s ex-wife who parted ways after 7 years |url=https://www.indiatvnews.com/entertainment/tv/kirat-bhattal-gaurav-kapur-s-ex-wife-kritika-kamra-2025-12-10-1021131}}</ref>

== Career ==
Kirat signed up to do the project ''Desiya Nedunchalai 47'' with [[Dhanush (actor)|Dhanush]], but the project was delayed and later cancelled. As the film had remained inactive for about three months, Bhattal had signed onto a [[Kannada language]] movie titled ''[[Geleya]]'' opposite [[Prajwal Devaraj]], which was declared a hit.{{by whom|date=March 2016}} Most recently, she accepted a guest role in the film ''[[Santosh Subramaniam]]'', which is a remake of the Telugu language film ''[[Bommarillu]]'', which stars [[Genelia]] and [[Jayam Ravi]]. She has got rave reviews for her role in the film even though it is a short one. She was also confirmed for the lead role in the Telugu film ''[[Yamadonga]]'' starring [[N. T. Rama Rao Jr.]], but turned it down at the last minute citing other commitments; the film went on to become a huge hit, grossing 30 crores in the first month of its release. She has also signed onto a Tamil film with director [[N. Krishna|Krishna]] of ''[[Sillunu Oru Kadhal]]'' and ''[[Dorai]]'', with [[Arjun Sarja]] in the lead role. She is also hosting a travel show called ''Life Mein Ek Baar- When Angels Dare'' with actress [[Barbara Mori]], T.V presenter [[Archana Vijaya]], model [[Diandra Soares]] and [[Yana Gupta]]. The first episode aired on 18 March 2013. She also hosted two seasons of ''Style and the City'' which aired on [[Fox Traveller|Fox Traveller.]] <ref>{{Cite news |date=2013-03-17 |title=Five on a high |url=https://www.thehindu.com/features/metroplus/radio-and-tv/five-on-a-high/article4518895.ece |access-date=2026-03-17 |work=The Hindu |language=en-IN |issn=0971-751X}}</ref> She hosted season 4 of Nat Geo Covershot: Heritage city on [[National Geographic (U.S. TV channel)|National Geographic]], the first episode aired on 17 December 2016.

== Filmography ==
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{| class="wikitable"
! Year !! Film !! Role !! Language !!Notes
|-
| rowspan="2" |2006 || ''[[Telugu film|Dongodi Pelli]]'' || Ratna || [[Telugu language|Telugu]] ||Debut Telugu film
|-
| ''[[Vattaram]]'' || Sangeetha Gurupadam || [[Tamil language|Tamil]] ||Debut Tamil film
|-
| 2007 || ''[[Geleya]]'' || Nandini || [[Kannada]] ||Debut Kannada film
|-
| rowspan="2" | 2008 || ''[[Santhosh Subramaniam]]'' || Rajeshwari || rowspan="2" | Tamil ||
|-
| ''[[Durai (film)|Durai]]'' || Anjali ||
|-
| 2009 || ''[[Naa Style Veru]]'' || Divya || Telugu ||
|}

==References==
{{Reflist}}
==External links==
* {{IMDb name|2486169|Kirat Bhattal}}

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== See also ==

* [[List of Liberian Actresses]]
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Aadi Saikumar

2026-03-21T19:57:19Z

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{{Short description|Indian film actor (born 1989)}}
{{Use Indian English|date=August 2021}}
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{{Family name hatnote|Pudipeddi|lang=Telugu}}
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| name = Aadi Saikumar
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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1989|12|23|df=yes}}<ref name="toi" />
| birth_place = [[Amudalavalasa]], [[Andhra Pradesh]], India
| other_names = Aadi<ref name="today">{{Cite web|last=Pecheti|first=Prakash|title=Aadi Saikumar happy to be back on track|url=https://telanganatoday.com/aadi-saikumar-happy-to-be-back-on-track|access-date=2021-02-17|website=cinejosh|language=en-US}}</ref>
| occupation = Actor
| spouse = {{marriage|Aruna|2014}}
| children = 1
| father = [[P. Sai Kumar]]
| relatives = {{ubl|[[P. Ravi Shankar]] (uncle)|[[Ayyappa P. Sharma]] (uncle)|[[P. J. Sarma]] (grandfather)}}
| alma mater = [[Bhavan's Vivekananda College]]
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'''Aditya Pudipeddi''' (born 23 December 1989), credited as '''Aadi Saikumar''', is an Indian actor who works in [[Telugu cinema]]. Aadi made his debut with ''[[Prema Kavali]]'' (2011). He won the [[Filmfare Award for Best Male Debut – South]] and [[SIIMA Award for Best Male Debut – Telugu]] for the film. He went on to be starred in successful films such as [[Lovely (2012 film)|''Lovely'']] (2012), ''[[Sukumarudu]]'' (2013) and ''[[Shamantakamani]]'' (2017).(2016)((chuttalabbai))Blockbuster Hit.

==Early life==
Aditya Pudipeddi was born on 23 December 1986 in [[Amudalavalasa]], [[Srikakulam district]], [[Andhra Pradesh]].<ref name="toi">{{Cite news|title='Sashi' First Look: Aadi Saikumar sports a rugged bearded look in his new film|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/telugu/movies/news/sashi-first-look-aadi-saikumar-sports-a-rugged-bearded-look-in-his-new-film/articleshow/72937854.cms|access-date=2021-02-17|website=The Times of India|date=23 December 2019 |language=en}}</ref><ref name="hindu">{{Cite news|last=Sarma|first=G. V. Prasada|date=2011-03-26|title='Dialogue King' on a roll|language=en-IN|work=The Hindu|url=https://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-metroplus/lsquoDialogue-King-on-a-roll/article14961519.ece|access-date=2021-02-17|issn=0971-751X}}</ref> Son of actor [[P. Sai Kumar|Sai Kumar]], Aadi was schooled in Chennai in Devi Academy, Valasaravakkam, till 7th standard and then moved to [[St. Andrews School (India)|St. Andrews School]] in Hyderabad, followed by St Johns for Intermediate and completed his graduation from [[Bhavan's Vivekananda College]]. He excelled in studies, and had an inclination towards acting. He was an all-rounder in Cricket and he was selected for the under-19 [[Ranji Trophy|Ranji Cricket Team]]. He played under the captaincy of [[Ambati Rayudu]], and [[Pragyan Ojha]], the Indian team player was his roommate during their [[Sri Lanka]] trip.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.raagalahari.com/stars/interviews/1047/chit-chat-with-adi-on-prema-kavali.aspx|title=I'm an all-rounder – Adi|publisher=raagalahari.com|access-date=24 February 2011|archive-date=3 February 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140203132235/http://www.raagalahari.com/stars/interviews/1047/chit-chat-with-adi-on-prema-kavali.aspx|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Interview with Sai Kumar|url=http://www.idlebrain.com/celeb/interview/saikumar-actor.html|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110226092315/http://www.idlebrain.com/celeb/interview/saikumar-actor.html|archive-date=26 February 2011|access-date=23 February 2011|publisher=idlebrain.com}}</ref>

Aadi married Aruna, a software professional from [[Rajahmundry]], in December 2014, and the couple has a daughter.<ref>{{Cite web|title=When Aadi lifted Aruna and walked in the snow|url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/cities/hyderabad/2016/jul/05/when-aadi-lifted-aruna-and-walked-in-the-snow-877424.html|access-date=2021-02-17|website=The New Indian Express}}</ref>

==Career==
Aadi debuted in 2011 with [[K. Vijaya Bhaskar]]'s directorial ''[[Prema Kavali]].''<ref>{{cite web|date=25 February 2011|title=NATIONAL / ANDHRA PRADESH : 'Prema Kavali' release today|url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-andhrapradesh/article1488765.ece?css=print|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140202232711/http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-andhrapradesh/article1488765.ece?css=print|archive-date=2 February 2014|access-date=19 August 2012|work=The Hindu}}</ref> In this love story, he played the role of Srinu, a NCC Cadet who sets out to find the one who tortures his lover, thus trying to regain her heart after a break-up. Oneindia Entertainment commented on his performance stating "Aadi has done his role with good ease and his in dialogue delivery is as good as his father. He is quite comfortable in emoting the love and emotional scenes and he is also good at dances and action scenes. However, he should further improve his body language, as he appeared a little rigid in some scenes. But for a debutant hero, such situations are unavoidable."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.filmibeat.com/telugu/reviews/2011/prema-kavali-review-280211-aid0017.html|title=Prema Kavali – Movie Review|publisher=Oneindia Entertainment|access-date=25 February 2011|archive-date=31 August 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200831052349/https://www.filmibeat.com/telugu/reviews/2011/prema-kavali-review-280211-aid0017.html|url-status=live}}</ref> Aadi has won the Hyderabad Times award 2011 for Promising Newcomer Male,<ref>{{cite news|url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-06-24/news-interviews/32382769_1_mahesh-babu-tamannaah-video|title=The Hyderabad Times Film Awards 2011|date=26 June 2012|access-date=12 May 2013|archive-date=18 July 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130718191108/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-06-24/news-interviews/32382769_1_mahesh-babu-tamannaah-video|work=[[The Times of India]]|url-status=dead}}</ref> [[CineMAA Awards]] (2012) for best Debut Actor of 2012 and [[Filmfare Awards South]] (2012) for [[Filmfare Award for Best Male Debut - South|Best Male Debut – South]] of 2011.<ref>{{cite news | url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/regional/tamil/news-interviews/The-59th-Idea-Filmfare-Awards-2011South/articleshow/14742576.cms | title=The 59th Idea Filmfare Awards 2011(South) | publisher=The Times of Inia | date=9 July 2012 | access-date=12 May 2013 | archive-date=5 April 2019 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190405205144/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/regional/tamil/news-interviews/The-59th-Idea-Filmfare-Awards-2011South/articleshow/14742576.cms | url-status=live }}</ref> The film ran for 100 days.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.indiaglitz.com/channels/telugu/gallery/events/27523.html|title='Prema Kavali' Celebrates 100 Days Function|website=IndiaGlitz|access-date=7 June 2011|archive-date=8 June 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110608102146/http://www.indiaglitz.com/channels/telugu/gallery/events/27523.html|url-status=dead}}</ref>

His next release was [[B. Jaya (director)|B. Jaya]]'s directorial ''[[Lovely (2012 film)|Lovely]]'' (2012), was released on 30 March 2012. He played the role of Akash, a jovial person who hates father-daughter relationships, but starts respecting it after he meets with the father of the girl he loved. The film completed a hundred-day run on 7 July 2012 in 12 centres.<ref>{{cite web|title=Lovely completes 100 days in 12 centres|url=http://www.indiaglitz.com/channels/telugu/article/83572.html|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120711160337/http://www.indiaglitz.com/channels/telugu/article/83572.html|archive-date=11 July 2012|access-date=7 July 2012|website=IndiaGlitz.com}}</ref> In 2013, Aadi starred in ''[[Sukumarudu]]'' which was released on 4 May 2013 which was moderately successful.<ref>{{cite web|title='Sukumarudu' review: Emotionally cheerful|date=12 May 2013|url=http://zeenews.india.com/entertainment/regional/sukumarudu-review-emotionally-cheerful_134255.htm|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130614200454/http://zeenews.india.com/entertainment/regional/sukumarudu-review-emotionally-cheerful_134255.htm|archive-date=14 June 2013|access-date=12 May 2013|publisher=Zee News}}</ref> He then starred in [[Rough (film)|''Rough'']], directed by C. H. Subba Reddy.<ref>{{cite web|title=Aadi's next film titled 'Rough'|date=19 May 2013|url=http://www.123telugu.com/mnews/aadis-next-film-titled-rough-hm.html|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130608010731/http://www.123telugu.com/mnews/aadis-next-film-titled-rough-hm.html|archive-date=8 June 2013|access-date=19 May 2013|publisher=123telugu.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|date=2 August 2015|title=Pranitha Subhash teams up with Aadi Pudipeddi in 'Chuttalabbayi'|url=http://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/regional/pranitha-subhash-teams-up-with-aadi-pudipeddi-in-chuttalabbayi/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151023094850/http://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/regional/pranitha-subhash-teams-up-with-aadi-pudipeddi-in-chuttalabbayi/|archive-date=23 October 2015|access-date=27 August 2015|work=The Indian Express}}</ref>

==Filmography==
{{Pending films key}}
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+
|-
! Year
! Title
! Role
! class="unsortable" | Notes
! class="unsortable" | {{Tooltip|Ref.|Reference(s)}}
|-
| 2011
| ''[[Prema Kavali]]''
| Srinu
|
|
|-
| 2012
| ''[[Lovely (2012 film)|Lovely]]''
| Akash
|
|
|-
| 2013
| ''[[Sukumarudu]]''
| Sukumar
|
|
|-
| rowspan="3"|2014
| ''[[Pyar Mein Padipoyane]]''
| Chandra
|Also sang "Chinna Pillalu" song
|
|-
| ''[[Galipatam]]''
| Karthi
|
|
|-
| ''[[Rough (film)|Rough]]''
| Chandhu
|
|
|-
| rowspan="2"|2016
| ''[[Garam (film)|Garam]]''
| Varala Babu
|
|
|-
| ''[[Chuttalabbai]]''
| Recovery Babji
|
|
|-
| rowspan="2"|2017
| ''[[Samanthakamani (film)|Samanthakamani]]''
| Karthik
|
|
|-
|''[[Next Nuvve]]''
| Kiran
|
|
|-
| rowspan="3" |2019
|''[[Burra Katha (film)|Burra Katha]]''
| Abhiram "Abhi / Ram"
|
|
|-
|''[[Jodi (2019 film)|Jodi]]''
|Kapil
|
|
|-
|''[[Operation Gold Fish]]''
| Arjun Pandit
|
|
|-
| 2021
|[[Sashi (film)|''Sashi'']]
|Rajkumar "Raj"
|
|<ref>{{Cite web|last=Adivi|first=Sashidhar|date=2019-12-24|title=Aadi Saikumar signs two films!|url=https://www.deccanchronicle.com/entertainment/tollywood/241219/aadi-saikumar-signs-two-films.html|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200724140644/https://www.deccanchronicle.com/entertainment/tollywood/241219/aadi-saikumar-signs-two-films.html|archive-date=24 July 2020|access-date=2020-07-24|website=Deccan Chronicle|language=en}}</ref>
|-
|rowspan="5" |2022
|[[Atithi Devo Bhava (film)|''Athidi Devo Bhava'']]
| Abhay Ram
|
|<ref>{{cite web |title=Aadi's Atithi Devo Bhava takes RRR's release date |url=https://www.123telugu.com/mnews/aadis-atithi-devo-bhava-takes-rrrs-release-date.html |website=123Telugu.com |date=2 January 2022}}</ref>
|-
|''[[Black (2022 film)|Black]]''
|[[Constable]] Vikramaditya "Aditya" Dharmaraj
|
|<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/telugu/movies/news/black-movie-review-aadi-saikumar-starrer-will-keep-you-on-the-edge-of-your-seat/articleshow/91948227.cms|title='Black' movie review: Aadi Saikumar starrer will keep you on the edge of your seat|website=The Times of India|date=1 June 2022}}</ref>
|-
|''[[Tees Maar Khan (2022 film)|Tees Maar Khan]]''
| Tees Maar Khan
|
| <ref name="Aadi Sai Kumar's Tees Maar Khan Movie OTT Release Date, OTT Platform, Time and more">{{cite news |last1=Sakshi |title=Aadi Sai Kumar's Tees Maar Khan Movie OTT Release Date, OTT Platform, Time and more |url=https://www.filmibeat.com/telugu/movies/tees-maar-khan.html#cast |access-date=28 July 2022 |date=2021-07-28 |language= en}}</ref>
|-
|''[[Crazy Fellow]]''
| Abhiram "Nani"
|
|<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.cinemaexpress.com/telugu/news/2022/apr/08/aadi-saikumars-next-titled-crazy-fellow-30771.html|title=Aadi Saikumar's next titled Crazy Fellow|website=[[Cinema Express]]|date=8 April 2022}}</ref>
|-
|''[[Top Gear (film)|Top Gear]]''
| Arjun
|
|<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.cinemaexpress.com/telugu/news/2022/jun/13/aadi-saikumars-next-titled-top-gear-32100.html|title=Aadi Saikumar's next titled Top Gear|website=[[Cinema Express]]|date=13 June 2022}}</ref>
|-
| rowspan="1" |2023
|''[[CSI Sanatan]]''
|Sanatan
|
|<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ottplay.com/news/csi-sanatan-heres-the-first-look-of-aadi-sai-kumar-misha-narangs-investigative-thriller/7a910de41e351|title=CSI Sanatan: Here's the first look of Aadi Sai Kumar, Misha Narang's investigative thriller|website=OTTPlay|date=31 January 2022}}</ref>
|-
| rowspan="2" |2025
|''[[Shanmukha (film)|Shanmukha]]''
|Karthi Vallabhan
|
|
|-
|''[[Shambhala (2025 film)|Shambhala]]''
|Vikram
|
|
|-
| rowspan="6" |{{TableTBA}}
|{{Pending film|Sub Inspector Yugandhar}}
|Yugandhar
| Filming
|<ref>{{Cite web |title=Sub Inspector Yugandhar: OTT rights of Aadi Sai Kumar's film sold for a bomb |url=https://www.ottplay.com/news/sub-inspector-yugandhar-on-ott-digital-rights-of-aadi-sai-kumars-film-sold-for-a-bomb/833b2132c9280 |access-date=2025-02-28 |website=OTTPlay |language=en}}</ref>
|-
|{{Pending film|Kirathaka}}
| {{TableTBA}}
|Filming
| <ref name="'కిరాతక'గా ఆది సాయికుమార్‌.. పాయల్‌తో రొమాన్స్‌కి రెడీ">{{cite news |last1=Sakshi |title='కిరాతక'గా ఆది సాయికుమార్‌.. పాయల్‌తో రొమాన్స్‌కి రెడీ |url=https://www.sakshi.com/telugu-news/movies/aadi-saikumar-new-film-titled-karnataka-1373049 |access-date=24 June 2021 |work=Sakshi |date=2021-06-22 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210624161703/https://www.sakshi.com/telugu-news/movies/aadi-saikumar-new-film-titled-karnataka-1373049 |archive-date=24 June 2021 |language=te}}</ref>
|-
|{{Pending film|Amaran in the City: Chapter 1}}
|{{TableTBA}}
|Filming
|<ref>{{Cite web|date=2021-07-16|title=పవర్‌ ఫుల్‌ పోలీస్‌ ఆఫీసర్‌గా ఆది సాయికుమార్‌|url=https://www.sakshi.com/telugu-news/movies/aadi-sai-kumar-amaran-city-chapter-1-movie-shooting-starts-1379326|access-date=2021-07-22|website=Sakshi|language=te}}</ref>
|-
|{{Pending film|Jungle}}
|{{TableTBA}}
| Delayed
|<ref>{{Cite news|title=Vijay Antony releases first look of Vedhika's next|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/tamil/movies/news/vijay-antony-releases-first-look-of-vedhikas-next/articleshow/70011479.cms|access-date=2020-07-24|website=The Times of India|date=30 June 2019 |language=en|archive-date=2 July 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190702110859/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/tamil/movies/news/vijay-antony-releases-first-look-of-vedhikas-next/articleshow/70011479.cms|url-status=live}}</ref>
|}

=== Television ===
{|class="wikitable"
|-
! Year !! Title !! Role !! Network
|-
|2023
|''[[Puli Meka]]''
|Dr. Prabhakar Sharma
|[[ZEE5]]
|-
|}

=== As singer ===
{| class="wikitable"
|+
!Year
!Film
!Song
!Language
|-
|2014
|[[Pyar Mein Padipoyane|''Pyaar Mein Padipoyane'']]
|"Chinna Pillalu"
|Telugu
|}

== Awards and nominations ==
{{Notes}}
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+List of awards and nominations
!Year
!Award
!Category
!Film
!Result
! class="unsortable" |{{Tooltip|Ref.|Reference(s)}}
|-
|2011
|Hyderabad Times Film Awards
|Promising Newcomer (Male)
| rowspan="4" |''[[Prema Kavali]]''
|{{Nom}}
|
|-
| rowspan="3" |2012
|[[South Indian International Movie Awards]]
|Best debut (Male)
|{{Won}}
|<ref>{{Cite web |date=2013-07-04 |title=The 59th Idea Filmfare Awards 2011(South) |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/regional/tamil/news-interviews/The-59th-Idea-Filmfare-Awards-2011South/articleshow/14742576.cms |access-date=2022-11-07 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130704164503/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-07-08/news-interviews/32588512_1_aadukalam-video-pranayam |archive-date=4 July 2013 }}</ref>
|-
|[[Zee Cine Awards Telugu|Zee Cine Awards]]
|Best debut (Male)
|{{Nom}}
|
|-
|[[Filmfare Awards South|Filmfare Awards]]
|Best Male Debut
|{{Won}}
|
|}

==References==
{{reflist}}
* {{Cite web |last=Harsh |first=B. H. |date=2024-11-16 |title=Aadi Saikumar starrer SI Yugandhar launched |url=https://www.cinemaexpress.com/telugu/news/2024/Nov/16/aadi-saikumar-starrer-si-yugandhar-launched |access-date=2024-12-02 |website=Cinema Express |language=en}}

==External links==
* {{IMDb name|4925980}}
* {{Twitter|iamaadisaikumar}}
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Namma Magu

2026-03-17T23:34:33Z

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{{short description|Indian Kannada-language drama film}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2026}}
{{Use Indian English|date=March 2026}}
{{Infobox film
| name = Namma Magu
| image = Namma Magu.jpg
| alt =
| caption = Film poster
| native_name = 
| director = [[K. Ganeshan]]
| writer = K. Ganeshan
| screenplay =
| story =
| based_on = 
| producer = K. Ganeshan
| starring = Mevishna K. Ganeshan
| narrator =
| cinematography = Chandran Palani
| editing = Sanjeeva
| music = Bharanidaran
| studio =
| distributor =
| released = {{Film date|2020|12|23|[[International Organization for Migration|IOM]]|df=yes}}
| runtime =
| country = India
| language = Kannada
| budget =
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'''''Namma Magu''''' ('''''Our Child''''') is a 2020 Indian [[Kannada]]-language [[drama film]] directed, produced, and written by [[K. Ganeshan]], who co-stars in the film alongside Mevishna. The film is about child trafficking.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://bangaloremirror.indiatimes.com/bangalore/others/namma-magu-is-a-global-fave/articleshow/80202620.cms|title=Namma Magu is a global fave|website=Bangalore Mirror}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.news18.com/news/movies/tamil-director-k-ganeshan-receives-international-recognition-for-his-kannada-film-4352825.html|title=Tamil Director K Ganeshan Receives International Recognition For His Kannada Film|website=News18|access-date=2026-01-25|archive-date=2023-12-08|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231208203710/https://www.news18.com/news/movies/tamil-director-k-ganeshan-receives-international-recognition-for-his-kannada-film-4352825.html|url-status=live}}</ref> The film was the first Kannada film to be screened at [[UNESCO]]'s [[International Organization for Migration]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://vijaykarnataka.com/entertainment/news/namma-magu-kannada-movie-premiere-in-unesco-national-slavery-and-human-trafficking-prevention-month-program/articleshow/80174379.cms|title=ಯುನೆಸ್ಕೋ ಕಾರ್ಯಕ್ರಮದಲ್ಲಿ ಪ್ರದರ್ಶನ ಕಂಡ ಕನ್ನಡದ 'ನಮ್ಮ ಮಗು' ಸಿನಿಮಾ!|website=Vijaya Karnataka|access-date=2026-01-25|archive-date=2021-01-08|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210108143047/http://vijaykarnataka.com/entertainment/news/namma-magu-kannada-movie-premiere-in-unesco-national-slavery-and-human-trafficking-prevention-month-program/articleshow/80174379.cms|url-status=live}}</ref>

==Cast==
*Mevishna (credited as Baby Mevishna)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=je21fzitOD4|title=Namma Magu Child Artist Mevishna Talk About Namma Magu Movie|date=7 January 2021|via=YouTube|work=Ayuktha TV}}</ref>
*[[K. Ganeshan]] as a photographer

==Production==
[[K. Ganeshan]] was inspired by a girl selling pens at a junction in Bengaluru near his workplace. She was reportedly brought there from a Kolkata gang, who had chopped her tongue so she would not communicate. Part of the film was shot in Karnataka.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/kannada/movies/news/bengaluru-filmmaker-draws-attention-to-child-trafficking-menace-through-film/articleshow/87280054.cms|title=Bengaluru filmmaker draws attention to child trafficking menace through film|date=27 October 2021|work=The Times of India|access-date=25 January 2026|archive-date=25 April 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230425002201/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/kannada/movies/news/bengaluru-filmmaker-draws-attention-to-child-trafficking-menace-through-film/articleshow/87280054.cms|url-status=live}}</ref> The film was made in 2017 but was not released till 2020 due to the film not getting any subsidy from the Karnataka state or central government.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://kannada.asianetnews.com/sandalwood/ganesh-directional-kannada-movie-namma-magu-vcs-qmr4tp|title=ತೆರೆಗೆ ಬರಲು ಸಿದ್ದವಾಗುತ್ತಿರುವ ಹಿರಿಯ ನಿರ್ದೇಶಕನ ಚಿತ್ರ 'ನಮ್ಮ ಮಗು'|website=Asianet Suvarna News}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://bangaloremirror.indiatimes.com/bangalore/others/for-award-purpose-only-censor-scam-goes-to-court/articleshow/71999102.cms|title=For award purpose only: ‘Censor scam’ goes to Court|website=Bangalore Mirror}}</ref>

==Accolades==
[[K. Ganeshan]] won the Best Director award at the [[Moscow International Film Festival]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://vijaykarnataka.com/entertainment/news/karnataka-state-awards-namma-magu-film-controversy/articleshow/78309611.cms|title='ನಮ್ಮ ಮಗು' ಚಿತ್ರ : ಮತ್ತೆ ವಿವಾದದಲ್ಲಿ ರಾಜ್ಯ ಪ್ರಶಸ್ತಿ ಸಿನಿಮಾ!|website=Vijaya Karnataka|access-date=2026-01-25|archive-date=2022-01-21|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220121070229/https://vijaykarnataka.com/entertainment/news/karnataka-state-awards-namma-magu-film-controversy/articleshow/78309611.cms|url-status=live}}</ref>

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*{{IMDb title|tt15777700}}

[[Category:2020 Kannada-language films]]
[[Category:Films about child trafficking]]

Narendra Modi

2026-03-17T07:21:57Z

VenettaMahan1: update

{{Short description|Prime Minister of India since 2014}}
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| caption = Official portrait, 2024
| office = [[Prime Minister of India]]
| president = [[Pranab Mukherjee]] [[Ram Nath Kovind]] [[Droupadi Murmu]]
| vicepresident = [[Mohammad Hamid Ansari]] [[Venkaiah Naidu]] [[Jagdeep Dhankhar]] [[C. P. Radhakrishnan]]
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| predecessor2 = [[Sushilkumar Shinde]]
| office4 = [[Chief Minister of Gujarat]]
| governor4 = {{collapsible list|{{unbulleted list|[[Sunder Singh Bhandari]]
|[[Kailashpati Mishra]]
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|[[Nawal Kishore Sharma]]
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| office3 = [[Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha]]
| constituency3 = [[Varanasi Lok Sabha constituency|Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh]]
| term_start3 = 5 June 2014
| term_end3 =
| predecessor3 = [[Murli Manohar Joshi]]
| office5 = [[Member of the Legislative Assembly (India)|Member]] of [[Gujarat Legislative Assembly]]
| constituency5 = [[Maninagar (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Maninagar]]
| term_start5 = 15 December 2002
| term_end5 = 16 May 2014
| predecessor5 = [[Kamlesh Patel (politician)|Kamlesh Patel]]
| successor5 = [[Suresh Patel]]
| constituency6 = [[Rajkot West|Rajkot II]]
| term6 = {{Start and end dates|2002|02|24|2002|07|19|df=y}}
| predecessor6 = [[Vajubhai Vala]]
| successor6 = Vajubhai Vala
| office7 = [[Organisation of the Bharatiya Janata Party|General Secretary (Organisation)]] of the [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
| term_start7 = 5 January 1998<ref>{{#invoke:Cite|web| url=https://edition.cnn.com/2015/01/19/world/narendra-modi-fast-facts/index.html|title=Narendra Modi Fast Facts|date=6 September 2023|publisher=[[CNN]]|access-date=22 November 2023}}</ref>
| term_end7 = 7 October 2001
| successor7 = [[Sanjay Joshi]]
| predecessor7 = [[Kushabhau Thakre]]
| birth_name = Narendra Damodardas Modi
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1950|09|17|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[Vadnagar]], [[Bombay State]], India
| party = [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] (since 1985)
| spouse = {{marriage|[[Jashodaben Modi]]|1968|1971|end=separated}}<ref>{{#invoke:Cite|web| url=https://www.ndtv.com/elections-news/jashodaben-named-by-narendra-modi-as-his-wife-prays-for-him-to-become-pm-557031?&tb_cb=1 |title = Jashodaben, named by Narendra Modi as his wife, prays for him to become PM|agency=[[Press Trust of India]]|date=11 April 2014|publisher=[[NDTV]]|access-date=12 June 2020|archive-url=https://archive.today/20200717104500/https://www.ndtv.com/elections-news/jashodaben-named-by-narendra-modi-as-his-wife-prays-for-him-to-become-pm-557031|archive-date=17 July 2020}}</ref>
| father = 
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| residence = {{ubl|[[7, Lok Kalyan Marg]], [[New Delhi]]}}
| alma_mater = {{unbulleted list|[[University of Delhi]] ([[Bachelor of Arts|BA]])|[[Gujarat University]] ([[Master of Arts|MA]])}}
| awards = [[List of awards and honours received by Narendra Modi|List of awards and honours]]
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{{Narendra Modi series}}
'''Narendra Damodardas Modi'''{{efn|{{IPA|gu|ˈnəɾendɾə dɑmodəɾˈdɑs ˈmodiː|pron}} {{audio|Narendra Modi pronouncing his name at swearing in 2014.ogg|listen}}; ''Narendra Modi'' was born ''Narendra Damodardas Modi'' on 17 September 1950. He uses ''Damodardas'' as his middle name—[[Gujarati people|Gujaratis]] have a tradition of [[Patronymic|using the names of their fathers]] as their middle names—but he is widely known as ''Narendra Modi''.{{sfn|Marino|2014|pp=4–5}}}} (born 17 September 1950) is an Indian politician who has served as the  [[Prime Minister of India|prime minister of India]] since 2014. Modi was the [[chief minister of Gujarat]] from 2001 to 2014 and is the [[Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha|member of parliament]] (MP) for [[Varanasi (Lok Sabha constituency)|Varanasi]]. He is a member of the [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] (BJP) and of the [[Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh]] (RSS), a [[right-wing politics|right-wing]] [[Hindutva]] [[paramilitary]] volunteer organisation. He is the longest-serving prime minister outside the [[Indian National Congress]].

Modi was born and raised in [[Vadnagar]], [[Bombay State]] (present-day [[Gujarat]]), where he completed his secondary education. He was introduced to the RSS at the age of eight, becoming a full-time worker for the organisation in Gujarat in 1971. The RSS assigned him to the BJP in 1985, and he rose through the party hierarchy, becoming general secretary in 1998.{{efn|Sources stating that the [[Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh|RSS]] had a deep impact on the political hierarchy of the [[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]], especially in the case of Narendra Modi: {{bulleted list
|{{#invoke:Cite|web|url=https://www.ndtv.com/elections-news/narendra-modis-political-journey-from-rss-worker-to-bjps-pm-candidate-534530|website=[[NDTV]]|title=Narendra Modi's political journey from RSS worker to BJP's PM candidate|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200808041721/https://www.ndtv.com/elections-news/narendra-modis-political-journey-from-rss-worker-to-bjps-pm-candidate-534530|archive-date=8 August 2020|last=Asrar|first=Nadim|date=26 February 2014|access-date=15 August 2015}}
|{{#invoke:cite|web|url=https://www.deccanherald.com/national/pm-modi-turns-69-a-timeline-of-his-political-career-761937.html|website=[[Deccan Herald]]|title=PM Modi turns 69: A timeline of his political career|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210115073300/https://www.deccanherald.com/national/pm-modi-turns-69-a-timeline-of-his-political-career-761937.html|archive-date=15 January 2021|date=17 September 2019|access-date=13 January 2021}}
|{{#invoke:cite|web|first=Ravish|last=Tiwari|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/cover-story/story/20141208-rss-sangh-nda-bjp-l-k-advani-narendra-modi-cover-story-806098-2014-11-27|title=The low-profile RSS apparatchik is the newface of power in the NDA|website=[[India Today]]|date=27 November 2014|access-date=13 January 2021}}}}|name=|group=}} In 2001, Modi was appointed chief minister of Gujarat and elected to the legislative assembly soon after. His administration is considered complicit in the [[2002 Gujarat violence]]{{efn|Sources describing Modi's administration as complicit in the 2002 violence: {{bulleted list
|{{#invoke:cite|journal|last=Bobbio |first=Tommaso |date=1 May 2012 |title=Making Gujarat Vibrant: Hindutva, development and the rise of subnationalism in India |url=https://zenodo.org/record/1047619 |journal=Third World Quarterly |volume=33 |issue=4 |pages=657–672 |doi=10.1080/01436597.2012.657423 |s2cid=154422056 |access-date=2 September 2019 |archive-date=1 March 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200301151004/https://zenodo.org/record/1047619 |url-status=live }}
|{{#invoke:cite|book|last=Nussbaum|first=Martha Craven|author-link=Martha Nussbaum|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=JLMQh4oc38gC|title=The Clash Within: Democracy, Religious Violence, and India's Future|publisher=[[Harvard University Press]]|year=2008|isbn=978-0-674-03059-6|location=|pages=17–28, 50–51|jstor=27639120}}
|{{#invoke:cite|book|last1=Shani|first1=Orrit|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ouAB7o63B9IC|title=Communalism, Caste and Hindu Nationalism: The Violence in Gujarat|date=2007|publisher=[[Cambridge University Press]]|isbn=978-0-521-68369-2|location=|pages=168–173|access-date=20 January 2021|archive-date=18 February 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230218154155/https://books.google.com/books?id=ouAB7o63B9IC|url-status=live}}
|{{#invoke:cite|news|title=A rebirth dogged by controversy |first=Andrew |last=Buncombe |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/a-rebirth-dogged-by-controversy-2357157.html |work=[[The Independent]] |date=19 September 2011 |access-date=10 October 2012 |location=London |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111225024707/http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/a-rebirth-dogged-by-controversy-2357157.html |archive-date=25 December 2011}}
|{{#invoke:cite|journal|last=Jaffrelot |first=Christophe |s2cid=154404089 |author-link=Christophe Jaffrelot |title=Gujarat Elections: The Sub-Text of Modi's 'Hattrick'—High Tech Populism and the 'Neo-middle Class' |journal=[[Studies in Indian Politics]] |volume=1 |issue=1 |date=June 2013 |pages=79–95 |doi= 10.1177/2321023013482789 |url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/270671263 |access-date=29 August 2021}}}}}} and has been criticised for its management of the crisis. According to official records, a little over 1,000 people were killed, three-quarters of whom were Muslim; independent sources estimated 2,000 deaths, mostly Muslim, with many others raped, mutilated, or both.<ref>* {{citation|last=Jaffrelot|first=Christophe|translator-last=Schoch|translator-first=Cynthia|title=Modi's India: Hindu Nationalism and the Rise of Ethnic Democracy|location=Princeton and Oxford|publisher=Princeton University Press|year=2021|isbn=978-0-691-20680-6|pages=40–41|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=NbUSEAAAQBAJ&pg=PA41|access-date=22 June 2023|archive-date=22 June 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230622222450/https://books.google.com/books?id=NbUSEAAAQBAJ&pg=PA41|url-status=live}}
* {{citation|last=Shahani|first=Nishant|title=Pink Revolutions: Globalization, Hindutva, and Queer Triangles in Contemporary India|series=Critical Ethnic Studies Association series|location=Evanston, Illinois|isbn=978-0-8101-4363-0|year=2021|publisher=Northwestern University Press|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=GB4uEAAAQBAJ&pg=PT316|access-date=22 June 2023|archive-date=22 June 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230622222452/https://books.google.com/books?id=GB4uEAAAQBAJ&pg=PT316|url-status=live}}
* {{citation|last=Dhattiwala|first=Raheel|title=Keeping the Peace: Spatial Differences in Hindu-Muslim Violence in Gujarat in 2002|publisher=Cambridge University Press|year=2019|isbn=978-1-108-49759-6|page=73|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=B0qPDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA73|access-date=22 June 2023|archive-date=22 June 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230622222451/https://books.google.com/books?id=B0qPDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA73|url-status=live}}
* {{citation|last=Kinnvall|first=Catarina|title=Populism, ontological insecurity and Hindutva: Modi and the masculinization of Indian politics|journal=Cambridge Review of International Affairs|year=2019|volume=32|issue=3|pages=238–302, 295|doi=10.1080/09557571.2019.1588851|s2cid=164991567 |doi-access=free|issn = 0955-7571 }}</ref> A Special Investigation Team appointed by the [[Supreme Court of India]] in 2012 found no evidence to initiate prosecution proceedings against him, causing widespread anger and disbelief among the country's Muslim communities.{{efn|Sources: {{bulleted list
|{{#invoke:cite|news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-17664751|title=India Gujarat Chief Minister Modi cleared in riots case|work=[[BBC News]]|publisher=[[BBC]]|date=10 April 2012|access-date=17 February 2017|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161220174351/http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-17664751|archive-date=20 December 2016}}
|{{#invoke:cite|news|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/sit-finds-no-proof-against-modi-says-court/article3300175.ece|title=SIT finds no proof against Modi, says court|work=[[The Hindu]]|date=10 April 2012|access-date=17 February 2017|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161221082846/http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/sit-finds-no-proof-against-modi-says-court/article3300175.ece|archive-date=21 December 2016|last1=Dasgupta|first1=Manas}}
|{{Cite web |date=11 March 2012 |title=Modi's clearance in the Gujarat riots case angers Indian Muslims |url=https://www.dw.com/en/modis-clearance-in-the-gujarat-riots-case-angers-indian-muslims/a-15874606 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160117044116/https://www.dw.com/en/modis-clearance-in-the-gujarat-riots-case-angers-indian-muslims/a-15874606 |archive-date=17 January 2016 |website=[[Deutsche Welle]]}}}}}} While his policies as chief minister were credited for encouraging economic growth, his administration was criticised for failing to significantly improve health, poverty and education indices in the state.{{efn|Sources stating that Modi has failed to improve human development indices in Gujarat: {{bulleted list
|{{#invoke:cite|news|title=A rebirth dogged by controversy |first=Andrew |last=Buncombe |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/a-rebirth-dogged-by-controversy-2357157.html |work=[[The Independent]] |date=19 September 2011 |access-date=10 October 2012 |location=London |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111225024707/http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/a-rebirth-dogged-by-controversy-2357157.html |archive-date=25 December 2011 }}
|{{#invoke:cite|journal|last=Jaffrelot |first=Christophe |s2cid=154404089 |author-link=Christophe Jaffrelot |title=Gujarat Elections: The Sub-Text of Modi's 'Hattrick'—High Tech Populism and the 'Neo-middle Class' |journal=[[Studies in Indian Politics]] |volume=1 |issue=1 |date=June 2013 |pages=79–95 |doi= 10.1177/2321023013482789 |url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/270671263 |access-date=29 August 2021}}
}}}}

In the [[2014 Indian general election]], Modi led the BJP to a [[Lok Sabha|parliamentary]] majority, the first for a party since [[1984 Indian general election|1984]]. His administration increased [[Foreign direct investment|direct foreign investment]] and reduced spending on healthcare, education, and social-welfare programmes. Modi began a [[Swachh Bharat Mission|high-profile sanitation campaign]] and weakened or abolished environmental and labour laws. His [[2016 Indian banknote demonetisation|demonetisation of banknotes in 2016]] and introduction of the [[Goods and Services Tax (India)|Goods and Services Tax]] in 2017 sparked controversy. Modi's administration launched the [[2019 Balakot airstrike]] against an alleged terrorist training camp in Pakistan; the airstrike failed,<ref>{{citation|last1=Lalwani|first1=Sameer|last2=Tallo|first2=Emily|date=17 April 2019|title=Did India shoot down a Pakistani F-16 in February? This just became a big deal: There are broader implications for India — and the United States|newspaper=Washington Post|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2019/04/17/did-india-shoot-down-pakistani-f-back-february-this-just-became-big-deal/|access-date=27 January 2023|archive-date=30 November 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201130122209/https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2019/04/17/did-india-shoot-down-pakistani-f-back-february-this-just-became-big-deal/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{citation|last=Hall|first=Ian|title = India's 2019 General Election: National Security and the Rise of the Watchmen|journal=The Round Table: The Commonwealth Journal of International Affairs|volume= 108|year=2019|issue=5|pages=507–519, 510|doi=10.1080/00358533.2019.1658360 |s2cid=203266692 |hdl=10072/387751|hdl-access=free}}</ref> but the action had nationalist appeal.<ref>{{citation|last=Jaffrelot|first=Christophe|title=Modi's India: Hindu Nationalism and the Rise of Ethnic Democracy|publisher=Princeton University Press|year=2021|isbn=978-0-691-22309-4 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=N7USEAAAQBAJ}}</ref> Modi's party won the [[2019 Indian general election|2019 general election]]. In its second term, his administration [[Revocation of the special status of Jammu and Kashmir|revoked the special status of Jammu and Kashmir]] and introduced the [[Citizenship (Amendment) Act, 2019|Citizenship Amendment Act]], prompting [[Citizenship Amendment Act protests|widespread protests]] and spurring the [[2020 Delhi riots]] in which Muslims were targeted by Hindu mobs.<ref>{{citation|title='I cannot find my father's body': Delhi's fearful Muslims mourn riot dead|last1=Ellis-Peterson|first1=Hannah|last2=Azizur Rahman|first2=Shaikh|location=Delhi|work=The Guardian|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/mar/06/how-can-i-go-back-delhi-fearful-muslims-mourn-riot-dead|date=6 March 2020|access-date=7 March 2020|archive-date=6 March 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200306202841/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/mar/06/how-can-i-go-back-delhi-fearful-muslims-mourn-riot-dead|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{citation|last1=Wamsley|first1=Laurel|last2=Frayer|first2=Lauren|publisher=NPR|title=In New Delhi, Days Of Deadly Violence And Riots|date=26 February 2020|url=https://www.npr.org/2020/02/26/809628525/in-new-delhi-days-of-deadly-violence-and-riots|access-date=25 March 2020|archive-date=4 March 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200304090353/https://www.npr.org/2020/02/26/809628525/in-new-delhi-days-of-deadly-violence-and-riots|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{citation|last1=Abi-Habib|first1=Maria|title=Violence in India Threatens Its Global Ambitions|date=5 March 2020|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/05/world/asia/india-violence-diplomacy.html|access-date=6 March 2020|archive-date=5 March 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200305231044/https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/05/world/asia/india-violence-diplomacy.html|url-status=live}}</ref> Three controversial [[2020 Indian agriculture acts|farm laws]] led to [[2020–2021 Indian farmers' protest|sit-ins]] by farmers across the country, eventually causing their formal repeal. Modi oversaw India's response to the [[COVID-19 pandemic in India|COVID-19 pandemic]], during which, according to the [[World Health Organization]], 4.7 million Indians died.<ref name="Grimley">{{#invoke:cite|news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-61327778 |title=Covid: World's true pandemic death toll nearly 15 million, says WHO |first1=Naomi |last1=Grimley |first2=Jack |last2=Cornish |first3=Nassos |last3=Stylianou |work=BBC News |date=5 May 2022 |access-date=22 August 2022 |archive-date=13 May 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220513235736/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-61327778 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="Biswas">{{#invoke:cite|news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-india-60981318 |title=Why India's real Covid toll may never be known |first=Soutik |last=Biswas |date=5 May 2022 |work=BBC |access-date=22 August 2022 |archive-date=21 August 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220821214838/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-india-60981318 |url-status=live }}</ref> In the [[2024 Indian general election|2024 general election]], Modi's party lost its majority in the lower house of Parliament and formed a government leading the [[National Democratic Alliance]] coalition. Following a [[2025 Pahalgam attack|terrorist attack]] in Indian-administered Jammu and Kashmir, Modi presided over the [[2025 India–Pakistan conflict]], which resulted in a ceasefire.

Under Modi's tenure, India has experienced [[democratic backsliding]], or the weakening of democratic institutions, [[individual rights]], and [[freedom of expression]].{{Efn|name=lo9|group=lower-alpha|Sources: {{bulleted list
|{{#invoke:cite|journal|last1=Brunkert|first1=Lennart|last2=Kruse|first2=Stefan|last3=Welzel|first3=Christian|date=3 April 2019|title=A tale of culture-bound regime evolution: the centennial democratic trend and its recent reversal|url=http://fox.leuphana.de/portal/de/publications/a-tale-of-culturebound-regime-evolution-the-centennial-democratic-trend-and-its-recent-reversal(2b6baaf4-3942-4491-92ca-55782d455a62).html|journal=Democratization|volume=26|issue=3|pages=422–443|doi=10.1080/13510347.2018.1542430|s2cid=148625260|issn=1351-0347|access-date=4 January 2021|archive-date=10 October 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211010183922/http://fox.leuphana.de/portal/de/publications/a-tale-of-culturebound-regime-evolution-the-centennial-democratic-trend-and-its-recent-reversal(2b6baaf4-3942-4491-92ca-55782d455a62).html|url-status=live}}
|{{#invoke:cite|journal|last=Khaitan|first=Tarunabh|date=26 May 2020|title=Killing a Constitution with a Thousand Cuts: Executive Aggrandizement and Party-state Fusion in India|journal=Law & Ethics of Human Rights|language=en|volume=14|issue=1|pages=49–95|doi=10.1515/lehr-2020-2009|s2cid=221083830|issn=2194-6531|doi-access=free|hdl=11343/241852|hdl-access=free}}
|{{#invoke:cite|web|last=Ganguly|first=Sumit|title=India's Democracy Is Under Threat|url=https://foreignpolicy.com/2020/09/18/indias-democracy-is-under-threat/|date=18 September 2020|access-date=27 November 2020|website=[[Foreign Policy]]|language=en-US|archive-date=4 December 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201204223518/https://foreignpolicy.com/2020/09/18/indias-democracy-is-under-threat/|url-status=live}}
|{{#invoke:cite|journal|date=2021|title=India: Freedom in the World 2021 Country Report|url=https://freedomhouse.org/country/india/freedom-world/2021|journal=[[Freedom House]]|access-date=4 March 2021|archive-date=4 March 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210304054952/https://freedomhouse.org/country/india/freedom-world/2021|url-status=live}}
|{{#invoke:cite|news|first1=Vindu|last1=Goel|first2=Jeffrey|last2=Gettleman|date=2 April 2020|title=Under Modi, India's Press Is Not So Free Anymore|language=en-US|work=[[The New York Times]]|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/02/world/asia/modi-india-press-media.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200402132111/https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/02/world/asia/modi-india-press-media.html |archive-date=2 April 2020 |url-access=limited |url-status=live|access-date=9 March 2021|issn=0362-4331}}
|{{cite web |title='Messianic spell': how Narendra Modi created a cult of personality |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/apr/19/messianic-spell-how-narendra-modi-created-a-cult-personality |date=19 April 2024 |first=Hannah |last=Ellis-Petersen |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240419152154/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/apr/19/messianic-spell-how-narendra-modi-created-a-cult-personality |archive-date=19 April 2024 |website=[[The Guardian]]}}
}}}}<ref>{{citation|last1=Welzel|first1=Christian|last2=Inglehart|first2=Ronald|last3=Bernhangen|first3=Patrick|last4=Haerpfer|first4=Christian W.|editor1-last=Welzel |editor1-first=Christian|editor2-last=Inglehart|editor2-first=Ronald|editor3-last=Bernhangen|editor3-first=Patrick|editor4-last=Haerpfer |editor4-first=Christian W. |chapter=Introduction |title=Democratization |year=2019|pages=4, 7|chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0IN8DwAAQBAJ&pg=PA7|publisher=Oxford University Press |isbn=978-0-19-873228-0}}</ref><ref>{{citation|last=Chidambaram|first=Soundarya|chapter=India's Inexorable Path to Autocratization: Looking beyond Modi and the populist lens |year=2022 |title=Routledge Handbook of Autocratization in South Asia|editor-last=Widmalm|editor-first=Sten|publisher=Routledge|pages=130–148|chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=fNBUEAAAQBAJ&pg=PT138|doi= 10.4324/9781003042211-11|s2cid=245210210|doi-access=free}}</ref> As prime minister, he has received [[Opinion polling on the Narendra Modi premiership|consistently high approval ratings]].<ref name="Kaul">{{cite book|last1=Kaul |first1=Volker |title=Minorities and Populism – Critical Perspectives from South Asia and Europe |last2=Vajpeyi |first2=Ananya |publisher=[[Springer Publishing]] |year=2020 |isbn=978-3-030-34098-8 |pages=22}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Global Leader Approval Ratings |url=https://morningconsult.com/global-leader-approval/ |access-date=9 September 2022 |website=[[Morning Consult]] |language=en-US |archive-date=28 November 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221128023901/https://morningconsult.com/global-leader-approval/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=PM Narendra Modi continues to be most popular global leader with approval rating of 74%: Survey |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/pm-narendra-modi-continues-to-be-most-popular-global-leader-with-approval-rating-of-74-survey/articleshow/93527036.cms |access-date=9 September 2022 |website=[[The Times of India]] |date=12 August 2022 |language=en |archive-date=9 September 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220909053544/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/pm-narendra-modi-continues-to-be-most-popular-global-leader-with-approval-rating-of-74-survey/articleshow/93527036.cms |url-status=live }}</ref> Modi has been described as engineering a political realignment towards [[right-wing politics]]. He remains a controversial figure domestically and internationally, over his Hindu nationalist beliefs and handling of the Gujarat riots, which have been cited as evidence of a majoritarian and exclusionary social agenda.{{efn|Sources discussing the controversy surrounding Modi:<ref name="Buncombe">{{cite news|title=A rebirth dogged by controversy |first=Andrew |last=Buncombe |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/a-rebirth-dogged-by-controversy-2357157.html |work=[[The Independent]] |date=19 September 2011 |access-date=10 October 2012 |location=London |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111225024707/http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/a-rebirth-dogged-by-controversy-2357157.html |archive-date=25 December 2011 }}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last=Visweswaran |first=Kamala |title=Perspectives on Modern South Asia: A Reader in Culture, History, and Representation|date=April 2011|publisher=[[Wiley-Blackwell]] |isbn=978-1-4051-0062-5|page=188|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=m-EYXNnvMugC|oclc=682895189|editor=Visweswaran, Kamala|access-date=30 August 2021}}</ref><ref name="Stepan">{{cite journal|last1=Stepan |first1=Alfred |s2cid=153861198 |title=India, Sri Lanka, and the Majoritarian Danger |journal=[[Journal of Democracy]] |volume=26 |pages=128–140 |language=en |doi=10.1353/jod.2015.0006 |date=7 January 2015}}</ref><ref name="Ganguly 2014-10" /><ref>{{cite news|title=Indian PM Narendra Modi still mired in controversy, says expert|publisher=[[Canadian Broadcasting Corporation]]|date=16 April 2015|access-date=17 February 2017|url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/indian-pm-narendra-modi-still-mired-in-controversy-says-expert-1.3036836|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171014073116/http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/indian-pm-narendra-modi-still-mired-in-controversy-says-expert-1.3036836|archive-date=14 October 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine|title=India's Voters Torn Over Politician |first=Simon |last=Robinson |url=http://content.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1693370,00.html |magazine=[[Time (magazine)|Time]] |date=11 December 2007 |access-date=10 October 2012 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131023030008/http://content.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1693370,00.html |archive-date=23 October 2013 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Gujarat leader Narendra Modi grilled for 10 hours at massacre inquiry |first1=Jason |last1=Burke |author-link=Jason Burke |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2010/mar/28/gujarat-narendra-modi-massacre-inquiry-india |newspaper=[[The Guardian]] |date=28 March 2010 |access-date=10 October 2012 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130909181320/http://www.theguardian.com/world/2010/mar/28/gujarat-narendra-modi-massacre-inquiry-india |archive-date=9 September 2013 }}</ref>|name=|group=}}
== Early life and education ==
Narendra Damodardas Modi was born on 17 September 1950 to a [[Gujarati people|Gujarati]] family of [[Other Backward Class]] (OBC) background and [[Hinduism|Hindu]] faith<ref>{{#invoke:cite|book|last=Messina |first=Karyne E. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=fKN-EAAAQBAJ&dq=%22modi%22+%22caste%22+%22obc%22+%22ghanchi%22&pg=PT78 |title=Resurgence of Global Populism: A Psychoanalytic Study of Projective Identification, Blame-Shifting and the Corruption of Democracy |date=21 September 2022 |publisher=Taylor & Francis |isbn=978-1-000-64640-5 |language=en |access-date=7 April 2024 |archive-date=8 April 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240408063906/https://books.google.com/books?id=fKN-EAAAQBAJ&dq=%22modi%22+%22caste%22+%22obc%22+%22ghanchi%22&pg=PT78 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:cite|news|last=Rashid |first=Omar |date=27 April 2019 |title=Modi hits back on 'fake OBC' jibes, says he is 'most backward' |url=https://www.thehindu.com/elections/lok-sabha-2019/modi-hits-back-on-fake-obc-jibes-says-he-is-most-backward/article61557945.ece |access-date=6 April 2024 |work=The Hindu |language=en-IN |issn=0971-751X |archive-date=25 August 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230825204014/https://www.thehindu.com/elections/lok-sabha-2019/modi-hits-back-on-fake-obc-jibes-says-he-is-most-backward/article61557945.ece |url-status=live }}</ref> in [[Vadnagar]], [[Mehsana district]], [[Bombay State]] (present-day [[Gujarat]]). He was the third of six children born to Damodardas Mulchand Modi ({{Circa|1915–1989}}) and Hiraben Modi (1923–2022).{{sfn|Marino|2014|pp=13, 15, 29–30, 74}}{{Efn|''Narendra Modi'' was born ''Narendra Damodardas Modi'' on 17 September 1950. He uses ''Damodardas'' as his middle name—[[Gujarati people|Gujaratis]] have a tradition of [[Patronymic|using the names of their fathers]] as their middle names—but he is widely known as ''Narendra Modi''.{{sfn|Marino|2014|pp=4–5}}|name="foo"|group=}}<ref>{{#invoke:cite|news|title=Heeraben Modi: Indian PM Modi's mother dies aged 99 |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-india-64073465 |access-date=30 December 2022 |publisher=BBC |date=30 December 2022}}</ref> According to Modi and his neighbours, he worked infrequently in his father's tea stall in the [[Vadnagar railway station]].<ref>{{citation|last1=Chatterji|first1=Angana P.|last2=Hansen|first2=Thomas Blom|last3=Jaffrelot|first3=Christophe|editor1-last=Chatterji|editor1-first=Angana P.|editor2-last=Hansen|editor2-first=Thomas Blom|editor3-last=Jaffrelot|editor3-first=Christophe|chapter=Introduction|title=Majoritarian State: How Hindu Nationalism Is Changing India|publisher=Oxford University Press|year=2019|page=3|isbn=978-0-19-007817-1|chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zcObDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA3}}</ref><ref>{{citation|last=Roberts|first=Adam|title=Superfast Primetime Ultimate Nation: The Relentless Invention of Modern India|publisher=Public Affairs|year=2017|isbn=978-1-61039-670-7|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9tLuDQAAQBAJ&pg=PT212}}</ref><ref>{{citation|last=Roberts|first=Adam|title=Special Report, India: Modi's many tasks|publisher=Economist|location=London|date=23 May 2015|url=https://www.economist.com/sites/default/files/20150523_india.pdf|access-date=22 December 2021|archive-date=22 December 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211222022910/https://www.economist.com/sites/default/files/20150523_india.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref>

Modi completed his [[Higher Secondary Examination|higher secondary education]] in Vadnagar in 1967; his teachers described him as an average student and a keen, gifted debater with an interest in theatre.<ref name="Jose">{{#invoke:cite|news|url=http://www.caravanmagazine.in/reportage/emperor-uncrowned?page=1,1|title=The Emperor Uncrowned: The Rise of Narendra Modi|last=Jose|first=Vinod K.|date=1 March 2012|work=[[The Caravan]]|pages=2–4|author-link=Vinod Jose|access-date=11 November 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131111220259/http://www.caravanmagazine.in/reportage/emperor-uncrowned?page=1,1|archive-date=11 November 2013}}</ref> He preferred playing larger-than-life characters in theatrical productions, which has influenced his political image.{{sfn|Mukhopadhyay|2013|p=82}}<ref>{{#invoke:cite|news|first=Shilpa|last=Raina|url=http://www.newkerala.com/news/2014/fullnews-24257.html |title=Modi's life dominates publishing space (Election Special) |work=newkerala.com |date=14 March 2014 |access-date=4 April 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140315130016/http://www.newkerala.com/news/2014/fullnews-24257.html |archive-date=15 March 2014 }}</ref>

When Modi was eight years old, he was introduced to the [[Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh]] (RSS) and began attending its local ''shakhas'' (training sessions). There, he met [[Lakshmanrao Inamdar]], who inducted Modi as a ''[[Swayamsevak (RSS)|balswayamsevak]]'' (junior cadet) in the RSS and became his political mentor.{{sfn|Marino|2014 |p=24}} While Modi was training with the RSS, he also met Vasant Gajendragadkar and Nathalal Jaghda, [[Bharatiya Jana Sangh]] leaders who in 1980 helped found the BJP's Gujarat unit.<ref>{{#invoke:cite|news|last=Pathak|first=Anil|date=2 October 2001|title=Modi's meteoric rise|work=[[The Times of India]]|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/ahmedabad/Modis-meteoric-rise/articleshow/1459210533.cms?referral=PM|access-date=11 April 2013}}</ref> As a teenager, he was enrolled in the [[National Cadet Corps (India)|National Cadet Corps]].<ref>{{#invoke:cite|book|last=N.P. |first=Ullekh |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=lWVABgAAQBAJ&pg=PT149 |title=War Room: The People, Tactics and Technology behind Narendra Modi's 2014 Win |date=26 January 2015 |publisher=Roli Books Private Limited |isbn=978-93-5194-068-5 |language=en}}</ref>

In a custom traditional to Narendra Modi's [[Caste system in India|caste]], his family arranged a betrothal to [[Jashodaben Chimanlal Modi]], leading to their marriage when she was 17 and he was 18.<ref>{{#invoke:cite|news|first=Annie|last=Gowen|newspaper=[[The Washington Post]]|date= 25 January 2015|title=Abandoned as a child bride, wife of Narendra Modi hopes he calls|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/abandoned-as-a-child-bride-indias-first-lady-still-hopes-her-husband-will-call/2015/01/25/3509dac5-5ac1-49e3-8b44-7d92e027c9ec_story.html|access-date=30 August 2021}}</ref><ref name="Schultz">{{#invoke:cite|web|first1=Kai|last1=Schultz|first2=Hari|last2=Kumar|work=[[The New York Times]]|title=Narendra Modi's Estranged Wife Escapes Unhurt From Car Crash in India|date=7 February 2018|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/02/07/world/asia/india-narendra-modi-wife.html|access-date=31 August 2021}}</ref> The marriage was never consummated, and Modi soon abandoned his wife,<ref>{{#invoke:cite|news|first=Annie|last=Gowen|newspaper=[[The Washington Post]]|date= 25 January 2015|title=Abandoned as a child bride, wife of Narendra Modi hopes he calls|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/abandoned-as-a-child-bride-indias-first-lady-still-hopes-her-husband-will-call/2015/01/25/3509dac5-5ac1-49e3-8b44-7d92e027c9ec_story.html|access-date= 31 August 2021}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Mahurkar |first=Uday |date=2014-04-10 |title=Revealed: Why Narendra Modi walked out of his marriage with Jashodaben |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/india/west/story/narendra-modi-marriage-jashodaben-188381-2014-04-10 |access-date=2025-12-29 |website=India Today |language=en}}</ref> and left home. The couple never divorced but the marriage was not in his public pronouncements for many decades.<ref name="Schultz" /> In April 2014, shortly before the national election in which he gained power, Modi publicly affirmed he was married and that his spouse was Jashodaben.<ref>{{#invoke:cite|web|title= Narendra Modi Fast Facts|publisher=[[CNN]]|date=12 September 2018|archive-date=13 September 2018|url=https://www.cnn.com/2015/01/19/world/narendra-modi-fast-facts/index.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180913201412/https://edition.cnn.com/2015/01/19/world/narendra-modi-fast-facts/index.html|access-date=31 August 2021}}</ref> A Modi biographer wrote that Modi kept the marriage a secret because he would not have been able to become a ''pracharak'' in the RSS, for which celibacy had once been a requirement.<ref name="India Today 2013-09-13">{{#invoke:cite|news|url=http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/narendra-modi-from-tea-vendor-to-pm-candidate/1/309693.html |title=Narendra Modi: From tea vendor to PM candidate |work=[[India Today]] |date=13 September 2013 |access-date=21 April 2014 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140421050606/http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/narendra-modi-from-tea-vendor-to-pm-candidate/1/309693.html |archive-date=21 April 2014 }}</ref>{{sfn|Mukhopadhyay|2013|loc=A time of difference}}

Modi spent the following two years travelling across northern and north-eastern India.{{sfn|Marino|2014|p=25}} In mid 1968, Modi reached [[Belur Math]] but was turned away, after which he visited [[Calcutta]], [[West Bengal]] and [[Assam]], stopping in [[Siliguri]] and [[Guwahati]]. He then went to the Ramakrishna Ashram in [[Almora]], where he was again rejected, before returning to [[Gujarat]] via [[Delhi]] and [[Rajasthan]] in 1968 to 1969. In either late 1969 or early 1970, he returned to [[Vadnagar]] for a brief visit before leaving again for [[Ahmedabad]],{{Sfn|Marino|2014|pp=26-29}}{{Sfnm|1a1=Guha|1y=2007|1pp=491-492|2a1=Panda|2y=2016|2pp=96|3a1=Mahurkar|3y=2017|3pp=7-9}} where he lived with his uncle and worked in his uncle's [[Cafeteria|canteen]] at [[Gujarat State Road Transport Corporation]].{{sfn|Mukhopadhyay|2013|pp=131, 138}} [[Swami Vivekananda]] has had a large influence in Modi's life.<ref>{{#invoke:cite|news|title=The tale of two Narendras: Narendra Modi and Swami Vivekananda|url=http://www.thestatesman.com/india/the-tale-of-two-narendras-narendra-modi-and-swami-vivekananda-152114.html|work=[[The Statesman (India)|The Statesman]]|date=4 July 2016|access-date=18 February 2017|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170218070819/http://www.thestatesman.com/india/the-tale-of-two-narendras-narendra-modi-and-swami-vivekananda-152114.html|archive-date=18 February 2017}}</ref>

In Ahmedabad, Modi renewed his acquaintance with Inamdar.<ref>{{#invoke:cite|web|last=Unnithan|first=Sandeep|title=The man behind Modi: Lakshmanrao Inamdar|url=http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/narendra-modi-lakshmanrao-inamdar-rss/1/359926.html|website=[[India Today]]|location=Ahmedabad|date=19 May 2014|access-date=22 May 2014|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140521043822/http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/narendra-modi-lakshmanrao-inamdar-rss/1/359926.html|archive-date=21 May 2014}}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:cite|web|last=Mukhopadhyay|first=Nilanjan|title=Narendra Modi: The making of the political leader|url=http://www.livemint.com/Politics/9NIOOTsZCFWnuFX5OO9XNL/Narendra-Modi-The-making-of-the-political-leader.html|date= 14 May 2014|access-date=22 May 2014|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140517072258/http://www.livemint.com/Politics/9NIOOTsZCFWnuFX5OO9XNL/Narendra-Modi-The-making-of-the-political-leader.html|archive-date=17 May 2014|work=[[Mint (newspaper)|Mint]]}}</ref>{{sfn | Marino | 2014 |p=35}} Modi's first-known political activity as an adult was in 1971 when he joined a [[Jana Sangh]] Satyagraha in Delhi led by [[Atal Bihari Vajpayee]] to enlist to fight in the [[Bangladesh Liberation War]].<ref>{{#invoke:cite|web|first=Shubbhabrata|last=Sengupta|url=https://thewire.in/history/a-sataygrah-and-asatyagraha-narendra-modi-and-the-liberation-of-bangladesh|title=A Sataygrah [sic] and Asatyagraha: Narendra Modi and the Liberation of Bangladesh|website=[[The Wire (India)|The Wire]]|date=27 March 2021|access-date=31 August 2021}}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:cite|web|first=Ishadrita|last=Lahiri|url=https://www.thequint.com/news/politics/was-modi-arrested-for-bangladesh-satyagraha-in-1971-here-is-what-we-know#read-more|title=Was Modi Arrested for Bangladesh Satyagraha? Here's What We Know|date=27 March 2021|access-date=31 August 2021|work=[[The Quint]]}}</ref> The [[Indira Gandhi]]-led central government prohibited open support for the [[Mukti Bahini]]; according to Modi, he was briefly held in [[Tihar Jail]].<ref>{{#invoke:cite|web|date=27 March 2021|title=Delhi confidential: The Satyagraha|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/delhi-confidential/narendra-modi-satyagraha-bangladesh-liberation-fighters-delhi-confidential-7247247/|access-date=22 June 2021|website=[[The Indian Express]]|language=en}}</ref><ref name="The Tribune">{{#invoke:cite|web|title=Political slugfest over PM Modi's 'Satyagraha for Bangladesh' remarks|url=https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/nation/political-slugfest-over-pm-modis-satyagraha-for-bangladesh-remarks-230844|date=26 March 2021|access-date=22 June 2021|work=[[The Tribune (Chandigarh)|The Tribune]]|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:cite|web|title=Modi's satyagraha talk in Dhaka sparks online war|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/modis-satyagraha-talk-in-dhaka-sparks-online-war/articleshow/81717548.cms|date=27 March 2021|access-date=22 June 2021|work=[[The Times of India]]|language=en}}</ref> After the [[Indo-Pakistani War of 1971]], Modi left his uncle's employment and became a full-time ''[[pracharak]]'' (campaigner) for the RSS,{{sfn|Mukhopadhyay|2013|p=138}} working under Inamdar.{{sfn|Marino|2014|pp=35–40}} Shortly before the war, Modi took part in a non-violent protest in New Delhi against the Indian government, for which he was arrested; because of this arrest, Inamdar decided to mentor Modi.{{sfn|Marino|2014|pp=35–40}} According to Modi, he was part of a Satyagraha that led to a political war.<ref name="The Tribune" />{{efn|Applications were filed with the [[Prime Minister's Office (India)|Prime Minister's Office]] (PMO) under the [[Right to Information Act, 2005|RTI Act]] seeking details of his arrest. In reply, the PMO said it maintains official records on Modi only since he became the prime minister in 2014. Despite this claim, the official website of the PMO contains information about Modi from the 1950s.<ref>{{#invoke:Cite|web|date=27 March 2021|title=RTI filed seeking info on Modi's claim of his arrest for supporting Bangladesh's independence|url=https://www.dhakatribune.com/bangladesh/2021/03/27/rti-filed-seeking-info-on-modi-s-claim-of-his-arrest-for-supporting-bangladesh-s-independence|work=Dhaka Tribune|access-date=22 October 2021}}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:Cite|web|date=19 June 2021|title=PMO cites a cut-off year of 2014 for recordkeeping on Modi|url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/india/prime-ministers-office-has-cited-a-cut-off-year-of-2014-for-recordkeeping-on-modi/cid/1819344|work=Telegraph India|access-date=22 October 2021}}</ref>}}

In 1978, Modi received a [[Bachelor of Arts]] (BA) degree in political science from the [[School of Open Learning]]<ref name="India Today 2017-03-14">{{#invoke:cite|news|url=http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/narendra-modi-degree-controversy-delhi-university-rti/1/903745.html |title=Narendra Modi degree row: DU college says it has no data of students passing out in 1978 |work=[[India Today]] |date=14 March 2017 |access-date=9 June 2017 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170317223653/http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/narendra-modi-degree-controversy-delhi-university-rti/1/903745.html |archive-date=17 March 2017 }}</ref> at the [[Delhi University]].<ref name="India Today 2013-09-13" /><ref>{{#invoke:cite|news|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Delhi/Narendra-Modi%E2%80%99s-degree-%E2%80%98authentic%E2%80%99-Delhi-University-Registrar-Tarun-Das/article14311846.ece |title=Narendra Modi's degree 'authentic': Delhi University Registrar Tarun Das |work=[[The Hindu]] |date=10 May 2016 |access-date=9 June 2017 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171114130635/http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Delhi/Narendra-Modi%E2%80%99s-degree-%E2%80%98authentic%E2%80%99-Delhi-University-Registrar-Tarun-Das/article14311846.ece |archive-date=14 November 2017 }}</ref> In 1983, he received a [[Master of Arts]] (MA) degree in political science from [[Gujarat University]], graduating with a [[Academic grading in India|first class]]<ref>{{#invoke:cite|news|last=Avasthi|first=Yogesh|url=http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/globetrotting-pm-modi-was-weakest-in-international-relations/articleshow/52200607.cms|title=Globetrotting PM Modi was weakest in 'International Relations'|access-date=17 February 2017|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170729123651/http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/globetrotting-pm-modi-was-weakest-in-international-relations/articleshow/52200607.cms|archive-date=29 July 2017|newspaper=[[The Economic Times]]|date=10 May 2016}}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:cite|news|date=23 December 2007|title=Modi proves to be an astute strategist|work=[[Hindustan Times]]|url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/modi-proves-to-be-an-astute-strategist/article1-264941.aspx|access-date=20 August 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140819083702/http://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/modi-proves-to-be-an-astute-strategist/article1-264941.aspx|archive-date=19 August 2014}}</ref> as an external [[Distance education|distance learning]] student.<ref>{{#invoke:cite|web|title=Degree row- PM Modi MA with first class: Gujarat University|url=http://indianexpress.com/article/india/india-news-india/pm-modi-scored-62-3-in-ma-from-gujarat-univerisity-vc-2779138/|website=[[The Indian Express]]|access-date=29 July 2017|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170729093536/http://indianexpress.com/article/india/india-news-india/pm-modi-scored-62-3-in-ma-from-gujarat-univerisity-vc-2779138/|archive-date=29 July 2017|date=2 May 2016}}</ref> There is a controversy surrounding the authenticity of his BA and MA degrees.<ref>{{#invoke:Cite|web|date=16 June 2018|title=The curious case of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's degree|url=https://www.nationalheraldindia.com/india/the-curious-case-of-prime-minister-narendra-modis-degree|work=National Herald|access-date=22 October 2021}}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:Cite|web|date=3 October 2020|title=The curious case of TOI's report on Modi's 'dear friend'|url=https://www.newslaundry.com/2020/10/03/the-curious-case-of-tois-report-on-modis-dear-friend|work=Newslaundry|access-date=22 October 2021}}</ref>{{efn|Replying to an RTI query, the School of Open Learning said it did not have any data of students who received a BA degree in 1978.<ref name="India Today 2017-03-14" /> Jayantibhai Patel, a former political science professor of Gujarat University, said the subjects listed in Modi's MA degree were not offered by the university when Modi was studying there.<ref>{{#invoke:Cite|web|date=12 May 2016|title=Huge discrepancy in Modi's MA degree, claims ex-Gujarat University professor|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/huge-discrepancy-in-pm-modis-ma-degree-claims-former-gujarat-university-professor-323174-2016-05-12|work=India Today|access-date=22 October 2021}}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:Cite|web|date=13 May 2016|title=Subjects listed in Narendra Modi's Gujarat University degree were not in syllabus, says ex-professor|url=https://scroll.in/latest/808057/subjects-named-in-narendra-modis-gujarat-university-ma-degree-were-not-in-syllabus-ex-professor|work=Scroll.in|access-date=22 October 2021}}</ref> In 2016, [[Delhi University]] deemed the BA degree to be authentic.<ref>{{#invoke:cite|news|date=10 May 2016 |title=Narendra Modi's degree 'authentic': Delhi University Registrar Tarun Das |language=en-IN |work=The Hindu |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Delhi/Narendra-Modi%E2%80%99s-degree-%E2%80%98authentic%E2%80%99-Delhi-University-Registrar-Tarun-Das/article60504479.ece |access-date=29 May 2023 |issn=0971-751X |archive-date=29 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230529064422/https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Delhi/Narendra-Modi%E2%80%99s-degree-%E2%80%98authentic%E2%80%99-Delhi-University-Registrar-Tarun-Das/article60504479.ece |url-status=live }}</ref>}}

== Early political career ==
In June 1975, Prime Minister [[Indira Gandhi]] declared a [[The Emergency (India)|state of emergency]] in India that lasted until 1977. During this period, known as "the Emergency", many of her political opponents were jailed and opposition groups were banned.{{sfn|Guha|2007|p=493–494}}{{sfn|Kochanek|Hardgrave|2007|p=205}} Modi was appointed general secretary of the "Gujarat Lok Sangharsh Samiti", an RSS committee coordinating opposition to the Emergency in Gujarat. Shortly afterwards, the RSS was banned.{{sfn|Marino|2014|pp=36–40}} Modi was forced to go underground in Gujarat and frequently travelled in disguise to avoid arrest, once dressing as a monk and once as a [[Sikh]].{{Sfnm|1a1=Marino|1y=2014|1pp=71-74|2a1=Natarajan and Pooja|2y=2019|2pp=98-101}} He became involved in the printing of pamphlets opposing the government, sending them to Delhi and organising demonstrations.{{sfn|Marino|2014|p=43}}{{sfn|Mukhopadhyay|2013|p=150}} He was also involved with creating a network of safe houses for individuals who were wanted by the government, and in raising funds for political refugees and activists.{{Refn|{{harvnb|Marino|2014|p=65}}; {{harvnb|Natarajan and Pooja|2019|pp=98–99}}; {{harvnb|Sen|2016|pp=145–151}}; {{harvnb|Hall|2016|p=90}}; {{harvnb|Mukhopadhyay|2013|pp=56–57}}}} During this period, Modi wrote a [[Gujarati language|Gujarati-language]] book titled ''Sangharsh Ma Gujarat'' (''In the Struggles of Gujarat''), which describes events during the Emergency.<ref>{{#invoke:Cite|web|last=Patel |first=Aakar |title=The poetic side of Narendra Modi |url=http://www.deccanchronicle.com/131222/commentary-columnists/commentary/poetic-side-narendra-modi |website=[[Deccan Chronicle]] |date=22 December 2013 |access-date=25 May 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140524050207/http://www.deccanchronicle.com/131222/commentary-columnists/commentary/poetic-side-narendra-modi |archive-date=24 May 2014}}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:Cite|news|first=Harit|last=Mehta|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/ahmedabad/Gujarat-not-enamoured-by-poet-Narendra-Modi/articleshow/757261.cms|title=Gujarat not enamoured by poet Narendra Modi|work=[[The Times of India]]|date=28 June 2004|access-date=6 January 2016|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151023124625/http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/ahmedabad/Gujarat-not-enamoured-by-poet-Narendra-Modi/articleshow/757261.cms|archive-date=23 October 2015}}</ref> While in this role, Modi met trade unionist and socialist activist [[George Fernandes]] and several other national political figures.{{sfn|Marino|2014|pp=38–43, 46–50}}

Modi became an RSS ''sambhag pracharak'' (regional organiser) in 1978, overseeing activities in [[Surat]] and [[Vadodara]], and in 1979, he went to work for the RSS in Delhi, where he researched and wrote the RSS's history of the Emergency. Shortly after, he returned to Gujarat and in 1985, the RSS assigned him to the BJP. In 1987, Modi helped organise the BJP's campaign in the Ahmedabad municipal election, which the party won comfortably; according to biographers, Modi's planning was responsible for the win.<ref>{{#invoke:cite|book|last=Shekhar|first=Himanshu|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qOJfCgAAQBAJ|title=Management Guru Narendra Modi|date=2015|publisher=Diamond Pocket Books Pvt Ltd|isbn=978-81-288-2803-4|location=|page= 64|language=en}}</ref>{{sfn|Marino|2014|pp=45-48, 54-59}} After [[L. K. Advani]] became president of the BJP in 1986, the RSS decided to place its members in important positions within the party; Modi's work during the Ahmedabad election led to his selection for this role. Modi was elected organising secretary of the BJP's Gujarat unit later in 1987.{{Sfnm|1a1=Guha|1y=2007|1pp=|2a1=Marino|2y=2014|2pp=56|3a1=Panda|3y=2016|3pp=fontcover|4a1=Rao|4y=2020|4pp=228}}

[[File:Narendra Modi and Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee in New Delhi in October 12, 2001.jpg|left|thumb|Modi with [[Atal Bihari Vajpayee]] in {{Circa|2001}}]]

Modi rose within the party and was named a member of its National Election Committee in 1990, helping organise Advani's [[Ram Rath Yatra]] in 1990 and [[Murli Manohar Joshi]]'s 1991–1992 ''[[Ekta Yatra]]'' (Journey for Unity).<ref name="Jose" />{{sfn|Mukhopadhyay|2013|pp=68–69}}{{sfn|Marino|2014|pp=60–63}} Modi took a brief break from politics in 1992 to establish a school in Ahmedabad, and due to friction with [[Shankersinh Vaghela]], a BJP MP from Gujarat.{{sfn|Marino|2014|pp=60–63}} Modi returned to electoral politics in 1994, partly at the insistence of Advani; as party secretary, Modi's electoral strategy was considered central to the BJP victory in the [[1995 Gujarat Legislative Assembly election|1995 state assembly election]].<ref>{{#invoke:cite|news|title=Gujarat-CM candidates: Gujarat Assembly Elections 2012: Narendra Modi profile|work=[[Zee News]]|location=Gujarat|url=http://zeenews.india.com/slideshow/gujarat-cm-candidates_69.html|url-status=live|date=11 December 2012|access-date=21 April 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130420090836/http://zeenews.india.com/slideshow/gujarat-cm-candidates_69.html|archive-date=20 April 2013}}</ref><ref>{{Harvard citation no brackets|Jain|E|2018|pp=17–21}}; {{Harvard citation no brackets|Komireddi|2019|pp=67–69}}; {{Harvard citation no brackets|Kochanek|Hardgrave|2007|pp=44–49}}; {{Harvard citation no brackets|Marino|2014|p=49}}; {{Harvard citation no brackets|Panda|2016|p=95}}; {{Harvard citation no brackets|Kanrad|2018|pp=87–91}}.</ref> In November of that year, Modi was appointed BJP national secretary and transferred to New Delhi, where he assumed responsibility for party activities in [[Haryana]] and [[Himachal Pradesh]].<ref>{{#invoke:cite|news|last=Mehta|first=Harit|date=1 April 2014|title=Six-year banishment led to Narendra Modi's metamorphosis|work=[[The Times of India]]|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/home/lok-sabha-elections-2014/news/Six-year-banishment-led-to-Narendra-Modis-metamorphosis/articleshow/33040649.cms|url-status=live|access-date=2 April 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140401022501/http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/home/lok-sabha-elections-2014/news/Six-year-banishment-led-to-Narendra-Modis-metamorphosis/articleshow/33040649.cms|archive-date=1 April 2014}}</ref> The following year, Shankersinh Vaghela, a prominent BJP leader from Gujarat, defected to the [[Indian National Congress]]{{Efn|The party is commonly referred to simply as 'Congress.'}} after losing his parliamentary seat in the Lok Sabha election.<ref name="Jose" /> Modi, who was on the selection committee for the [[1998 Gujarat Legislative Assembly election]], favoured supporters of BJP leader [[Keshubhai Patel]] over those supporting Vaghela to end factional division in the party. His strategy was credited as central to the BJP winning an overall majority in the 1998 election,<ref name="Venkatesan">{{#invoke:cite|news|last=Venkatesan|first=V.|author-link=V. Venkatram|date=26 October 2001|volume=18|issue=21|title=A pracharak as Chief Minister|magazine=[[Frontline (magazine)|Frontline]]|location=New Delhi|url=http://www.frontlineonnet.com/fl1821/18210310.htm|access-date=11 April 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130405081524/http://www.frontlineonnet.com/fl1821/18210310.htm|archive-date=5 April 2013 }}</ref> and Modi was promoted to BJP general secretary (organisation) in May of that year.{{Sfnm|1a1=Marino|1y=2014|1pp=78-79|2a1=Mukhopadhyay|2y=2013|2pp=78-95}}

== Chief Minister of Gujarat (2001–2014) ==
{{Main|Chief ministership of Narendra Modi}}

=== Taking office ===
{{Main|2001 Gujarat earthquake}}

In 2001, [[Keshubhai Patel]]'s health was failing, and the BJP lost a few state assembly seats in [[by-election]]s. Allegations of abuse of power, corruption and poor administration were made, and Patel's standing had been damaged by his administration's handling of the [[2001 Gujarat earthquake|earthquake in Bhuj in 2001]].<ref name="Venkatesan" /><ref name="Phadnis">{{#invoke:cite|book|last=Phadnis |first=Aditi |title=Business Standard Political Profiles of Cabals and Kings |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qT7QvviGoJsC&pg=PA116 |year=2009 |publisher=Business Standard Books |isbn=978-81-905735-4-2 |pages=116–21 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140103043003/http://books.google.com/books?id=qT7QvviGoJsC&pg=PA116 |archive-date=3 January 2014 }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:Cite|news|url=http://www.frontlineonnet.com/fl1821/18210300.htm |title=A new oarsman |magazine=[[Frontline (magazine)|Frontline]] |date=26 October 2001 |volume=18 |issue=21 |access-date=11 April 2013 |last=Bunsha |first=Dionne |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061021155658/http://www.frontlineonnet.com/fl1821/18210300.htm |archive-date=21 October 2006 }}</ref> The BJP national leadership sought a new candidate for the chief ministership, and Modi, who had expressed misgivings about Patel's administration, was chosen as a replacement.<ref name="Jose" /> Advani did not want to ostracise Patel and was concerned about Modi's lack of experience in government. Modi declined an offer to become Patel's [[List of deputy chief ministers of Gujarat|deputy chief minister]], telling Advani and [[Atal Bihari Vajpayee]] he was "going to be fully responsible for Gujarat or not at all". On 3 October 2001, Modi replaced Patel as Chief Minister of Gujarat with the responsibility of preparing the BJP for the upcoming December 2002 election.<ref>{{#invoke:cite|news|first=Ritesh K.|last=Srivastava|url=http://zeenews.india.com/news/general-elections-2014/pm-candidates/narendra-modi-%E2%80%93-leading-the-race-to-7-rcr_921104.html|title=Narendra Modi – Leading the race to 7 RCR|work=[[Zee News]]|date=8 April 2014|access-date=25 August 2014|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140824042517/http://zeenews.india.com/news/general-elections-2014/pm-candidates/narendra-modi-%E2%80%93-leading-the-race-to-7-rcr_921104.html|archive-date=24 August 2014}}</ref> On 7 October, Modi was sworn in<ref>{{#invoke:cite|news|last1=Dasgupta|first1=Manas|title=Modi sworn in Gujarat CM amidst fanfare|url=http://www.thehindujobs.com/thehindu/2001/10/08/stories/02080001.htm|access-date=11 October 2014|work=[[The Hindu]]|date=7 October 2001|url-status=usurped|archive-url=https://archive.today/20141011204504/http://www.thehindujobs.com/thehindu/2001/10/08/stories/02080001.htm|archive-date=11 October 2014}}</ref> and he entered the Gujarat state legislature on 24 February 2002 after winning a by-election in [[Rajkot West|Rajkot II]] constituency, defeating Ashwin Mehta of the INC after [[Vajubhai Vala]] vacated his seat.<ref>{{#invoke:cite|news|last=Venkatesan|first=V.|title=A victory and many pointers|url=https://frontline.thehindu.com/cover-story/article30244123.ece|volume=19|issue=5|date=15 March 2002|access-date=11 October 2014|work=[[Frontline (magazine)|Frontline]]|url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160106133029/http://www.frontline.in/static/html/fl1905/19050240.htm|archive-date=6 January 2016 }}</ref>

=== 2002 Gujarat violence ===
{{Main|2002 Gujarat violence}}

On 27 February 2002, a train with several hundred passengers [[Godhra train burning|burned near Godhra]], killing approximately 60 people.{{efn|The exact number of people killed in the train burning is variously reported. For example, the [[BBC]] says it was 59,<ref>{{#invoke:cite|news|work=[[BBC News]] |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-south-asia-12605659 |title=Eleven sentenced to death for India Godhra train blaze |date=1 March 2011 |access-date=25 June 2014 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140624025021/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-south-asia-12605659 |archive-date=24 June 2014 }}</ref> while ''[[The Guardian]]'' put the figure at 60.<ref>{{#invoke:cite|news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2011/feb/22/godhra-train-fire-verdict |title=Godhra train fire verdict prompts tight security measures |work=[[The Guardian]] |first=Jason |last=Burke |date=22 February 2011 |access-date=10 March 2014 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131023065143/http://www.theguardian.com/world/2011/feb/22/godhra-train-fire-verdict |archive-date=23 October 2013 }}</ref>}}<ref name="Ghosh">Ghosh, Partha S. ([[Institute of Social Sciences, New Delhi]]; formerly, [[Indian Council of Social Science Research|ICSSR]] National Fellow, and Professor of South Asian Studies at [[Jawaharlal Nehru University]]): [https://www.dhakatribune.com/opinion/longform/2021/11/15/south-asia-s-leaders-have-failed-their-region OP-ED: South Asia's leaders have failed their region,"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220407154951/https://www.dhakatribune.com/opinion/longform/2021/11/15/south-asia-s-leaders-have-failed-their-region |date=7 April 2022 }} opinion and historical analysis, 15 November 2021, ''[[Dhaka Tribune]],'' retrieved 15 November 2021</ref> The train carried a large number of Hindu pilgrims who were returning from [[Ayodhya]] after a religious ceremony at the site of the [[Demolition of the Babri Masjid|demolished Babri Masjid]].<ref name="Jaffrelot 2003-07">{{#invoke:cite|journal|last1=Jaffrelot|first1=Christophe|author-link=Christophe Jaffrelot|date=July 2003|title=Communal Riots in Gujarat: The State at Risk?|url=http://www.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/archiv/4127|url-status=live|journal=Heidelberg Papers in South Asian and Comparative Politics|volume=|pages=|doi=10.11588/heidok.00004127|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070607062723/http://www.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/archiv/4127/|archive-date=7 June 2007|access-date=17 February 2017|via=}}</ref><ref name="BBC 2005-05-11">{{#invoke:cite|news|title=Gujarat riot death toll revealed|work=[[BBC News]]|date=11 May 2005|access-date=17 February 2017|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/4536199.stm|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090226131020/http://news.indiainfo.com/2005/05/11/1105godhra-rs.html|archive-date=26 February 2009}}</ref> In a public statement, Modi said local Muslims were responsible for the incident.<ref name="Shani">{{#invoke:cite|book|last1=Shani|first1=Orrit|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ouAB7o63B9IC|title=Communalism, Caste and Hindu Nationalism: The Violence in Gujarat|date=2007|publisher=[[Cambridge University Press]]|isbn=978-0-521-68369-2|location=|pages=168–173|access-date=20 January 2021|archive-date=18 February 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230218154155/https://books.google.com/books?id=ouAB7o63B9IC|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="Jaffrelot 2003-07" /><ref name="Murphy">{{cite encyclopedia|last=Murphy|first=Eamon|editor-first1=Richard|editor-last1=Jackson|editor-first2=Eamon Murphy|editor-last2=Murphy|editor-first3=Scott|editor-last3=Poynting|encyclopedia=Contemporary State Terrorism|title='We have no orders to save you': state terrorism, politics and communal violence in the Indian state of Gujarat, 2002|year=2010|publisher=[[Routledge]]|location=New York, New York, US|isbn=978-0-415-49801-2|pages=84–103}}</ref> The next day, the [[Vishwa Hindu Parishad]] called for a ''[[bandh]]'' (general strike) across the state.<ref name="Desai">{{#invoke:cite|news|first1=Bharat|last1=Desai|first2=Anil|last2=Pathak|date=1 March 2002|title=Mobs rule Ahmedabad streets|work=[[The Economic Times]]|url=http://articles.economictimes.indiatimes.com/2002-03-01/news/27355597_1_mobs-death-toll-ahmedabad|url-status=live|access-date=17 April 2014|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130104094217/http://articles.economictimes.indiatimes.com/2002-03-01/news/27355597_1_mobs-death-toll-ahmedabad|archive-date=4 January 2013}}</ref><ref name="Dasgupta">{{#invoke:cite|news|first=Manas|last=Dasgupta|url=http://www.thehindu.com/2002/03/01/stories/2002030103030100.htm |title=140 killed as Gujarat bandh turns violent |date=1 March 2002 |access-date=17 April 2014 |location=Chennai, India |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150303163112/http://www.thehindu.com/2002/03/01/stories/2002030103030100.htm |work=[[The Hindu]] |archive-date=3 March 2015 }}</ref> Riots began during the ''bandh'' and [[Anti-Muslim violence in India|anti-Muslim violence]] spread through Gujarat.<ref name="Jaffrelot 2003-07" /><ref name="Desai" /><ref name="Dasgupta" /> The government's decision to move the bodies of the train victims from Godhra to Ahmedabad further inflamed the violence.<ref name="Jaffrelot 2003-07" /><ref>{{#invoke:cite|news|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/decision-to-bring-godhra-victims-bodies-taken-at-top-level/article2876244.ece |title=Decision to bring Godhra victims' bodies taken at top level |work=[[The Hindu]]|date=10 February 2012 |access-date=12 April 2013 |location=Chennai, India |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130212181131/http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/decision-to-bring-godhra-victims-bodies-taken-at-top-level/article2876244.ece |archive-date=12 February 2013 }}</ref> The state government later stated 790 Muslims and 254 Hindus were killed during the riots;<ref name="BBC 2005-05-11" /> independent sources put the death toll at over 2,000,<ref name="Jaffrelot 2003-07" /><ref name="Ghosh" /><ref>{{#invoke:cite|book|editor1-last=Campbell |editor1-first=John |editor2-first=Chris |editor2-last=Seiple |editor3-first=Dennis R. |editor3-last=Hoover |editor4-first=Pauletta |display-editors = 3 |editor4-last=Otis|title=The Routledge Handbook of Religion and Security|year=2012|publisher=[[Routledge]] |isbn=978-0-415-66744-9|page=233}}</ref> the vast majority of them Muslims.<ref name="Ghosh" /> Approximately 150,000 people were driven to refugee camps.<ref>{{#invoke:cite|book|author-link=Paul Brass|last=Brass|first=Paul R.|title=The Production of Hindu-Muslim Violence in Contemporary India|publisher=[[University of Washington Press]]|isbn=978-0-295-98506-0|page=388|date=15 July 2005}}</ref> Numerous women and children were among the victims; the violence included mass rapes and mutilation of women.<ref name="Nussbaum">{{#invoke:cite|book|last=Nussbaum|first=Martha Craven|author-link=Martha Nussbaum|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=JLMQh4oc38gC|title=The Clash Within: Democracy, Religious Violence, and India's Future|publisher=[[Harvard University Press]]|year=2008|isbn=978-0-674-03059-6|location=|pages=17–28, 50–51|jstor=27639120}}</ref><ref>{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2019/12/09/blood-and-soil-in-narendra-modis-india|title=Blood and Soil in Narendra Modi's India|last=Filkins|first=Dexter|author-link=Dexter Filkins|date=2 December 2019|magazine=[[The New Yorker]]|language=en|access-date=3 February 2020|archive-date=22 April 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200422170919/https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2019/12/09/blood-and-soil-in-narendra-modis-india|url-status=live}}</ref>

Scholars consider the [[Government of Gujarat]] to have been complicit in the riots,<ref name="Shani" /><ref>{{Citation |last=Santhosh |first=R. |title=Muslims in Contemporary India |date=11 August 2015 |url=https://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/9781317403586/chapters/10.4324/9781315682570-31 |work=Routledge Handbook of Contemporary India |page=393 |editor-last=Jacobsen |editor-first=Knut A. |edition=1 |publisher=Routledge |language=en |doi=10.4324/9781315682570-31 |isbn=978-1-315-68257-0 |access-date=22 December 2022|url-access=subscription }}</ref> and it has received much criticism for its handling of the situation;<ref name="Sengupta">{{#invoke:cite|news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/29/world/asia/29india.html |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20120830124248/http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/29/world/asia/29india.html |title=Shadows of Violence Cling to Indian Politician |last=Sengupta|first=Somini|work=[[The New York Times]]|date=28 April 2009|archive-date=30 August 2012|access-date=12 May 2013}}</ref> some scholars explicitly blame Modi.<ref name="Nussbaum" /><ref>{{Citation |last1=Nielsen |first1=Kenneth Bo |title=Hindu nationalist statecraft and Modi's authoritarian populism |date=30 December 2021 |work=Routledge Handbook of Autocratization in South Asia |pages=92–100 |edition=1 |place=London |publisher=Routledge |language=en |doi=10.4324/9781003042211-10 |isbn=978-1-00-304221-1 |last2=Nilsen |first2=Alf Gunvald|s2cid=245165294 |doi-access=free }}</ref><ref>{{Citation |title=The Republic |date=2016 |url=https://www.taylorfrancis.com/chapters/mono/10.4324/9781315628806-8/republic-hermann-kulke-dietmar-rothermund |work=A History of India |page=287 |edition=6 |publisher=Routledge |language=en |doi=10.4324/9781315628806-8 |isbn=978-1-315-62880-6 |access-date=22 December 2022 |archive-date=22 December 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221222200233/https://www.taylorfrancis.com/chapters/mono/10.4324/9781315628806-8/republic-hermann-kulke-dietmar-rothermund |url-status=live |url-access=subscription }}</ref> The Modi government imposed a curfew in 26 major cities, issued shoot-at-sight orders and called for the army to patrol the streets; these measures failed to prevent the violence from escalating.<ref name="Desai" /><ref name="Dasgupta" /> The president of the state unit of the BJP expressed support for the ''bandh'' despite such actions being illegal at the time.<ref name="Shani" /> State officials later prevented riot victims from leaving the refugee camps, which were often unable to meet the needs of those living there.<ref>{{#invoke:cite|book|last=Hampton |first=Janie |title=Internally Displaced People: A Global Survey |year=2002 |publisher=[[Routledge]] |isbn=978-1-85383-952-8 |page=[https://archive.org/details/internallydispla0000unse_b0v3/page/116 116] |url=https://archive.org/details/internallydispla0000unse_b0v3/page/116 }}</ref> Muslim victims of the riots were subjected to further discrimination when the state government announced their compensation would be half that offered to Hindu victims; this decision was later reversed after the issue was taken to court.<ref name="Jaffrelot 2016-01-16">{{#invoke:cite|journal|last=Jaffrelot|first=Christophe|author-link=Christophe Jaffrelot|year=2015|title=What 'Gujarat Model'?—Growth without Development— and with Socio-Political Polarisation|url=https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00856401.2015.1087456|journal=South Asia: Journal of South Asian Studies|volume=38|issue=4|pages=820–838|doi=10.1080/00856401.2015.1087456|issn=0085-6401|via=|s2cid=146854210|access-date=20 January 2021|archive-date=9 July 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210709185815/https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00856401.2015.1087456|url-status=live}}</ref> During the riots, police officers often did not intervene in situations where they were able.<ref name="Nussbaum" /><ref name="Murphy" /><ref>{{#invoke:cite|journal|last=Jaffrelot|first=Christophe|author-link=Christophe Jaffrelot|date=25 February 2012|title=Gujarat 2002: What Justice for the Victims?|url=https://www.epw.in/journal/2012/08/special-articles/gujarat-2002-what-justice-victims.html|journal=[[Economic & Political Weekly]]|volume=47|issue=8|pages=|via=|access-date=20 January 2021|archive-date=23 January 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210123141200/https://www.epw.in/journal/2012/08/special-articles/gujarat-2002-what-justice-victims.html|url-status=live}}</ref> Several scholars have described the violence as a [[pogrom]] and others have called it an example of [[state terrorism]].<ref>{{#invoke:cite|journal|first=Chris|last=Ogden|s2cid=54615047|year=2012|title=A Lasting Legacy: The BJP-led National Democratic Alliance and India's Politics|journal=[[Journal of Contemporary Asia]]|volume=42|issue=1|doi=10.1080/00472336.2012.634639|pages=22–38}}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:cite|book|last=Pandey|first=Gyanendra|title=Routine violence: nations, fragments, histories|date=2006|publisher=[[Stanford University Press]]|isbn=978-0-8047-5264-0|pages=[https://archive.org/details/routineviolencen0000pand/page/187 187–188]|url=https://archive.org/details/routineviolencen0000pand/page/187}}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:cite|book|last=Baruah|first=Bipasha|url=https://www.ubcpress.ca/asset/9339/1/9780774819275.pdf|title=Women and Property in Urban India|year=2012|publisher=[[University of British Columbia Press]]|isbn=978-0-7748-1928-2|page=41|access-date=8 September 2021|archive-date=8 September 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210908152739/https://www.ubcpress.ca/asset/9339/1/9780774819275.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref> According to [[Martha Nussbaum]], "There is by now a broad consensus that the Gujarat violence was a form of ethnic cleansing, that in many ways it was premeditated, and that it was carried out with the complicity of the state government and officers of the law".<ref name="Nussbaum" />

Modi's personal involvement in the 2002 events has continued to be debated. During the riots, he said, "What is happening is a chain of action and reaction".<ref name="Nussbaum" /> Later in 2002, Modi said the way in which he had handled the media was his only regret regarding the episode.<ref>{{#invoke:cite|news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2014/04/08/world/asia/wish-for-change-animates-voters-in-india-election.html|title=Wish for Change Animates Voters in India Election |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=7 April 2014 |access-date=30 May 2014 |author=Barry, Ellen |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140527224752/http://www.nytimes.com/2014/04/08/world/asia/wish-for-change-animates-voters-in-india-election.html?_r=0 |archive-date=27 May 2014 }}</ref> In March 2008, the [[Supreme Court of India]] reopened several cases related to the riots, including that of the [[Gulbarg Society massacre]], and established a [[Special Investigation Team (India)|Special Investigation Team]] (SIT) to look into the issue.<ref name="Sengupta" /><ref name="Hindustan Times 2013-12-26" /><ref>{{#invoke:cite|web|title=National Human Rights Commission vs. State of Gujarat & Ors. – Writ Petition (Crl.) No. 109/2003|url=http://courtnic.nic.in/supremecourt/temp/10920034152009p.txt|publisher=[[Supreme Court of India]]|access-date=23 May 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140523113740/http://courtnic.nic.in/supremecourt/temp/10920034152009p.txt|archive-date=23 May 2014}}</ref> In response to a petition from [[Zakia Jafri]], the widow of [[Ehsan Jafri]], who was killed in the Gulbarg Society massacre, in April 2009, the court also asked the SIT to investigate Modi's complicity in the killings.<ref name="Hindustan Times 2013-12-26">{{#invoke:cite|news|title=Timeline: Zakia Jafri vs Modi in 2002 Gujarat riots case|url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/timeline-zakia-jafri-vs-modi-in-2002-gujarat-riots-case/article1-1166448.aspx|access-date=23 May 2014|work=[[Hindustan Times]]|date=26 December 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140319001910/http://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/timeline-zakia-jafri-vs-modi-in-2002-gujarat-riots-case/article1-1166448.aspx|archive-date=19 March 2014}}</ref> The SIT questioned Modi in March 2010; in May, it presented to the court a report finding no evidence against him.<ref name="Hindustan Times 2013-12-26" /><ref>{{#invoke:cite|news|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/SIT-clears-Narendra-Modi-of-wilfully-allowing-post-Godhra-riots/articleshow/7031569.cms |work=[[The Times of India]] |first=Dhananjay |last=Mahapatra |title=SIT clears Narendra Modi of wilfully allowing post-Godhra riots |date=3 December 2010 |access-date=17 April 2014 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140708044253/http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/SIT-clears-Narendra-Modi-of-wilfully-allowing-post-Godhra-riots/articleshow/7031569.cms |archive-date=8 July 2014 }}</ref> In July 2011, the court-appointed ''[[amicus curiae]]'' [[Raju Ramachandran]] submitted his final report to the court. Contrary to the SIT's position, Ramachandran said Modi could be prosecuted based on the available evidence.<ref>{{#invoke:cite|news|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/article3393808.ece?homepage=true |title=Proceed against Modi for Gujarat riots: amicus |work=[[The Hindu]]|date=9 May 2012 |access-date=17 April 2014 |location=Chennai, India |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140705174724/http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/article3393808.ece?homepage=true |archive-date=5 July 2014 }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:cite|news|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/article3401728.ece?homepage=true |title=SIT rejects amicus curiae's observations against Modi |work=[[The Hindu]] |date=10 May 2012 |access-date=17 April 2014 |location=Chennai, India |first=Manas |last=Dasgupta |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140705173155/http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/article3401728.ece?homepage=true |archive-date=5 July 2014 }}</ref> The Supreme Court sent the matter to the magistrate's court. The SIT examined Ramachandran's report, and in March 2012 submitted its final report, asking for the case to be closed. Zakia Jafri filed a protest petition in response. In December 2013, the magistrate's court rejected the protest petition, accepting the SIT's finding there was no evidence against Modi.<ref>{{#invoke:cite|news|last1=Khan|first1=Saeed |last2=Kaushik|first2=Himanshu |title=2002 Gujarat riots: Clean chit to Modi, court rejects Zakia Jafri's plea |url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/2002-Gujarat-riots-Clean-chit-to-Modi-court-rejects-Zakia-Jafris-plea/articleshow/27968858.cms |access-date=4 June 2014 |work=[[The Times of India]] |date=26 December 2013 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141004001413/http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/2002-Gujarat-riots-Clean-chit-to-Modi-court-rejects-Zakia-Jafris-plea/articleshow/27968858.cms |archive-date=4 October 2014}}</ref> In 2022, the Supreme Court dismissed a petition by Zakia Jafri in which she challenged the clean chit given to Modi in the riots by the SIT, and upheld previous rulings that no evidence against him was found.<ref>{{#invoke:cite|news|last=Tripathi |first=Ashish |date=24 June 2022 |title='Appeal devoid of merit': SC junks Zakia Jafri plea, upholds clean chit given to Narendra Modi in Gujarat riots case |url=https://www.deccanherald.com/national/appeal-devoid-of-merit-sc-junks-zakia-jafri-plea-upholds-clean-chit-given-to-narendra-modi-in-gujarat-riots-case-1120913.html |access-date=25 June 2022 |work=Deccan Herald |archive-date=25 June 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220625104718/https://www.deccanherald.com/national/appeal-devoid-of-merit-sc-junks-zakia-jafri-plea-upholds-clean-chit-given-to-narendra-modi-in-gujarat-riots-case-1120913.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Singh |first=Darpan |title=Gujarat riots clean chit to PM: Two decades of legal battle and what's next |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/gujarat-riots-clean-chit-pm-modi-sc-two-decades-legal-battle-1966358-2022-06-24 |access-date=25 June 2022 |magazine=India Today |archive-date=24 June 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220624223801/https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/gujarat-riots-clean-chit-pm-modi-sc-two-decades-legal-battle-1966358-2022-06-24 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:cite|news|last=Rajagopal |first=Krishnadas |date=24 June 2022 |title=2002 Gujarat riots: Supreme Court rejects Zakia Jafri's charges against Narendra Modi, 60 officials |language=en-IN |work=The Hindu |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/2002-gujarat-riots-supreme-court-rejects-zakia-jafris-charges-against-narendra-modi-60-officials/article65560012.ece |access-date=25 June 2022 |issn=0971-751X |archive-date=25 June 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220625012541/https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/2002-gujarat-riots-supreme-court-rejects-zakia-jafris-charges-against-narendra-modi-60-officials/article65560012.ece |url-status=live }}</ref>

=== Later terms as chief minister ===
{{Main|2002 Gujarat Legislative Assembly election|2007 Gujarat Legislative Assembly election|2012 Gujarat Legislative Assembly election}}

Following the violence, calls for Modi to resign as chief minister were made from politicians within and outside the state, including leaders of [[Janata Dal (United)]] and the [[Telugu Desam Party]]—partners in the BJP-led [[National Democratic Alliance]] coalition—and opposition parties stalled Parliament over the issue.<ref>{{#invoke:cite|news|url=http://www.rediff.com/news/2006/mar/03godhra.htm |title=Congress demands Modi's resignation over Bannerjee report |date=3 March 2006 |access-date=17 November 2007 |work=[[Rediff.com]] |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080106060953/http://www.rediff.com/news/2006/mar/03godhra.htm |archive-date=6 January 2008 }}</ref> Modi submitted his resignation at the April 2002 BJP national executive meeting in Goa but it was not accepted.<ref>{{#invoke:cite|news|url=http://www.rediff.com/news/2002/apr/12train.htm|title=BJP national exec rejects Modi's resignation|work=[[Rediff.com]]|date=12 April 2002|access-date=22 April 2014|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140303153818/http://www.rediff.com/news/2002/apr/12train.htm|archive-date=3 March 2014}}</ref> Despite opposition from the election commissioner, who said a number of voters were still displaced, Modi succeeded in advancing the election to December 2002.<ref name="Jaffrelot 2015-04-06">{{#invoke:cite|journal|last=Jaffrelot|first=Christophe|author-link=Christophe Jaffrelot|s2cid=145758627|title=Narendra Modi and the Power of Television in Gujarat|journal=Television & New Media|year=2015|doi=10.1177/1527476415575499|volume=16|issue=4|pages=346–353}}</ref> In the election, the BJP won 127 seats in the 182-member assembly.<ref name="ECI 2002">{{#invoke:cite|web|url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/statisticalreports/SE_2002/StatReport_GUJ2002.pdf |title=Statistical Report on General Election, 2002 to the Legislative Assembly of Gujarat |publisher=[[Election Commission of India]] |access-date=12 April 2013 |page=228 |location=New Delhi |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120117040227/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_2002/StatReport_GUJ2002.pdf |archive-date=17 January 2012 }}</ref> Modi made significant use of [[anti-Muslim rhetoric]] during his campaign,<ref name="Jaffrelot 2016-05-09" /><ref>{{#invoke:cite|book|last=Brasted|first=Howard V.|title=Islam in World Politics|year=2005|publisher=[[Routledge]]|isbn=978-0-415-32411-3|page=119|editor1-first=Nelly |editor1-last=Lahoud |editor2-first=A. H. |editor2-last=Johns}}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:cite|book|last=Corbridge|first=Stuart|title=India Today: Economy, Politics and Society|year=2012|publisher=[[Polity Press]] |isbn=978-0-7456-6112-4|page=185|author2=John Harriss, Craig Jeffrey}}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:cite|book|pages=210–211 |title=Prospects For Peace in South Asia |editor1-first=Rafiq |editor1-last=Dossani |editor2-first=Henry S. |editor2-last=Rowen |publisher=[[Stanford University Press]] |year=2005 |isbn=978-0-8047-5085-1 |chapter=Hindu Nationalism and the BJP: Transforming Religion and Politics in India | first=Robert L. Jr. | last=Hardgrave}}</ref> and the BJP profited from religious polarisation among voters.<ref name="Jaffrelot 2015-04-06" /> Modi framed the criticism of his government for human rights violations as an attack upon Gujarati pride,<ref name="Bobbio">{{#invoke:cite|journal|last=Bobbio |first=Tommaso |date=1 May 2012 |title=Making Gujarat Vibrant: Hindutva, development and the rise of subnationalism in India |url=https://zenodo.org/record/1047619 |journal=Third World Quarterly |volume=33 |issue=4 |pages=657–672 |doi=10.1080/01436597.2012.657423 |s2cid=154422056 |access-date=2 September 2019 |archive-date=1 March 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200301151004/https://zenodo.org/record/1047619 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="Jaffrelot 2016-05-09" /> a strategy that led to the BJP winning 127 of the 182<ref name="ECI 2002" /> seats—a two-thirds majority—in the state assembly.<ref name="Bobbio" /><ref name="Jaffrelot 2016-05-09" /> He won [[Maninagar Assembly constituency|Maninagar constituency]], defeating Congress candidate Yatin Oza.<ref>{{#invoke:cite|news|title=Modi wins Maninagar seat by 75,333 votes|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/ahmedabad/Modi-wins-Maninagar-seat-by-75333-votes/articleshow/31344603.cms|access-date=16 October 2014|work=[[The Times of India]]|agency=TNN|date=15 December 2002|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151023123523/http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/ahmedabad/Modi-wins-Maninagar-seat-by-75333-votes/articleshow/31344603.cms|archive-date=23 October 2015}}</ref> On 22 December 2002, Modi was sworn in for a second term.<ref>{{#invoke:cite|news|title=Narendra Modi sworn in as Gujarat CM|url=http://www.rediff.com/election/2002/dec/22guj.htm|access-date=16 October 2014|work=[[Rediff]]|date=22 December 2002|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924123214/http://www.rediff.com/election/2002/dec/22guj.htm|archive-date=24 September 2015}}</ref>

During Modi's second term, the government's rhetoric shifted from [[Hindutva]] to Gujarat's economic development.<ref name="Phadnis" /><ref name="Bobbio" /><ref name="Jaffrelot 2016-05-09">{{#invoke:cite|journal|last1=Jaffrelot|first1=Christophe|author-link=Christophe Jaffrelot|date=9 May 2016|title=Narendra Modi Between Hindutva and Subnationalism: The Gujarati Asmita of a Hindu Hriday Samrat|url=https://carnegieendowment.org/2016/05/09/narendra-modi-between-hindutva-and-subnationalism-gujarati-asmita-of-hindu-hriday-samrat-pub-66446|journal=India Review|volume=15|issue=2|pages=196–217|doi=10.1080/14736489.2016.1165557|via=|s2cid=156137272|access-date=20 January 2021|archive-date=17 December 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201217075505/https://carnegieendowment.org/2016/05/09/narendra-modi-between-hindutva-and-subnationalism-gujarati-asmita-of-hindu-hriday-samrat-pub-66446|url-status=live}}</ref> He curtailed the influence of [[Sangh Parivar]] organisations such as [[Bharatiya Kisan Sangh]] (BKS) and [[Vishva Hindu Parishad]] (VHP).<ref name="Umat">{{#invoke:cite|news|last=Umat|first=Ajay|date=9 February 2013|title=Once Hindutva twins, Narendra Modi and Pravin Togadia no longer conjoined|work=[[The Times of India]]|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Once-Hindutva-twins-Narendra-Modi-and-PravinTogadia-no-longer-conjoined/articleshow/18410549.cms?referral=PM|url-status=live|access-date=11 April 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151023123500/http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Once-Hindutva-twins-Narendra-Modi-and-PravinTogadia-no-longer-conjoined/articleshow/18410549.cms?referral=PM|archive-date=23 October 2015}}</ref> When the BKS staged a farmers' demonstration, Modi ordered the BKS's eviction from state-provided houses, and his decision to demolish 200 illegal temples in [[Gandhinagar]] deepened the rift with the VHP.<ref name="Umat" /><ref>{{#invoke:cite|news|url=http://www.dnaindia.com/india/report-religious-leaders-demand-rebuilding-of-temples-1209291 |title=Religious leaders demand rebuilding of temples |work=[[DNA India]] |date=25 November 2008 |agency=[[Press Trust of India]] |access-date=12 April 2013 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131111232520/http://www.dnaindia.com/india/report-religious-leaders-demand-rebuilding-of-temples-1209291 |archive-date=11 November 2013 }}</ref> Modi retained connections with some Hindu nationalists. He wrote a foreword to a 2014 textbook by [[Dinanath Batra]], which made the unscientific claim that ancient India possessed technologies including [[test-tube babies]].<ref>{{#invoke:cite|news|first=Anuradha|last=Raman|title=Test-Tubes in Hastinapur |newspaper=[[Outlook India]] |date=11 August 2014 |access-date=28 September 2014 |url=http://www.outlookindia.com/article/TestTubes-In-Hastinapur/291554 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141003180314/http://www.outlookindia.com/article/TestTubes-In-Hastinapur/291554 |archive-date=3 October 2014 }}</ref><ref name="Manor" />

Modi's relationship with Muslims continued to attract criticism. Prime Minister [[Atal Bihari Vajpayee]] distanced himself, reaching out to North Indian Muslims before the [[2004 Indian general election]], following which, Vajpayee called the violence in Gujarat a reason for the BJP's electoral defeat and said it had been a mistake to leave Modi in office after the riots.<ref>{{#invoke:cite|book|last1=Tellis|first1=Ashley J.|last2=Wills|first2=Michael|title=Domestic political change and grand strategy|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=oNvb4RBmZQUC&pg=PA193|date=September 2007|publisher=[[National Bureau of Asian Research]]|isbn=978-0-9713938-8-2|pages=193–4|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160106133029/https://books.google.com/books?id=oNvb4RBmZQUC&pg=PA193|archive-date=6 January 2016}}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:cite|news|last=Yogendra|first=Kanwar|date=13 June 2004|title=Not removing Modi was a mistake, says Vajpayee|work=[[The Hindu]]|location=Chennai, India|url=http://www.thehindu.com/2004/06/14/stories/2004061411630100.htm|access-date=2 April 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160106133029/http://www.thehindu.com/2004/06/14/stories/2004061411630100.htm|archive-date=6 January 2016}}</ref> Western nations also raised questions about Modi's relationship with Muslims: the US [[United States Department of State|State Department]] barred him from entering the United States in accordance with the recommendations of that country's [[United States Commission on International Religious Freedom|Commission on International Religious Freedom]],<ref name="Mann" /><ref name="Times of India 2005-03-18">{{#invoke:cite|news|date=18 March 2005|title=No entry for Modi into US: visa denied|work=[[The Times of India]]|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/No-entry-for-Modi-into-US-visa-denied/articleshow/1055543.cms|url-status=live|access-date=15 August 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140913024227/http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/No-entry-for-Modi-into-US-visa-denied/articleshow/1055543.cms|archive-date=13 September 2014}}</ref> the only person to be [[List of people banned from entering the United States|denied a US visa]] under this law.<ref name="Mann">{{#invoke:cite|news|last1=Mann|first1=James|title=Why Narendra Modi Was Banned From the U.S.|url=https://www.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424052702303380004579520041301275638|date=2 May 2014|work=[[The Wall Street Journal]]|access-date=3 June 2014|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141215181710/http://www.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424052702303380004579520041301275638|archive-date=15 December 2014|issn=0099-9660}}</ref> The UK and the [[European Union]] (EU) refused to admit Modi because of what they saw as his role in the riots. As Modi rose to prominence in India, the UK<ref>{{#invoke:cite|news|last=Burke|first=Jason|author-link=Jason Burke|date=22 October 2012|title=UK government ends boycott of Narendra Modi|work=[[The Guardian]]|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2012/oct/22/uk-ends-boycott-narendra-modi|url-status=live|access-date=12 May 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130914031502/http://www.theguardian.com/world/2012/oct/22/uk-ends-boycott-narendra-modi|archive-date=14 September 2013}}</ref> and the EU<ref>{{#invoke:cite|news|date=6 March 2013|title=Germany delinks Narendra Modi's image from human rights issues|work=|publisher=[[NDTV]]|url=http://www.ndtv.com/article/india/germany-delinks-narendra-modi-s-image-from-human-rights-issues-338646|url-status=live|access-date=6 March 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130308142057/http://www.ndtv.com/article/india/germany-delinks-narendra-modi-s-image-from-human-rights-issues-338646|archive-date=8 March 2013}}</ref> lifted their bans in October 2012 and March 2013, respectively, and after his election as prime minister in 2014, the US lifted its ban and invited him to [[Washington, D.C.]]<ref>{{#invoke:cite|web|url=https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/the-press-office/2014/05/16/readout-president-s-call-prime-ministerial-candidate-narendra-modi-india|title=Readout of the President's Call with Prime Ministerial Candidate Narendra Modi of India|date=16 May 2014|access-date=14 June 2014|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170216153654/https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/the-press-office/2014/05/16/readout-president-s-call-prime-ministerial-candidate-narendra-modi-india|via=[[NARA|National Archives]]|work=[[whitehouse.gov]]|archive-date=16 February 2017}}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:cite|news|last=Cassidy|first=John|title=What Does Modi's Victory Mean for the World?|url=http://www.newyorker.com/rational-irrationality/what-does-modis-victory-mean-for-the-world|newspaper=[[The New Yorker]]|date=16 May 2014|access-date=21 May 2014|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140924070852/http://www.newyorker.com/rational-irrationality/what-does-modis-victory-mean-for-the-world|archive-date=24 September 2014}}</ref>

[[File:The Chief Minister of Gujarat Shri Narendra Modi calls on the Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh in New Delhi on June 30, 2004.jpg|thumb|Modi meeting with then-[[Prime Minister of India|prime minister of India]] [[Manmohan Singh]] in 2004]]

During the run-up to the [[2007 Gujarat Legislative Assembly election]] and the [[2009 Indian general election]], the BJP intensified its rhetoric on terrorism.<ref>{{#invoke:cite|news|last=Naqvi|first=Saba|date=22 December 2008|title=When fear didn't enter the booth|pages=26–28|work=[[Outlook India]]|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=TDEEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA32|url-status=live|access-date=11 April 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140103042837/http://books.google.com/books?id=TDEEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA32|archive-date=3 January 2014}}</ref> Modi criticised Prime Minister [[Manmohan Singh]] "for his reluctance to revive anti-terror legislation" such as the 2002 [[Prevention of Terrorism Act, 2002|Prevention of Terrorism Act]].<ref>{{#invoke:cite|news|url=http://www.telegraphindia.com/1060719/asp/nation/story_6496620.asp |title=Mahatma on lips, Modi fights Centre |work=[[The Telegraph (India)|The Telegraph]] |location=Kolkata, India |date=19 July 2006 |access-date=9 May 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080611064943/http://www.telegraphindia.com/1060719/asp/nation/story_6496620.asp |archive-date=11 June 2008 }}</ref> In 2007, Modi wrote ''Karmayog'', a 101-page booklet discussing manual scavenging. In it, he said scavenging is a "spiritual experience" for [[Valmiki caste|Valmiks]], a sub-caste of [[Dalit]]s.<ref>{{#invoke:cite|web|last=Shah|first=Rajiv|author-link=Rajiv Shah|date=24 November 2007|title='Karmayogi' swears by caste order 'Scavenging A Spiritual Experience For Valmiks'|url=http://epaper.timesofindia.com/Repository/ml.asp?Ref=VE9JQS8yMDA3LzExLzI0I0FyMDA3MDA%3D|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170208073404/http://epaper.timesofindia.com/Repository/ml.asp?Ref=VE9JQS8yMDA3LzExLzI0I0FyMDA3MDA%3D|archive-date=8 February 2017|access-date=17 February 2017|work=[[The Times of India]]}}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:cite|web|date=23 April 2014|title=Narendra Modi is 'anti-Dalit': Congress|url=http://www.dnaindia.com/india/report-narendra-modi-is-anti-dalit-congress-1981434|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170215205905/http://www.dnaindia.com/india/report-narendra-modi-is-anti-dalit-congress-1981434|archive-date=15 February 2017|access-date=17 February 2017|website=[[Zee News|DNA]]}}</ref> The book was not circulated at that time because of the [[Model Code of Conduct|election code of conduct]].<ref>{{#invoke:cite|news|last=Gupta|first=Smita|url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/modi-biased-against-dalits/article5913200.ece|title=Modi against dalits|date=15 April 2014|access-date=17 February 2017|work=[[The Hindu]]|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140607013306/http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/modi-biased-against-dalits/article5913200.ece|archive-date=7 June 2014}}</ref> After the November [[2008 Mumbai attacks]], the Gujarat government authorised the deployment of 30 high-speed boats for coastal surveillance.<ref>{{#invoke:cite|news|date=28 November 2008|title=Modi wants 3-layer ring to secure coast|work=[[The Times of India]]|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Ahmedabad/Modi_wants_3-layer_ring_to_secure_coast/articleshow/3766781.cms|url-status=live|access-date=17 September 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130723235701/http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Ahmedabad/Modi_wants_3-layer_ring_to_secure_coast/articleshow/3766781.cms|archive-date=23 July 2013}}</ref> In July 2007, Modi completed 2,063 consecutive days as chief minister of Gujarat, making him the longest-serving holder of that post.<ref>{{#invoke:cite|news|date=20 December 2012|title=Narendra Modi wins Maninagar by 70,000 votes|work=[[Hindustan Times]]|url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/Specials/Coverage/Gujarat-Assembly-Elections-2012/Chunk-HT-UI-GujaratAssemblyElections2012-TopStories/Narendra-Modi-wins-Maninagar-by-70-000-votes/SP-Article10-976853.aspx|access-date=17 April 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131207150752/http://www.hindustantimes.com/specials/coverage/gujarat-assembly-elections-2012/chunk-ht-ui-gujaratassemblyelections2012-topstories/narendra-modi-wins-maninagar-by-70-000-votes/sp-article10-976853.aspx|archive-date=7 December 2013}}</ref> The BJP won 122 of 182 state-assembly seats in that year's election.<ref>{{#invoke:cite|news|date=14 September 2009|title=BJP adds 5 seats in Gujarat Assembly by-polls|work=[[Deccan Herald]]|url=http://www.deccanherald.com/content/25090/banner-300x250.swf|url-status=live|access-date=17 September 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130516141234/http://www.deccanherald.com/content/25090/banner-300x250.swf|archive-date=16 May 2013}}</ref>

Despite the BJP's shift away from explicit Hindutva, Modi's campaigns in [[2007 Gujarat Legislative Assembly election|2007]] and [[2012 Gujarat Legislative Assembly election|2012]] Gujarat Legislative Assembly elections contained elements of Hindu nationalism. He attended only Hindu religious ceremonies and had prominent associations with Hindu religious leaders. During his 2012 campaign, Modi twice refused to wear [[Taqiyah (cap)|skullcap]] gifted by Muslim leaders.<ref name="Jaffrelot 2016-05-09" /> He did, however, maintain relations with [[Dawoodi Bohra]].<ref name="Jaffrelot 2016-05-09" /> Modi's 2012 campaign included references to issues known to cause religious polarisation, including [[Afzal Guru]] and the [[death of Sohrabuddin Sheikh]]. The BJP did not nominate any Muslim candidates for the 2012 assembly election.<ref name="Jaffrelot 2016-05-09" /> During the 2012 campaign, Modi attempted to identify himself with the state of Gujarat, a strategy similar to that used by Indira Gandhi during the Emergency, and projected himself as protecting Gujarat against persecution by the rest of India.<ref name="Jaffrelot 2016-05-09" /> While campaigning for the 2012 Gujarat Legislative Assembly election, Modi made extensive use of holograms and other technologies, allowing him to reach a large number of people,<ref name="Jaffrelot 2015-04-06" /> something he repeated in the 2014 general election. Modi won the constituency of Maninagar, defeating Shweta Bhatt of the INC.<ref name="NDTV 2012-12-20">{{#invoke:cite|news|publisher=[[NDTV]] |title=Big win for Narendra Modi, defeats Shweta Bhatt by huge margin |agency=[[Press Trust of India]] |date=20 December 2012 |access-date=5 September 2021 |url=http://www.ndtv.com/article/assembly-polls/big-win-for-narendra-modi-defeats-shweta-bhatt-by-huge-margin-307772anan}}</ref> The BJP won 115 of the 182 seats, continuing its majority during his tenure.<ref>{{#invoke:cite|book|page=198 |title=Pogrom in Gujarat: Hindu Nationalism and Anti-Muslim Violence in India |first=Parvis |last=Ghassem-Fachandi |publisher=[[Princeton University Press]] |year=2012 |isbn=978-0-691-15177-9 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=p5s8hooZfekC&pg=PA198 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160106133029/https://books.google.com/books?id=p5s8hooZfekC&pg=PA198 |archive-date=6 January 2016 }}</ref> After [[2014 Indian general election|his election as Prime Minister of India]], Modi resigned as the Gujarat chief minister and as MLA for Maninagar. [[Anandiben Patel]] succeeded Modi as chief minister.<ref>{{#invoke:cite|news|url=http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/narendra-modi-farewell-gujarat-chief-minister-anandiben-patel/1/362827.html|title=Anandiben Patel named new Gujarat chief minister|work=[[India Today]]|date=21 May 2014|access-date=1 October 2014|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141006112948/http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/narendra-modi-farewell-gujarat-chief-minister-anandiben-patel/1/362827.html|archive-date=6 October 2014}}</ref>

=== Development projects ===
[[File:Sardar Sarovar Dam 2006, India.jpg|thumb |The [[Sardar Sarovar Dam]] during a 2006 height increase]]

As chief minister, Modi favoured privatisation and [[small government]], which was at odds with the philosophy of the RSS, which is usually described as anti-privatisation and anti-globalisation. Modi's policies during his second term have been credited with reducing corruption in Gujarat. He established financial and technology parks in the state and during the 2007 [[Vibrant Gujarat]] summit, real-estate investment deals worth {{INRConvert |6.6 |t |year=2007}} were signed.<ref name="Phadnis" />

The governments led by Patel and Modi supported NGOs and communities in the creation of large scale groundwater-conservation projects, which commentators credited with helping about half of the [[tehsil]]s with depleted groundwater recharge their aquifers.{{efn|By December 2008, 500,000 structures had been built, of which 113,738 were [[check dam]]s, which helped recharge the aquifers beneath them.<ref name="Shah 2011">{{#invoke:cite|book|last=Shah |first=Tushaar |title=Business Standard India 2011 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Ba0XAU9Q-A0C&pg=PA197 |year=2011 |publisher=Business Standard Books |isbn=978-93-80740-04-1 |pages=195–199 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160106133029/https://books.google.com/books?id=Ba0XAU9Q-A0C&pg=PA197 |archive-date=6 January 2016}}</ref> Sixty of the 112 [[tehsil]]s which had depleted the [[water table]] in 2004 had regained their normal groundwater levels by 2010.<ref>{{#invoke:cite|news|url=http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/a-green-rising/1/100211.html |title=A green rising |work=[[India Today]] |date=4 June 2010 |access-date=12 April 2013 |last=Mahurkar |first=Uday |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130411085152/http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/a-green-rising/1/100211.html |archive-date=11 April 2013 }}</ref>}} As a result, the state's production of [[Bt cotton|genetically modified cotton]] increased to become the largest in India.<ref name="Shah 2011" /> The boom in cotton production and its semi-arid land use<ref>{{#invoke:cite|news|url=http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/industry-and-economy/gujarat-maharashtra-record-highest-growth-in-farm-sector/article2221709.ece |title=Gujarat, Maharashtra record highest growth in farm sector |work=[[The Hindu]] |date=12 July 2011 |access-date=12 April 2013 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130801034125/http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/industry-and-economy/gujarat-maharashtra-record-highest-growth-in-farm-sector/article2221709.ece |archive-date=1 August 2013 }}</ref> led to Gujarat's agricultural sector growing at an average rate of 9.6 per cent from 2001 to 2007.<ref>{{#invoke:cite|journal|last1=Shah |first1=Tushaar |last2=Gulati |first2=Ashok |last3=Hemant |first3=P. |last4=Shreedhar |first4=Ganga |last5=Jain |first5=R. C. |jstor=25663939 |url=https://www.epw.in/journal/2009/52/review-agriculture-review-issues-specials/secret-gujarats-agrarian-miracle-after |title=Secret of Gujarat's Agrarian Miracle after 2000 |journal=[[Economic and Political Weekly]] |date=26 December 2009 |volume=44 |issue=52 |pages=45–55 |access-date=5 September 2021 |archive-date=5 September 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210905144959/https://www.epw.in/journal/2009/52/review-agriculture-review-issues-specials/secret-gujarats-agrarian-miracle-after |url-status=live }}{{subscription required}}</ref> Public irrigation measures in central and southern Gujarat, such as the [[Sardar Sarovar Dam]], were less successful. The Sardar Sarovar project irrigated only 4–6% of the area intended.<ref name="Shah 2011" /> In 2008, Modi offered land in Gujarat to [[Tata Motors]] to set up a plant manufacturing the [[Nano (car)|Nano]] car after popular agitation had forced the [[Tata Nano Singur controversy|company to move out of West Bengal]]. Following Tata, several other companies relocated to Gujarat.<ref name="Schöttli" />

The Modi government finished the process of taking electricity to every village in Gujarat its predecessor had almost completed.<ref>{{#invoke:cite|news|last=Mishra |first=Mayank |title=Did Narendra Modi make Gujarat Vibrant? |url=http://www.business-standard.com/article/current-affairs/did-narendra-modi-make-gujarat-vibrant-113072000740_1.html |access-date=29 April 2014 |newspaper=[[Business Standard]] |date=20 July 2013 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140420180153/http://www.business-standard.com/article/current-affairs/did-narendra-modi-make-gujarat-vibrant-113072000740_1.html |archive-date=20 April 2014}}</ref> Modi significantly changed the state's system of power distribution, greatly impacting farmers. Gujarat expanded the [[Jyotigram Yojana]] scheme, in which agricultural electricity was separated from other rural electricity; the agricultural electricity was rationed to fit scheduled irrigation demands, reducing its cost. Early protests by farmers ended when those who benefitted found their electricity supply had stabilised<ref name="Shah 2011" /> but, according to an assessment study, corporations and large farmers benefited from the policy at the expense of small farmers and labourers.<ref>{{#invoke:cite|journal|last1=Shah |first1=Tushaar |last2=Verma |first2=Shilp |url=https://www.epw.in/journal/2008/07/special-articles/co-management-electricity-and-groundwater-assessment-gujarats |title=Co-Management of Electricity and Groundwater: An Assessment of Gujarat's Jyotirgram Scheme |journal=[[Economic and Political Weekly]] |date=16 February 2008 |volume=43 |issue=7 |pages=59–66 |jstor=40277613 |access-date=5 September 2021 |archive-date=5 September 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210905150356/https://www.epw.in/journal/2008/07/special-articles/co-management-electricity-and-groundwater-assessment-gujarats |url-status=live }}</ref>

=== Development debate ===
A contentious debate surrounds the assessment of Gujarat's economic development during Modi's tenure as chief minister.<ref name="Basu" /> The state's [[Gross Domestic Product]] (GDP) growth rate averaged 10% during his tenure, similar to other highly industrialised states, and above that of the country.<ref name="Schöttli">{{#invoke:cite|journal|last1=Schöttli |first1=Jivanta |last2=Pauli |first2=Markus |s2cid=155579981 |title=Modi-nomics and the politics of institutional change in the Indian economy |journal=Journal of Asian Public Policy |year=2016 |volume=9 |issue=2 |pages=154–169 |doi=10.1080/17516234.2016.1165332 |url=http://doras.dcu.ie/24337/ |access-date=10 May 2020 |archive-date=25 February 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210225204014/http://doras.dcu.ie/24337/ }}</ref> Gujarat saw strong economic growth before Modi took office; some scholars state that growth did not accelerate during his tenure.<ref>{{#invoke:cite|journal|last1=Ghatak |first1=Maitreesh |last2=Roy |first2=Sanchari |url=https://www.epw.in/journal/2014/15/commentary/did-gujarats-growth-rate-accelerate-under-modi.html |title=Did Gujarat's Growth Rate Accelerate under Modi? |journal=[[Economic and Political Weekly]] |date=12 April 2014 |volume=49 |issue=15 |pages=12–15 |access-date=5 September 2021 |archive-date=5 September 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210905150102/https://www.epw.in/journal/2014/15/commentary/did-gujarats-growth-rate-accelerate-under-modi.html |url-status=live }}</ref> Under Modi, Gujarat performed well on measures of ease of doing business.{{efn|Under Modi, Gujarat topped the [[World Bank]]'s "ease of doing business" rankings among Indian states for two consecutive years.<ref>{{#invoke:cite|news|title=Gujarat tops ease of doing business ranking among states – The Economic Times on Mobile |url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/economy/indicators/gujarat-tops-ease-of-doing-business-ranking-among-states/articleshow/48964454.cms?from=mdr |access-date=16 September 2015 |newspaper=[[The Economic Times]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160405025858/http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/economy/indicators/gujarat-tops-ease-of-doing-business-ranking-among-states/articleshow/48964454.cms?from=mdr |archive-date=5 April 2016 |url-status=live |date=15 September 2015}}</ref> In 2013, a report measuring governance, growth, citizens' rights, and labour and business regulation among the country's 20 largest states, ranked Gujarat first among Indian states for "economic freedom".<ref name="Schöttli" /><ref>{{#invoke:cite|web|title=Gujarat tops list of economically-free states |url=http://m.hindustantimes.com/india-news/gujarat-top-ranked-state-in-terms-of-economic-freedom-study/article1-1196878.aspx |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140319072718/https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/gujarat-top-ranked-state-in-terms-of-economic-freedom-study/article1-1196878.aspx |website=[[hindustantimes.com]] |date=19 March 2014 |archive-date=19 March 2014 |access-date=16 September 2015 }}</ref>}} Tax breaks and land for businesses were easier to obtain in Gujarat than in other states. Modi's policies of making Gujarat attractive for investment included the creation of [[Special Economic Zones]] in which labour laws were greatly weakened.<ref name="Jaffrelot 2016-05-09" /> In the later years of Modi's government, Gujarat's economic growth was frequently used as an argument to counter allegations of communalism.<ref name="Bobbio" />

Despite its growth rate, Gujarat had a relatively poor record on human development, poverty relief, nutrition and education during Modi's tenure. Gujarat was ranked poorly within the country on education, and was reported to have a poor record of [[immunisation]] of children.{{efn|In 2013, Gujarat ranked 13th in India with respect to rates of poverty, and 21st in education. Nearly 45 per cent of children under five were underweight and 23 per cent were undernourished, putting the state in the "alarming" category on the [[India State Hunger Index]].<ref>{{#invoke:cite|journal|last=Shah |first=Ghanshyam |s2cid=155022285 |title=Politics of Governance: A Study of Gujarat |journal=[[Studies in Indian Politics]] |volume=1 |issue=1 |date=June 2013 |pages=65–77 |doi=10.1177/2321023013482788}} {{subscription required}}</ref><ref name="Harriss" /> A study by [[UNICEF]] and the Indian government found Gujarat under Modi had a poor record in [[immunisation]] of children.<ref name="Economist 2015-06-27">{{#invoke:cite|news|title=Sparing Mr Modi's blushes |url=https://www.economist.com/news/asia/21656239-missing-data-should-embarrass-prime-minister-sparing-mr-modis-blushes |access-date=9 November 2016 |date=27 June 2015 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170130055250/http://www.economist.com/news/asia/21656239-missing-data-should-embarrass-prime-minister-sparing-mr-modis-blushes |archive-date=30 January 2017 |newspaper=[[The Economist]]}}</ref>}} Under much of Modi's tenure Gujarat did not significantly change its rank among Indian states with respect to poverty, female literacy, or [[infant mortality]].{{efn|From 2001 to 2011, Gujarat did not change its position relative to the rest of the country with respect to poverty and female literacy, remaining near the median of the 29 Indian states.<ref name="Jaffrelot 2016-01-16" /> It showed a marginal improvement in rates of infant mortality and its position with respect to individual consumption declined.<ref name="Jaffrelot 2016-01-16" /> The quality of education in government schools in Gujarat ranked below that of many Indian states.<ref name="Jaffrelot 2016-01-16" />}} The state government's social policies generally did not benefit Muslims, [[Dalit]]s and [[Adivasi]]s, and generally increased social inequalities.<ref name="Jaffrelot 2016-01-16" /> Development in Gujarat was generally limited to the urban middle class, and citizens in rural areas and those from lower castes were increasingly marginalised.<ref name="Jaffrelot 2013-06">{{#invoke:cite|journal|last=Jaffrelot |first=Christophe |s2cid=154404089 |author-link=Christophe Jaffrelot |title=Gujarat Elections: The Sub-Text of Modi's 'Hattrick'—High Tech Populism and the 'Neo-middle Class' |journal=[[Studies in Indian Politics]] |volume=1 |issue=1 |date=June 2013 |pages=79–95 |doi= 10.1177/2321023013482789 |url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/270671263 |access-date=29 August 2021}}</ref> Under Modi, the state government spent less than the national average on education and healthcare.<ref name="Jaffrelot 2016-01-16" />

== Premiership campaigns ==
=== 2014 Indian general election ===
{{Main|Bharatiya Janata Party campaign for the 2014 Indian general election}}

[[File:Narendra Modi hands over his resignation as Maninagar MLA to the Speaker of the Gujarat Vidhan Sabha.jpg|thumb|Narendra Modi hands over his resignation as [[Maninagar (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Maninagar]] MLA to the Speaker of the [[Gujarat Vidhan Sabha]] Vajubhai Vala. Chief Minister of Gujarat Anandiben Patel also seen in image.]]
{{external media |video1=[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wgeKLJuJMp8 BJP announces Shri Narendra Modi as its Prime Ministerial candidate for Loksabha Elections.] Bharatiya Janata Party on [[YouTube]], 13 September 2013}}
On 12 September 2013, Modi was named the BJP's candidate for prime minister ahead of the [[2014 Lok Sabha election]].<ref>{{Cite news |date=13 September 2013 |title=India polls: Narendra Modi revealed as BJP's PM candidate |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-24080193 |access-date=19 May 2024 |work=BBC News |language=en-GB}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=13 September 2013 |title=The rise and rise of Narendra Modi |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/featured/story/narendra-modi-modi-as-pm-bjp-gujarat-210885-2013-09-12 |access-date=23 May 2024 |website=India Today |language=en}}</ref><ref name="Chhibber" /><ref>{{#invoke:cite|news|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/bjp-announces-modi-as-prime-ministerial-candidate/article5124375.ece |title=BJP announces Modi as prime ministerial candidate |work=[[The Hindu]] |date=14 September 2013 |location=Chennai, India |first=B. Muralidhar |last=Reddy |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131017133715/http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/bjp-announces-modi-as-prime-ministerial-candidate/article5124375.ece |archive-date=17 October 2013}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=Chintamani |first=Gautam |date=26 August 2019 |title=Modi was BJP's PM choice because Rajnath Singh made sure of it |url=https://theprint.in/pageturner/excerpt/modi-was-bjps-pm-choice-because-rajnath-singh-made-sure-of-it/282075/ |access-date=19 May 2024 |website=ThePrint |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |first= |date=12 September 2013 |title=Announcement of Shri Narendra Modi as BJP's Prime Minister candidate for upcoming Lok Sabha Election on September 12, 2013 |url=https://www.bjp.org/photo-gallery/announcement-shri-narendra-modi-bjps-prime-minister-candidate-upcoming-lok-sabha |website=Bharatiya Janata Party}}</ref> According to [[Ram Madhav]], Modi "enjoyed the support of the people who wanted change"<ref>{{Cite web |date=10 September 2013 |title=Narendra Modi as PM candidate: RSS conveys its choice to BJP |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/india/latest-news/narendra-modi-as-pm-candidate-rss-conveys-its-choice-to-bjp/ |access-date=19 May 2024 |website=The Indian Express |language=en}}</ref> Several BJP leaders,<ref name="Jaffrelot 2015-06">{{#invoke:cite|journal|last1=Jaffrelot |first1=Christophe |author-link=Christophe Jaffrelot |year=2015 |title=The Modi-centric BJP 2014 election campaign: new techniques and old tactics |url=https://kclpure.kcl.ac.uk/portal/en/publications/the-modicentric-bjp-2014-election-campaign-new-techniques-and-old-tactics(04c598b8-4a4b-49ae-a08b-e4863265a717).html |journal=Contemporary South Asia |volume=23 |issue=2 |pages=151–166 |doi=10.1080/09584935.2015.1027662 |via= |s2cid=142912068 |access-date=20 January 2021 |archive-date=16 October 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211016155141/https://kclpure.kcl.ac.uk/portal/en/publications/the-modicentric-bjp-2014-election-campaign-new-techniques-and-old-tactics(04c598b8-4a4b-49ae-a08b-e4863265a717).html |url-status=live }}</ref> including BJP founding member L. K. Advani who cited concern with leaders who were "concerned with their personal agendas", expressed opposition to Modi's candidature.<ref>{{#invoke:cite|news|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Advani-grabs-lifeline-meekly-withdraws-resignation/articleshow/20546245.cms?referral=PM |title=Advani grabs lifeline, meekly withdraws resignation |work=[[The Times of India]] |date=12 June 2013 |access-date=15 August 2013 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141013054344/http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Advani-grabs-lifeline-meekly-withdraws-resignation/articleshow/20546245.cms?referral=PM |archive-date=13 October 2014}}</ref> Modi played a dominant role in the BJP's 2009 general election campaign.<ref>{{#invoke:cite|news|last1=Srivastava |first1=Ritesh K. |title=Election 2009 dissected: How parties cut the vote pie |url=http://zeenews.india.com/home/election-2009-dissected-how-parties-cut-the-vote-pie_532875.html |work=[[Zee News]] |date=30 August 2011 |access-date=4 June 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140606222425/http://zeenews.india.com/home/election-2009-dissected-how-parties-cut-the-vote-pie_532875.html |archive-date=6 June 2014}}</ref><ref name="Chakravartty" /> Although initially Swaraj endorsed Modi as prime minister, she later opposed declaring the candidature of Modi as it could be too early.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Shah |first=Amita |date=6 September 2013 |title=Don't declare Narendra Modi as PM immediately: Sushma Swaraj |url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/dont-declare-narendra-modi-as-pm-immediately-sushma-swaraj/articleshow/22350151.cms?from=mdr |access-date=19 May 2024 |work=The Economic Times |issn=0013-0389}}</ref> However, despite all the resistance, Rajnath Singh managed to pursue a lot of leaders and ensure that Modi becomes the official PM candidate of BJP.<ref name=":0" /> Several people who voted for the BJP stated they would have voted for another party if Modi had not been the prime-ministerial candidate.<ref name="Chhibber">{{#invoke:cite|journal|last1=Chhibber |first1=Pradeep K. |last2=Ostermann |first2=Susan L. |year=2014 |title=The BJP's Fragile Mandate: Modi and Vote Mobilizers in the 2014 General Elections |url=https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/2321023014551870 |journal=[[Studies in Indian Politics]] |volume=2 |issue=2 |pages=137–151 |doi=10.1177/2321023014551870 |issn=0958-4935 |via= |s2cid=155080682 |access-date=20 January 2021 |archive-date=19 October 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211019164442/https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/2321023014551870 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="Chacko" /><ref name="Srivastava">{{#invoke:cite|journal|last1=Srivastava |first1=Sanjay |s2cid=145367170 |title=Modi-Masculinity: Media, Manhood, and "Traditions" in a Time of Consumerism |journal=Television & New Media |date=April 2015 |volume=16 |issue=4 |doi=10.1177/1527476415575498 |pages=331–338}}</ref> The focus on Modi as an individual was unusual for a BJP election campaign.<ref name="Jaffrelot 2015-06" /><ref>{{#invoke:cite|journal|last1=Narayan |first1=Badri |date=17 May 2014 |title=Modi's Modus Operandi in the 2014 Elections |url=https://www.epw.in/journal/2014/20/commentary/modis-modus-operandi-2014-elections.html |journal=[[Economic & Political Weekly]] |volume=49 |issue=20 |pages=12–14 |access-date=19 January 2021 |archive-date=16 October 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211016160652/https://www.epw.in/journal/2014/20/commentary/modis-modus-operandi-2014-elections.html |url-status=live }}</ref> The election was described as a referendum on Narendra Modi.<ref name="Basu">{{#invoke:cite|journal|last1=Basu |first1=Dipankar |last2=Misra |first2=Kartik |date=June 2014 |title=BJP's Demographic Dividend in the 2014 General Elections: An Empirical Analysis |url=https://www.econstor.eu/handle/10419/105783 |journal=Economics Department Working Paper Series Via EconStor |volume= |pages= |via= |access-date=20 January 2021 |archive-date=16 October 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211016155141/https://www.econstor.eu/handle/10419/105783 |url-status=live }}</ref>

[[File:Narendra Modi meets his mother after winning the 2014 elections.jpg|thumb |Modi meets his mother after winning the [[2014 Indian general election]].]]

During the campaign, Modi focused on corruption scandals under the previous Congress government, and played on his image as a politician who had created a high rate of GDP growth in Gujarat.<ref name="Jaffrelot 2015-06" /> He projected himself as a person who could bring about "development" without focusing on specific policies.<ref name="Jaffrelot 2015-06" /> His message found support among young and middle-class people. The BJP under Modi was able to downplay concerns about the protection of religious minorities and Modi's commitment to secularism, areas in which he had previously received criticism.<ref name="Chakravartty" /> Prior to the election, Modi's media image had centred around his role in the 2002 Gujarat riots but during the campaign, the BJP focused on Modi's [[neoliberalism|neoliberal]] ideology and the Gujarat model of development.<ref name="Chakravartty" /> The BJP sought to identify itself with political leaders who publicly opposed [[Hindu nationalism]], including [[B. R. Ambedkar]], [[Subhas Chandra Bose]] and [[Ram Manohar Lohia]].<ref name="Manor" /> Hindutva remained a part of the campaign; BJP leaders used Hindutva-based rhetoric in several states.<ref name="Palshikar">{{#invoke:cite|journal|last1=Palshikar |first1=Suhas |s2cid=147143160 |title=The BJP and Hindu Nationalism: Centrist Politics and Majoritarian Impulses |journal=Journal of South Asian Studies |year=2015 |volume=38 |issue=4 |pages=719–735 |doi=10.1080/00856401.2015.1089460}}</ref><ref name="Jaffrelot 2015-06" /><ref name="Chacko" /><ref name="Ganguly 2014-10">{{#invoke:cite|journal|last1=Ganguly |first1=Sumit |s2cid=154421269 |title=India's Watershed Vote: The Risks Ahead |journal=[[Journal of Democracy]] |date=October 2014 |volume=25 |issue=4 |pages=56–60 |doi=10.1353/jod.2014.0077 }}</ref> Communal tensions were played upon, especially in Uttar Pradesh and [[Northeast India]].<ref name="Palshikar" /> A proposal for the controversial [[Uniform Civil Code]] was a part of the BJP's election manifesto.<ref name="Ganguly 2014-10" />
The BJP's campaign was assisted by its wide influence in the media.<ref name="Harriss">{{#invoke:cite|journal|last1=Harriss |first1=John |s2cid=147615034 |title=Hindu Nationalism in Action: The Bharatiya Janata Party and Indian Politics |journal=South Asia: Journal of South Asian Studies |year=2015 |volume=38 |issue=4 |pages=711–718 |doi=10.1080/00856401.2015.1089826 |url=https://zenodo.org/record/1230188 |doi-access=free |access-date=9 September 2019 |archive-date=28 March 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240328173823/https://zenodo.org/records/1230188 |url-status=live }}</ref> Modi's campaign blitz cost around {{INRConvert |50 |b}}<ref name="Basu" /> and the BJP received extensive financial support from corporate donors.<ref>{{#invoke:cite|news|title=BJP, top choice of corporate donors in 2014–15 |url=https://www.thehindubusinessline.com/economy/bjp-top-choice-of-corporate-donors-in-2014-15/article62320031.ece |date=7 December 2015 |work=[[Business Line]] |access-date=3 March 2022 |language=en |archive-date=3 March 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220303111543/https://www.thehindubusinessline.com/economy/bjp-top-choice-of-corporate-donors-in-2014-15/article62320031.ece |url-status=live }}</ref> Modi made extensive use of social media<ref name="Basu" /><ref name="Jaffrelot 2015-06" /> and addressed more than 1,000 rallies via hologram appearances.<ref name="Ganguly 2014-10" />

The BJP won 31 per cent of the vote,<ref name="Stepan" /> and more-than-doubled its number of seats in the Lok Sabha to 282, becoming the first party to win a majority of seats on its own since [[1984 Indian general election|1984]].<ref name="Chakravartty">{{#invoke:cite|journal|last1=Chakravartty |first1=Paula |last2=Roy |first2=Srirupa |year=2015 |title=Mr. Modi Goes to Delhi: Mediated Populism and the 2014 Indian Elections |url=https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/1527476415573957 |journal=Television & New Media |volume=16 |issue=4 |pages=311–322 |doi=10.1177/1527476415573957 |via= |s2cid=145151089 |access-date=20 January 2021 |archive-date=24 October 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211024105653/https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/1527476415573957 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="Chacko" /> Voter dissatisfaction with the Congress and with regional parties in North India, and support from the RSS were reasons for the BJP's success.<ref name="Chacko" /><ref name="Jaffrelot 2015-06" /> In states such as Uttar Pradesh, where the BJP performed well, it drew exceptionally high support from upper-caste Hindus, and its Muslim vote increased to 10 per cent. The BJP performed particularly well in parts of the country that had recently experienced violence between Hindus and Muslims.<ref name="Chacko" /> The magnitude of the BJP's victory led many commentators to say the election constituted a political realignment away from [[progressivism|progressive parties]] towards the right-wing.<ref name="Ganguly 2014-10" /><ref name="Basu" /><ref name="Chacko">{{#invoke:cite|journal|last1=Chacko |first1=Priya |last2=Mayer |first2=Peter |title=The 'Modi lahar [wave]' in the 2014 Indian national election: A critical realignment? |url=https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/10361146.2014.937392 |journal=Australian Journal of Political Science |year=2014 |volume=49 |issue=3 |pages=518–528 |doi=10.1080/10361146.2014.937392 |s2cid=154806289 |access-date=19 January 2021 |archive-date=24 October 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211024082124/https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/10361146.2014.937392 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:cite|journal|last1=Sridharan |first1=Eswaran |s2cid=154421269 |title=India's Watershed Vote: Behind Modi's Victory |journal=[[Journal of Democracy]] |date=October 2014 |volume=25 |issue=4 |pages=20–23 |doi=10.1353/jod.2014.0068 |url=https://www.journalofdemocracy.org/articles/indias-watershed-vote-behind-modis-victory/ |access-date=30 August 2021 |archive-date=5 September 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210905175242/https://www.journalofdemocracy.org/articles/indias-watershed-vote-behind-modis-victory/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:cite|journal|last1=Palshikar |first1=Suhas |last2=Suri |first2=K. C. |url=https://www.epw.in/journal/2014/39/national-election-study-2014-special-issues/indias-2014-lok-sabha-elections.html |title=India's 2014 Lok Sabha elections: Critical shifts in the long term, caution in the short term |journal=[[Economic and Political Weekly]] |year=2014 |volume=49 |pages=39–76 |access-date=5 September 2021 |archive-date=5 September 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210905173504/https://www.epw.in/journal/2014/39/national-election-study-2014-special-issues/indias-2014-lok-sabha-elections.html |url-status=live }}</ref> Modi's tweet announcing his victory was described as being emblematic of the political realignment away from a secular, socialist state towards capitalism and Hindu cultural nationalism.<ref>{{#invoke:cite|journal|last1=Kaur |first1=Ravinder |s2cid=53451635 |title=Good Times, Brought to you by Brand Modi |journal=Television & New Media Via University of Copenhagen |year=2015 |volume=16 |issue=4 |pages=323–330 |doi=10.1177/1527476415575492 |url=https://curis.ku.dk/ws/files/137464936/Good_Times_Brand_Modi_TVNM.pdf |type=Submitted manuscript |access-date=4 November 2018 |archive-date=27 January 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190127094607/https://curis.ku.dk/ws/files/137464936/Good_Times_Brand_Modi_TVNM.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref> Modi is the first Indian PM to be born after [[Independence Day (India)|the country's independence]] from the [[British Empire]] in 1947.<ref>{{#invoke:cite|news|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Home/Lok-Sabha-Elections-2014/News/Narendra-Modi-appointed-Prime-Minister-swearing-in-on-May-26/articleshow/35388297.cms|title=Narendra Modi appointed Prime Minister, swearing in on May 26|date=20 May 2014|work=[[The Times of India]]|access-date=21 May 2014|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140520183449/http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/home/lok-sabha-elections-2014/news/Narendra-Modi-appointed-Prime-Minister-swearing-in-on-May-26/articleshow/35388297.cms|archive-date=20 May 2014}}</ref>

Modi was a candidate for the Lok Sabha constituencies [[Varanasi Lok Sabha constituency|Varanasi]] and [[Vadodara (Lok Sabha constituency)|Vadodara]].<ref name="NDTV 2014-04-09">{{#invoke:cite|news|url=http://www.ndtv.com/elections/article/election-2014/narendra-modi-files-nomination-in-vadodara-after-grand-roadshow-506183 |title=Narendra Modi files nomination in Vadodara after grand roadshow |publisher=[[NDTV]] |date=9 April 2014 |access-date=17 April 2014 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140416204113/http://www.ndtv.com/elections/article/election-2014/narendra-modi-files-nomination-in-vadodara-after-grand-roadshow-506183 |archive-date=16 April 2014}}</ref> He won in both constituencies, defeating [[Aam Aadmi Party]] leader [[Arvind Kejriwal]] in Varanasi by 371,784 votes and [[Madhusudan Mistry]] of the Congress in Vadodara by 570,128 votes.<ref>{{#invoke:cite|news|url=http://www.business-standard.com/article/news-ians/modi-s-vadodara-victory-margin-not-highest-ever-114051601712_1.html |title=Modi's Vadodara victory margin not highest-ever |work=[[Business Standard]] |date=16 May 2014 |access-date=17 February 2017 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170412130937/http://www.business-standard.com/article/news-ians/modi-s-vadodara-victory-margin-not-highest-ever-114051601712_1.html |archive-date=12 April 2017}}</ref> India's president appointed Modi, who was unanimously elected leader of the BJP, Prime Minister of India.<ref>{{#invoke:cite|web|title=President appoints Narendra Modi as Prime Minister, Oath taking ceremony on May 26 |url=http://presidentofindia.nic.in/pr200514.html |publisher=[[Rashtrapati Bhavan, New Delhi|Rashtrapati Bhavan]] via [[National Informatics Centre]] |date=20 May 2014 |access-date=26 May 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140521032033/http://presidentofindia.nic.in/pr200514.html |archive-date=21 May 2014}}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:cite|news|title=Narendra Modi appointed PM, swearing-in on May 26 |url=http://indianexpress.com/article/india/politics/swearing-in-of-modi-govt-on-may-26/ |newspaper=[[The Indian Express]] |date=20 May 2014 |agency=[[Press Trust of India]] |access-date=26 May 2014 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140520152512/http://indianexpress.com/article/india/politics/swearing-in-of-modi-govt-on-may-26/ |archive-date=20 May 2014 }}</ref> To comply with the law prohibiting MPs from representing more than one constituency, he vacated the Vadodara seat.<ref>{{#invoke:cite|news|url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/prime-minister-modi-resigns-as-vadodara-mp-to-retain-varanasi-seat/article1-1224002.aspx |title=Modi thanks Vadodara, looks forward to serve Ganga |work=[[Hindustan Times]] |date=29 May 2014 |agency=[[Press Trust of India]] |access-date=29 May 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140529163731/http://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/prime-minister-modi-resigns-as-vadodara-mp-to-retain-varanasi-seat/article1-1224002.aspx |archive-date=29 May 2014 }}</ref>

=== 2019 Indian general election ===
{{Main|Bharatiya Janata Party campaign for the 2019 Indian general election}}

{{External media |video1=[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QoORekBf6pE BJP announced manifesto and Shri Narendra Modi as prime minister candidate.] Bharatiya Janata Party on [[YouTube]], 8 April 2019.}}

On 13 October 2018, Modi was named the BJP candidate for prime minister in the [[2019 Indian general election|2019 general election]].<ref>{{#invoke:cite|news|title=Narendra Modi: It's all about Narendra Modi as India prepares for mammoth 2019 election |work=[[The Economic Times]] |url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/its-all-about-narendra-modi-as-india-prepares-for-mammoth-2019-election/articleshow/67070925.cms?from=mdr |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210106155250/https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/its-all-about-narendra-modi-as-india-prepares-for-mammoth-2019-election/articleshow/67070925.cms?from=mdr |archive-date=6 January 2021 |date=13 December 2018 |access-date=13 September 2020 |url-status=live}}</ref> The BJP's chief campaigner was its president [[Amit Shah]]. Modi launched the party's ''[[Main Bhi Chowkidar]]'' ("I too am a watchman") campaign ahead of the general election, against the INC's campaign slogan ''[[Chowkidar Chor Hai]]'' ("The watchman is a thief").<ref>{{#invoke:cite|web|date=16 March 2019 |title=PM Modi launches 'Main Bhi Chowkidar' campaign for 2019 elections |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/pm-modi-urges-people-to-be-a-proud-chowkidar-of-nation/articleshow/68435831.cms |access-date=18 November 2020 |work=[[The Times of India]] |language=en |archive-date=6 January 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210106155250/https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/its-all-about-narendra-modi-as-india-prepares-for-mammoth-2019-election/articleshow/67070925.cms?from=mdr |url-status=live }}</ref> In 2018, the [[Telugu Desam Party]] split from the NDA over the campaign for special status for [[Andhra Pradesh]].<ref>{{#invoke:cite|web|first=Arvind |last=Gunasekar |title=In Setback For Chandrababu Naidu, 4 Lawmakers Of His Party Join BJP |url=https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/2-of-6-telugu-desam-party-rajya-sabha-mps-say-they-are-joining-bjp-2056491 |date=21 June 2019 |access-date=11 January 2021 |website=[[NDTV.com]] |archive-date=8 November 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201108012950/https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/2-of-6-telugu-desam-party-rajya-sabha-mps-say-they-are-joining-bjp-2056491 |url-status=live }}</ref>

[[Amit Shah]] launched the BJP's election campaign on 8 April 2019. In the campaign, the opposition targeted Modi on allegations of corruption over the [[Rafale deal]] with the [[Government of France]], highlighting the [[Rafale deal controversy|controversy surrounding the deal]].<ref>{{#invoke:cite|news|title='Chowkidar Narendra Modi': PM changes Twitter handle name to counter Rahul Gandhi's chor jibe |work=[[The Economic Times]] |url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/chowkidar-narendra-modi-pm-changes-twitter-handle-name-to-counter-rahul-gandhis-chor-jibe/articleshow/68448053.cms |url-status=live |date=17 March 2019 |access-date=11 January 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190417003757/https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/chowkidar-narendra-modi-pm-changes-twitter-handle-name-to-counter-rahul-gandhis-chor-jibe/articleshow/68448053.cms |archive-date=17 April 2019}}</ref> Modi's campaign focused on defence and national security, especially after the [[2019 Pulwama attack|Pulwama attack]] and the retaliatory [[2019 Balakot airstrike|Balakot airstrike]], which was counted as an achievement of his administration.<ref name="BS 2019-11-30">{{#invoke:cite|news|date=30 November 2019 |title=Book review: How Pulwama made Modi's Balakot response his 1971 moment |work=[[Business Standard]] India |url=https://www.business-standard.com/article/beyond-business/book-review-how-pulwama-made-modi-s-balakot-response-his-1971-moment-119113000964_1.html |url-status=live |access-date=11 January 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200528125841/https://www.business-standard.com/article/beyond-business/book-review-how-pulwama-made-modi-s-balakot-response-his-1971-moment-119113000964_1.html |archive-date=28 May 2020}}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:cite|web|last=Singh |first=D. K. |date=27 February 2019 |title=5 ways Modi's Pakistan air strike 'bombed' opposition's election strategy |url=https://theprint.in/politics/5-ways-modis-pakistan-air-strike-bombed-oppositions-election-strategy/198460/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201230215159/https://theprint.in/politics/5-ways-modis-pakistan-air-strike-bombed-oppositions-election-strategy/198460/ |archive-date=30 December 2020 |access-date=11 January 2021 |website=[[ThePrint]] |language=en-US}}</ref> Other topics in the campaign were development and [[Foreign policy of the Narendra Modi government|good foreign relations]] in the first premiership.<ref>{{#invoke:cite|news|last=Bommakanti |first=Kartik |title=Indian national security and defence in 2019: Modi ticks three boxes |url=https://www.orfonline.org/expert-speak/indian-national-security-defence-2019-modi-ticks-three-boxes-59563/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201128034740/https://www.orfonline.org/expert-speak/indian-national-security-defence-2019-modi-ticks-three-boxes-59563/ |date=27 December 2019 |archive-date=28 November 2020 |access-date=11 January 2021 |website=[[Observer Research Foundation|ORF]] |language=en-US}}</ref>

Modi contested the Lok Sabha election as a candidate for [[Varanasi (Lok Sabha constituency)|Varanasi]]; he won the seat by a margin of 479,505 votes, defeating Shalini Yadav of the [[Samajwadi Party]] (SP), who stood as a candidate for the SP-[[Bahujan Samaj Party|BSP]] alliance.<ref>{{#invoke:cite|news|date=23 May 2019 |title=Election Results 2019: PM Narendra Modi storms to victory in Varanasi |language=en |work=[[India Today]] |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/elections/lok-sabha-2019/story/lok-sabha-elections-2019-prime-minister-narendra-modi-varanasi-1532443-2019-05-23 |url-status=live |access-date=13 September 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201029055802/https://www.indiatoday.in/elections/lok-sabha-2019/story/lok-sabha-elections-2019-prime-minister-narendra-modi-varanasi-1532443-2019-05-23 |archive-date=29 October 2020}}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:cite|news|title=Lok Sabha Election result 2019: Narendra Modi secures big lead in Varanasi; Congress' Ajay Rai trails |website=[[businesstoday.in]] |url=https://www.businesstoday.in/lok-sabha-elections-2019/news/lok-sabha-election-result-2019-narendra-modi-big-lead-in-varanasi-congress-ajay-rai-trails/story/349240.html |url-status=live |date=23 May 2019 |access-date=13 September 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201029051752/https://www.businesstoday.in/lok-sabha-elections-2019/news/lok-sabha-election-result-2019-narendra-modi-big-lead-in-varanasi-congress-ajay-rai-trails/story/349240.html |archive-date=29 October 2020}}</ref> Modi was unanimously appointed prime minister for a second time by the [[National Democratic Alliance]]<ref>{{#invoke:cite|news|title=Narendra Modi to be sworn in as PM for 2nd term on May 30 |work=[[The Economic Times]] |url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/elections/lok-sabha/india/narendra-modi-government-to-take-oath-on-may-30/articleshow/69506065.cms |date=26 May 2019 |access-date=13 September 2020 |archive-date=17 March 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210317195010/https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/elections/lok-sabha/india/narendra-modi-government-to-take-oath-on-may-30/articleshow/69506065.cms |url-status=live }}</ref> after the alliance won the election for the second time with 353 seats in the Lok Sabha; the BJP alone won 303 seats.<ref>{{#invoke:cite|web|title=Alliance Wise Election Live Results 2019: Lok Sabha Elections Result Live Alliance Wise, Party Wise |url=https://www.news18.com/lok-sabha-elections-2019/alliance-wise-tally-live-results/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201111232305/https://www.news18.com/lok-sabha-elections-2019/alliance-wise-tally-live-results/ |archive-date=11 November 2020 |access-date=13 September 2020 |website=[[News18]]}}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:cite|web|date=24 May 2019 |title=BJP wins 302 seats on its own in Lok Sabha election 2019, propels NDA alliance to a final tally of 353 seats in Lower House |url=https://www.firstpost.com/politics/bjp-wins-302-seats-on-its-own-in-lok-sabha-election-2019-propels-nda-alliance-to-a-final-tally-of-353-seats-in-lower-house-6693991.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201029041632/https://www.firstpost.com/politics/bjp-wins-302-seats-on-its-own-in-lok-sabha-election-2019-propels-nda-alliance-to-a-final-tally-of-353-seats-in-lower-house-6693991.html |archive-date=29 October 2020 |access-date=13 September 2020 |website=Firstpost}}</ref>

=== 2024 Indian general election ===
{{Main|Bharatiya Janata Party campaign for the 2024 Indian general election|2025 Indian electoral controversy}}

[[File:Shri Baboolal Mewra with PM Narendra Modi.jpg|thumb|Modi in an election campaign rally in [[Madhya Pradesh]] for the [[2024 Indian general election|2024 general election]]]]
In November 2023, Modi was named the BJP candidate for prime minister in the [[2024 Indian general election|2024 general election]].<ref>{{#invoke:cite|news|date=3 March 2024 |title=PM Modi, Amit Shah in BJP's 1st list for 195 LS seats, 20% sitting MPs not repeated |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/pm-modi-amit-shah-in-bjps-1st-list-for-195-ls-seats-20-sitting-mps-not-repeated/articleshow/108168966.cms |access-date=28 May 2024 |work=The Times of India |issn=0971-8257 |archive-date=9 March 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240309022913/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/pm-modi-amit-shah-in-bjps-1st-list-for-195-ls-seats-20-sitting-mps-not-repeated/articleshow/108168966.cms |url-status=live }}</ref> The BJP's chief campaigner was its home minister [[Amit Shah]] and President [[J. P. Nadda]].<ref>{{#invoke:cite|web|date=24 April 2024 |title=Modi, Shah, Yogi on BJP's star campaigners' list |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/cities/chandigarh-news/modi-shah-yogi-on-bjp-s-star-campaigners-list-101713903750858.html |access-date=28 May 2024 |website=Hindustan Times |language=en |archive-date=29 May 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240529193014/https://www.hindustantimes.com/cities/chandigarh-news/modi-shah-yogi-on-bjp-s-star-campaigners-list-101713903750858.html |url-status=live }}</ref> Modi launched the party's "''Modi Ki Guarantee''" ("Modi's assurance")<ref>{{#invoke:cite|news|last=Barik |first=Satyasundar |date=3 February 2024 |title=PM Modi accentuates on 'Modi Guarantee' as a key campaign slogan |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/pm-modi-accentuates-on-modi-guarantee-as-a-key-campaign-slogan/article67807851.ece |access-date=28 May 2024 |work=The Hindu |language=en-IN |issn=0971-751X |archive-date=28 May 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240528173001/https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/pm-modi-accentuates-on-modi-guarantee-as-a-key-campaign-slogan/article67807851.ece |url-status=live }}</ref> campaign ahead of the general election, against the INC's guarantees campaigns, that led to the party's enormous victories in the assembly elections of [[2023 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election|Karnataka]] and [[2023 Telangana Legislative Assembly election|Telangana]].<ref>{{#invoke:cite|web|date=17 April 2024 |title='Modi ki guarantee' vs Congress's 'Nyay': Campaign ends for first phase of Lok Sabha elections |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/modi-ki-guarantee-vs-congresss-nyay-campaign-ends-for-first-phase-of-lok-sabha-elections-101713362729066.html |access-date=28 May 2024 |website=Hindustan Times |language=en |archive-date=28 May 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240528172959/https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/modi-ki-guarantee-vs-congresss-nyay-campaign-ends-for-first-phase-of-lok-sabha-elections-101713362729066.html |url-status=live }}</ref>

Modi contested the Lok Sabha election as a candidate for [[Varanasi (Lok Sabha constituency)|Varanasi]] for the third consecutive time; he won the seat by a margin of 152,513 votes, defeating [[Ajay Rai]] of the INC, who contested as a candidate for the SP-INC alliance. His victory margin was the second lowest ever (in percentage points) for a sitting prime minister in India after [[Chandra Sekhar]].<ref>{{#invoke:cite|web|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/editors-pick/number-theory-why-was-modis-victory-margin-in-varanasi-lower-101717642096058.html|title=Number Theory: Why was Modi's victory margin in Varanasi lower?|work=Hindustan Times |date=6 June 2024 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=6 June 2024 |title=Hindustan Times ePaper, English News Paper, Today Newspaper, Online News Epaper |url=http://epaper.hindustantimes.com/Home/ShareImage?Pictureid=6693dab921 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20240614134636/https://epaper.hindustantimes.com/Home/ShareImage?Pictureid=6693dab921 |archive-date=14 June 2024 |access-date=14 June 2024 |website= |language=en}}</ref> The [[National Democratic Alliance]] secured a total of 292 seats, 20 seats ahead of simple majority, and the BJP solely winning 240 seats.<ref>{{#invoke:cite|news|title=India election results 2024 live: Narendra Modi set for third term but opposition still to concede - BBC News |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/live/world-asia-india-69072275/page/6 |access-date=5 June 2024 |language=en-GB |archive-date=4 June 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240604183125/https://www.bbc.com/news/live/world-asia-india-69072275/page/6 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:cite|news|url=https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/india-election-results-narendra-modi-rcna154839|title=India hands PM Modi a surprise setback, with his majority in doubt in the world's largest election|first1=Mithil|last1=Aggarwai|first2=Janis Mackey|last2=Frayer|publisher=NBC News|date=4 June 2024|access-date=4 June 2024|archive-date=4 June 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240604151033/https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/india-election-results-narendra-modi-rcna154839|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:cite|news|url=https://www.wsj.com/world/india/india-election-2024-nanendra-modi-6179abad|title=India's Narendra Modi Struggles to Hold On to Majority, Early Election Results Show|first1=Krishna|last1=Poharel|first2=Tripti|last2=Lahiri|publisher=Wall Street Journal|date=3 June 2024|access-date=4 June 2024|archive-date=4 June 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240604115138/https://www.wsj.com/world/india/india-election-2024-nanendra-modi-6179abad|url-status=live}}</ref> Modi thanked the voters for reposing faith in his government for the 3rd consecutive time.<ref>{{#invoke:cite|web|date=4 June 2024 |title='People Have Placed Faith In...': PM Modi's First Reaction To Lok Sabha Results |url=https://www.timesnownews.com/elections/people-have-placed-faith-in-pm-modi-thanks-voters-as-nda-looks-to-form-govt-for-the-third-time-article-110709244 |access-date=5 June 2024 |website=Times Now |language=en |archive-date=4 June 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240604155724/https://www.timesnownews.com/elections/people-have-placed-faith-in-pm-modi-thanks-voters-as-nda-looks-to-form-govt-for-the-third-time-article-110709244 |url-status=live }}</ref>

In the [[2025 Indian electoral controversy]], [[Rahul Gandhi]], [[Leader of the Opposition in Lok Sabha|leader of the opposition in Lok Sabha]], claimed widespread [[electoral fraud]] and accused the [[Election Commission of India]] (ECI) of collusion with the ruling BJP during the 2024 general election.<ref>{{cite news |date=1 August 2025 |title=Rahul Gandhi says what we have found is an 'atom bomb'; there's 100% proof EC is doing 'vote chori' for BJP |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/what-we-have-found-is-an-atom-bomb-theres-100-proof-ec-doing-vote-chori-for-bjp-congress-leader-rahul-gandhi/article69882114.ece |work=[[The Hindu]] |issn=0971-751X}}</ref>

== Prime Minister of India (2014–present) ==
{{Main|Premiership of Narendra Modi}}

{{For timeline|Timeline of the premiership of Narendra Modi}}
[[File:Shri Narendra Modi sworn in as Prime Minister.jpg|thumb|Modi taking the oath of office as the [[prime minister of India]] for the [[First oath of office ceremony of Narendra Modi|first time]], with [[President of India|President]] [[Pranab Mukherjee]] administering the oath]]
[[File:The President, Shri Ram Nath Kovind administering the oath of office of the Prime Minister to Shri Narendra Modi, at a Swearing-in Ceremony, at Rashtrapati Bhavan, in New Delhi on May 30, 2019 (3).jpg|thumb|Modi taking the oath of office as the prime minister of India for the [[Second oath of office ceremony of Narendra Modi|second time]], with President [[Ram Nath Kovind]] administering the oath]]
[[File:The President, Smt. Droupadi Murmu administers the Oath of Office and Secrecy to the Prime Minister of India, Shri Narendra Modi during the swearing-in ceremony, at Rashtrapati Bhavan, in New Delhi on June 09, 2024 (5).jpg|thumb|Modi taking the oath of office as the prime minister of India for the [[Third oath of office ceremony of Narendra Modi|third time]], with President [[Droupadi Murmu]] administering the oath]]

=== Governance and other initiatives ===
[[File:The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi addressing the Nation on the occasion of 74th Independence Day from the ramparts of Red Fort, in Delhi on August 15, 2020 (2).jpg|thumb|Modi addressing the Nation on the occasion of 74th Independence Day from the ramparts of [[Red Fort]], in [[Delhi]] on 15 August 2020]]
Modi's first year as PM saw significant centralisation of power.<ref name="Manor" /><ref>{{#invoke:cite|journal|last1=Wyatt |first1=Andrew |title=India in 2014: Decisive National Elections |journal=Asian Survey |year=2015 |volume=55 |issue=1 |pages=33–47 |doi=10.1525/AS.2015.55.1.33 |hdl=1983/e5eeb791-2072-45b8-94b5-fc003dbb5a24 |url=http://research-information.bristol.ac.uk/files/34843877/FINAL_PDF_offprint_AS5501_04_Wyatt_India.pdf |access-date=4 November 2018 |archive-date=5 November 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181105012256/https://research-information.bristol.ac.uk/files/34843877/FINAL_PDF_offprint_AS5501_04_Wyatt_India.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref> Modi, who initially lacked a majority in the [[Rajya Sabha]], the upper house of Indian Parliament, passed a number of ordinances to enact his policies, leading to further centralisation of power.<ref name="Sen">{{#invoke:cite|journal|last1=Sen |first1=Ronojoy |s2cid=147683722 |title=House Matters: The BJP, Modi and Parliament |journal=Journal of South Asian Studies |year=2015 |volume=38 |issue=4 |pages=776–790 |doi=10.1080/00856401.2015.1091200}}</ref> His administration enacted a bill to increase its control over the appointment of judges and reducing that of the [[Judiciary of India|judiciary]].<ref name=Stepan /> In December 2014, he abolished the [[Planning Commission (India)|Planning Commission]], replacing it with the [[NITI Aayog|National Institution for Transforming India]] (NITI Aayog),<ref>{{#invoke:cite|news| url=http://in.reuters.com/article/india-planningcommission-modi-idINKBN0KA1NA20150101 | work=[[Reuters]] | title=Modi replaces Planning Commission, aiming to boost growth | date=1 January 2015 | access-date=17 February 2017 | url-status=live | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151023124648/http://in.reuters.com/article/2015/01/01/india-planningcommission-modi-idINKBN0KA1NA20150101 | archive-date=23 October 2015 }}</ref><ref name="Sengupta 2016-01-12">{{#invoke:cite|journal|last1=Sengupta |first1=Mitu |s2cid=156027018 |title=Modi Planning: What the NITI Aayog Suggests about the Aspirations and Practices of the Modi Government |journal=Journal of South Asian Studies |year=2015 |volume=38 |issue=4 |pages=791–806 |doi=10.1080/00856401.2015.1088609}}</ref> concentrating the power previously with the planning commission in the person of the PM.<ref name="Sen" /><ref name="Ruparelia">{{#invoke:cite|journal|last1=Ruparelia |first1=Sanjay |date=12 January 2016 |title='Minimum Government, Maximum Governance': The Restructuring of Power in Modi's India |journal=Journal of South Asian Studies |volume=38 |issue=4 |pages=755–775 |doi=10.1080/00856401.2015.1089974 |issn=0085-6401 |doi-access=free |s2cid=155182560}}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:cite|journal|last1=Patnaik |first1=Prabhat |url=https://www.epw.in/journal/2015/4/commentary/planning-commission-niti-aayog.html |title=From the Planning Commission to the NITI Aayog |journal=[[Economic & Political Weekly]] |date=24 January 2015 |volume=50 |issue=4 |access-date=5 September 2021 |archive-date=23 October 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211023123743/https://www.epw.in/journal/2015/4/commentary/planning-commission-niti-aayog.html |url-status=live }}</ref> The Planning Commission had in previous years been criticised for creating inefficiency in the government and of not fulfilling its role of improving social welfare but since the [[Economic liberalisation in India|economic liberalisation of the 1990s]], it had been the major government body responsible for measures related to social justice.<ref name="Sengupta 2016-01-12" /><ref>{{#invoke:cite|web|url=https://www.aljazeera.com/economy/2024/1/18/as-pm-indias-modi-secretly-tried-to-massively-cut-state-funds|title=As PM, India's Modi secretly tried to massively cut state funds|first1=Shreegireesh|last1=Jalihal|first2=Nitin|last2=Sethi|website=Al Jazeera|date=18 January 2024|access-date=18 January 2024|archive-date=28 March 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240328173821/https://www.aljazeera.com/economy/2024/1/18/as-pm-indias-modi-secretly-tried-to-massively-cut-state-funds|url-status=live}}</ref>
In its first year of administration, the Modi government launched investigations through the [[Intelligence Bureau (India)|Intelligence Bureau]] into numerous civil society organisations and foreign non-governmental organisations (NGOs) on the grounds these organisations were slowing economic growth. The investigations were criticised as a [[witch hunt]]. International humanitarian aid organisation [[Medecins Sans Frontieres]], and environmental nonprofit organisation [[Sierra Club]] and [[Avaaz]] were among the groups that were investigated.<ref name="Manor" /><ref name="Ruparelia" /> Cases of sedition and terrorism laws were filed against individuals who criticised the government.<ref name="Manor" /><ref>{{#invoke:cite|news|last1=Ellis-Petersen |first1=Hannah |last2=Hassan |first2=Aakash |title=How a terrorism law in India is being used to silence Modi's critics |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/dec/10/how-terrorism-law-india-used-to-silence-modis-critics |access-date=25 May 2023 |work=[[The Guardian]] |date=10 December 2021 |archive-date=7 December 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221207234817/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/dec/10/how-terrorism-law-india-used-to-silence-modis-critics |url-status=live }}</ref> This led to discontent within the BJP about his style of functioning and drew comparisons to the governing style of Indira Gandhi.<ref name="Manor" /><ref name="Sen" />

Modi repealed 1,200 obsolete laws in first three years as prime minister; 1,301 such laws had been repealed by previous governments in the previous 64 years.<ref>{{#invoke:cite|web|title=Goodbye, old laws: Modi government scraps 1,200 redundant Acts, 1,824 more identified for repeal |url=http://m.indiatoday.in/story/narendra-modi-law-ministry-ravi-shankar-prasad/1/984539.html |work=[[India Today]] |date=22 June 2017 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170628215103/http://m.indiatoday.in/story/narendra-modi-law-ministry-ravi-shankar-prasad/1/984539.html |archive-date=28 June 2017 }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:cite|web|first=Vishwa |last=Mohan |title=1,159 obsolete laws scrapped by Modi govt; 1,301 junked in previous 64 years |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/1159-obsolete-laws-scrapped-by-Modi-govt-1301-junked-in-previous-64-years/articleshow/52333875.cms |work=[[The Times of India]] |date=19 May 2016 |access-date=17 February 2017 |archive-date=28 March 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240328173802/https://plus.timesofindia.com/toi-feed/config/toiw/trans/master?fv=1100 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:cite|web|title=Report card: Two years later, here's how much Modi has delivered on his promises |url=http://www.dnaindia.com/india/report-two-years-of-modi-sarkar-what-was-promised-and-what-delivered-2216613 |work=[[Daily News and Analysis]] |date=26 May 2016 |access-date=17 February 2017 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161124121024/http://www.dnaindia.com/india/report-two-years-of-modi-sarkar-what-was-promised-and-what-delivered-2216613 |archive-date=24 November 2016 }}</ref> Modi launched the [[Digital India]] programme with the goal of ensuring government services are available electronically, build infrastructure to provide high-speed Internet access to rural areas, boost manufacturing of electronic goods in the country, and promote [[digital literacy]].<ref>{{#invoke:cite|web|first1=Saurabh |last1=Kumar |first2=Moulishree |last2=Srivastava |title=Govt launches 22 new schemes under Digital India programme |url=http://www.livemint.com/Home-Page/QgFspv8UzykQP99AukcSjI/Govt-launches-22-new-schemes-under-Digital-India-programme.html |work=[[Live Mint]] |date=29 December 2015 |access-date=17 February 2017 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170208074749/http://www.livemint.com/Home-Page/QgFspv8UzykQP99AukcSjI/Govt-launches-22-new-schemes-under-Digital-India-programme.html |archive-date=8 February 2017 }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:cite|web|first1=Leslie |last1=D'Monte |first2=Moulishree |last2=Srivastava |url=http://www.livemint.com/Politics/dzh7hnHafnvVI8hoIlNqPI/GST-to-take-care-of-many-of-ecommerce-firms-tax-issues-IT.html |title=GST to take care of many of e-commerce firms' tax issues: IT minister |work=[[Live Mint]] |date=21 November 2014 |access-date=17 February 2017 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170309213915/http://www.livemint.com/Politics/dzh7hnHafnvVI8hoIlNqPI/GST-to-take-care-of-many-of-ecommerce-firms-tax-issues-IT.html |archive-date=9 March 2017 }}</ref>

In 2019, a law to reserve 10 per cent of educational admission and government jobs for economically disadvantaged individuals was passed.<ref>{{#invoke:cite|web|title=Bill on 10% reservation for upper caste poor passes Parliament test: 10 things to know |url=https://m.businesstoday.in/story/bill-on-10pc-reservation-for-upper-caste-poor-passes-parliament-test-10-things-to-know/1/308641.html |work=[[Business Today (India)|Business Today]] |date=10 January 2019 |access-date=6 September 2021 |archive-date=18 May 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210518131513/https://m.businesstoday.in/story/bill-on-10pc-reservation-for-upper-caste-poor-passes-parliament-test-10-things-to-know/1/308641.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:cite|news|title=10% quota Bill becomes law |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/10-quota-bill-becomes-law/article61552946.ece |access-date=21 August 2022 |work=The Hindu |date=12 January 2019 |archive-date=21 August 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220821115430/https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/10-quota-bill-becomes-law/article61552946.ece |url-status=live }}</ref> In 2016, Modi's administration launched the [[Ujjwala scheme]] to provide free [[liquefied petroleum gas]] (LPG) connections to rural households. The scheme led to an additional 24% of Indian households having access to LPG in 2019 as compared to 2014.<ref>{{#invoke:cite|news|title=Ujjwala scheme boosts India's LPG consumption to a record high in FY19 |url=https://wap.business-standard.com/article/economy-policy/ujjwala-scheme-boosts-india-s-lpg-consumption-to-a-record-high-in-fy19-119050300261_1.html |work=[[Business Standard]] |date=3 May 2019 |access-date=6 September 2021}}</ref> In 2022, the government eliminated LPG subsidies for all citizens except those covered by the Ujjwala programme.<ref>{{#invoke:cite|news|title=No LPG subsidy to households |url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/industry/energy/oil-gas/no-lpg-subsidy-to-households-rs-200-lpg-dole-limited-to-ujjwala-beneficiaries/articleshow/91964500.cms |access-date=21 August 2022 |work=Economic Times |date=3 June 2022 |archive-date=21 August 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220821120233/https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/industry/energy/oil-gas/no-lpg-subsidy-to-households-rs-200-lpg-dole-limited-to-ujjwala-beneficiaries/articleshow/91964500.cms |url-status=live }}</ref>

In 2023, the Modi administration issued a notification constituting a high-level committee on [[One Nation, One Election]], a proposal aimed to synchronise all elections in the country either on a single day or within a specific time frame.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Ministry of Law and Justice |first=Legislative Department |date=2 September 2023 |title=Publication of Notification regarding Constitution of High Level Committee to examine the issue of simultaneous elections |url=https://egazette.gov.in/WriteReadData/2023/248519.pdf |access-date=2 September 2023}}</ref> In September 2024, the bill for One Nation, One Election was approved by the Modi Cabinet.<ref>{{Cite news |date=18 September 2024 |title=One Nation One Election: Modi Govt accepts Kovind Panel's recommendations |url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/india/one-nation-one-election-gets-modi-govts-nod/articleshow/113453807.cms?from=mdr |access-date=19 September 2024 |work=The Economic Times |issn=0013-0389}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Madhukalya |first=Amrita |title='One Nation, One Election': Modi govt accepts Kovind panel's recommendations on simultaneous polls |url=https://www.deccanherald.com/india/one-nation-one-election-modi-govt-clears-kovind-panels-report-on-simultaneous-polls-3195667 |access-date=19 September 2024 |website=Deccan Herald |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=ONOE-HLC-Report |url=https://onoe.gov.in/HLC-Report-en#flipbook-df_manual_book/1/ |access-date=19 September 2024 |website=onoe.gov.in}}</ref>

Since May 2023, ethnic tensions between some groups have resulted in [[2023 Manipur violence|violent clashes]] in [[Manipur]]. After 1 month of the violence, nearly 100 were killed and more than 36,000 people were displaced.<ref>{{#invoke:cite|web|last=Parashar |first=Utpal |title=98 killed in Manipur clashes, 36k moved to relief camps, says govt |website=Hindustan Times |date=3 June 2023 |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/ethnic-violence-in-manipur-leaves-98-dead-and-310-injured-144-guns-recovered-as-curfew-lifted-in-some-districts-101685731158828.html |access-date=30 June 2023 |archive-date=30 June 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230630040247/https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/ethnic-violence-in-manipur-leaves-98-dead-and-310-injured-144-guns-recovered-as-curfew-lifted-in-some-districts-101685731158828.html |url-status=live }}</ref> Modi has been criticised for his lack of reaction towards the violence.<ref>{{#invoke:cite|web|title=Manipur: PM's silence adds to anger, frustration amid violence, flare-up |website=The Federal |date=17 June 2023 |url=https://thefederal.com/states/north-east/manipur-pms-silence-adds-to-anger-frustration-amid-violence-flare-up/ |access-date=30 June 2023 |archive-date=30 June 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230630040248/https://thefederal.com/states/north-east/manipur-pms-silence-adds-to-anger-frustration-amid-violence-flare-up/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

=== Hindutva ===
{{Further |Hindutva}}
[[File:Prime Minister Modi at Tirupati Balaji Temple.jpg|thumb|Modi at [[Venkateswara Temple, Tirumala|Venkateswara Temple]], Tirumala|left]]

The activities of a number of Hindu nationalist organisations increased in scope after Modi's appointment as prime minister, sometimes with the government's support.<ref>{{#invoke:cite|web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/11/world/asia/modi-india-elections.html |title=Under Modi, a Hindu Nationalist Surge Has Further Divided India |last1=Gettleman |first1=Jeffrey |last2=Schultz |first2=Kai |last3=Raj |first3=Suhasini |last4=Kumar |first4=Hari |date=11 April 2019 |work=[[New York Times]] |access-date=29 August 2022 |archive-date=29 August 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220829174347/https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/11/world/asia/modi-india-elections.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:cite|web|last=Serhan |first=Yasmeen |title=The Hinduization of India Is Nearly Complete |url=https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2022/05/narendra-modi-india-religion-hindu-nationalism/630169/ |work=[[The Atlantic]] |date=27 May 2022 |access-date=29 August 2022 |archive-date=29 August 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220829174443/https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2022/05/narendra-modi-india-religion-hindu-nationalism/630169/ |url-status=live }}</ref> These activities included a [[Ghar Wapsi|Hindu religious conversion programme]], a campaign against the supposed Islamic practice of "[[Love Jihad]]" (an [[Islamophobic]]{{refn |name=Islamophobia |<ref name="Farokhi" />{{rp |226–227 |q=The exponents of this conspiracy assert that innocent Hindu women are converted to Islam in order to increase the Muslim population, thereby waging jihad or holy war against Hindus (Gupta, 2009). By evoking demographic fears and anxiety, this campaign demonises Muslims and works to advance the patriarchal idea of saving Hindu girls from an imagined Muslim menace (Das, 2010).}}<ref>{{#invoke:cite|book|last1=Jenkins |first1=Laura Dudley |chapter=Persecution: The Love Jihad Rumor |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=J22RDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA180 |title=Religious Freedom and Mass Conversion in India |year=2019 |doi=10.9783/9780812296006-007 |publisher=University of Pennsylvania Press |isbn=978-0-8122-9600-6 |s2cid=242173559 |quote=The masterplot of love jihad is not just literary imaginings but also a potent brew of Islamophobia and patriarchy that harms Muslims and women. Akin to some of the post-9/11 rhetoric in the United States, contemporary Hindu nationalists propagate "a mythical history of medieval Muslim tyranny and present-day existential threat, demanding mobilization and revenge." |access-date=6 May 2023 |archive-date=13 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230513114814/https://books.google.com/books?id=J22RDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA180 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:cite|journal|last1=Sharma |first1=Ajita |title=Afrazul's murder: Law and love jihad |journal=Jindal Global Law Review |date=1 April 2020 |volume=11 |issue=1 |pages=77–95 |doi=10.1007/s41020-020-00114-5 |publisher=Springer |s2cid=220512241 |quote=The fake claim by the Hindu right-wing that love jihad forces Hindu women to love and marry a Muslim man and convert to Islam is perpetuating an already existing anti-Muslim narrative in the country. The love jihad phenomenon has thus become a tool of hate and anger towards Muslims. Afrazul's killing by Raigher is an extreme demonstration of this form of hate and anger towards Muslims.}}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:cite|journal|last1=Upadhyay |first1=Nishant |title=Hindu Nation and its Queers: Caste, Islamophobia, and De/coloniality in India |journal=Interventions |date=18 May 2020 |volume=22 |issue=4 |pages=464–480 |doi=10.1080/1369801X.2020.1749709 |url=https://www.academia.edu/43040799 |publisher=Routledge |s2cid=218822737 |via=Academia.edu |quote=Heterosexual couples who defy caste and religious structures often face violence, some of which results in death through honor killings and lynching targeting specifically Muslim and Dalit men. For instance, the Hindutva campaign against what it calls the "love jihad" is an attempt to protect Hindu women from Muslim men, as the latter are imagined/blamed to convert Hindu women to Islam through trickery and marriage (Gupta 2018b, 85). Needless to say, these claims are unfounded and Islamophobic imaginations of the Hindu Right. |access-date=30 March 2021 |archive-date=28 March 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220328033737/https://www.academia.edu/43040799 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:cite|book|last1=Frydenlund |first1=Iselin |editor1-first=Asbjørn |editor1-last=Dyrendal |editor2-first=David G. |editor2-last=Robertson |editor3-first=Egil |editor3-last=Asprem |chapter=Buddhist Islamophobia: Actors, Tropes, Contexts |title=Handbook of Conspiracy Theory and Contemporary Religion |series=Brill Handbooks on Contemporary Religion |volume=17 |year=2018 |pages=279–302 |doi=10.1163/9789004382022_014 |publisher=Brill |isbn=978-90-04-38202-2 |s2cid=201409140 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=yoN1DwAAQBAJ |via=Academia.edu |chapter-url=https://www.academia.edu/37554959}}</ref>{{rp |289 |q=The third trope concerns capitalism and market competition, while the latter three consider another aspect of global Islamophobic discourses, namely that there is a plot to spread Islam around the world through population growth, or so-called Demographic Jihad. This in turn can be divided into three subfields according to the means by which Muslims are claimed to use in their Demographic Jihad to eradicate Buddhism: 'Birth Jihad', 'Rape Jihad', and 'Love Jihad'.}}}} [[conspiracy theory]])<ref name="Farokhi">{{#invoke:cite|book|last=Farokhi |first=Zeinab |chapter=Hindu Nationalism, News Channels, and "Post-Truth" Twitter: A Case Study of "Love Jihad" |editor-last=Boler |editor-first=Megan |pages=226–239 |editor-last2=Davis |editor-first2=Elizabeth |title=Affective Politics of Digital Media: Propaganda by Other Means |publisher=Routledge |year=2020 |isbn=978-1-00-016917-1 |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_8T2DwAAQBAJ&pg=PT171 |chapter-url-access=limited |access-date=6 May 2023 |archive-date=6 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230506153834/https://books.google.com/books?id=_8T2DwAAQBAJ&pg=PT171 |url-status=live }}</ref>{{rp |226–227 |q=This chapter examines the conspiracy theory of "Love Jihad" across traditional and social media discourse in India as a way to show how affective strategies promoting Islamophobia are employed through logics of "digital governmentality" (Badouard et al., 2016). "Love Jihad" is a campaign started by right-wing Hindu nationalists in 2009 (Gökarıksel et al., 2019) alleging that Muslim men feign love to lure non-Muslim women to marry them in order to convert them to Islam (Rao, 2011).}}<ref>{{#invoke:cite|journal|last=Strohl |first=David James |date=11 October 2018 |title=Love jihad in India's moral imaginaries: religion, kinship, and citizenship in late liberalism |journal=Contemporary South Asia |publisher=Routledge |volume=27 |issue=1 |pages=27–39 |doi=10.1080/09584935.2018.1528209 |s2cid=149838857 |issn=0958-4935 }}</ref>{{rp |1–2 |q=Since at least 2009, a host of activists have used grassroots campaigns and mass-media to spread rumours throughout India of a vast conspiracy by the Muslim community to train young men to seduce, marry, and convert Hindu women. Some politicians and activists draw on these conspiracy theories to drum up support from Hindus in electoral campaigns and to fuel moralising crusades throughout the country aimed at saving women from these imagined threats.}}<ref>{{#invoke:cite|journal|last1=Nair |first1=Rashmi |last2=Vollhardt |first2=Johanna Ray |date=6 May 2019 |title=Intersectional Consciousness in Collective Victim Beliefs: Perceived Intragroup Differences Among Disadvantaged Groups |url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/332904170 |journal=Political Psychology |publisher=Wiley |volume=40 |issue=5 |page=2 |doi=10.1111/pops.12593 |s2cid=164693982 |via=ResearchGate |quote=Muslims form about 15% of India's population and have suffered severe marginalization in education and employment, since the partition of Hindu-majority India and Muslim-majority Pakistan in 1947 (Alam, 2010). They have since faced recurrent riots (Varshney, 2003). Other hostilities include false accusations of love jihad (a conspiracy theory claiming Muslim men feign love with non-Muslim women to convert them to Islam) and attempts to convert Muslims to Hinduism by Hindu fundamentalist organizations (Gupta, 2009). |access-date=19 September 2020 |archive-date=19 April 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240419133532/https://www.researchgate.net/publication/332904170_Intersectional_Consciousness_in_Collective_Victim_Beliefs_Perceived_Intragroup_Differences_Among_Disadvantaged_Groups |url-status=live }}</ref> and attempts to celebrate [[Nathuram Godse]], the assassin of [[Mahatma Gandhi]], by members of the right-wing organisation [[Hindu Mahasabha]].<ref>{{#invoke:cite|news|last=George |first=Varghese K. |date=9 May 2020 |title=Comment: Hindutva's extremist Twitterati now target Modi for Muslim appeasement |language=en-IN |work=[[The Hindu]] |url=https://www.thehindu.com/opinion/op-ed/comment-hindutvas-extremist-twitterati-now-target-modi-for-muslim-appeasement/article31545353.ece |access-date=15 January 2021 |issn=0971-751X |archive-date=22 January 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210122074021/https://www.thehindu.com/opinion/op-ed/comment-hindutvas-extremist-twitterati-now-target-modi-for-muslim-appeasement/article31545353.ece |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:cite|news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/04/world/asia/india-gandhi-nathuram-godse.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200204193004/https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/04/world/asia/india-gandhi-nathuram-godse.html |archive-date=4 February 2020 |url-access=limited |url-status=live |title=Gandhi's Killer Evokes Admiration as Never Before |first=Sameer |last=Yasir |newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |date=4 February 2020 |access-date=5 February 2020}}</ref> Government officials, including the home minister, defended the conversion programmes.<ref name="Palshikar" />

Links between the BJP and the [[Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh]] (RSS) grew stronger under Modi. The RSS provided organisational support to the BJP's electoral campaigns while the Modi administration appointed RSS-affiliated individuals to prominent government positions.<ref>{{#invoke:cite|news|date=2 March 2019 |title=Narendra Modi and the struggle for India's soul |newspaper=[[The Economist]] |url=https://www.economist.com/briefing/2019/03/02/narendra-modi-and-the-struggle-for-indias-soul |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190301125100/https://www.economist.com/briefing/2019/03/02/narendra-modi-and-the-struggle-for-indias-soul |archive-date=1 March 2019 |access-date=27 March 2019 |url-status=live}}</ref> In 2014, [[Yellapragada Sudershan Rao]], who had previously been associated with the RSS, became the chairperson of the [[Indian Council of Historical Research]] (ICHR).<ref name="Ganguly 2014-10" /> Historians and former members of the ICHR, including those sympathetic to the BJP, questioned Rao's credentials as a historian and stated the appointment was part of an agenda of cultural nationalism.<ref name="Ganguly 2014-10" /><ref>{{#invoke:cite|news|first=Anita |last=Joshua |title=Choice of ICHR chief reignites saffronisation debate |work=[[The Hindu]] |date=16 July 2014 |access-date=20 August 2014 |url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/choice-of-ichr-chief-reignites-saffronisation-debate/article6214483.ece |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141202181112/http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/choice-of-ichr-chief-reignites-saffronisation-debate/article6214483.ece |archive-date=2 December 2014 }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:cite|news|first=Akshaya |last=Mukul |title=Right-wingers question ICHR chief selection |work=[[The Times of India]] |date=18 July 2014 |access-date=20 August 2014 |url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Right-wingers-question-ICHR-chief-selection/articleshow/38581467.cms |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140721002055/http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Right-wingers-question-ICHR-chief-selection/articleshow/38581467.cms |archive-date=21 July 2014 |url-status=live}}</ref> During its first term, the Modi administration appointed other RSS members to lead universities and research institutions, and recruitment of faculty members favouring the RSS increased. According to scholars [[Nandini Sundar]] and Kiran Bhatty, many of these appointees did not possess the qualifications for their positions.<ref name="Bhatty">{{#invoke:cite|journal|last1=Bhatty |first1=Kiran |last2=Sundar |first2=Nandini |title=Sliding from majoritarianism toward fascism: Educating India under the Modi regime |journal=International Sociology |publisher=SAGE Publications |volume=35 |issue=6 |date=17 September 2020 |issn=0268-5809 |doi=10.1177/0268580920937226 |pages=632–650 |s2cid=224896271 }}</ref> The Modi administration also made numerous changes in government-approved history textbooks that de-emphasised the role of [[Jawaharlal Nehru]] and glorified that of Modi while also portraying Indian society as harmonious, and without conflict and inequity.<ref name="Bhatty" /><ref>{{cite encyclopedia |last=Bhatty |first=Kiran |title=School education: Denials and delusions |editor-last1=Azad |editor-first1=Rohit |editor-last2=Chakraborty |editor-first2=Shouvik |editor-last3=Ramani |editor-first3=Srinivasan |editor-last4=Sinha |editor-first4=Dipa |encyclopedia=A quantum leap in the wrong direction? |date=2019 |isbn=978-93-5287-618-1 |oclc=1089418969 }}</ref>

In 2019, the Modi administration passed a [[Citizenship (Amendment) Act, 2019|citizenship law]] that provides a route to Indian citizenship for persecuted religious minorities from Afghanistan, Bangladesh and Pakistan who are Hindus, Sikhs, Buddhists, Jains, Parsis or Christians,<ref>[https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-india-50670393 Citizenship Amendment Bill: India's new 'anti-Muslim' law explained] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191212192621/https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-50670393 |date=12 December 2019 }}, BBC News, 11 December 2019.</ref><ref>{{#invoke:cite|web|url=https://pib.gov.in/newsite/PrintRelease.aspx?relid=195783 |title=Parliament passes the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill 2019 |website=pib.gov.in |access-date=18 December 2019 |archive-date=16 December 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191216092712/https://pib.gov.in/newsite/PrintRelease.aspx%3Frelid%3D195783 |url-status=live }}</ref> but does not grant eligibility to Muslims.<ref>{{#invoke:cite|news|url=https://www.cnn.com/2019/12/11/asia/india-citizenship-amendment-bill-intl-hnk/index.html |title=India passes controversial citizenship bill that excludes Muslims |first1=Helen |last1=Regan |first2=Swati |last2=Gupta |first3=Omar |last3=Khan |date=11 December 2019 |publisher=CNN |access-date=3 October 2022 |archive-date=15 December 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191215224043/https://www.cnn.com/2019/12/11/asia/india-citizenship-amendment-bill-intl-hnk/index.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:cite|news|url=https://www.npr.org/2019/12/11/787220640/india-passes-controversial-citizenship-bill-that-would-exclude-muslims |title=India Passes Controversial Citizenship Bill That Would Exclude Muslims |first1=Sam |last1=Gringlas |work=NPR |date=11 December 2019 |access-date=3 October 2022 |archive-date=15 December 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191215032601/https://www.npr.org/2019/12/11/787220640/india-passes-controversial-citizenship-bill-that-would-exclude-muslims |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="Slater" /> This was first time religion had been overtly used as a criterion for citizenship under Indian law; it attracted global criticism and prompted widespread [[Citizenship Amendment Act protests|protests]] that were halted by the [[COVID-19 pandemic in India|COVID-19 pandemic]].<ref name="Bhatty" /><ref name="Slater">{{#invoke:cite|news|last1=Slater |first1=Joanna |title=Why protests are erupting over India's new citizenship law |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia_pacific/why-indias-citizenship-law-is-so-contentious/2019/12/17/35d75996-2042-11ea-b034-de7dc2b5199b_story.html |newspaper=The Washington Post |date=18 December 2019 |access-date=18 December 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191218215158/https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia_pacific/why-indias-citizenship-law-is-so-contentious/2019/12/17/35d75996-2042-11ea-b034-de7dc2b5199b_story.html |archive-date=18 December 2019 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:cite|journal|last1=Jayal |first1=Niraja Gopal |title=Reconfiguring Citizenship in Contemporary India |journal=South Asia: Journal of South Asian Studies |volume=42 |issue=1 |year=2019 |pages=33–50 |issn=0085-6401 |doi=10.1080/00856401.2019.1555874 |s2cid=151037291|doi-access=free }}</ref> Counter-demonstrations against the protests developed into the [[2020 Delhi riots]], caused chiefly by Hindu mobs attacking Muslims.<ref>{{citation |title=Delhi's Muslims despair of justice after police implicated in riots |last1=Ellis-Peterson |first1=Hannah |last2=Azizur Rahman |first2=Shaikh |location=Delhi |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/mar/16/delhis-muslims-despair-justice-police-implicated-hindu-riots |date=16 March 2020 |access-date=17 March 2020 |archive-date=17 March 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200317023019/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/mar/16/delhis-muslims-despair-justice-police-implicated-hindu-riots |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{citation |last1=Gettleman |first1=Jeffrey |last2=Abi-Habib |first2=Maria |title=In India, Modi's Policies Have Lit a Fuse |date=1 March 2020 |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/01/world/asia/india-modi-hindus.html |access-date=1 March 2020 |archive-date=1 March 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200301173003/https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/01/world/asia/india-modi-hindus.html |url-status=live }}</ref> Fifty-three people were killed in the protests, two-thirds of whom were Muslim.<ref>{{citation |title='If We Kill You, Nothing Will Happen': How Delhi's Police Turned Against Muslims |first1=Jeffrey |last1=Gettleman |first2=Sameer |last2=Yasir |first3=Suhasini |last3=Raj |first4=Hari |last4=Kumar |others=Photographs by Loke, Atul |date=12 March 2020 |access-date=13 March 2020 |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/12/world/asia/india-police-muslims.html |archive-date=13 March 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200313011029/https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/12/world/asia/india-police-muslims.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{citation |last1=Slater |first1=Joanna |last2=Masih |first2=Niha |date=6 March 2020 |title=In Delhi's worst violence in decades, a man watched his brother burn |newspaper=The Washington Post |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia_pacific/in-delhis-worst-violence-in-decades-a-man-watched-his-brother-burn/2020/03/05/892dbb12-5e45-11ea-ac50-18701e14e06d_story.html |access-date=6 March 2020 |archive-date=7 March 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200307070624/https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia_pacific/in-delhis-worst-violence-in-decades-a-man-watched-his-brother-burn/2020/03/05/892dbb12-5e45-11ea-ac50-18701e14e06d_story.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{citation |last1=Slater |first1=Joanna |last2=Masih |first2=Niha |date=2 March 2020 |title=What Delhi's worst communal violence in decades means for Modi's India |newspaper=The Washington Post |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia_pacific/what-days-of-communal-violence-mean-for-modi-and-for-india/2020/03/01/3d649c18-5a68-11ea-8efd-0f904bdd8057_story.html |access-date=15 March 2020 |archive-date=3 March 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200303203132/https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia_pacific/what-days-of-communal-violence-mean-for-modi-and-for-india/2020/03/01/3d649c18-5a68-11ea-8efd-0f904bdd8057_story.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:cite|news|date=26 February 2020 |title=Modi slammed as death toll in New Delhi violence rises |publisher=[[Al Jazeera English|Al Jazeera]] |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020/02/modi-slammed-death-toll-delhi-violence-rises-200226192504695.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210114013040/https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020/2/26/modi-slammed-as-death-toll-in-new-delhi-violence-rises |archive-date=14 January 2021 |access-date=30 November 2020 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:cite|news|last=Varadarajan |first=Siddharth |date=27 February 2020 |title=Narendra Modi's Reckless Politics Brings Mob Rule to New Delhi |work=[[The Wire (India)|The Wire]] |url=https://thewire.in/communalism/narendra-modi-delhi-riots-mob-violence-bjp |url-status=live |access-date=19 September 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210112145040/https://thewire.in/communalism/narendra-modi-delhi-riots-mob-violence-bjp |archive-date=12 January 2021}}</ref> On 5 August 2020, Modi visited [[Ayodhya]] after the [[2019 Supreme Court verdict on Ayodhya dispute|Supreme Court in 2019]] ordered [[Ayodhya dispute|contested land in Ayodhya]] to be handed to a trust to build a Hindu temple and ordered the government to give alternative {{Convert |5 |acre}} of land to the [[Sunni Waqf Board]] for the purpose of building a mosque.<ref>{{#invoke:cite|web|date=10 November 2019 |title=Ayodhya verdict live: Country's unity strengthened after verdict, say religious leaders |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/ayodhya-verdict-live-updates-supreme-court-verdict-on-ram-mandir-babri-masjid-dispute/liveblog/71978224.cms |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201125010541/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/ayodhya-verdict-live-updates-supreme-court-verdict-on-ram-mandir-babri-masjid-dispute/liveblog/71978224.cms |archive-date=25 November 2020 |access-date=9 November 2019 |work=[[The Times of India]] |language=en}}</ref> Modi became the first PM to visit temples at [[Ram Janmabhoomi]] and [[Hanuman Garhi]].<ref>{{#invoke:cite|news|title=Modi becomes first PM to visit Ram Janmabhoomi, Hanumangarhi temple in Ayodhya |url=https://www.financialexpress.com/lifestyle/travel-tourism/modi-becomes-first-pm-to-visit-ram-janmabhoomi-hanumangarhi-temple-in-ayodhya/2046074/ |access-date=19 November 2020 |agency=[[Press Trust of India]] |work=[[The Financial Express (India)|The Financial Express]] |date=5 August 2020 |archive-date=29 January 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210129155011/https://www.financialexpress.com/lifestyle/travel-tourism/modi-becomes-first-pm-to-visit-ram-janmabhoomi-hanumangarhi-temple-in-ayodhya/2046074/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
[[File:The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi pays obeisance at Tirumala Temple, in Tirupati, Andhra Pradesh.jpg|thumb|Modi pays obeisance at [[Tirumala Temple]] in Andhra Pradesh]]
Soon after Modi returned to power in 2019, he took three actions the RSS had long called for.<ref name="Bhatty" /> The practice of [[Triple talaq in India|Triple Talaq]] was made illegal and became a punishable act from 1 August 2019.<ref>{{#invoke:cite|news|url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/lok-sabha-passes-triple-talaq-bill-over-to-rajya-sabha-now/articleshow/70381627.cms |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201107230128/https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/lok-sabha-passes-triple-talaq-bill-over-to-rajya-sabha-now/articleshow/70381627.cms |title=Lok Sabha passes instant talaq bill; JDU walks out |website=[[The Economic Times]] |access-date=26 July 2019 |archive-date=7 November 2020 |date=25 July 2019 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:cite|web|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/triple-talaq-bill-passed-in-rajya-sabha-1575309-2019-07-30 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190730134908/https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/triple-talaq-bill-passed-in-rajya-sabha-1575309-2019-07-30 |title= Triple talaq bill passed in Rajya Sabha |website=[[India Today]] |access-date=30 July 2019 |archive-date=30 July 2019 |date=30 July 2019 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:cite|news|url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/fresh-triple-talaq-bill-introduced-in-lok-sabha-oppositon-members-protest/articleshow/69891244.cms |title=Fresh triple talaq Bill introduced in Lok Sabha |website=[[The Economic Times]] |access-date=31 July 2019 |date=21 June 2019 |archive-date=23 August 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190823070952/https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/fresh-triple-talaq-bill-introduced-in-lok-sabha-oppositon-members-protest/articleshow/69891244.cms |url-status=live }}</ref> The administration repealed [[Article 370]] of the Indian constitution that granted autonomy to [[Jammu and Kashmir (state)|Jammu and Kashmir]],<ref>{{citation |last1=Akhtar |first1=Rais |title=Jammu and Kashmir, State, India |url=https://www.britannica.com/place/Jammu-and-Kashmir |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150619220652/https://www.britannica.com/place/Jammu-and-Kashmir |archive-date=19 June 2015 |url-status=live |publisher=Encyclopaedia Britannica |last2=Kirk |first2=William |access-date=7 August 2019}} (subscription required)</ref><ref>{{citation |last1=Osmańczyk |first1=Edmund Jan |title=Encyclopedia of the United Nations and International Agreements: G to M |pages=1191– |year=2003 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=fSIMXHMdfkkC&pg=PA1191 |access-date=8 June 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230117140437/https://books.google.com/books?id=fSIMXHMdfkkC&pg=PA1191 |archive-date=17 January 2023 |url-status=live |publisher=Taylor & Francis |isbn=978-0-415-93922-5}}</ref> and also [[The Jammu and Kashmir Reorganisation Act, 2019|abrogated its statehood]], reorganising it into the [[union territory|union territories]] [[Jammu and Kashmir (union territory)|Jammu and Kashmir]], and [[Ladakh]].<ref name="Bhatty" /><ref>{{#invoke:cite|web|date=5 August 2019 |title=Jammu & Kashmir Reorganisation Bill passed by Rajya Sabha: Key takeaways |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/india/jammu-kashmir-bifurcation-ladakh-union-territory-key-takeaways-from-reorganisation-bill-article-370-amit-shah-5880177/ |access-date=16 August 2021 |website=The Indian Express |language=en |archive-date=5 August 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190805144345/https://indianexpress.com/article/india/jammu-kashmir-bifurcation-ladakh-union-territory-key-takeaways-from-reorganisation-bill-article-370-amit-shah-5880177/ |url-status=live }}</ref> The region was placed under [[2019–2021 Jammu and Kashmir lockdown|a lockdown]] and internet services were suspended and were not completely restored until February 2021.<ref>{{#invoke:cite|news|url=https://zeenews.india.com/india/as-4g-gets-restored-foriegn-envoys-expected-to-visit-jammu-and-kashmir-2341731.html |title=As 4G is restored in Jammu & Kashmir, Centre plans another trip for foreign envoys |work=Zee News |access-date=5 September 2022 |archive-date=5 September 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220905140239/https://zeenews.india.com/india/as-4g-gets-restored-foriegn-envoys-expected-to-visit-jammu-and-kashmir-2341731.html |url-status=live }}</ref> Thousands of people, including hundreds of political leaders, were detained.<ref>{{cite magazine |title=At Least 2,300 People Have Been Detained During the Lockdown in Kashmir |url=https://time.com/5657293/india-kashmir-detention-security-lockdown/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190821182839/https://time.com/5657293/india-kashmir-detention-security-lockdown/ |archive-date=21 August 2019 |magazine=Time |date=21 August 2019}}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:cite|news|title=Kashmir city on lockdown after calls for protest march |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/aug/23/kashmir-city-srinagar-india-lockdown-calls-protest-march |work=The Guardian |date=23 August 2019 |access-date=5 September 2022 |archive-date=6 December 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191206185115/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/aug/23/kashmir-city-srinagar-india-lockdown-calls-protest-march |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:cite|news|title=Inside Kashmir's lockdown: 'Even I will pick up a gun' |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-49294301 |work=BBC |date=10 August 2019 |access-date=5 September 2022 |archive-date=25 October 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211025205015/https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-49294301 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:cite|news|title=Thousands detained in Indian Kashmir crackdown, official data reveals |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-india-kashmir-detentions/thousands-detained-in-indian-kashmir-crackdown-official-data-reveals-idUSKCN1VX142 |work=Reuters |date=12 September 2019 |access-date=5 September 2022 |archive-date=31 December 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191231164928/https://www.reuters.com/article/us-india-kashmir-detentions/thousands-detained-in-indian-kashmir-crackdown-official-data-reveals-idUSKCN1VX142 |url-status=live }}</ref> The Supreme Court of India did not hear constitutional challenges to the reorganisation or the Citizenship Amendment Act. According to Bhatty and Sundar, this is an example of the subversion of the Supreme Court and other major institutions, which were filled with appointees favouring the BJP.<ref name="Bhatty" />

During his campaign for [[2024 Indian general election]], Modi referred to [[Indian Muslims|Muslims]] as infiltrators with many children who would take India's wealth, if his political opponents gained power.<ref>{{#invoke:cite|news|author1=Hannah Ellis-Petersen |title=Narendra Modi accused of stirring tensions as voting in India continues |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/apr/22/narendra-modi-accused-of-stirring-tensions-as-voting-in-india-continues |access-date=24 April 2024 |work=The Guardian |date=22 April 2024}}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:cite|news|author1=Alex Travelli |author2=Suhasini Raj |title=Modi Calls Muslims 'Infiltrators' Who Would Take India's Wealth |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/22/world/asia/modi-speech-muslims.html |access-date=24 April 2024 |work=The New York Times |date=22 April 2024 |archive-date=24 April 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240424001355/https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/22/world/asia/modi-speech-muslims.html |url-status=live }}</ref> In a later interview, Modi said that regardless of the social class, there are more children in neighbourhoods plagued by poverty. He said he made no mention of Muslim or Hindu in his campaign speech.<ref>{{#invoke:cite|web|title="I Never Said Hindu Or Muslim, I Talked About...": PM Modi |url=https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/never-said-hindu-or-muslim-pm-narendra-modi-on-those-who-have-more-children-remark-5666246 |access-date=15 May 2024 |website=NDTV.com |archive-date=15 May 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240515042145/https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/never-said-hindu-or-muslim-pm-narendra-modi-on-those-who-have-more-children-remark-5666246 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:cite|web|date=15 May 2024 |title='I will not do Hindu-Muslim': PM Narendra Modi amid 'infiltrators' row |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/i-will-not-do-hindu-muslim-pm-narendra-modi-amid-infiltrators-row-congress-manifesto-lok-sabha-elections-2024-101715743369272.html |access-date=15 May 2024 |website=Hindustan Times |language=en |archive-date=15 May 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240515042308/https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/i-will-not-do-hindu-muslim-pm-narendra-modi-amid-infiltrators-row-congress-manifesto-lok-sabha-elections-2024-101715743369272.html |url-status=live }}</ref> However, factcheckers have refuted this claim of Modi and found numerous instances across his election campaign where he communally targeted the Muslims.<ref>{{#invoke:cite|web| title=PM Modi denies Hindu-Muslim reference in election campaign speeches: Fact-check reveals otherwise | website=NORTHEAST NOW | date=15 May 2024 | url=https://nenow.in/lok-sabha-election-2024/pm-modi-denies-hindu-muslim-reference-in-election-campaign-speeches-fact-check-reveals-otherwise.html | access-date=18 May 2024 | archive-date=18 May 2024 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240518042754/https://nenow.in/lok-sabha-election-2024/pm-modi-denies-hindu-muslim-reference-in-election-campaign-speeches-fact-check-reveals-otherwise.html | url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:cite|web|last=Majumder |first=Shinjinee |date=15 May 2024 |title=Did Modi target Muslims? Fact-checking PM's remarks in News 18 interview |url=https://www.altnews.in/did-modi-target-muslims-fact-checking-pms-remarks-in-news-18-interview/ |access-date=20 May 2024 |website=Alt News |language=en-GB |archive-date=20 May 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240520070739/https://www.altnews.in/did-modi-target-muslims-fact-checking-pms-remarks-in-news-18-interview/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

=== Economy ===
{{Main|Economic policy of the Narendra Modi government}}

[[File:Informal meeting of the BRICS during the 2019 G20 Osaka summit.jpg|thumb |[[BRICS]] leaders in 2019. Left to right: [[Xi Jinping|Xi]] (China), [[Vladimir Putin|Putin]] (Russia), [[Jair Bolsonaro|Bolsonaro]] (Brazil), Modi and [[Cyril Ramaphosa|Ramaphosa]] (South Africa) |left]]

The Modi government's economic policies focused on privatisation and liberalisation of the economy, and were based on a [[neoliberal]] framework.<ref name="Ruparelia" /><ref name="Shah 2015-10-10">{{#invoke:cite|journal|last1=Shah |first1=Alpa |last2=Lerche |first2=Jens |url=https://www.epw.in/journal/2015/41/book-reviews/indias-democracy-illusion-inclusion.html |title=India's Democracy: Illusion of Inclusion |journal=[[Economic & Political Weekly]] |date=10 October 2015 |volume=50 |issue=41 |pages=33–36 |access-date=6 September 2021 |archive-date=28 March 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230328113150/https://www.epw.in/journal/2015/41/book-reviews/indias-democracy-illusion-inclusion.html |url-status=live }}</ref> Modi liberalised India's [[foreign direct investment]] policies, allowing more foreign investment in several industries, including defence and railways.<ref name="Ruparelia" /><ref>{{#invoke:cite|news|url=http://articles.economictimes.indiatimes.com/2014-08-07/news/52555932_1_defence-sector-cent-fdi-railways-sector |work=[[The Times of India]] | title=Cabinet approves raising FDI cap in defence to 49 percent, opens up railways |date=7 August 2014 |access-date=27 July 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150807044440/http://articles.economictimes.indiatimes.com/2014-08-07/news/52555932_1_defence-sector-cent-fdi-railways-sector |archive-date=7 August 2015 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:cite|news|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/modi-presses-reform-for-india-but-is-it-enough-1416466742 |work=[[The Wall Street Journal]] |first=Raymond |last=Zhong |title=Modi Presses Reform for India—But Is it Enough? |date=20 November 2014 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160329123224/http://www.wsj.com/articles/modi-presses-reform-for-india-but-is-it-enough-1416466742 |archive-date=29 March 2016 |access-date=29 March 2016 }}</ref> Other proposed reforms included making the forming of unions more difficult for workers, and making recruitment and dismissal easier for employers;<ref name="Shah 2015-10-10" /> some of these proposals were abandoned after protests.<ref>{{#invoke:cite|news|title=Modi renews labour reforms push as jobs regain focus before polls |url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/economy/policy/modi-renews-labour-reforms-push-as-jobs-regain-focus-before-polls/articleshow/63297358.cms |access-date=6 February 2019 |work=[[The Economic Times]] |date=14 March 2018 |archive-date=9 February 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190209124121/https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/economy/policy/modi-renews-labour-reforms-push-as-jobs-regain-focus-before-polls/articleshow/63297358.cms |url-status=live }}</ref> The reforms drew strong opposition from unions: on 2 September 2015, eleven of the country's largest unions—including one affiliated with the BJP—struck.<ref name="Shah 2015-10-10" /> The [[Bharatiya Mazdoor Sangh]] (Indian Workers Union), a constituent of the [[Sangh Parivar]] (Family of the RSS), stated the underlying motivation of labour reforms favoured corporations over labourers.<ref name="Ruparelia" />

The funds dedicated to poverty-reduction programmes and social welfare measures were greatly reduced by Modi's administration.<ref name="Manor">{{#invoke:cite|journal|last1=Manor |first1=James |s2cid=155472230 |title=A Precarious Enterprise? Multiple Antagonisms during Year One of the Modi Government |journal=South Asia: Journal of South Asian Studies |year=2015 |volume=38 |issue=4 |pages=736–754 |doi=10.1080/00856401.2015.1083644}}</ref> The money spent on social programmes declined from 14.6 per cent of GDP during the previous Congress government to 12.6 per cent during Modi's first year in office, and spending on health and family welfare declined by 15 per cent.<ref name="Ruparelia" /> The government lowered corporate taxes, abolished the [[Wealth Tax Act, 1957|wealth tax]], increased sales taxes, and reduced customs duties on gold and jewellery.<ref name="Ruparelia" /> In October 2014, the Modi government deregulated diesel prices.<ref>{{#invoke:cite|web|url=http://www.ndtv.com/india-news/narendra-modi-government-deregulates-diesel-prices-681104 |title=Narendra Modi Government Deregulates Diesel Prices |first=Rahul |last=Shrivastava |date=18 October 2014 |publisher=[[NDTV]] |access-date=17 February 2017 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161129152524/http://www.ndtv.com/india-news/narendra-modi-government-deregulates-diesel-prices-681104 |archive-date=29 November 2016}}</ref> During Modi's first term, his government reduced spending on education as share of the budget: over five years, education spending dropped from 0.7 per cent of GDP to 0.5 per cent.<ref>{{#invoke:cite|web|title=How successive govts are flunking education budgets, NDA worse |website=India Today |date=31 January 2020 |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/diu/story/how-successive-govts-flunking-education-budgets-nda-worse-1641826-2020-01-31 |access-date=4 September 2022 |archive-date=4 September 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220904100506/https://www.indiatoday.in/diu/story/how-successive-govts-flunking-education-budgets-nda-worse-1641826-2020-01-31 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:cite|web|title=Story in numbers: Spending on education in four years of Modi government |website=Business Standard News |date=4 February 2018 |url=https://www.business-standard.com/article/current-affairs/story-in-numbers-spending-on-education-in-four-years-of-modi-government-118020400653_1.html |access-date=4 September 2022 |archive-date=4 September 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220904102003/https://www.business-standard.com/article/current-affairs/story-in-numbers-spending-on-education-in-four-years-of-modi-government-118020400653_1.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:cite|web|last=Chowdhury |first=Shreya Roy |title=The Modi Years: What have school children gained in the last five years? |website=Scroll.in |date=26 January 2019 |url=https://scroll.in/article/909667/the-modi-years-what-have-school-children-gained-in-the-last-five-years |access-date=4 September 2022 |archive-date=4 September 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220904100501/https://scroll.in/article/909667/the-modi-years-what-have-school-children-gained-in-the-last-five-years |url-status=live }}</ref> The percentage of the budget spent on children's nutrition, education, health, and associated programmes was almost halved between 2014 and 2022.<ref>{{#invoke:cite|web|title=Children's Share in Budget Has Nearly Halved Since Modi Took Charge |website=The Wire |date=8 June 2021 |url=https://thewire.in/rights/modi-budget-share-for-children |access-date=4 September 2022 |archive-date=4 September 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220904100726/https://thewire.in/rights/modi-budget-share-for-children |url-status=live }}</ref> Capital expenditure on transport infrastructure significantly rose, increasing from less than 0.4 per cent of GDP in 2014 to 1.7 per cent in 2023.<ref>{{#invoke:cite|news|date=13 March 2023 |title=India is getting an eye-wateringly big transport upgrade |newspaper=[[The Economist]] |url=https://www.economist.com/asia/2023/03/13/india-is-getting-an-eye-wateringly-big-transport-upgrade |access-date=17 March 2023 |issn=0013-0613 |archive-date=16 March 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230316152432/https://www.economist.com/asia/2023/03/13/india-is-getting-an-eye-wateringly-big-transport-upgrade |url-status=live }}</ref>

In September 2014, Modi introduced the [[Make in India]] initiative to encourage foreign companies to manufacture products in India with the goal of turning the country into a global manufacturing hub.<ref name="Ruparelia" /><ref>{{#invoke:cite|web|first=Gaurav |last=Choudhury |url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/business-news/live-coverage-launch-of-modi-s-make-in-india-campaign/article1-1268119.aspx |title=Look East, Link West, says PM Modi at Make in India launch |work=[[Hindustan Times]] |date=25 September 2014 |access-date=17 February 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150817060606/http://www.hindustantimes.com/business-news/live-coverage-launch-of-modi-s-make-in-india-campaign/article1-1268119.aspx |archive-date=17 August 2015}}</ref> Supporters of economic liberalisation supported the initiative but critics said it would allow foreign corporations to capture a greater share of the Indian market.<ref name="Ruparelia" /> Modi's administration passed a land-reform bill that allowed it to acquire private agricultural land without conducting a social impact assessment, and without the consent of the farmers who owned it.<ref>{{#invoke:cite|journal|last1=Guha |first1=Abhijit |title=Dangers of Indian Reform of the Colonial Land Acquisition Law |journal=Global Journal of Human-Social Science |year=2015 |volume=15 |issue=1}}</ref> The bill was passed via an executive order after it faced opposition in Parliament but was eventually allowed to lapse.<ref name="Sen" /> Modi's government passed the [[Goods and Services Tax (India)|Goods and Services Tax]], the biggest tax reform in the country since independence, subsuming around 17 taxes and became effective on 1 July 2017.<ref>{{#invoke:cite|web|title=3 years of Modi govt: 6 economic policies that have made BJP stronger, harder to defeat |url=http://m.businesstoday.in/story/from-demonetisation-to-gst-heres-what-pm-modi-did-on-economic-reforms-in-last-3-years-in-office/1/252249.html |work=[[Business Standard]] |date=16 May 2017 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171030062641/http://m.businesstoday.in/story/from-demonetisation-to-gst-heres-what-pm-modi-did-on-economic-reforms-in-last-3-years-in-office/1/252249.html |archive-date=30 October 2017 }}</ref>

[[File:Narendra Modi launches Make in India.jpg|thumb |Modi at the launch of the [[Make in India]] programme]]

In his first cabinet decision, Modi set up a team to investigate [[black money]].<ref>{{#invoke:cite|web|title=SIT formed to unearth black money – Narendra Modi Cabinet's first decision |url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/SIT-formed-to-unearth-black-money-Narendra-Modi-Cabinets-first-decision/articleshow/35636667.cms |work=[[The Times of India]] |date=27 May 2014 |access-date=17 February 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161222203013/http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/SIT-formed-to-unearth-black-money-Narendra-Modi-Cabinets-first-decision/articleshow/35636667.cms |archive-date=22 December 2016 }}</ref> On 9 November 2016, the government [[2016 Indian banknote demonetisation|demonetised ₹500 and ₹1000 banknotes]] with the intention of curbing corruption, black money, terrorism and the use of counterfeit currency.<ref>{{#invoke:cite|news|title=Rs 500, Rs 1000 currency notes stand abolished from midnight: PM Modi |url=http://indianexpress.com/article/india/india-news-india/narendra-modi-prime-minister-address-to-the-nation4364609 |work=[[The Indian Express]] |date=9 November 2016 |access-date=17 February 2017 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170215004810/http://indianexpress.com/article/india/india-news-india/narendra-modi-prime-minister-address-to-the-nation4364609/ |archive-date=15 February 2017 }}</ref> The move led to severe cash shortages,<ref>{{#invoke:cite|web|url=http://indianexpress.com/article/india/india-news-india/demonetisation-chaos-grows-queues-get-longer-at-banks-atms-on-weekend-4371373/ |title=Demonetisation: Chaos grows, queues get longer at banks, ATMs on weekend |work=[[The Indian Express]] |date=12 November 2016 |access-date=17 February 2017 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170204213631/http://indianexpress.com/article/india/india-news-india/demonetisation-chaos-grows-queues-get-longer-at-banks-atms-on-weekend-4371373/ |archive-date=4 February 2017}}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:cite|web|url=http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2016/11/india-demonetisation-chaos-atms-run-dry-161109061403011.html |title=India demonetisation: Chaos as ATMs run dry |publisher=[[Al Jazeera English|Al Jazeera]] |date=9 November 2016 |access-date=9 November 2016 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161110164223/http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2016/11/india-demonetisation-chaos-atms-run-dry-161109061403011.html |archive-date=10 November 2016}}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:cite|news|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/demonetisation-move-chaos-grows-queues-get-longer-at-banks-atms-on-weekend/article9337803.ece |title=Queues get longer at banks, ATMs on weekend |date=12 November 2016 |work=[[The Hindu]] |access-date=17 February 2017 |archive-date=9 February 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220209124828/https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/Queues-get-longer-at-banks-ATMs-on-weekend/article16443670.ece |url-status=live }}</ref> and a steep decline in the Indian stock indices [[BSE SENSEX]] and [[NIFTY 50]],<ref>{{#invoke:cite|news|url=http://www.thehindu.com/business/markets/stock-market-news-november-9-2016/article9322930.ece |title=Sensex crashes 1,689 points on black money crackdown, U.S. election |work=[[The Hindu]] |access-date=9 November 2016 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161109070820/http://www.thehindu.com/business/markets/stock-market-news-november-9-2016/article9322930.ece |archive-date=9 November 2016 |date=9 November 2016 |last1=Rukhaiyar |first1=Ashish}}</ref> and sparked widespread protests throughout the country.<ref>{{#invoke:cite|news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2016/11/28/world/asia/ap-as-india-currency-protest.html |title=Thousands Protest Across India Against Currency Policy |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=28 November 2016 |access-date=4 December 2016 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161201114411/http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2016/11/28/world/asia/ap-as-india-currency-protest.html?_r=0 |archive-date=1 December 2016}}</ref> It is estimated 1.5 million jobs were lost and that one per cent of the country's GDP was wiped out.<ref>{{#invoke:cite|web|date=30 August 2018 |title=Demonetisation drive that cost India 1.5m jobs fails to uncover 'black money' |url=http://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/aug/30/india-demonetisation-drive-fails-uncover-black-money |access-date=31 July 2021 |website=the Guardian |language=en |archive-date=13 August 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210813141814/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/aug/30/india-demonetisation-drive-fails-uncover-black-money |url-status=live }}</ref> Several deaths were linked to the rush to exchange cash.<ref>{{#invoke:cite|web|url=http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2016/11/india-demonetisation-takes-toll-poor-161116172745225.html |title=India: Demonetisation takes its toll on the poor |date=16 November 2016 |publisher=[[Al Jazeera English|Al Jazeera]] |access-date=17 November 2016 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161117012410/http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2016/11/india-demonetisation-takes-toll-poor-161116172745225.html |archive-date=17 November 2016}}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:cite|web|first=Shivam |last=Vij |url=http://www.huffingtonpost.in/2016/11/15/demonetisation-death-toll-rises-to-25-and-its-only-been-6-days/ |title=Demonetisation Death Toll Rises To 25 And It's Only Been 6 Days |website=[[The Huffington Post]] |date=15 November 2016 |access-date=15 November 2016 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161116020908/http://www.huffingtonpost.in/2016/11/15/demonetisation-death-toll-rises-to-25-and-its-only-been-6-days/ |archive-date=16 November 2016}}</ref> In the subsequent year, the number of income tax returns filed for individuals rose by 25 per cent and the number of digital transactions steeply increased.<ref>{{#invoke:cite|web|title=PM Narendra Modi's demonetisation move pays off as income tax net widens |url=http://www.businesstoday.in/current/policy/narendra-modi-demonetisation-income-tax-returns-arun-jaitley/story/257957.html |work=[[Business Today (India)|Business Today]] |date=8 August 2017 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170815102938/http://www.businesstoday.in/current/policy/narendra-modi-demonetisation-income-tax-returns-arun-jaitley/story/257957.html |archive-date=15 August 2017 }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:cite|web|title=Demonetisation effect: Digital payments India's new currency; debit card transactions surge to over 1 billion |url=http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/industry/banking/finance/banking/digital-payments-indias-new-currency-debit-card-transactions-surge-to-over-1-billion/articleshow/58863652.cms |newspaper=[[The Economic Times]] |date=27 May 2017 |access-date=8 June 2017 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170607055853/http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/industry/banking/finance/banking/digital-payments-indias-new-currency-debit-card-transactions-surge-to-over-1-billion/articleshow/58863652.cms |archive-date=7 June 2017 |last1=Bhakta |first1=Pratik }}</ref>

Modi's administration has observed a decline in GDP growth and increasing joblessness compared to the previous administration under [[Manmohan Singh]].<ref>{{#invoke:cite|web| last1=Inamdar | first1=Nikhil | last2=Alluri | first2=Aparna | title=India economy: Seven years of Modi in seven charts | website=BBC News | date=21 June 2021 | url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-57437944 | access-date=30 June 2023 | archive-date=28 March 2024 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240328173824/https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-57437944 | url-status=live }}</ref> During the first eight years of Modi's premiership, India's GDP grew at an average rate of 5.5 per cent compared to the rate of 7.03 per cent under the previous government.<ref>{{#invoke:cite|web|last=Tiwari |first=Amitabh |title=PM Narendra Modi's 8 Years: How He Has Performed Compared to Manmohan Singh |website=TheQuint |date=30 May 2022 |url=https://www.thequint.com/opinion/pm-narendra-modis-8-years-how-he-has-performed-compared-to-manmohan-singh |access-date=30 June 2023 |archive-date=30 June 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230630033944/https://www.thequint.com/opinion/pm-narendra-modis-8-years-how-he-has-performed-compared-to-manmohan-singh |url-status=live }}</ref> Income inequality increased.<ref>{{#invoke:cite|news|last1=V. |first1=Harini |title=India's economy is booming. Now comes the hard part |url=https://www.cnbc.com/2018/11/15/india-economy-modi-faces-inequality-black-money-and-taxes.html |access-date=6 February 2019 |publisher=[[CNBC]] |date=14 November 2018 |archive-date=21 November 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181121065518/https://www.cnbc.com/2018/11/15/india-economy-modi-faces-inequality-black-money-and-taxes.html |url-status=live }}</ref> An internal government report said in 2017, unemployment increased to its highest level in 45 years. The loss of jobs was attributed to the 2016 banknote demonetisation, and the effects of the [[Goods and Services Tax (India)|Goods and Services Tax]].<ref>{{#invoke:cite|news|last1=Gettleman |first1=Jeffrey |last2=Kumar |first2=Hari |title=India's Leader Is Accused of Hiding Unemployment Data Before Vote |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/31/world/asia/india-unemployment-rate.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190131203108/https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/31/world/asia/india-unemployment-rate.html |archive-date=31 January 2019 |url-access=limited |url-status=live |access-date=7 February 2019 |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=31 January 2019}}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:cite|news|last1=Kumar |first1=Manoj |last2=Ghoshal |first2=Devjyot |title=Indian jobless rate at multi-decade high, report says, in blow to Modi |url=https://in.reuters.com/article/us-india-economy-jobs/indian-jobless-rate-at-multi-decade-high-report-says-in-blow-to-modi-idINKCN1PP0FX |date=31 January 2019 |access-date=7 February 2019 |work=[[Reuters]] |archive-date=9 February 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190209003057/https://in.reuters.com/article/us-india-economy-jobs/indian-jobless-rate-at-multi-decade-high-report-says-in-blow-to-modi-idINKCN1PP0FX |url-status=live }}</ref> GDP growth was 6.12 per cent in the 2018–19 [[financial year]], with an inflation rate of 3.4 per cent.<ref>{{#invoke:cite|web|title=Report for Selected Countries and Subjects |url=https://www.imf.org/en/Publications/WEO/weo-database/2020/October/weo-report |access-date=8 April 2021 |website=[[International Monetary Fund|IMF]] |language=en |archive-date=6 November 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201106150157/https://www.imf.org/en/Publications/WEO/weo-database/2020/October/weo-report |url-status=live }}</ref> In the year 2019–20, the [[GDP]] growth rate slowed to 4.18 per cent, while inflation increased to 4.7 per cent.<ref>{{#invoke:cite|news|last=Beniwal |first=Vrishti |date=20 May 2019 |title=Lok sabha election: 2019 general elections: The winner gets an economy riddled with problems |work=[[The Economic Times]] |url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/economy/indicators/2019-general-elections-the-winner-gets-an-economy-riddled-with-problems/articleshow/69406323.cms?from=mdr |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200220180312/https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/economy/indicators/2019-general-elections-the-winner-gets-an-economy-riddled-with-problems/articleshow/69406323.cms?from=mdr |archive-date=20 February 2020 |access-date=8 April 2021 |url-status=live}}</ref> The Indian economy shrunk by 6.6 per cent during the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020–21, and was estimated to grow at 8.2 per cent the following financial year.<ref>{{#invoke:cite|journal|last1=Sheel |first1=Alok |title=Assessing the Recent Indian Economic Growth |journal=Economic & Political Weekly |date=20 August 2022 |volume=57 |issue=34 |url=https://www.epw.in/journal/2022/34/commentary/assessing-recent-indian-economic-growth.html |access-date=21 August 2022 |archive-date=22 August 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220822024849/https://www.epw.in/journal/2022/34/commentary/assessing-recent-indian-economic-growth.html |url-status=live }}</ref> In 2025, Modi's government announced reforms to the country's [[Goods and Services Tax (India)|goods and services tax]] and [[Indian labour law|labour laws]].<ref>https://www.economist.com/asia/2026/01/21/the-remarkable-recovery-of-narendra-modi</ref>

=== Health and sanitation ===
{{See also|Swachh Bharat Mission}}

In his first year as prime minister, Modi reduced the central government's healthcare spending.<ref name="Economist 2015-06-27"/> In January 2015, the Modi government launched its New Health Policy (NHP), which did not increase the government's spending on healthcare but emphasised the role of private healthcare organisations. This represented a shift away from the policy of the previous Congress government, which had supported programmes to assist public health goals, including a reduction in child and maternal mortality rates.<ref name="Sharma">{{#invoke:cite|journal|last1=Sharma |first1=Dinesh C |s2cid=10544022 |title=India's BJP Government and health: 1 year on |journal=The Lancet |date=May 2015 |volume=385 |issue=9982 |pages=2031–2032 |doi=10.1016/S0140-6736(15)60977-1 |pmid=26009217 |doi-access=free }}</ref> The [[National Health Mission]], which included public health programmes targeted at these indices, received nearly 20 per cent less funding<ref>{{#invoke:cite|journal|last1=Bagcchi |first1=Sanjeet |s2cid=206906898 |title=India cuts health budget by 20% |journal=[[The BMJ|BMJ]] |date=2 January 2015 |volume=350 |pages=h4 |issn=1756-1833 |pmid=25556025 |doi=10.1136/bmj.h4}}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:cite|news|last1=Karla |first1=Aditya |title=Govt to cut health budget by nearly 20 per cent for 2014–15 |url=https://www.businesstoday.in/current/policy/govt-cuts-health-budget-spending-near-20-percent-for-fy15/story/213819.html |work=[[businesstoday.in]] |agency=[[Reuters]] |publisher=[[Business Today (India)|Business Today]] |date=23 December 2014 |access-date=27 April 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180428011803/https://www.businesstoday.in/current/policy/govt-cuts-health-budget-spending-near-20-percent-for-fy15/story/213819.html |archive-date=28 April 2018 |url-status=live}}</ref> in 2015 than in the previous year. The Modi administration reduced the healthcare budget by a further 15% in its second year.<ref>{{#invoke:cite|news|first=Adhil |last=Shetty |title=Budget 2015 disappointed healthcare sector |url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/industry/healthcare/biotech/healthcare/budget-2015-disappointed-healthcare-sector/articleshow/46572657.cms |access-date=21 April 2018 |work=[[The Economic Times]] |date=15 March 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180421232430/https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/industry/healthcare/biotech/healthcare/budget-2015-disappointed-healthcare-sector/articleshow/46572657.cms |archive-date=21 April 2018 |url-status=live}}</ref> The healthcare budget for the following year rose by 19%; private insurance providers positively viewed the budget but public health experts criticised its emphasis on the role of private healthcare providers and said it represented a shift away from public health facilities.<ref>{{#invoke:cite|journal|last1=Mudur |first1=Ganapati |s2cid=40551136 |title=Rise in India's health budget is "disappointing," say experts |journal=[[The BMJ|BMJ]] |year=2016 |volume=352 |article-number=i1338 |url=https://www.proquest.com/openview/edba3e082ac91d49f9cbddd3f4964099/1?pq-origsite=gscholar&cbl=2043523 |url-access=subscription |access-date=24 April 2018 |doi=10.1136/bmj.i1338 |pmid=26944481}}</ref> The healthcare budget rose by 11.5% in 2018; the change included an allocation of {{INRConvert |20 |b}} for a [[Ayushman Bharat Yojana|government-funded health insurance programme]] and a decrease in the budget of the [[National Health Mission]].<ref>{{#invoke:cite|web|first1=Devika |last1=Bhattacharya |first2=Shailaja |last2=Neelakantan |title=Budget 2018 boost for healthcare: Lessons for 'Modicare' from Obamacare |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/budget-2018-boost-for-healthcare-lessons-for-modicare-from-obamacare/articleshow/62753639.cms |work=[[The Times of India]] |date=2 February 2018 |access-date=21 April 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180409064654/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/budget-2018-boost-for-healthcare-lessons-for-modicare-from-obamacare/articleshow/62753639.cms |archive-date=9 April 2018 |url-status=live}}</ref>

[[File:The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi interacting with the Chief Ministers via video conferencing to discuss the situation emerging post Unlock 1.0 and plan ahead for tackling the COVID-19 pandemic, in New Delhi on June 16, 2020.jpg|thumb|Modi discussing the [[COVID-19 pandemic in India|COVID-19 pandemic]] with Chief Ministers via videoconferencing in June 2020]]

Modi emphasised his government's efforts at sanitation as a means of ensuring good health.<ref name="Sharma" /> On 2 October 2014, Modi launched the [[Swachh Bharat Mission]] ("Clean India") campaign. The campaign's stated goals included the elimination of [[open defecation]] and [[manual scavenging]] within five years.<ref>{{#invoke:cite|journal|last1=Schmidt |first1=Charles W. |title=Beyond Malnutrition: The Role of Sanitation in Stunted Growth |journal=Environmental Health Perspectives |date=November 2014 |volume=122 |issue=11 |pages=A298–303 |doi=10.1289/ehp.122-a298 |pmid=25360801 |pmc=4216152}}</ref><ref name="Jeffrey">{{#invoke:cite|journal|last1=Jeffrey |first1=Robin |s2cid=147169571 |title=Clean India! Symbols, Policies and Tensions |journal=South Asia: Journal of South Asian Studies |year=2015 |volume=38 |issue=4 |pages=807–819 |doi=10.1080/00856401.2015.1088504}}</ref> As part of the programme, the Indian government began constructing millions of toilets in rural areas and encouraging people to use them.<ref name=Lakshmi>{{#invoke:cite|news|last=Lakshmi |first=Rama |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia_pacific/india-is-building-millions-of-toilets-but-toilet-training-could-be-a-bigger-task/2015/06/03/09d1aa9e-095a-11e5-a7ad-b430fc1d3f5c_story.html |title=India is building millions of toilets, but that's the easy part |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] |date=4 June 2015 |access-date=3 October 2015 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151004140239/https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia_pacific/india-is-building-millions-of-toilets-but-toilet-training-could-be-a-bigger-task/2015/06/03/09d1aa9e-095a-11e5-a7ad-b430fc1d3f5c_story.html |archive-date=4 October 2015 }}</ref><ref name=Gahlot>{{#invoke:cite|news|url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2015/04/03/globalpost-india-toilet/25236383/ |work=[[USA Today]] |first1=Mandakini |last1=Gahlot |title=India steps up efforts to encourage use of toilets |date=3 April 2015 |access-date=17 February 2017 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170816194615/https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2015/04/03/globalpost-india-toilet/25236383/ |archive-date=16 August 2017 }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:cite|news|url=https://www.economist.com/news/asia/21607837-fixing-dreadful-sanitation-india-requires-not-just-building-lavatories-also-changing |newspaper=[[The Economist]] |title=The Final Frontier |date=19 July 2014 |access-date=17 February 2017 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170206112403/http://www.economist.com/news/asia/21607837-fixing-dreadful-sanitation-india-requires-not-just-building-lavatories-also-changing |archive-date=6 February 2017 }}</ref> The government also announced plans to build new sewage treatment plants,<ref>{{#invoke:cite|news|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-05-18/india-plans-1-3-billion-sewage-plants-in-towns-along-the-ganges |work=[[Bloomberg News|Bloomberg]] |first=Archana |last=Chaudhary |title=India Plans 1.3-Billion Sewage Plants in Towns Along the Ganges |date=18 May 2015 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160729185058/http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-05-18/india-plans-1-3-billion-sewage-plants-in-towns-along-the-ganges |archive-date=29 July 2016 |access-date=30 March 2016 }}</ref> and planned to construct 60 million toilets by 2019. The construction projects faced allegations of corruption and severe difficulty in getting people to use the newly constructed toilets.<ref name="Jeffrey" /><ref name=Lakshmi /><ref name=Gahlot /> Sanitation cover in India increased from 38.7% in October 2014 to 84.1% in May 2018 but use of the new sanitary facilities was lower than the government's targets.<ref>{{#invoke:cite|web|title=Swachh Bharat full marks for access, usage not upto the mark |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/swachh-bharat-full-marks-for-access-usage-not-up-to-the-mark/articleshow/66027457.cms |work=[[The Times of India]] |date=2 October 2018 |access-date=2 October 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181002170307/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/swachh-bharat-full-marks-for-access-usage-not-up-to-the-mark/articleshow/66027457.cms |archive-date=2 October 2018 |url-status=live }}</ref> In 2018, the [[World Health Organization]] (WHO) stated at least 180,000 diarrhoeal deaths in rural India were averted after the launch of the sanitation effort.<ref>* {{#invoke:cite|web|first=Rhythma |last=Kaul |title=How Swachh Bharat transformed the way public hospitals function |url=https://m.hindustantimes.com/india-news/how-swachh-bharat-transformed-the-way-public-hospitals-function/story-fPgFK331o3JLIPHGcc0GQN.html |work=[[Hindustan Times]] |date=29 September 2018 |access-date=30 September 2018}}
* {{#invoke:cite|web|first=Sanchita |last=Sharma |title=How the Swachh Bharat mission has saved India's kids |url=https://m.hindustantimes.com/india-news/how-the-swachh-bharat-mission-has-saved-india-s-kids/story-G1AjRvhTTTBrv6OUMYq2fO.html |work=[[Hindustan Times]] |date=21 September 2018 |access-date=22 September 2018}}</ref>

In March 2020, in response to the [[COVID-19 pandemic in India|COVID-19 pandemic]], the Modi administration invoked the [[Epidemic Diseases Act, 1897]] and [[Disaster Management Act, 2005]].<ref>{{#invoke:cite|web|last=Awasthi |first=Prashasti |date=12 March 2020 |title=Centre invokes 'Epidemic Act' and 'Disaster Management Act' to prevent spread of coronavirus |url=https://www.thehindubusinessline.com/news/national/centre-invokes-epidemic-act-and-disaster-management-act-to-prevent-spread-of-coronavirus/article31049161.ece |url-status=live |access-date=19 May 2021 |website=@businessline |language=en |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200313001617/https://www.thehindubusinessline.com/news/national/centre-invokes-epidemic-act-and-disaster-management-act-to-prevent-spread-of-coronavirus/article31049161.ece |archive-date=13 March 2020 }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:cite|web|last=Sharma |first=Ayan |date=18 March 2020 |title=How Indian states are gearing up to tackle the coronavirus pandemic |url=https://www.newslaundry.com/2020/03/18/how-indian-states-are-gearing-up-to-tackle-the-coronavirus-pandemic |url-status=live |access-date=19 May 2021 |website=Newslaundry |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200319164411/https://www.newslaundry.com/2020/03/18/how-indian-states-are-gearing-up-to-tackle-the-coronavirus-pandemic |archive-date=19 March 2020 }}</ref> The same month, all commercial domestic and international flights were suspended.<ref name="Sanyal">{{#invoke:cite|web|date=12 March 2020 |editor-last=Sanyal |editor-first=Anindita |title=India Suspends All Tourist Visas Till April 15 Over Coronavirus: 10 Facts |url=https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/coronavirus-impact-visas-to-india-suspended-till-april-15-2193382 |url-status=live |access-date=12 March 2020 |publisher=NDTV |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200311221112/https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/coronavirus-impact-visas-to-india-suspended-till-april-15-2193382 |archive-date=11 March 2020 }}</ref> Modi announced a 14-hour curfew on 22 March,<ref>{{#invoke:cite|web|date=20 March 2020 |title=PM Modi calls for 'Janata curfew' on March 22 from 7 AM-9 PM |url=https://www.thehindubusinessline.com/news/pm-modi-calls-for-janta-curfew-on-march-22-from-7-am-9-pm/article31110155.ece |url-status=live |access-date=26 April 2021 |website=The Hindu @businessline |language=en |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200319164201/https://www.thehindubusinessline.com/news/pm-modi-calls-for-janta-curfew-on-march-22-from-7-am-9-pm/article31110155.ece |archive-date=19 March 2020 }}</ref> and followed with a three-week "total lockdown" two days later.<ref>{{#invoke:cite|news|date=29 March 2021 |title=India Covid-19: PM Modi 'did not consult' before lockdown |language=en-GB |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-56561095 |access-date=26 April 2021}}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:cite|news|last1=Gettleman |first1=Jeffrey |last2=Schultz |first2=Kai |date=24 March 2020 |title=Modi Orders 3-Week Total Lockdown for All 1.3 Billion Indians |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/24/world/asia/india-coronavirus-lockdown.html |access-date=26 April 2021 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> Restrictions were gradually lifted beginning in April, and were completely revoked in November 2020.<ref name="Sanyal" /><ref>{{#invoke:cite|news|title=Ministry of Home Affairs Unlock 5.0 official guidelines on their official website |work=Ministry of Home Affairs |url=https://www.mha.gov.in/sites/default/files/MHAOrderDt_30092020.pdf}}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:cite|web|date=29 October 2020 |title=Unlock 6.0 latest guidelines: What do they mean for schools, colleges, other educational institutions |url=https://www.dnaindia.com/india/report-unlock-6-read-here-what-the-government-s-latest-guidelines-for-schools-colleges-educational-institutions-mean-indiacom-report-2853033 |access-date=11 November 2020 |website=DNA India |language=en}}</ref> A second wave of the pandemic that began in March 2021 was significantly more devastating than the first; some parts of India experienced shortages of vaccines, hospital beds, [[Gas cylinder|oxygen cylinders]] and other medical supplies.<ref>{{#invoke:cite|news|first=Michael |last=Safi |title=India's shocking surge in Covid cases follows baffling decline |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/apr/21/india-shocking-surge-in-covid-cases-follows-baffling-decline |work=The Guardian |date=21 April 2021 |access-date=29 April 2021}}</ref> In late April India reported over 400,000 cases in a 24-hour period, the first country to do so.<ref>{{#invoke:cite|news|date=30 April 2021 |title=Coronavirus: India becomes first country in the world to report over 4 lakh new cases on 30 April 2021 |work=The Hindu |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/coronavirus-india-becomes-first-country-in-the-world-to-report-over-400000-new-cases-on-april-30-2021/article34453081.ece |access-date=2 May 2021 |issn=0971-751X}}</ref> India began its [[COVID-19 vaccination in India|vaccination programme]] in January 2021;<ref>{{#invoke:cite|web|title=#IndiaFightsCorona COVID-19 |url=https://www.mygov.in/covid-19 |website=MyGov.in |date=16 March 2020 |publisher=Govt of India |access-date=12 June 2021}}</ref><ref>[https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/daily-covid-19-vaccination-doses?tab=chart&country=~IND Daily COVID-19 vaccine doses administered – India], Our World in Data. Retrieved 13 May 2021.</ref> in January 2022, India announced it had administered about 1.7 billion doses of vaccines and that more than 720 million people were fully vaccinated.<ref>{{#invoke:cite|web|title=United with India: Supporting India's COVID-19 vaccination drive |website=UNSDG |date=2 May 2022 |url=https://unsdg.un.org/latest/stories/united-india-supporting-indias-covid-19-vaccination-drive |access-date=8 May 2022}}</ref> In May 2022, the WHO estimated 4.7 million people had died of COVID-19 in India, mostly during the second wave in mid 2021—almost 10 times the Indian government's estimate. The Modi administration rejected the WHO's estimate.<ref name="Grimley" /><ref name="Biswas" />

=== Foreign policy ===
{{Further|Foreign policy of the Narendra Modi government|Asian foreign policy of the Narendra Modi government|Middle Eastern foreign policy of the Narendra Modi government|List of international prime ministerial trips made by Narendra Modi}}
[[File:TrumpModi.jpg|thumb|Modi with US president [[Donald Trump]] at [[Namaste Trump]] rally in [[Ahmedabad]], India]]

Foreign policy played a small role in Modi's election campaign and did not feature prominently in the BJP's election manifesto.<ref name="Hall">{{#invoke:cite|journal|last1=Hall |first1=Ian |s2cid=154260676 |title=Is a 'Modi doctrine' emerging in Indian foreign policy? |journal=Australian Journal of International Affairs |year=2015 |doi=10.1080/10357718.2014.1000263 |volume=69 |issue=3 |pages=247–252}}</ref> Modi's foreign policy, similarly to that of the preceding Congress government, focused on improving economic ties, security and regional relations.<ref name="Hall" /> Modi continued Manmohan Singh's policy of "multi-alignment".<ref name="Hall" /> The Modi administration tried to attract foreign investment in the Indian economy from several sources, especially East Asia, with the use of slogans such as "[[Make in India]]" and "[[Digital India]]". The government also tried to improve relations with [[Middle Eastern foreign policy of the Narendra Modi government|Islamic nations in the Middle East]], such as [[Bahrain–India relations|Bahrain]], [[India–Iran relations|Iran]], [[India–Saudi Arabia relations|Saudi Arabia]] and the [[United Arab Emirates India relations|United Arab Emirates]], as well as with [[India–Israel relations|Israel]].{{Efn |"The Narendra Modi led government completed two years in power in May 2016 and the prime minister has made his mark on both the domestic and foreign policy fronts. It is important to assess how successful his initiatives have been in the arena of foreign affairs in comparison to his predecessors. In this regard, this paper identifies and examines the key trends and issues in foreign policy under the Modi led administration and the measures needed to translate speeches and policies into action. Modi government has also taken a serious node of relations with middle-east nations, as well as Iran and Israel."{{Sfn |Hall |2016 |pp=278-281}} |name= |group=}}

[[File:The Vice President, Shri M. Venkaiah Naidu and the Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi meeting the State Counsellor of Myanmar, Aung San Suu Kyi, at the Ceremonial Reception, at Rashtrapati Bhavan, in New Delhi.jpg|thumb |Modi meeting [[Myanmar]]'s leader [[Aung San Suu Kyi]] in New Delhi in January 2018 |left]]

[[India-USA relations|India's relationship with the United States]] improved after Narendra Modi became PM.{{Sfnm |1a1=Hall |1y=2020 |1pp=283-285 |2a1=Gupta |2y=2019 |2pp=3-9 |3a1=Madan |3y=2020 |3pp=65}} During the run-up to the general election, there was wide-ranging scepticism about future of the strategic bilateral relationship under Modi's premiership; in 2005, while [[Chief Minister of Gujarat]], Modi was denied a US visa during the [[presidency of George W. Bush]] for his poor human-rights record.<ref name="Mann" /><ref name="Times of India 2005-03-18" /> Sensing Modi's victory well before the election, [[United States Ambassador to India|US Ambassador]] to India [[Nancy Powell]] contacted Modi as part of greater ''[[rapprochement]]'' from the West. Following Modi's 2014 appointment as India's PM, [[Presidency of Barack Obama|President Obama]] congratulated him over the telephone and invited Modi to visit the US.<ref>{{#invoke:cite|web|date=16 May 2014 |title=Readout of the President's Call with Prime Ministerial Candidate Narendra Modi of India |url=https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/the-press-office/2014/05/16/readout-president-s-call-prime-ministerial-candidate-narendra-modi-india |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201201002320/https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/the-press-office/2014/05/16/readout-president-s-call-prime-ministerial-candidate-narendra-modi-india |archive-date=1 December 2020 |access-date=24 January 2021 |via=[[NARA|National Archives]] |work=[[whitehouse.gov]] |language=en}}</ref> The Modi government enjoyed a positive relationship with the US during the presidencies of Barack Obama and his successor [[Donald Trump]].<ref>{{#invoke:cite|web|last=Sammon |first=Alexander |date=23 January 2020 |title=Barack Obama's Legacy Is Narendra Modi |url=https://prospect.org/api/content/85a58d7c-3d60-11ea-b621-1244d5f7c7c6/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201107210952/https://prospect.org/world/barack-obamas-legacy-is-narendra-modi/ |archive-date=7 November 2020 |access-date=24 January 2021 |website=[[The American Prospect]] |language=en-us}}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:cite|news|date=1 December 2017 |title=Obama, in reply to question on friendship with Modi, ends up praising Manmohan |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/barack-obama-pm-modi-manmohan-singh-indian-economy-1098222-2017-12-01 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201109093240/https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/barack-obama-pm-modi-manmohan-singh-indian-economy-1098222-2017-12-01 |archive-date=9 November 2020 |access-date=24 January 2021 |website=[[India Today]] |language=en}}</ref>
[[File:Prime Minister Of Bharat Shri Narendra Damodardas Modi & President Of The Russian Federation Mr. Vladimir Putin At The Grand Kremlin Palace.jpg|thumb|Modi and Russian president [[Vladimir Putin]] in Moscow, Russia, 9 July 2024]]
During the first few months after his appointment as PM, Modi visited a number of countries in support of his policy, and attended the [[BRICS]], [[ASEAN]] and [[G20]] summits.<ref name="Hall" /> One of Modi's first visits as PM was to Nepal, during which he promised one billion US dollars in aid.<ref>{{#invoke:cite|journal|last1=Mocko |first1=Anne |last2=Penjore |first2=Dorji |title=Nepal and Bhutan in 2014 |journal=Asian Survey |year=2015 |volume=55 |issue=1 |pages=75–81 |doi=10.1525/AS.2015.55.1.75 |hdl=1885/13357|hdl-access=free }}</ref> Modi also made several visits to the US;<ref name="Pant">{{#invoke:cite|journal|last1=Pant |first1=Harsh V. |s2cid=154940836 |title=Modi's Unexpected Boost to India-U.S. Relations |journal=[[The Washington Quarterly]] |date=Fall 2014 |volume=37 |issue=3 |pages=97–112 |doi=10.1080/0163660X.2014.978438}}</ref> this was described as an unexpected development because of the US's earlier denial of a US travel visa to Modi over his role in the 2002 Gujarat riots. The visits were expected to strengthen diplomatic and trade relations between the two countries.<ref name="Pant" />

In 2015, the Indian parliament ratified a land-exchange deal with Bangladesh in the [[India–Bangladesh enclaves]], which the government of Manmohan Singh had initiated.<ref name="Sen" /> Modi's administration brought renewed attention to India's "Look East Policy", which was instituted in 1991. The policy, which was renamed the "Act East Policy", involved directing Indian foreign policy towards East Asia and [[Southeast Asia]].<ref name="Downie">{{#invoke:cite|journal|last1=Downie |first1=Edmund |url=https://thediplomat.com/2015/02/manipur-and-indias-act-east-policy/ |title=Manipur and India's 'Act East' Policy |journal=[[The Diplomat (magazine)|The Diplomat]] |date=25 February 2015 |access-date=26 February 2015}}</ref> The government signed agreements to improve land connectivity with [[Myanmar]] through the Indian state of [[Manipur]]; this represented a break with India's historic engagement with Myanmar, which prioritised border security over trade.<ref name="Downie" /> [[China–India relations]] rapidly deteriorated following the [[2020 China–India skirmishes]].<ref>{{#invoke:cite|news|title=Modi takes veiled dig at China on visit to disputed border area |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020/7/3/modi-takes-veiled-dig-at-china-on-visit-to-disputed-border-area |work=[[Al Jazeera English|Al Jazeera]] |date=3 July 2020 |access-date=3 July 2020}}</ref> Modi pledged aid of $900 million to Afghanistan, which he visited twice and was honoured with Afghanistan's highest civilian honour in 2016.<ref>{{#invoke:cite|web|date=15 August 2019 |title=President Ashraf Ghani's Congratulatory Message on the Occasion of India's 73rd Independence Day |url=https://president.gov.af/en/message/1049 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190821153927/https://president.gov.af/en/message/1049 |archive-date=21 August 2019 |access-date=8 April 2021 |work=[[President of Afghanistan]] |language=en }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:cite|news|title=PM Modi conferred Afghanistan's highest civilian honour |url=http://indianexpress.com/article/india/india-news-india/pm-narendra-modi-afghanistan-highest-civilian-award-amir-amanullah-khan-award-2834312/ |date=4 June 2016 |access-date=17 February 2017 |work=[[The Indian Express]] |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161231055730/http://indianexpress.com/article/india/india-news-india/pm-narendra-modi-afghanistan-highest-civilian-award-amir-amanullah-khan-award-2834312/ |archive-date=31 December 2016}}</ref> In September 2022, Modi appeared to have developed a strong personal relationship with Russia's president [[Vladimir Putin]].<ref>{{#invoke:cite|news|title=PM Modi And His Friendship With World Leaders |url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/magazines/panache/pm-modi-and-his-friendship-with-world-leaders/popular-global-leader/slideshow/94266838.cms |work=[[The Economic Times]] |date=17 September 2022}}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:cite|news|last1=Kugiel |first1=Patryk |title=What Modi and Putin's 'unbreakable friendship' means for the EU |url=https://euobserver.com/opinion/156193 |work=[[EUobserver]] |date=3 October 2022}}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:cite|news|last1=Mogul |first1=Rhea |title=India's words are anti-war, but New Delhi's actions are propping up Putin's regime |url=https://edition.cnn.com/2022/10/03/india/india-russia-war-putin-modi-intl-hnk/index.html |work=CNN |date=4 October 2022}}</ref>
[[File:Russian President Vladimir Putin with Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi and President of the People’s Republic of China Xi Jinping before the restricted-format meeting of the 2024 BRICS Summit.jpg|thumb|left| Modi with Russian president [[Vladimir Putin]] and Chinese president [[Xi Jinping]]]]
India hosted the [[2023 G20 New Delhi summit]], during which the [[African Union]] joined the G20 as a permanent member.<ref>{{#invoke:cite|web|date=9 September 2023|title=African Union formally joins G20, PM Modi calls for 'trust and reliance'|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/african-union-formally-joins-g20-pm-modi-calls-for-trust-and-reliance-101694237313601.html|access-date=10 September 2023|website=Hindustan Times|language=en}}</ref> In an interview on 26 August 2023, Prime Minister Modi expressed optimism about the G20 countries' evolving agenda under India's presidency, shifting toward a human-centric development approach that aligns with the concerns of the [[Global South]], including addressing [[climate change]], [[debt restructuring]] through the G20's Common Framework for Debt, and a strategy for regulation of global [[cryptocurrencies]].<ref>{{#invoke:cite|web|date=26 August 2023 |title=PM Narendra Modi interview highlights: From G20 presidency to India as a manufacturing destination, PM lays out his expansive vision for the country |url=https://www.businesstoday.in/latest/in-focus/story/pm-narendra-modi-interview-highlights-from-g20-presidency-to-india-as-a-manufacturing-destination-pm-lays-out-his-expansive-vision-for-the-country-395743-2023-08-26 |access-date=28 August 2023 |website=Business Today |language=en |archive-date=28 August 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230828052845/https://www.businesstoday.in/latest/in-focus/story/pm-narendra-modi-interview-highlights-from-g20-presidency-to-india-as-a-manufacturing-destination-pm-lays-out-his-expansive-vision-for-the-country-395743-2023-08-26 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:cite|web|title=Exclusive: PM Modi calls for global framework on cryptocurrency. Here's what he said |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/business/story/exclusive-pm-modi-global-framework-cryptocurrency-here-what-he-said-2426908-2023-08-26 |access-date=28 August 2023 |website=India Today |date=26 August 2023 |language=en |archive-date=28 August 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230828062356/https://www.indiatoday.in/business/story/exclusive-pm-modi-global-framework-cryptocurrency-here-what-he-said-2426908-2023-08-26 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:cite|web|date=26 August 2023 |title='G20 की अध्यक्षता कर पूरी दुनिया को नई राह दिखा रहा भारत', Exclusive इंटरव्यू में बोले पीएम मोदी |url=https://www.aajtak.in/india/news/story/exclusive-interview-of-pm-narendra-modi-chairmanship-of-g-20-talks-on-russia-ukraine-war-and-china-ntc-1765996-2023-08-26 |access-date=28 August 2023 |website=आज तक |language=hi |archive-date=28 August 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230828062357/https://www.aajtak.in/india/news/story/exclusive-interview-of-pm-narendra-modi-chairmanship-of-g-20-talks-on-russia-ukraine-war-and-china-ntc-1765996-2023-08-26 |url-status=live }}</ref> Modi's government faced scrutiny in the lead-up to the G20 meeting as multiple news sources reported that Indian authorities demolished [[slum]] neighbourhoods in [[New Delhi]], displacing marginalised residents.<ref>{{#invoke:cite|news|title=India, advocate for the global poor, clears slums as G20 draw near|url=https://www.cnn.com/2023/09/04/india/g20-summit-india-slum-home-demolitions-intl-hnk-dst/index.html|work=CNN|date=5 September 2023|language=en|access-date=5 September 2023|archive-date=5 September 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230905191512/https://www.cnn.com/2023/09/04/india/g20-summit-india-slum-home-demolitions-intl-hnk-dst/index.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:cite|news|last1=Mehrotra|first1=Karishma|last2=Shih|first2=Gerry|title=As G-20 meetings come to India, Modi launches a public relations blitz|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/03/21/g20-india-modi-public-relations/|newspaper=Washington Post|date=20 March 2023|access-date=5 September 2023|archive-date=22 March 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230322172652/https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/03/21/g20-india-modi-public-relations/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:cite|news|title=Many New Delhi slums disappear ahead of G20 summit|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/g20-summit-slum-idAFKBN30B0H0|work=Reuters|date=5 September 2023|access-date=5 September 2023|archive-date=5 September 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230905191513/https://news.yahoo.com/many-delhi-slums-disappear-ahead-124043677.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

=== Defence ===
[[File:The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi and the Prime Minister of Israel, Mr. Benjamin Netanyahu visiting the Technology Exhibition, at Tel Aviv, Israel on July 06, 2017 (2).jpg|thumb|[[Benjamin Netanyahu]], the [[Prime Minister of Israel|prime minister of Israel]], and Modi visiting the Technology Exhibition, at [[Tel Aviv]], Israel in 2017|left]]

India's nominal military spending steadily increased under Modi.<ref>{{#invoke:cite|news|last1=Manghat |first1=Sajeet |title=Budget 2019: A 10 Percent Hike in Defence Capital Outlay |url=https://www.bloombergquint.com/union-budget-2019/budget-2019-a-10-percent-hike-in-defence-capital-outlay |access-date=8 April 2019 |work=[[BloombergQuint]] |date=1 February 2019}}</ref> During Modi's tenure, the military budget declined, both as a fraction of GDP and when adjusted for inflation.<ref name="Rajagopalan">{{#invoke:cite|news|last1=Rajagopalan |first1=Rajeswari Pillai |title=Why India's New Defense Budget Falls Short |url=https://thediplomat.com/2019/02/why-indias-new-defense-budget-falls-short/ |access-date=8 April 2019 |work=[[The Diplomat (magazine)|The Diplomat]] |date=9 February 2019}}</ref><ref name="Economist 2018-03-28">{{#invoke:cite|news|title=India spends a fortune on defence and gets poor value for money |url=https://www.economist.com/asia/2018/03/28/india-spends-a-fortune-on-defence-and-gets-poor-value-for-money |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190215220546/https://www.economist.com/asia/2018/03/28/india-spends-a-fortune-on-defence-and-gets-poor-value-for-money |archive-date=15 February 2019 |access-date=8 April 2019 |newspaper=[[The Economist]] |date=28 March 2018 |url-status=live}}</ref> A substantial portion of the military budget was devoted to personnel costs. Commentators wrote the budget was constraining Indian military modernisation.<ref name="Rajagopalan" /><ref>{{#invoke:cite|news|last1=Sharma |first1=Kiran |title=India's arms modernization hampered by populist budget |url=https://asia.nikkei.com/Politics/India-s-arms-modernization-hampered-by-populist-budget |access-date=8 April 2019 |work=[[Nikkei Asia]] |date=17 February 2019}}</ref><ref name="Economist 2018-03-28" />

Under Modi, India launched military modernisation initiative aimed at strengthening defence preparedness and streamlining defence acquisition.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Matamis |first=Joaquin |date=22 May 2024 |title=India's Military Modernization Efforts Under Prime Minister Modi • Stimson Center |url=https://www.stimson.org/2024/indias-military-modernization-efforts-under-prime-minister-modi/ |access-date=7 September 2024 |website=Stimson Center |language=en-US}}</ref> Modi launched new policies under the "[[Atmanirbhar Bharat|Aatmanirbhar Bharat]]" campaign, promoting indigenous defence manufacturing with policies to procure key weapon systems domestically. The government has implemented several of the recommendations from the Shekatkar Committee to streamline defence procurement and rationalise spending. Efforts have been made to establish Integrated Theatre Commands (ITCs) to enhance jointness among the services, although challenges persist in their full operationalisation.<ref name="orf2023">{{Cite book |editor-first1=Anit |editor-last1=Mukherjee |editor-first2=Rajeswari Pillai |editor-last2=Rajagopalan |editor-first3=Nishant |editor-last3=Rajeev |date=18 July 2023 |title=Momentous Changes: Defence Reforms, Military Transformation, and India's New Strategic Posture |url=https://www.orfonline.org/public/uploads/posts/pdf/20231229195724.pdf |publisher=ORF: [[Observer Research Foundation]] / [[S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies]] |isbn=978-81-963864-0-5 }}</ref>

Modi promised to be "tough on Pakistan" during his election campaign and repeatedly called Pakistan an [[Pakistan and state-sponsored terrorism|exporter of terrorism]].<ref>{{#invoke:cite|news|title=Reversing roles |url=https://www.economist.com/asia/2016/10/06/reversing-roles?zid=306&ah=1b164dbd43b0cb27ba0d4c3b12a5e227 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180612163106/https://www.economist.com/asia/2016/10/06/reversing-roles?zid=306&ah=1b164dbd43b0cb27ba0d4c3b12a5e227 |access-date=8 April 2019 |newspaper=[[The Economist]] |date=6 October 2016 |archive-date=12 June 2018 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:cite|news|title=PM slams Pakistan on terror: 10 quotes from Narendra Modi's speech in Kozhikode |url=http://indianexpress.com/article/india/india-news-india/pm-narendra-modi-kozhikode-kerala-speech-bjp-pakistan-uri-attack-3048273 |work=[[The Indian Express]] |date=24 September 2016 |access-date=17 February 2017 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161119141653/http://indianexpress.com/article/india/india-news-india/pm-narendra-modi-kozhikode-kerala-speech-bjp-pakistan-uri-attack-3048273/ |archive-date=19 November 2016 }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:cite|news|first=Shyam |last=Balasubramanian |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Pakistan-terrorism-PM-Narendra-Modi-G20-Summit-China/articleshow/54016423.cms |title=One nation in South Asia spreading terrorism: PM Modi at G20 Summit |work=[[The Times of India]] |date=5 September 2016 |access-date=17 February 2017 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170311060910/http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Pakistan-terrorism-PM-Narendra-Modi-G20-Summit-China/articleshow/54016423.cms |archive-date=11 March 2017 }}</ref> On 29 September 2016, the Modi administration said the Indian Army had conducted a [[2016 Indian Line of Control strike|surgical strike]] on terror [[launch pad]]s in [[Azad Kashmir]]; the Indian media said up to 50 terrorists and Pakistani soldiers had been killed in the strike.<ref>{{#invoke:cite|news|url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/india-s-surgical-strikes-across-loc-full-statement-by-dgmo-lt-gen-ranbir-singh/story-Q5yrp0gjvxKPGazDzAnVsM.html |title=India's surgical strikes across LoC: Full statement by DGMO Lt Gen Ranbir Singh |work=[[Hindustan Times]] |date=29 September 2016 |access-date=2 October 2016 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161002024056/http://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/india-s-surgical-strikes-across-loc-full-statement-by-dgmo-lt-gen-ranbir-singh/story-Q5yrp0gjvxKPGazDzAnVsM.html |archive-date=2 October 2016}}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:cite|web|url=http://www.financialexpress.com/india-news/uri-avenged-35-40-terrorists-9-pakistani-soldiers-killed-in-indian-surgical-strikes-say-tv-reports/397625/ |date=29 September 2016 |title=Uri avenged: 35–40 terrorists, 9 Pakistani soldiers killed in Indian surgical strikes, say TV reports |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161002035024/http://www.financialexpress.com/india-news/uri-avenged-35-40-terrorists-9-pakistani-soldiers-killed-in-indian-surgical-strikes-say-tv-reports/397625/ |archive-date=2 October 2016}}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:cite|web|first=Manjeet Singh |last=Negi |url=http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/uri-avenged-inside-story-indian-army-surgical-strikes-pok/1/776433.html |title=Surgical strikes in PoK: How Indian para commandos killed 50 terrorists, hit 7 camps |work=[[India Today]] |date=29 September 2016 |access-date=1 October 2016 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161001032146/http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/uri-avenged-inside-story-indian-army-surgical-strikes-pok/1/776433.html |archive-date=1 October 2016 }}</ref> Independent analysts said India's statement about the scope of the strike and the number of casualties had been exaggerated.<ref>{{cite web | last=Khan | first=M Ilyas | title=India's 'surgical strikes' in Kashmir: Truth or illusion? | website=BBC News | date=22 October 2016 | url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-37702790 | access-date=14 July 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite news | title=Reversing roles | newspaper=The Economist | date=6 October 2016 | url=https://www.economist.com/asia/2016/10/06/reversing-roles | access-date=14 July 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal | last=Sasikumar | first=Karthika | title=India's Surgical Strikes: Response to Strategic Imperatives | journal=The Round Table | publisher=Informa UK Limited | volume=108 | issue=2 | date=4 March 2019 | issn=0035-8533 | doi=10.1080/00358533.2019.1591768 | pages=159–174| s2cid=159140220 | url=https://scholarworks.sjsu.edu/context/pols_pub/article/1028/viewcontent/India_E2_80_99s_20Surgical_20Strikes_20__20Response_20to_20Strategic_20Imperatives.pdf }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | last=Singh| first=Sandeep| title=India's Surgical Strikes: Walking Into Pakistan's Trap? | work=The Diplomat| date=5 October 2016 | url=https://thediplomat.com/2016/10/indias-surgical-strikes-walking-into-pakistans-trap/ | access-date=21 September 2023}}</ref> Pakistan denied any surgical strikes to have taken place.<ref>{{#invoke:cite|news|first1=Ellen |last1=Barry |first2=Salman |last2=Masood |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/09/30/world/asia/kashmir-india-pakistan.html |title=India Claims 'Surgical Strikes' Across Line of Control in Kashmir |newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |date=29 September 2016 |access-date=1 October 2016 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161002083642/http://www.nytimes.com/2016/09/30/world/asia/kashmir-india-pakistan.html?_r=0 |archive-date=2 October 2016 }}</ref> In February 2019, India carried out [[2019 Balakot airstrike|airstrikes]] against a supposed terrorist camp in Pakistan; open source satellite imagery suggested no targets of significance were hit.<ref>{{citation |last1=Lalwani |first1=Sameer |last2=Tallo |first2=Emily |date=17 April 2019 |title=Did India shoot down a Pakistani F-16 in February? This just became a big deal: There are broader implications for India—and the United States |newspaper=Washington Post |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2019/04/17/did-india-shoot-down-pakistani-f-back-february-this-just-became-big-deal/}}</ref><ref>{{citation |last=Hall |first=Ian |title = India's 2019 General Election: National Security and the Rise of the Watchmen |journal=The Round Table: The Commonwealth Journal of International Affairs |volume= 108 |year=2019 |issue=5 |pages=507–519, 510 |doi=10.1080/00358533.2019.1658360 |s2cid=203266692 |hdl=10072/387751 |hdl-access=free }}</ref> [[India–Pakistan border skirmishes (2019)|Further military skirmishes]], including cross-border shelling and the loss of an Indian aircraft, occurred.<ref>{{#invoke:cite|news|last1=Slater |first1=Joanna |last2=Constable |first2=Pamela |author2-link=Pamela Constable |title=Pakistan captures Indian pilot after shooting down aircraft, escalating hostilities |language=en-US |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia_pacific/pakistan-says-it-has-shot-down-two-indian-jets-in-its-airspace/2019/02/27/054461a2-3a5b-11e9-a2cd-307b06d0257b_story.html |date=27 February 2019 |access-date=3 March 2021 |issn=0190-8286}}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:cite|news|date=28 February 2019 |title=Skirmishing between India and Pakistan could escalate |newspaper=[[The Economist]] |url=https://www.economist.com/briefing/2019/02/28/skirmishing-between-india-and-pakistan-could-escalate |access-date=3 March 2021 |issn=0013-0613}}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:cite|news|last1=Gettleman |first1=Jeffrey |last2=Kumar |first2=Hari |last3=Yasir |first3=Sameer |date=2 March 2019 |title=Deadly Shelling Erupts in Kashmir Between India and Pakistan After Pilot Is Freed |language=en-US |work=[[The New York Times]] |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2019/03/02/world/asia/kashmir-shelling-india-pakistan.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190302195309/https://www.nytimes.com/2019/03/02/world/asia/kashmir-shelling-india-pakistan.html |archive-date=2 March 2019 |url-access=limited |url-status=live |access-date=3 March 2021 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> Eight months after the incident, the Modi administration admitted that six Indian military personnel had been killed by [[friendly fire]].<ref>{{#invoke:cite|web|title=India admits friendly fire downed Mi-17 helicopter in Kashmir|date=4 October 2019|location=Washington, DC|publisher=The Defense Post|url=https://www.thedefensepost.com/2019/10/04/india-mi-17-helicopter-kashmir-friendly-fire/ |quote=The Indian Air Force confirmed for the first time on Friday, October 4 that it shot down one of its own Mi-17 helicopters during clashes with Pakistan in February over Kashmir, killing all six on board.}}</ref>

[[File:P20210924AS-1147-2 (51707173079).jpg|thumb |Modi along with [[Quadrilateral Security Dialogue|Quad]] leaders in [[Washington, D.C.]] in 2021]]

In May 2020, Chinese and Indian troops engaged in aggressive skirmishes along the [[Sino-Indian border]], including near the disputed [[Pangong Lake]], [[Ladakh]], and the [[Tibet Autonomous Region]] and near the border between [[Sikkim]] and the [[Tibet Autonomous Region]]. Additional clashes took place in eastern Ladakh along the [[Line of Actual Control]] (LAC).<ref>{{#invoke:cite|book|last=Deepak |first=B. R. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_fsOEAAAQBAJ |title=India and China: Beyond the Binary of Friendship and Enmity |date=2020 |publisher=[[Springer Nature]] |isbn=978-981-15-9500-4 |pages=11–14 |language=en |author-link=B. R. Deepak}}</ref> In 2020, there were high-profile [[2020 India-China skirmishes|skirmishes]] between the nations.<ref>{{#invoke:cite|journal|last=Karackattu |first=Joe Thomas |date=26 May 2020 |title=The Corrosive Compromise of the Sino-Indian Border Management Framework: From Doklam to Galwan |journal=[[Asian Affairs]] |volume=51 |issue=3 |pages=590–604 |doi=10.1080/03068374.2020.1804726 |issn=0306-8374 |s2cid=222093756}}</ref> A series of talks between India and China were held.<ref>{{#invoke:cite|web|first=Banikinkar |last=Pattanayak |date=9 September 2020 |title=Border clash fails to dampen India-China trade |url=https://www.financialexpress.com/economy/border-clash-fails-to-dampen-india-china-trade/2078240/ |access-date=3 March 2021 |website=[[The Financial Express (India)|The Financial Express]] |language=en-US}}</ref> The first border clash reported in 2021 was on 20 January; this was referred to as a minor border clash in Sikkim.<ref>{{#invoke:cite|web|first=Krishn |last=Kaushik |date=26 January 2021 |title=India, China troops clash in Sikkim; resolved, says Army |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/india/india-china-troops-clash-in-sikkim-resolved-says-army-7161620/ |access-date=3 March 2021 |website=[[The Indian Express]] |language=en}}</ref> Modi was from late 2022 criticised for maintaining silence over the [[2020–2021 China–India skirmishes#India's territorial loss|ceding]] of about 2,000 km2 land to China since June 2020.<ref>{{#invoke:cite|web| last=Hassan | first=Aakash | title=Indian government accused of ceding land in Himalayas to China | website=the Guardian | date=19 September 2022 | url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/sep/19/indian-people-living-near-border-accuse-government-of-ceding-land-to-china}}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:cite|web| last=Siddiqui | first=Imran Ahmed | title='Subjugation and surrender': Military veterans slam Modi government's continuing silence on Galwan | website=Telegraph India | date=16 June 2023 | url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/india/subjugation-and-surrender-military-veterans-slam-modi-governments-continuing-silence-on-galwan/cid/1945450}}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:cite|web|last=Chellaney |first=Brahma |title=Modi's silence on China's land grabs will not be India's last word |website=Nikkei Asia |date=19 December 2022 |url=https://asia.nikkei.com/Opinion/Modi-s-silence-on-China-s-land-grabs-will-not-be-India-s-last-word |access-date=9 July 2023}}</ref>

In December 2021, Modi signed an agreement with Russian president [[Vladimir Putin]] to extend military technical cooperation.<ref name="Siddiqui">{{#invoke:cite|news|last1=Siddiqui |first1=Sabrina |last2=Leary |first2=Alex |last3=Roy |first3=Rajesh |date=5 March 2022 |title=Russian Invasion of Ukraine Strains U.S.'s Strategic Ties With India |language=en-US |work=The Wall Street Journal |url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/russian-invasion-of-ukraine-strains-u-s-s-strategic-ties-with-india-11646427835 |access-date=5 March 2022 |issn=0099-9660}}</ref> The Modi government bought the [[S-400 missile system]], an anti-missile striking system, strengthening the relationship between the two nations.<ref>{{#invoke:cite|web|date=18 November 2021 |title=Explained: S-400 purchase & implications |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/explained/s-400-purchase-air-defence-system-india-us-relation-7626388/ |access-date=6 March 2022 |website=The Indian Express |language=en}}</ref> India refused to condemn the [[2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine]] and stayed neutral.<ref name="Siddiqui" /><ref>{{#invoke:cite|news|last=Tharoor |first=Shashi |date=2 May 2022 |title=Modi's Big Mistake |journal=Foreign Affairs |language=en-US |url=https://www.foreignaffairs.com/articles/india/2022-04-27/modis-big-mistake |access-date=3 May 2022 |issn=0015-7120}}</ref> The Indian government's [[Operation Ganga]] initiative sought to return Indians stranded in Ukraine during the war. More than 19,000 Indian nationals were evacuated,<ref>{{#invoke:cite|web|date=28 February 2022 |title=All you need to know Operation Ganga, launched to evacuate Indians from Ukraine |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/india/russia-ukraine-crisis-india-evacuation-operation-ganga-7794534/ |access-date=2 March 2022 |website=The Indian Express |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:cite|web|title=31 Flights To Evacuate Over 6,300 Indians From Ukraine By March 8: Report |url=https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/operation-ganga-ukraine-31-flights-to-evacuate-6300-indians-from-ukraine-by-march-8-report-2798420 |access-date=2 March 2022 |website=NDTV.com}}</ref> including some from neighbouring countries.<ref>{{#invoke:cite|news|date=28 February 2022 |title=PM Narendra Modi sends four Ministers to countries bordering Ukraine |language=en-IN |work=The Hindu |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/four-union-ministers-to-travel-to-ukraines-neighbouring-countries-to-coordinate-evacuation-of-indians/article65092161.ece |access-date=2 March 2022 |issn=0971-751X}}</ref>

Following the [[2025 Pahalgam attack|April 2025 Pahalgam attack]] in Indian-administered [[Jammu and Kashmir (union territory)|Jammu and Kashmir]] by [[The Resistance Front]], an offshoot of the Pakistan-based militant organisation [[Lashkar-e-Taiba]],<ref>{{#invoke:cite |journal |last1=Chesterton |first1=Hannah |last2=Bacon |first2=Tricia |title=How We Assess Violent Non-State Actor Risk: Power Versus Threat |journal=[[Studies in Conflict & Terrorism]] |date=2025 |pages=1–26 |doi=10.1080/1057610X.2025.2528321 |url=https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/1057610X.2025.2528321 |issn=1057-610X |quote=The Resistance Front conducted limited attacks in Kashmir until April 2025, when it killed 26 tourists in Pahalgam, an attack that resulted in India and Pakistan's conflict in May 2025.}}</ref> the Modi government accused Pakistan of supporting cross-border terrorism and suspended the [[Indus Waters Treaty]] and all bilateral trade. Pakistan rejected the accusation and in response suspended the [[Simla Agreement]] and all trade with India. On 7 May, India launched [[Operation Sindoor]]'','' against terror launch pads used by the [[Jaish-e-Mohammed]], [[Lashkar-e-Taiba]], and [[Hizbul Mujahideen]] in Pakistan-administered [[Azad Kashmir]] and [[Punjab, Pakistan|Pakistani Punjab]].<ref name="TheDiplomat_Lashkar">{{#invoke:cite |web |last=Shahid |first=Kunwar Khuldune |date=31 May 2025 |title=Pakistan and the Latest Reincarnation of Lashkar-e-Taiba |url=https://thediplomat.com/2025/05/pakistan-and-the-latest-reincarnation-of-lashkar-e-taiba/ |access-date=1 June 2025 |website=[[The Diplomat (magazine)|The Diplomat]] |language=en-US |quote=However, mosques and madrassas associated with the LeT, JeM, and HM, openly function, which include some of the buildings hit by Indian strikes this month. Masjid Abbas in Kotli and Masjid Bilal in Muzaffarabad are both affiliated with the JeM, while the LeT-linked Shawai Nalla camp was also targeted. ... The LeT's Shawai Nalla camp was one of the few sites dedicated to militant training in the region.}}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:cite |news |last1=Shahzad |first1=Asif |last2=Patel |first2=Shivam |date=7 May 2025 |title=Pakistan vows retaliation after Indian strike over tourist deaths |url=https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/multiple-loud-explosions-heard-pakistani-kashmir-reuters-witness-2025-05-06/ |access-date=1 July 2025 |work=Reuters |language=en}}</ref> On 10 May, Pakistan retaliated by targeting Indian military sites along the border. Following a further increase in hostilities, the countries agreed to a ceasefire the same day and ended the conflict.<ref name="a616">{{#invoke:cite |web |date=10 May 2025 |title=India and Pakistan agree ceasefire: What does it mean? |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/5/10/india-and-pakistan-agree-ceasefire-what-does-it-mean |access-date=20 May 2025 |website=Al Jazeera}}</ref>

=== Environment ===
[[File:Prime Minister Narendra Modi at India Pavilion in Paris during COP21 (23193999974).jpg|thumb|Modi (right) at [[CoP21 Climate Conference]], in Paris, announcing the founding of an International [[Solar Alliance]] (ISA). November 2015.|244x244px]]

While naming his cabinet, Modi renamed the Ministry of Environment and Forests the "[[Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change|Ministry of Environment, Forests, and Climate Change]]", and reduced its budget allocation by more than half in his administration's first budget.<ref>{{#invoke:cite|web|last1=Shrivastava |first1=Kumar Sambhav |title=Too little in environment ministry's kitty |url=https://www.downtoearth.org.in/news/too-little-in-environment-ministrys-kitty-45226 |website=www.downtoearth.org.in |date = 11 July 2014 |access-date=11 February 2022 |language=en}}</ref> The new ministry removed or diluted a number of laws related to environmental protection, and others related to industrial activity.<ref name="Ruparelia" /> The government also tried to reconstitute the [[National Board for Wildlife]] so it would no longer have representatives from NGOs but the [[Supreme Court of India]] blocked this move.<ref name="Kothari">{{#invoke:cite|journal|last1=Kothari|first1=Ashish|date=27 September 2014|title=A Hundred Days Closer to Ecological and Social Suicide|url=https://www.epw.in/journal/2014/39/commentary/hundred-days-closer-ecological-and-social-suicide.html|journal=[[Economic & Political Weekly]]|volume=49|issue=39|pages=|jstor=i24478692|via=}}</ref> Other changes included a reduction of ministry oversight on small mining projects and ending the requirement for approval from tribal councils for projects inside forested areas. Modi also lifted a moratorium on new industrial activity in India's most-polluted areas.<ref name="Kothari" /> The changes were welcomed by businesspeople but criticised by environmentalists.<ref>{{#invoke:cite|news|last1=Barry|first1=Ellen|author-link=Ellen Barry (journalist)|last2=Bagri|first2=Neha Thirani|date=4 December 2014|title=Narendra Modi, Favoring Growth in India, Pares Back Environmental Rules|language=en-US|work=[[The New York Times]]|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2014/12/05/world/indian-leader-favoring-growth-sweeps-away-environmental-rules.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141205061053/http://www.nytimes.com/2014/12/05/world/indian-leader-favoring-growth-sweeps-away-environmental-rules.html |archive-date=5 December 2014 |url-access=limited |url-status=live|access-date=4 February 2021|issn=0362-4331}}</ref>

[[File:PM visit Bandipur and Mudumalai Tiger Reserves, in Karnataka on April 9, 2023.jpg|thumb|Modi visiting the [[Bandipur Tiger Reserve|Bandipur]] and [[Mudumalai Tiger Reserve]], in Karnataka in 2023]]
Speaking with [[Assamese people|Assamese]] students in 2014, Modi downplayed [[climate change]], saying, "Climate has not changed. We have changed. Our habits have changed. Our habits have got spoiled. Due to that, we have destroyed our entire environment."<ref>{{#invoke:cite|web|date=5 September 2014|title=Teachers Day speech: PM Modi says no climate change |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/india/north/story/teachers-day-speech-pm-modi-says-no-climate-change-207413-2014-09-05 |access-date=11 June 2022 |website=India Today |language=en}}</ref> Later in his administration, however, he has called for [[climate action]],<ref>{{#invoke:cite|news|date=12 December 2020 |title=India set to exceed climate targets: Modi |language=en-IN |work=The Hindu |url=https://www.thehindu.com/sci-tech/energy-and-environment/india-to-exceed-expectations-on-climate-pm/article33316533.ece |access-date=11 June 2022 |issn=0971-751X}}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:cite|web|last=Kukreti |first=Ishan |title=Explainer: What Modi promised at the COP26 climate change meet – and what that means for India |url=https://scroll.in/article/1009701/explainer-what-modi-promised-at-the-cop26-climate-change-meet-and-what-that-means-for-india |access-date=11 June 2022 |website=Scroll.in |date=3 November 2021 |language=en-US}}</ref> especially with the proliferation of [[clean energy]].<ref>{{#invoke:cite|news|title=PM Narendra Modi to address Renewable Energy players on initiatives in energy resources |work=The Economic Times |date=3 March 2022 |url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/industry/renewables/pm-narendra-modi-to-address-renewable-energy-players-on-initiatives-in-energy-resources/articleshow/89971530.cms |access-date=11 June 2022}}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:cite|web|date=2 May 2022 |title=PM Modi says India, Germany ties an example of success; both ink $10.5 bn green deal |url=https://www.businesstoday.in/latest/world/story/india-germany-ink-105-bn-green-development-deal-to-boost-clean-energy-use-332123-2022-05-02 |access-date=11 June 2022 |website=Business Today |language=en}}</ref> In 2015, Modi proposed the [[International Solar Alliance]] initiative to encourage investment in solar energy.<ref>{{#invoke:cite|news|title=ISA General Assembly promises to achieve USD 1 trillion investment in solar energy by 2030 |work=The Economic Times |date=21 October 2021 |url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/industry/renewables/isa-general-assembly-promises-to-achieve-usd-1-trillion-investment-in-solar-energy-by-2030/articleshow/87190267.cms?from=mdr |access-date=11 June 2022}}</ref> Holding developed countries responsible,<ref>{{#invoke:cite|news|date=30 November 2015 |title=Narendra Modi pulls up rich nations on climate change |agency=PTI |work=The Hindu |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/Narendra-Modi-pulls-up-rich-nations-on-climate-change/article60297100.ece |access-date=11 June 2022 |issn=0971-751X}}</ref> Modi and his government have said India has had a negligible historical role in climate change. At the [[COP26]] conference, Modi announced India would target [[carbon neutrality]] by 2070 and expand its renewable energy capacity.<ref>{{#invoke:cite|news|last1=Shrivastava |first1=Rahul |title=Push for renewable by 2030, net-zero emissions by 2070: PM Modi's 5 commitments at COP26 summit |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/pm-narendra-modi-cop26-global-climate-change-summit-glasgow-net-zero-carbon-emissions-1872187-2021-11-01 |access-date=21 November 2021 |agency=India Today |date=1 November 2021}}</ref> Indian environmentalists and economists applauded the decision, describing it as bold climate action.<ref>{{#invoke:cite|news|title=India pledges net-zero emissions by 2070 — but also wants to expand coal mining |url=https://www.npr.org/2021/11/03/1051805674/modi-india-cop26-coal-renewable-energy?t=1636899927203 |work=NPR |date=3 November 2021}}</ref> India has become the only major economy to be on track to meet its [[Paris Agreement]] goals.<ref>{{#invoke:cite|news|date=28 October 2021 |title=India largely on track to meet its Paris Climate Agreement targets, says new report |url=https://www.thehindubusinessline.com/news/national/india-largely-on-track-to-meet-its-paris-climate-agreement-targets-says-new-report/article37204707.ece |access-date=11 June 2022 |work=Business Line |agency=PTI}}</ref> It has achieved 10 per cent of ethanol blending five months ahead of schedule.<ref>{{#invoke:cite|web|date=6 June 2022 |title=10% ethanol blending ahead of schedule: PM |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/10-ethanol-blending-ahead-of-schedule-pm-101654454203532.html |access-date=11 June 2022 |website=Hindustan Times |language=en}}</ref>

=== Democratic backsliding ===
{{Main|Premiership of Narendra Modi#Democratic backsliding}}

{{See also|Democratic backsliding in India|Internet censorship in India|Godi media|Protests against Narendra Modi}}
Under Modi's tenure, India has experienced [[democratic backsliding]].{{Efn|name=lo9}} His rule is known for weakening of democratic institutions, [[individual rights]], and [[freedom of expression]].<ref>{{citation |last1=Welzel |first1=Christian |title=Democratization |pages=4, 7 |year=2019 |editor1-last=Welzel |editor1-first=Christian |chapter=Introduction |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0IN8DwAAQBAJ&pg=PA7 |publisher=Oxford University Press |isbn=978-0-19-873228-0 |last2=Inglehart |first2=Ronald |last3=Bernhangen |first3=Patrick |last4=Haerpfer |first4=Christian W. |editor2-last=Inglehart |editor2-first=Ronald |editor3-last=Bernhangen |editor3-first=Patrick |editor4-last=Haerpfer |editor4-first=Christian W.}}</ref><ref>{{citation |last=Chidambaram |first=Soundarya |title=Routledge Handbook of Autocratization in South Asia |pages=130–148 |year=2022 |editor-last=Widmalm |editor-first=Sten |chapter=India's Inexorable Path to Autocratization: Looking beyond Modi and the populist lens |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=fNBUEAAAQBAJ&pg=PT138 |publisher=Routledge |doi=10.4324/9781003042211-11 |s2cid=245210210 |doi-access=free}}</ref> According to one study, "The BJP government incrementally but systemically attacked nearly all existing mechanisms that are in place to hold the political executive to account, either by ensuring that these mechanisms became subservient to the political executive or were captured by party loyalists".<ref name="Khaitan">{{#invoke:cite|journal|last=Khaitan|first=Tarunabh|date=26 May 2020|title=Killing a Constitution with a Thousand Cuts: Executive Aggrandizement and Party-state Fusion in India|journal=Law & Ethics of Human Rights|language=en|volume=14|issue=1|pages=49–95|doi=10.1515/lehr-2020-2009|s2cid=221083830|issn=2194-6531|doi-access=free|hdl=11343/241852|hdl-access=free}}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:cite|journal|last=Welzel|first=Christian Peter|date=2017|title=A Tale of Culture-Bound Regime Evolution|url=http://fox.leuphana.de/portal/de/publications/a-tale-of-culturebound-regime-evolution-the-centennial-democratic-trend-and-its-recent-reversal(2b6baaf4-3942-4491-92ca-55782d455a62).html|journal=Democratization|language=en|doi=10.1080/13510347.2018.1542430|issn=1351-0347|s2cid=148625260}}</ref> The Modi government has used state power to intimidate and stifle critics in the media and academia, undermining freedom of expression and alternative sources of information.<ref>{{#invoke:cite|web|first=Lydia|last=Finzel|title=Democratic Backsliding in India, the World's Largest Democracy|url=https://www.v-dem.net/en/news/democratic-backsliding-india-worlds-largest-democracy/|date=24 February 2020|access-date=27 November 2020|website=www.v-dem.net|publisher=[[V-Dem Institute]]|archive-date=27 February 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210227182459/https://www.v-dem.net/en/news/democratic-backsliding-india-worlds-largest-democracy/}}</ref><ref name="Ganguly 2020-09">{{#invoke:cite|web|last=Ganguly|first=Sumit|title=India's Democracy Is Under Threat|url=https://foreignpolicy.com/2020/09/18/indias-democracy-is-under-threat/|date=18 September 2020|access-date=27 November 2020|website=[[Foreign Policy]]|language=en-US|archive-date=4 December 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201204223518/https://foreignpolicy.com/2020/09/18/indias-democracy-is-under-threat/|url-status=live}}</ref> His administration has been criticised for using a democratic mandate to undermine democratic processes, including focusing on Hindu-nationalist priorities rather than economic development. Modi's second term as PM, in particular, saw the erosion of civil rights and [[Freedom of the press in India|press freedom]].<ref>{{#invoke:cite|journal|last1=Ding|first1=Iza|last2=Slater|first2=Dan|date=2 January 2021|title=Democratic decoupling|journal=Democratization|volume=28|issue=1|pages=63–80|doi=10.1080/13510347.2020.1842361|s2cid=231643689|issn=1351-0347}}</ref>

== Public perception and image ==
{{Main|Public image of Narendra Modi}}

{{Conservatism in India|Politicians}}

Modi is the longest-serving prime minister outside the [[Indian National Congress]],<ref>{{Cite news |date=6 June 2024 |title=The rise and journey of Narendra Modi as the leader reshaping India: timeline |url=https://www.thehindu.com/elections/lok-sabha/the-rise-and-journey-of-narendra-modi-timeline/article68245652.ece |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240628060552/https://www.thehindu.com/elections/lok-sabha/the-rise-and-journey-of-narendra-modi-timeline/article68245652.ece |archive-date=28 June 2024 |access-date=25 June 2024 |work=The Hindu |issn=0971-751X}}</ref> and has received [[Opinion polling on the Narendra Modi premiership|consistently high approval ratings]] during his premiership.<ref name="Kaul2">{{#invoke:cite|book|last1=Kaul|first1=Volker|title=Minorities and Populism – Critical Perspectives from South Asia and Europe|last2=Vajpeyi|first2=Ananya|publisher=[[Springer Publishing]]|year=2020|isbn=978-3-030-34098-8|page=22}}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:cite|web|title=Global Leader Approval Ratings|url=https://morningconsult.com/global-leader-approval/|access-date=9 September 2022|website=[[Morning Consult]]|language=en-US|archive-date=28 November 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221128023901/https://morningconsult.com/global-leader-approval/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:cite|news|title=PM Narendra Modi continues to be most popular global leader with approval rating of 74%: Survey|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/pm-narendra-modi-continues-to-be-most-popular-global-leader-with-approval-rating-of-74-survey/articleshow/93527036.cms|access-date=9 September 2022|website=[[The Times of India]]|date=12 August 2022|language=en|archive-date=9 September 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220909053544/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/pm-narendra-modi-continues-to-be-most-popular-global-leader-with-approval-rating-of-74-survey/articleshow/93527036.cms|url-status=live}}</ref>

=== Image ===
Modi is considered to be a [[Vegetarianism|vegetarian]] and a [[Teetotalism|teetotaller]].<ref>{{#invoke:cite|news|first=Raj|last=Singh|url=https://www.indiatvnews.com/politics/national/10-facts-to-know-about-narendra-modi-pm-india-6602.html?page=4|title=B'day Spl: 10 facts to know about Prime Minister Narendra Modi|date=17 September 2015|access-date=23 September 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180923163307/https://www.indiatvnews.com/politics/national/10-facts-to-know-about-narendra-modi-pm-india-6602.html?page=4|archive-date=23 September 2018|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:cite|news|first=Luke|last=Harding|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2003/aug/18/india.lukeharding|title=Profile: Narendra Modi|work=[[The Guardian]]|date=18 August 2003|access-date=17 April 2014|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140517022009/http://www.theguardian.com/world/2003/aug/18/india.lukeharding|archive-date=17 May 2014}}</ref> On 31 August 2012, he posted on [[Google Hangouts]], becoming the first Indian politician to interact with citizens on a live chat.<ref>{{#invoke:cite|news|title=Narendra Modi on Google Hangout, Ajay Devgn to host event |url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/tech/social-media/Narendra-Modi-on-Google-Hangout-Ajay-Devgn-to-host-event/articleshow/16068578.cms?referral=PM|work=[[The Times of India]]|date=31 August 2012|access-date=3 September 2012}}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:cite|news|title=People ask, Narendra Modi answers on Google Plus Hangout|url=http://ibnlive.in.com/news/modi-answers-netizens-on-google-plus-hangout/287292-37.html|publisher=[[CNN-IBN]]|date=1 September 2012|access-date=3 September 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120904041147/http://ibnlive.in.com/news/modi-answers-netizens-on-google-plus-hangout/287292-37.html|archive-date=4 September 2012}}</ref> Modi regularly wears an ironed, half-sleeved ''[[kurta]]'', and his suit has his name repeatedly embroidered in the pinstripes, which he wore during a state visit by US president [[Barack Obama]], which drew public and media attention, and criticism.<ref>{{#invoke:cite|news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/worldviews/wp/2014/06/06/heres-what-narendra-modis-fashion-says-about-his-politics/ |title=Here's what Narendra Modi's fashion says about his politics |first=Swati |last=Sharma |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] |date=6 June 2014 |issn=0190-8286 |access-date=24 January 2015 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141025062736/http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/worldviews/wp/2014/06/06/heres-what-narendra-modis-fashion-says-about-his-politics/ |archive-date=25 October 2014}}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:cite|news|url=http://runway.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/06/03/narendra-modi-a-leader-who-is-what-he-wears/?_r=0 |title=Narendra Modi, the Prime Minister of India: A Leader Who Is What He Wears |first=Vanessa |last=Friedman |work=[[The New York Times]]: On The Runway |date=3 June 2014 |access-date=24 January 2015 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150128114450/http://runway.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/06/03/narendra-modi-a-leader-who-is-what-he-wears/?_r=0 |archive-date=28 January 2015 }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:cite|book|last1=Price|first1=Lance|author-link1=Lance Price|title=The Modi Effect: Inside Narendra Modi's campaign to transform India|publisher=[[Quercus (publisher)|Quercus]]|isbn=978-1-62365-938-7|pages=179–180|date=24 March 2015}}</ref>{{clarification needed|reason=Specify criticism.|date=January 2025}} Scholars and biographers have described Modi's personality as energetic, eccentric, arrogant, and charismatic.<ref name="Stepan" />{{sfn|Marino|2014|pp=60–70}}

The nomination of Modi for the prime-ministership drew attention to his reputation as "one of contemporary India's most controversial and divisive politicians".<ref name="Basu" /><ref>{{#invoke:cite|news|url=http://www.telegraphindia.com/1130702/jsp/nation/story_17071479.jsp|title=Boomerang warning in article on 'polarising' Modi|last=Ramaseshan|first=Radhika|work=[[The Telegraph (India)|The Telegraph]]|location=Kolkata|date=2 July 2013|access-date=15 August 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131111231449/http://www.telegraphindia.com/1130702/jsp/nation/story_17071479.jsp|archive-date=11 November 2013}}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:cite|news|url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/Specials/Coverage/Gujarat-Assembly-Elections-2012/Chunk-HT-UI-GujaratAssemblyElections2012-BlogPostsAshokMalik/Popular-but-polarising-can-Narendra-Modi-be-PM/SP-Article10-956550.aspx |title=Popular but polarising: can Narendra Modi be PM? |last=Malik |first=Ashok |work=[[Hindustan Times]] |date=8 November 2012 |access-date=15 August 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130210144412/http://www.hindustantimes.com/Specials/Coverage/Gujarat-Assembly-Elections-2012/Chunk-HT-UI-GujaratAssemblyElections2012-BlogPostsAshokMalik/Popular-but-polarising-can-Narendra-Modi-be-PM/SP-Article10-956550.aspx |archive-date=10 February 2013 }}</ref> During the 2014 election campaign, the BJP projected an image of Modi as a strong, masculine leader who would be able to take difficult decisions.<ref name="Basu" /><ref name="Chhibber" /><ref name="Jaffrelot 2015-06" /><ref name="Chacko" /><ref name="Srivastava" /> Campaigns in which he has participated have focused on Modi as an individual, an unusual tactic for the BJP and RSS.<ref name="Jaffrelot 2015-06" /> Modi has relied upon his reputation as a politician able to bring about economic growth and development.<ref>{{#invoke:cite|news| title=NaMo, Ram the new mantra on Dalal Street! | url=http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/markets/analysis/namo-ram-the-new-mantra-on-dalal-street/articleshow/22576714.cms | work=[[The Economic Times]] | date=15 September 2013 | access-date=16 September 2013 | url-status=live | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150111133246/http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/markets/analysis/namo-ram-the-new-mantra-on-dalal-street/articleshow/22576714.cms | archive-date=11 January 2015 }}</ref> Modi's role in the 2002 Gujarat riots continues to attract criticism and controversy.<ref name="Buncombe2">{{#invoke:cite|news|title=A rebirth dogged by controversy |first=Andrew |last=Buncombe |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/a-rebirth-dogged-by-controversy-2357157.html |work=[[The Independent]] |date=19 September 2011 |access-date=10 October 2012 |location=London |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111225024707/http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/a-rebirth-dogged-by-controversy-2357157.html |archive-date=25 December 2011 }}</ref> Modi's hardline Hindutva ideology and the policies adopted by his government continue to draw criticism, and have been seen as evidence of a majoritarian and exclusionary social agenda.<ref name="Buncombe" /><ref name="Stepan" /><ref name="Manor" /><ref name="Jaffrelot 2015-06" />

=== Approval ratings ===
{{Main|Opinion polling on the Narendra Modi premiership}}

[[File:The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi interacting with the school children after addressing the Nation, on the occasion of 71st Independence Day from the ramparts of Red Fort, in Delhi on August 15, 2017.jpg|thumb|Modi interacting with the school children after delivering his address on [[Independence Day (India)|Independence Day]] in New Delhi, 15 August 2017]]

During his premiership, Modi has received consistently high approval ratings; at the end of his first year in office, he received an overall approval rating of 87% in a [[Pew Research]] poll, with 68% of respondents rating him "very favourably" and 93% approving of his government.<ref>{{#invoke:cite|web|title=Indians adore Modi|last=Zainulbhai|first=Hani|url=http://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2015/09/17/indians-adore-modi/|date=17 September 2015|access-date=17 February 2017|website=[[Pew Research]]|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161114103530/http://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2015/09/17/indians-adore-modi/|archive-date=14 November 2016}}</ref> Modi's approval rating remained largely consistent at around 74% during his second year in office, according to a nationwide poll conducted by instaVaani.<ref>{{#invoke:cite|news|title=PM Modi's approval rating remains high 2 years into term: poll|url=http://www.livemint.com/Politics/TkDwBkcX7kpm9VL80zTU4N/Narendra-Modis-approval-rating-remains-high-Poll.html|date=23 May 2016|access-date=28 May 2016|newspaper=[[Mint (newspaper)|Mint]]|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160526050459/http://www.livemint.com/Politics/TkDwBkcX7kpm9VL80zTU4N/Narendra-Modis-approval-rating-remains-high-Poll.html|archive-date=26 May 2016|last1=Shashidhar|first1=Karthik}}</ref> At the end of his second year in office, an updated Pew Research poll showed Modi continued to receive high overall approval ratings of 81%, with 57% of those polled rating him "very favourably".<ref>{{#invoke:cite|web|first=Bruce|last=Stokes|title=India and Modi: The Honeymoon Continues|url=http://www.pewglobal.org/2016/09/19/india-and-modi-the-honeymoon-continues/|date=19 September 2016|access-date=17 February 2017|website=[[Pew Research]]|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170217154037/http://www.pewglobal.org/2016/09/19/india-and-modi-the-honeymoon-continues/|archive-date=17 February 2017}}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:cite|news|first=Nida |last=Najar |title=PM Narendra Modi retains broad support in India despite criticism, poll finds |url=http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/markets/stocks/news/pm-narendra-modi-retains-broad-support-in-india-despite-criticism-poll-finds/articleshow/54418680.cms |work=[[The Economic Times]] |date=20 September 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161116235640/http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/markets/stocks/news/pm-narendra-modi-retains-broad-support-in-india-despite-criticism-poll-finds/articleshow/54418680.cms |archive-date=16 November 2016 |access-date=17 November 2016}}</ref> At the end of his third year in office, a further Pew Research poll showed Modi with an overall approval rating of 88%, his highest yet, with 69% of people polled rating him "very favourably".<ref>{{#invoke:cite|web|first1=Bruce|last1=Stokes|first2=Dorothy|last2=Manevich|first3=Hanyu|last3=Chwe|title=Three Years In, Modi Remains Very Popular|url=http://assets.pewresearch.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/11/14093908/Pew-Research-Center_India-Modi-Report_2017.11.15.pdf|date=15 November 2017|access-date=16 November 2017|website=[[Pew Research]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171115174444/http://assets.pewresearch.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2017/11/14093908/Pew-Research-Center_India-Modi-Report_2017.11.15.pdf|archive-date=15 November 2017|url-status=live}}</ref> A poll conducted by ''[[The Times of India]]'' in May 2017 showed 77% of respondents rated Modi as "very good" and "good".<ref>{{#invoke:cite|news|title=Modi Govt gets high approval rating at three-year mark in TOI online poll|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/modi-government/news/modi-govt-gets-high-approval-rating-at-three-year-mark-in-toi-online-poll/articleshow/58808743.cms|work=[[The Times of India]]|date=23 May 2017|access-date=14 August 2017|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170821144103/http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/modi-government/news/modi-govt-gets-high-approval-rating-at-three-year-mark-in-toi-online-poll/articleshow/58808743.cms|archive-date=21 August 2017}}</ref> In early 2017, a survey by Pew Research Center showed Modi to be the most popular figure in Indian politics.<ref>{{#invoke:cite|news|title=PM Narendra Modi 'By Far' Most Popular Figure in Indian Politics: Pew Survey|url=https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/pm-modi-by-far-most-popular-figure-in-indian-politics-says-survey-by-american-think-tank-pew-1776032|date=16 November 2017|publisher=[[NDTV]]|access-date=26 November 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171201040218/https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/pm-modi-by-far-most-popular-figure-in-indian-politics-says-survey-by-american-think-tank-pew-1776032|archive-date=1 December 2017|url-status=live}}</ref> In a weekly analysis by [[Morning Consult]] called the Global Leader Approval Rating Tracker, Modi had the highest net approval rating as of 22 December 2020 of all government leaders in the 13 countries being tracked.<ref>{{#invoke:cite|web|date=2 January 2021|title=Modi's high approval rating a matter of pride for all Indians: Nadda|url=http://www.ptinews.com/news/12078819_Modi--s-high-approval-rating-a-matter-of-pride-for-all-Indians--Nadda|access-date=7 January 2021|website=[[Press Trust of India]]}}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:cite|web|title=Global Leader Approval Tracker|url=https://morningconsult.com/form/global-leader-approval/|access-date=7 January 2021|website=[[Morning Consult]]|language=en-US}}</ref>

=== In popular culture ===
{{See also|:Category:Cultural depictions of Narendra Modi}}
''Modi Kaka Ka Gaon'' (Modi uncle's town), a 2017 Indian [[Hindi]]-language drama film by Tushar Amrish Goel, is the first [[biopic]] about Modi. It stars Vikas Mahante in the titular role.<ref>{{#invoke:cite|news|title=Modi Kaka Ka Gaon Movie Review {1/5}: Critic Review of Modi Kaka Ka Gaon by Times of India|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/movie-reviews/modi-kaka-ka-gaon/movie-review/62314057.cms|work=[[The Times of India]]|access-date=11 June 2021|last1=Noorani |first1=Reza }}.</ref> ''[[PM Narendra Modi]]'', a 2019 Hindi-language biographical drama film by [[Omung Kumar]], stars [[Vivek Oberoi]] in the titular role and covers Modi's rise to the premiership.<ref>{{#invoke:cite|news|last=Bhatnagar|first=Gaurav Vivek|date=20 March 2019|title=Does the Release of 'PM Narendra Modi' Violate Model Code of Conduct?|url=https://thewire.in/film/release-of-pm-narendra-modi-does-not-violate-model-code-of-conduct-say-ex-ec-chiefs|access-date=19 March 2021|work=[[The Wire (India)|The Wire]]}}</ref> An Indian web series called ''[[Modi: Journey of a Common Man]]'', which is based on the same premise, was released in May 2019 on the [[video streaming]] platform [[Eros Now]] with [[Ashish Sharma]] portraying Modi.<ref>{{#invoke:cite|news|last1=Farooqui |first1=Maryam |title=With an eye on Lok Sabha polls, Eros Now to stream web series on PM Modi in April |url=https://www.moneycontrol.com/news/trends/entertainment/with-an-eye-on-lok-sabha-polls-eros-now-to-stream-web-series-on-pm-modi-in-april-3704771.html |access-date=10 February 2021 |work=[[moneycontrol.com]]|date=27 March 2019}}</ref>

[[7 RCR (TV series)|''7 RCR'']] (''[[7, Race Course Road]]''), a 2014 Indian [[docudrama]] political television series which charts the political careers of prominent Indian politicians, covered Modi's rise to the PM's office in the episodes "Story of Narendra Modi from 1950 to 2001", "Story of Narendra Modi in Controversial Years from 2001 to 2013", "Truth Behind Brand Modi", "Election Journey of Narendra Modi to 7 RCR", and "Masterplan of Narendra Modi's NDA Govt", with Sangam Rai in the role of Modi.<ref>{{Cite AV media|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p1nBPAfwVRA |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211212/p1nBPAfwVRA| archive-date=12 December 2021 |url-status=live|title=First episode of 7 RCR on Narendra Modi|date=12 January 2014|access-date=12 January 2014|publisher=[[ABP News]] via [[YouTube]]}}{{cbignore}}</ref> [[India: The Modi Question]], a 2023 [[BBC]] documentary, examines Modi's role in the 2002 Gujarat riots and his record as Prime Minister of India. The Indian government banned the documentary, drawing widespread criticism.<ref>{{#invoke:cite|web|date=23 January 2023 |title=India invokes emergency laws to ban BBC Modi documentary |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/jan/23/india-emergency-laws-to-ban-bbc-narendra-modi-documentary |access-date=26 January 2023 |website=the Guardian |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:cite|news|last=Lakshman |first=Sriram |date=25 January 2023 |title=BBC documentary: Second part of 'The Modi Question' airs in the U.K. |language=en-IN |work=The Hindu |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/international/bbc-documentary-second-part-of-the-modi-question-airs-in-the-uk/article66429896.ece |access-date=25 January 2023 |issn=0971-751X}}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:cite|web| title=India's government scrambles to block a film about Modi's role in anti-Muslim riots | website=NPR | date=25 January 2023 | url=https://www.npr.org/2023/01/25/1151359378/modi-question-bbc-documentary-india-censorship-2002-gujarat-riots | access-date=26 January 2023}}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:cite|news| title=As India Tries to Block a Modi Documentary, Students Fight to See It | first = Samir | last = Yasir | work=The New York Times | date=25 January 2023 | url=https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/25/world/asia/india-bbc-modi-documentary.html | access-date=26 January 2023}}</ref>

Other portrayals of Modi include those by [[Rajit Kapur]] in the film ''[[Uri: The Surgical Strike]]'' (2019) and [[Vikram Gokhale]] in the web-television series ''[[Avrodh: The Siege Within]]'' (2020), both of which are based on the [[2016 Uri attack]] and the [[2016 Indian Line of Control strike|subsequent Indian surgical strikes]].<ref>{{#invoke:cite|web|title=Uri: The Surgical Strike|url=https://www.zee5.com/global/movies/details/watch-uri-the-surgical-strike-full-movie-online/0-0-33204|access-date=11 June 2021|website=[[ZEE5]]|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:cite|web|title=Watch Avrodh Web Series Online|url=https://www.sonyliv.com/shows/avrodh-1700000236|access-date=22 June 2021|website=[[SonyLIV]]|language=en|archive-date=14 July 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220714025027/https://www.sonyliv.com/shows/avrodh-1700000236}}</ref> Gokhale reprised the role in the sequel ''[[Avrodh: The Siege Within 2]]'' (2022)'','' which is based on the [[2016 Indian banknote demonetisation]].<ref>{{#invoke:cite|news|title=Avrodh 2: The Siege Within' to release on June 24 |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/web-series/news/hindi/avrodh-2-the-siege-within-to-release-on-june-24/articleshow/92076509.cms |access-date=21 August 2022 |website=The Times of India |date=8 June 2022 |language=en}}</ref> Pratap Singh played a character based on Modi in ''[[Chand Bujh Gaya]]'' (2005) which is set against the backdrop of the Gujarat riots.<ref>{{#invoke:cite|news|last1=Salam|first1=Ziya Us|date=13 August 2004|archive-date=11 June 2021|title=Ideology shackled|work=[[The Hindu]]|location=Chennai|url=https://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-fridayreview/ideology-shackled/article28576898.ece|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210611095848/https://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-fridayreview/ideology-shackled/article28576898.ece|url-access=subscription|access-date=7 January 2019|url-status=live}}</ref>

Modi appeared in [[Man vs. Wild#Special India episodes|an episode]] of [[Discovery Channel India|Discovery Channel]]'s show ''[[Man vs. Wild]]'' with the host [[Bear Grylls]] in July 2019,<ref>{{#invoke:cite|web|title=Man vs Wild with Bear Grylls and PM Modi|url=https://www.discoveryplus.in/show/man-vs-wild-with-bear-grylls-and-pm-modi|publisher=[[Discovery+]]|language=en|access-date=11 June 2021}}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:cite|web|title=PM Modi rows boat, makes weapon, goes on a wild adventure for Man vs Wild TV show|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/pm-narendra-modi-bear-grylls-on-man-vs-wild-show-1574682-2019-07-29|website=[[India Today]]|date=29 July 2019|access-date=14 August 2019}}</ref> becoming the second world leader after Barack Obama to appear in the reality show.<ref>{{#invoke:cite|web|first=Hemant|last=Singh|title=World leaders including PM Narendra Modi with Bear Grylls in Man vs Wild Program at Discovery India|url=https://m.jagranjosh.com/general-knowledge/world-leaders-with-bear-grylls-in-man-vs-wild-program-at-discovery-india-1564489280-1|website=[[Jagran Josh]]|access-date=14 August 2019|date=13 August 2019}}</ref> In the show, Modi treks through jungles, and talks about nature and wildlife conservation with Grylls.<ref>{{#invoke:cite|web|title=Man Vs Wild: PM Modi walks in jungles of Jim Corbett with Bear Grylls, talks about conserving nature|url=https://m.businesstoday.in/story/man-vs-wild-pm-modi-walks-in-jungles-of-jim-corbett-with-bear-grylls-talks-about-conserving-nature/1/372196.html|website=[[Business Today (India)|Business Today]]|date=13 August 2019|access-date=14 August 2019}}</ref> The episode was recorded in [[Jim Corbett National Park]], [[Uttarakhand]], and was broadcast in India and 180 other countries.<ref>{{#invoke:cite|web|title=Taking Cue from PM's 'Man vs Wild' Episode, Tourism Ministry Makes 'Wildlife' Theme for Incredible India|url=https://www.news18.com/news/india/taking-cue-from-pms-man-vs-wild-episode-tourism-ministry-makes-wildlife-theme-for-incredible-india-2266653.html|website=[[News18]]|date=12 August 2019|access-date=14 August 2019}}</ref> Modi hosts ''[[Mann Ki Baat]]'', a monthly radio programme on [[All India Radio]], and has conducted the competition ''[[Pariksha Pe Charcha]]'', and discussions for students and the issues they face in examinations.<ref>{{#invoke:cite|web|title=Mann Ki Baat|url=https://pmonradio.nic.in/|access-date=11 June 2021|website=[[pmonradio.nic.in]]}}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:cite|web|date=5 April 2021|title=Pariksha Pe Charcha 2021|url=https://mygov.in/campaigns/ppc-2021/|access-date=11 June 2021|website=[[MyGov.in]]|language=en}}</ref>

== Awards and recognition ==
{{Main|List of awards and honours received by Narendra Modi|List of things named after Narendra Modi}}

In March 2012 and June 2014, Narendra Modi appeared on the cover of the Asian edition of ''[[Time (magazine)|Time Magazine]]'', becoming one of the few Indian politicians to have done so.<ref>{{cite magazine |first=Jyoti |last=Thottam |url=https://world.time.com/2012/03/16/why-narendra-modi-is-indias-most-loved-and-loathed-politician/ |title=Why Narendra Modi is India's Most Loved and Loathed Politician |magazine=[[Time (magazine)|Time]] |date=16 March 2012 |access-date=17 April 2014 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140403122046/http://world.time.com/2012/03/16/why-narendra-modi-is-indias-most-loved-and-loathed-politician/ |archive-date=3 April 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://time.com/magazine/south-pacific/108674/june-2nd-2014-vol-183-no-21-asia-europe-middle-east-and-africa-south-pacific/ |title=Narendra Modi: The New Face of India |magazine=[[Time (magazine)|Time]] |date=2 June 2014 |access-date=22 December 2020 |volume=183 |number=21 }}</ref> In 2014, ''[[CNN-News18]]'' (formally ''CNN-IBN'') news network awarded Modi [[CNN–News18 Indian of the Year|Indian of the Year]].<ref>{{#invoke:cite|web|url=http://ibnlive.in.com/news/list-of-winners-of-indian-of-the-year-2014/534516-3.html |title=List of winners of Indian of the Year 2014 |date=17 March 2015 |access-date=17 February 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150508145221/http://ibnlive.in.com/news/list-of-winners-of-indian-of-the-year-2014/534516-3.html |publisher=[[CNN-IBN]] |archive-date=8 May 2015}}</ref> In June 2015, Modi was featured on the [[List of covers of Time magazine (2010s)|cover of Time Magazine]].<ref>{{cite magazine |first1=Nancy |last1=Gibbs |first2=Zoher |last2=Abdoolcarim |first3=Nikhil |last3=Kumar |url=https://time.com/3849492/narendra-modi-interview/ |title=Exclusive Interview With Narendra Modi: 'We Are Natural Allies' |magazine=[[Time (magazine)|Time]] |date=7 May 2015 |access-date=22 December 2020}}</ref> In 2014, 2015, 2017, 2020 and 2021, he was named one of Time magazine's [[Time 100|100 Most Influential People in the World]].<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://time.com/70845/ |title=The 100 Most Influential People: Narendra Modi |magazine=[[Time (magazine)|Time]] |location=US |first=Fareed |last=Zakaria |date=23 April 2014 |access-date=25 April 2014 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140425010914/http://time.com/70845/ |archive-date=25 April 2014 }}
* {{cite magazine |url=http://time.com/3823155/narendra-modi-2015-time-100/ |title=The 100 Most Influential People: Narendra Modi |magazine=[[Time (magazine)|Time]] |location=US |first=Barack |last=Obama |date=16 April 2015 |access-date=15 December 2016 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161214231710/http://time.com/3823155/narendra-modi-2015-time-100/ |archive-date=14 December 2016 }}
* {{cite magazine |url=https://time.com/collection/2017-time-100/4736335/narendra-modi/ |title=The 100 Most Influential People: Narendra Modi |magazine=[[Time (magazine)|Time]] |location=US |first=Pankaj |last=Mishra |date=20 April 2017 |access-date=25 April 2017 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170425072553/http://time.com/collection/2017-time-100/4736335/narendra-modi/ |archive-date=25 April 2017 }}
* {{cite magazine |url=https://time.com/collection/100-most-influential-people-2020/5888327/narendra-modi-india/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200923090954/https://time.com/collection/100-most-influential-people-2020/5888327/narendra-modi-india/ |title=The 100 Most Influential People of 2020: Narendra Modi |magazine=[[Time (magazine)|Time]] |location=US |first=Karl |last=Vick |date=22 September 2020 |archive-date=23 September 2020 |access-date=23 September 2020 }}
* {{cite magazine |url=https://time.com/collection/100-most-influential-people-2021/6096023/narendra-modi-leader/ |title=The 100 Most Influential People of 2021: Narendra Modi |magazine=[[Time (magazine)|Time]] |location=US |first=Fareed |last=Zakaria |date=15 September 2021 |access-date=17 September 2021}}</ref> In its [[Forbes list of the World's Most Powerful People|list of the world's most powerful people]], ''[[Forbes Magazine]]'' ranked Modi 15th in 2014 and 9th in 2015, 2016 and 2018.<ref>{{#invoke:cite|news|title=Narendra Modi |url=https://www.forbes.com/profile/narendra-modi/ |newspaper=[[Forbes]] |date=November 2018 |access-date=6 November 2018 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141106101820/http://www.forbes.com/profile/narendra-modi/ |archive-date=6 November 2014 }}
* {{#invoke:cite|news|title=2014 Ranking Of The World's Most Powerful People |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/forbespr/2014/11/05/2014-ranking-of-the-worlds-most-powerful-people/?sh=61b961e04d93 |newspaper=[[Forbes]] |date=5 November 2014 |access-date=6 November 2014 }}
* {{#invoke:cite|news|title=Russian President Vladimir Putin Tops Forbes' 2015 Ranking Of The World's Most Powerful People |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/forbespr/2015/11/04/russian-president-vladimir-putin-tops-forbes-2015-ranking-of-the-worlds-most-powerful-people/?sh=599c3a213548 |newspaper=[[Forbes]] |date=4 November 2015 |access-date=6 November 2015 }}
* {{#invoke:cite|news|first=David M. |last=Ewalt |title=The World's Most Powerful People 2015 |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/davidewalt/2015/11/04/the-worlds-most-powerful-people-2015/ |newspaper=[[Forbes]] |date=4 November 2015 |access-date=15 December 2016 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161222020237/http://www.forbes.com/sites/davidewalt/2015/11/04/the-worlds-most-powerful-people-2015/ |archive-date=22 December 2016 }}
* {{#invoke:cite|news|first=David M. |last=Ewalt |title=The World's Most Powerful People 2016 |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/davidewalt/2016/12/14/the-worlds-most-powerful-people-2016/ |newspaper=[[Forbes]] |date=14 December 2016 |access-date=15 December 2016 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161214153005/http://www.forbes.com/sites/davidewalt/2016/12/14/the-worlds-most-powerful-people-2016/#26ec03f2368d |archive-date=14 December 2016 }}
* {{#invoke:cite|news|title=Forbes Releases 2018 List Of The World's Most Powerful People |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/forbespr/2018/05/08/forbes-releases-2018-list-of-the-worlds-most-powerful-people/?sh=55fcee49719c |newspaper=[[Forbes]] |date=8 May 2018 |access-date=6 November 2018 }}
* {{#invoke:cite|news|first=David M. |last=Ewalt |title=The World's Most Powerful People 2018 |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/davidewalt/2018/05/08/the-worlds-most-powerful-people-2018/ |newspaper=[[Forbes]] |date=8 May 2018 |access-date=10 May 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180509222602/https://www.forbes.com/sites/davidewalt/2018/05/08/the-worlds-most-powerful-people-2018/ |archive-date=9 May 2018 |url-status=live}}</ref> In 2015, Modi was ranked the [[50 Most Influential (Bloomberg Markets ranking)|13th Most Influential Person in the World]] by ''[[Bloomberg Markets]] Magazine''.<ref>{{#invoke:cite|news|publisher=[[Bloomberg L.P.]] |author=Dieterich, Robert S. |title=Bloomberg Markets 50 Most Influential |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/features/2015-markets-most-influential/#intro |date=September 2015 |access-date=9 June 2017 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151006192842/http://www.bloomberg.com/features/2015-markets-most-influential |archive-date=6 October 2015}}</ref> In 2021, ''Time'' called Modi the third "pivotal leader" of independent India after [[Jawaharlal Nehru]] and [[Indira Gandhi]], who "dominated the country's politics like no one since them".<ref>{{#invoke:cite|web|date=16 September 2021 |title=PM Narendra Modi features in Time Magazine's list of 100 most influential people of 2021; 'dominating the country's politics', says report |url=https://www.financialexpress.com/india-news/pm-narendra-modi-features-in-time-magazines-list-of-100-most-influential-people-of-2021-dominating-the-countrys-politics-says-report/2331131/ |access-date=18 September 2021 |website=The Financial Express |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:cite|web|title=PM Modi In TIME Magazine's '100 Most Influential People 2021' List; Mamata Banerjee, Adar Poonawalla Also Feature |url=https://www.moneycontrol.com/news/india/time-magazine-lists-pm-modi-in-100-most-influential-people-2021-mamata-banerjee-adar-poonawalla-feature-too-7471231.html |access-date=18 September 2021 |website=Moneycontrol |date=15 September 2021 |language=en}}</ref> Modi was ranked fifth on ''[[Fortune (magazine)|Fortune Magazine]]''{{'}}s first annual list of the "World's Greatest Leaders" in 2015.<ref>{{#invoke:cite|news|url=http://fortune.com/worlds-greatest-leaders/2015/narendra-modi-5/ |title=World's Greatest Leaders 2015: Narendra Modi |work=[[Fortune (magazine)|Fortune]] |access-date=17 February 2017 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170222212308/http://fortune.com/worlds-greatest-leaders/2015/narendra-modi-5/ |archive-date=22 February 2017 }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:cite|news|url=http://www.businessinsider.in/Narendra-Modi-and-Kailash-Satyarthi-are-worlds-greatest-leaders-says-Fortune-Magazine/articleshow/46715870.cms |title=Narendra Modi and Kailash Satyarthi are world's greatest leaders, says Fortune Magazine |work=[[Business Insider]] |date=27 March 2015 |access-date=5 April 2015 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150330220128/http://www.businessinsider.in/Narendra-Modi-and-Kailash-Satyarthi-are-worlds-greatest-leaders-says-Fortune-Magazine/articleshow/46715870.cms |archive-date=30 March 2015 }}</ref> In 2017, [[Gallup International Association]] (GIA) conducted a poll and ranked Modi third-top leader of the world.<ref>{{#invoke:cite|web|url=https://www.firstpost.com/world/gia-poll-modi-ranks-third-after-merkel-macron-in-global-ratings-of-top-world-leaders-best-ever-rank-for-an-indian-pm-4298471.html |title=GIA poll: Modi ranks third after Merkel, Macron in global ratings of top world leaders; best ever rank for an Indian PM |website=firstpost.com |date=11 January 2018 |access-date=12 January 2018}}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:cite|web|first=Abhishek |last=Rana |url=https://www.newsfolo.com/india/gia-poll-2017-narendra-modi-ranks-third-highest-indian-prime-minister/134669/ |title=GIA Poll 2017: Narendra Modi ranks third, the highest for an Indian Prime Minister |date=12 January 2018 |access-date=13 January 2018 |website=www.newsfolo.com}}</ref> In 2016, a wax statue of Modi was unveiled at [[Madame Tussauds]] [[wax museum]] in [[London]].<ref>{{#invoke:cite|news|url=http://indianexpress.com/article/india/india-news-india/pm-narendra-modi-wax-statue-madame-tussauds-musuem-london-2774822/ |title=London: PM Modi's wax statue unveiled at Madame Tussaud's Museum |work=[[The Indian Express]] |date=28 April 2015 |access-date=25 April 2017 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170425121838/http://indianexpress.com/article/india/india-news-india/pm-narendra-modi-wax-statue-madame-tussauds-musuem-london-2774822/ |archive-date=25 April 2017 }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:cite|news|url=http://wap.business-standard.com/article/current-affairs/narendra-modi-s-wax-statue-unveiled-at-madame-tussaud-s-musuem-116042801127_1.html |title=Narendra Modi's wax statue unveiled at Madame Tussaud's Museum |work=[[Business Standard]] |date=28 April 2016 |access-date=25 April 2015 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160608192334/http://wap.business-standard.com/article/current-affairs/narendra-modi-s-wax-statue-unveiled-at-madame-tussaud-s-musuem-116042801127_1.html |archive-date=8 June 2016 }}</ref>

[[File:Narendra Modi figure at Madame Tussauds London (33783646132).jpg|thumb|upright|Narendra Modi's wax statue at [[Madame Tussauds]], London]]

In 2015, Modi was named one of ''Time''{{'}}s "30 Most Influential People on the Internet" because he was the [[List of most-followed Twitter accounts|second-most-followed politician]] on [[Twitter]] and [[Facebook]].<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://time.com/3732203/the-30-most-influential-people-on-the-internet/ |title=The 30 Most Influential People on the Internet |magazine=[[Time (magazine)|Time]] |date=5 March 2015 |access-date=6 March 2015 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150321233428/http://time.com/3732203/the-30-most-influential-people-on-the-internet/ |archive-date=21 March 2015 }}</ref> In 2018, he was the third-most-followed world leader on Twitter and the [[List of most-followed Instagram accounts|most-followed world leader]] on [[Instagram]] and Facebook.<ref>{{#invoke:cite|news|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/india/narendra-modi-sushma-swaraj-twitter-5253685/|title=PM Modi third most followed world leader on Twitter, Sushma Swaraj most popular among women leaders|date=11 July 2018|access-date=20 October 2023|newspaper=[[Indian Express]]}}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:cite|news|first=Surabhi |last=Agarwal |url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/magazines/panache/with-41-7-million-followers-modi-becomes-most-followed-world-leader-on-facebook/articleshow/58863602.cms |work=[[The Economic Times]] |title=With 41.7 million followers, Modi becomes most followed world leader on Facebook |date=27 May 2017 |access-date=28 May 2017}}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:cite|news|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/trending-news/story/narendra-modi-most-followed-instagram-1403501-2018-12-06 |title=PM Narendra Modi most followed world leader on Instagram |work=[[India Today]] |date=6 December 2018 |access-date=7 December 2018}}</ref> In October 2018, Modi received United Nations' highest environmental award, the [[Champions of the Earth]], for policy leadership by "pioneering work in championing" the [[International Solar Alliance]] and "new areas of levels of cooperation on environmental action".<ref>{{#invoke:cite|web|url=https://www.unep.org/championsofearth/node/50 |title=Narendra Modi – Policy Leadership Award: Champions of the Earth |website=[[United Nations Environment Programme|web.unep.org]] |access-date=24 October 2018}}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:cite|news|url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/pm-narendra-modi-receives-uns-champions-of-the-earth-award/articleshow/66051710.cms?from=mdr |title=PM Narendra Modi receives UN's Champions of the Earth Award |date=3 October 2018 |work=[[The Economic Times]] |access-date=24 October 2018}}</ref> Modi was conferred the 2018 [[Seoul Peace Prize]].<ref>{{#invoke:cite|web|url=https://www.mea.gov.in/press-releases.htm?dtl/30532/Prime+Minister+Modi+Awarded+the+2018+Seoul+Peace+Prize |title=Prime Minister Modi Awarded the 2018 Seoul Peace Prize |website=[[Ministry of External Affairs (India)|Ministry of External Affairs]], [[Government of India]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190513151012/https://www.mea.gov.in/press-releases.htm?dtl%2F30532%2FPrime+Minister+Modi+Awarded+the+2018+Seoul+Peace+Prize |date=24 October 2018 |archive-date=13 May 2019 |url-status=live |access-date=3 June 2019}}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:cite|news|url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/pm-modi-receives-seoul-peace-prize-for-2018/articleshow/68108358.cms |title=PM Modi receives Seoul Peace Prize for 2018 |date=22 February 2019 |website=[[The Economic Times|Economic Times]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201020210409/https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/pm-modi-receives-seoul-peace-prize-for-2018/articleshow/68108358.cms |archive-date=20 October 2020 |access-date=15 January 2021}}</ref>

Following his [[Second oath of office ceremony of Narendra Modi|second oath of office ceremony]] as Prime Minister of India, a picture of Modi was displayed on the facade of the [[Abu Dhabi National Oil Company]] (ADNOC) building in [[Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates]].<ref>{{#invoke:cite|news|url=https://www.khaleejtimes.com/news/general/adnoc-marks-modis-inauguration-as-prime-minister-of-india-12 |title=Video: ADNOC marks Modi's inauguration as Prime Minister of India |work=[[Khaleej Times]] |date=31 May 2019 |access-date=31 May 2019}}</ref> The Texas India Forum hosted a community event, ''[[Howdy Modi]]'', in honour of Modi on 22 September 2019 at [[NRG Stadium]] in [[Houston, Texas]]. The event was attended by over 50,000 people and several American politicians, including President [[Donald Trump]], making it the largest gathering for an invited [[List of diplomatic visits to the United States|foreign leader visiting the United States]] other than the [[Pope]].<ref>{{#invoke:cite|web|title='Howdy, Modi!': Trump hails Indian PM at 'historic' Texas rally |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-49788492 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190923000151/https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-49788492/ |publisher=[[BBC]] |archive-date=23 September 2019 |access-date=25 September 2019 |date=22 September 2019}}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:cite|web|title=Texas India Forum – Howdy Modi |url=https://www.howdymodi.org/ |website=howdymodi.org |access-date=25 September 2019}}</ref> At the event, Modi was presented with the [[List of Keys to the City in the United States#Texas|Key to the City]] of Houston by Mayor [[Sylvester Turner]].<ref>{{#invoke:cite|news|last1=Haidar |first1=Suhasini |title='Howdy Modi' in Houston: After Modi show, Trump tweets: 'The USA Loves India!' |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/howdy-modi-event-in-houston-live-updates/article29481830.ece |work=[[The Hindu]] |access-date=23 September 2019 |language=en-IN |date=22 September 2019}}</ref> The [[Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation]] awarded Modi the [[Goalkeepers (Gates Foundation)|Global Goalkeeper Award]] on 24 September 2019 in New York City, in recognition of the [[Swachh Bharat Mission]] and "the progress India has made in providing safe sanitation under his leadership".<ref>{{#invoke:cite tweet||main|author=Gates Foundation |author-link=Gates Foundation |user=gatesfoundation |number=1176654725229490176 |date=24 September 2019 |title=Prime Minister Narendra Modi received the Global Goalkeeper Award at tonight's Goalkeepers Global Goals Awards. This award recognizes the progress India has made in providing safe sanitation under his leadership. https://t.co/QSMD4UqxiU |language=en }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:cite|news|first=Gwyn |last=D'Mello |url=https://www.indiatimes.com/technology/news/bill-gates-foundation-gave-pm-narendra-modi-global-goalkeeper-award-for-swachh-bharat-impact-376502.html |title=Bill Gates' Foundation Gave PM Narendra Modi 'Global Goalkeeper' Award For Swachh Bharat Impact |work=[[indiatimes.com]] |date=26 September 2019 |access-date=27 September 2019}}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:cite|web|title=Narendra Modi: 'Global Goalkeeper' award for PM Modi for Swachh Bharat Abhiyan |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/global-goalkeeper-award-for-pm-modi-for-swachch-bharat-abhiyan/articleshow/71285839.cms |work=[[The Times of India]] |date=25 September 2019 |access-date=25 September 2019 |language=en}}</ref>

In 2020, Modi was among eight world leaders who were awarded the parody [[Ig Nobel Prize]] in Medical Education "for using the [[COVID-19 pandemic in India|COVID-19 viral pandemic]] to teach the world that politicians can have a more immediate effect on life and death than scientists and doctors can".<ref>{{#invoke:cite|journal|last1=Tanne |first1=Janice Hopkins |title=Donald Trump, Boris Johnson, and other leaders win Ig Nobel awards for teaching people about life and death |url=https://www.bmj.com/content/370/bmj.m3675 |access-date=19 September 2020 |journal=[[The BMJ|BMJ]] |date=18 September 2020 |volume=370 |article-number=m3675 |language=en |doi=10.1136/bmj.m3675 |pmid=32948527}}</ref> On 21 December 2020, US president Donald Trump awarded Modi the [[Legion of Merit]] for improving [[India–United States relations]].<ref>{{#invoke:cite|news|last=Lakshman |first=Sriram |date=22 December 2020 |title=PM Modi awarded 'Legion of Merit' by Donald Trump |language=en-IN |work=[[The Hindu]] |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/donald-trump-presents-legion-of-merit-to-pm-modi/article33390370.ece |access-date=22 December 2020 |issn=0971-751X}}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:cite|news|date=22 December 2020 |title=Donald Trump awards PM Narendra Modi with Legion of Merit for elevating India-US ties |url=https://mumbaimirror.indiatimes.com/news/india/donald-trump-awards-pm-narendra-modi-with-legion-of-merit-for-elevating-india-us-ties/articleshow/79849619.cms |access-date=22 December 2020 |work=[[Mumbai Mirror]] |language=en |agency=[[Asian News International]]}}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:cite|news|last=Aiyappa |first=Vikash |date=22 December 2020 |archive-date=22 December 2020 |title=The message Trump sent out by awarding PM Modi the Legion of Merit |url=https://www.oneindia.com/india/the-message-trump-sent-out-by-awarding-pm-modi-the-legion-of-merit-3192605.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201222085346/https://www.oneindia.com/india/the-message-trump-sent-out-by-awarding-pm-modi-the-legion-of-merit-3192605.html |access-date=22 December 2020 |work=[[oneindia.com]] |language=en}}</ref> On 24 February 2021, [[Gujarat Cricket Association]] controversially renamed Motera Stadium in [[Ahmedabad]]—[[List of cricket grounds by capacity|the largest cricket stadium in the world]]—[[Narendra Modi Stadium]].<ref>{{#invoke:cite|web|title=Activists Urge PM to Rename Narendra Modi Stadium After Sardar Patel, Sign Letter in Blood |website=The Wire |date=26 February 2021 |url=https://thewire.in/rights/activists-urge-pm-to-rename-narendra-modi-stadium-after-sardar-patel-sign-letter-in-blood |access-date=1 May 2024}}</ref>
[[File:PM Narendra Modi being conferred with the ‘Order of the Druk Gyalpo’ - Bhutan.jpg|thumb|Prime Minister Modi being conferred with the [[Order of the Dragon King]], Bhutan's highest civilian decoration by the [[King of Bhutan]]]]
In July 2024, during a visit to Russia, Modi was awarded the [[Order of St. Andrew]], Russia's highest civilian award, for his effort in the development of the bilateral ties between India and Russia.<ref>{{cite magazine |first1=Vivek |last1=Kumar |editor1-first=Gaurav C |editor1-last=Sawant |date=10 July 2024 |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/pm-modi-receives-russias-highest-civilian-honour-during-moscow-trip-2564460-2024-07-09 |title=PM Modi receives Russia's highest civilian honour during Moscow trip |magazine=[[India Today]] |access-date=11 July 2024}}</ref> In March, the [[King of Bhutan]] conferred Modi with the [[Order of the Dragon King]], the highest decoration of Bhutan. It was the first such award to a non-Bhutanese head of government.<ref>{{Cite news |title=Why PM Modi became the first foreign head of govt to get Bhutan's top civilian award |url=https://www.firstpost.com/world/pm-narendra-modi-bhutan-highest-civilian-award-13751835.html |work=Firstpost |date=22 March 2024 |access-date=24 March 2024}}</ref>

Later in November 2024, during a diplomatic visit to Nigeria, Modi was conferred the [[Grand Commander of the Order of the Niger]] by the Nigerian president. This is one of the country's highest honours, making him the second foreign dignitary to receive the award, after [[Queen Elizabeth II]] in 1969.<ref>{{cite web |title=PM Modi Receives Nigeria's GCON Award: 2nd Foreign Dignitary after Queen Elizabeth |url=https://www.ndtv.com/world-news/pm-modi-receives-nigerias-gcon-award-2nd-foreign-dignitary-after-queen-elizabeth-7040499 |website=NDTV |date=17 November 2024 |access-date=17 November 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |author=Usigbe, Leon |title=Tinubu Confers Nigeria's Second-Highest Honour on Prime Minister Modi |url=https://tribuneonlineng.com/tinubu-confers-nigerias-second-highest-honour-on-prime-minister-modi/ |website=Tribune Online |date=17 November 2024 |access-date=17 November 2024}}</ref> President [[Bola Tinubu]] stated that the award was presented in recognition of Nigeria's appreciation for the growing partnership between the two countries.<ref>{{cite web |author=Angbulu, Stephen |title=Tinubu Confers National Honour of GCON on Indian PM Modi |url=https://punchng.com/just-in-tinubu-confers-national-honour-of-gcon-on-indian-pm-modi/?amp |website=Punch Newspapers |date=17 November 2024 |access-date=17 November 2024}}</ref> Upon his arrival, Modi was presented with the symbolic "Key to the City" of [[Abuja]] by Minister [[Nyesom Wike]], a gesture symbolising trust and honour from the people of Nigeria.<ref>{{cite web |author=Roushan, Anurag |title=PM Modi Gets Unique Welcome in Nigeria, Presented with 'Key to the City' of Abuja: What Does It Mean? |url=https://www.indiatvnews.com/news/world/pm-narendra-modi-visits-nigeria-presented-with-key-to-the-city-of-abuja-what-does-it-mean-2024-11-17-962011 |website=India TV News |date=17 November 2024 |access-date=17 November 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=PM Modi Presented with 'Key to the City' of Abuja on Arrival in Nigeria |url=https://aninews.in/videos/national/pm-modi-presented-with-key-to-the-city-of-abuja-on-arrival-in-nigeria-pm-modi-on-3-nation-visit/ |website=ANI News |access-date=17 November 2024}}</ref> In December 2024, Modi was conferred the [[Order of Mubarak the Great]], the highest national honour of [[Kuwait]].<ref>{{cite news |title=PM Modi awarded Order of Mubarak Al-Kabeer: What is this Kuwaiti honour, its significance |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/explained/everyday-explainers/pm-modi-order-of-mubarak-al-kabeer-kuwait-significance-9739171/ |access-date=6 January 2025 |work=Indian Express |date=23 December 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Bhattacherjee |first1=Kallol |title=Modi gets Kuwait's highest honour 'The Order of Mubarak Al Kabeer', signs defence pact |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/kuwait-bestows-highest-honour-the-order-of-mubarak-al-kabeer-to-pm-modi/article69015471.ece |access-date=6 January 2025 |work=The Hindu |date=22 December 2024}}</ref> Modi was named a [[Order of the Star and Key of the Indian Ocean|Grand Commander of the Order of the Star and Key]], the highest honour conferred by [[Mauritius]], in March 2025.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Bharadwaj |first1=Jai |title=PM Modi honoured with Mauritius' highest award, strengthening India-Mauritius ties |url=https://www.theaustraliatoday.com.au/pm-modi-honoured-with-mauritius-highest-award-strengthening-india-mauritius-ties/ |access-date=6 April 2025 |work=Australia Today}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=PM Modi Receives Mauritius' Highest National Award; See Pics Here |url=https://www.freepressjournal.in/world/pm-modi-receives-mauritius-highest-national-award-see-pics-here |website=Free Press Journal |access-date=6 April 2025}}</ref> In April 2025, Modi was awarded the [[Sri Lanka Mitra Vibhushana]], the highest Sri Lankan award to a foreign leader, in Colombo by the Sri Lankan President [[Anura Kumara Dissanayake]].<ref>{{cite magazine |title=PM honoured with Mithra Vibhushana medal by Sri Lanka for boosting bilateral ties |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/pm-modi-in-sri-lanka-pm-honoured-with-mithra-vibhushana-medal-by-sri-lanka-for-boosting-bilateral-ties-2704458-2025-04-05 |magazine=India Today |date=5 April 2025 |access-date=5 April 2025}}</ref>

== Electoral history ==
{{Main|Electoral history of Narendra Modi}}

{| class="wikitable" style="width:100%; text-align: center;"
|+Election results
!Year
!Office
!Constituency
! colspan="1" |Party
!Votes for Modi
!%
!Opponent
! colspan="1" |Party
!Votes
!%
!Margin
!Result
!{{Refh}}
|-
|2002^
| rowspan="4" |[[Member of the Legislative Assembly (India)|Member of the Legislative Assembly]]
|[[Rajkot II]]
| rowspan="8" |[[Bharatiya Janata Party]] [[File:Logo of the Bharatiya Janata Party.svg|frameless|30px]]
|45,298
|57.32
|Ashwinbhai Narbheshankar Mehta
| rowspan="5" |[[Indian National Congress]] [[File:Hand INC.svg|frameless|30px]]
|30,570
|38.68
|{{yes2|14,728}}
| style="background:#9EFF9E;color:#000;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="yes table-yes2 notheme" |Won
|<ref>{{#invoke:cite|web|first1=Uday|last1=Mahurkar|title=Rajkot II by-elections: Narendra Modi pushes his own image as a rising star of BJP|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/nation/story/20020225-narendra-modi-pushes-his-own-image-as-a-rising-star-of-bjp-795944-2002-02-25|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200715180705/https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/nation/story/20020225-narendra-modi-pushes-his-own-image-as-a-rising-star-of-bjp-795944-2002-02-25|date=25 February 2002|archive-date=15 July 2020|access-date=15 January 2021|website=[[India Today]]|language=en}}</ref>
|-
|[[2002 Gujarat Legislative Assembly election|2002]]
| rowspan="3" |[[Maninagar (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Maninagar]]
|113,589
|73.29
|[[Yatinbhai Oza]]
|38,256
|24.68
|{{yes2|75,333}}
| style="background:#9EFF9E;color:#000;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="yes table-yes2 notheme" |Won
|{{Sfnm|1a1=Marino|1y=2014|1pp=98|2a1=Bal Narendra|2y=2014|2pp=67-69}}
|-
|[[2007 Gujarat Legislative Assembly election|2007]]
|139,568
|69.53
|[[Dinsha Patel]]
|52,407
|26.11
|{{yes2|87,161}}
| style="background:#9EFF9E;color:#000;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="yes table-yes2 notheme" |Won
|<ref>{{#invoke:cite|web|last=Bhatt|first=Sheela|date=27 November 2007|title=Union minister Dinsha Patel to take on Modi in Maninagar|url=https://www.rediff.com/news/2007/nov/27gujpoll1.htm|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304035902/https://www.rediff.com/news/2007/nov/27gujpoll1.htm|archive-date=4 March 2016|access-date=15 January 2021|website=[[Rediff]]}}</ref>
|-
|[[2012 Gujarat Legislative Assembly election|2012]]
|120,470
|75.38
|Shweta Sanjiv Bhat
|34,097
|21.34
|{{yes2|86,373}}
| style="background:#9EFF9E;color:#000;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="yes table-yes2 notheme" |Won
|<ref name="NDTV 2012-12-20" />
|-
|[[2014 Indian general election|2014]]
| rowspan="4" |[[Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha]]
|[[Vadodara (Lok Sabha constituency)|Vadodara]]
|845,464
|72.75
|[[Madhusudan Mistry]]
|275,336
|23.69
|{{yes2|570,128}}
| style="background:#9EFF9E;color:#000;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="yes table-yes2 notheme" |Won
|<ref>{{#invoke:cite|web|title=General Election To Lok Sabha Trends & Result 2014|url=http://eciresults.nic.in/ConstituencywiseS0620.htm?ac=20|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140517135238/http://eciresults.nic.in/ConstituencywiseS0620.htm?ac=20|archive-date=17 May 2014|access-date=15 January 2021|website=[[Election Commission of India|ECI]]}}</ref>
|-
|2014
| rowspan="3" |[[Varanasi (Lok Sabha constituency)|Varanasi]]
|581,022
|56.37
|[[Arvind Kejriwal]]
|[[Aam Aadmi Party]] [[File:AAP Symbol.png|30px]]
|209,238
|20.30
|{{yes2|371,784}}
| style="background:#9EFF9E;color:#000;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="yes table-yes2 notheme" |Won
|<ref name="NDTV 2014-04-09" />
|-
|[[2019 Indian general election|2019]]
|674,664
|63.62
|Shalini Yadav
|[[Samajwadi Party]] [[File:Indian Election Symbol Cycle.png|30px]]
|195,159
|18.40
|{{yes2|479,505}}
| style="background:#9EFF9E;color:#000;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="yes table-yes2 notheme" |Won
|<ref>{{#invoke:cite|web|date=23 May 2019|title=Varanasi Election Result 2019: PM Modi' Varanasi is the star constituency|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/constituency-watch/may-10-lok-sabha-2019-constituency-pm-modi-is-the-sitting-mp-from-ups-varanasi/story-AOwwWeUUmyrgpI90ChDYQP.html|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200528121737/https://www.hindustantimes.com/constituency-watch/may-10-lok-sabha-2019-constituency-pm-modi-is-the-sitting-mp-from-ups-varanasi/story-AOwwWeUUmyrgpI90ChDYQP.html|archive-date=28 May 2020|access-date=15 January 2021|work=[[Hindustan Times]]|language=en}}</ref>
|-
|[[2024 Indian general election|2024]]
|612,970
|54.24
|[[Ajay Rai]]
|[[Indian National Congress]] [[File:Hand INC.svg|frameless|30px]]
|460,457
|40.74
|{{yes2|152,513}}
| style="background:#9EFF9E;color:#000;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="yes table-yes2 notheme" |Won
|<ref>{{cite news |title=Bullish Wins & Bearish Losses: Here are the key contests and results of 2024 Lok Sabha polls |url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/elections/lok-sabha/india/bullish-wins-bearish-losses-here-are-the-key-contests-of-2024-lok-sabha-results/articleshow/110713130.cms |work=Economic Times |date=6 June 2024 |access-date=27 July 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240727153249/https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/elections/lok-sabha/india/bullish-wins-bearish-losses-here-are-the-key-contests-of-2024-lok-sabha-results/articleshow/110713130.cms |archive-date=27 July 2024}}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:cite|web|date=4 June 2024 |title=Varanasi Lok Sabha Election Results 2024: PM Modi wins Varanasi seat for 3rd consecutive time, defeats Congress's Ajay Rai |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/elections/lok-sabha/story/varanasi-lok-sabha-election-results-2024-live-updates-pm-narendra-modi-ajai-rai-bjp-nda-congress-india-bloc-2548670-2024-06-04 |access-date=5 June 2024 |website=India Today |language=en}}</ref>
|}

^ = February 2002 by-poll

== Writing career ==

In 2008, Modi published a Gujarati book titled ''Jyotipunj'', which contains profiles of RSS leaders. The longest was of [[M. S. Golwalkar]], under whose leadership the RSS expanded and whom Modi refers to as ''Pujniya Shri Guruji'' ("Guru worthy of worship").<ref>{{#invoke:cite|news|title=Narendra Modi on MS Golwalkar, translated by Aakar Patel – Part 1 |url=http://www.caravanmagazine.in/vantage/modi-golwalkar-part-1 |work=[[The Caravan]] |date=31 May 2014 |access-date=20 June 2015 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150610003500/http://www.caravanmagazine.in/vantage/modi-golwalkar-part-1 |archive-date=10 June 2015 }}</ref> According to ''[[The Economic Times]]'', Modi's intention was to explain the workings of the RSS to his readers, and to reassure RSS members he remained ideologically aligned with them.

After becoming the prime minister he also authored a book called [[Exam Warriors]], a guide for children to commendably face exams. Modi has written eight other books, mostly containing short stories for children.<ref>{{#invoke:cite|news|title=Jyotipunj: Narendra Modi writes on 'my organisation, my leaders' |url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/jyotipunj-narendra-modi-writes-on-my-organisation-my-leaders/articleshow/2936428.cms |work=[[The Economic Times]] |date=9 April 2008 |access-date=20 June 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150621040809/http://articles.economictimes.indiatimes.com/2008-04-09/news/27702974_1_rss-workers-pracharak-rss-leaders |archive-date=21 June 2015 |url-status=live}}</ref> Modi has penned the lyrics of two Gujarati [[Garba (dance)|garba]] songs; ''Garbo'', sung by [[Dhvani Bhanushali]] and composed by [[Tanishk Bagchi]], and ''Maadi'', sung by [[Divya Kumar (singer)|Divya Kumar]] and composed by [[Meet Bros]]. The songs were released on the occasion of autumn [[Navratri]] in 2023.<ref>{{cite news|title=PM Narendra Modi unveils new Garba song penned by him, Maadi|url=https://www.thehindu.com/entertainment/music/navratri-2023-garbo-song-trends-lyrics-by-prime-minister-narendra-modi/article67419990.ece|work=[[The Hindu]]|date=14 October 2023 |access-date=1 August 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=PM Narendra Modi unveils new Garba song penned by him, Maadi|date=15 October 2023 |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/entertainment/music/pm-narendra-modi-unveils-new-garba-song-penned-by-him-maadi-101697345237635.html|publisher=[[Hindustan Times]]|access-date=1 August 2024}}</ref>

''[[Abundance in Millets]]'', a song by [[Falu]] and Gaurav Shah that featured a speech given by Modi for the promotion of [[millet]], received a nomination in the [[Grammy Award for Best Global Music Performance|Best Global Music Performance]] category for the [[66th Annual Grammy Awards|2024 Grammy Awards]].<ref>{{cite web|title=2024 Grammys: See The Full Winners & Nominees List|url=https://www.grammy.com/news/2024-grammys-nominations-full-winners-nominees-list|access-date=1 July 2024|website=Grammy.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Song Featuring PM Modi Nominated For Grammy Awards|url=https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/song-featuring-pm-narendra-modi-nominated-for-grammy-awards-4565922|access-date=15 December 2023|website=NDTV.com}}</ref>

== Bibliography ==
{{Main list|Bibliography of Narendra Modi
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* {{#invoke:cite|book|last=Modi |first=Narendra |title=Aapatkal Me Gujarat |date=2004 |publisher=[[Prabhat Prakashan]] |language=hi |isbn=81-7315-466-X |edition=Samskarana 1 |location=New Delhi |oclc=56367646|ref=none}}
* {{#invoke:cite|book|last=Modi |first=Narendra |title=Convenient Action: Gujarat's Response to Challenges of Climate Change |date=2011 |publisher=[[Macmillan Publishers]] India |isbn=978-0-230-33192-1 |location=New Delhi |oclc=696558495 |author-mask=7|ref=none}}
* {{#invoke:cite|book|last=Modi |first=Narendra |title=A Journey: Poems by Narendra Modi |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=WsGeAwAAQBAJ |date=22 April 2014 |publisher=[[Rupa Publications]] |trans-title=Bhaav Yatra |translator-last=Mantha |translator-first=Ravi |isbn=978-81-291-3386-1 |author-mask=7|ref=none}}
* {{#invoke:cite|book|last=Modi |first=Narendra |title=Jyotipunj |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_2dtCwAAQBAJ&pg=PA19 |year=2015 |publisher=[[Prabhat Prakashan]] |language=hi |isbn=978-93-5186-231-4 |author-mask=7|ref=none}}
* {{#invoke:cite|book|last=Modi |first=Narendra |title=Social Harmony |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=hGNtCwAAQBAJ&pg=PA12 |year=2015 |publisher=[[Prabhat Prakashan]] |isbn=978-93-5048-980-2|trans-title=Samajik Samarasta |author-mask=7|ref=none}}
* {{#invoke:cite|book|last=Modi |first=Narendra |title=India's Singapore Story |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=WDt1CwAAQBAJ&pg=PA19 |date=21 December 2015 |publisher=[[ISEAS–Yusof Ishak Institute]] |isbn=978-981-4695-73-2 |author-mask=7|ref=none}}
* {{#invoke:cite|book|last=Modi |first=Narendra |title=Mann Ki Baat: A Social Revolution on Radio |year=2017 |publisher=BlueKraft Digital Foundation |isbn=978-93-5035-990-7 |author-mask=7|ref=none}}
* {{#invoke:cite|book|last=Modi |first=Narendra |title=[[Exam Warriors]] |date=3 February 2018 |publisher=[[Penguin Books|Penguin India]] |isbn=978-0-14-344150-2 |author-mask=7|ref=none}}
* {{#invoke:cite|book|last=Modi |first=Narendra |title=President Pranab Mukherjee: A Statesman |publisher=The Statesman |year=2018 |isbn=978-81-929255-5-4 |location= |pages= |translator-last=Joshi |translator-first=Varun |author-mask=7 |orig-date=2017|ref=none}}
* {{#invoke:cite|book|last=Modi |first=Narendra |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=u1_RoAEACAAJ |title=Abode of Love |publisher=Rajpal Publishers |year=2018 |isbn=978-93-5064-238-2 |location= |pages= |trans-title=Premtirth |author-mask=7|ref=none}}
* {{#invoke:cite|book|last=Modi |first=Narendra |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rbXlDwAAQBAJ |title=Letters to Mother |publisher=[[HarperCollins]] |year=2020 |isbn=978-93-5357-632-5 |location= |pages= |trans-title=Sakshi Bhaav |author-mask=7|ref=none}}

{{refend}}

== See also ==
* [[List of current heads of state and government]]
* [[List of prime ministers of India]]
* [[Opinion polling on the Narendra Modi premiership]]

== References ==
=== Notes ===
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=== Citations ===
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* {{#invoke:cite|book|last1=Chandrasekaran |first1=Natarajan |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=J3axDwAAQBAJ |title=Bridgital Nation (Solving Technology's People Problem) |last2=Purushottam |first2=Roopa |publisher=Penguin Books |year=2019 |isbn=978-93-5305-636-0 |location=Mumbai, India |oclc=1124852952 |ref={{SfnRef|Natarajan and Pooja|2019}} |author-link=Natarajan Chandrasekaran}}
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== Further reading ==
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* {{#invoke:cite|journal|last=Chatterjee|first=Ankita|date=1 September 2020|title=Humour in Narendra Modi memes on new media|journal=South Asian Popular Culture|volume=18|issue=3|pages=227–245|doi=10.1080/14746689.2020.1815450|s2cid=222214793|issn=1474-6689}}
* {{#invoke:cite|book|last=Gokhale|first=Nitin A.|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3pZADwAAQBAJ&q=narendra+modi|title=Securing India The Modi Way: Pathankot, Surgical Strikes and More|year=2017|publisher=[[Bloomsbury Publishing]]|isbn=978-93-86643-88-9|language=en}}
* Hall, Ian. ''Modi and the reinvention of Indian foreign policy'' (Bristol University Press, 2019) 221pp.
* Jaffrelot, Christophe. "Narendra Modi between Hindutva and subnationalism: the Gujarati asmita of a Hindu Hriday Samrat." ''India Review'' 15.2 (2016): 196–217.
* Jaffrelot, Christophe. ''Modi's India: Hindu nationalism and the rise of ethnic democracy'' (Princeton University Press, 2019)
* {{#invoke:cite|journal|last1=Jain|first1=Varsha|last2=B. E.|first2=Ganesh|date=2018|title=Understanding the Magic of Credibility for Political Leaders: A Case of India and Narendra Modi|journal=Journal of Political Marketing|volume=19|issue=1–2|pages=15–33|doi=10.1080/15377857.2019.1652222|s2cid=202247610|issn=1537-7857}}
* {{#invoke:cite|book|last1=Kamath|first1=M. V.|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=fkHjngEACAAJ|title=The Man of the Moment: Narendra Modi|last2=Randeri|first2=Kalindi|date=2013|publisher=Wide Canvas|isbn=978-93-259-6838-7|location=|pages=|language=en|oclc=1000812046|author-link=M. V. Kamath}}
* Kaul, Nitasha. "Rise of the political right in India: Hindutva-development mix, Modi myth, and dualities." ''Journal of Labor and Society'' 20.4 (2017): 523-548. [https://westminsterresearch.westminster.ac.uk/download/74aa973779543b6c3eaa7fa9c2efe2110048da63058d4e66fd4efd992b603d0c/176191/NK%20JLS%20Final.pdf online]
* Mahurkar, Uday. ''Centrestage: inside the Narendra Modi model of governance'' (Random House India, 2014).
* {{#invoke:cite|journal|last=Maiorano|first=Diego|date=3 April 2015|title=Early Trends and Prospects for Modi's Prime Ministership|journal=The International Spectator|volume=50|issue=2|pages=75–92|doi=10.1080/03932729.2015.1024511|s2cid=155228179|issn=0393-2729}}
* {{#invoke:cite|book|last=Mohan|first=C. Raja|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=oRXmCQAAQBAJ|title=Modi's World: Expanding India's Sphere of Influence|date=1 June 2015|publisher=[[HarperCollins Publishers India]]|isbn=978-93-5177-206-4|location=|pages=|language=en}}
* Price, Lance. ''The Modi Effect – Inside Narendra Modi's Campaign To Transform India'' (2015)
* Sardesai, Rajdeep, et al. ''2019: How Modi Won India'' (2019)
* {{#invoke:cite|journal|last1=Schakel|first1=Arjan H.|last2=Sharma|first2=Chanchal Kumar|last3=Swenden|first3=Wilfried|date=27 May 2019|title=India after the 2014 general elections: BJP dominance and the crisis of the third party system|journal=Regional & Federal Studies|volume=29|issue=3|pages=329–354|doi=10.1080/13597566.2019.1614921|s2cid=182486831|issn=1359-7566|doi-access=free|hdl=20.500.11820/9018a8ee-2771-4e06-9b96-f0461c410e2f|hdl-access=free}}
* Waikar, Prashant. "Reading Islamophobia in Hindutva: an analysis of Narendra Modi's political discourse." ''Islamophobia Studies'' Journal (2018).
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Taapsee Pannu

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{{Short description|Indian actress (born 1987)}}
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| name = Taapsee Pannu
| image = Taapsee Pannu in March 2022.jpg
| caption = Pannu in 2022
| birth_name = Tapasee Pannu
| birth_place = [[New Delhi]], India
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=y|1987|8|1}}
| other_names = Taapsee
| alma_mater = [[Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University]]
| occupation = Actress
| works = [[Taapsee Pannu filmography|Full list]]
| yearsactive = 2010–present
| spouse = {{marriage|[[Mathias Boe]]|December 2023}}
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'''Tapasee Pannu'''<ref name="legalname">{{Cite magazine |date=24 June 2019 |title=Did you know Taapsee Pannu has a different name on her passport? |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/movies/bollywood/story/did-you-know-taapsee-pannu-has-a-different-name-on-her-passport-1554979-2019-06-24 |magazine=India Today |access-date=24 June 2019 |archive-date=24 June 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190624082442/https://www.indiatoday.in/movies/bollywood/story/did-you-know-taapsee-pannu-has-a-different-name-on-her-passport-1554979-2019-06-24 |url-status=live }}</ref> (born 1 August 1987), professionally known as '''Taapsee Pannu''', is an Indian actress who primarily works in [[Hindi]],[[Telugu language|Telugu]] and [[Tamil language|Tamil]] films. She has received two [[Filmfare Awards]] and a [[Filmfare OTT Awards|Filmfare OTT Award]].

After a brief career in modelling, Pannu made her acting debut with the 2010 Telugu film ''[[Jhummandi Naadam]]'' and appeared in the 2011 Tamil film ''[[Aadukalam]]''. She entered Hindi cinema with [[David Dhawan]]'s comedy ''[[Chashme Baddoor (2013 film)|Chashme Baddoor]]'' (2013). Following several leading roles in Telugu and Tamil films, Pannu gained wider recognition in Hindi cinema with her performances in the spy thriller ''[[Baby (2015 Hindi film)|Baby]]'' (2015) and the courtroom drama ''[[Pink (2016 film)|Pink]]'' (2016), both of which were critically and commercially successful.

She subsequently established herself with roles in the war drama ''[[The Ghazi Attack]]'' (2017), the social drama ''[[Mulk (film)|Mulk]]'' (2018), the romantic drama ''[[Manmarziyaan]]'' (2018), the psychological thriller ''[[Badla (2019 film)|Badla]]'' (2019), and the space drama ''[[Mission Mangal]]'' (2019). Her portrayal of septuagenarian sharpshooter [[Prakashi Tomar]] in the biopic ''[[Saand Ki Aankh]]'' (2019) won her the [[Filmfare Critics Award for Best Actress]], while her performance as a homemaker navigating divorce in ''[[Thappad]]'' (2020) earned her the [[Filmfare Award for Best Actress]]. She later starred in streaming releases including ''[[Haseen Dillruba]]'' (2021) and its sequel ''[[Phir Aayi Hasseen Dillruba]]'' (2024), ''[[Rashmi Rocket]]'' (2021), and ''[[Looop Lapeta]]'' (2022). After a series of underperforming films, she achieved her highest-grossing release with the comedy-drama ''[[Dunki (film)|Dunki]]'' (2023).

In addition to acting, Pannu co-owns the event management company The Wedding Factory and the badminton franchise [[Pune 7 Aces]], which competes in the [[Premier Badminton League]]. She is married to former badminton player [[Mathias Boe]].<ref>{{Cite news |title=Taapsee Pannu reveals she married Mathias Boe in December 2023, not March 2024: "We got married last year in December" |url=https://www.bollywoodhungama.com/news/features/taapsee-pannu-reveals-married-mathias-boe-december-2023-not-march-2024-got-married-last-year-december/ |magazine=Bollywood Hungama |access-date=15 December 2024}}</ref>

== Early life and work ==
Taapsee Pannu was born on 1 August 1987 in [[New Delhi]] to a [[Jat Sikh]] family.<ref name="bday">{{Cite news |date=1 August 2021 |title=Taapsee Pannu celebrates 34th birthday on Blurr sets in Nainital |work=India Today |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/movies/celebrities/story/taapsee-pannu-celebrates-34th-birthday-on-blurr-sets-in-nainital-1835344-2021-08-01 |access-date=26 March 2022 |archive-date=26 March 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220326195155/https://www.indiatoday.in/movies/celebrities/story/taapsee-pannu-celebrates-34th-birthday-on-blurr-sets-in-nainital-1835344-2021-08-01 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="IT_May2020">{{Cite magazine |title=Taapsee posts throwback pic from grihapravesh. Boyfriend Mathias Boe has a question |magazine=India Today |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/movies/celebrities/story/taapsee-posts-throwback-pic-from-grihapravesh-boyfriend-mathias-boe-has-a-question-1675650-2020-05-08 |url-status=live |date=8 May 2020 |access-date=21 January 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200611210800/https://www.indiatoday.in/movies/celebrities/story/taapsee-posts-throwback-pic-from-grihapravesh-boyfriend-mathias-boe-has-a-question-1675650-2020-05-08 |archive-date=11 June 2020}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Gupta |first=Priya |date=22 January 2015 |title=Taapsee Pannu: I have dated a South Indian but can never date a Sikh |work=The Times of India |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/bollywood/news/taapsee-pannu-i-have-dated-a-south-indian-but-can-never-date-a-sikh/articleshow/45967663.cms |access-date=21 July 2022 |archive-date=7 March 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150307092335/http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/bollywood/news/Taapsee-Pannu-I-have-dated-a-South-Indian-but-can-never-date-a-Sikh/articleshow/45967663.cms |url-status=live }}</ref> Her father, Dilmohan Singh Pannu, is a retired real estate agent while her mother, Nirmaljeet Kaur Pannu, is a homemaker.<ref name="IT_May2020"/><ref>{{Cite web |date=26 September 2018 |title=Taapsee Pannu's sweet gesture for her dad will melt your heart |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/bollywood/news/taapsee-pannus-sweet-gesture-for-her-dad-will-melt-your-heart/articleshow/65963150.cms |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210209053105/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/bollywood/news/taapsee-pannus-sweet-gesture-for-her-dad-will-melt-your-heart/articleshow/65963150.cms |archive-date=9 February 2021 |access-date=8 February 2021 |website=The Times of India}}</ref><ref name="IATP">{{Cite web |last=Jha |first=Lata |date=20 September 2019 |title=I am very proud to say I am an outsider |url=https://www.livemint.com/mint-lounge/features/-i-am-very-proud-to-say-i-am-an-outsider-1568974002030.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210209053101/https://www.livemint.com/mint-lounge/features/-i-am-very-proud-to-say-i-am-an-outsider-1568974002030.html |archive-date=9 February 2021 |access-date=8 February 2021 |website=Mint}}</ref> Dilmohan's family, who lived in [[Shakti Nagar, Delhi]], were targeted during the [[1984 anti-Sikh riots]] but survived after finding refuge in their Hindu neighbours' homes.<ref>{{cite web |title=Taapsee Pannu recounts how an angry mob armed with swords and petrol bombs hunted down her family in the 1984 anti-Sikh riots |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/bollywood/news/taapsee-pannu-recounts-how-an-angry-mob-armed-with-swords-and-petrol-bombs-hunted-down-her-family-in-the-1984-anti-sikh-riots/articleshow/98666421.cms |website=[[The Times of India]] |date=15 March 2023}}</ref> She also has a younger sister, Shagun.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Chaubey |first=Pranita |date=12 October 2020 |title=When In Maldives, Taapsee Pannu And Her Sister Shagun Chill Like This |url=https://www.ndtv.com/entertainment/when-in-maldives-taapsee-pannu-and-her-sister-shagun-chill-like-this-2308454 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210209053101/https://www.ndtv.com/entertainment/when-in-maldives-taapsee-pannu-and-her-sister-shagun-chill-like-this-2308454 |archive-date=9 February 2021 |access-date=8 February 2021 |website=NDTV}}</ref> She did her schooling at the [[Mata Jai Kaur Public School]] in [[Ashok Vihar]] and studied Computer Science and Engineering at the [[Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University]], Hari Nagar.<ref>{{Cite web |date=27 May 2017 |title=In pics: Taapsee Pannu visits her Delhi school, promotes self defence training |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/bollywood/in-pics-taapsee-pannu-visits-her-delhi-school-promotes-self-defence-training/story-p0LmoojvU5ZBq5zCjSBDKK.html |access-date=8 February 2021 |website=Hindustan Times |archive-date=8 May 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210508133933/https://www.hindustantimes.com/bollywood/in-pics-taapsee-pannu-visits-her-delhi-school-promotes-self-defence-training/story-p0LmoojvU5ZBq5zCjSBDKK.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=13 January 2011 |title=Aadukalam heroine Taapsee chats with fans |url=http://www.sify.com/movies/aadukalam-heroine-taapsee-chats-with-fans-news-kollywood-lbnmXQaiceg.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110218192838/http://www.sify.com/movies/aadukalam-heroine-taapsee-chats-with-fans-news-kollywood-lbnmXQaiceg.html |archive-date=18 February 2011 |access-date=7 September 2017 |website=[[Sify]]}}</ref>

After graduating, Pannu worked as a [[software engineer]].<ref name="swengg">{{Cite web |date=4 October 2011 |title=PIX: The Hottest Southern Heroines — Part II |url=http://www.rediff.com/movies/slide-show/slide-show-1-the-hottest-southern-heroines-part-two/20111004.htm |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111028234929/http://www.rediff.com/movies/slide-show/slide-show-1-the-hottest-southern-heroines-part-two/20111004.htm |archive-date=28 October 2011 |access-date=7 September 2017 |website=Rediff.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Aadukalam heroine Tapasee unveiled! |url=http://www.sify.com/movies/Aadukalam-heroine-Tapasee-unveiled-imagegallery-kollywood-kf3oXHcjdch.html?html=5 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140109101708/http://www.sify.com/movies/Aadukalam-heroine-Tapasee-unveiled-imagegallery-kollywood-kf3oXHcjdch.html?html=5 |archive-date=9 January 2014 |access-date=7 September 2017 |website=[[Sify]]}}</ref> She became a full-time model after she auditioned and was selected for [[Channel V]]'s 2008 talent show ''[[Get Gorgeous]]'', which eventually led her to acting.<ref name="model">{{Cite news |last1=Motihar |first1=Jhilmil |last2=Vasisht |first2=Shruti |date=25 January 2008 |title=On the rampway : Simply Punjabi: News India Today |work=[[India Today]] |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/supplement/story/20080204-on-the-rampway-735241-2008-01-25 |access-date=24 July 2021 |archive-date=24 July 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210724140555/https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/supplement/story/20080204-on-the-rampway-735241-2008-01-25 |url-status=live }}</ref> Pannu has been appearing in numerous print and television commercials and won several titles during her modelling days, including "Pantaloons Femina Miss Fresh Face" and "Safi Femina Miss Beautiful Skin" at the 2008 [[Femina Miss India]] contest.<ref name="swengg" /><ref>{{Cite news |title=SHOOT : Female |work=[[The Times of India]] |url=http://shoot.indiatimes.com/tapasee.html# |url-status=dead |access-date=27 October 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110827051219/http://shoot.indiatimes.com/tapasee.html |archive-date=27 August 2011}}</ref>

As a model, she endorsed brands such as [[Reliance Industries|Reliance Trends]], [[Red FM 93.5]], UniStyle Image, [[Coca-Cola]], [[Motorola]], [[Pantaloon Retail India|Pantaloon]], [[PVR Cinemas]], [[Standard Chartered Bank]], [[Dabur]], [[Bharti Airtel|Airtel]], [[Tata Docomo]], [[World Gold Council]], [[Havells]] and [[Vardhman Group of Companies|Vardhman]].<ref name="taapseemodel">{{Cite news |date=3 September 2011 |title=Tapasee Pannu |work=[[The Times of India]] |url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-09-03/model-of-the-day/29716552_1_tapasee-tata-docomo-endorsements |url-status=dead |access-date=7 September 2017 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130103223857/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-09-03/model-of-the-day/29716552_1_tapasee-tata-docomo-endorsements |archive-date=3 January 2013}}</ref> After a few years, she lost interest in modelling as she thought that she could never gain proper recognition through modelling, but only through films, and finally decided to act.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Rajamani |first=Radhika |date=29 June 2010 |title=From software engineer to happening heroine! |url=http://movies.rediff.com/slide-show/2010/jun/29/slide-show-1-south-interview-with-taapsee.htm |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111112075639/http://movies.rediff.com/slide-show/2010/jun/29/slide-show-1-south-interview-with-taapsee.htm |archive-date=12 November 2011 |access-date=7 September 2017 |website=Rediff.com}}</ref>

== Career ==
{{Main|Taapsee Pannu filmography}}

=== Early work and recognition (2010–2015) ===
Pannu made her cinematic debut in 2010 with [[K. Raghavendra Rao]]'s Telugu romantic musical ''[[Jhummandi Naadam]]''.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Rajamani |first=Radhika |date=12 April 2011 |title=Telugu actress Taapsee goes places |url=http://www.rediff.com/movies/slide-show/slide-show-1-south-taapsee-is-going-places/20110412.htm |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110922043007/http://www.rediff.com/movies/slide-show/slide-show-1-south-taapsee-is-going-places/20110412.htm |archive-date=22 September 2011 |website=Rediff.com |access-date=7 September 2017}}</ref> She played the role of the daughter of a [[United States|USA]]–based millionaire who comes to India to research traditional [[Telugu language|Telugu]] music.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Jhummandi Naadam film review - Telugu cinema Review - Manoj Manchu, Tapsee & Mohan Babu |url=https://www.idlebrain.com/movie/archive/mr-jhummandinaadam.html |website=Idlebrain |access-date=26 February 2024 |archive-date=5 June 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230605131144/https://idlebrain.com/movie/archive/mr-jhummandinaadam.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> Pannu received three more offers in Telugu prior to the film's release.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.rediff.com/movies/review/south-telugu-review-jhummandi-naadam/20100701.htm|title=''Jhummandi Naadam'' is {{sic|nolink=y|a}} pretty cliche|last=Rajamani|first=Radhika|work=[[Rediff.com]]|date= 1 July 2010}}</ref> Her next film ''[[Aadukalam]]'' (2011), marked her debut in [[Tamil cinema]]. She played the role of an [[Anglo-Indian]] girl falling in love with a rural man played by [[Dhanush]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=30 September 2009 |title=Dhanush gets a Punjabi kudi as heroine |url=http://www.sify.com/movies/dhanush-gets-a-punjabi-kudi-as-heroine-news-tamil-kkfr0shheei.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150821123918/http://www.sify.com/movies/dhanush-gets-a-punjabi-kudi-as-heroine-news-tamil-kkfr0shheei.html |archive-date=21 August 2015 |access-date=7 September 2017 |website=[[Sify]]}}</ref> The film, set in the backdrop of [[Madurai]], revolves around [[cockfight]]s. It was critically acclaimed and proceeded to win six [[National Film Awards]] at the [[58th National Film Awards]]. Speaking about her role, a reviewer from ''Sify'' said: "Debutant Taapsee is a promising find and she suits the character of an Anglo-Indian girl to the T".<ref>{{Cite web |last=Moviebuzz |title=Aadukalam-Review |url=http://www.sify.com/movies/aadukalam-review-review-tamil-14960493.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131111093431/http://www.sify.com/movies/aadukalam-review-review-tamil-14960493.html |archive-date=11 November 2013 |access-date=7 September 2017 |website=[[Sify]]}}</ref> She returned to the [[Telugu language|Telugu]] film industry with ''[[Vastadu Naa Raju]]'' (2011), opposite [[Vishnu Manchu]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Vastadu Naa Raju's interesting plot |url=http://www.sify.com/movies/vastadu-naa-raju-s-interesting-plot-review-telugu-14962822.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140502053554/http://www.sify.com/movies/vastadu-naa-raju-s-interesting-plot-review-telugu-14962822.html |archive-date=2 May 2014 |access-date=23 January 2012 |website=[[Sify]]}}</ref> She made a foray into [[Malayalam cinema]] later that year, with ''[[Doubles (2011 film)|Doubles]]'' (2011), opposite [[Mammootty]] and [[Nadiya Moidu]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=George |first=Meghna |date=6 April 2011 |title=First Look: Mammootty's next, ''Doubles'' |url=http://www.rediff.com/movies/report/south-first-look-doubles/20110406.htm |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110409161600/http://www.rediff.com/movies/report/south-first-look-doubles/20110406.htm |archive-date=9 April 2011 |access-date=7 September 2017 |website=Rediff.com}}</ref> Paresh C Palicha of ''[[Rediff]]'' commented: "Taapsee Pannu as Saira Banu, whose entry into the scene becomes the bone of contention between the siblings, has nothing noteworthy to do".<ref>{{Cite web |last=Palicha |first=Paresh C |date=15 April 2011 |title=Review: Doubles is like a tacky TV serial |url=http://www.rediff.com/movies/report/south-review-doubles/20110415.htm |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111212015513/http://www.rediff.com/movies/report/south-review-doubles/20110415.htm |archive-date=12 December 2011 |access-date=7 September 2017 |website=Rediff.com}}</ref>

[[File:TaapseePannu.jpg|thumb|right|Pannu at the audio launch of ''[[Chashme Baddoor (2013 film)|Chashme Baddoor]]'', 2013.]]
Pannu played a short role in her next release ''[[Mr. Perfect (film)|Mr. Perfect]]'' (2011) alongside [[Prabhas]] and [[Kajal Aggarwal]].<ref>{{Cite news |last=Kavirayani |first=Suresh |date=25 April 2011 |title=Mr Perfect |work=The Times of India |url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/movie-reviews/telugu/Mr-Perfect/movie-review/8072486.cms |url-status=live |access-date=7 September 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160121113048/http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/movie-reviews/telugu/Mr-Perfect/movie-review/8072486.cms |archive-date=21 January 2016}}</ref> She starred in a high-budget film titled ''[[Veera (2011 film)|Veera]]'' (2011), opposite [[Ravi Teja]] and [[Kajal Aggarwal]], which received mixed reviews.<ref>{{Cite web |date=22 May 2011 |title=Ravi Teja's 'Veera' a let down |url=http://www.sify.com/movies/ravi-teja-s-veera-a-let-down-telugu-movie-review-news-national-lfwoOkjhfbi.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131231205003/http://www.sify.com/movies/ravi-teja-s-veera-a-let-down-telugu-movie-review-news-national-lfwoOkjhfbi.html |archive-date=31 December 2013 |access-date=7 September 2017 |website=[[Sify]] |agency=Indo-Asian News Service}}</ref> She was next seen in her second Tamil film ''[[Vandhaan Vendraan]]'', that also received mixed reviews from critics and did not fare well commercially.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Moviebuzz |title=Vandhan Vendraan |url=http://www.sify.com/movies/vandhan-vendraan-review-tamil-14979221.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131231035934/http://www.sify.com/movies/vandhan-vendraan-review-tamil-14979221.html |archive-date=31 December 2013 |access-date=7 September 2017 |website=[[Sify]]}}</ref> Her next film was [[Krishna Vamsi]]'s ''[[Mogudu (film)|Mogudu]]'' opposite [[Gopichand (actor)|Gopichand]]. She garnered critical acclaim for her performance.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ibnlive.in.com/news/telugu-review-mogudu-is-an-average-story/199591-62-127.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111108231301/http://ibnlive.in.com/news/telugu-review-mogudu-is-an-average-story/199591-62-127.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=8 November 2011|title=Telugu Review: 'Mogudu' is an average story|publisher=CNN-IBN|accessdate=5 November 2011}}</ref> She worked on several Telugu films at this time including ''[[Gundello Godari]]'',<ref>{{Cite web |title='Gundello Godari' mints Rs.14.83 crore in opening weekend |date=12 March 2013 |url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/entertainment/telugu/2013/mar/12/gundello-godari-mints-rs1483-crore-in-opening-weekend-458011.html |access-date=28 October 2021 |archive-date=4 October 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211004224421/https://www.newindianexpress.com/entertainment/telugu/2013/mar/12/gundello-godari-mints-rs1483-crore-in-opening-weekend-458011.html |url-status=live }}</ref> ''[[Daruvu]]'', and ''[[Shadow (2013 film)|Shadow]]''.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Jyothi, Krishna |date=31 January 2012 |title=Taapsee in dancing mode for Daruvu |url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/entertainment/telugu/2012/jan/31/taapsee-in-dancing-mode-for-daruvu-335609.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210209053102/https://www.newindianexpress.com/entertainment/telugu/2012/jan/31/taapsee-in-dancing-mode-for-daruvu-335609.html |archive-date=9 February 2021 |access-date=7 September 2017 |website=The New Indian Express}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Venkatesh's Shadow movie launch |url=http://movies.ndtv.com/PhotoDetail.aspx?Page=3&ID=12202 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120710051856/http://movies.ndtv.com/PhotoDetail.aspx?Page=3&ID=12202 |archive-date=10 July 2012 |access-date=7 September 2017 |website=NDTV}}</ref> In subsequent years, Pannu discussed being labelled an "unlucky charm" due to all of her films failing commercially.<ref>{{Cite news |title=When Taapsee Pannu shared that she was called 'unlucky' as her Telugu films didn't work |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/entertainment/bollywood/when-taapsee-pannu-was-called-unlucky-as-her-telugu-films-didnt-work-101690816887928.html |work=Hindustan Times |date=1 August 2023 |access-date=26 February 2024 |archive-date=26 February 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240226003841/https://www.hindustantimes.com/entertainment/bollywood/when-taapsee-pannu-was-called-unlucky-as-her-telugu-films-didnt-work-101690816887928.html |url-status=live }}</ref>

In 2013, Pannu made her Hindi film debut with [[David Dhawan]]'s comedy ''[[Chashme Baddoor (2013 film)|Chashme Baddoor]]'', co-starring [[Siddharth (actor)|Siddharth]], [[Rishi Kapoor]], [[Divyendu Sharma]] and [[Ali Zafar]].<ref>{{Cite news |last=Malini |first=Shankaran |date=11 December 2011 |title=When they encountered Rishi Kapoor |work=[[The Times of India]] |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/telugu/movies/news/When-they-encountered-Rishi-Kapoor/articleshow/11070848.cms |url-status=live |access-date=7 September 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131029213246/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-12-11/news-interviews/30504532_1_rishi-kapoor-chashme-baddoor-siddharth |archive-date=29 October 2013}}</ref> A remake of the [[Chashme Buddoor (1981 film)|eponymous 1981 film]], it met with unanimous negative reviews but remerged as a box-office success.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Chasme Baddoor |url=https://boxofficeindia.com/movie.php?movieid=576 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210209053103/https://boxofficeindia.com/movie.php?movieid=576 |archive-date=9 February 2021 |access-date=8 February 2021 |website=Box Office India}}</ref> Later, she was seen in the big-budget action thriller ''[[Arrambam]]'' co-starring [[Ajith Kumar]], [[Nayanthara]] and [[Arya (actor)|Arya]].<ref>{{cite news |last=Srinivasan |first=Lata |date=15 May 2012 |title=Taapsee signs Ajith's flick |url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-05-15/news-interviews/31702148_1_taapsee-vishnuvardhan-flick |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131006004743/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-05-15/news-interviews/31702148_1_taapsee-vishnuvardhan-flick |archive-date=6 October 2013 |work=[[The Times of India]] |access-date=22 May 2012}}</ref> She was awarded the Most Enthusiastic Performer – Female award at the 2014 [[Edison Awards (India)|Edison Awards]], in addition to receiving a nomination for the [[Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actress – Tamil]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Taapsee Pannu wins Enthusiastic Performer-Female award at Edison Awards 2014 |url=http://news.biharprabha.com/2014/02/taapsee-pannu-wins-enthusiastic-performer-female-award-at-edison-awards-2014/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141007014343/http://news.biharprabha.com/2014/02/taapsee-pannu-wins-enthusiastic-performer-female-award-at-edison-awards-2014/ |archive-date=7 October 2014 |access-date=7 September 2017 |website=News.biharprabha.com}}</ref>

Following an absence from films for a year, she made a significant advancement in her career due to her supporting role in [[Neeraj Pandey]]'s spy thriller ''[[Baby (2015 Hindi film)|Baby]]'' (2015), as undercover agent Shabana Khan.<ref>{{Cite web |date=13 April 2014 |title=Neeraj Pandey signs Taapsee Pannu opposite Akshay Kumar? |url=http://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/bollywood/neeraj-pandey-signs-taapsee-pannu-opposite-akshay-kumar/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141006174220/http://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/bollywood/neeraj-pandey-signs-taapsee-pannu-opposite-akshay-kumar/ |archive-date=6 October 2014 |access-date=7 September 2017 |website=The Indian Express}}</ref> Later, she had two Tamil releases, the horror comedy ''[[Muni 3]]'', opposite [[Raghava Lawrence]] and [[Aishwarya R. Dhanush]]'s ''[[Vai Raja Vai]]'', which featured her in a special appearance.<ref>{{Cite web |date=23 May 2014 |title=I'm not the villain in Vai Raja Vai: Taapsee |url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/tamil/movies/news-interviews/Im-not-the-villain-in-Vai-Raja-Vai-Taapsee/articleshow/35480211.cms |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140529063213/http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/tamil/movies/news-interviews/Im-not-the-villain-in-Vai-Raja-Vai-Taapsee/articleshow/35480211.cms |archive-date=29 May 2014 |access-date=7 September 2017 |website=The Times of India}}</ref>

===Success in Hindi films (2016–2020)===
While filming for ''[[Running Shaadi]]'', Pannu was approached by [[Shoojit Sircar]] for the courtroom drama ''[[Pink (2016 film)|Pink]]''. She was "curious and excited" about the subject as it had not "been dealt with head-on yet in mainstream cinema".<ref name="pink">{{Cite web |last=Rao |first=Milana |date=16 September 2020 |title=Exclusive! Taapsee Pannu opens up on 4 years of 'Pink', says "Enjoyed Amitabh Bachchan's company as a co-star and not as a legend" |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/bollywood/news/exclusive-taapsee-pannu-opens-up-on-4-years-of-pink-says-enjoyed-amitabh-bachchans-company-as-a-co-star-and-not-as-a-legend/articleshow/78126024.cms |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210209053130/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/bollywood/news/exclusive-taapsee-pannu-opens-up-on-4-years-of-pink-says-enjoyed-amitabh-bachchans-company-as-a-co-star-and-not-as-a-legend/articleshow/78126024.cms |archive-date=9 February 2021 |access-date=8 February 2021 |website=The Times of India}}</ref> The film, which also starred [[Amitabh Bachchan]], [[Kirti Kulhari]] and Andrea Tariang, followed three girls who fight a case against a politician's nephew for molestation. The film and Pannu's performance received positive reviews.<ref>{{Cite web |date=17 September 2019 |title=Taapsee celebrates 3 years of 'Pink'; says 'life took a new turn and changed for good' |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/bollywood/news/taapsee-pannu-celebrates-3-years-of-pink-says-her-life-took-a-new-turn-and-changed-for-good/articleshow/71161004.cms |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210209053118/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/bollywood/news/taapsee-pannu-celebrates-3-years-of-pink-says-her-life-took-a-new-turn-and-changed-for-good/articleshow/71161004.cms |archive-date=9 February 2021 |access-date=8 February 2021 |website=The Times of India}}</ref> [[Rajeev Masand]] noted that Pannu, along with other two ladies, "deliver natural performances as strong but emotionally vulnerable women, without a hint of affectation".<ref>{{Cite web |date=16 September 2016 |title=Pink Movie Review: Stinging Indictment of Deep-Set Prejudices |url=http://www.news18.com/news/movies/pink-movie-review-stinging-indictment-of-deep-set-prejudices-1292930.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210209053118/https://www.news18.com/news/movies/pink-movie-review-stinging-indictment-of-deep-set-prejudices-1292930.html |archive-date=9 February 2021 |access-date=18 September 2016 |website=CNN-News18}}</ref> With worldwide revenue of {{INRConvert|1.08|b}}, ''Pink'' emerged as a major commercial success.<ref>{{Cite news |title=Special Features: Box Office: Worldwide Collections and Day wise breakup of Pink — Box Office |work=[[Bollywood Hungama]] |url=http://www.bollywoodhungama.com/box-office/special-features/id/854 |url-status=dead |access-date=8 February 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160919173222/http://www.bollywoodhungama.com/box-office/special-features/id/854 |archive-date=19 September 2016}}</ref> Pannu later said that the film proved to be a turning point in her career, and earned her the [[International Indian Film Academy Awards|IIFA]] Woman of the Year award, in addition to her first nomination for the [[IIFA Award for Best Actress]].<ref name="pink" /><ref>{{Cite web |last=Mathur |first=Yashika |date=1 January 2017 |title=I'm not treated as an option for roles now: Taapsee Pannu on life post Pink |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/bollywood/i-m-not-treated-as-an-option-for-roles-now-taapsee-pannu-on-life-post-pink/story-E4nzy25f8uoJx23YhNrv7J.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210209053128/https://www.hindustantimes.com/bollywood/i-m-not-treated-as-an-option-for-roles-now-taapsee-pannu-on-life-post-pink/story-E4nzy25f8uoJx23YhNrv7J.html |archive-date=9 February 2021 |access-date=8 February 2021 |website=Hindustan Times}}</ref>

[[File:Taapsee Pannu grace the special screening of %27Pink%27 (01) (cropped).jpg|thumb|left|Pannu at the [[premiere]] of ''[[Pink (2016 film)|Pink]]'' 2016.]]
Pannu's first release of 2017 was the romantic comedy ''[[Running Shaadi]]'' opposite [[Amit Sadh]], where she played a Punjabi girl who helps couples in eloping to get married. The film received mixed critical reception but Pannu received unanimous praise for her performance.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Vats |first=Rohit |date=16 February 2017 |title=Running Shaadi movie review: Amit Sadh, Taapsee Pannu fail to keep us engrossed |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/movie-reviews/running-shaadi-movie-review-mad-caper-that-runs-out-of-steam/story-oAfyFx6UIJuQKaCn8xlJFI.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170216173603/https://www.hindustantimes.com/movie-reviews/running-shaadi-movie-review-mad-caper-that-runs-out-of-steam/story-oAfyFx6UIJuQKaCn8xlJFI.html |archive-date=16 February 2017 |work=[[Hindustan Times]] |access-date=23 February 2024}}</ref> Following this, she starred in the naval war drama, ''[[The Ghazi Attack]]'' based on the mysterious sinking of [[PNS Ghazi]] during the [[Indo-Pakistani War of 1971]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=22 August 2019 |title=Real story of submarine PNS Ghazi and the mystery behind its sinking |url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/nation-world/real-story-of-submarine-pns-ghazi-and-the-mystery-behind-its-sinking/looking-back/slideshow/56085883.cms |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210209053137/https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/nation-world/real-story-of-submarine-pns-ghazi-and-the-mystery-behind-its-sinking/looking-back/slideshow/56085883.cms |archive-date=9 February 2021 |access-date=8 February 2021 |website=The Economic Times}}</ref> The film was shot simultaneously in Telugu and Hindi and performed modestly at the box-office.<ref>{{Cite web |date=18 February 2017 |title=The Ghazi Attack vs Running Shaadi box-office collection: The war film trumps the rom-com on Friday |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/movies/bollywood/story/the-ghazi-attack-vs-running-shaadi-box-office-collection-961303-2017-02-18 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210209053207/https://www.indiatoday.in/movies/bollywood/story/the-ghazi-attack-vs-running-shaadi-box-office-collection-961303-2017-02-18 |archive-date=9 February 2021 |access-date=8 February 2021 |website=India Today}}</ref> Pannu reprised her role in a spin-off to her film ''Baby'', titled ''[[Naam Shabana]].'' Pandey noticed that Pannu's seven-eight minute sequence in the role of special agent Shabana Khan in Baby was well received after which he "decided to give the story an arc".''<ref name="shabana">{{Cite web |last=Sonali |first=Kriti |date=21 February 2017 |title=After Naam Shabana makes a spy out of Taapsee Pannu, get ready for a Baby sequel |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/bollywood/naam-shabana-taapsee-pannu-baby-sequel-4536565/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210209053142/https://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/bollywood/naam-shabana-taapsee-pannu-baby-sequel-4536565/ |archive-date=9 February 2021 |access-date=8 February 2021 |website=The Indian Express}}</ref>'' For the role, she trained in different forms of mixed martial arts like [[Kūdō]] and [[Krav Maga]].<ref name="shabana" /> Both the film and Pannu's performance met with mixed response with Sarita A. Tanwar of ''[[Daily News and Analysis]]'' noting that she is "fantastic in every scene" while Udita Jhunjhunwala of ''[[Mint (newspaper)|Mint]]'' felt that she is "hardly likable" in the film.<ref>{{Cite web |last=A Tanwar |first=Sarita |date=1 April 2017 |title='Naam Shabana' review: It's all about girl power! |url=https://www.dnaindia.com/entertainment/review-naam-shabana-review-it-the-prequel-to-baby-2377333 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210209053143/https://www.dnaindia.com/entertainment/review-naam-shabana-review-it-the-prequel-to-baby-2377333 |archive-date=9 February 2021 |access-date=8 February 2021 |website=Daily News and Analysis}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Jhunjhunwala |first=Udita |date=1 April 2017 |title=Film Review: Naam Shabana |url=https://www.livemint.com/Leisure/YoMUShixg0zttjumOEgpbN/Film-Review-Naam-Shabana.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210209053207/https://www.livemint.com/Leisure/YoMUShixg0zttjumOEgpbN/Film-Review-Naam-Shabana.html |archive-date=9 February 2021 |access-date=8 February 2021 |website=Mint}}</ref> Pannu's subsequent roles were of a ghost in the Telugu horror comedy film ''[[Anando Brahma]]'' and the protagonist's girlfriend in the action-comedy ''[[Judwaa 2]]''.<ref>{{Cite web |date=17 August 2017 |title=Anando Brahma: Plenty of laughs |url=https://www.thehindu.com/entertainment/movies/anando-brahma-plenty-of-laughs/article19516379.ece |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210209053200/https://www.thehindu.com/entertainment/movies/anando-brahma-plenty-of-laughs/article19516379.ece |archive-date=9 February 2021 |access-date=16 December 2019 |website=The Hindu}}</ref> The latter, which was a reboot of the [[Judwaa|1997 namesake film]], proved to be commercial success, earning over {{INRConvert|2|b}}.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Top Worldwide Grossers All Time |url=http://boxofficeindia.com/worldwide-total-gross.php |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180107113404/http://boxofficeindia.com/worldwide-total-gross.php |archive-date=7 January 2018 |access-date=5 February 2018 |website=Box Office India}}</ref> Despite disliking the film, Shubhra Gupta of ''[[The Indian Express]]'' found Pannu to be the "real surprise" among the ensemble adding that she "makes the most" of an otherwise thinly written part.<ref>{{Cite web |date=29 September 2017 |title=Judwaa 2 movie review: Taapsee Pannu is the real surprise in this David Dhawan film |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/movie-review/judwaa-2-movie-review-varun-dhawan-taapsee-pannu-jacqueline-fernandez-star-rating-4865724/ |access-date=4 January 2024 |website=The Indian Express |language=en |archive-date=4 January 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240104221848/https://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/movie-review/judwaa-2-movie-review-varun-dhawan-taapsee-pannu-jacqueline-fernandez-star-rating-4865724/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

''[[Dil Juunglee]]'' (2018), co-starring [[Saqib Saleem]], was Pannu's first release of the year. It failed to create an impact among the critics and the audience.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Joshi |first1=Namrata |date=9 March 2018 |title='Dil Juunglee' review: Who really cares? |url=https://www.thehindu.com/entertainment/movies/dil-juunglee-review/article23000571.ece |work=The Hindu |access-date=7 February 2024 |archive-date=7 February 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240207124737/https://www.thehindu.com/entertainment/movies/dil-juunglee-review/article23000571.ece |url-status=live }}</ref> Her followup was [[Shaad Ali]]'s sports drama ''[[Soorma (film)|Soorma]]'' which was based on the life of [[field hockey]] player [[Sandeep Singh]] (played by [[Diljit Dosanjh]]).<ref>{{Cite web |last=Sharma |first=Devesh |date=7 February 2019 |title=Movie Review: Soorma |url=https://www.filmfare.com/reviews/bollywood-movies/soorma-movie-review-an-inspirational-film-based-on-the-life-of-former-hockey-player-sandeep-singh-29275.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210209053145/https://www.filmfare.com/reviews/bollywood-movies/soorma-movie-review-an-inspirational-film-based-on-the-life-of-former-hockey-player-sandeep-singh-29275.html |archive-date=9 February 2021 |access-date=7 February 2021 |website=Filmfare}}</ref> Despite mixed reviews, ''Soorma'' became a financial success.<ref>{{Cite web |date=27 July 2018 |title=Soorma box office collection: Diljit Dosanjh's Sandeep Singh biopic mints Rs 7.05 cr in second week |url=https://www.firstpost.com/entertainment/soorma-box-office-collection-diljit-dosanjhs-sandeep-singh-biopic-mints-rs-7-05-cr-in-second-week-4835341.html |access-date=7 February 2021 |website=Firstpost |archive-date=28 October 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201028142123/https://www.firstpost.com/entertainment/soorma-box-office-collection-diljit-dosanjhs-sandeep-singh-biopic-mints-rs-7-05-cr-in-second-week-4835341.html |url-status=live }}</ref> Pannu then depicted a lawyer in [[Anubhav Sinha]]'s legal drama ''[[Mulk (film)|Mulk]]''. Pannu said that the film presents true patriotism and nationalism without taking sides.<ref>{{Cite web |date=1 August 2018 |title=Taapsee Pannu says whoever has a problem with Mulk, the problem lies within their minds |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/bollywood/taapsee-pannu-says-whoever-has-a-problem-with-mulk-the-problem-lies-within-their-minds/story-8YpPtgfxOZuPPyuMirlTNP.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210209053153/https://www.hindustantimes.com/bollywood/taapsee-pannu-says-whoever-has-a-problem-with-mulk-the-problem-lies-within-their-minds/story-8YpPtgfxOZuPPyuMirlTNP.html |archive-date=9 February 2021 |access-date=7 February 2021 |website=Hindustan Times}}</ref> Pannu's performance was praised with Nandini Ramnath of ''[[Scroll.in]]'' calling her one of the "strong turns" of the film;<ref>{{Cite web |last=Ramnath |first=Nandini |date=3 August 2018 |title='Mulk' film review: A timely drama on Islamophobia |url=https://scroll.in/reel/888944/mulk-film-review-a-timely-drama-on-islamophobia |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210209053156/https://scroll.in/reel/888944/mulk-film-review-a-timely-drama-on-islamophobia |archive-date=9 February 2021 |access-date=8 February 2021 |website=Scroll.in}}</ref> the film earned her a first nomination for the [[Filmfare Critics Award for Best Actress|Filmfare Award for Best Actress (Critics)]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Nominations for Filmfare Awards 2019 |url=https://www.filmfare.com/awards/filmfare-awards-2019/nominations |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190315060915/https://www.filmfare.com/awards/filmfare-awards-2019/nominations |archive-date=15 March 2019 |access-date=7 February 2021 |website=Filmfare}}</ref>

After playing the role of an antagonist in the [[Telugu language|Telugu]] action thriller ''[[Neevevaro]]'', Pannu played the central role of Rumi Bagga, a free-spirited girl caught in a love triangle, in [[Anurag Kashyap]]'s romantic drama ''[[Manmarziyaan]]'' alongside [[Abhishek Bachchan]] and [[Vicky Kaushal]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Sundar |first=Priyanka |date=24 August 2018 |title=Neevevaro movie review: Aadhi, Taapsee film is a watered down thriller |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/movie-reviews/neevevaro-movie-review-aadhi-taapsee-film-is-a-watered-down-thriller/story-ukq5tX4L2eZUKILbUdMQCJ.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210209053254/https://www.hindustantimes.com/movie-reviews/neevevaro-movie-review-aadhi-taapsee-film-is-a-watered-down-thriller/story-ukq5tX4L2eZUKILbUdMQCJ.html |archive-date=9 February 2021 |access-date=7 February 2021 |website=Hindustan Times}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Jain |first=Arushi |date=9 August 2018 |title=Manmarziyaan trailer: Abhishek, Vicky and Taapsee film looks like an intense love triangle |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/bollywood/manmarziyaan-trailer-abhishek-bachchan-taapsee-pannu-vicky-kaushal-5298782/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210209053204/https://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/bollywood/manmarziyaan-trailer-abhishek-bachchan-taapsee-pannu-vicky-kaushal-5298782/ |archive-date=9 February 2021 |access-date=7 February 2021 |website=The Indian Express}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Panicker |first=Anahita |date=12 September 2018 |title=In sync on and off screen: Taapsee Pannu and Vicky Kaushal |url=https://www.thehindu.com/entertainment/movies/in-sync-on-and-off-screen/article24936414.ece |access-date=7 February 2021 |website=The Hindu |archive-date=14 April 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220414100507/https://www.thehindu.com/entertainment/movies/in-sync-on-and-off-screen/article24936414.ece |url-status=live }}</ref> The film premiered at [[2018 Toronto International Film Festival]] to positive critical reviews, with widespread critical acclaim for Pannu's performance.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Shekhar |first=Mimansa |date=12 September 2018 |title=Manmarziyaan at TIFF: Abhishek, Vicky and Taapsee attend its international premiere in Toronto |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/bollywood/manmarziyaan-toronto-international-film-festival-abhishek-bachchan-vicky-kaushal-taapsee-pannu-anurag-kashyap-photos-5351845/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210209053233/https://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/bollywood/manmarziyaan-toronto-international-film-festival-abhishek-bachchan-vicky-kaushal-taapsee-pannu-anurag-kashyap-photos-5351845/ |archive-date=9 February 2021 |access-date=7 February 2021 |website=The Indian Express}}</ref> [[Anupama Chopra]] called her performance "mercurial, mysterious and maddening": "With her cloud of red hair enveloping her, Rumi seems, continually to be a woman on a warpath".<ref>{{Cite web |last=Chopra |first=Anupama |date=13 September 2018 |title=Manmarziyaan Movie Review: Like love, This Film Is Messy And Flawed And Glorious |url=https://www.filmcompanion.in/reviews/bollywood-review/manmarziyaan-movie-review/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210209053337/https://www.filmcompanion.in/reviews/bollywood-review/manmarziyaan-movie-review/ |archive-date=9 February 2021 |access-date=7 February 2021 |website=Film Companion}}</ref> The same year, she also acted in two short films: ''Baarish aur Chowmein'' and ''Nitishastra''.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Sharma |first=Sampada |date=6 June 2018 |title=Nitishastra review: Taapsee Pannu's short film is an exaggerated version of a believable story |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/web-series/taapsee-pannu-nitishastra-short-film-5206483/ |access-date=21 August 2022 |website=The Indian Express |archive-date=11 December 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201211151104/https://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/web-series/taapsee-pannu-nitishastra-short-film-5206483/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Sharma |first=Devansh |title=Baarish Aur Chowmein movie review: Tigmanshu Dhulia takes welcome detour from his edgy brand of cinema |url=https://www.firstpost.com/entertainment/baarish-aur-chowmein-movie-review-tigmanshu-dhulia-takes-welcome-detour-from-his-edgy-brand-of-cinema-5079401.html |access-date=21 August 2022 |website=[[Firstpost]] |date=31 August 2018 |archive-date=21 August 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220821123654/https://www.firstpost.com/entertainment/baarish-aur-chowmein-movie-review-tigmanshu-dhulia-takes-welcome-detour-from-his-edgy-brand-of-cinema-5079401.html |url-status=live }}</ref>

Pannu had a string of releases in 2019, with the first being [[Sujoy Ghosh]]'s psychological thriller, ''[[Badla (2019 film)|Badla]]'', an official remake of the 2016 Spanish film ''[[The Invisible Guest]]''. It also marked her second collaboration with Amitabh Bachchan.<ref>{{Cite web |date=12 February 2019 |title=Badla trailer: Amitabh Bachchan and Taapsee Pannu starrer promises to be an engaging whodunit |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/bollywood/badla-trailer-amitabh-bachchan-taapsee-pannu-5579759/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210209053214/https://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/bollywood/badla-trailer-amitabh-bachchan-taapsee-pannu-5579759/ |archive-date=9 February 2021 |access-date=7 February 2021 |website=The Indian Express}}</ref> She was initially offered a supporting role and the film had a male lead, however, Pannu convinced the producer to have the lead role played by a female which he agreed to and offered her the role.<ref>{{Cite AV media |title=Taapsee Pannu On Bollywood After MeToo, the Income Tax Raid: The Quint |date=8 March 2021 |via=YouTube |work=[[The Quint]]}}</ref> ''Badla'' met with highly positive reviews, as did Pannu's performance as Naina Sethi, a shrewd businesswoman.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Sanap |first1=Mayur |date=8 March 2019 |title=Badla movie review: An entertaining crime mystery with plenty of nerve and vigor |url=https://www.deccanchronicle.com/entertainment/movie-reviews/080319/badla-movie-review-amitabh-bachchan-taapsee-pannu.html |work=Deccan Chronicle |access-date=8 January 2024 |archive-date=8 January 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240108112455/https://www.deccanchronicle.com/entertainment/movie-reviews/080319/badla-movie-review-amitabh-bachchan-taapsee-pannu.html |url-status=live }}</ref> In her review of the film, film critic [[Namrata Joshi]] of ''The Hindu'' appreciated Pannu for being "in fine form";<ref>{{Cite web |last=Joshi |first=Namrata |date=8 March 2019 |title='Badla' review: a lesson in mind games |url=https://www.thehindu.com/entertainment/movies/badla-review-a-lesson-in-mind-games/article26470137.ece |access-date=7 February 2021 |website=The Hindu |archive-date=12 May 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210512124840/https://www.thehindu.com/entertainment/movies/badla-review-a-lesson-in-mind-games/article26470137.ece |url-status=live }}</ref> the film met with strong box-office results.<ref>{{Cite web |date=16 March 2019 |title=Badla Emerges A Hit film |url=https://boxofficeindia.com/report-details.php?articleid=4826 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210209053402/https://boxofficeindia.com/report-details.php?articleid=4826 |archive-date=9 February 2021 |access-date=17 March 2019 |website=[[Box Office India]]}}</ref> Pannu's performance in the film earned the [[Zee Cine Critics Award for Best Actor – Female|Zee Cine Award for Best Actress (Critics)]], in addition to her second Best Actress nominations at the annual [[International Indian Film Academy Awards|IIFA]] and [[Screen Awards|Screen]] award ceremonies. Pannu then essayed the role of a game designer who uses a wheelchair and battles a home invasion in the psychological thriller ''[[Game Over (2019 film)|Game Over]]'', directed by [[Ashwin Saravanan]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=24 June 2019 |title=Taapsee Pannu reveals she was getting borderline depressed after Game Over |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/movies/celebrities/story/taapsee-pannu-reveals-she-was-getting-borderline-depressed-after-game-over-1555156-2019-06-24 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210209053306/https://www.indiatoday.in/movies/celebrities/story/taapsee-pannu-reveals-she-was-getting-borderline-depressed-after-game-over-1555156-2019-06-24 |archive-date=9 February 2021 |access-date=7 February 2021 |website=India Today}}</ref> The film was shot simultaneously in [[Tamil language|Tamil]] and [[Telugu language]]. During the duration of the filming, Pannu had to be in a wheelchair for 12 hours for 25 days.<ref>{{Cite web |date=7 June 2019 |title=Taapsee Pannu on Game Over: For 25 days I was in a wheelchair |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/movies/regional-cinema/story/taapsee-pannu-on-game-over-for-25-days-i-was-in-a-wheelchair-1544456-2019-06-07 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210209053227/https://www.indiatoday.in/movies/regional-cinema/story/taapsee-pannu-on-game-over-for-25-days-i-was-in-a-wheelchair-1544456-2019-06-07 |archive-date=9 February 2021 |access-date=7 February 2021 |website=India Today}}</ref> The film and her performance were praised; [[Saibal Chatterjee]] said that Pannu "is never less than convincing" and "may be the primary reason why you must go out a watch this film".<ref>{{Cite web |last=Chatterjee |first=Saibal |date=14 June 2019 |title=Game Over Movie Review: Taapsee Pannu Is The Primary Reason To Watch This Fast-Paced Thriller |url=https://www.ndtv.com/entertainment/game-over-movie-review-taapsee-pannu-is-the-primary-reason-to-watch-this-fast-paced-thriller-3-stars-2053176 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210209053326/https://www.ndtv.com/entertainment/game-over-movie-review-taapsee-pannu-is-the-primary-reason-to-watch-this-fast-paced-thriller-3-stars-2053176 |archive-date=9 February 2021 |access-date=14 June 2019 |website=NDTV}}</ref>[[File:Photos-Taapsee-Pannu-and-Bhumi-Pednekar-celebrate-the-film-Saand-Ki-Aankh-5.jpg|thumb|Pannu attending an event for ''[[Saand Ki Aankh]]'' in 2019 with co-star [[Bhumi Pednekar]].|left]]

She next played an [[ISRO]] scientist in the space drama ''[[Mission Mangal]]'' which was about India's first interplanetary expedition, [[Mars Orbiter Mission]].<ref>{{Cite news |date=5 November 2018 |title=Akshay Kumar's Mission Mangal will star Vidya Balan, Taapsee Pannu, Nithya Menen, Sonakshi Sinha |work=Hindustan Times |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/bollywood/akshay-kumar-signs-three-new-projects-to-start-shooting-for-mission-mangal-this-month/story-SJRWDHneqcNvDEBRBgHXMO.html |url-status=live |access-date=5 November 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181105061942/https://www.hindustantimes.com/bollywood/akshay-kumar-signs-three-new-projects-to-start-shooting-for-mission-mangal-this-month/story-SJRWDHneqcNvDEBRBgHXMO.html |archive-date=5 November 2018}}</ref> Pannu accepted a role in the film due to her appreciation of the idea of a space film with, "several leading ladies in it".<ref>{{Cite web |date=17 July 2019 |title=Taapsee Pannu on Mission Mangal: Bollywood should make more space films |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/movies/bollywood/story/taapsee-pannu-on-mission-mangal-bollywood-should-make-more-space-films-1570535-2019-07-17 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210209053256/https://www.indiatoday.in/movies/bollywood/story/taapsee-pannu-on-mission-mangal-bollywood-should-make-more-space-films-1570535-2019-07-17 |archive-date=9 February 2021 |access-date=7 February 2021 |website=India Today}}</ref> With a global collection of over {{INRConvert|2.9|b}}, ''Mission Mangal'' proved to be one of Pannu's biggest financial successes.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Bollywood Top Grossers Worldwide |url=https://www.bollywoodhungama.com/box-office-collections/worldwide/all-time/page/2/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191227151832/https://www.bollywoodhungama.com/box-office-collections/worldwide/all-time/page/2/ |archive-date=27 December 2019 |access-date=10 September 2019 |website=Bollywood Hungama}}</ref> Her final film of the year was [[Tushar Hiranandani]]'s biographical film ''[[Saand Ki Aankh]]'', co-starring [[Bhumi Pednekar]]. Pannu portrayed the role of [[Prakashi Tomar]], one of the world's oldest sharpshooters for which she underwent three months of training in pistol shooting.<ref>{{Cite web |date=24 September 2019 |title=Saand Ki Aankh: Taapsee Pannu trained for three months to hold a pistol and learn shooting |url=https://www.freepressjournal.in/entertainment/bollywood/saand-ki-aankh-taapsee-pannu-trained-for-three-months-to-hold-a-pistol-and-learn-shooting |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210209053259/https://www.freepressjournal.in/entertainment/bollywood/saand-ki-aankh-taapsee-pannu-trained-for-three-months-to-hold-a-pistol-and-learn-shooting |archive-date=9 February 2021 |access-date=7 February 2021 |website=The Free Press Journal}}</ref> Her role was well-received with [[Anna M. M. Vetticad]] writing that both Pannu and Pednekar succeed in "delivering equally finely tuned, sensitive performances".<ref>{{Cite web |date=24 October 2019 |title=Saand Ki Aankh movie review: Taapsee Pannu and Bhumi Pednekar are smashing good fun as UP's inspiring Shooter Daadis |url=https://www.firstpost.com/entertainment/saand-ki-aankh-movie-review-taapsee-pannu-and-bhumi-pednekar-are-smashing-good-fun-as-ups-inspiring-shooter-daadis-7546451.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210209053303/https://www.firstpost.com/entertainment/saand-ki-aankh-movie-review-taapsee-pannu-and-bhumi-pednekar-are-smashing-good-fun-as-ups-inspiring-shooter-daadis-7546451.html |archive-date=9 February 2021 |access-date=7 February 2021 |website=Firstpost}}</ref> Pannu and Pednekar jointly received the Filmfare Award for Best Actress (Critics).<ref>{{Cite web |date=16 February 2020 |title=Winners of the 65th Amazon Filmfare Awards 2020 |url=https://www.filmfare.com/features/winners-of-the-65th-amazon-filmfare-awards-2020_-39063-2.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210209053318/https://www.filmfare.com/features/winners-of-the-65th-amazon-filmfare-awards-2020_-39063-2.html |archive-date=9 February 2021 |access-date=7 February 2021 |website=Filmfare}}</ref>

Pannu's sole release of 2020 was Anubhav Sinha's social drama ''[[Thappad]]'', where she played the role of Amrita, a home-maker who files for divorce after her husband slaps her. She said that the character's "righteousness, her maturity to handle every situation" made her suffocate.<ref>{{Cite news |date=4 February 2020 |title=Taapsee Pannu on her Thappad character: She made me grow up |work=India Today |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/movies/bollywood/story/taapsee-pannu-on-her-thappad-character-she-made-me-grow-up-1643253-2020-02-04 |url-status=live |access-date=7 February 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210209053221/https://www.indiatoday.in/movies/bollywood/story/taapsee-pannu-on-her-thappad-character-she-made-me-grow-up-1643253-2020-02-04 |archive-date=9 February 2021}}</ref> The film and Pannu's performance met with widespread critical acclaim.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Thappad |url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/thappad |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210209053300/https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/thappad |archive-date=9 February 2021 |access-date=7 February 2021 |website=Rotten Tomatoes}}</ref> Shubhra Gupta of ''The Indian Express'' noted that she "drives the film" but added that "the effort she puts into her performance shows".<ref>{{Cite web |last=Gupta |first=Shubhra |date=29 February 2020 |title=Thappad movie review: Anubhav Sinha film is important |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/movie-review/thappad-review-rating-taapsee-pannu-anubhav-sinha-6287484/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210209053231/https://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/movie-review/thappad-review-rating-taapsee-pannu-anubhav-sinha-6287484/ |archive-date=9 February 2021 |access-date=7 February 2021 |website=The Indian Express}}</ref> Pannu was awarded with the [[Filmfare Award for Best Actress]] and received her third nomination for the Filmfare Award for Best Actress (Critics). The film emerged as a moderate commercial success.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Thappad Box Office Collection {{!}} India {{!}} Day Wise {{!}} Box Office |url=https://www.bollywoodhungama.com/movie/thappad/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191216073245/https://www.bollywoodhungama.com/movie/thappad/box-office/ |archive-date=16 December 2019 |website=[[Bollywood Hungama]] |date=28 February 2020 |access-date=23 February 2024}}</ref>

=== Streaming projects and ''Dunki'' (2021–present) ===
Pannu's first release of 2021 was the romantic thriller ''[[Haseen Dillruba]]'' opposite [[Vikrant Massey]]. The film premiered on the streaming platform, [[Netflix]] and was Pannu's first of several streaming releases. It emerged as the most-watched Hindi film on the platform that year.<ref>{{Cite web |date=30 December 2021 |title=Taapsee Pannu's Haseen Dillruba beats Akshay Kumar's Sooryavanshi to become most-watched film on Netflix in 2021 |url=https://www.bollywoodhungama.com/news/bollywood/taapsee-pannus-haseen-dillruba-beats-akshay-kumars-sooryavanshi-become-watched-film-netflix-2021/ |access-date=20 January 2022 |website=Bollywood Hungama |archive-date=20 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220120113240/https://www.bollywoodhungama.com/news/bollywood/taapsee-pannus-haseen-dillruba-beats-akshay-kumars-sooryavanshi-become-watched-film-netflix-2021/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Both the film and Pannu's performance were, however, poorly received by critics, with Rohan Naahar from ''[[Hindustan Times]]'' calling it a "hot mess" along with describing it as "illogical" and "ill-conceived" and added that "Pannu's performance as a bored housewife named Rani is all over the place".<ref>{{Cite news |date=2 July 2021 |title=Haseen Dillruba movie review: Taapsee Pannu's new Netflix film is a hot mess; illogical and ill-conceived |work=[[Hindustan Times]] |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/entertainment/bollywood/haseen-dillruba-movie-review-taapsee-pannu-s-new-netflix-film-is-a-hot-mess-minor-work-by-a-major-actor-101625131733379.html |access-date=2 July 2021 |archive-date=2 July 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210702092610/https://www.hindustantimes.com/entertainment/bollywood/haseen-dillruba-movie-review-taapsee-pannu-s-new-netflix-film-is-a-hot-mess-minor-work-by-a-major-actor-101625131733379-amp.html |url-status=live }}</ref> Shubhra Gupta from ''The Indian Express'' also criticised her role in the film stating, "Pannu's delivery is exactly the same in her films: only the costumes change".<ref>{{Cite web |date=17 March 2021 |title=Haseen Dillruba |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/movie-review/haseen-dillruba-movie-review-taapsee-pannu-7385702/ |access-date=16 August 2022 |website=Indian Express |archive-date=16 August 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220816062411/https://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/movie-review/haseen-dillruba-movie-review-taapsee-pannu-7385702/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Despite this, her performance in the film earned her a fourth nomination for the Filmfare Award for Best Actress (Critics). Pannu's role in the [[Tamil language|Tamil]]-language [[comedy horror]] ''[[Annabelle Sethupathi]]'' opposite [[Vijay Sethupathi]] generally went unnoticed.<ref>{{Cite web |date=26 August 2021 |title=Vijay Sethupathi and Taapsee Pannu's Annabelle Sethupathi to stream on OTT |url=https://www.thenewsminute.com/article/vijay-sethupathi-and-taapsee-pannu-s-annabelle-sethupathi-stream-ott-154427 |access-date=27 August 2021 |website=The News Minute |language=en |archive-date=26 August 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210826230141/https://www.thenewsminute.com/article/vijay-sethupathi-and-taapsee-pannu-s-annabelle-sethupathi-stream-ott-154427 |url-status=live }}</ref> Her final film of the year was ''[[Rashmi Rocket]]'', a [[sports drama]] that tells a story of an Indian [[track and field]] athlete who was subject to [[gender test]]ing due to being diagnosed with [[hyperandrogenism]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Sen |first=Srijita |date=7 October 2021 |title=Rashmi Rocket is Not Dutee Chand's Story, But Tribute to Several Sportswomen: Writer Aniruddha Guha |url=https://www.news18.com/news/movies/rashmi-rocket-is-not-dutee-chands-story-but-a-tribute-to-several-sportswomen-writer-aniruddha-guha-4287815.html |website=[[News18.com]] |access-date=16 February 2022 |archive-date=8 October 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211008145839/https://www.news18.com/news/movies/rashmi-rocket-is-not-dutee-chands-story-but-a-tribute-to-several-sportswomen-writer-aniruddha-guha-4287815.html |url-status=live }}</ref> Ronak Kotecha of ''[[The Times of India]]'' commented, "Pannu once again proves her mettle. Her effort to celebrate Rashmi's victory and endure her pain, is as real as it gets and the actress doesn't miss the beat when it comes to making us root for her character".<ref>{{Citation |title=Rashmi Rocket Review: This one races ahead with powerful performances |newspaper=The Times of India |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/web-series/reviews/hindi/rashmi-rocket/ottmoviereview/87019461.cms |access-date=15 October 2021 |archive-date=14 October 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211014165306/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/web-series/reviews/hindi/rashmi-rocket/ottmoviereview/87019461.cms |url-status=live }}</ref> She received her second nomination for the Filmfare Award for Best Actress for her performance in the film''.'' Pannu's third and final release of 2021 was the Telugu film ''[[Mishan Impossible]]'' directed by Swaroop RSJ. The film marked her comeback in Telugu films after ''Anando Brahma'' in 2017.<ref>{{Cite web |date=6 July 2021 |title=Veteran director K Raghavendra Rao to debut as actor with 'Pelli SandaD' |url=https://www.thenewsminute.com/article/taapsee-pannu-signs-new-telugu-film-mishan-impossible-151846 |access-date=28 February 2022 |website=The News Minute |archive-date=28 February 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220228122120/https://www.thenewsminute.com/article/taapsee-pannu-signs-new-telugu-film-mishan-impossible-151846 |url-status=live }}</ref>[[File:Taapsee Pannu in 2022 (cropped).jpg|thumb|Pannu in 2022]]In 2022, Pannu starred in the comedy thriller ''[[Looop Lapeta]]'', an official remake of the 1998 German film ''[[Run Lola Run]]''.<ref name="loop">{{Cite web |date=5 February 2021 |title=Chin up and focus! Taapsee Pannu shares interesting BTS pic from Looop Lapeta sets |url=https://www.indiatvnews.com/entertainment/celebrities/chin-up-and-focus-taapsee-pannu-shares-interesting-bts-pic-from-looop-lapeta-sets-682983 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210209053317/https://www.indiatvnews.com/entertainment/celebrities/chin-up-and-focus-taapsee-pannu-shares-interesting-bts-pic-from-looop-lapeta-sets-682983 |archive-date=9 February 2021 |access-date=9 February 2021 |website=India TV}}</ref> It released on Netflix.<ref>{{Cite news |date=8 January 2022 |title=Looop Lapeta starring Taapsee Pannu and Tahir Raj Bhasin to premiere on February 4 on Netflix |work=[[Bollywood Hungama]] |url=https://www.bollywoodhungama.com/news/bollywood/looop-lapeta-starring-taapsee-pannu-and-tahir-raj-bhasin-to-premiere-on-february-4-on-netflix/ |access-date=8 January 2022 |archive-date=8 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220108061144/https://www.bollywoodhungama.com/news/bollywood/looop-lapeta-starring-taapsee-pannu-and-tahir-raj-bhasin-to-premiere-on-february-4-on-netflix/ |url-status=live }}</ref> The film, and Pannu's performance, received critical acclaim, earning her the [[Filmfare OTT Awards|Filmfare OTT Award]] for Best Actress in a Web Original Film.<ref name="filmfare1">{{Cite web|url=https://www.filmfare.com/awards/filmfare-ott-awards-2022/winners|title=Filmfare OTT Awards 2022|date=21 December 2022|access-date=23 December 2022|website=FilmFare|language=en|archive-date=22 December 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221222192805/https://www.filmfare.com/awards/filmfare-ott-awards-2022/winners|url-status=live}}</ref> She next starred in the film directed by [[Srijit Mukherji]], based on the life of former [[Test cricket|Test]] and [[One Day International|ODI]] captain of the [[India women's national cricket team]], [[Mithali Raj]], titled ''[[Shabaash Mithu]]''. Upon release, the film was panned by critics and audiences, and emerged as a commercial failure at the box-office; however Pannu's performance received praise, earning her a fifth nomination for the Filmfare Award for Best Actress (Critics).<ref>{{Cite news |date=9 November 2021 |title=Taapsee Pannu wraps Mithali Raj biopic 'Shabaash Mithu' |work=The Hindu |agency=PTI |url=https://www.thehindu.com/entertainment/movies/taapsee-pannu-wraps-mithali-raj-biopic-shabaash-mithu/article37393949.ece |access-date=3 December 2021 |archive-date=3 December 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211203072811/https://www.thehindu.com/entertainment/movies/taapsee-pannu-wraps-mithali-raj-biopic-shabaash-mithu/article37393949.ece |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=20 June 2022 |title=Taapsee Pannu plays cricketer Mithali Raj in Srijit Mukherji's 'Shabaash Mithu'; watch trailer here |language=en |work=The Telegraph |url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/entertainment/taapsee-pannu-plays-cricketer-mithali-raj-in-srijit-mukherjis-shabaash-mithu-watch-trailer-here/cid/1870888 |access-date=23 June 2022 |archive-date=23 June 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220623095802/https://www.telegraphindia.com/entertainment/taapsee-pannu-plays-cricketer-mithali-raj-in-srijit-mukherjis-shabaash-mithu-watch-trailer-here/cid/1870888 |url-status=live }}</ref> She then starred in the [[Science fiction film|sci-fi]] mystery film ''[[Dobaaraa]]'', which was a remake of 2018 [[Cinema of Spain|Spanish]] thriller ''[[Mirage (2018 film)|Mirage]]'' (2018), her second collaboration with director [[Anurag Kashyap]].<ref>{{Cite news |date=22 February 2021 |title=Taapsee Pannu begins shooting for Anurag Kashyap's upcoming thriller Dobaaraa |work=Firstpost |url=https://www.firstpost.com/entertainment/taapsee-pannu-begins-shooting-for-anurag-kashyaps-upcoming-thriller-dobaaraa-9331431.html |access-date=22 February 2021 |archive-date=22 February 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210222062537/https://www.firstpost.com/entertainment/taapsee-pannu-begins-shooting-for-anurag-kashyaps-upcoming-thriller-dobaaraa-9331431.html |url-status=live }}</ref> The film and Pannu's performance received positive reviews; however, it emerged as a commercial failure at the box-office. In December, her first production venture ''[[Blurr]]'' was released online on [[Zee5]]. A remake of the Spanish thriller film ''[[Julia's Eyes]]'' (2010), opposite [[Gulshan Devaiah]]. the film marked Pannu's third film to be remade from a Spanish original, after ''Badla'' (2019) and ''Dobaara'' (2022).<ref name="HT">{{cite web | url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/entertainment/bollywood/blurr-movie-review-taapsee-pannu-s-tryst-with-dark-and-edgy-thrillers-continues-101670554370364.html | title=Blurr movie review: Taapsee Pannu's tryst with dark and edgy thrillers continues | work=Hindustan Times | date=9 December 2022 | access-date=9 December 2022 | archive-date=9 December 2022 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221209060738/https://www.hindustantimes.com/entertainment/bollywood/blurr-movie-review-taapsee-pannu-s-tryst-with-dark-and-edgy-thrillers-continues-101670554370364-amp.html | url-status=live }}</ref> She then starred in the romantic comedy ''[[Tadka (film)|Tadka]]'' alongside [[Nana Patekar]], [[Shriya Saran]] and [[Ali Fazal]].<ref name="TOI_Tadka_Review"/> Due to unresolved financial issues with the producers, Pannu and Fazal chose not to participate in the film's promotions as they had not been paid.<ref>{{Cite news |title=Ali Fazal says that neither he nor Taapsee Pannu want to promote their film 'Tadka' |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/bollywood/news/ali-fazal-says-that-neither-he-nor-taapsee-pannu-want-to-promote-their-film-tadka/articleshow/70513747.cms |work=[[The Times of India]] |issn=0971-8257 |date=3 August 2019 |access-date=30 September 2024}}</ref> Despite disliking the film, Archika Khurana of ''The Times of India'' thought Pannu provided "solid support", but found both her and Fazal to be wasted in their roles.<ref name="TOI_Tadka_Review">{{Cite news |last=Khurana |first=Archika |date=4 November 2022 |title=Tadka Review : A bland fusion of food and love |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/movie-reviews/tadka/ottmoviereview/95273724.cms |work=The Times of India |access-date=8 January 2024 |issn=0971-8257 |archive-date=8 January 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240108005346/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/movie-reviews/tadka/ottmoviereview/95273724.cms |url-status=live }}</ref>
In 2023, Pannu appeared in [[Rajkumar Hirani]]’s comedy-drama ''[[Dunki (film)|Dunki]]'' opposite [[Shah Rukh Khan]] as Manu, a Punjabi woman with aspirations of travelling to England.<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Ramachandran |first=Naman |date=13 October 2023 |url=https://variety.com/2023/film/asia/shah-rukh-khan-dunki-taapsee-pannu-1235755101/ |title=India's Taapsee Pannu Reveals New Producing, Acting Projects and 'Shah Rukh Khan in Rajkumar Hirani World' Film 'Dunki' (EXCLUSIVE) |magazine=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]] |access-date=29 October 2023 |archive-date=29 October 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231029121751/https://variety.com/2023/film/asia/shah-rukh-khan-dunki-taapsee-pannu-1235755101/amp/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Upon being signed for the film, she expressed her admiration for Khan and mentioned that it had been a "dream" to work with him.<ref>{{Cite web |date=28 December 2023 |title=Taapsee Pannu on working with Shah Rukh Khan in Dunki: 'This was a dream of sorts…' |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/bollywood/taapsee-pannu-on-working-with-shah-rukh-khan-in-dunki-this-was-a-benchmark-of-sorts-9086686/ |access-date=2 January 2024 |website=The Indian Express |language=en |archive-date=2 January 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240102200817/https://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/bollywood/taapsee-pannu-on-working-with-shah-rukh-khan-in-dunki-this-was-a-benchmark-of-sorts-9086686/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Monika Rawal Kukreja of ''[[Hindustan Times]]'' described Pannu's performance as "natural" and added that "in the emotionally charged scenes, Pannu showcases a strong grip on her character, and in the funny ones, too, she holds her ground," but was disappointed with her chemistry with Khan.<ref>{{Cite news|date=21 December 2023|last=Rawal Kukreja|first=Monika|title=Dunki movie review: Shah Rukh Khan and Taapsee Pannu serve a heartwarming tale that's high on emotions|work=Hindustan Times|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/entertainment/bollywood/dunki-movie-review-shah-rukh-khan-serves-a-heartwarming-tale-thats-high-on-emotions-101703142801475.html|access-date=21 December 2023|archive-date=21 December 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231221075648/https://www.hindustantimes.com/entertainment/bollywood/dunki-movie-review-shah-rukh-khan-serves-a-heartwarming-tale-thats-high-on-emotions-101703142801475-amp.html|url-status=live}}</ref> The film emerged as a commercial success at the box-office, grossing over {{INR convert|450|c|year=2023}} to become Pannu's highest-grosser.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Taapsee Pannu Hit Movies List {{!}} Taapsee Pannu Box Office Collection |url=https://www.bollywoodhungama.com/celebrity/taapsee-pannu/box-office/ |work=Bollywood Hungama |date=29 December 2023 |access-date=30 December 2023 |archive-date=30 December 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231230214750/https://www.bollywoodhungama.com/celebrity/taapsee-pannu/box-office/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |title='Dunki' box office collection: Shah Rukh Khan's film earns in single digit on second Friday, crosses Rs 300-cr worldwide |url=https://www.businesstoday.in/trending/box-office/story/dunki-box-office-collection-shah-rukh-khans-film-earns-in-single-digit-on-second-friday-crosses-rs-300-cr-worldwide-411345-2023-12-30 |work=Business Today |date=30 December 2023 |access-date=30 December 2023 |archive-date=30 December 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231230071924/https://www.businesstoday.in/trending/box-office/story/dunki-box-office-collection-shah-rukh-khans-film-earns-in-single-digit-on-second-friday-crosses-rs-300-cr-worldwide-411345-2023-12-30 |url-status=live }}</ref> ''Dunki'' earned her a third nomination for the Filmfare Award for Best Actress.<ref>{{Cite magazine |title=Nominations for the 69th Hyundai Filmfare Awards 2024 with Gujarat Tourism: Full list out |url=https://www.filmfare.com/news/bollywood/nominations-for-the-69th-hyundai-filmfare-awards-2024-with-gujarat-tourism-full-list-out-63822.html |magazine=Filmfare |date=15 January 2024 |access-date=24 January 2024 |archive-date=15 January 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240115193555/https://www.filmfare.com/news/bollywood/nominations-for-the-69th-hyundai-filmfare-awards-2024-with-gujarat-tourism-full-list-out-63822.html |url-status=live }}</ref>

In August 2024, Pannu reprised her role in the romantic thriller sequel ''[[Phir Aayi Hasseen Dillruba]].<ref>{{cite web |last=Karia |first=Vedant |date=18 July 2024 |title=Netflix reveals the date for Taapsee Pannu, Vikrant Massey's next |url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/my-kolkata/try-this/watch/netflix-announces-release-date-for-phir-aayi-hasseen-dillruba-starring-taapsee-pannu-vikrant-massey-sunny-kaushal-and-jimmy-shergill/cid/2034447 |access-date=18 July 2024 |website=Telegraph India}}</ref>'' She expressed feeling a sense of ease in knowing that the character had already been well received by audiences.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Taapsee Pannu On Her Phir Aayi Hasseen Dillruba Role: "Darker, Edgier And The Stakes Are High" |url=https://www.ndtv.com/entertainment/this-time-the-character-is-more-darker-edgier-taapsee-pannu-on-her-role-in-phir-aayi-hasseen-dillruba-6287600 |access-date=9 August 2024 |website=[[NDTV]] |language=en}}</ref> In a mixed review for ''Mint'', Uday Bhatia noted that Pannu's performance elevated the script of an otherwise "flailing" film.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Bhatia |first=Uday |date=9 August 2024 |title='Phir Aayi Hasseen Dillruba' review: Diminishing returns |url=https://www.livemint.com/mint-lounge/art-and-culture/phir-aayi-hasseen-dillruba-review-film-taapsee-pannu-vikrant-massey-kanika-dhillon-11723191220779.html |access-date=9 August 2024 |work=[[Mint (newspaper) | Mint]]}}</ref> In the same month, she starred among an ensemble in the comedy ''[[Khel Khel Mein (2024 film)|Khel Khel Mein]]'', about a group of married friends who partake in a game that reveals their secrets. Based on the Italian film ''[[Perfect Strangers (2016 film)|Perfect Strangers]]'', Pannu portrayed a social media influencer who learns of her husband's (played by [[Ammy Virk]]) infidelity.<ref>{{Cite news|title=Akshay Kumar, Taapsee Pannu in Udaipur for shoot of 'Khel Khel Mein'|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/bollywood/news/akshay-kumar-taapsee-pannu-in-udaipur-for-shoot-of-khel-khel-mein/articleshow/107980853.cms|work=The Times of India|date=25 February 2024|access-date=27 February 2024}}</ref> Devesh Sharma of ''[[Filmfare]]'' commended her "standout performance" that broke away from her established persona as a "serious actress".<ref>{{Cite news|title=Khel Khel Mein Movie Review: Laughter all the way|url=https://www.filmfare.com/reviews/bollywood-movies/khel-khel-mein-movie-review-67870.html|work=Filmfare|date=15 August 2024|access-date=15 August 2024}}</ref> The film failed at the box-office, which ''The Times of India'' attributed to its release alongside ''[[Stree 2]]''.<ref>{{Cite news |title=Stree 2 dominates box office, leaving Khel Khel Mein and Vedaa far behind: Trade experts - Exclusive |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/bollywood/box-office/stree-2-dominates-box-office-leaving-khel-khel-mein-and-vedaa-far-behind-trade-experts-exclusive/articleshow/112575315.cms |work=The Times of India |issn=0971-8257 |date=20 August 2024 |access-date=29 September 2024}}</ref> Pannu will next portray the role of a police officer in ''Woh Ladki Hai Kahaan'' and appear in Barath Neelakantan's [[Science fiction|sci-fi]] project titled ''Alien''.<ref>{{Cite magazine |title=Taapsee Pannu to star in a pan-Indian sci-fi film tentatively titled Alien? |url=https://www.filmfare.com/news/bollywood/taapsee-pannu-to-star-in-a-pan-indian-sci-fi-film-tentatively-titled-alien-49069.html |magazine=[[Filmfare]] |date=24 June 2021 |access-date=29 October 2023 |archive-date=29 October 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231029163544/https://www.filmfare.com/news/bollywood/taapsee-pannu-to-star-in-a-pan-indian-sci-fi-film-tentatively-titled-alien-49069.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |title=Taapsee Pannu wraps up Woh Ladki Hai Kahaan, calls it a therapeutic experience |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/bollywood/taapsee-pannu-wraps-woh-ladki-hai-kahaan-calls-it-therapeutic-experience-7782712/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240201215112/https://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/bollywood/taapsee-pannu-wraps-woh-ladki-hai-kahaan-calls-it-therapeutic-experience-7782712/ |archive-date=1 February 2024 |work=The Indian Express |agency=PTI |date=20 February 2022 |access-date=1 February 2024}}</ref>In 2026, Pannu starred in Anubhav Sinha’s courtroom drama ''[[Assi (film)|Assi]]'', in which she portrayed a lawyer named Raavi fighting a high-profile sexual assault case.<ref>{{Cite news |date=21 January 2026 |title=REVEALED: Assi stars Taapsee Pannu and is directed by Anubhav Sinha; trailer, attached with Border 2, gives major Pink-meets-Mulk hard-hitting courtroom energy |url=https://www.bollywoodhungama.com/news/bollywood/revealed-assi-stars-taapsee-pannu-directed-anubhav-sinha-trailer-attached-border-2-gives-major-pink-meets-mulk-hard-hitting-courtroom-energy/ |access-date=23 January 2026 |work=Bollywood Hungama}}</ref> The film marked her third collaboration with Sinha after ''[[Mulk (film)|Mulk]]'' and ''[[Thappad]]''.

== Other work and media image ==
[[File:Taapsee-Pannu-Celebs-grace-the-HT-Style-Awards-2018-52_%28cropped%29.jpg|thumb |upright|Pannu at the 2018 HT Style Awards]]

Raghuvendra Singh of ''[[Filmfare]]'' says Pannu is "one of the most versatile actresses in the industry".<ref>{{Cite web |title=Taapsee Pannu reflects on life, career and more during the lockdown |work=Filmfare |author=Raghuvendra Singh |access-date=19 August 2020 |url=https://m.filmfare.com/interviews/taapsee-pannu-reflects-on-life-career-and-more-during-the-lockdown-40910.amp |archive-date=28 August 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200828161240/https://m.filmfare.com/interviews/taapsee-pannu-reflects-on-life-career-and-more-during-the-lockdown-40910.amp |url-status=live }}</ref> ''[[Verve (Indian magazine)|Verve]]''{{'}}s Zaral Shah finds her to be "frank and forthright".<ref>{{Cite web |title=Taapsee Pannu is quietly carving her own niche in Bollywood! |work=Verve India |author=Zaral Shah |date=19 January 2017 |access-date=20 January 2021 |url=https://www.vervemagazine.in/people/taapsee-pannu-is-quietly-carving-her-own-niche-in-bollywood |archive-date=22 September 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210922085925/https://www.vervemagazine.in/people/taapsee-pannu-is-quietly-carving-her-own-niche-in-bollywood |url-status=live }}</ref> Aditi Bhimjyani of ''[[Vogue (magazine)|Vogue]]'' noted, "Pannu has been busy making her unforgettable mark via her filmography of strong leading roles".<ref>{{Cite web |title=Taapsee Pannu on playing strong female leads, being an outsider, and the ride to the top |work=Vogue |author=Aditi Bhimjyani |date=21 May 2021 |access-date=29 March 2022 |url=https://www.vogue.in/culture-and-living/content/taapsee-pannu-vogue-india-may-june-2021-cover-star-interview/amp |archive-date=14 March 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220314161942/https://www.vogue.in/culture-and-living/content/taapsee-pannu-vogue-india-may-june-2021-cover-star-interview/amp |url-status=live }}</ref> ''[[Femina (India)|Femina]]''{{'}}s Shraddha Kamdar calls her a "self-made artiste" who is "unafraid of challenges".<ref>{{Cite web |title=I have a life beyond films: Taapsee Pannu |work=Femina India |author=Shraddha Kamdar |access-date=12 September 2019 |url=https://m.femina.in/celebs/indian/i-have-a-life-beyond-films-taapsee-pannu-134232.amp |archive-date=17 April 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230417150712/https://m.femina.in/celebs/indian/i-have-a-life-beyond-films-taapsee-pannu-134232.amp |url-status=live }}</ref> [[Sukanya Verma]] featured her in ''[[Rediff.com|Rediff]]''{{'}}s list of "Best Bollywood Actresses" in 2018, 2019, and 2021.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Verma |first=Sukanya |date=31 December 2018 |title=And 2018's Best Bollywood Actresses are... |url=https://m.rediff.com/movies/special/and-2018s-best-bollywood-actresses-are/20181231.htm |access-date=31 December 2018 |website=[[Rediff.com]] |language=en |archive-date=11 March 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230311130905/https://m.rediff.com/movies/special/and-2018s-best-bollywood-actresses-are/20181231.htm |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Verma |first=Sukanya |date=24 December 2019 |title=Bollywood's BEST ACTRESSES of 2019 |url=https://www.rediff.com/movies/special/bollywoods-best-actresses-of-2019/20191224.htm |access-date=17 July 2022 |website=[[Rediff.com]] |language=en |archive-date=7 January 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230107152043/https://www.rediff.com/movies/special/bollywoods-best-actresses-of-2019/20191224.htm |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=The BEST ACTRESSES of 2021 |url=https://m.rediff.com/movies/report/the-best-actresses-of-2021/20211231.htm |access-date=2 March 2022 |website=Rediff |archive-date=24 July 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220724110217/https://m.rediff.com/movies/report/the-best-actresses-of-2021/20211231.htm |url-status=live}}</ref>

In 2017, Pannu featured in ''[[Forbes India]]''{{'}}s [[Forbes 30 Under 30|30 Under 30]] list.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Purandare |first=Kunal |date=18 February 2017 |title=30 Under 30: Taapsee Pannu has found her mojo in Bollywood |url=https://www.forbesindia.com/article/30-under-30-2017/30-under-30-taapsee-pannu-has-found-her-mojo-in-bollywood/45787/1 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210209053355/https://www.forbesindia.com/article/30-under-30-2017/30-under-30-taapsee-pannu-has-found-her-mojo-in-bollywood/45787/1 |archive-date=9 February 2021 |access-date=8 February 2021 |website=Forbes}}</ref>
In 2018, she featured in ''[[Forbes India]]''{{'}}s list of [[Forbes Celebrity 100|Celebrity 100]] at 67th position with an estimate income of {{INRConvert|15.48|c}}.<ref>{{Cite web |title=2018 Celebrity 100 |url=https://www.forbesindia.com/lists/2018-celebrity-100/1735/all |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191210225537/http://www.forbesindia.com/lists/2018-celebrity-100/1735/all |archive-date=10 December 2019 |access-date=8 February 2021 |website=Forbes India}}</ref> She was featured for a second time in 2019, ranking 68th.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Taapsee Pannu |url=https://www.forbesindia.com/celebprofile2019/taapsee-pannu/1819/135 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210209053233/https://www.forbesindia.com/celebprofile2019/taapsee-pannu/1819/135 |archive-date=9 February 2021 |access-date=8 February 2021 |website=Forbes India}}</ref> Pannu has frequently featured in [[The Times of India|''Times''{{'}} 50 Most Desirable Women]] list, she ranked 36th in 2019,<ref>{{Cite news |title=MEET THE TIMES 50 MOST DESIRABLE WOMEN 2019 |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/bollywood/news/meet-indias-most-desirable-divas/articleshow/77805527.cms |access-date=7 August 2021 |website=The Times of India |language=en |archive-date=7 August 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210807040245/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/bollywood/news/meet-indias-most-desirable-divas/articleshow/77805527.cms |url-status=live }}</ref> and 23rd in 2020.<ref>{{Cite news |title=The Times Most Desirable Women of 2020 |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/bollywood/news/the-times-most-desirable-woman-of-2020-rhea-chakraborty-living-through-a-trial-by-fire-gracefully/articleshow/83312150.cms |access-date=7 August 2021 |website=The Times of India |language=en |archive-date=8 June 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210608013431/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/bollywood/news/the-times-most-desirable-woman-of-2020-rhea-chakraborty-living-through-a-trial-by-fire-gracefully/articleshow/83312150.cms |url-status=live }}</ref> Pannu is an active celebrity endorser for [[Uber]], [[Garnier]], [[Nivea]], [[Kurkure]], and Women's [[Horlicks]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Tewari |first=Saumya |date=19 October 2018 |title=Taapsee Pannu, a crucial link to Indian youth for brands |url=https://www.livemint.com/Companies/guMeGAFYVYKcHozj8DtpMN/Taapsee-Pannu-a-crucial-link-to-Indian-youth-for-brands.html |access-date=8 February 2021 |website=Mint |archive-date=8 February 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210208120202/https://www.livemint.com/Companies/guMeGAFYVYKcHozj8DtpMN/Taapsee-Pannu-a-crucial-link-to-Indian-youth-for-brands.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Tewari |first=Saumya |date=15 February 2019 |title=PepsiCo's Kurkure signs Taapsee Pannu as brand ambassador |url=https://www.livemint.com/industry/media/pepsico-s-kurkure-signs-taapsee-pannu-as-brand-ambassador-1550220083527.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210209053239/https://www.livemint.com/industry/media/pepsico-s-kurkure-signs-taapsee-pannu-as-brand-ambassador-1550220083527.html |archive-date=9 February 2021 |access-date=8 February 2021 |website=Mint}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=27 November 2017 |title=Taapsee Pannu roped in as brand ambassador for Women's Horlicks |url=https://www.thehindubusinessline.com/companies/taapsee-pannu-roped-in-as-brand-ambassador-for-womens-horlicks/article9973417.ece |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210209053404/https://www.thehindubusinessline.com/companies/taapsee-pannu-roped-in-as-brand-ambassador-for-womens-horlicks/article9973417.ece |archive-date=9 February 2021 |access-date=8 February 2021 |website=Business Line}}</ref>

Pannu runs an event management company called "The Wedding Factory" which she manages along with her sister Shagun and friend Farah Parvaresh.<ref>{{Cite news |title=Taapsee Pannu: Lesser known facts about the actress |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/bollywood/photo-features/taapsee-pannu-lesser-known-facts-about-the-actress/taapsee-the-entrepreneur/photostory/62648666.cms |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210209053351/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/bollywood/photo-features/taapsee-pannu-lesser-known-facts-about-the-actress/taapsee-the-entrepreneur/photostory/62648666.cms |archive-date=9 February 2021 |access-date=8 February 2021 |website=The Times of India}}</ref> In 2018, she bought the badminton franchise [[Pune 7 Aces]] which plays in the [[Premier Badminton League]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=6 October 2018 |title=Taapsee Pannu turns businesswoman, buys Pune team in the Premiere Badminton League |url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/magazines/panache/taapsee-pannu-turns-businesswoman-buys-pune-team-in-the-premiere-badminton-league/articleshow/66096200.cms |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210209053332/https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/magazines/panache/taapsee-pannu-turns-businesswoman-buys-pune-team-in-the-premiere-badminton-league/articleshow/66096200.cms |archive-date=9 February 2021 |access-date=8 February 2021 |website=The Economic Times}}</ref> In 2019, Pannu raised awareness about children's health, and gender parity on [[Twitter]] with hashtag #WhyTheGap.<ref>{{Cite web |date=21 August 2019 |title=#WhyTheGap: Taapsee Pannu, Akshay Kumar, Dia Mirza share anecdotes, raising awareness on children's wellbeing |url=https://www.firstpost.com/entertainment/whythegap-taapsee-pannu-akshay-kumar-dia-mirza-share-anecdotes-raising-awareness-on-childrens-wellbeing-7198691.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210209053341/https://www.firstpost.com/entertainment/whythegap-taapsee-pannu-akshay-kumar-dia-mirza-share-anecdotes-raising-awareness-on-childrens-wellbeing-7198691.html |archive-date=9 February 2021 |access-date=8 February 2021 |website=Firstpost}}</ref> In December 2022, she attended [[NDTV]]'s show ''Jai Jawan'' and tested her mettle.<ref>{{Citation |title=Video {{!}} Jai Jawan with Taapsee Pannu |url=https://www.ndtv.com/video/news/jai-jawan/jai-jawan-with-taapsee-pannu-673123 |access-date=25 December 2022 |archive-date=25 December 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221225041139/https://www.ndtv.com/video/news/jai-jawan/jai-jawan-with-taapsee-pannu-673123 |url-status=live }}</ref>

== Personal life ==
Pannu was in an eleven year relationship with Danish badminton player [[Mathias Boe]] and was engaged to him for nine years before getting married.<ref>{{cite news |title=ICYDK: Taapsee Pannu and Mathias Boe were engaged for 9 years before getting married |url=https://www.ndtv.com/entertainment/before-getting-married-taapsee-pannu-and-mathias-boe-were-engaged-for-9-years-6307715 |work=NDTV |date=10 August 2024 |access-date=25 August 2024}}</ref> Following a court marriage in December 2023,<ref>{{cite news |title=Taapsee Pannu reveals the actual date of her wedding with Mathias Boe, explains why she kept it secret |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/entertainment/bollywood/taapsee-pannu-reveals-the-actual-date-of-her-wedding-with-mathias-boe-explains-why-she-kept-it-secret-101734243863317.html |work=Hindustan Times |date=15 December 2024 |access-date=15 December 2024}}</ref> Pannu married Boe on 23 March 2024 in a traditional wedding ceremony in [[Udaipur]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Taapsee Pannu marries Mathias Boe in intimate Udaipur ceremony — Who is he? |url=https://www.livemint.com/news/trends/taapsee-pannu-marries-mathias-boe-in-intimate-udaipur-ceremony-who-is-he-11711357620319.html |work=Mint |date=25 March 2024 |access-date=25 March 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Taapsee Pannu and Mathias Boe tie the knot in intimate ceremony in Udaipur |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/bollywood/taaspse-pannu-and-mathias-boe-tie-the-knot-in-intimate-ceremony-in-udaipur-reports-9232702/ |work=The Indian Express |date=25 March 2024 |access-date=26 March 2024}}</ref> They live in [[Odense]], Denmark.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://turisme24.dk/indisk-bollywood-stjerne-skal-lokke-turister-til-fyn/|title=Indisk Bollywood-stjerne skal lokke turister til Fyn|language=Danish|website=turisme24.dk|accessdate=22 October 2025}}</ref>

== Accolades ==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year
! Award
! Category
! Film
! Result
! {{Tooltip|Ref.|References}}
|-
| rowspan="2" | 2013
| [[Santosham Film Awards]]
| Special award(Jury)
|''[[Gundello Godari]]''
| {{won}}
| <ref>{{Cite news |date=19 September 2012 |title=Taapsee bagged santhosham special jury award |work=Idlebrain.com |url=http://www.idlebrain.com/news/functions/santoshamawards2012.html |url-status=live |access-date=11 April 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200217054545/http://www.idlebrain.com/news/functions/santoshamawards2012.html |archive-date=17 February 2020}}</ref>
|-
| [[T. Subbarami Reddy|TSR]] – [[TV9 Telugu|TV9]] National Film Awards
| Best Actress
| ''[[Mogudu (film)|Mogudu]]''
| {{won}}
| <ref>{{Cite web |date=18 April 2013 |title=TSR TV9 National film awards for 2011 and 2012 winners |url=http://idlebrain.com/news/functions1/announcement-tsrawardswinners.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210209053323/http://idlebrain.com/news/functions1/announcement-tsrawardswinners.html |archive-date=9 February 2021 |access-date=12 February 2020 |website=[[Idlebrain.com]]}}(in [[Telugu language|Telugu]])</ref>
|-
| rowspan="3"| 2014
| [[Edison Awards (India)|Edison Awards]]
| Most Enthusiastic Performer – Female Award
| rowspan="3"| ''[[Arrambam]]''
| {{Won}}
| <ref>{{Cite web |title=EDISON AWARDS 2014 |url=http://www.edisonawards.in/pages/pompous-occasion-details.php?id=23 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170519163119/http://www.edisonawards.in/pages/pompous-occasion-details.php?id=23 |archive-date=19 May 2017 |access-date=16 January 2020 |website=[[Edison Awards (India)|Edison Awards]]}}</ref>
|-
| [[61st Filmfare Awards South]]
| [[Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actress – Tamil|Best Supporting Actress – Tamil]]
| {{Nom}}
| <ref>{{Cite web |date=8 July 2014 |title=61st Idea Filmfare Awards (South) Nomination list |url=https://www.filmfare.com/features/61st-idea-filmfare-awards-south-nomination-list-6638.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191220034756/https://www.filmfare.com/features/61st-idea-filmfare-awards-south-nomination-list-6638.html |archive-date=20 December 2019 |access-date=16 January 2020 |website=Filmfare}}</ref>
|-
| [[3rd South Indian International Movie Awards]]
| Best Actress in a Supporting Role – Tamil
| {{Nom}}
|<ref>{{cite web |url=http://siima.in/2014/winners.html |title=3rd South Indian International Movie Awards |website=siima.in |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160528003615/http://siima.in/2014/winners.html |archive-date=28 May 2016}} </ref>
|-
| rowspan="6" |2017
| [[Stardust Awards]]
| [[Stardust Award for Actor of the Year – Female|Best Actor (Female)]]
| rowspan="6" | ''[[Pink (2016 film)|Pink]]''
| {{Nom}}
| <ref>{{Cite web |date=19 December 2016 |title=Nominations for Stardust Awards 2016 |url=https://www.bollywoodhungama.com/news/features/nominations-stardust-awards-2016/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190807142257/https://www.bollywoodhungama.com/news/features/nominations-stardust-awards-2016/ |archive-date=7 August 2019 |access-date=16 January 2020 |website=Bollywood Hungama}}</ref>
|-
| [[BIG Star Entertainment Awards|BIG Zee Entertainment Awards]]
| Most Entertaining Actor in a Social Film – Female
| {{Nom}}
| <ref>{{Cite web |date=22 July 2017 |title=Big ZEE Entertainment Awards: Nominations list |url=https://www.bizasialive.com/big-zee-entertainment-awards-nominations-list/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190626215355/https://www.bizasialive.com/big-zee-entertainment-awards-nominations-list/ |archive-date=26 June 2019 |access-date=9 October 2018 |website=Bizasialive.com}}</ref>
|-
| [[Jagran Film Festival]]
| Best Actor (Female) – Jury Special Award
| {{Won}}
| <ref name="PAA">{{Cite web |date=25 September 2017 |title=Jagran Film Festival 2017: Nawazuddin Siddiqui received Ragnigandha Achievers Award |url=http://www.mid-day.com/articles/8th-jagran-film-festival-closing-ceremony-nawazuddin-siddiqui-bags-achievers-award-see-complete-list-of-winners/18605159 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210209053408/https://www.mid-day.com/articles-all/ |archive-date=9 February 2021 |access-date=28 September 2017 |website=JFF}}</ref>
|-
| [[Zee Cine Awards]]
| [[Zee Cine Award for Best Actor – Female|Best Actress]]
| {{Nom}}
| <ref>{{Cite web |title=ZCA 2017 |url=http://www.zeecineawards.com/timeline/2017/winners/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200517023326/https://www.zeecineawards.com/timeline/2017/winners/ |archive-date=17 May 2020 |access-date=12 January 2020 |website=[[Zee Cine Awards]]}}</ref>
|-
| rowspan="2"| [[18th IIFA Awards]]
| [[IIFA Award for Best Actress|Best Actress]]
| {{Nom}}
| rowspan="2"| <ref>{{Cite news |date=16 July 2017 |title=IIFA Awards 2017: List Of Winners |work=NDTV |url=https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/18th-iifa-awards-2017-list-of-winners-1725332 |url-status=live |access-date=12 January 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210209053353/https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/18th-iifa-awards-2017-list-of-winners-1725332 |archive-date=9 February 2021}}</ref>
|-
| Woman Of The Year
| {{Won}}
|-
| rowspan="2" | 2018
| rowspan="2" | [[Zee Cine Awards]]
| Best Actress (Jury Choice)
| rowspan="2" |''[[Naam Shabana]]''|| {{Nom}}
| rowspan="2" |<ref>{{Cite web |title=ZCA 2018 |url=http://www.zeecineawards.com/timeline/2018/winners/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171231212032/http://www.zeecineawards.com/timeline/2018/winners/ |archive-date=31 December 2017 |access-date=12 January 2020 |website=[[Zee Cine Awards]]}}</ref>
|-
| Extraordinary Impact Award – Female
| {{Won}}
|-
| rowspan="6" |2019
|[[GQ (Indian edition)|GQ Style & Culture Awards 2019]]
|Excellence in Acting
| rowspan="2" |''[[Manmarziyaan]]''
| {{Won}}
|<ref>{{Cite web |date=1 April 2019 |title=GQ Style & Culture Awards 2019: Full List of Winners |url=https://www.gqindia.com/content/gq-style-and-culture-awards-2019-winners-full-list-most-stylish-man-ranveer-singh-most-stylish-woman-anushka-sharma-taapsee-pannu-rajkummar-rao-zoya-akhtar-and-more-winners |access-date=28 February 2020 |website=GQ India |archive-date=18 September 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200918105050/https://www.gqindia.com/content/gq-style-and-culture-awards-2019-winners-full-list-most-stylish-man-ranveer-singh-most-stylish-woman-anushka-sharma-taapsee-pannu-rajkummar-rao-zoya-akhtar-and-more-winners |url-status=live }}</ref>
|-
| rowspan="2" | [[Screen Awards]]
| [[Screen Award for Best Actress|Best Actress]]|| {{Nominated}}
| rowspan="2" | <ref>{{Cite web |date=17 December 2018 |title=Star Screen Awards 2018 FULL winners list: Ranveer Singh, Alia Bhatt, Rajkummar Rao walk away with trophies |url=https://www.timesnownews.com/entertainment/news/bollywood-news/article/star-screen-awards-2018-full-winners-list-ranveer-singh-alia-bhatt-rajkummar-rao-walk-away-with-trophies-bollywood-news/332088 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181217111010/https://www.timesnownews.com/entertainment/news/bollywood-news/article/star-screen-awards-2018-full-winners-list-ranveer-singh-alia-bhatt-rajkummar-rao-walk-away-with-trophies-bollywood-news/332088 |archive-date=17 December 2018 |access-date=12 January 2020 |website=Times Now}}</ref>
|-
| [[Screen Award for Best Actress (Critics)|Best Actress (Critics)]]
| rowspan="3" | ''[[Mulk (film)|Mulk]]''
| {{Nom}}
|-
| [[Zee Cine Awards]]
| Best Actor – Female (Viewers' Choice)
| {{Nom}}
| <ref>{{Cite web |title=Watch ZEE Cine Awards 2018 on 30th December & Online on OZEE.com |url=https://www.zeecineawards.com/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190301140006/https://www.zeecineawards.com/ |archive-date=1 March 2019 |access-date=1 March 2019 |website=Zee Cine Awards |language=en-US}}</ref>
|-
| [[64th Filmfare Awards]]
| [[Filmfare Critics Award for Best Actress|Best Actress (Critics)]]
| {{Nom}}
| <ref>{{Cite news |date=12 March 2019 |title=Nominations for the 64th Vimal Filmfare Awards 2019 |work=Filmfare |url=https://www.filmfare.com/news/bollywood/nominations-for-the-64th-vimal-filmfare-awards-2019_-32898-1.html |url-status=live |access-date=13 March 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190316052927/https://www.filmfare.com/news/bollywood/nominations-for-the-64th-vimal-filmfare-awards-2019_-32898-1.html |archive-date=16 March 2019}}</ref>
|-
| [[Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards|Nickelodeon Kids’ Choice Awards 2019]]
| Jodi Kamaal Ki Award (Shared with [[Bhumi Pednekar]])
| rowspan="3"| ''[[Saand Ki Aankh]]''
| {{Won}}
| <ref>{{Cite web |date=21 December 2019 |title=Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards 2019 Winners |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/bollywood/nickelodeon-kids-choice-awards-2019-ayushmann-khurrana-kartik-aryan-win-big-kriti-sanon-join-ninja-hattori-on-red-carpet-see-pics/story-DOx9dDcTScoQsqmS48EJGO.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210209053256/https://www.hindustantimes.com/bollywood/nickelodeon-kids-choice-awards-2019-ayushmann-khurrana-kartik-aryan-win-big-kriti-sanon-join-ninja-hattori-on-red-carpet-see-pics/story-DOx9dDcTScoQsqmS48EJGO.html |archive-date=9 February 2021 |access-date=28 February 2020 |website=Hindustan Times}}</ref>
|-
| rowspan="6" | 2020
| [[65th Filmfare Awards]]
| [[Filmfare Critics Award for Best Actress|Best Actress (Critics)]]
| {{won}}
| <ref>{{Cite web |date=16 February 2020 |title=Filmfare Awards 2020: Full list of winners |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/movies/bollywood/story/filmfare-awards-2020-full-list-of-winners-1646860-2020-02-16 |access-date=16 February 2020 |website=India Today |archive-date=16 February 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200216105618/https://www.indiatoday.in/movies/bollywood/story/filmfare-awards-2020-full-list-of-winners-1646860-2020-02-16 |url-status=live }}</ref>
|-
| rowspan="2"| [[26th Screen Awards]]
| [[Screen Award for Best Actress (Critics)|Best Actress (Critics)]]
| {{won}}
| rowspan="2"| <ref>{{Cite web |date=9 December 2019 |title=Star Screen Awards: Deepika Padukone, Ananya Panday add glam as Alia Bhatt, Ranveer Singh win top awards. Read complete winners list |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/bollywood/star-screen-awards-deepika-padukone-ananya-panday-add-glam-as-alia-bhatt-ranveer-singh-win-top-awards-read-complete-winners-list/story-wxcAy5E1LqYOcCwJkB6OtM.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191219091337/https://www.hindustantimes.com/bollywood/star-screen-awards-deepika-padukone-ananya-panday-add-glam-as-alia-bhatt-ranveer-singh-win-top-awards-read-complete-winners-list/story-wxcAy5E1LqYOcCwJkB6OtM.html |archive-date=19 December 2019 |access-date=9 December 2019 |website=Hindustan Times |language=en}}</ref>
|-
| [[Screen Award for Best Actress|Best Actress]]
| rowspan="3"| ''[[Badla (2019 film)|Badla]]''
| {{Nominated}}
|-
| [[Zee Cine Awards]]
| [[Zee Cine Critics Award for Best Actor – Female|Best Actress (Critics)]]
| {{won}}
| <ref>{{Cite web |date=14 March 2020 |title=Zee Cine Awards 2020 Winners List |url=https://news.abplive.com/entertainment/movies/zee-cine-awards-2020-winners-list-ranveer-singh-taapsee-pannu-ayushmann-khurrana-walk-away-with-trophies-1175146 |access-date=14 March 2020 |website=ABP News |archive-date=15 March 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200315152606/https://news.abplive.com/entertainment/movies/zee-cine-awards-2020-winners-list-ranveer-singh-taapsee-pannu-ayushmann-khurrana-walk-away-with-trophies-1175146 |url-status=live }}</ref>
|-
| [[21st IIFA Awards]]
| [[IIFA Award for Best Actress|Best Actress]]
| {{Nom}}
| <ref>{{Cite web |title=IIFA Awards 2020: Here are the nominations! |url=https://www.iifa.com/blog/Xl-zhxEAACIAaNIf/iifa-awards-2020-here-are-the-nominations |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200505143844/https://www.iifa.com/blog/Xl-zhxEAACIAaNIf/iifa-awards-2020-here-are-the-nominations |archive-date=5 May 2020 |access-date=10 March 2020 |website=International Indian Film Academy Awards}}</ref>
|-
| [[Ananda Vikatan Cinema Awards]]
| Best Actress
| ''[[Game Over (2019 film)|Game Over]]''
| {{won}}
| <ref>{{Cite web |date=12 January 2020 |title=Vikatan Awards 2019: Taapsee Pannu wins 'Best Actor' for Game Over, shares surreal moment with Dhanush and Vetrimaaran |url=https://www.thestatesman.com/entertainment/bollywood/vikatan-awards-2019-taapsee-pannu-wins-best-actor-game-shares-surreal-moment-dhanush-vetrimaaran-1502844173.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210209053304/https://www.thestatesman.com/entertainment/bollywood/vikatan-awards-2019-taapsee-pannu-wins-best-actor-game-shares-surreal-moment-dhanush-vetrimaaran-1502844173.html |archive-date=9 February 2021 |access-date=12 January 2020 |website=[[The Statesman (India)|The Statesman]]}}</ref>
|-
| rowspan="2" | 2021
| rowspan="2"|[[66th Filmfare Awards]]
| [[Filmfare Award for Best Actress|Best Actress]]
| rowspan="3"|''[[Thappad]]''
| {{won}}
|rowspan="2"|<ref>{{Cite web |date=25 March 2021 |title=66th Vimal Elaichi Filmfare Awards 2021: Check out the complete list of nominees |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/bollywood/news/66th-vimal-elaichi-filmfare-awards-2021-check-out-the-complete-list-of-nominees/articleshow/81691822.cms |access-date=25 March 2021 |website=The Times of India |archive-date=27 March 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210327133829/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/bollywood/news/66th-vimal-elaichi-filmfare-awards-2021-check-out-the-complete-list-of-nominees/articleshow/81691822.cms |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=28 March 2021 |title=Filmfare Awards 2021: Irrfan Khan, Taapsee Pannu film Thappad win big; check out the full winners' list |language=en |work=The Indian Express |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/bollywood/filmfare-awards-2021-irrfan-khan-taapsee-pannu-thappad-full-winners-list-7248758/ |access-date=28 March 2021 |archive-date=28 March 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210328034454/https://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/bollywood/filmfare-awards-2021-irrfan-khan-taapsee-pannu-thappad-full-winners-list-7248758/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
|-
| [[Filmfare Critics Award for Best Actress|Best Actress (Critics)]]
| {{nom}}
|-
|rowspan="4" | 2022
|[[22nd IIFA Awards]]
|[[IIFA Award for Best Actress|Best Actress]]
|{{nom}}
|<ref>{{Cite news |date=1 April 2022 |title=IIFA 2022 Nominations: Shershaah takes the lead with 12 Nominations, Ludo and 83 emerge as strong contenders; check out the complete list |work=Bollywood Hungama |url=https://www.bollywoodhungama.com/news/bollywood/iifa-2022-nominations-shershaah-takes-lead-12-nominations-ludo-83-emerge-strong-contenders-check-complete-list/ |access-date=4 April 2022 |archive-date=1 April 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220401133243/https://www.bollywoodhungama.com/news/bollywood/iifa-2022-nominations-shershaah-takes-lead-12-nominations-ludo-83-emerge-strong-contenders-check-complete-list/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
|-
| rowspan="2"|[[67th Filmfare Awards]]
| [[Filmfare Award for Best Actress|Best Actress]]
| ''[[Rashmi Rocket]]''
| {{nom}}
|rowspan="2"|<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://www.filmfare.com/features/winners-of-the-wolf777news-filmfare-awards-2022_-55337.html |title=Winners of the Wolf777news Filmfare Awards 2022 |magazine=Filmfare |agency=The Times Group |date=31 August 2022 |access-date=1 September 2022}}</ref>
|-
| [[Filmfare Critics Award for Best Actress|Best Actress (Critics)]]
| ''[[Haseen Dillruba]]''
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[2022 Filmfare OTT Awards]]
| Best Actress in a Web Original Film
| ''[[Looop Lapeta]]''
| {{won}}
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|-
| rowspan="3" |2023
| rowspan="2"|[[Bollywood Hungama Style Icons]]
| Most Stylish Actor - People's Choice (Female)
|{{NA}}
| {{nom}}
|rowspan="2"|<ref>{{cite news|title=Check out the complete list of winners of the Bollywood Hungama Style Icon Awards|url=https://www.bollywoodhungama.com/style-icons/winners.php|work=Bollywood Hungama|language=en|access-date=14 April 2023|archive-date=14 April 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230414204216/https://www.bollywoodhungama.com/style-icons/winners.php|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
| Most Stylish Trend Setter (Female)
|{{NA}}
| {{nom}}
|-
|[[68th Filmfare Awards]]
|[[Filmfare Critics Award for Best Actress|Best Actress (Critics)]]
|''[[Shabaash Mithu]]''
|{{nom}}
|<ref>{{Cite web |title=Nominations For The 68th Hyundai Filmfare Awards 2023 With Maharashtra Tourism |url=https://www.filmfare.com/features/nominations-for-the-68th-hyundai-filmfare-awards-2023-with-maharashtra-tourism-58094.html |access-date=28 April 2023 |website=filmfare.com |language=en |archive-date=24 April 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230424083516/https://www.filmfare.com/features/nominations-for-the-68th-hyundai-filmfare-awards-2023-with-maharashtra-tourism-58094.html |url-status=live }}</ref>
|-
|rowspan="2"|2024
|[[69th Filmfare Awards]]
|[[Filmfare Award for Best Actress|Best Actress]]
|rowspan="2"|''[[Dunki (film)|Dunki]]''
|{{Nominated}}
|<ref>{{Cite news |title=Filmfare Awards 2024 full list of nominees: Shah Rukh Khan gets 2 Best Actor nominations, Animal leads with 19 nods |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/entertainment/bollywood/filmfare-awards-2024-full-list-of-nominees-shah-rukh-khan-gets-2-best-actor-nominations-animal-leads-with-19-nods-101705337092903.html |work=Hindustan Times |date=15 January 2024 |access-date=16 January 2024 |archive-date=16 January 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240116015656/https://www.hindustantimes.com/entertainment/bollywood/filmfare-awards-2024-full-list-of-nominees-shah-rukh-khan-gets-2-best-actor-nominations-animal-leads-with-19-nods-101705337092903.html |url-status=live }}</ref>
|-
|[[24th IIFA Awards]]
|[[IIFA Award for Best Actress|Best Actress]]
|{{nom}}
|<ref>{{cite news |last=Sonali |first=Kriti |date=29 September 2024 |url=https://www.iifa.com/collection/XU2KexEAAD2Eq3XC/undefined |title=Shah Rukh Khan and Rani Mukerji win big |work=The Indian Express |access-date=28 December 2024 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240214055205/https://www.iifa.com/collection/XU2KexEAAD2Eq3XC/undefined |archive-date=14 February 2024 }}</ref>
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|2025
|[[Filmfare OTT Awards]]
|Best Actress in a Web Original Film
|''[[Phir Aayi Hasseen Dillruba]]''
|{{Nominated}}
|<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://www.filmfare.com/news/bollywood/nominations-for-filmfare-ott-awards-2025-full-list-out-79789.html |title=Nominations for Filmfare OTT Awards 2025: Full List Out |magazine=Filmfare |date=5 December 2025 |access-date=4 March 2026}}</ref>
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Pepperfry

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{{short description|Indian furniture company}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2022}}
{{Use Indian English|date=June 2022}}
{{Infobox company
| name = Pepperfry
| logo = Pepperfry logo.svg
| logo_caption =
| type = [[Publicly held company|Public]]
| industry = {{hlist|Home & Furniture|[[Omni-channel Retailing]]}}
| founded = {{start date|df=yes|2011|07}}
| founder =
| hq_location_city = [[Mumbai]]
| hq_location_country = [[India]]
| num_locations =
| area_served = [[India]]
| key_people = {{Unbulleted list|Ashish Shah ([[co-founder]] & [[CEO]])|[[Ambareesh Murty]] ([[co-founder]]|Sanjay Netrabile ([[Chief technology officer|CTO]])}}
| products = [[Furniture]], home décor
| revenue = {{Unbulleted list|{{Increase}} 224.5 Cr (2022)<ref name="Inch">{{cite news |title=[What The Financials] Pepperfry FY20 Revenue Grows 26%; Lower Advertising Costs Help Trim Loss |url=https://inc42.com/buzz/pepperfry-revenue-grows-26-lower-advertising-costs-help-trim-loss/ |work=Inc42 Media |date=5 February 2021}}</ref><ref name="entrackr " >{{cite news |title=Pepperfry's revenue touches Rs 250 Cr, losses widen 83% |url=https://entrackr.com/2022/09/pepperfrys-revenue-touches-rs-250-cr-losses-widen-83/ |work=entrackr |date=September 23, 2022}}</ref>|{{Increase}} 98 Cr (2016)<ref name="Mint2"/>}}
| operating_income = {{Increase}} Rs 247.0 Cr (2022)<ref name="entrackr"/> {{Increase}} Rs 201 Cr (2021)
| parent =
| website = {{official URL}}
}}
'''Pepperfry Limited''', formerly known as Pepperfry, is an Indian online marketplace for [[furniture]] and [[Interior design|home décor]].<ref name="Mint2">{{Cite web |last=Kotecha |first=Arushi |date=2017-11-28 |title=Pepperfry's recipe for success |url=https://www.livemint.com/Companies/kDhDfz2VteLz3z1ATZhpcN/Pepperfrys-recipe-for-success.html |access-date=2021-02-28 |website=mint |language=en}}</ref> The company was founded in July 2011 by Ambareesh Murty and Ashish Shah, and is headquartered in [[Mumbai]].<ref name=":5">{{cite news |last1=Chaudhary |first1=Deepti |date=24 August 2018 |title=Pepperfry: Carving out a niche |language=en |work=Fortune India |url=https://www.fortuneindia.com/enterprise/carving-out-a-niche/102313}}</ref> As of 2023, Pepperfry has 43 company-owned studios and 142 studios operating under its franchise model.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |date=2019-04-03 |title=Pepperfry targets gross merchandise value of $1 billion by 2021 |url=https://www.moneycontrol.com/news/business/companies/pepperfry-targets-gross-merchandise-value-of-1-billion-by-2021-3754081.html |access-date= |website=Moneycontrol |language=en}}</ref>

In May 2022, the company became a public company and announced plans to list on stock exchanges.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Kaur |first=Jaspreet |date=2022-05-21 |title=Ahead Of IPO, Pepperfry Converts Itself Into A Public Company |url=https://inc42.com/buzz/ahead-of-ipo-pepperfry-converts-itself-into-a-public-company/ |access-date= |website=Inc42 Media |language=en}}</ref><ref name=":2">{{Cite news |date=2022-07-29 |title=Pepperfry rejigs structure for IPO |work=The Times of India |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/business/india-business/pepperfry-rejigs-structure-for-ipo/articleshow/93195970.cms |access-date= |issn=0971-8257}}</ref>

== History ==
Pepperfry was founded in [[Mumbai]] in 2011 by Ambareesh Murty and Ashish Shah, both former [[eBay]] executives.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Menon |first1=Bindu D. |date=24 November 2017 |title=Pepperfry sees sizzle in online furniture retail |language=en |work=[[Business Line]] |url=https://www.thehindubusinessline.com/info-tech/Pepperfry-sees-sizzle-in-online-furniture-retail/article20729323.ece}}</ref><ref name=":5" /> The company opened its first offline store in [[Mumbai]] in 2014<ref>{{cite news |last1=Chakraborty |first1=Sayan |date=24 February 2017 |title=Pepperfry to expand offline presence as online sales slow |language=en |work=[[Mint (newspaper)|Mint]] |url=https://www.livemint.com/Companies/yZ1NTXgZAq0r68fXkaZ42N/Pepperfry-to-expand-offline-presence-as-online-sales-slow.html}}</ref> and expanded to over 70 stores across 28 cities in India by 2019.<ref>{{Cite news |last1=Gooptu |first1=Biswarup |last2=Shrivastava |first2=Aditi |title=Vertical ecom majors like Pepperfry, Nykaa feel the squeeze post Covid-19 outbreak |work=The Economic Times |url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/small-biz/startups/newsbuzz/from-nykaa-to-pepperfry-indias-vertical-ecom-majors-feel-the-squeeze-post-covid-19-outbreak/articleshow/74904939.cms |access-date=2021-02-28}}</ref><ref name="BI">{{cite news |last1=Dash |first1=Sanchita |date=19 June 2019 |title=EXCLUSIVE: An online furniture retailer in India saw its sales double after it opened physical 'experience' stores |work=[[Business Insider]] |url=https://www.businessinsider.in/pepperfry-studio-location-to-increase-50-as-sales-double/articleshow/69859900.cms}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Mathur |first=Nandita |date=2020-08-28 |title=Furniture e-tail to see fewer players |url=https://www.livemint.com/companies/news/urban-ladder-buyout-plan-to-consolidate-furniture-e-tail-11598634099063.html |access-date=2021-02-28 |website=mint |language=en}}</ref> It currently operates 43 company-owned studios in 13 cities and 142 franchise-owned studios in 109 cities,<ref name=":1" /> along with a logistics network, PepCart.<ref name=":3">{{cite news |last1=Modgil |first1=Shweta |date=1 December 2017 |title=Pepperfry Decided To Build India's Largest Furniture Warehouse And Here's Why |work=Inc42 Media |url=https://inc42.com/features/pepperfry-furniture-warehouse/}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Majumdar |first=Romita |title=Will Pepperfry become another Amazon? |url=https://www.rediff.com/business/report/will-pepperfry-become-another-amazon/20180529.htm |access-date=2023-10-09 |website=Rediff |language=en}}</ref> In 2020, Pepperfry entered the home interior space through partnerships with companies such as [[Hettich (company)|Hettich]], [[Bosch (company)|Bosch]], [[Siemens]], Kajaria, and [[Drywall|Gyproc]], among others.<ref>{{cite news |date=14 December 2018 |title=Pepperfry launches 'Pepperfry Bespoke', to take on Livspace, T-Hub's Hechpe, others |work=www.thenewsminute.com |url=https://www.thenewsminute.com/article/pepperfry-forays-interior-design-homes-launches-pepperfry-bespoke-93370}}</ref>

Pepperfry has warehouses in [[Bangalore]], [[Jodhpur]], [[Mumbai]], and [[Delhi]].<ref>{{cite news |date=30 September 2019 |title=Pepperfry launches built-to-suit home and furniture warehouse in Bangalore |work=[[The Economic Times]] |url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/small-biz/startups/newsbuzz/pepperfry-launches-indias-largest-built-to-suit-home-and-furniture-warehouse/articleshow/71370771.cms}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Baruah |first1=Ayushman |date=21 September 2019 |title=Pepperfry eyes IPO in 15 months, opens warehouse in Bengaluru |language=en |work=[[Mint (newspaper)|Mint]] |url=https://www.livemint.com/companies/news/pepperfry-plans-ipo-in-12-15-months-opens-tech-led-warehouse-in-bengaluru-1569040457017.html}}</ref><ref name=":3" /> In 2023, it added a fifth warehouse in Bangalore's [[Hoskote]] area.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Baruah |first=Ayushman |date=2019-09-21 |title=Pepperfry eyes IPO in 15 months, opens warehouse in Bengaluru |url=https://www.livemint.com/companies/news/pepperfry-plans-ipo-in-12-15-months-opens-tech-led-warehouse-in-bengaluru-1569040457017.html |access-date= |website=mint |language=en}}</ref>

In 2023, Pepperfry appointed Ashish Shah as the new CEO after the demise of former chief, Ambareesh Murty.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2023-09-05 |title=Pepperfry elevates cofounder Ashish Shah to CEO following demise of Ambareesh Murty |work=The Economic Times |url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/startups/pepperfry-elevates-cofounder-ashish-shah-to-ceo-following-demise-of-ambareesh-murty/articleshow/103387140.cms?from=mdr |access-date= |issn=0013-0389}}</ref>

== Funding ==
Pepperfry has raised a total of $285.3 million through ten funding rounds.<ref name=":2" /><ref name="Inch" /> In 2011, the company secured $5 million in its initial funding round,<ref name=":0">{{cite news |last1=Sanjai |first1=P.R. |date=1 April 2013 |title=Pepperfry.com raises $8 million from NVP |language=en |work=[[Mint (newspaper)|Mint]] |url=https://www.livemint.com/Industry/l9U5sPNvvzYoTAXosWwvXL/Pepperfrycom-raises-8-million-from-NVP.html}}</ref> followed by an additional $8 million in a Series B funding round in 2013. Both funding rounds were led by [[Norwest Venture Partners|Norwest Venture Partners India]] (NVP).

In May 2015, Pepperfry raised $15 million in a Series C funding round, with participation from Bertelsmann India Investments and NVP.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Shah |first1=Sneha |date=14 January 2019 |title=Existing investors may pump another $100M in Pepperfry - ETtech |language=en |work=[[The Economic Times]] |url=https://tech.economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/internet/existing-investors-may-invest-100m-in-pepperfry/67519933}}</ref>

In July 2015, the company raised $100 million in a Series D funding round. This round included investments from early backers as well as notable investors such as [[Goldman Sachs]] and Zodius Technology Fund.<ref name="livemint">{{cite news |last1=Chakraborty |first1=Sayan |date=27 July 2015 |title=Pepperfry gets $100 million investment from Goldman Sachs, others |language=en |work=[[Mint (newspaper)|Mint]] |url=https://www.livemint.com/Companies/z2BZz1QYfCBUT4Z68u7QZP/Pepperfry-raises-100-million-from-Goldman-Sachs-others.html}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last1=Shah |first1=Sneha |last2=Kalesh |first2=Baiju |date=2019-01-14 |title=Existing investors plan $100-m pep pill for Pepperfry |work=The Economic Times |url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/small-biz/startups/newsbuzz/existing-investors-plan-100-m-pep-pill-for-pepperfry/articleshow/67520726.cms?from=mdr |access-date= |issn=0013-0389}}</ref>

In 2016, Pepperfry raised a total of $69 million in a Series E funding round, with [[State Street Global Advisors]] and existing investors contributing to the funding.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Chakraborty |first1=Sayan |date=21 September 2016 |title=Pepperfry raises Rs210 crore in Series E funding |language=en |work=[[Mint (newspaper)|Mint]] |url=https://www.livemint.com/Companies/acpZTPt3krh60SBTiLDqxM/Pepperfry-raises-Rs210-crore-in-Series-E-funding.html}}</ref>

In 2020, Pepperfry secured $40 million in a Series F funding round, with [[Pidilite Industries]] taking the lead as the main investor.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Shah |first=Sneha |date=2020-02-10 |title=Pidilite leads $40m round in Pepperfry |work=The Economic Times |url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/small-biz/startups/newsbuzz/pidilite-leads-40m-round-in-pepperfry/articleshow/74055374.cms?from=mdr |access-date=2023-10-09 |issn=0013-0389}}</ref>

In 2021, Pepperfry raised $5 million in funding, and later on, an additional $40 million through a round of debt funding. The investors in this round included [[Norwest Venture Partners|Norwest Venture]], General Electric Pension Trust, and 45 family businesses and trusts.<ref name=":2" />

== Marketing and campaigns ==
Pepperfry launched the ''Swadeshi Is Great'' campaign in 2023 to celebrate and support local artisans and their products.<ref>{{Cite web |last=www.ETBrandEquity.com |title=With 'Swadeshi is Great' Pepperfry celebrates Indian craftsmanship - ET BrandEquity |url=https://brandequity.economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/marketing/with-swadeshi-is-great-pepperfry-celebrates-indian-craftsmanship/77350296 |access-date= |website=ETBrandEquity.com |language=en}}</ref>

== Awards and recognition ==

* 2012 Red Herring Asia Top 100 award.<ref>{{Cite web |title=How to Build India's Fastest Growing Lifestyle e-Retailer |url=https://www.indianretailer.com/magazine/2013/february/How-to-Build-India-s-Fastest-Growing-Lifestyle-e-Retailer.m61-1-1 |access-date= |website=Indian Retailer |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2012-09-13 |title=Pepperfry.com wins Red Herring Top 100 Asia Award For 2012 |url=https://www.afaqs.com/company-briefs/54953_pepperfrycom-wins-red-herring-top-100-asia-award-for-2012 |access-date= |website=afaqs!}}</ref>
* 2014: Awarded the "Pure-Play e-Retailer of the Year" at the Indian e-Retail Congress.<ref>{{Cite web |last=lubna |title=Online Furniture Startup Pepperfry Raises $40M in Series F Round |url=https://www.startupcityindia.com/news/online-furniture-startup-pepperfry-raises-40m-in-series-f-round |access-date= |website=StartupCity Magazine |language=en}}</ref>
* 2019: [[Entrepreneur (magazine)|Entrepreneur magazine]] recognized Pepperfry as one of the top 10 startups.<ref name=":42">{{cite news |last1=Singal |first1=Aastha |date=8 May 2019 |title=10 Mumbai-based Startups That Made it Big |url=https://www.entrepreneur.com/article/333461 |work=[[Entrepreneur (magazine)|Entrepreneur]] |language=en}}</ref>

== References ==
{{Reflist}}31. Pepperfry reviews on mouthshut [https://www.mouthshut.com/product-reviews/pepperfry-reviews-925642750 Mouthshut pepperfry reviews]

== External links ==

* [https://www.pepperfry.com/ Official website]

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Dioguinho D'Mello

2026-03-08T23:34:35Z

VenettaMahan1: Adding A Info With Sources

{{Short description|Indian writer and singer (1908–1976)}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Dioguinho D'Mello
| image = Dioguinho D'Mello.jpg
| caption = Portrait of de Mello during his youth
| birth_name = Francis Diogo Romano de Mello
| birth_date = {{birth date|1908|3|3|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[Pangim]], [[Goa]], [[Portuguese India]], [[Portuguese Empire]]
| death_place = Goa, India
| other_names = Diodem
| death_date = {{death date and age|1976|9|30|1908|3|3|df=y}}
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| years_active = {{circa|1925}}–1970s
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'''Francis Diogo Romano de Mello''' (3 March 1908 – 30 September 1976), known professionally as '''Dioguinho D'Mello''', was an Indian writer, singer, playwright, and sailor known for his work in ''[[tiatr]]'' productions. Referred to as the "Ambassador of the Konkani stage" by writer Fausto V. Da Costa, he was a [[multilingual]] singer. Using the [[pen name]] '''Diodem''', de Mello wrote for publications such as ''The Goa Mail'' and ''The Goa Times of Bombay''. In addition to ''Mogachi Vodd'', he penned several [[novels]] including ''Tambddo Moyekar'', ''Dharunn Calliz'', ''Khotto Put'', ''Konn Zait To Crimidor?'', and ''Ugddas 1901 Vorsacho''.

==Early life==
Francis Diogo Romano de Mello was born on 3 March 1908, in [[Pangim]], [[Goa]], which was part of [[Portuguese India]] during the [[Portuguese Empire]]. He was a native of [[Candolim]]. His early education was conducted in the Portuguese language, while his higher education was in English. This [[bilingual]] upbringing enabled him to develop proficient skills in both languages. De Mello embarked on a career in the [[industrial sector]], initially working at the [[Mazagon]] Docks and later at Richardson and Cruddas in [[Bombay]]. However, his adventurous character led him to pursue opportunities as a [[Steward's assistant|steward]] on various ships, allowing him to voyage to destinations such as Europe, Mexico, and [[Miami]] in the United States of America.<ref name=":0" /> Even from a young age, de Mello displayed a keen interest in singing. According to writer [[Tomazinho Cardozo]], de Mello possessed a "beautiful voice and a distinctive singing style, which contributed to the charm of his performances".<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |last=Cardozo |first=Tomazinho |date=2013-05-25 |title=Dioguinho D'Mello Ek 'multifaceted' tiatr kolakar |url=https://issuu.com/herald-goa/docs/25_may_amcho_avaz |access-date=2024-03-11 |website=[[O Heraldo]] |language=gom |archive-date=2023-02-26 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230226063001/https://issuu.com/herald-goa/docs/25_may_amcho_avaz |url-status=live }}</ref>

==Career==
De Mello introduced a unique [[yodelling]] technique characterized by a natural [[tremolo]] in his voice. His yodelling performances often resulted in applause. De Mello's vocal style encompassed [[melodic]] and expressive sounds, transitioning between [[falsetto]] and his normal voice. His [[literary work]], ''Mogachi Vodd'', which had its second edition released in 1971, served as the inspiration for the first black and white [[Konkani cinema|Konkani film]] titled ''[[Mogacho Aunddo]]'', produced by [[Al Jerry Braganza]] of [[Mapuçá]]. The film premiered on 24 April 1950. De Mello commenced his career on the [[Tiatr|Konkani stage]] at the age of 17. His compositions featured songs in Konkani, English, and Portuguese, often translating English songs into Konkani, a practice commonly adopted by [[solo (music)|solo]] singers in ''[[tiatr]]s'' during that era. De Mello's performances garnered acclaim, earning him a reputation and bringing recognition to the state of [[Goa]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite book |last=da Costa |first=Fausto V. |title=TIATR 125th Anniversary Commemorative Volume |publisher=[[Tiatr Academy of Goa]] |year=2019 |location=[[Panaji, Goa]] |pages=17–18}}</ref> As he traveled worldwide, he showcased [[Konkani language|Konkani]] songs at various events, effectively promoting [[Goan]] [[Culture of Goa|culture]] and acting as a [[cultural ambassador]] for the Konkani stage. During his visits to [[Bombay]], de Mello actively participated in ''tiatrs''.<ref name=":2">{{Cite book |last=Mazarello |first=Wilson |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=K-1PAQAAIAAJ |title=100 Years of Konkani Tiatro |date=2000 |publisher=Government of Goa, Directorate of Art & Culture |pages=82 |language=en |access-date=2024-03-11 |archive-date=2024-01-07 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240107200151/https://books.google.com/books?id=K-1PAQAAIAAJ |url-status=live }}</ref>

De Mello was known for his adeptness in composing and performing a diverse range of songs, including [[Mando (music)|Mandos]], [[Dulpod]]s, and [[Devotional song|devotional compositions]]. His musical [[repertoire]] encompassed a wide array of themes, exemplified by tracks such as "Atom Bomb," "Hem Mannic," "Cheddum Forsugelem, "Ponnjechea Pattear," "Orasaum Fatima Saibinnik," and "Sam Francis Xavier." These compositions gained popularity among the Goan populace and continue to be sung at places of worship, Mando festivals, and other auspicious occasions to this day. De Mello belonged to an era where he showcased his talent for blending English and [[Goan music|Konkani songs]], distinguishing him from his contemporaries. Among his peers were Patrick Fireman, Luis Borges, Emidio Sailor, Anthony Vaz, [[A. R. Souza Ferrão]], Souza Guiao, and [[Anthony De Sa (actor)|Anthony De Sa]]. In 1947, de Mello's vocal abilities earned him the first prize in a singing competition held at the Indo-Portuguese Institute in Bombay. During a visit by the Stars of Portugal to Goa, he was recognized as the preeminent voice of Goa among the gathering of singers. Many of his compositions were recorded by record labels such as [[Gramophone Company India]] and [[Twin/Tone Records]], further contributing to their popularity. Additionally, de Mello collaborated with his sister Ismenia, creating [[duet]]s that captivated audiences in ''tiatrs'', which are popular Goan theatrical productions. He played a pivotal role in promoting the works of fellow ''[[tiatrist]]s'' by introducing them to [[The Gramophone Company of India]]. His support and guidance played a significant role in establishing [[Jacinto Vaz]] as a professional musician, as he facilitated Vaz's admission into the National Artist Unity. Furthermore, de Mello assumed the key position of lead singer and organizer of the Konkani section of ''[[All India Radio|Emissora de Goa]]'', a [[broadcasting station]] dedicated to promoting local talent and culture.<ref name=":0" />

[[File:Onupcari Sounsar and the programme by Dioguinho D'Mello.jpg|thumb|"Lucky programme" for ''tiatr Onupcari Sounsar'' by de Mello (left), and programme summary from the lucky programme for the ''tiatr'' (right)]]
De Mello was known for his contributions to the ''[[tiatr]]'' genre in [[Goa]] as a playwright too. His [[repertoire]] included popular works such as ''Don Ghoranchi Dusmankai'', ''Dog Talhar Noure'', ''Xevott Abru Chorteleancho'', ''Addecho CID'', ''Don Endde Afrikanist'', ''Beiman'', ''Hi Doganchi Dusmankai'', and ''Sun Vo Visvaxi Bail'',<ref name=":0" /> among others. While many of De Mello's ''tiatrs'' achieved success and acclaim, a few of his works, including ''Sotachem Hatiar'', ''Niropradhi Chor'', and ''Bhikxecho Inam'', were not staged for public performances. Despite this, De Mello also made contributions as an actor in ''tiatrs'' directed by others. Even after losing his eyesight, De Mello displayed dedication to his craft by making a final appearance in [[Manuel D'Lima]]'s production of ''Soddvonddar'' in [[Pangim]]. The audience, composed of ardent ''tiatr'' enthusiasts, greeted him with a round of applause. Beyond his involvement in ''tiatr'', De Mello exhibited versatility as a writer, contributing articles to publications such as ''The Goa Mail'' and ''The Goa Times of Bombay'' under the [[pen name]] Diodem. He also delved into the realm of [[romance novel]]s, crafting literary works including ''Mogachi Vodd'', ''Tambddo Moyekar'', ''Dharunn Calliz'', ''Khotto Put'', ''Konn Zait To Crimidor?'', and ''Ugddas 1901 Vorsacho''. Throughout his career, de Mello established himself as a dedicated and responsible artist, approaching his work with commitment and consistency, writes Fausto V. da Costa.<ref name=":0" />

Author Fausto V. da Costa sheds light on the life of de Mello, as a [[seafarer]], through a publication featured in the ''[[Evening Chronicle]]'' ([[London]]) on 15 May 1953. Da Costa's account reveals that de Mello possessed talents as a singer and demonstrated prowess in his theatrical performances. During his stay at [[Blyth, Northumberland|Blyth]] port in London, where his vessel was undergoing an extensive three-month repair process, de Mello's devout adherence to [[Roman Catholicism]] led him to actively partake in the [[Eucharistic]] celebration every Sunday. He fostered a warm rapport with the [[parish priest]], who extended invitations to de Mello and his fellow [[Goan]] crew members to participate in a program encompassing dance, songs, and cuisine. During this memorable occasion, de Mello captivated the audience by delivering a [[repertoire]] of seven songs. This was succeeded by an invitation to the prominent [[social group]], where he once more gained the admiration of everyone present. His talent quickly became the talk of the city, that spread throughout London. As the time approached for de Mello and his Goan companions to resume their maritime journey, the Blyth District Club and its members organized a farewell gathering in their honor, In recognition of de Mello's contributions, he was bestowed with a memento, symbolizing the cherished memories forged during their time together.
It is worth noting that de Mello holds the distinction of being the first ''[[tiatrist]]'', a Goan theatrical artist, to have graced an English stage with his singing. In addition to his performances in his native [[Goa]] and [[Bombay]], de Mello's talents also captivated audiences in locations such as [[Liverpool]], [[Birkenhead]], [[Glasgow]], [[Veracruz]], Mexico, the United States, and Africa.<ref name=":0" />

==Personal life==
De Mello had a sister named Ismenia Fernandes<ref>{{Cite web |title=First lady of the tiatr stage |url=https://www.thegoan.net/goa-news/first-lady-of-the-tiatr-stage/1892.html |access-date=2024-03-11 |website=The Goan EveryDay |language=en}}</ref> ([[née]] de Mello), who was employed by ''[[All India Radio|Emissora de Goa]]'' and was a singer in the [[Tiatr|Konkani theatrical genre]]. De Mello was recognized as a devoted [[Roman Catholic]], regularly participating in [[Eucharistic]] celebrations, even during his travels as a [[seafarer]]. His sister, Ismenia, resided in the Orda ward in [[Candolim]] and was a neighbor of writer and politician [[Tomazinho Cardozo]]. De Mello frequently visited his sister, engaging in evening singing sessions with her and their friends. Despite declining health that led to the loss of his eyesight in his later years, de Mello remained active, demonstrating his passion for [[Konkani language]], Konkani theatrical performances, and [[Goan music|Konkani music]] through his creative endeavors.<ref name=":1" /> On 30 September 1976, he died, aged 68, in [[Goa]].<ref name=":0" />

==Selected stage works==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
!Year
!Title
!Role
!Notes
!Ref
|-
|
|''Don Ghoranchi Dusmankai''
|Writer
|
|rowspan="5"|<ref name=":0" />
|-
|
|''Dog Talhar Noure''
|Writer
|
|-
|
|''Xevott Abru Chorteleancho''
|Writer
|
|-
|
|''Addecho CID''
|Writer
|
|-
|
|''Don Endde Afrikanist''
|Writer
|
|-
|
|''Beiman''
|Writer
|
|rowspan="3"|<ref name=":2" />
|-
|
|''Hi Doganchi Dusmankai''
|Writer
|
|-
|1956
|''Onupcari Sounsar''
|Lapit Bostiao
|Also writer & director
|-
|
|''Sun Vo Visvaxi Bail''
|Writer
|
|rowspan="5"|<ref name=":0" />
|-
|
|''Sotachem Hatiar''
|Writer
|Unreleased ''tiatr''
|-
|
|''Niropradhi Chor''
|Writer
|Unreleased ''tiatr''
|-
|
|''Bhikxecho Inam''
|Writer
|Unreleased ''tiatr''
|-
|
|''Soddvonddar''
|Unnamed role
|Final production
|}

==Bibliography==
* ''Mogachi Vodd'' (second edition published in 1971)
* ''Tambddo Moyekar''
* ''Dharunn Calliz''
* ''Khotto Put''
* ''Konn Zait To Crimidor?''
* ''Ugddas 1901 Vorsacho''

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*{{Imdb name|id=4474537}}

{{Authority control}}

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[[Category:1908 births]]
[[Category:1976 deaths]]
[[Category:Tiatrists]]
[[Category:Writers from North Goa district]]
[[Category:Musicians from North Goa district]]
[[Category:Konkani-language singers]]

My Son Is Gay

2026-03-03T03:20:50Z

VenettaMahan1: done

{{distinguish|Oy Vey! My Son Is Gay!!}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2015}}
{{Use Indian English|date=November 2015}}
{{Infobox film
| name = My Son Is Gay
| image = My_Son_Is_Gay_Poster.jpg
| alt =
| caption =
| director = [[Lokesh Kumar]]
| starring = [[Anupama Kumar]] Ashwinjith Abishek Joseph George [[Kishore (actor, born 1974)|Kishore]] [[Jayaprakash (actor)|Jayaprakash]]
| music = Santhan Anebajagane
| cinematography = Rathina Kumar
| editing = Dani Charles
| studio = Beyond The Limit Creations
| producer = Anil Saxena [[Lokesh Kumar]]
| distributor =
| released = {{Film date|2017|8|19|[[Indian Film Festival of Melbourne]]}}
| runtime = 115 Minutes<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.iffm.com.au/iffm2018/iffm2017/gay.html|title = Beyond Bollywood My Son Is Gay|publisher = [[Indian Film Festival of Melbourne]]|accessdate = September 20, 2020|url-status=live|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20190320221810/http://www.iffm.com.au/iffm2018/iffm2017/gay.html|archive-date = March 20, 2019}}</ref>
| country = India
| language = Tamil
| budget =
| gross =
}}
'''''My Son Is Gay''''', also known as '''''En Magan Magizhvan''''' in India ({{langx|ta|என் மகன் மகிழ்வன்|Eṉ Makaṉ Makiḻvaṉ}}), is a 2017 Indian [[Tamil language|Tamil]]-language film. It is a tale of a gay man [[coming out]] and the impact it has on his relationship with his mother and other people around them. [[Lokesh Kumar]], a filmmaker from [[Chennai, India]], wrote and directed the film.<ref name="TOI">{{cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/tamil/movies/news/A-film-on-gay-love-in-Tamil/articleshow/51122401.cms|title=A film on gay love in Tamil|first=Logesh|last=Balachandran|work=[[The Times of India]]|date=January 6, 2017|access-date=September 20, 2020|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160229200237/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/tamil/movies/news/A-film-on-gay-love-in-Tamil/articleshow/51122401.cms|archive-date=February 29, 2016}}</ref> The film is about acceptance, tolerance, and the right of marginalized people to live with dignity in mainstream of society.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/entertainment/review/2014/may/09/crowd-funding-a-talking-point-610265.html|title=Crowd-funding a talking point|first=Suhas|last=Yellapantula|work=[[The New Indian Express]]|date=May 9, 2014|access-date=September 20, 2020|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190819013744/http://www.newindianexpress.com/entertainment/review/2014/may/09/Crowd-funding-a-talking-point-610265.html|archive-date=August 19, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.indiatvnews.com/entertainment/bollywood/my-son-is-gay-movie-director-lokesh-interview-13340.html|title=Filmmaker Lokesh: "My Son is Gay", about an emotional relationship between a mother and her gay son|first=Indiatv|last=PTI|work=[[India TV]]|date=April 10, 2014|access-date=September 20, 2020|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141019012807/https://www.indiatvnews.com/entertainment/bollywood/my-son-is-gay-movie-director-lokesh-interview-13340.html|archive-date=October 19, 2014}}</ref> The film has won 4 awards.<ref name="TNM">{{cite web|url=https://www.thenewsminute.com/article/en-magan-magizhvan-wins-best-film-indian-world-film-festival-78279|title='En Magan Magizhvan' wins Best Film at Indian World Film Festival|first=TNM|last=Staff|work=[[The News Minute]]|date=March 21, 2018|access-date=September 20, 2020|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190201033638/https://www.thenewsminute.com/article/en-magan-magizhvan-wins-best-film-indian-world-film-festival-78279|archive-date=February 1, 2019}}</ref>

== Plot ==
Lakshmi is a mother and a no-nonsense school principal. Her life is uncomplicated and safe and she is blissfully unaware of the storm brewing that will threaten everything she believes in. She loves her son Varun, a cheerful and a carefree young man who is devoted to her. Varun always knew he was different from other boys, but felt secure in his mother's love. That security is shattered when Lakshmi discovers Varun is gay and rejects him. Varun finds love with Karthik, but he will never be as happy as he once was. Lakshmi can't bear the loss of her son and sets out to find him.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://asianmoviepulse.com/2018/06/film-review-my-son-is-gay-2018-by-lokesh-kumar|title=Film Review : My Son Is Gay ( 2018) by Lokesh Kumar|first=Sankha|last=Ray|work=Asian Movie Pulse|date=June 25, 2018|access-date=September 20, 2020|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200831040346/https://asianmoviepulse.com/2018/06/film-review-my-son-is-gay-2018-by-lokesh-kumar|archive-date=August 31, 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://medium.com/@lav1411/my-son-is-gay-biff-liff-homosexuality-lgbtq-cinema-india-tamil-b89519b86014|title=BIFF 2018: My Son is Gay: a bold story defeated by its packaging|first=Lavanya Lakshmi|last=Narayanan|work=[[Medium (website)|Medium]]|date=July 4, 2018|access-date=September 20, 2020|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180826171221/https://medium.com/@lav1411/my-son-is-gay-biff-liff-homosexuality-lgbtq-cinema-india-tamil-b89519b86014|archive-date=August 26, 2018}}</ref>

== Cast ==
{{colbegin}}
* [[Anupama Kumar]] as Lakshmi
* Ashwinjith as Varun
* Abishek Joseph George as Karthik
* [[Jayaprakash (actor)|Jayaprakash]] as Dr Ram
* [[Kishore (actor, born 1974)|Kishore]] as Gopi
* [[Sriranjani (Tamil actress)|Sriranjani]] as Uma
* Eswari as Chandrama
* Sharath as Rohit
* [[Maya S. Krishnan]] as Maya
* Sharukh Ahmed as Sharukh
* Sowmith Yadav as Aakash
{{colend}}

== Production ==
The project began as a Hindi-language feature film in 2013.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.dnaindia.com/entertainment/report-a-look-at-my-son-is-gay-india-s-first-crowd-funded-lgbt-film-1989399|title=A look at 'My Son Is Gay' - India's first crowd-funded LGBT film |first=Yogesh|last=Pawar|work=[[DNA (newspaper)|DNA]]|date=May 18, 2014|access-date=September 20, 2020|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200702084839/https://www.dnaindia.com/entertainment/report-a-look-at-my-son-is-gay-india-s-first-crowd-funded-lgbt-film-1989399|archive-date=July 2, 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gaylaxymag.com/articles/current-affairs/my-son-is-gay-how-a-bold-new-feature-is-taking-indian-queer-cinema-by-storm/#gs.glm3mt|title=My Son is Gay: How A Bold New Feature Is Taking Indian Queer Cinema By Storm |first=Dhrubo|last=Jyoti|work=[[Gaylaxy]]|date=May 14, 2014|access-date=September 20, 2020|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200204233747if_/http://www.gaylaxymag.com/articles/current-affairs/my-son-is-gay-how-a-bold-new-feature-is-taking-indian-queer-cinema-by-storm/#gs.glm5fe|archive-date=February 4, 2020}}</ref> The makers made an unsuccessful attempt at crowd-funding and put the film on hold for almost two years.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thehindu.com/entertainment/movies/lokesh-kumar-on-my-son-is-gay/article17456323.ece|title=The other angle|first=Subha J|last=Rao|work=[[The Hindu]]|date=March 13, 2017|access-date=September 20, 2020|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190819013734/https://www.thehindu.com/entertainment/movies/lokesh-kumar-on-my-son-is-gay/article17456323.ece|archive-date=August 19, 2019}}</ref> By 2016 the director [[Lokesh Kumar]] and Anil Saxena (producer) decided to produce it in Tamil.<ref name="TOI"/> The movie was shot at Malabar Cove (near the famous Drive-in Beach of Muzhappilangad) in [[Kannur]], [[Kerala]], [[South India]]. The film was completed by early 2017 and saw its world premiere at the [[Indian Film Festival of Melbourne]]. It was selected to be shown at the [[New York Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, & Transgender Film Festival|New York LGBT Film Festival]] in October 2017. The film was also selected in Dialogues Kolkata LGBT fest and had its Indian Premiere there. The film had its Chennai Premiere in 15th Chennai International Film Festival by December 2017. The film had great response in Kolkata and Chennai.

In 2018, the rights of the film was acquired by a [[Mumbai]] based company called Select Media & the film was dubbed in [[Hindi]] language, which was further sold to [[Star India]] for their television streaming. The Hindi dubbed version was released on 4 October 2020 and the original Tamil version was released on 4 November 2020 in Youtube.

== References ==
{{reflist|30em}}

==External links==
* http://www.mysonisgaythemovie.com/
* {{IMDb title|3638722}}

[[Category:Indian independent films]]
[[Category:Indian LGBTQ-related films]]
[[Category:2017 Tamil-language films]]
[[Category:2017 Indian films]]
[[Category:2017 LGBTQ-related films]]
[[Category:Tamil-language Indian films]]

Anarta

2026-03-01T18:55:28Z

VenettaMahan1: correct article further and added references after review

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'''Anarta''' ({{langx|sa|आनर्त}}, {{IAST|Ānarta}}) was an ancient [[India]]n region which corresponded to the present-day North [[Saurashtra (region)|Saurashtra]] to [[North Gujarat]] regions in [[Gujarat]] state of India.<ref>Mahajan, V.D. (1960, reprint 2007). ''Ancient India'', New Delhi: S. Chand, {{ISBN|81-219-0887-6}}, p.423</ref> Several ancient inscriptions and literary sources mention a town called Anartapura or Anandapura, which is identified as the area in and around the present-day [[Vadnagar]].<ref name=toi>{{cite news|title=Lost city could be Gujarat's womb: Archaeologists|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/ahmedabad/Lost-city-could-be-Gujarats-womb-Archaeologists/articleshow/4973865.cms|work=The Times of India|date=4 September 2009|access-date =20 August 2014}}</ref>

==Anarta in the Puranic literature==
According to the Puranic accounts, this region was ruled by the Sharyata dynasty rulers, who claimed their descent from Sharyati, a son of [[Manu (Hinduism)|Vaivasvata Manu]]. The kingdom was named after Anarta, the son of Sharyati. The capital of this kingdom was Kushasthali (the ancient name of [[Dvārakā|Dwaraka]]). The last ruler of this dynasty was [[Kakudmi]]. After him, it was occupied by the Punyajana Rakshasas.<ref>[[F. E. Pargiter|Pargiter, F.E.]] (1922, reprint 1972). ''Ancient Indian Historical Tradition'', New Delhi: Motilal Banarsidass, p.98</ref> Later, the Yadavas migrated to this region under the leadership of [[Lord Krishna]].<ref>Pargiter, F.E. (1922, reprint 1972). ''Ancient Indian Historical Tradition'', New Delhi: Motilal Banarsidass, p.282</ref>

Sage [[Chyavana]] was also connected with Sharyati and Anarta. He married [[Sukanya]], daughter of Sharyati and sacrificed for him.<ref>Pargiter, F.E. (1922, reprint 1972). ''Ancient Indian Historical Tradition'', New Delhi: Motilal Banarsidass, p.194</ref> His descendants were associated with the [[Haihayas]], which occupied the neighbouring region, apparently after the demise of the Sharyata kingdom.<ref>Pargiter, F.E. (1922, reprint 1972). ''Ancient Indian Historical Tradition'', New Delhi: Motilal Banarsidass, p.304</ref>

==Anarta under Saka rule==
The Junagarh rock inscription of the [[Saka]] ruler [[Rudradaman I]] mentions Anarta as a part of his kingdom. He placed Anarta under his ''Pahlava'' ([[Parthia]]n) ''Amatya'' (minister) Suvishakha, who re-built a dam on the ''Sudarshana'' Lake there.<ref>Raychaudhuri, H.C. (1972). ''Political History of Ancient India'', Calcutta: University of Calcutta, pp.447, 449</ref>

==Notes==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20090223182107/http://projectsouthasia.sdstate.edu/Docs/HISTORY/PRIMARYDOCS/EPIGRAPHY/JunagadhRockInscription.htm The Junagarh rock inscription of Rudradaman I]

[[Category:Historical regions in India]]
[[Category:History of Gujarat]]
[[Category:Vadnagar]]

Estuaries of Paravur

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{{short description|Group of Estuaries in Paravur, Kollam}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2019}}
{{Use Indian English|date=September 2019}}
The '''Paravur Estuaries''' are a group of estuaries in [[Paravur, Kollam|Paravur]], [[India]], near the South-Western coast of [[Kollam district]], [[Kerala]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.indianofficer.com/topic/2152-estuaries-of-india/ |title=Estuaries Of India |access-date=16 March 2015}}</ref> Paravur is one among the 4 municipal towns in Kollam district, Kerala state. The place is known for its natural beauties, backwater locations, white-sand beaches and concentration of temples.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.paravurmunicipality.in/ml/history |title=Paravur Municipality |access-date=16 March 2015 |archive-date=10 October 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171010082406/http://www.paravurmunicipality.in/ml/history |url-status=dead }}</ref>
[[File:Boating at Paravur Lake, Thekkumbhagam.jpg|right|thumb|Boating at [[Paravur Lake]]]]
[[File:Thekkumbhagam-Kappil bridge, Paravur.jpg|right|thumb|[[Thekkumbhagam]]-[[Kappil, Thiruvananthapuram|Kappil]] bridge as seen from Paravur Estuary. This bridge is the official border of [[Paravur, Kollam|Paravur]] town towards south]]

==Geography==
[[File:Paravur backwaters & beaches.jpg|right|thumb|[[Pozhikkara]] peninsula in the north of [[Paravur, Kollam|Paravur]] town]]
[[Paravur, Kollam|Paravur]] is a land of beaches, backwaters & estuaries. The [[Paravur, Kollam|Paravur]] landmass's three sides are surrounded by water bodies - [[Paravur Lake]], Nadayara Lake and the [[Arabian Sea]]. [[Paravur Lake]] is the main body of water in the town area, having a catchment area of 6.62 km2. The peninsula of [[Paravur, Kollam|Paravur]] is one of the most visited areas in [[Kollam district]]. Both north and south tips of [[Paravur, Kollam|Paravur]] town have peninsulas and estuaries. [[Pozhikara]] is to the north and [[Thekkumbhagam]] is to the south of [[Paravur, Kollam|Paravur]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.indianofficer.com/topic/2152-estuaries-of-india/ |title=Estuaries of India |access-date=16 March 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.iaeng.org/publication/WCE2009/WCE2009_pp694-699.pdf |title=Impact of Sea-Sand Filling in the Paravur-Kappil Backwaters, Southern Kerala with Special Reference to Phytoplankton Productivity |access-date=16 March 2015}}</ref> One more estuary mouth is in [[Pozhikara]], which is very close to [[Pozhikara]] Devi Temple, which has breached in 2014 under the supervision of Water Resources Department (WRD), after a long gap of 14 years.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/kerala/paravur-estuary-breached/article5960820.ece |title=Paravur estuary breached :The Hindu |website=[[The Hindu]] |access-date=16 March 2015}}</ref>

The estuaries can be reached by travelling through [[Kollam-Paravur Coastal Road]] and [[Paravur, Kollam|Paravur]]-[[Kappil, Thiruvananthapuram|Kappil]]-[[Varkala]] road.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Tu0imj39FwkC&q=paravoor+pozhikkara+population&pg=PA186 |title=Coastal Zone Management: By Ramakrishnan Korakandy |isbn=9788178353036 |access-date=16 March 2015|last1=Korakandy |first1=Ramakrishnan |year=2005 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://in.geoview.info/paravurpozhikkarathanni_road,101048972w |title=Paravur-Pozhikkara-Thanni Road |access-date=16 March 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/kerala/elephant-swoons-dies-by-roadside-in-pozhikkara/article5708823.ece |title=Elephant swoons, dies by roadside in Pozhikkara : The Hindu |website=[[The Hindu]] |access-date=16 March 2015}}</ref> The 600 hectare [[Polachira|Polachira Wetland]] is also close to [[Paravur, Kollam|Paravur]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/kerala/sediment-analysis-decodes-climate-history/article5996533.ece |title=Sediment analysis decodes climate history : The Hindu |website=[[The Hindu]] |access-date=16 March 2015}}</ref>

==Pozhi==
[[File:Thekkumbhagam Estuary, Paravur.jpg|right|thumb|Paravur Estuary mouth at [[Thekkumbhagam]]]]
''Pozhi'' is a natural phenomena of formation of a sand bar along the coast separating sea and backwaters in the peninsula areas during summer season but which erode during the monsoon season, allowing the sea to be merged with the backwaters. Paravur backwaters' on both the north (Thanni beach) and south ends ([[Thekkumbhagam]] beach) have ''Pozhi''. Both meet the [[Arabian Sea]] in the district's beach faces. There is an artificial tidal-regulator in the spillway bridge at [[Pozhikara]] estuarine area, constructed in 1957 to control the salt water intrusion into [[Paravur Lake]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.neptjournal.com/journal-details.php?id=1&q_id=1 |title=Nept Journal |access-date=16 March 2015 |archive-date=2 April 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402164743/http://www.neptjournal.com/journal-details.php?id=1&q_id=1 |url-status=dead }}</ref> This phenomenon provides abundant water for people living in the Grama panchayats of [[Ithikkara]], [[Velinalloor]], [[Pooyappally]], [[Adichanalloor]], parts of [[Poothakkulam]], [[Polachira]], [[Mayyanad]], [[Chirakkara]], [[Chathannoor]], Elakamon, [[Edava]] and the [[Paravur, Kollam|Paravur]] municipal area.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/kerala/paravur-estuary-gets-blocked-wells-swell/article5950749.ece |title=Paravur estuary gets blocked, wells swell : The Hindu |website=[[The Hindu]] |access-date=16 March 2015}}</ref>

==Paravur Lake==
{{main|Paravur Lake}}
[[File:Paravur Lake, Kollam - An evening scene.jpg|right|thumb|An evening view of [[Paravur Lake]]]]
[[Paravur Lake]] is a lake in [[Paravur, Kollam|Paravur]], [[Kerala]], [[India]].<ref>[http://civildigital.com/study-various-lakes-kerala-environmental-issues/ A Study on Various Lakes In Kerala and Environmental Issues]</ref> Although it is small, with an area of only 6.62 km2,<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.kerala.gov.in/statistical/panchayat_statistics2001/klm_glnc.htm |title=Kollam at a Glance |access-date=16 March 2015 |archive-date=2 October 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081002103305/http://www.kerala.gov.in/statistical/panchayat_statistics2001/klm_glnc.htm |url-status=dead }}</ref> it is the end point of the [[Ithikkara River]] and part of the system of lakes and [[canal]]s that make up the [[Kerala Backwaters]]. It has been connected to [[Edava]] and [[Ashtamudi Kayal]] as part of the [[Trivandrum - Shoranur canal]] system since the late 19th century.

==References==
{{Reflist}}
{{Paravur |state=expanded}}
{{Kollam |state=collapsed}}

{{coord missing|Kerala}}

[[Category:Estuaries of India]]
[[Category:Tourist attractions in Kollam district]]
[[Category:Wetlands in Kollam district]]

Govt Higher Secondary School Puliyanam

2026-02-27T19:02:17Z

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'''Govt. Higher Secondary school, Puliyanam''' is a school situated in [[Parakkadavu]] Gram Panchayat,<ref>{{Cite web |title=Schools in Parakkadavu - Ernakulam district of Kerala |url=https://study4sure.com/institutes/schools/kerala/ernakulam/school.php?place=Parakkadavu |access-date=2024-06-11 |website=study4sure.com}}</ref> [[Ernakulam District]], [[Kerala]],<ref>{{Cite web |title=GHSS Puliyanam {{!}} Ernakulam District Website {{!}} India |url=https://ernakulam.nic.in/public-utility/ghss-puliyanam/ |access-date=2024-06-11 |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Govt. H. S. S. Puliyanam |url=http://sv1.mathrubhumi.com/education/schools/Govt._H._S._S._Puliyanam/1285/ |access-date=2024-06-11 |website=Mathrubhumi Education}}</ref> [[India]]. The school is situated in [[Angamaly Assembly constituency|Angamaly assembly constituency]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Smart Class Facility in Schools in Angamaly |url=http://www.niyamasabha.org/codes/14kla/session_11/ans/u02767-180618-907000000000-11-14.pdf |access-date=11 May 2024 |website=www.niyamasabha.org}}</ref> The school was established on 1947.The school is situated in [[Puliyanam]]-[[Vattaparambu]] Road. [[Bose Krishnamachari]] is an alumnus of this school.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Bose Krishnamachari |url=http://shaktitrails.com/spirit/BOSE%20KRISHNAMACHARI |access-date=2024-06-11 |website=shaktitrails.com |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Bose Krishnamachari {{!}} Palette Art Gallery |url=http://www.paletteartgallery.com/profile/bose-krishnamachari |access-date=2024-06-11 |website=www.paletteartgallery.com}}</ref>

== History ==
In 1947, a lower primary school was started under Bhadrakali Mattappilli Mana located in Puliyanam village.<ref>{{Cite web |title=പുളിയനം ഗവ. ഹയർ സെക്കൻഡറി സ്കൂൾ പ്ലാറ്റിനം ജൂബിലി ആഘോഷ സമാപനം |url=https://www.manoramaonline.com/district-news/ernakulam/2023/09/07/ernakulam-puliyanam-hss-platinum-jubilee.html |access-date=2024-06-11 |website=www.manoramaonline.com |language=ml}}</ref> This school was started in a building called Sri.Bhadrakali Mattapalli Mana Vaka Pattarumadam. Mr. Devan Vasudevan Namboothiripad was the Karanavar of Mana at that time.<ref>{{Cite web |last=V |first=Sreehari Sasikumar |date=2024-04-16 |title=Angamaly's leopard lair turns granite quarry |url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/cities/kochi/2024/Apr/16/angamalys-leopard-lair-turns-granite-quarry |access-date=2024-06-11 |website=The New Indian Express |language=en}}</ref> Later the Mana authorities handed over this school to Government of Kerala. It was upgraded to Upper Primary in 1963, High School in 1966 and Higher Secondary School in 1997.

==Amenities==
All high school and higher secondary school as now upgraded to smart class rooms by KITES.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://survey.kite.kerala.gov.in/index.php/welcome/allschools_districtwise/|title=HIGH TECH SCHOOL|website=survey.kite.kerala.gov.in|access-date=2019-12-07}}</ref> A weather station and rain water storage tank is situated in the campus.

==Curriculum==
The school follows Kerala State Syllabus of Education (SCERT) for classes from 1st to 12th.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://dhsekerala.gov.in/schoolist.aspx?dcode=07|title=schoolist|website=dhsekerala.gov.in|access-date=2024-06-11|archive-date=2020-01-17|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200117135959/http://www.dhsekerala.gov.in/schoolist.aspx?dcode=07|url-status=dead}}</ref>

==Buildings==
The school has one double storied building and four single storied building. The higher secondary class rooms are working in the double storied building. High school class rooms and labs are functioning in single storied buildings. A large play ground is situated near by the buildings.

==Notable alumni==
* [[Bose Krishnamachari]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Bangkok-Art-amp;-Culture-Centre {{!}} bacc.or.th |url=https://en.bacc.or.th/event/e-archive/12/ |access-date=2024-06-11 |website=en.bacc.or.th |language=th}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Artists – Page 2 – nostalgiacolours |url=https://nostalgiacolours.com/category/artists/page/2/ |access-date=2024-06-11 |language=en-US}}</ref>
* Neurologist A N Radhakrishnan Nair<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-11-27 |title=നാടിന്റെ അക്ഷരഗോപുരമായി പുളിയനം ഗവ. ഹയർ സെക്കൻഡറി സ്‌കൂൾ |url=https://newspaper.mathrubhumi.com/ernakulam/news/ernakulam-1.8085218 |access-date=2024-06-11 |website=Newspaper |language=en}}</ref>

== Gallery ==
<gallery mode="nolines">
File:Govt HSS Puliyanam Auditorium IMG20240603094858.jpg|Auditorium
File:Govt HSS Puliyanam Campus IMG20240603095232.jpg|Campus
File:Govt HSS Puliyanam Class Rooms IMG20240603095223.jpg|Class rooms
File:Govt HSS Puliyanam Higher Secondary Block IMG20240603095242.jpg|Higher Secondary Block
File:Govt HSS Puliyanam IMG20240603100948.jpg|Welcoming New Students
File:Govt HSS Puliyanam Plaq IMG20240603095258.jpg|Plaq
File:Govt HSS Puliyanam School Bus IMG20240603095218.jpg|Campus
</gallery>

== See also ==
*[[List of schools in Ernakulam district]]
*[[SSLC]]
*[[Education in Kerala]]
*[[Puliyanam]]

==References==
{{reflist}}

== External links ==
{{commons category|Govt HSS Puliyanam}}
* [https://schoolwiki.in/25028 School Wiki]
* [https://sametham.kite.kerala.gov.in/25028 Sametham]

{{Education in Kerala}}

[[Category:Schools in Ernakulam district]]

6th Chhattisgarh Assembly

2026-02-22T17:52:00Z

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{{Short description|6th Legislative Assembly of Chhattisgarh}}
{{Use Indian English|date=December 2023}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2023}}
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| before = [[5th Chhattisgarh Assembly|5th Assembly]]
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| body = [[Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly]]
| election = [[2023 Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly election]]
| government = [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
| opposition = [[Indian National Congress]]
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| membership1 = '''90'''
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| chamber1_leader1_type = [[List of speakers of the Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly|Speaker]]
| chamber1_leader1 = [[Raman Singh|Dr. Raman Singh]], BJP | chamber1_leader2_type = Deputy Speaker
| chamber1_leader2 = vacant
| chamber1_leader4_type =[[Deputy Chief Minister of Chhattisgarh|Deputy Leader of the House]]
| chamber1_leader4 = [[Vijay Sharma (politician)|Vijay Sharma]] [[Arun Sao]], BJP | chamber1_leader3_type = [[List of chief ministers of Chhattisgarh|Leader of the House]]
| chamber1_leader3 = [[Vishnu Deo Sai]], BJP
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The '''Sixth Legislative Assembly of Chhattisgarh''' was constituted after the [[2023 Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly election]]s which were concluded in November 2023 and the results were declared on 3 December 2023.<ref>{{Cite news|title=Chhattisgarh Election Results 2023 Live Updates: With ‘Modi ki Guarantee’, BJP ousts Cong; Raman Singh, Arun Sao among CM faces|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/india/chhattisgarh-election-results-2023-live-updates-votes-counting-bhupesh-baghel-bjp-congress-9051295/|website=The Indian Express|language=en|date=4 December 2023}}</ref>

== Party wise distribution of seats ==
[[File:Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly election 2023.svg|360x360px]]
{| class="wikitable"
|+
! colspan="2" |Party
!No. MLAs
!Leader of party in assembly
!Leader's constituency
|-
|{{Full party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
|54
|[[Vishnu Deo Sai]]
|[[Kunkuri Assembly constituency|Kunkuri]] (ST)
|-
|{{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|35
|[[Charan Das Mahant]]
|[[Sakti Assembly constituency|Sakti]]
|-
|{{Full party name with color|Gondwana Ganatantra Party}}
|1
|[[Tuleshwar Hira Singh Markam]]
|[[Pali-Tanakhar Assembly constituency|Pali-Tanakhar]] (ST)
|}

==Members of Legislative Assembly==
{|class="wikitable sortable"
!rowspan="2"|District
!colspan="2"|Constituency
! colspan="3" |Member of Legislative Assembly
! rowspan="2" |Remarks
|-
!No.
!Name
!Name
! colspan="2" |Party
|-
|rowspan="2"|[[Manendragarh-Chirmiri-Bharatpur district|Manendragarh-Chirmiri-Bharatpur]]
!1
|[[Bharatpur-Sonhat Assembly constituency|Bharatpur-Sonhat]] (ST)
|[[Renuka Singh (politician)|Renuka Singh]]
|{{Party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
|
|-
!2
|[[Manendragarh Assembly constituency|Manendragarh]]
|[[Shyam Bihari Jaiswal]]
|{{Party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
|
|-
|[[Koriya district|Koriya]]
!3
|[[Baikunthpur, Chhattisgarh Assembly constituency|Baikunthpur]]
|[[Bhaiyalal Rajwade]]
|{{Party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
|
|-
|rowspan="2"|[[Surajpur district|Surajpur]]
!4
|[[Premnagar Assembly constituency|Premnagar]]
|[[Bhulan Singh Marabi]]
|{{Party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
|
|-
!5
|[[Bhatgaon Assembly constituency|Bhatgaon]]
|[[Laxmi Rajwade]]
|{{Party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
|
|-
|rowspan="3"|[[Balrampur district, Chhattisgarh|Balrampur]]
!6
|[[Pratappur, Chhattisgarh Assembly constituency|Pratappur]] (ST)
|[[Shakuntala Singh Portey]]
|{{Party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
|
|-
!7
|[[Ramanujganj Assembly constituency|Ramanujganj]] (ST)
|[[Ramvichar Netam]]
|{{Party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
|Protem Speaker of state legislative assembly
|-
!8
|[[Samri Assembly constituency|Samri]]
|[[Uddheshwari Paikra]]
|{{Party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
|
|-
|rowspan="3"|[[Surguja district|Surguja]]
!9
|[[Lundra Assembly constituency|Lundra]] (ST)
|[[Prabodh Minz]]
|{{Party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
|
|-
!10
|[[Ambikapur Assembly constituency|Ambikapur]]
|[[Rajesh Agrawal]]
|{{Party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
|
|-
!11
|[[Sitapur, Chhattisgarh Assembly constituency|Sitapur]] (ST)
|[[Ramkumar Toppo]]
|{{Party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
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|-
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|[[Dilip Lahariya]]
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|[[Dwarikadhish Yadav]]
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|rowspan="1"|[[Sarangarh-Bilaigarh District|Sarangarh-Bilaigarh]]
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|rowspan="3"|[[Baloda Bazar district|Baloda Bazar]]
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|[[Motilal Sahu]]
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|[[Rajesh Munat]]
|{{Party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
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|[[Purandar Mishra]]
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|[[Brijmohan Agrawal]]
|{{Party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
|Resigned on 17 June 2024
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|[[Sunil Kumar Soni]]
|{{Party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
|By elected on 2024
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|[[Arang Assembly constituency|Arang]]
|[[Guru Khushwant Saheb]]
|{{Party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
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|[[Abhanpur Assembly constituency|Abhanpur]]
|[[Indra Kumar Sahu]]
|{{Party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
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|rowspan="2"|[[Gariaband district|Gariaband]]
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|[[Rajim Assembly constituency|Rajim]]
|[[Rohit Sahu]]
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|[[Janak Dhruw]]
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|[[Ambika Markam]]
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|[[Kurud Assembly constituency|Kurud]]
|[[Ajay Chandrakar]]
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|[[Dhamtari Assembly constituency|Dhamtari]]
|[[Onkar Sahu]]
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|[[Sangeeta Sinha]]
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|[[Anila Bhediya|Anila Bhendiya]]
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|[[Kunwer Singh Nishad]]
|{{Party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
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|rowspan="6"|[[Durg district|Durg]]
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|[[Patan, Chhattisgarh Assembly constituency|Patan]]
|[[Bhupesh Baghel]]
|{{Party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
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|[[Durg Gramin Assembly constituency|Durg Rural]]
|[[Lalit Chandrakar]]
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|[[Durg City Assembly constituency|Durg City]]
|[[Gajendra Yadav]]
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|[[Bhilai Nagar Assembly constituency|Bhilai Nagar]]
|[[Devender Singh Yadav]]
|{{Party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
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|[[Vaishali Nagar Assembly constituency|Vaishali Nagar]]
|[[Rikesh Sen]]
|{{Party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
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|[[Domanlal Korsewada]]
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|[[Ishwar Sahu]]
|{{Party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
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|[[Bemetara Assembly constituency|Bemetara]]
|[[Dipesh Sahu]]
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|[[Dayaldas Baghel]]
|{{Party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
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|rowspan="2"|[[Kabirdham district|Kabirdham]]
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|[[Pandariya Assembly constituency|Pandariya]]
|[[Bhawna Bohra]]
|{{Party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
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|[[Vijay Sharma (politician)|Vijay Sharma]]
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|rowspan="6"|[[Rajnandgaon district|Rajnandgaon]]
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|[[Khairagarh Assembly constituency|Khairagarh]]
|[[Yashoda Verma]]
|{{Party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
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|[[Dongargarh Assembly constituency|Dongargarh]] (SC)
|[[Harshita Swami Baghel]]
|{{Party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
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|[[Rajnandgaon Assembly constituency|Rajnandgaon]]
|[[Raman Singh|Dr. Raman Singh]]
|{{Party name with color|Bharatiya Janta Party}}
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|[[Dongargaon Assembly constituency|Dongargaon]]
|[[Daleshwar Sahu]]
|{{Party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|Chief Whip Congress
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|[[Khujji Assembly constituency|Khujji]]
|[[Bholaram Sahu]]
|{{Party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
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|[[Mohla-Manpur Assembly constituency|Mohla-Manpur]]
|[[Indrashah Mandavi]]
|{{Party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
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|[[Antagarh Assembly constituency|Antagarh]] (ST)
|[[Vikram Usendi]]
|{{Party name with color|Bharatiya Janta Party}}
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|[[Bhanupratappur Assembly constituency|Bhanupratappur]] (ST)
|[[Savitri Manoj Mandavi]]
|{{Party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
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|[[Asha Ram Netam]]
|{{Party name with color|Bharatiya Janta Party}}
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|[[Keshkal Assembly constituency|Keshkal]] (ST)
|[[Neelkanth Tekam]]
|{{Party name with color|Bharatiya Janta Party}}
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|[[Kondagaon Assembly constituency|Kondagaon]] (ST)
|[[Lata Usendi]]
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|[[Narayanpur district|Narayanpur]]
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|[[Narayanpur Assembly constituency|Narayanpur]] (ST)
|[[Kedar Nath Kashyap]]
|{{Party name with color|Bharatiya Janta Party}}
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|rowspan="3"|[[Bastar district|Bastar]]
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|[[Bastar Assembly constituency|Bastar]] (ST)
|[[Lakheshwar Baghel]]
|{{Party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
| Deputy Leader of Oppsition
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!86
|[[Jagdalpur Assembly constituency|Jagdalpur]]
|[[Kiran Singh Deo]]
|{{Party name with color|Bharatiya Janta Party}}
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|[[Chitrakot Assembly constituency|Chitrakot]] (ST)
|[[Vinayak Gotay]]
|{{Party name with color|Bharatiya Janta Party}}
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|[[Dantewada district|Dantewada]]
!88
|[[Dantewara Assembly constituency|Dantewada]] (ST)
|[[Chaitram Atami]]
|{{Party name with color|Bharatiya Janta Party}}
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|[[Bijapur district, Chhattisgarh|Bijapur]]
!89
|[[Bijapur Assembly constituency|Bijapur]] (ST)
|[[Vikram Mandavi]]
|{{Party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
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|[[Konta Assembly constituency|Konta]] (ST)
|[[Kawasi Lakhma]]
|{{Party name with color| Indian National Congress}}
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|+Source:<ref>{{Cite news|title=Chhattisgarh Assembly Election Result 2023: Full list of winners and losers constituency wise from BJP, Congress and other parties|url=https://www.zeebiz.com/trending/politics/news-chhattisgarh-assembly-election-results-2023-full-list-of-winners-vidhan-sabha-chunav-result-and-winner-list-at-eci-gov-in-election-commission-of-india-website-267217|website=Zee Business|language=en|date=4 December 2023}}</ref>
|}

==See also==

*[[Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly]]
*[[2023 Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly election]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

{{Chhattisgarh}}
{{Current Indian assemblies}}
[[Category:Terms of the Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly]]
[[Category:Lists of current Indian state and territorial assemblies|Chhattisgarh]]
[[Category:Chhattisgarh MLAs 2023–2028| ]]

D. V. V. S. Varma

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| name = D. V. V. S. Varma
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| occupation = Working President, Party General Secretary
| party = [[Lok Satta Party]]
| movement = [[Lok Satta Movement]]
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'''D.V.V.S. Varma''' was the Working President of the [[Lok Satta Party]] for [[Andhra Pradesh]] State.<ref>[http://www.loksatta.org/cms/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=643&Itemid=60 DVVS Varma takes over as Lok Satta Party’s Working President]</ref> He was actively involved in [[Lok Satta movement]] from the time of its inception. He has served in various office-bearer positions for the [[Lok Satta Party]]. He is also a reputed newspaper columnist and media analyst of political and policy affairs.

==Early life==
Mr. Varma lived in [[Tanuku]] of [[West Godavari district]] along with his wife and two children.

==Political Involvement==
D.V.V.S. Varma has been an active member of the communist movement in Andhra Pradesh, and the [[Communist Party of India]] (CPI), for more than two decades and worked at the grassroots level. After quitting the CPI in the mid '90s, Mr. Varma continued to work in the areas of primary education and sanitation and eventually joined the Lok Satta movement.

===Lok Satta Movement===
Under the leadership of Mr. Varma, the [[Lok Satta Movement]] expanded its presence across all 23 districts of Andhra Pradesh, establishing primary units in many mandals. He served as the State Campaign Coordinator for Andhra Pradesh. He was involved in the campaign for candidate disclosures, including the “People’s Ballot,” and contributed to the Movement for Empowerment of Local Governments as well as the statewide ‘1-crore signature campaign,’ which focused on strengthening local governance at the level of panchayats and municipalities.<ref>[http://www.loksatta.org/cms/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=644&smonth=July&syear=2010&Itemid=110 Sri Dvvs Varma Profile]</ref>

He was also actively involved in coordinating the "Vote India" campaign.<ref name="voteIndia">{{cite web
| url = http://www.hindu.com/2005/05/10/stories/2005051010520500.htm
| title = Lok Satta to lead 'Vote India' campaign across nation
| accessdate = 17 September 2016
| author =
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| date = 10 May 2005
| location = India
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| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070823031005/http://www.hindu.com/2005/05/10/stories/2005051010520500.htm
| url-status = dead
| archivedate = 2007-08-23
| newspaper = [[The Hindu]]
| quote =
}}</ref>

==Lok Satta Party==
DVVS Varma was chosen as the Party General Secretary in 2006. He was one of the contestants that ran for the President of Lok Satta Party in the first organisational election in January 2009.<ref>[http://news.loksatta.org/2008/12/drjp-dvvsvarma-and-maharani-to-contest.html Lok Satta News: Dr.JP, D.V.V.S.Varma and Maharani to Contest for President]</ref>

Till 2014, D.V.V.S. Varma was the President of Lok Satta Party for unified Andhra Pradesh State. From 2014 to 2015, D.V.V.S. Varma was the President of Lok Satta Party for [[Andhra Pradesh]] State.

==Editor==
He is also the Chief Editor of Jaateeya Spurthi, a Telugu current affairs fortnightly.
Previously, he was the Editor of Lok Satta Times fortnightly (Telugu), the official magazine of Lok Satta Party. Viewers can access this magazine at www.loksatta.org website.

==References==
{{reflist|2}}

==External links==
* [http://dvvsvarma.blogspot.com DVVS Varma Blog - Andhra Pradesh Politics]
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eqtBaNAKc-0 Mr. Varma explains Lok Satta membership details]

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Dharmatala

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'''Dharmatala''' (archaic spelling '''Dharmotola'''<ref>{{cite book | title=The Madras Catholic Directory and General Annual Register for the Year of our Lord 1870 | publisher=Examiner Press | year=1869 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8adTAAAAcAAJ&pg=PA187 | access-date=2024-03-09 | page=187}}</ref>) is a neighbourhood of [[Kolkata|Central Kolkata]], in [[Kolkata district]] in the [[India]]n [[States and territories of India|state]] of [[West Bengal]]. Dharmatala Street has been renamed after [[Vladimir Lenin|Lenin]] as Lenin Sarani but the neighbourhood up to Wellington Square continues to be referred as Dharmatala. It is a busy commercial area that had come up with the growth of Calcutta during the [[British Raj]] and is thus one of the repositories of history in the city.

==Etymology==
Dharmatala means Holy Street. It is commonly held to derive its name from a large mosque which stood at the site of Cook and Company's livery stables. Some discern the name as a reference to [[Dharma (Buddhism)|dharma]], one of the units of the [[Buddhism and Christianity#The Trinity|Buddhist Trinity]]. There was a Buddhist temple at [[Janbazar]], nearby. [[Tipu Sultan Mosque]] at the corner of [[Chowringhee Road]] and Dharmatala, was built in 1842, by [[Ghulam Muhammad Sultan Sahib|Prince Gholam Mohammad]], son of [[Tipu Sultan]].<ref name = "Cotton">[[H. E. A. Cotton|Cotton, H.E.A.]], ''Calcutta Old and New'', 1909/1980, pp. 248-50, General Printers and Publishers Pvt. Ltd. {{PD-notice}}</ref> [[Binoy Ghosh]] feels that the name Dharmatala is because of the preeminence of [[Dharmathakur]] in olden days. [[Haris (caste)|Haris]] and [[Doms]], who are worshippers of Dharmathakur, predominated the area even in the memorable past.<ref>Ghosh, Binoy, ''Paschim Banger Sanskriti'', (in Bengali), part II, 1978 edition, p. 252, Prakash Bhaban</ref>

==Geography==
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Dharmatala extends from [[Chowringhee Road]] (renamed Jawaharlal Nehru Road) to Nirmal Chandra Street. It is bounded to the north by [[Bowbazar]], the south by [[Janbazar]], the east by [[Taltala]] and the west by [[Maidan (Kolkata)|Maidan]].<ref name = "Cotton"/>

The neighbourhood is spread over 2 wards: 46 and 47 of [[Kolkata Municipal Corporation]].<ref>Map nos. 29, 30, and 32, Detail Maps of 141 Wards of Kolkata, D.R.Publication and Sales Concern, 66 College Street, Kolkata – 700073</ref>

==History==
In the 18th century, Dharmatala is described as ‘a well raised causeway, raised by deepening the ditch on both sides’. It was shaded with trees on both sides.<ref name = "Cotton"/>

Just north of Dharmatala a creek formerly ran from Chandpal Ghat to [[Beliaghata]] (or Baliaghata, as it was then known). The creek passed through what was later Wellington Square (renamed Subodh Chandra Mallick Square) and Creek Row. The earlier name of Creek Row was Dhinga Bhanga, as a ship broke there during the cyclone of 1737. The creek was navigable for large boats. Wellington Square was a tank made on the bed of this creek. Both Wellington Square and Creek Row were developed by the Lottery Committee. Calcutta Gazette of 9 August 1821 refers to Wellington Square as ‘the new square in Dharmotola.’<ref name = "Cotton"/>

While the English quarter was then restricted to around the old fort (present [[B.B.D. Bagh]]), the area south of Dharmatala was a jungle. The native quarters to the north consisted of a number of straggling villages.<ref>Nair, P. Thankappan, ''The Growth and Development of Old Calcutta'', in ''Calcutta, the Living City'', Vol. I, edited by [[Sukanta Chaudhuri]], p. 11, Oxford University Press, {{ISBN|978-0-19-563696-3}}.</ref>

After their victory in the [[Battle of Plassey]], the English decided to build new [[Fort William, India|Fort William]], in 1758. For this purpose, the native population shifted from [[Gobindapur, Kolkata|Gobindapur]] mostly to [[Sutanuti]]. The European inhabitants of [[Kalikata]] gradually forsook the narrow limits of the old palisades and moved to around the [[Maidan (Kolkata)|Maidan]].<ref>Cotton, H.E.A., p. 72</ref> Civilians were not allowed to live within the new fort. Gradually the areas to the south of the [[Lal Dighi, Kolkata|Great Tank]] and to the east along [[Chowringhee Road]] were emerging as preferred haunts for the Englishmen. While Sutanuti developed as the Black Town, the [[Esplanade, Calcutta|Esplanade]] and [[Chowringhee]] emerged as the White Town. However, the areas around [[Writers' building]], [[Sealdah|Baitakkhana]] ([[Bowbazar]]), Dharmatala and [[Janbazar]] went down in estimation and were gradually taken over by ‘the rest’, which included half-castes, [[Portugal|Portuguese]], [[Armenia]]ns and so on, 'to become grey areas between Black and White Towns of old Calcutta'.<ref>Lahiri Choudhury, Dhriti Kanta, ''Trends in Calcutta Architecture'', in ''Calcutta, the Living City'', Vol I, pp.159-160</ref>

The district lying between Dharmatala and Bowbazar and bounded on the west by Bentinck Street was in the 19th and 20th century inhabited by a variety of people that included Portuguese, other Europeans of poorer classes and Indians. The area was full of ‘tortuous and narrow lanes, badly drained and reeking with foul odours, thickly populated and miserably housed.’ In this district on the northern side of Dharmatala is a bazaar called Chandney Chowk. ‘It is a labyrinth of ill-kept passages, lined with shops, in which may be found a wonderful collection of sundries, from a door nail to a silk dress.’<ref>Cotton, H.E.A., p. 219</ref>

Dharmatala Bazar was established in 1794 at the corner of Dharmatala and Chowringhee. [[Rudyard Kipling]] in the last chapter of his Kolkata sketches published under the title of ''The City of Dreadful Nights'', has given a lively description of the market and its frequenters.<ref>Cotton, H.E.A., p. 771</ref> It was formerly called Shakespeare's Bazar.<ref name = "Cotton"/>

In the earliest list of police stations in Kolkata made in 1785, both Dharmatala and Dingabhanga were included. However, when the police stations were reorganised in 1888–89, the number of police stations were reduced and no mention is there of either.<ref>Nair, P. Thankappan, ''The Growth and Development of Old Calcutta'', p. 15.</ref>

==Transport==
A three-horse [[Bus|omnibus]] plied briefly between Dharmatala and [[Barrackpore]] in November 1830 but the truly successful horse-drawn public transport was the [[tram]]car. These were introduced in Dharmatala in March 1882. In 1899, the [[Calcutta Tramways Company]] started electrifying the entire system.<ref>Nair, P.Thankappan, ''Civic and Public Services in Old Calcutta'', in ''Calcutta, the Living City'', Vol I, pp. 234-6</ref>

Dharmatala has always been a major traffic hub. Today, Dharmatala is the busiest bus terminus of [[West Bengal]]. [[Trams in Kolkata|Kolkata trams]] route no. 5, 25 and 36 also start their journey from Dharmatala.<ref>Google maps</ref>

During rush hours some 200,000 to 300,000 vehicles pass through Dharmatala. Experts say 50–60 percent of air pollution in Kolkata is due to vehicle emission. Increase in number of vehicles may have added to the problem.<ref>{{cite web
|url=http://www.thestatesman.net/page.arcview.php?clid=6&id=29113&usrsess=1
|title=Better Kolkata Campaign.
|access-date=2007-07-25
|publisher=The Statesman, 17 June 2002
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070929103131/http://www.thestatesman.net/page.arcview.php?clid=6&id=29113&usrsess=1
|archive-date=29 September 2007
|url-status=dead
|df=dmy
}}</ref> In the Dharmatala area, the noise levels are 75–84 dB.<ref>Chakraborti, Dipankar, ''Calcutta's Environment'', p.185, in ''Calcutta, the Living City'', Vol II</ref>

According to transport department officials, over 2,000 long-distance buses operate from the city. Most of the state and private buses originate from here.<ref>{{cite news | url = http://www.telegraphindia.com/1030818/asp/calcutta/story_2272211.asp
| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20030822195347/http://www.telegraphindia.com/1030818/asp/calcutta/story_2272211.asp
| url-status = dead
| archive-date = 22 August 2003
|title = Bypass, Setu sites for twin central bus terminals | access-date = 2007-07-25 | last = Mukherjee | first = Shankar | publisher = The Telegraph, 18 August 2003 | location=Calcutta, India | date=18 August 2003
}}</ref><ref>{{cite news
|url = http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/calcutta-times/breather-for-choking-esplanade/articleshow/35302852.cms | title = Breather for choking esplanade? | access-date = 2007-07-25 | last = Konar | first = Debashis | publisher = Times of India, 24 January 2003 | date=24 January 2003}}</ref>

[[Eden Gardens railway station]] on [[Kolkata Circular Railway]] line is the nearest railway station. [[Sealdah Station]], one of the five major railway-terminals of [[Kolkata Metropolitan Area]], is also nearby.

The [[Esplanade metro station]] of [[Kolkata Metro]] opened on October 24, 1984, with the opening of the Esplanade–Bhawanipur section of [[Blue Line (Kolkata Metro)|Blue Line]]. Ten years later, the line was extended northward to [[Chandni Chowk]]. Both these stations in the Dharmatala area are among the busiest in the network. It serves as an interchange station since the opening of [[Kolkata Metro Green Line 2]] between Esplanade and [[Howrah Maidan metro station|Howrah Maidan]]. [[Purple Line (Kolkata Metro)|Purple Line]] of Kolkata Metro is also planned to terminate at Esplanade running from [[Joka, Kolkata|Joka]].

==Gallery==
<gallery widths="200px" heights="150px">
file:Kolkata Dharmatala1.jpg|A part of Chandni Chowk Street
file:Metropolitan Building - Esplanade - Kolkata 2012-09-19 0013.jpg|[[Metropolitan Building (Kolkata)|Metropolitan Building]]
file:Kolkata Dharmatal4.jpg|Statue of [[Gopabandhu Das|Utkalmani Pandit Gopabandhu Das]]
file:Kolkata Dharmatala3.jpg|Thoburn Memorial Methodist Church, established in 1873
file:Kolkata Dharmatala2.jpg|A closer view of [[Tipu Sultan Mosque]]
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==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
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Vimalsagarsuri

2026-02-09T01:56:08Z

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{{Short description|21st century Indian Jain ascetic}}
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{{Infobox religious biography
| honorific prefix = Acharya
| honorific suffix = Maharaj Saheb
| religion = [[Jainism]]
| sect = [[Śvetāmbara]]
| father = Shri Chaganrajji Bagrecha
| mother = Shrimati Suadevi Bagrecha
| birth_date = April 23, 1966
| birth_place = [[Hiriyur]], [[Karnataka]]
| initiator = Acharya Padmasagarsuri
| image = Acharya Vimalsagarsuri 1.jpg
| caption = Acharya Vimalsagarsuri
| birth_name = Indrakumar Bagrecha
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'''Vimalsagarsuri''' is an eminent and popular Jain monk and [[Acharya (Jainism)|Acharya]] of the [[Tapa Gaccha]] of the [[Śvetāmbara]] sect of [[Jainism]]. He belongs to the lineage of [[Buddhisagarsuri|Acharya Buddhisagarsuri]].

== Early life ==
Acharya Vimalsagarsuri was born on April 23, 1966, in [[Hiriyur]], [[Karnataka]] into an [[Oswal|Oswal Jain]] family, to Suadevi Bagrecha and Chaganrajji Bagrecha. In terms of formal education, he dropped out of school after passing the 8th grade. He displayed an interest in learning and mastering multiple languages including [[Hindi]], [[Gujarati language|Gujarati]], [[Sanskrit]], [[Prakrit]], [[English language|English]], [[Marathi language|Marathi]], and [[Rajasthani languages|Rajasthani]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Jain |first=Manoj |title=Shrutsagar Ank 2007 03 012 |url=https://jainqq.org/explore/525262/78 |access-date=2024-05-25 |website=jainqq.org}}</ref>

== Initiation and ascetic life ==
At the age of 16, Vimalsagarsuri was initiated as a [[Jain monk]] in a ceremony held on April 19, 1982, in [[Chennai]]. He was initiated by Acharya Padmasagarsuri of the [[Buddhisagarsuri|Buddhisagarsuri ''Samudaay'']] of the [[Tapa Gaccha]] of [[Śvetāmbara|Śvetāmbara Jains]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=Doshi |first=Hiren K |title=Shrutsagar 2014 12 Volume 01 07 |url=https://jainqq.org/explore/525296/31 |access-date=2024-05-25 |website=jainqq.org}}</ref>
On December 1, 2014, he was consecrated as an [[Acharya (Jainism)|Acharya]] after 22 years of monkhood in a ceremony held at the [[Nakodaji|Nakodaji Shwetambar Jain Tirth]].<ref name=":0" /> He has delivered over 6,000 discourses and has a large number of young followers. He usually uses [[Hindi]] as the medium of instruction in his sermons to reach a larger audience. He revived the ancient [[Jainism|Jain]] practices of different types of [[meditation]] and also created the ''Shri [[Ghantakarna Mahavir|Ghantakarna]] Mahayantram, Shri Manibhadra Mahayantram, Shri Parshva Padmavati Mahayantram'' and ''Shrut Devi Yantram ,'' which, according to [[Jain scriptures]], are important objects of meditation. He is particularly popular among [[Śvetāmbara|Śvetāmbara Jains]] for his yearly 5-day-long ''Shrut Sadhna'' (meditation for knowledge).<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-07-19 |title=ध्यान व मंत्रजप जीवन की उन्नति के श्रेष्ठ मार्ग: आचार्य विमलसागर {{!}} Meditation is the best ways of progress in life |url=https://www.patrika.com/bangalore-news/meditation-is-the-best-ways-of-progress-in-life-8382109 |access-date=2024-05-25 |website=Patrika News |language=hi}}</ref>

In his ascetic life, he is said to have learned several [[Jain literature|canonical and non-canonical Jain scriptures]], as well as scriptures of other faiths before becoming an [[Acharya (Jainism)|''Acharya'']]. Afterward, he also consecrated several temples and idols. Due to his efforts, [[Haribhadra Suri]]'s ''Samarditya Mahakatha,'' which was only available in [[Gujarati language|Gujarati]] in addition to its originally language, was translated and presented in [[Hindi]] for the first time to reach a larger audience.<ref name=":0" />

== Social initiatives ==
Acharya Vimalsagarsuri has undertaken extensive ''padayatras (walks)'', covering approximately 70,000 kilometers across [[Western India]] and [[South India]], mainly in the states of [[Tamil Nadu]], [[Andhra Pradesh]], [[Karnataka]], [[Goa]], [[Maharashtra]], [[Madhya Pradesh]], [[Gujarat]], and [[Rajasthan]]. The purpose of these walks is to reach out to communities far and wide to spread the message of [[Jainism]]. The other means he uses include transformation camps, awakening seminars, children's development workshops, family counseling sessions, and spiritual knowledge seminars.<ref>{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9hM-YDvtoS4 |title=Youths Seminar : Youth is Strength : Aacharya Vimalsagarsuriji |date=2022-07-22 |last=Aacharya Vimalsagarsuriji |access-date=2024-05-19 |via=YouTube}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-07-01 |title=आचार्य श्री विमलसागर महाराज सूरी के सानिध्य में डॉ कल्याण गंगवाल की पुस्तक सुखी जीवन का आधार शाकाहार का विमोचन किया गया - Jansamachar24 |url=https://jansamachar24.com/?p=28434 |access-date=2024-05-19 |language=en-US}}</ref>

[[File:Acharya Vimalsagarsuri 2.jpg|thumb|Acharya Vimalsagarsuri Maharaja]]

He is known for actively promoting interfaith harmony through his speeches and sermons, which he has delivered in various settings, including mosques, [[Hindu temple]]s, and public gatherings.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Mahalaxmi |first=Channel |date=2021-03-27 |title=सेलम में धर्म-जागरण : क्रांतिकारी ओजस्वी प्रवचनकार आचार्य श्री विमलसागरसूरीश्वरजी महाराज |url=https://www.channelmahalaxmi.com/vimal-sagar-surishwarji/ |access-date=2024-05-25 |website=Channel Mahalaxmi |language=en-US}}</ref> He has been invited as a guest by Buddhist and Sikh scholars at their events. He has also voiced strong support for initiation into the Jain faith as a monk, describing it as an "ideological revolution."<ref>{{Cite web |date=2020-01-18 |title=जैन दीक्षा वैचारिक क्रांति का मार्ग: विमलसागर सूरी {{!}} Jain Diksha Path to Ideological Revolution: Vimalasagar Suri |url=https://www.patrika.com/bangalore-news/jain-diksha-path-to-ideological-revolution-vimalasagar-suri-5662539 |access-date=2024-05-19 |website=Patrika News |language=hi}}</ref> In addition to raising awareness about India's history and heritage,<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-07-05 |title=युवाओं को देश का वास्तविक इतिहास पढ़ाया जाए: आचार्य विमलसागर {{!}} The youth should be taught the real history of the country: Acharya |url=https://www.patrika.com/bangalore-news/the-youth-should-be-taught-the-real-history-of-the-country-acharya-8354272 |access-date=2024-05-25 |website=Patrika News |language=hi}}</ref> he advocates for safeguarding the interests of the [[Jain communities|Jain community]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=जैन समाज के हितों की रक्षा के लिए सभी जरूरी कदम उठाएं. |url=https://shantivallabhtimes.blogspot.com/2021/02/blog-post_4.html |access-date=2024-05-25 |website=जैन समाज के हितों की रक्षा के लिए सभी जरूरी कदम उठाएं.}}</ref> Acharya Vimalsagarsuri is also among the few [[Jain monasticism|Jain monks]] who have delivered sermons to prostitutes, encouraging them to leave their profession and pursue a better life.

== Sources ==

* Devluk,Nandlal B.2010. Vishwa Ajayabi Jain Shraman. Arihant Prakashan.
* Devluk,Nandlal B.2008. Jinshasan na Zalhlta Nakshatro.Arihant Prakashan.

== See also ==
* [[Buddhisagarsuri]]
* [[Vimalsuri]]
* [[Kalapurnasuri]]

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

== External links ==
* {{YouTube|h=AacharyaVimalsagarsuriji}}

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Aruval

2026-02-07T20:52:59Z

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The '''aruval''' ([[ISO 15919|ISO]]: {{Transliteration|ta|ISO|arivāḷ}}) is a type of [[billhook]] [[machete]] from [[southern India]], particularly common in the [[Tamil Nadu]] and [[Kerala]].<ref name="mint"/><ref name="deccan"/><ref name="toi"/> It is also known as the '''koḍuvāḷ''', the '''kodavali''', the '''machchu longu''' or the '''koita'''. It is a type of long [[sickle]] with a [[knife]]-like [[scythe]]-handle, and is used both as a tool and a weapon. Tamils revere the weapon as a symbol of [[Karuppu Sami|Karupannar]]. In popular culture, it is sometimes associated with gangsters, especially in the [[Rayalaseema]] region. In Kerala, its primary use is for agriculture, mainly in coconut cutting, clearing pathways, cutting wood and other uses.

==Introduction==
An aruval usually measures {{convert|3-6|ft|abbr=on}} in length (hand sickle measures {{convert|1.5|ft|abbr=on}}). The blade of this weapon originates at the grip and extends to the main part of the blade. It can be described as a sickle with an extension. It can also be thought of as a [[sword]] with a reverse curve. The shorter versions were handy for breaking apart [[coconut]]s, and the longer versions were more like battle weapons. The shorter version is usually seen in small villages. [[Blade]]s are mostly straight with a curve towards the end, allowing it to function as a grabbing tool. The straight portion of the blade is also used for cutting, like a standard knife.

==Variants and usage==
While farmers typically employ the standard billhook machete ''kathir aruvāl'' ''[[koyttharivaal]]'' for harvesting crops, a longer variation called the ''veecharuvāl'' is used for clearing through wooded areas. In Kerala, Malayalam language references the semi-circular knife for paddy, called "koduval" and the regular sized billhook machete is known as "vaakathi" (coconut cutting); while the veecharuval is known simply as aruval. The veecharuval was also used as a weapon and is still used as such for self-defence in rural areas or gang warfare in cities. When not in use, the weaponised aruval was worn on the back, with the blade pointing downwards and the handle just behind the user's head. Some aruvals, such as those used for [[Village deities of Tamil Nadu|Khaval Dheivam]], are {{convert|3.5|ft|abbr=on}} in length.

The aruval is often used for worshipping Hindu deities, such as [[Karuppu Sami]] and [[Aiyanar]].<ref name="mint"/> Craftsmen have made large, decorative aruval which are kept in temples, such as those in [[Sivagangai]] and [[Thiruppachethi]]. In 2017, an aruval measuring {{convert|27|ft}} was forged in [[Thirupuvanam, Sivaganga|Thirupuvanam]].<ref name="toi"/><ref name="deccan"/>

<gallery>
Image:Thirupatchi+copy.jpg | Veecharuval
Image:aruval.jpg | Kathir aruval
</gallery>

== In culture ==
The aruval is a common fixture in many [[Cinema of South India|South Indian films]], in which it is often used as a weapon.<ref name="mint"/> The hero or villain often has the aruval in a sleeve sewn into the inside back of his shirt, and will pull it out by reaching behind his neck.{{citation needed|date=March 2024}} The film historian [[S. Theodore Baskaran]] has stated that using aruval as a weapon is largely a narrative cliche, and non-fictional murders using it occur relatively rarely.<ref name="mint"/> Nevertheless, the government prohibits aruvals over {{convert|2|ft}} for general purchase, as well as the veecharuvāl.<ref name="mint"/><ref name="toi" />

In Maharashtra, particularly Pune, Koita gangs are famous.

A veecharuval was among the weapons used by [[Kraven the Hunter|the title character]] of ''[[Kraven the Hunter (film)|Kraven the Hunter]]''.

In ''[[Mercy for None]]'', a [[Korean drama]], one of the foreign assassin use this as a weapon.

==See also==
* [[Aiyanar]]
* [[Billhook]]
* [[Karuppu Sami]]
* [[Machete]]
* [[Madurai Veeran]]
* [[Village deities of South India]]
* [[Kraven the Hunter]]

== References ==
<references>
<ref name="toi">{{cite news |title=27-ft aruval to be unveiled today at Thirupuvanam |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/madurai/27-ft-aruval-to-be-unveiled-today-at-thirupuvanam/articleshow/57320085.cms |access-date=3 February 2024 |work=[[The Times of India]] |date=24 February 2017}}</ref>
<ref name="deccan">{{cite news |last1=Thirunavukarasu |first1=S |title=Sivagangai: 18-foot aruval to adorn hand of village deity |url=https://www.deccanchronicle.com/nation/in-other-news/160716/sivagangai-18-foot-aruval-to-adorn-hand-of-village-deity.html |access-date=3 February 2024 |work=[[Deccan Chronicle]] |date=16 July 2016 |language=en}}</ref>
<ref name="mint">{{cite web |title=Did Tamil films give the aruval a bad name? |url=https://lifestyle.livemint.com/news/big-story/is-the-thiruppachethi-aruval-a-tool-or-a-weapon-111633679832798.html |website=[[Mint (newspaper)|Mintlounge]] |access-date=3 February 2024 |language=en |date=12 October 2021}}</ref>
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B. Ekbal

2026-02-06T05:50:44Z

VenettaMahan1: rework section and corrected details

{{short description|Indian politician}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2020}}
{{Use Indian English|date=October 2018}}
{{Infobox person
| pre-nominals =
| name = B. Ekbal
| post-nominals =

| alt = A close-up image of B. Ekbal bearing a beard.
| caption = B. Ekbal (10 March 2018)
| pronunciation =
| birth_date = {{birth year and age|1948}}{{Citation needed|date=January 2025|reason=BLP}}
| other_names = Ekbal Bappukunju
| education = M.B.B.S., M.S., Mch
| occupation = Public health activist, Neurosurgeon, Academic and member of Kerala State Planning Board.
| organization = Kerala State Planning Board, Kerala University
| known_for = Health activism, Academic contributions, Planning board member
| title = Vice Chancellor, [[University of Kerala]]
| term = 2000-2004
| spouse = A Meharunnisa
| mother =
| father = Bappukunju
| awards =
}}

[[File:Dr. B.Ekbal.jpg|thumb|right|B. Ekbal]]
'''Ekbal Bappukunju''' is a public health activist, a neurosurgeon, and an academic in [[Kerala]], [[India]] and is serving as a member of the [[Kerala State Planning Board]] since 2016.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Board at a glance|url=http://spb.kerala.gov.in/index.php/about-us/board-at-a-glance.html|access-date=2018-03-11|website=spb.kerala.gov.in|language=en-gb|archive-date=11 March 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180311202129/http://spb.kerala.gov.in/index.php/about-us/board-at-a-glance.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> He was the Vice-chancellor of the [[University of Kerala]] during the period 2000–2004. He completed his pre-degree from [[St. Berchmans College]] Changanacherry.<ref name="ukvc">Former vice chancellors of the [[University of Kerala]] [http://www.keralauniversity.edu/photogallery/f_vicech.htm] Accessed: 2008-10-20. (Archived by WebCite at [https://web.archive.org/web/20030228170744/http://www.keralauniversity.edu/photogallery/f_vicech.htm])</ref> He was a member of the Kerala State Planning Board from 1996 to 2000, during which he played a vital role in [[People's Plan Campaign]], a decentralization move by the [[Government of Kerala]]{{citation needed|date=February 2020}}.

He was contested in the
[[2011 Kerala Legislative Assembly Elections]] from Changanassery Assembly Constituency as a [[Left Democratic Front (Kerala)|LDF]] candidate and lost to [[United Democratic Front (Kerala)|UDF]] candidate former minister
[[C F Thomas]].{{citation needed|date=February 2020}}

He was the chairman of [[Kerala State Pollution Control Board]].<ref name=kspcbm>[http://www.keralapcb.org/aboutus/aboutus_board.htm Kerala state pollution control board members]</ref> He is also one of the joint convenors of Jan Swasthya Abhiyan (Public Health Movement - India).<ref name=jsa>{{Cite web |url=http://phm-india.org/ |title=Jan Swasthya Abhiyan (Public Health Movement - India) |access-date=20 October 2008 |archive-date=23 July 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080723115331/http://phm-india.org/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> He is the President of the Democratic Alliance For Knowledge Freedom, Kerala{{citation needed|date=February 2020}}.

He was the chairperson of the Expert Committee set up by the [[Government of Kerala]] to explore the possibility of setting up a new university of health sciences. The committee submitted its report on the proposed structure and functions of the university in April 2007.<ref>Focus on promoting medical research in State [https://web.archive.org/web/20090615051954/http://www.hindu.com/2007/04/08/stories/2007040810620400.htm] Accessed: 2008-10-20. (Archived by WebCite at [https://web.archive.org/web/20090615051954/http://www.hindu.com/2007/04/08/stories/2007040810620400.htm])</ref>

Ekbal is an activist of [[Kerala Sastra Sahitya Parishad]] and has held various offices in the organisation{{citation needed|date=February 2020}}. He was the President of Kerala Sastra Sahithya Parishad from 1983 to 1985{{citation needed|date=February 2020}}. He was former editor of the online Science Journal of Kerala Sastra Sahithya Parishad: www.luca.co.in. His book ''Indian Oushadha Mekhala Innale Innu'' received the [[Abu Dhabi Sakthi Award|Abu Dhabi Sakthi Award for Scholarly Literature]] in 2015.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.dcbooks.com/adudabi-sakthi-award-samarppanam.html |title=അബുദാബി ശക്തി അവാര്‍ഡ് സമര്‍പ്പണം ആഗസ്റ്റ് 28ന് |publisher=DC Books |date=18 August 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160819184518/http://www.dcbooks.com/adudabi-sakthi-award-samarppanam.html |archive-date=19 August 2016 |access-date=4 January 2023 |url-status=bot: unknown }}</ref>
[[File:Dr.B.Ekbal.jpg|thumb|Dr.B.Ekbal presentation]]
Ekbal is a follower of the [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]] (CPI(M)) from which he was expelled in 2004 by left-wing hardliners.<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/nation/story/20040621-even-as-new-generation-leaders-rise-to-the-top-fissures-over-reforms-dog-cpm-789704-2004-06-21 | title=Even as new generation leaders rise to the top, fissures over reforms dog CPM | date=21 June 2004 | work=India Today | first=Ajit Kumar | last=Jha | accessdate=8 October 2018 }}</ref> His membership was later restored.<ref>{{cite web|title=Kerala Assembly Election - 2011 CPI (M) Candidates|url=http://www.cpim.org/content/kerala-list-candidates|work=Kerala: List of Candidates|date=19 March 2011 |publisher=[[CPI(M)]]|accessdate=5 December 2013}}</ref> He is married to A Meharunnisa, the former principal and Professor of Anatomy of Govt. TD Medical College at Alappuzha and Kottayam Medical College. She is currently{{when|date=December 2019}} working as head of department of anatomy in SUT Medical College Trivandrum.

==References==
{{reflist}}

==Bibliography==
* {{Citation
|last1=Elamon
|first1=Joy
|last2=Franke
|first2=Richard W.
|last3=Ekbal
|first3=B.
|author3-link=B. Ekbal
|title=Decentralization of health services: the Kerala People's Campaign.
|journal=Int J Health Serv
|volume=34
|issue=4
|pages=681–708
|publisher=Baywood Publishing Co.
|location=[[New York City|New York]]
|year=2004
|url=http://www.chss.montclair.edu/anthro/publishedijhsarticle.pdf
|doi=10.2190/4L9M-8K7N-G6AC-WEHN
|issn=0020-7314
|pmid=15560430
|s2cid=29112205
|url-status=dead
|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20060901114551/http://chss.montclair.edu/anthro/publishedijhsarticle.pdf
|archivedate=1 September 2006
}}
* {{cite conference
|first=B.
|last=Ekbal
|authorlink=B. Ekbal
|title=People's Campaign for Decentralised Planning and the Health Sector in Kerala
|conference=People's Health Assembly, 1st meeting, [[Zafrullah Chowdhury#Gonoshasthaya Kendra|Gonoshasthaya Kendra]], [[Savar]], [[Bangladesh]]
|website=www.phmovement.org
|date=8 December 2000
|url=http://www.phmovement.org/pubs/issuepapers/ekbal.html
|accessdate=20 October 2008
|url-status=dead
|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20081204023916/http://www.phmovement.org/pubs/issuepapers/ekbal.html
|archivedate=4 December 2008
}}
*{{Citation
|editor-last=Ekbal
|editor-first=B.
|editor-link=B. Ekbal
|title=A Decade after Hathi Committee (Committee on Drugs and Pharmaceutical Industry)
|publisher=[[Kerala Sastra Sahitya Parishad]]
|location=[[Trivandrum]], [[India]]
|date=1988
|oclc=21041689
|lccn=89903327
}}

==External links==
{{Commons category|B. Ekbal}}
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20180311202815/http://docs2.myneta.info/affidavits/ews2kerala2011/276/DR%20B%20EKBAL.pdf Original copy of scan affidavit's, Kerala Assembly Election 2011, National Election Watch]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20030220001201/http://www.keral.com/celebrities/eqbal/ Profile (from 2002)]
* [http://www.google.com/profiles/ekbalb Google profile]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20110101045942/http://www.kerala.gov.in/project_rep.pdf Project report on the establishment of medical university in Kerala (From 2007)]
* [http://www.facebook.com/ekbalb Facebook profile]

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[[Category:Scholars from Thiruvananthapuram]]
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1998 elections in India

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{{Infobox Indian elections
| year = 1998
| type =
| incumbent_pm = [[Atal Bihari Vajpayee]] ([[National Democratic Alliance|NDA]])
| next_lok_sabha = [[13th Lok Sabha|12th]]
| rajya_control = [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
| rajya_seats_contested = TBD
| rajya_net_change = TBD
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| lok_control =
| lok_seats_contested = 543
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| states_contested = 9
| state_net_change = TBD
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{{Politics of India}}

The '''1998 Indian elections''' were a series of national and sub-national elections which took place in India throughout 1998. The national elections saw the return of the [[Indian National Congress]] to power while state results were varied.

==Parliamentary Election result==
{{Election results
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|party9=[[All India Trinamool Congress|West Bengal Trinamool Congress]]|votes9=8920583|seats9=7|sc9=
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|party150=Bharatiya Parivartan Morcha|votes150=1111|seats150=0|sc150=
|party151=Nagaland Peoples Party|votes151=1066|seats151=0|sc151=
|party152=Bharatiya Momin Front|votes152=1045|seats152=0|sc152=
|party153=Manav Samaj Party|votes153=1036|seats153=0|sc153=
|party154=Rashtriya Mazdoor Ekta Party|votes154=946|seats154=0|sc154=
|party155=Hindustan Inqualab Party|votes155=883|seats155=0|sc155=
|party156=Jan Samanta Party|votes156=828|seats156=0|sc156=
|party157=Bhrishtachar Virodhi Dal|votes157=754|seats157=0|sc157=
|party158=Akhil Bharatiya Janata Congress|votes158=751|seats158=0|sc158=
|party159=Ambedkarbadi Party|votes159=736|seats159=0|sc159=
|party160=Rashtriya Muslim Mujhahid Party|votes160=710|seats160=0|sc160=
|party161=Akhil Bharatiya Shivsena Rashtrawadi|votes161=703|seats161=0|sc161=
|party162=National Republican Party|votes162=694|seats162=0|sc162=
|party163=Hind Kisan Mazdoor Party|votes163=614|seats163=0|sc163=
|party164=Akhil Bhartiya Loktantra Party|votes164=609|seats164=0|sc164=
|party165=Hind Morcha|votes165=590|seats165=0|sc165=
|party166=Punjab Pradesh Vikash Party|votes166=576|seats166=0|sc166=
|party167=Uttar Pradesh Republican Party|votes167=552|seats167=0|sc167=
|party168=Kranti Dal|votes168=501|seats168=0|sc168=
|party169=Bharatiya Jan Jagruti Party|votes169=494|seats169=0|sc169=
|party170=Akhil Bharatiya General Labour Party|votes170=412|seats170=0|sc170=
|party171=Bharatiya Asht Jan Party|votes171=363|seats171=0|sc171=
|party172=Telangana Praja Party|votes172=344|seats172=0|sc172=
|party173=Rashtriya Rajdhani Congress Delhi|votes173=343|seats173=0|sc173=
|party174=Akhil Bharatiya Rashtriya Azad Hind Party|votes174=306|seats174=0|sc174=
|party175=Rashtriya Janta Congress|votes175=297|seats175=0|sc175=
|party176=Akhil Bharatiya Ram Rajya Parishad (Prem Vallabh Vyas)|votes176=150|seats176=0|sc176=
|party177=Indian Republican Front|votes177=118|seats177=0|sc177=
|party178=Independents|votes178=8719952|seats178=6|sc178=
|row179=Nominated [[Anglo-Indians]]|seats179=2
|total_sc=0
|invalid=7065039
|electorate=605880192
|source=[https://eci.gov.in/files/file/4124-general-election-1998-vol-i-ii/ ECI]
}}

==Overall result==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Polling Date(s)
! State
! colspan="2" |Government before
! Chief Minister before
! colspan="2" |Government after
! Elected Chief Minister
! Maps
|- style="text-align:center;"
|rowspan="2" | 16 February 1998
|[[1998 Tripura Legislative Assembly election|Tripura]]
| {{Party color cell|Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}
| align="left"|[[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]]
|[[Dasarath Deb]]
| {{Party color cell|Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}
| align="left"|[[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]]
|[[Manik Sarkar]]
|[[File:IN-TR.svg|50px]]
|- style="text-align:center;
|[[1998 Meghalaya Legislative Assembly election|Meghalaya]]
| {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|[[S. C. Marak]]
| {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|[[S. C. Marak]]
|[[File:IN-ML.svg|50px]]
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 23 February 1998
|[[1998 Nagaland Legislative Assembly election|Nagaland]]
| {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|[[S. C. Jamir]]
| {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|[[S. C. Jamir]]
|[[File:IN-NL.svg|50px]]
|- style="text-align:center;"
|
| [[1998 Gujarat Legislative Assembly election|Gujarat]]
| {{Full party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
| [[Dilip Parikh]]
| {{Full party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
| [[Keshubhai Patel]]
| [[File:IN-GJ.svg|50px]]
|- style="text-align:center;"
|28 February 1998
|[[1998 Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|Himachal Pradesh]]
|{{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|[[Virbhadra Singh]]
|{{Full party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
|[[Prem Kumar Dhumal]]
| [[File:IN-HP.svg|50px]]
|-
|- style="text-align:center;"
| rowspan="3"| 25 November 1998
| [[1998 Delhi Legislative Assembly election|Delhi]]
| {{Full party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
| [[Sushma Swaraj]]
| {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
| [[Sheila Dikshit]]
| [[File:IN-DL.svg|50px]]
|- style="text-align:center;"
| [[1998 Mizoram Legislative Assembly election|Mizoram]]
| {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
| [[Lal Thanhawla]]
| {{Full party name with color|Mizo National Front}}
| [[Zoramthanga]]
| [[File:IN-MZ.svg|50px]]
|- style="text-align:center;"
| [[1998 Rajasthan Legislative Assembly election|Rajasthan]]
| {{Full party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
| [[Bhairon Singh Shekhawat]]
| {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
| [[Ashok Gehlot]]
| [[File:IN-RJ.svg|50px]]
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 27 November 1998
| [[1998 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|Madhya Pradesh]]
| {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
| [[Digvijaya Singh]]
| {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
| [[Digvijaya Singh]]
| [[File:IN-MP.svg|50px]]
|}

==Legislative Assembly elections==
===Delhi===
{{Main|1998 Delhi Legislative Assembly election}}
{{Election results
|image=[[File:India Delhi Legislative Assembly 1998.svg]]
|party1=[[Indian National Congress]]|votes1=1952071|seats1=52|sc1=+38
|party2=[[Bharatiya Janata Party]]|votes2=1390689|seats2=15|sc2=–34
|party3=[[Janata Dal]]|votes3=73385|seats3=1|sc3=–3
|party20=Others|votes20=316346|seats20=0|sc20=0
|party21=Independents|votes21=355773|seats21=2|sc21=–1
|total_sc=0
|invalid=36722
|electorate=8420141
|source=ECI<ref name=results1998>{{cite web |url=https://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/3873-delhi-1998/ |title=Statistical Report on General Election, 1998 to the Legislative Assembly of Delhi |publisher=[[Election Commission of India]] |access-date=14 February 2022}}</ref>
}}

===Gujarat===
{{Main|1998 Gujarat Legislative Assembly election}}
{{election results
|party1=[[Bharatiya Janata Party]]|votes1=7300826|sw1=-4|seats1=117
|party2=[[Indian National Congress]]|votes2=5677386|seats2=53|sw2=+8
|party3=[[Rashtriya Janata Party|AIRJP]]|votes3=1902171|seats3=4
|party4= [[Janata Dal]]|votes4=429283|seats4=4
|party5=[[Independent politician|Independent]]
|votes5=854142|seats5=3
|party6=[[Samajwadi Party|SP]]|votes6=64913|seats6=1
|pary7=[[Communist Party of India (Marxist)|CPM]]|votes7=19665|seats7=0
|party8=[[Bahujan Samaj Party]]
|votes8= 12742|seats8=0|sw8=0
|party9=[[Communist Party of India|CPI]]|votes9=10292|seats9=0|sw9=0
|party10=SAP|votes10=7512
|party11=[[Republican Party of India]]|votes11=4642
|party12=[[Shiv Sena (1966–2022)|Shiv Sena]]|votes12=2800
|party13=[[Rashtriya Janata Dal|RJD]]|votes13=1884
|invalid=761449
|electorate= 28774443
|source=ECI<ref>{{cite news|title=Gujarat Assembly elections on 1998|url=https://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/3837-gujarat-1998/}}</ref>
}}

===Himachal Pradesh===
{{Main|1998 Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly election}}
{{Election results
|party1=[[Indian National Congress]]|votes1=1110055|seats1=31|sc1=
|party2=[[Bharatiya Janata Party]]|seats2=31|votes2=995482
|party3=[[Himachal Vikas Congress]]|seasts3=5|votes3=245584
|party4=Independents and Others
|seats4=1
|votes4=200248
|source= <ref>[http://psephos.adam-carr.net/countries/i/india/states/hima1.txt Adam Carr's Election Archive]</ref>}}

===Madhya Pradesh===
{{Main|1998 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election}}
Source:<ref>{{cite web|title=STATISTICAL REPORT ON GENERAL ELECTION, 1998 TO THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF MADHYA PRADESH|url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1998/StatisticalReport-MP98.pdf|website=eci.nic.in|publisher=Election Commission of India|accessdate=25 May 2018}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;"
|- "
! SN
! Party
! Seats Contested
! Seats won
! Seats Changed
! % Votes
|- style="background: cyan;"
| 1
| [[Indian National Congress]]
| 316
| 172
| -2
| 40.59
|-
| 2
| [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
| 320
| 119
| +2
| 39.28
|-
| 3
| [[Bahujan Samaj Party]]
| 221
| 11
| 0
| 6.15
|-
| 4
| [[Janata Dal]]
| 144
| 4
| + 3
| 1.87
|-
| 5
| [[Samajwadi Party]]
| 228
| 4
| + 4
| 1.58
|-
| 6
| [[Gondvana Gantantra Party]]
| 81
| 1
| 0
| 0.82
|-
| 7
| Ajeya Bharat Party
| 78
| 1
| + 1
| 0.55
|-
| 8
| [[Janata Party]]
| 14
| 1
| + 1
| 0.20
|-
| 9
| [[Republican Party of India]]
| 20
| 1
| + 1
| 0.13

|-
| 10
| [[Independent (politician)|Independent]]
| 320
| 8
| - 1
| 6.49
|-
|
| '''Total'''
|
| '''320'''
|
|
|}

===Meghalaya===
{{Main|1998 Meghalaya Legislative Assembly election}}
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:right; font-size:95%;"
|+ [[1993 Meghalaya Legislative Assembly election#Results|←]] Summary of the 16 February 1998 [[Meghalaya Legislative Assembly]] election results [[2003 Meghalaya Legislative Assembly election#Results|→]]
|-
|-
! style="text-align:left;" rowspan="2" colspan="2" width="485"| Parties and coalitions
! colspan="3"| Popular vote
! colspan="2"| Seats
|-
! width="70"| Votes
! width="45"| %
! width="50"| ±[[Percentage point|pp]]
! width="30"| Won
! width="30"| +/−
|-
| width="1" style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Indian National Congress}}"|
| align="left"| [[Indian National Congress]] (INC)
| 293,346 || 35.03 ||0.41 {{Increase}}
| 25 || 1 {{Increase}}
|-
| width="1" bgcolor={{party color|United Democratic Party (Meghalaya)}}|
|align="left" |[[United Democratic Party (Meghalaya)|United Democratic Party]] (UDP){{ref label|alpha|a}}
| 226,026||26.99||6.48 {{decrease}}
|20 ||1 {{decrease}}
|-
| width="1" bgcolor="red" |
| align="left" |[[People's Democratic Movement (Meghalaya)|People's Democratic Movement]] (PDM)
|58,225
|6.95
| style="color:inherit;background:#E9E9E9" |
|3
| style="color:inherit;background:#E9E9E9" |
|-
| width="1" bgcolor="blue" |
|align="left" |[[Hill State People's Democratic Party]]
|56,682
|6.77
|
|3
|
|-
|width="1" bgcolor="{{party color|BJP}}" |
|align="left" |[[Bharatiya Janata Party]] (BJP)
|41,924
|5.01
|1.33 {{increase}}
|3
|3 {{Increase}}
|-
|width="1" bgcolor="yellow"|
|align="left" |[[Garo National Council]] (GNC)
|17,650
|2.11
|style="color:inherit;background:#E9E9E9"|
|1
|style="color:inherit;background:#E9E9E9"|
|-
|width="1" bgcolor="indigo"|
|align="left" |Hindu Samaj Party (HSP)
|4,754
|0.57
|style="color:inherit;background:#E9E9E9"|
|0
|style="color:inherit;background:#E9E9E9"|
|-
| bgcolor="{{party color|Communist Party of India}}" |
| align="left" |[[Communist Party of India]] (CPI)
|1,387
|0.17
|0.03 {{increase}}
|0
|{{Steady}}
|-
|width="1" bgcolor="{{party color|Rashtriya Janata Dal}}"|
|align="left" |[[Rashtriya Janata Dal]]
|1,253
|0.15
|style="color:inherit;background:#E9E9E9"|
|0
|style="color:inherit;background:#E9E9E9"|
|-
|width="1" bgcolor="{{party color|Samajwadi Party}}"|
|align="left" |[[Samajwadi Party]]
|742
|0.09
|style="color:inherit;background:#E9E9E9"|
|0
|style="color:inherit;background:#E9E9E9"|
|-
|width="1" bgcolor="{{party color|Janata Dal}}"|
|align="left" |[[Janata Dal]]
|38
|0.0
|style="color:inherit;background:#E9E9E9"|
|0
|style="color:inherit;background:#E9E9E9"|
|-
| bgcolor="{{party color|Independent (politician)}}" |
| align="left" |[[Independent (politician)|Independents]] (IND)
| 135,356 || 17.28 ||1.12 {{Decrease}}
| 5 ||5 {{decrease}}
|-
| colspan="7" bgcolor="#E9E9E9"|
|- style="font-weight:bold;"
| align="left" colspan="2"| Total
| 837,383 || 100.00 || bgcolor="#E9E9E9"|
| 60 || ±0
|-
| style="text-align:left;" colspan="7" |Source: [[Election Commission of India]]<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|url=https://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/3686-meghalaya-1998/|title=Meghalaya 1998|website=Election Commission of India|access-date=15 May 2020}}</ref>
|}
{{note label|alpha|a}} The UDP was formed in 1997 through a merger of the [[Hill People's Union]] (HPU), some members of the [[Hill State People's Democratic Party]] (HDP) and the [[Public Demands Implementation Convention|Public Demands Implementation Convention (PDIC)]]. Previous results presented in the table are the combined totals of parties' results from the 1993 election.

===Mizoram===
{{Main|1998 Mizoram Legislative Assembly election}}
{{Election results
|image=[[File:India Mizoram Legislative Assembly 1998.svg]]
|party1=[[Mizo National Front]]|votes1=84444|seats1=21|sc1={{increase}}7
|party2=[[Mizoram People's Conference]]|votes2=69078|seats2=12|sc2=New
|party3=[[Indian National Congress]]|votes3=100608|seats3=6|sc3={{decrease}}10
|party4=[[Bharatiya Janata Party]]|votes4=8448|seats4=0|sc4=0
|party5=[[Janata Dal]]|votes5=947|seats5=0|sc5=New
|party6=[[Samata Party]]|votes6=940|seats6=0|sc6=New
|party7=[[Lok Shakti]]|votes7=774|seats7=0|sc7=New
|party8=[[Rashtriya Janata Dal]]|votes8=588|seats8=0|sc8=New
|party9=[[Maraland Democratic Front]]|votes9=7721|seats9=0|sc9=New
|party10=[[Zoram Nationalist Party|Mizo National Front (Nationalist)]]|votes10=31190|seats10=0|sc10=New
|party11=[[Independent (politics)|Independents]]|votes11=33200|seats11=1|sc11={{decrease}}9
|total_sc=0
|valid=337938
|invalid=1913
|electorate=445366
|source=ECI<ref>{{cite web |url=https://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/3663-mizoram-1998/ |title=Statistical Report on General Election, 1998 to the Legislative Assembly of Mizoram |publisher=Election Commission of India |access-date= 17 July 2021}}</ref>
}}

===Nagaland===
{{Main|1998 Nagaland Legislative Assembly election}}
{{Election results
|image=[[File:India Nagaland Legislative Assembly 1998.svg]]
|party1=[[Indian National Congress]]|votes1=103206|seats1=53|sc1=+18
|party5=Independents|votes5=100226|seats5=7|sc5=0
|total_sc=0
|invalid=2356
|electorate=260646
|source=ECI<ref>{{cite web |url=https://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/3640-nagaland-1998/ |title=Statistical Report on General Election, 1998 to the Legislative Assembly of Nagaland |publisher=[[Election Commission of India]] |access-date=29 August 2021}}</ref>
}}

===Rajasthan===
{{Main|1998 Rajasthan Legislative Assembly election}}
{{Election results
|party1=[[Indian National Congress]]|seats1=153|sc1={{increase}} 77
|party2=[[Bharatiya Janata Party]]|seats2=33|sc2={{decrease}} 62
|party3=[[Janata Dal]]|seats3=3|sc3={{decrease}} 3
|party4=[[Bahujan Samaj Party]]|seats4=2|sc4={{increase}} 2
|party5=[[Rashtriya Janata Dal]]|seats5=1|sc5=New
|party6=[[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]]|seats6=1|sc6=0
|party7=Independents|seats7=7|sc7={{decrease}} 14
|total_sc=+1
}}

===Tripura===
{{Main|1998 Tripura Legislative Assembly election}}
Source:<ref>{{cite web|url=https://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/3302-tripura-1998/|title=1998 Tripura Election result}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+ Performance of the political parties in this election
! Party
! Seats contested
! Seats won
! No. of votes
! % of votes
! 1993 Seats
|-
| [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
| 60
| 0
| 80,272
| 5.87%
| 0
|-
| [[Communist Party of India]]
| 2
| 1
| 18,802
| 1.38%
| 0
|-
| [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]]
| 55
| 38
| 621,804
| 45.49%
| 44
|-
| [[Indian National Congress]]
| 45
| 13
| 464,171
| 33.96%
| 10
|-
| [[Janata Dal]]
| 3
| 0
| 3,294
| 0.24%
| 1
|-
| [[Tripura Upajati Juba Samiti]]
| 10
| 4
| 98,271
| 7.19%
| 1
|-
| [[Revolutionary Socialist Party (India)|Revolutionary Socialist Party]]
| 2
| 2
| 22,526
| 1.65%
| 2
|-
| [[Independent (politician)|Independents]]
| 60
| 2
| 44,940
| 3.29%
| 1
|-
! Total
! 270
! 60
! 1,366,966
!
!
|}

==Legislative By-elections==
===Jammu and Kashmir===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+ Results by constituency |
* Winner, runner-up, voter turnout, and victory margin in every constituency<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.indiavotes.com/ac/byeDetail/403 |title=AC Bye Election: Jammu East 1998 |access-date=1 January 2025}}</ref>
! colspan="2" |Assembly Constituency
!Turnout
! colspan="5" |Winner
! colspan="5" |Runner Up
! rowspan="2" data-sort-type=number |Margin
|-
! #k
! Names
!%
! Candidate
! colspan="2" | Party
! data-sort-type=number | Votes
!%
! Candidate
! colspan="2" | Party
! data-sort-type=number | Votes
!%
|-
|1||[[Jammu West Assembly constituency|Jammu West]]||33.56%||[[Ashok Kumar Khajuria]]||{{party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}||13,164||54.61%||Ved Kumar||{{party name with color|Indian National Congress}}||6,967||28.9%||style="background:{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}"|'''6,197'''
|-
|}

==Rajya Sabha==
{{Main|1998 Indian Rajya Sabha elections}}

==References==
{{reflist|2}}

==External links==
{{commons}}
*[http://eci.nic.in Election Commission of India]

{{Indian elections}}
{{Legislatures of India}}

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[[Category:1998 elections in Asia|India]]
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[[Category:Elections in India by year]]

St. Joseph's College, Irinjalakuda

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{{Short description|Women's college in Kerala, India}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2022}}
{{Infobox university
|name = St. Joseph's College (Autonomous), Irinjalakuda
|image = St Joseph College, Irinjalakuda.jpg
| caption = St. Joseph's College (Autonomous), Irinjalakuda
|motto = Life, Light and Love
|established = 1964
|principal = Dr.Sr.Siji
|campus = [[semi-urban area|Semi-Urban]]
|affiliations = [[University of Calicut]]
|students = 3000+
|city = [[Irinjalakuda]]
|state = [[Kerala]]
|country = [[India]]
|website =[https://www.stjosephs.edu.in/]
}}

'''St. Joseph's College (Autonomous) [[Irinjalakuda]]'''<ref name=":0">{{cite web|website=Calicut University|title=Calicut University affiliated Colleges|url=http://www.universityofcalicut.info/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=560|accessdate=18 October 2013}}</ref> is one of the [[women's college]] in the state of [[Kerala, India]]. This institution was established in 1964 and affiliated with the [[University of Calicut]]. In 1999, St. Joseph’s College, Irinjalakuda established the Department of [[Biotechnology]], distinguished as the one and only institution in Kerala to provide a government-aided B.Sc. Biotechnology program.<ref name=":1">{{cite web |title=Department of Biotechnology, St. Joseph’s College, Irinjalakuda |url=https://stjosephs.edu.in/department/biotechnology/content/home.html}}</ref><ref name=":2">{{cite web |title=College Development Council (CDC), University of Calicut, Kerala, Inbdia |url=https://cdc.uoc.ac.in/index.php/college-data-management}}</ref> St.Joseph's College was the first women's college in Kerala to offer a Master's program in Mass Communication and Journalism. The institution has more than 3000+ students.<ref>{{cite web|title=മാധ്യമരംഗത്ത്‌ സ്‌ത്രീശാസ്‌തീ കരണം" മാധ്യമ സെമിനാര്‍ നടന്നു|url=http://irinjalakuda.com/news.php?id=4183|publisher=Irinjalakuda.com|accessdate=31 October 2013}}</ref>

==History==
St. Joseph’s College, [[Irinjalakuda]] is a college for [[women]], affiliated with the [[University of Calicut]] and managed by St.Joseph Educational Society of the Congregation of Holy Family. The Congregation was founded in 1914 by the Saint [[Mariam Thresia]], a pioneer in the field of the family apostolate, beatified on 9th April 2000.

In 1999, the Department of [[Biotechnology]] was established at St. Joseph’s College, Irinjalakuda, and since then, it has stood as a pioneering hub for scientific learning and research. Beginning with the inception of the B.Sc. Biotechnology program affiliate to [[University of Calicut]], the department expanded its academic offerings in 2004 to include the M.Sc. General Biotechnology program as well.<ref name=":2" /><ref name=":0" />

==Notable alumni==
* [[M. R. Anitha|Justice M. R. Anitha]], Judge, Kerala High Court.
* [[Dr.]] [[Khadija Mumtaz]], Medical Practitioner, Author.
* [[R. Bindu]], Minister for Higher Education and Social Justice in [[Second Vijayan ministry]].
* Dr. P V Radhadevi, Director, Advanced Data Processing Research Institute, Department Of Space.
* Ms. Dhanya Babu, Adjunct Professor, Dept Of Criminal Justice, City University Of New York.
* Dr Uma Kollamparambil, Professor & Head, School Of Economics & Finance, Johannesburg.
* Ms. Usha Suresh Balaje, Performer Artist.

==See also==
*[[Education in Kerala]]
*[[University of Calicut]]
*[[National Assessment and Accreditation Council]]
*[[University Grants Commission (India)]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
{{commons category}}

{{Christianity in Kerala}}

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Faryal (actress)

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{{Short description|Indian film actress and dancer}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2022}}
{{Use Indian English|date=February 2016}}

{{BLP sources|date=December 2021}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Faryal
| image =
| caption =
| birthname = Faryal Manmohan
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1945|11|3|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[Damascus]], [[Syria]]
| death_date = 
| death_place =
| native_name_lang = hindi
| othername =
| occupation = [[actress]], dancer
| yearsactive = 1965–present
}}

'''Faryal''' (born 3 November 1945).<ref>{{Cite AV media |title=Faryal: The Promising Actress Who Could Not Succeed In Bollywood {{!}} Tabassum Talkies |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8QMMosi0Z2k |language=en |access-date=25 October 2021 |time={{time needed|date=July 2023}} }}</ref> She is an actress and dancer of mixed Indian and Arabic descent working in [[Bollywood|Hindi films]]. She was a popular [[Bollywood]] cabaret dancer and actress in the 1960s and 1970s.<ref name="auto">{{Cite web |url=http://cineplot.com/faryal-interview/ |title=Faryal – Interview |website=Cineplot.com |access-date=23 August 2011 |archive-date=17 September 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110917154541/http://cineplot.com/faryal-interview/ |url-status=dead}}</ref>

==Early life and background==
Faryal was born in the Damascus area of [[Syria]] to an [[India]]n father and a [[Syria]]n-[[Lebanese people|Lebanese]] mother.<ref name="auto"/> She completed her education at Loretto Convent, Simla, Cathedral High School and [[St. Xavier's College, Mumbai|St. Xavier's College]], [[Mumbai]]. Faryal worked for a while as an air hostess in [[Air India]] before joining films. She is a product of the FilmaIaya School of Acting.<ref name="auto"/>

==Career==
Faryal entered [[Bollywood]] in 1965 in the black-and-white film ''Zindagi Aur Maut'', in lead role opposite [[Pradeep Kumar (actor)|Pradeep Kumar]]. This film contained famous song "Dil Laga kar hum ye samjhe" sung solo by [[Asha Bhosle]] and [[Mahendra Kapoor]]; both these songs are available on [[YouTube]]. Faryal was liked by people and resulted in her getting the lead role in the film ''Biradari'' opposite [[Shashi Kapoor]]. The movie was a total flop. She was noted for her role as a cabaret dancer in the movie ''[[Jewel Thief (1967 film)|Jewel Thief]]'', released in 1967. After the movie's release, offers started pouring in. In an interview in 1973, Faryal stated that "Ever since Goldie cast me in that glamorous dancer's role in ''[[Jewel Thief (1967 film)|Jewel Thief]]'', film makers have looked upon me as an "excellent cabaret dancer". "Whereas in reality I have never learnt dancing,". "I don't even like dancing; I rather hate it". She was also noticed for her roles in the Rajesh Khanna-Mumtaz starrer ''Sachcha Jhootha'' and the Dharmendra-Waheeda Rehman starrer ''Man Ki Aankhen''. At first afraid of being typecast, Faryal was reluctant to accept the numerous offers that she received soon after the release of ''[[Jewel Thief (1967 film)|Jewel Thief]]''. But gradually she realized that if she refused the roles there were ten others ready to replace her. "And now the bath tub scene in ''[[Apradh]]'' released in 1972 had given me an even worse image", she quipped.<ref name="auto"/> Faryal retired from movies in 1984 after her performance as the girlfriend of [[Jeetendra]] in ''[[Gold Medal]]''.

==Personal life==
Faryal married after quitting movies, and she is currently living in [[Israel]]. <ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Faryal |url=https://www.cinemaazi.com/people/faryal |access-date=2024-07-07 |website=Cinemaazi |language=en}}</ref>

==Selected filmography==

{|class="wikitable"
|-
!Year !!Film !!Role !! Notes
|-
|[[List of Bollywood films of 1965|1965]] || ''Zindagi Aur Maut'' ||||Debut
|-
|[[List of Bollywood films of 1966|1966]] || ''Biradri'' ||Seema||
|-
|[[List of Bollywood films of 1967|1967]] || ''[[Jewel Thief (1967 film)|Jewel Thief]]'' ||Julie||Cabaret dancer
|-
|[[List of Bollywood films of 1968|1968]] || ''[[Fareb (1996 film)|Fareb]]'' ||||
|-
|[[List of Bollywood films of 1969|1969]] || ''[[The Gold Medal (film)|The Gold Medal]]'' ||||
|-
|1970 || ''[[Insaan Aur Shaitan]]'' ||Ratna||
|-
|1970 || ''[[Man Ki Aankhen]]'' ||Vandana||
|-
|1970 || ''[[Pushpanjali (1970 film)|Pushpanjali]]'' ||Lata Khanna||
|-
|1970 || ''[[Sachaa Jhutha]]'' ||Ruby||
|-
|1970 || ''[[Puraskar]]'' || ||
|-
|[[List of Bollywood films of 1971|1971]] || ''[[Hungama (1971 film)|Hungama]]'' ||Rita||
|-
|1971 || ''[[Ek Thi Reeta]]''|| ||
|-
|[[List of Bollywood films of 1972|1972]] || ''[[Apradh]]'' ||||
|-
|[[List of Bollywood films of 1972|1972]] || ''[[Rani Mera Naam]]'' ||||
|-
|[[List of Bollywood films of 1973|1973]] || ''[[Khoon Khoon]]'' ||||
|-
|[[List of Bollywood films of 1973|1973]] || ''[[Dharma (1973 film)|Dharma]]'' ||Cabaret dancer||
|-
|[[List of Bollywood films of 1973|1973]] || ''[[Raampur Ka Lakshman]]'' ||Cabaret dancer||
|-
|[[List of Bollywood films of 1973|1973]] || ''[[Jheel Ke Us Paar]]'' ||Maya||
|-
|[[List of Bollywood films of 1973|1973]] || ''[[Door Nahin Manzil]]'' ||Sunaina||
|-
|[[List of Bollywood films of 1974|1974]] || ''[[Dharmatma]]'' ||||
|-
|[[List of Bollywood films of 1974|1974]] || ''[[Manoranjan]]'' ||Lolita||
|-
|[[List of Bollywood films of 1975|1975]]|| ''[[Rafoo Chakkar]]'' ||In-charge of girls' band||
|-
|1975 ||''[[Dafaa 302]]'' || ||
|-
|[[List of Bollywood films of 1976|1976]] || ''[[Zamane Se Poocho]]'' ||||
|-
|[[List of Bollywood films of 1977|1977]] || ''[[Aafat]]'' ||||
|}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*{{IMDb name|id=0268619|name=Faryal}}

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[[Category:Indian film actresses]]
[[Category:Indian stage actresses]]
[[Category:Living people]]
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[[Category:1945 births]]

Amar Kumar Bauri

2026-01-15T13:02:29Z

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{{Short description|Indian politician (born 1978)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2021}}
{{Use Indian English|date=August 2021}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| image = File:Amar Kumar Bauri meeting the Minister of State for Culture and Tourism (Independent Charge), Dr. Mahesh Sharma, in New Delhi (cropped).jpg
| caption =
| office = [[List of leaders of the opposition in the Jharkhand Legislative Assembly|Leader of the Opposition Jharkhand Legislative Assembly]]
| term_start = 16 October 2023
| term_end = 23 November 2024
| 1blankname = [[Chief Minister of Jharkhand|Chief Minister]]
| 1namedata = [[Hemant Soren]]
| predecessor = [[Babulal Marandi]]
| successor = Babulal Marandi
| office1 = Minister of Revenue [[Government of Jharkhand]]
| term_start1 = 19 February 2015
| term_end1 = 29 December 2019
| 1blankname1 = [[Chief Minister of Jharkhand|Chief Minister]]
| 1namedata1 = [[Raghubar Das]]
| predecessor1 =
| successor1 = [[Hemant Soren]]
| office2 = Member of [[Jharkhand Legislative Assembly]]
| term_start2 = 23 December 2014
| term_end2 = 23 November 2024
| predecessor2 = [[Umakant Rajak]]
| successor2 = [[Umakant Rajak]]
| constituency2 = [[Chandankiyari (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Chandankiyari]] (SC)
| birth_date = {{bda|df=y|1978|11|25}}
| birth_place = [[Chandankiyari]], [[Bihar]], India (now in [[Jharkhand]])
| party = [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
| spouse =
}}

'''Amar Kumar Bauri''' (born 25 November 1978) is an Indian politician and former [[List of leaders of the opposition in the Jharkhand Legislative Assembly|leader of the opposition]] in [[Jharkhand Legislative Assembly]]. He is the member of the [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]. He was Minister of Jharkhand. Earlier he was associated with [[Jharkhand Vikas Morcha (Prajatantrik)]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://myneta.info/jharkhand2014/candidate.php?candidate_id=835|title=Amar Kumar Bauri(JVM(P)): Constituency- Chandankiyari (SC) (Bokaro) – Affidavit Information of Candidate}}</ref> led by [[Babulal Marandi]] till Jharkhand Vidhan Sabha election in 2014.
He was a member of Jharkhand legislative assembly from [[Chandankiyari (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Chandankiyari]] constituency which is reserved for [[scheduled caste]]s in [[Bokaro District]].

==Early life==
He was born in year 1978 to Ram Nath Bauri. He passed [[matriculation]] from R.D. Tata High School Jamshedpur in 1994, Inter from Co-operative College Jamshedpur in 1997, completed graduation from same Jamshedpur Cooperative College and post graduate in history from Ranchi University in 2005. He also completed Bachelor of Education from the Vinobha Bhave University [[Hazaribag]] in 2008.

==Political career==
Bauri made his electoral debut in 2004 as an [[Independent politician|Independent]] candidate unsuccessfully. In the [[2009 Jharkhand Legislative Assembly election|2009 Assembly election]], he had contested on the [[Jharkhand Vikas Morcha (Prajatantrik)|JVM (P)]]’s ticket from [[Chandankiyari Assembly constituency|Chandankiyari]], but had lost to [[Umakant Rajak]] of [[All Jharkhand Students Union|AJSU]] by a margin of 3517 votes. In the [[2014 Jharkhand Legislative Assembly election|2014 Assembly election]], Bauri was elected as an MLA from [[Chandankiyari Assembly constituency|Chandankiyari]] on the ticket of [[Jharkhand Vikas Morcha (Prajatantrik)|JVM (P)]] ticket, but soon he, along with five other party MLAs, joined the [[Raghubar Das ministry|BJP-led government]], merging their breakaway JVM (P) Legislature Party with the BJP.

Bauri was inducted as Revenue and Tourism minister in the [[Raghubar Das ministry]] on 19 February 2015. He took some significant decisions such as building the Patratu Valley road and launching several religious tourism festivals. He had digitized a part of the land records and also started the popular [[Indian 1-rupee coin|Re 1]] charge on properties registered in the name of women members in 2017 in a bid to empower them within their households – a scheme which was scrapped by the current JMM-led government headed by CM Hemant Soren in 2020.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-10-23 |title=Marandi protege to Jharkhand BJP’s new LoP face after four years: Who is Amar Bauri? |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/political-pulse/marandi-protege-to-jharkhand-bjps-new-amar-bauri-8996249/ |access-date= |website=The Indian Express |language=}}</ref>

On 16 October 2023 he was appointed as the l[[List of leaders of the opposition in the Jharkhand Legislative Assembly|leader of the opposition]] in [[Jharkhand Legislative Assembly]] replacing [[Babulal Marandi]] who had been appointed as the President of [[BJP Jharkhand]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Amar Kumar Bauri appointed leader of BJP Legislative Party in Jharkhand |url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/india/amar-kumar-bauri-appointed-leader-of-bharatiya-janata-party-legislative-party-in-jharkhand/cid/1973685 |access-date= |website=www.telegraphindia.com |language=en}}</ref><ref name="Amar Kumar Bauri Appointed As Leader Of BJP Legislative Party In Jharkhand">{{cite news |last1=Outlook India |date=16 October 2023 |title=Amar Kumar Bauri Appointed As Leader Of BJP Legislative Party In Jharkhand |url=https://www.outlookindia.com/national/amar-kumar-bauri-appointed-as-leader-of-bjp-legislative-party-in-jharkhand-news-324794 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20240519060906/https://www.outlookindia.com/national/amar-kumar-bauri-appointed-as-leader-of-bjp-legislative-party-in-jharkhand-news-324794 |archivedate=19 May 2024 |accessdate=19 May 2024 |language=en}}</ref>

He lost election in 2024 and was succeeded by [[Babulal Marandi]] as the leader of opposition.

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* [http://www.jharkhand.gov.in/ministers/ Jharkhand Cabinet Ministers]
* [https://www.facebook.com/amarbauriofficial/ Amar Bauri]
* [https://nocorruption.in/politician/amar-kumar-bauri/ Jharkhand MLA]
* [https://myneta.info/jharkhand2014/candidate.php?candidate_id=835/ Myneta.Info]
* [https://twitter.com/amarbauri/ Twitter]
* [http://eci.nic.in/affidavits/AFF_AEFeb2005/Jharkhand/37/Amar_Kumar_Bauri/Amar_kumar_bawari.htm Election commission of India]

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The Perils of Being Moderately Famous

2026-01-14T07:27:39Z

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{{Short description|2017 memoir by Soha Ali Khan}}
{{No plot|date=November 2023}}
{{Infobox book
| author = [[Soha Ali Khan]]
| pub_date = December 12, 2017
| isbn = 9780143439967
| publisher = [[Penguin India]]
| image = The Perils of Being Moderately Famous.jpg
| pages = 256
}}
'''''The Perils of Being Moderately Famous''''' is a memoir by [[Soha Ali Khan]] published on 12 December 2017 by [[Penguin India]].<ref>{{Cite book |last=Khan |first=Soha Ali |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=WilADwAAQBAJ |title=The Perils of Being Moderately Famous |date=2017-12-12 |publisher=Penguin Random House India Private Limited |isbn=978-93-87326-47-7 |language=en}}</ref>

== Reception ==
Joginder Tuteja of ''[[Bollywood Hungama]]'' described ''The Perils of Being Moderately Famous'' as "an easy and lazy weekend read".<ref>{{Cite web |last=Tuteja |first=Joginder |date=2018-01-06 |title=Book review: Soha Ali Khan's The Perils of Being Moderately Famous |url=https://www.bollywoodhungama.com/news/features/book-review-soha-ali-khans-perils-moderately-famous/ |access-date=2023-02-08 |website=[[Bollywood Hungama]] |language=en}}</ref> ''[[Business Standard]]'''s Manavi Kapur similarly called it "an easy read".<ref>{{Cite web |last=Kapur |first=Manavi |date=2018-02-03 |title=Soha Ali Khan's 'The Perils of Being Moderately Famous' is an easy read |url=https://www.business-standard.com/article/beyond-business/soha-ali-khan-s-the-perils-of-being-moderately-famous-is-an-easy-read-118020201537_1.html |access-date=2023-02-08 |website=[[Business Standard]] |language=en}}</ref>

The book has been also reviewed by Nisha Ghatak,<ref>{{Cite web |last=Ghatak |first=Nisha |date=September 2021 |title=Book Review: The Perils of Being Moderately Famous |url=https://vc.bridgew.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=2658&context=jiws}}</ref> and Ishita Sengupta of ''[[The Indian Express]]''.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Sengupta |first=Ishita |date=2018-02-24 |title=Shooting (From the Hip) Star |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/lifestyle/books/soha-ali-khan-perils-of-being-moderately-famous-review-5075992/ |access-date=2023-02-08 |website=[[The Indian Express]] |language=en}}</ref>

''The Perils of Being Moderately Famous'' won the 2018 [[Crossword Book Award]] for Biography.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2018-12-21 |title=Shashi Tharoor, Ruskin Bond, Soha Ali Khan win big at 16th Crossword Book Award |url=https://www.deccanchronicle.com/lifestyle/books-and-art/211218/shashi-tharoor-ruskin-bond-soha-ali-khan-win-big-at-16th-crossword-b.html |access-date=2023-02-08 |website=[[Deccan Chronicle]] |language=en}}</ref>

== References ==
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Ompal Singh Nidar

2026-01-05T13:17:36Z

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{{Short description|Indian Politician}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2024}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| office = [[Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha]]
| term_start = 1996
| term_end = 1998
| predecessor = [[Swami Sureshanand]]
| successor = [[S. P. Singh Baghel]]
| constituency = [[Jalesar Lok Sabha constituency|Jalesar]]
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=y|1950|6|10}}
| birth_place = Khushalgarh, [[Bulandshahr district]], [[Uttar Pradesh]]
| party = [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
| spouse = {{marriage|Saroj Singh|1966}}
| children = 1 son
| father = Durga Singh
| education = [[Master of Arts]] Doctor of Philosophy
| alma_mater = [[Meerut University]] [[Agra University]]
| profession = Teacher, Poet, Politician
}}
'''Ompal Singh Nidar''' is an Indian politician from [[Uttar Pradesh]] who had represented [[Jalesar Lok Sabha constituency|Jalesar]] in the [[Lok Sabha]] from 1996 to 1998.<ref>{{Cite news |date=31 January 2022 |title=UP assembly elections: BJP fields junior law minister SP Singh Baghel against Akhilesh Yadav from Karhal |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/lucknow/up-assembly-elections-bjp-fields-junior-law-minister-sp-singh-baghel-against-akhilesh-yadav-from-karhal/articleshow/89246652.cms |work=The Times of India }}</ref>

== Election result ==
{{Election box begin | title=[[1996 Indian general election]]: [[Jalesar]]<ref name="Rediff">{{cite web|url=https://m.rediff.com/news/1998/feb/up70.htm|website=m.rediff.com|title=Rediff On The NeT: Polling Booth: Election' 96: Uttar Pradesh/Jalesar|access-date=19 September 2024}}</ref>}}
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|party = Bharatiya Janata Party
|candidate = Ompal Singh Nidar
|votes = 1,94,422
|percentage = 36.24%
|change =
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|candidate = [[S. P. Singh Baghel]]
|party = Bahujan Samaj Party
|votes = 1,55,047
|percentage = 28.90%
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Samajwadi Party
|candidate = Harveer Singh Baghel
|votes = 81,005
|percentage = 15.10%
|change =
}}
{{Election box margin of victory|
|votes = 39,375
|percentage = 7.34%
|change =
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|votes = 5,36,395
|percentage =
|change =
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{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Bharatiya Janata Party
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}

==References==
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Rabri

2026-01-05T05:18:01Z

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{{Short description|Condensed-milk-based sweet dish from India}}
{{for|the Indian politician|Rabri Devi}}
{{more footnotes|date=March 2013}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2019}}
{{Infobox food
| image = Homemade Rabri.jpg
| image_size = 250px
| caption =
| alternate_name = Rabdi, Rabidi
| associated_cuisine = [[Indian cuisine|India]],[[Nepali cuisine|Nepal]],[[Pakistani cuisine|Pakistan]], [[Bangladeshi cuisine|Bangladesh]]
| region = [[Indian subcontinent]]
| creator =
| course =
| served =
| main_ingredient = [[Milk]] and Pearl Millet Flour
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'''''Rabri''''', '''rabdi''' or '''rabidi''' ([[IAST]]: Rabaḍī) is a sweet, condensed-milk-based dish, originating from the [[Indian subcontinent]], made by boiling milk on low heat for a long time until it becomes dense and changes its colour to off-white or pale yellow. [[Jaggery]], spices, and nuts are added to it to give it flavor. It is chilled and served as dessert. ''Rabri'' is the main ingredient in several desserts, such as ''[[rasabali]]'', ''[[chhena kheeri]]'', and ''[[khira sagara]]''.

Two similar dishes go by the names ''[[Basundi]]'' and ''[[Khiriha]]''.

[[File:Pan Kulfi with Gulkand Rabri.JPG|thumb|Traditional Indian ice cream [[kulfi]] served with sweet rabri and rose petal jam [[gulkand]].]]

== History ==
[[Chandimangal|''Chandimangala'']] mentions ''rabdi'' (thickened, sweetened milk), along with other sweets, in the early 1400s.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://archive.org/stream/IndianFoodTraditionAHistoricalCompanionAchayaK.T./Indian%20Food%20Tradition%20A%20Historical%20Companion%20Achaya%20K.T._djvu.txt|title=Full text of "Indian Food Tradition A Historical Companion Achaya K. T."|website=archive.org|access-date=2019-01-30}}</ref>

''Rabri'' was banned in Kolkata 1965 during an economic recession for its excessive use of milk. It was overturned within the year by the [[Calcutta High Court]] due to lawsuits from independent sweet shops.<ref>{{Cite web |last=SnackX |date=2020-08-06 |title=Do you know that Rabri was banned in Kolkata 1965 during an economic recession for its excessive… |url=https://medium.com/@snackx/do-you-know-that-rabri-was-banned-in-kolkata-1965-during-an-economic-recession-for-its-excessive-b98c5481d46f |access-date=2025-01-03 |website=Medium |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/blogs/onmyplate/the-bitterest-ban-the-improbable-story-of-how-bengal-tried-to-ban-bengali-sweets/|title=The Bitterest Ban: The improbable story of how Bengal tried to ban Bengali sweets|date=2015-07-25|website=Economic Times Blog|language=en-US|access-date=2020-02-07}}</ref>{{Better source|date=February 2020}}

According to some legends, Rabri was first offered to Lord [[Krishna]] at the [[Banke Bihari Temple]] in [[Vrindavan|Vrindavana]] by a Rajasthani princess.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Rabri: Know The History Of The Dessert And An Easy Recipe To Try |url=https://www.slurrp.com/article/rabri-know-the-history-of-the-dessert-and-an-easy-recipe-to-try-1723472659096 |access-date=2025-01-01 |website=Slurrp |language=en}}</ref>

==Creation==
''Rabri'' is made by heating sweetened milk in a large open vessel (''[[Karahi|kadhai]]''). As the layer of cream begins to form on the surface of the milk, it is taken off and kept aside. The process continues until the milk is exhausted.

== Varieties ==
There are various types of Rabri, each with distinct characteristics:

=== ''Plain Rabri'' ===
''Plain Rabri'' is prepared by continuously simmering and stirring milk until it reduces and thickens. Sugar and cardamom are commonly added to enhance its flavor.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |date=2024-08-30 |title=Rabri » Flavoursofindiaeats |url=https://flavoursofindiaeats.com/rabri/ |access-date=2025-01-03 |language=English |archive-date=24 January 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250124172742/https://flavoursofindiaeats.com/rabri/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>

=== ''Lachha/Lachhedar Rabri'' ===
''Lachha Rabri'' is characterized by layers of cream, known as ''lachhas'', which form during the slow cooking process. These layers give it a distinctive texture.<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite web |title=rabdi recipe {{!}} authentic rabri recipe {{!}} lachhedar rabdi recipe {{!}} easy rabri recipe {{!}} |url=https://www.tarladalal.com/rabri-or-how-to-make-rabdi-1099r |access-date=2025-01-03 |website=www.tarladalal.com}}</ref>

=== ''Pista Rabri'' ===
''Pista Rabri'' is characterized by the inclusion of pistachios, which lend a distinct flavor and a greenish tint to the dessert.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-08-07 |title=Vegan Kesar Pista Rabri (Super Easy!) – Of Donkeys & Dhoklas |url=https://ofdonkeysanddhokla.com/vegan-kesar-pista-rabri-super-easy/ |access-date=2025-01-03 |language=en-US}}</ref>{{Better source needed|reason=The current source is insufficiently reliable ([[BP:NOTRS]]).|date=January 2025}}

=== ''Kesari Rabri'' ===
''Kesari Rabri'' is flavored with [[saffron]], giving it a golden hue and a rich, aromatic flavor<ref name=":0" />

=== ''Malai Rabri'' ===
''Malai Rabri'' is distinguished by the addition of extra ''malai'' (cream), resulting in a richer and more indulgent version compared to the traditional Rabri.{{Citation needed|date=January 2025}}

==See also==
* [[Basundi]], a similar dish

==References==
{{Reflist}}

{{Indian dishes}}
{{Pakistani dishes}}

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[[Category:Rajasthani cuisine]]
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Rajendra Kumar

2025-12-25T17:41:58Z

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{{short description|Indian actor (1927–1999)}}
{{About|the actor|the politician|Rajendra Kumar (politician)}}
{{Use British English|date=September 2014}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2020}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Rajendra Kumar
| image = Rajendra Kumar.jpg
| caption =
| birth_date = {{Birth date|df=y|1927|07|20}}<ref name=GuardianObit>{{cite news | url=https://www.theguardian.com/news/1999/jul/31/guardianobituaries1 | title=Rajendra Kumar | newspaper=The Guardian | first=Lalit Mohan | last=Joshi | date=31 July 1999 | access-date=10 May 2021 }}</ref>
| death_date = {{death date and age|1999|07|12|1927|07|20|df=y}}
| other names = ''Jubilee Kumar''
| birth_name = Rajendra Kumar Tuli
| birth_place = [[Narowal]], [[Punjab Province (British India)|Punjab]], [[British Raj|British India]] (present-day [[Punjab, Pakistan|Punjab]], [[Pakistan]])
| death_place = [[Mumbai]], [[Maharashtra]], [[India]]
| occupation = {{hlist|Actor|producer|director}}
| years_active = 1949–1998
| spouse = Shukla Tuli (?–1999)
| children = 3, including [[Kumar Gaurav]]
| family =
| relatives = [[Raju Patel]] (son-in-law) [[Ramesh Behl]] (brother-in-law) [[O. P. Ralhan]] (brother-in-law)
| honours = [[Padma Shri]] (1970)<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.dashboard-padmaawards.gov.in/?Field=Art|title=Padma Awards | Interactive Dashboard|access-date=16 March 2022|archive-date=27 January 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210127205251/http://www.dashboard-padmaawards.gov.in/?Field=Art|url-status=dead}}</ref>
}}
'''Rajendra Kumar''' (born as '''Rajendra Kumar Tuli'''; 20 July 1927 – 12 July 1999) was an Indian actor who starred in [[Bollywood]] films. Starting his career in 1949, he worked in more than 80 films in a career spanning over four decades. Kumar is considered as one of the greatest and most successful actors in [[Indian cinema]]. He was popularly known as the ''Jubilee Kumar'' during the 1960s, when he consecutively starred in several commercially successful films.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/bollywood/why-rajendra-kumar-was-known-as-the-jubilee-kumar-of-bollywood-8039172/lite | title=Why Rajendra Kumar was known as the 'Jubilee Kumar' of Bollywood, his films ran for at least 25 weeks in cinemas | date=21 July 2022 }}</ref>

==Early life==

Rajendra Kumar was born in a [[Punjabi Hindu]] [[Khatri]] family in [[Sialkot]], in the Punjab province of [[British India]].<ref>{{cite web|last=Raheja|first=Dinesh|title=Bollywood's Jubilee Kumar|url=http://www.rediff.com/entertai/2002/jul/09dinesh.htm|access-date=14 October 2011|archive-date=11 February 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180211095118/http://www.rediff.com/entertai/2002/jul/09dinesh.htm|url-status=live}}</ref> His grandfather was a successful military contractor and his father had a textile business in [[Karachi]], [[Sindh]], British India. During the [[Partition of India]], the family had to leave all the land and property behind and move to [[India]]. When they came to [[Mumbai|Bombay]], Kumar decided to try his luck in the Hindi film industry. He never wanted to be a hero and took up work with director [[H. S. Rawail]] as an assistant. For nearly five years, he worked with Rawail as an assistant in films like ''[[Patanga (1949 film)|Patanga]]'', ''[[Sagai (1951 film)|Sagai]]'', ''[[Pocket Maar (1956 film)|Pocket Maar]]''.<ref name=peak>{{cite web|url=https://theprint.in/theprint-profile/acting-is-not-for-you-how-rajendra-kumar-braved-rejection-to-become-bollywoods-jubilee-king/1034645/|title='Acting is not for you'—how Rajendra Kumar braved rejection to become Bollywood's Jubilee King|website=[[ThePrint]] |date=12 July 2022}}</ref>

==Personal life==
Kumar married [[Ravi Behl#Personal|Shukla]] of the [[List of Hindi film families#Behl family|Behl family of Hindi films]], a sister of [[Ramesh Behl]] and [[Ravi Behl#Personal|Shyam Behl]] and aunt of their sons [[Goldie Behl]] and [[Ravi Behl]].<ref name=sis2>[https://www.freepressjournal.in/entertainment/bollywoods-forgotten-stars-8-interesting-facts-about-boogie-woogies-judge-ravi-behl Bollywood's Forgotten Stars: 8 Interesting facts about Boogie Woogie's judge – Ravi Behl] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200710191845/https://www.freepressjournal.in/entertainment/bollywoods-forgotten-stars-8-interesting-facts-about-boogie-woogies-judge-ravi-behl |date=10 July 2020 }}, [[The Free Press Journal]], 17 June 2018.</ref> He and Shukla had a son and two daughters. His son [[Kumar Gaurav]] is a former actor. His daughter Dimple was married to Hollywood film producer [[Raju Patel]]. His sister Manorama was married to Indian film producer [[O. P. Ralhan]]. His younger brother was film director Naresh Kumar.

Kumar acted with [[Sunil Dutt]] and [[Nargis]] in the film ''[[Mother India]]'' (1957) where Sunil Dutt and Rajendra Kumar played sons of Nargis's character. He had a special relationship with Dutt and used to actively participate in campaigning for him, whenever the latter used to contest for elections. Kumar was best friends with [[Raj Kapoor]], so much that his son [[Kumar Gaurav]] was engaged to the latter's daughter, Reema. However, their friendship fell apart after their children broke the engagement and Kumar Gaurav married [[Sunil Dutt]] and [[Nargis]]'s daughter Namrata.<ref name=ball>{{cite web|url=https://www.dainiktribuneonline.com/news/archive/%E0%A4%B8%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%97%E0%A4%AE/%E0%A4%AE%E0%A4%BF%E0%A4%B8%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B2-%E0%A4%A5%E0%A5%80-%E0%A4%B8%E0%A5%81%E0%A4%A8%E0%A5%80%E0%A4%B2-%E0%A4%A6%E0%A4%A4%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%A4-%E0%A4%94%E0%A4%B0-%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%9C/|title=मिसाल थी सुनील दत्त और राजेन्द्र कुमार की दोस्ती|date=15 March 2014}}</ref>

==Career==

===1949–1962: Rise to prominence===

After beginning his acting career with small roles in ''[[Patanga (1949 film)|Patanga]]'' (1949) and ''[[Jogan (film)|Jogan]]'' (1950), Rajendra Kumar appeared as a main lead in [[Devendra Goel]]'s ''[[Vachan]]'' (1955) alongside [[Geeta Bali]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Melodrama was his forte|url=http://www.tribuneindia.com/1999/99jul16/art-trib.htm#1|date=16 July 1999|author=Bir Kaur, Devinder|access-date=2009-09-25|newspaper=[[The Tribune (Chandigarh)|The Tribune]]}}</ref> The film emerged a hit and made him a known face.<ref>{{cite book|author=Ranade, Ashok Da.|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZI1wqkWsIjYC&q=vachan+1955&pg=PA294|title=Hindi Film Song: Music Beyond Boundaries|year = 2006|publisher=Bibliophile South Asia|pages=294|isbn=81-85002-64-9}}</ref> This was followed by [[Mehboob Khan]]'s [[Epic film|epic drama]] film ''[[Mother India]]'' (1957), where he played [[Nargis]]'s eldest son.<ref>{{cite book|last=Chatterjee|first=Gayatri|title=Mother India|year=2002|publisher=British Film Institute|isbn=978-0-85170-917-8|url=https://archive.org/details/motherindiamadar00chat |pages=74–75}}</ref> It opened to excellent audience response and went on to become an ''All Time Blockbuster'' at the box office along with being the highest-grossing film of the 1957.<ref>{{cite book | title=Yash Chopra: Fifty Years in Indian Cinema | publisher=Lotus Collection | author=Dwyer, Rachel | year=2002 | pages=42 | isbn=8174362347}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.boxofficeindia.com/report-details.php?articleid=7924|title=Gadar 2 - The Katha Continues Is A Colossal Motion Picture}}</ref> ''Mother India'' went on to win several accolades, including the [[National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Hindi|National Film Award for Best Feature Film (Hindi)]] and was also featured in the book [[1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://dff.nic.in/2011/5th_nff.pdf |title=5th National Film Awards |publisher=[[Directorate of Film Festivals]] |access-date=2 September 2011 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131103222703/http://dff.nic.in/2011/5th_nff.pdf |archive-date=3 November 2013 |pages=2–3}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.newstext.com.au/docs/STE/2004/get.jsp?docid=STE-20040418-1-088-4134004V1@NSW-METRO-2004-2003|title=Best sellers|publisher=[[The Daily Telegraph (Sydney)|The Sunday Telegraph]]|date=18 April 2004| access-date= 16 July 2007 | archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20071010121612/http://www.newstext.com.au/docs/STE/2004/get.jsp?docid=STE-20040418-1-088-4134004V1@NSW-METRO-2004-2003| archive-date= 10 October 2007 }}</ref>

Kumar shot to stardom in 1959 with three back-to-back hits.<ref name="Top Actors">{{cite web |title=Top Actors |url=http://www.boxofficeindia.com/cpages.php?pageName=top_actors |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080219165002/http://www.boxofficeindia.com/cpages.php?pageName=top_actors |archive-date=19 February 2008 |access-date=24 April 2020 |work=Box Office India}}</ref> He first appeared in [[Vijay Bhatt]]'s [[Romance film|romantic musical]] ''[[Goonj Uthi Shehnai]]''.<ref>{{cite web |title=Bharat Vyas – Goonj Uthi Shehnai |url=https://www.discogs.com/master/1109226-Vasant-Desai-Bharat-Vyas-Goonj-Uthi-Shehnai |website=Discogs |access-date=11 March 2024}}</ref> It performed very well at the box office and proved to be a superhit.<ref>[http://www.indianexpress.com/ie/daily/19980529/14950594.html 1959: Year that was] [[Indian Express]], Friday, 29 May 1998.</ref> His next release ''[[Chirag Kahan Roshni Kahan]]'' was also hit at the box office and [[Yash Chopra]]'s directional debut, the [[Romance film|romantic social drama]] ''[[Dhool Ka Phool]]'', which went on to become a blockbuster as well as one of the highest earners of the year.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.boxofficeindia.com/npages.php?page=shownews&articleid=5005&nCat=|title=Legendary Director Yash Chopra Passes Away|date=22 October 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131121054713/http://www.boxofficeindia.com/npages.php?page=shownews&articleid=5005&nCat= |archive-date=21 November 2013 }}</ref> One of its song "Tu Hindu Banega Na Musalman Banega", sung by [[Mohammed Rafi]] was a huge hit.<ref>{{cite news |title=Nehru's vision shaped many Bollywood golden oldies |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/delhi/Nehrus-vision-shaped-many-Bollywood-golden-oldies/articleshow/5233286.cms |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130513230400/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2009-11-16/delhi/28068204_1_secularism-yash-chopra-big-dams |url-status=live |archive-date=13 May 2013 |work=[[The Times of India]] |date=16 November 2009}}</ref> The following year, he co-starred alongside [[Ashok Kumar]] and [[Nanda (actress)|Nanda]] in [[B. R. Chopra]]'s [[Legal drama|courtroom drama]] ''[[Kanoon]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/kanoon_1960|title=Kanoon (1960)|website=[[Rotten Tomatoes]] }}</ref> The film had no songs, however, it became a hit and went on to win [[National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Hindi|National Film Award for Best Feature Film (Hindi)]].<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20111223065006/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2008-11-06/mumbai/27929830_1_yash-naya-daur-madhubala Films transformed Chopra's destiny and vice-versa] ''[[Times of India]]'', 6 November 2008.</ref><ref name=RKHITS/><ref>{{cite web|url=http://iffi.nic.in/Dff2011/Frm8thNFAAward.aspx|title=8th National Film Awards|publisher=[[International Film Festival of India]]|access-date=7 September 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131012062918/http://iffi.nic.in/Dff2011/Frm8thNFAAward.aspx|archive-date=12 October 2013|url-status=dead}}</ref>

1961 was the best year of Kumar's career with many successes. His first release, the [[Drama (genre)|drama]] film ''[[Zindagi aur Khwab]]'' opposite [[Meena Kumari]] was a critical and commercial hit.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.boxofficeindia.co.in/worth-their-weight-in-gold/ |title=Worth Their Weight in Gold! | Box Office India : India's premier film trade magazine | Bollywood news, reviews, interviews, box office collection |access-date=24 October 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111103185138/http://www.boxofficeindia.co.in/worth-their-weight-in-gold/ |archive-date=3 November 2011 |url-status=dead }}</ref> He then appeared in [[Mohan Kumar (director)|Mohan Kumar]]'s ''[[Aas Ka Panchhi]]'' opposite [[Vyjayanthimala]] and [[S. S. Vasan]]'s ''[[Gharana (1961 film)|Gharana]]'' opposite [[Asha Parekh]], both of them where became blockbusters.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.koimoi.com/box-office/highest-grossers/from-dilip-kumars-ganga-jamuna-to-rajendra-kumars-aas-ka-panchi-top-bollywood-box-office-grossers-of-1961/|title=From Dilip Kumar's Ganga Jamuna To Rajendra Kumar's Aas Ka Panchi – Top Bollywood Box Office Grossers Of 1961}}</ref> This was followed by another major hit in ''[[Sasural (1961 film)|Sasural]]'' and a moderate success in ''[[Pyaar Ka Saagar]]''.<ref>{{Cite news |date=9 March 1962 |title=Emotional Family Drama at Wellington |pages=3 |work=[[The Indian Express]] |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=Q4FlAAAAIBAJ&sjid=xJ0NAAAAIBAJ&pg=1319%2C347897 |access-date=13 August 2023}}</ref>

===1963–1968: Superstardom===

In 1963, Kumar's first release was [[C. V. Sridhar]]'s [[Romance film|romantic drama]] ''[[Dil Ek Mandir]]'' co-starring [[Raaj Kumar]] and Meena Kumari.<ref name="Release Date">{{Cite news |title=Dil Ek Mandir |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/movie-details/dil-ek-mandir/movieshow/61347122.cms |access-date=28 June 2018 |website=[[The Times of India]]}}</ref> The film opened to highly positive response from critics and emerged as a blockbuster with Kumar receiving his first nomination in the [[Filmfare Award for Best Actor]] category.<ref>{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JgjorY00AiI |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211221/JgjorY00AiI |archive-date=2021-12-21 |url-status=live|title=Interview marathon of Kutty Padmini {{!}} Chai with Chithra {{!}} Touring Talkies Special |language=en |access-date=12 April 2020}}{{cbignore}}</ref> The huge success of ''Dil Ek Mandir'' was followed by a hit in [[O. P. Ralhan]]'s ''[[Gehra Daag]]''.<ref name=RKHITS/> His last release of the year was [[Harnam Singh Rawail|H. S. Rawail]]'s muslim social ''[[Mere Mehboob]]'' which also had Ashok Kumar and [[Sadhana]] in the main lead.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/mere-mehboob|title=Mere Mehboob (1963)|website=[[Rotten Tomatoes]] }}</ref> The film topped the box office chart in 1963 and was given the verdict of ''All Time Blockbuster'' by the end of its run.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.koimoi.com/box-office/highest-grossers/from-rajendra-kumar-ashok-kumars-mere-mehboob-to-dev-anands-tere-ghar-ke-saamne-top-bollywood-box-office-grossers-of-1963/|title=From Rajendra Kumar & Ashok Kumar's Mere Mehboob To Dev Anand's Tere Ghar Ke Saamne – Top Bollywood Box Office Grossers Of 1963|date=18 May 1963}}</ref> Its soundtrack composed by [[Naushad]] dominated the musical charts and was the second best-selling Hindi film album of the 1960s.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Music Hits 1960–1969|url=http://www.boxofficeindia.com/showProd.php?itemCat=281&catName=MTk2MC0xOTY5|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080215081535/http://www.boxofficeindia.com/showProd.php?itemCat=281&catName=MTk2MC0xOTY5&PHPSESSID=108b9056cd4ca14236f9c6119d34dcce|archive-date=15 February 2008|access-date=2 September 2013|website=Box Office India}}</ref>

With continuous flow of hits from 1959 onwards and many of his films running for a minimum 25 weeks (silver jubilee), Kumar earned the sobriquet of ''Jubilee Kumar'' and emerged as a ''Superstar''.<ref name="Jubilee">{{cite web|url=https://www.thequint.com/entertainment/bollywood/how-did-rajendra-kumar-become-jubilee-kumar|title=How Did Rajendra Kumar Become Jubilee Kumar?|date=20 July 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.boxofficeindia.com/report-details.php?articleid=7555|title=Pathaan And The SUPERSTARS Of Indian Cinema|date=8 February 2023}}</ref>

In 1964, he delivered three major successes. His first release that year was Mohan Kumar's ''[[Ayee Milan Ki Bela]]'' co-starring [[Saira Banu]] and [[Dharmendra]].<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.thehindu.com/features/cinema/cinema-columns/mgr-and-jayalalitha-in-oru-thai-makkal-1971/article8346001.ece |title=Oru Thai Makkal (1971) Tamil |last=Guy |first=Randor |date=2016-03-12 |work=[[The Hindu]] |access-date=2019-03-03 |issn=0971-751X}}</ref> It continued the success streak of Kumar and proved to be a superhit with receiving a nomination for the [[Filmfare Award for Best Actor]].<ref name="Rewinds">{{Cite news|title=Rewind - Sixty Years Of Dharmendra|url=https://www.boxofficeindia.com/report-details.php?articleid=6104|work=Box Office India|language=en|date=24 November 2020|archive-date=12 July 2023|access-date=12 July 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230712182139/https://www.boxofficeindia.com/report-details.php?articleid=6104|url-status=live}}</ref> This was followed by [[Raj Kapoor]]'s magnum opus ''[[Sangam (1964 Hindi film)|Sangam]]'' opposite Vyjayanthimala.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Blast from the past: This film started the trend of shooting abroad |url=https://www.filmfare.com//features/blast-from-the-past-this-film-started-the-trend-of-shooting-abroad-41715.html |access-date=2022-11-09 |website=filmfare.com |language=en}}</ref> It received widespread acclaim, with high praise for its novel concept, direction, dialogue, costumes and performances of the cast, and is widely considered as [[Hindi cinema]]'s greatest [[love triangle]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=DHNS |title=Happily ever after? |url=https://www.deccanherald.com/features/happily-ever-after-2342923 |access-date=2023-11-30 |website=Deccan Herald |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=rediff.com, Movies: Classics Revisited: Sangam |url=https://inhome.rediff.com/movies/2002/may/16dinesh.htm |access-date=2023-11-30 |website=inhome.rediff.com}}</ref> At the box office, it emerged as an ''All Time Blockbuster'' and the second highest-grossing film of the 1960s behind ''[[Mughal-E-Azam]]''.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.boxofficeindia.co.in/top-50-film-of-last-50-years/ |title=Top 50 Film of Last 50 Years |publisher=Boxofficeindia.co.in |date=3 November 2011 |author1=Nitin Tej Ahuja |author2=Vajir Singh |author3=Saurabh Sinha |accessdate=25 May 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.easterneye.biz/sangam-a-trendsetting-love-triangle-in-bollywood/ | title='Sangam': A trendsetting love triangle in Bollywood - EasternEye | date=17 June 2023 }}</ref> The music of ''Sangam'' was a huge chartbuster with songs which became popular like "Dost Dost Na Raha", "Har Dil Jo Pyaar Karega", "Bol Radha Bol", "Yeh Mera Prem Patra" and emerged as the best-selling Hindi film album of the 1960s.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Music Hits 1960–1969|url=http://www.boxofficeindia.com/showProd.php?itemCat=281&catName=MTk2MC0xOTY5|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080215081535/http://www.boxofficeindia.com/showProd.php?itemCat=281&catName=MTk2MC0xOTY5&PHPSESSID=108b9056cd4ca14236f9c6119d34dcce|archive-date=15 February 2008|access-date=2 September 2013|website=Box Office India}}</ref> The mega success of ''Ayee Milan Ki Bela'' and ''Sangam'' was followed by another superhit in [[Ramanand Sagar]]'s second directional venture ''[[Zindagi (1964 film)|Zindagi]]''.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.boxofficeindia.com/showProd.php?itemCat=170&catName=MTk2NA== |title=Box Office 1964 |publisher=Boxofficeindia.com |accessdate=25 May 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100212160433/http://www.boxofficeindia.com/showProd.php?itemCat=170&catName=MTk2NA== |archive-date=12 February 2010 |df=dmy-all }}</ref> The next year, Kumar reunited with Ramanand Sagar for the romantic drama ''[[Arzoo (1965 film)|Arzoo]]'' opposite [[Sadhana]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/arzoo|title=Arzoo (1965)|website=[[Rotten Tomatoes]] }}</ref> The film did very well both critically and commercially, eventually became a blockbuster as well as one of the [[List of Hindi films of 1965|highest-grossing films of 1965]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=November 1, 2011 |title=Worth Their Weight in Gold! |url=http://www.boxofficeindia.co.in/worth-their-weight-in-gold/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170915183938/http://boxofficeindia.co.in/worth-their-weight-in-gold |archive-date=15 September 2017 |access-date=17 November 2015 |website=boxofficeindia.co.in}}</ref> Owing to his subtle performance of a handicapped, Kumar received his third nomination for [[Filmfare Award for Best Actor]] which also turned out to be his last.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Filmfare Nominees and {{sic|nolink=1|Winner}} |url=https://archive.org/download/FilmfareAwards/FilmfareAwards.pdf |access-date=27 September 2023 |publisher=[[The Times Group]] |via=[[Internet Archive]]}}</ref>

In 1966, he starred in [[T. Prakash Rao]]'s big-budget [[swashbuckler film|swashbuckler]] [[Ruritanian romance]] ''[[Suraj (film)|Suraj]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/suraj_1966|title=Suraj (1966)|website=[[Rotten Tomatoes]] }}</ref> The film backed up with superhit songs, including ""Baharon Phool Barsao", sung by Rafi and "Titli Udi Ud Jo Chali", a solo by [[Sharda (singer)|Sharda]], went on to become a massive blockbuster and Kumar's sixth consecutive hit.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.planetbollywood.com/displayArticle.php?id=060306044135 |title=100 Greatest Bollywood Soundtracks Ever |publisher=Planetbollywood.com |author=Randy Lall |access-date=10 October 2011}}</ref><ref name="Jubilee Kumar"/> The following year, however, his successful run ended, with both of his releases, ''[[Aman (film)|Aman]]'' and ''Palki'', proving to be critical and commercial failures.<ref name="Top Actors"/> In 1968, he appeared in another of C. V. Sridhar's romantic drama ''[[Saathi (1968 film)|Saathi]]'' and [[Lekh Tandon]]'s [[romantic comedy]] ''[[Jhuk Gaya Aasman]]''.<ref>{{Cite book |title=Different Bodies: Essays on Disability in Film and Television |publisher=McFarland |year=2013 |editor-last=Marja Evelyn Mogk |pages=122}}</ref> ''Saathi'' despite featuring some of the biggest stars of the time did average business, while ''Jhuk Gaya Aasman'' ended up as a box office flop upon release, but did well in re-runs later and attained [[cult status]] owing to its unique storyline and music.<ref>{{Cite news|first=M.|last=Rahman|date=29 February 1988|title=Old Hindi movies make a dramatic comeback|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/society-the-arts/story/19880229-old-hindi-movies-make-a-dramatic-comeback-796954-1988-02-29|access-date=2021-10-12|website=India Today|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.boxofficeindia.com/showProd.php?itemCat=174&catName=MTk2OA== |title=Box Office 1968 |publisher=Boxofficeindia.com |accessdate=2011-05-06 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131014074151/http://www.boxofficeindia.com/showProd.php?itemCat=174&catName=MTk2OA== |archive-date=14 October 2013 |df=dmy-all }}</ref>

===1969–1980: Further works as a lead===

In 1969, [[Rajesh Khanna]] gained nationwide success with his blockbusters ''[[Aradhana (1969 film)|Aradhana]]'' and ''[[Do Raaste]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.boxofficeindia.com/report-details.php?articleid=3385|title=Ittefaq And Thor Battle It Out This Week|date=2 November 2017}}</ref> With Khanna’s rise, Kumar’s career began to lose some of its earlier momentum.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.deccanherald.com/content/314356/from-artistes-brands.html|title=From artistes to brands|date=23 February 2013}}</ref> In 1969, he had three releases - ''[[Anjaana]]'', ''[[Shatranj (1969 film)|Shatranj]]'', ''[[Talash (1969 film)|Talash]]''. ''Anjaana'' and ''Talash'' were successful but ''Shatranj'' didn't do well at the box office.<ref name=RKHITS>{{cite web|url=https://filminformation.com/featured/flashback-17-july-2024-from-our-issue-dated-17th-july-1999/|title=JAANEWALE KI YAAD AATI HAI - RAJENDRA KUMAR BIDS ADIEU|date=17 July 2024}}</ref><ref name="Jubilee Kumar">{{cite web|url=https://m.rediff.com/movies/2002/jul/09dinesh.htm|title=Bollywood's Jubilee Kumar}}</ref>

In 1970, Kumar continued to deliver hits in Ramanand Sagar's ''[[Geet (1970 film)|Geet]]'' opposite [[Mala Sinha]] and his brother Naresh Kumar's ''[[Ganwaar]]'' opposite Vyjayanthimala. His other releases, including C. V. Sridhar's ''[[Dharti (1970 film)|Dharti]]'' and Raj Kapoor's ''[[Mera Naam Joker]]'', in which he played a small role, were failed commercially.<ref name=RKHITS/><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/bollywood/photo-features/cult-hindi-films-that-flopped/photostory/27856115.cms|title=Cult Hindi films that flopped|website=The Times of India}}</ref> The next year, his sole release and final collaboration with Mohan Kumar took place for the romantic drama ''[[Aap Aye Bahaar Ayee]]'' opposite Sadhana and [[Prem Chopra]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/aap_aye_bahaar_ayee|title=Aap Aye Bahaar Ayee (1971)|website=[[Rotten Tomatoes]] }}</ref> The film backed up with melodious songs composed by [[Laxmikant–Pyarelal]] like "Mujhe Teri Mohabbat Ka Sahara", "Aap Aye Bahaar Ayee" and "Tumko Bhi To Aisa Kuchh Hota", were box office hit.<ref name=RKHITS/>

In 1972, Kumar appeared alongside [[Hema Malini]] and [[Rekha]] in another of Naresh Kumar's directional venture, the [[Action (genre)|action drama]] ''[[Gora Aur Kala]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/gora_aur_kala|title=Gora Aur Kala (1972)|website=[[Rotten Tomatoes]] }}</ref> A remake of [[Tamil language|Tamil]] mega hit ''[[Neerum Neruppum]]'', was successful venture in [[Hindi]] and emerged a blockbuster as well as the fifth highest grossing film of the year.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Marja Evelyn Mogk |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0dv4AAAAQBAJ&pg=PA257 |title=Different Bodies: Essays on Disability in Film and Television |publisher=McFarland |year=2013 |isbn=978-0-7864-6535-4 |pages=123–124}}</ref> He then collaborated with Dharmendra and Mala Sinha for Ramanand Sagar's [[War|war action]] film ''[[Lalkar]]''.<ref name="FilmWorld">{{cite book|title=Film World|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZnhTAAAAYAAJ|accessdate=12 June 2015|volume=8|date=February 1972|publisher=T.M. Ramachandran|page=165}}</ref> ''Lalkar'' was one of the costliest films of its time, but managed to do average at the box office.<ref name="Collections">{{cite book|title=Collections|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Q5UqAAAAYAAJ|accessdate=12 June 2015|year=1991|publisher=Update Video Publication}}</ref> Following a brief hiatus, Kumar appeared in [[Adurthi Subba Rao]]'s ''[[Sunehra Sansar]]'' (1975) and Naresh Kumar's ''[[Do Jasoos]]'' (1975), both of which performed well commercially.<ref name="Alimchand">{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=MJfSDwAAQBAJ&dq=Sone+Ka+Dil+Lohe+Ke+Haath&pg=PT229 |page=229 |title=Jubilee Kumar: The Life and Times of a Superstar|isbn=9789388322409 |date=February 25, 2020
|format=Ebook |publisher=[[Hachette India]] |first1=Seema Sonik |last1=Alimchand}}</ref> In the late-1970s, he starred in moderately successful films, such as ''[[Daku Aur Mahatma]]'' (1977), ''[[Shirdi Ke Sai Baba]]'' (1977), ''[[Sone Ka Dil Lohe Ke Haath]]'' (1978), ''[[Aahuti (1978 film)|Aahuti]]'' (1978) and ''[[Bin Phere Hum Tere]]'' (1979), with exception being [[Saawan Kumar Tak]]'s hit [[Drama (film and television)|drama]] film ''[[Saajan Bina Suhagan]]'' (1978), co-starring [[Nutan]] and [[Vinod Mehra]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bobbytalkscinema.com/recentpost/flashback-1977-trade-informa-2531|title=Flashback 1977 - Trade Guide Classification|date=8 August 2024|access-date=24 August 2024|archive-date=14 August 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240814072717/https://www.bobbytalkscinema.com/recentpost/flashback-1977-trade-informa-2531|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bobbytalkscinema.com/bobbytalk/adminpanel/imagetemp/Trade-Guide-1978-Classification.jpg|title=Trade Guide Classification 1978}}{{Dead link|date=July 2025 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref><ref name=TG1979>{{cite web|url=https://www.bobbytalkscinema.com/bobbytalk/adminpanel/imagetemp/Trade-Guide-1979-Classificaiton.jpg|title=Trade Guide Classification - 1979|access-date=31 August 2024|archive-date=27 August 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240827205309/https://www.bobbytalkscinema.com/bobbytalk/adminpanel/imagetemp/Trade-Guide-1979-Classificaiton.jpg|url-status=dead}}</ref>

===1981–1993: Later career===

In 1981, Rajendra Kumar launched and acted alongside his son [[Kumar Gaurav]] in the romantic musical ''[[Love Story (1981 film)|Love Story]]''.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-07-11 |title=When Sanjay Dutt had said he can 'shed blood' for Kumar Gaurav: 'Love him immensely' |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/bollywood/sanjay-dutt-shed-his-blood-for-kumar-gaurav-mahesh-bhatt-naam-movie-8012091/ |access-date=2022-11-14 |website=The Indian Express |language=en}}</ref> The film was a huge blockbuster and one of the biggest hits of the year.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://boxofficeindia.com/report-details.php?articleid=4612 |title=2018 Has High Number Of Blockbusters |date=9 January 2019 |access-date=16 January 2024 |archive-date=16 January 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240116170928/https://boxofficeindia.com/report-details.php?articleid=4612 |url-status=live}}</ref> Its soundtrack composed by [[R. D. Burman]] was highly successful and the second best-selling Hindi film album of the 1980s.<ref>{{cite web |title=Music Hits 1980–1989 |url=http://boxofficeindia.com/showProd.php?itemCat=283&catName=MTk4MC0xOTg5 |publisher=[[Box Office India]] |date=5 February 2010|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100205042958/http://boxofficeindia.com/showProd.php?itemCat=283&catName=MTk4MC0xOTg5|archive-date=5 February 2010}}</ref> But ''Love Story'' proved to be the only huge successful film of his son's career.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://boxofficeindia.com/showProd.php?itemCat=187&catName=MTk4MQ==|title=Boxofficeindia.com|date=22 September 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120922024540/http://boxofficeindia.com/showProd.php?itemCat=187&catName=MTk4MQ==|access-date=17 November 2021|archive-date=22 September 2012}}</ref> Afterwards, Kumar did a guest appearance in another film with his son ''[[Star (1982 film)|Star]]'' (1982) and took up supporting roles in few films like ''[[Lovers (1983 film)|Lovers]]'' (1983), ''[[Main Tere Liye]]'' (1988), ''[[Clerk (1989 film)|Clerk]]'' (1989) but none of them were successful.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Sharma |first1=Deven |title=All about late actor and director Vijay Anand |url=https://www.filmfare.com/interviews/all-about-late-actor-and-director-vijay-anand-46625.html |access-date=17 July 2021 |work=[[Filmfare]] |publisher=[[The Times Group]] |date=19 February 2021 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://boxofficeindia.com/report-details.php?articleid=4133|title=Real Winner With Dhadak|date=25 July 2018}}</ref>

In 1993, Kumar gave his last appearance in [[Singeetam Srinivasa Rao]]'s [[Action (genre)|action drama]] ''[[Phool (1993 film)|Phool]]'', which he also produced.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/phool|title=Phool (1993)|website=[[Rotten Tomatoes]] }}</ref> It opened to negative response from critics and didn't perform well commercially.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://boxofficeindia.com/movie.php?movieid=3862|title=Phool (1993)}}</ref>

==Death==
Kumar refused to take any medication as he was dealing with cancer, he died of heart attack at the age of 71 on 12 July 1999, just a day after his son's 43rd birthday and just 8 days before his 72nd birthday.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/obituary/story/19990726-bollywoods-marathon-crybaby-rajendra-kumar-passes-away-824494-1999-07-26#:~:text=The%20star%20of%20150%2Dodd,counts%2C%20blood%20transfusions%20and%20hospitals.|title='Bollywood's marathon crybaby' Rajendra Kumar passes away|date=26 July 1999 }}</ref>

The then Prime minister [[Atal Bihari Vajpayee]] condoled his death and expressed profound grief. I & B Minister [[Pramod Mahajan]] said "The world of cinema has become poorer by his death." State minister for I & B, [[Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi]], said, "The death of the veteran actor, who swayed the emotions of the cinegoers, is a great loss to the industry".<ref name=RKHITS/>

==Honours and recognitions==
[[File:Rajendra Kumar 2013 stamp of India.jpg|thumb|Kumar's stamp published in 2013]]
* Honoured with [[Padma Shri]] in 1970.
* He was also conferred with Justice of Peace honour and served as Honorary Magistrate.
* He was awarded the National Honour by late Pt. Jawaharlal Nehru simultaneously for ''Kanoon'' (Hindi) and ''Mehndi Rang Lagyo'' ([[Gujarati film]]).
* He received a special [[Lal Bahadur Shastri National Award]] and was associated with several charity schemes.<ref>[http://www.tribuneindia.com/1999/99jul16/art-trib.htm Arts Tribune] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121014165207/http://www.tribuneindia.com/1999/99jul16/art-trib.htm |date=14 October 2012 }}. Tribuneindia.com (16 July 1999). Retrieved on 8 November 2018.</ref>

==Legacy==
Kumar is regarded as one of the greatest actors of Hindi cinema.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.news18.com/movies/rise-of-rajendra-kumar-as-jubilee-kumar-the-actor-left-police-job-for-his-passion-for-films-8345449.html|title=Rise of Rajendra Kumar As Jubilee Kumar: The actor left police job for his passion for films|date=15 July 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.mensxp.com/entertainment/celebrities/129111-indian-cinema-biggest-megastars-shah-rukh-khan-amitabh-bachchan-dharmendra-salman-khan-rajesh-khanna.html|title=Amitabh Bachchan, Dharmendra To Shah Rukh Khan: 7 Megastars In 100 Years Of Indian Cinema|date=12 February 2023}}</ref> Known for his acting and mannerism, he earned the nickname of ''Jubilee Kumar'' as five or six of his films used to run simultaneously for 25 weeks.<ref name="Jubilee"/> Despite giving back-to-back massive hits, Kumar never won any [[Filmfare Award]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/videos/entertainment/hindi/rajendra-kumar-never-won-a-filmfare-award/videoshow/50536706.cms|title=Rajendra Kumar never won a Filmfare Award|newspaper=The TImes Of India|date=11 January 2016}}</ref> One of the highest paid actors from the late-1950s to 1960s, Kumar appeared in ''[[Box Office India]]''{{'}}s "Top Actors" list seven times, (1961, 1963–1968). He topped the list six times (1963-1968).<ref name="Top Actors"/>

Dinesh Raheja of ''[[Rediff.com]]'' noted that Rajendra Kumar "fitted the bill, both literally and figuratively, perfectly". His ability to charm women in musical romances with his "bashful smile" that invariably reached his lovelorn eyes. His "gestural style of acting" became a signature, as did "his quivering lips and emotion-laden voice".<ref>{{cite web |url=https://m.rediff.com/movies/2002/jul/09dinesh.htm|title=Bollywood's Jubilee Kumar|website=Rediff.com|access-date=30 May 2025}}</ref> In 2020, Author Seema Sonik Alimchand published a book named ''Jubilee Kumar - The Life and Times of Superstar'' based on Kumar's life journey. Devdan Mitra said, "For much of the 60s, Rajendra Kumar strode the Hindi film world like a colossus. Therefore, it is surprising that not much has been written about the man whose film career lasted close to 45 years as an actor and a producer and whose life’s journey reflected the trials and tribulations of the generation affected by the ravages of Partition. This book on Kumar attempts to fill the void."<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/culture/books/review-jubilee-kumar-the-life-and-times-of-a-superstar-by-seema-sonik-alimchand/cid/1786572#goog_rewarded|title=An enigma on screen and a hero off screen|website=The Telegraph|access-date=30 May 2025}}</ref> Sunil Dutt admired Kumar as a person by saying, "Even though Rajendra Kumar did not win any award throughout his career, he was one of the most genuine human beings I have ever encountered. When I was struggling with the troubles related to the arrest of my son [[Sanjay Dutt]] and my house was repeatedly being searched by means of numerous police raids, Rajendra Kumar was the one who came to my rescue by staying at my house and ensuring that raids were conducted using due procedures, false evidences were not planted in the house and valuables were not stolen."<ref name=ball/> Disha Bagchi of [[ThePrint]] called him "Bollywood's Jubilee King" and wrote that Bollywood could never repay the kindness when Kumar’s career began to plateau in the 1970s. He focused his energies on building a successful film career for his son. But, he will be remembered for "his powerful performances, kind demeanor and generosity".<ref name=peak/>

In 2022, he was placed in ''[[Outlook India]]''{{'}}s "75 Best Bollywood Actors" list.<ref>{{Cite web |title=75 Bollywood Actors Who Conquered Hearts Of The Millions |work=Outlook India |date=12 August 2022 |access-date=16 August 2022 |url=https://www.outlookindia.com/art-entertainment/75-actors-who-conquered-hearts-of-the-millions-since-1947-news-215861/amp |archive-date=16 August 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220816142138/https://www.outlookindia.com/art-entertainment/75-actors-who-conquered-hearts-of-the-millions-since-1947-news-215861/amp |url-status=live }}</ref>

==Filmography==
===As actor===
{| class="wikitable"
! colspan="4" scope="col"|'''Films as actor'''
|-
! Year !! Film !! Role !! Notes
|-
|1949
| ''[[Patanga (1949 film)|Patanga]]'' ||N/A||
|-
|1950
| ''[[Jogan (film)|Jogan]]'' ||Raj||
|-
|1955
| ''[[Vachan]]'' ||Kishore||
|-
|rowspan="2"|1956
| ''[[Toofan Aur Deeya]]'' ||Satish Sharma / Masterji||
|-
| ''Aawaz'' ||Ashok||
|-
|rowspan="3"|1957
| ''[[Mother India]]'' ||Ramu||
|-
| ''[[Ek Jhalak]]'' ||||
|-
| ''Duniya Rang Rangeeli'' ||Shyam||
|-
|rowspan="4"|1958
| ''[[Devar Bhabhi]]'' ||Ramu||
|-
| ''[[Ghar Sansar (1958 film)|Ghar Sansar]]'' ||Deepak||
|-
| ''[[Khazanchi (1958 film)|Khazanchi]]'' ||Harish Mohan||
|-
| ''[[Talaq (1958 film)|Talaq]]'' ||Ravi Shankar Chaube||
|-
|rowspan="5"|1959
| ''[[Chirag Kahan Roshni Kahan]]'' ||Dr. Anand||
|-
| ''[[Dhool Ka Phool]]'' ||Mahesh Kapoor||
|-
| ''Do Behnen'' ||Ramesh||
|-
| ''[[Goonj Uthi Shehnai]]'' ||Kishan||
|-
| ''Santan'' ||Mohanlal Verma||
|-
|rowspan="4"|1960
| ''[[Kanoon]]'' ||Advocate Kailash Khanna||
|-
| ''Maa Baap'' ||Raj Kumar 'Raju'||
|-
| ''[[Mehndi Rang Lagyo]]'' ||Anil
||Gujarati Film
|-
| ''Patang'' ||Dr. Rajan||
|-
|rowspan="8"|1961
| ''[[Zindagi aur Khwab|Zindagi Aur Khwab]]'' ||Inspector Manoj||
|-
| ''[[Aas Ka Panchhi]]'' ||Rajan 'Raju' Khanna||
|-
| ''[[Dharmputra]]'' ||party leader||Special Appearance
|-
| ''[[Amar Rahe Yeh Pyar]]'' ||Advocate Iqbal Hussain||
|-
| ''[[Gharana (1961 film)|Gharana]]'' ||Kamal||
|-
| ''[[Pyaar Ka Saagar]]'' ||Kishan Chand Gupta||
|-
| ''[[Sasural (1961 film)|Sasural]]'' ||Shekhar||
|-
| ''Sanjog'' ||Guest Role||
|-
|rowspan="5"|1963
| ''[[Akeli Mat Jaiyo]]'' ||Prince Amardeep||
|-
| ''[[Dil Ek Mandir]]'' ||Dr. Dharmesh||Nominated – [[Filmfare Award for Best Actor]]
|-
| ''[[Gehra Daag]]'' ||Shankar||
|-
| ''[[Hamrahi (1963 film)|Hamrahi]]'' ||Shekhar||
|-
| ''[[Mere Mehboob]]'' ||Anwar||
|-
|rowspan="3"|1964
| ''[[Sangam (1964 Hindi film)|Sangam]]'' ||Magistrate Gopal Verma||Nominated – [[Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actor]]
|-
| ''[[Ayee Milan Ki Bela]]'' ||Shyam||Nominated – Filmfare Award for Best Actor
|-
| ''[[Zindagi (1964 film)|Zindagi]]'' ||Rajendra 'Rajan'||
|-
|1965
| ''[[Arzoo (1965 film)|Arzoo]]'' ||Gopal / Sarju||Nominated – Filmfare Award for Best Actor
|-
|1966
|''[[Suraj (1966 film)|Suraj]]''||Suraj Singh||
|-
|rowspan="2"|1967
| ''[[Palki]]'' ||Naseem Baig||
|-
| ''[[Aman (film)|Aman]]'' ||Dr. Gautamdas ||
|-
|rowspan="2"|1968
| ''[[Saathi (1968 film)|Saathi]]'' ||Ravi||
|-
| ''[[Jhuk Gaya Aasman]]'' ||Sanjay / Tarun Kumar 'Battu' 'Pappu' Saxena ||
|-
|rowspan="3"|1969
| ''[[Anjaana]]'' ||Raju||
|-
| ''[[Shatranj (1969 film)|Shatranj]]'' ||Jai/Vijay/Shinranz ||
|-
| ''[[Talash (1969 film)|Talash]]''||Raj Kumar 'Raju'||
|-
|rowspan="4"|1970
| ''[[Mera Naam Joker]]''||Rajendra Kumar||
|-
| ''[[Geet (1970 film)|Geet]]'' ||Suraj 'Sarju' Kumar||
|-
| ''[[Ganwaar]]''||Gopal Rai / Garibdas||
|-
| ''[[Dharti (1970 film)|Dharti]]''||Bharat||
|-
|1971
| ''[[Aap Aye Bahaar Ayee]]''|| Kumar Verma||
|-
|rowspan="5"|1972
| ''[[Tangewala]]''||Raju / Rai Bahadur Kishandas / Dilbahadur Khan||
|-
| ''[[Gora Aur Kala]]'' ||Karan Singh / Kali Singh (Kalua)||Double Role
|-
| ''[[Gaon Hamara Shaher Tumhara]]''||Brij "Birju" Bhushan||
|-
| ''[[Aan Baan (1972 film)|Aan Baan]]''||Suraj||
|-
| ''[[Lalkaar]]''||Wing Commander Rajan Kapoor||
|-
|rowspan="2"|1974
| ''[[Dukh Bhanjan Tera Naam]]''||Boatsman||
|-
| ''[[Do Sher]]'' ||Shera||Punjabi film
|-
|rowspan="4"|1975
| ''[[Do Jasoos]]''||Karamchand Jasoos||
|-
| ''[[Rani Aur Lalpari]]'' ||Rani's Father||
|-
| ''[[Sunehra Sansar]]''||Chandrashekhar||
|-
| ''[[Teri Meri Ik Jindri]]''||Jaggar Singh Fauji||Special Appearance
|-
|1976
| ''[[Mazdoor Zindabaad]]''||Ram Singh||
|-
|rowspan="2"|1977
| ''[[Daku Aur Mahatma]]''||Laxman singh/Dilawar singh||
|-
| ''[[Shirdi Ke Sai Baba]]''||Doctor (Pooja's Husband)||
|-
|rowspan="3"|1978
| ''[[Sone Ka Dil Lohe Ke Haath]]'' ||Shankar||
|-
| ''[[Aahuti (1978 film)|Aahuti]]'' ||CID Inspector Ram Prasad / Rocky||
|-
| ''[[Saajan Bina Suhagan]]'' ||Raj Kumar||
|-
|1979
|''[[Bin Phere Hum Tere]]'' ||Jagdish Sharma||
|-
|rowspan="5"|1980
| ''Gunehgaar'' || Madan ||
|-
| ''Badla Aur Balidan'' ||Barrister Avinash Kumar||
|-
| ''[[Dhan Daulat]]'' ||Raj Saxena||
|-
| ''Oh Bewafa'' ||R K||
|-
| ''[[Saajan Ki Saheli]]'' ||Barrister Avinash Kumar||
|-
|rowspan="2"|1981
| ''[[Yeh Rishta Na Tootay]]'' ||Police Inspector Vijay Kumar||
|-
| ''[[Love Story (1981 film)|Love Story]]'' ||Vijay Mehra||
|-
|1982
| ''Rustom'' ||J. D. Mehta||
|-
|1983
| ''[[Lovers (1983 film)|Lovers]]'' ||Christian Priest||
|-
|1988
| ''[[Main Tere Liye]]'' ||Shiva||
|-
|1989
| ''[[Clerk (1989 film)|Clerk]]'' ||Rahim U. Khan||
|-
|1991
| ''[[Insaaf Ka Khoon]]''||Judge Kumar||
|-
|1993
| ''[[Phool (1993 film)|Phool]]'' ||Dharamraaj|| Also Producer
|-
|}

{| class="wikitable"
! colspan="5" scope="col"|'''TV show'''
|-
! Year !! Film !!Role!! Channel !!Notes
|-
|rowspan="2"|1995
| ''Andaz'' |||| Zee TV ||one episode
|-
| ''Vansh'' || ||Zee TV || RK Films
|}

===Producer===

{| class="wikitable"
! colspan="4" scope="col"|'''Films as producer'''
|-
! Year !! Film !!Director!! Notes
|-
|1970
|''[[The Train (1970 film)|The Train]]''
|[[Ravikant Nagaich]]
|
|-
|1981
| ''[[Love Story (1981 film)|Love Story]]'' ||[[Rahul Rawail]]||
|-
|1983
| ''[[Lovers (1983 film)|Lovers]]'' ||[[Bharathiraja]]||
|-
|1986
| ''[[Naam (1986 film)|Naam]]'' ||[[Mahesh Bhatt]]||
|-
|1991
| ''[[Jurrat (film)|Jurrat]]''||[[David Dhawan]]||also editor
|-
|1993
| ''[[Phool (1993 film)|Phool]]'' ||[[Singeetam Srinivasa Rao]]||
|-
|1994
| ''[[The Jungle Book (1994 film)|The Jungle Book]]'' ||Stephen Sommers||(co-executive producer)
|}

===Presenter===
* ''[[The Train (1970 film)|The Train]]'' (1970)
* ''[[Ganwaar]]'' (1970)
* ''[[Talash (1969 film)|Talash]]'' (1969)
* ''[[Phool Aur Patthar]]'' (1966)

===Soundtrack===
* ''[[Mere Mehboob]]'' (1963) (performer: "Mere Mehboob Tujhe", "Allah Bachaye", "Tere Pyar Mein Dildar", "Janeman Ek Nazar", "Yaad Mein Teri", "Tumse Izhar e Haal", "Mere Mehboob Mein Kya", "Ae Husn Zara Jaag", "Yaad Mein (revival) Zalzala")

===Thanks===
* ''[[Mera Naam Joker]]'' (1970) (acknowledgment) (as Rajender Kumar)

===Self===
* ''Raj Kapoor'' (1987) as Himself (during funeral)
* ''Star'' (1982) as Himself (Guest Appearance)
* ''Shrimanji'' (1968) as Himself
* ''Kala Bazar'' (1960) as Himself

===Archive footage===
* Film Hi Film (1983) (uncredited)

==References==
{{reflist|2}}

==External links==
{{commons category|Rajendra Kumar}}
* {{IMDb name|id=0006348|name=Rajendra Kumar}}
* [http://www.rediff.com/entertai/2002/jul/09dinesh.htm Rajendra Kumar profile] at [[Rediff.com]]

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2017 FIFA U-17 World Cup

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{{Use Indian English|date=February 2018}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2020}}
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| tourney_name = FIFA U-17 World Cup
| other_titles =
| year = 2017
|image = 2017 FIFA U-17 World Cup.svg
| alt =
| size = 115px
| caption =
| country = India
| dates = 6–28 October
| num_teams = 24
| confederations = 6
| venues = 6
| cities = 6
| champion_other = {{fbu|17|ENG}}
| count = 1
| second_other = {{fbu|17|ESP}}
| third_other = {{fbu|17|BRA}}
| fourth_other = {{fbu|17|MLI}}
| matches = 52
| goals = 183
| attendance = 1347133
| top_scorer = {{nowrap|{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Rhian Brewster]] (8 goals)}}
| player = {{flagicon|ENG}} [[Phil Foden]]
| goalkeeper = {{flagicon|BRA}} [[Gabriel Brazão]]
| fair_play = {{fbu|17|BRA}}
| prevseason = [[2015 FIFA U-17 World Cup|2015]]
| nextseason = [[2019 FIFA U-17 World Cup|2019]]
}}
The '''2017 FIFA U-17 World Cup''' was the 17th [[FIFA U-17 World Cup]], a biennial international [[association football|football]] tournament contested by men's under-17 national teams. Organised by [[FIFA]], the tournament took place in [[India]] from 6 to 28 October 2017, after the country was awarded the hosting rights on 5 December 2013. The tournament marked the first time India hosted a FIFA tournament and the fifth Asian country to host U-17 World Cup after China in [[1985 FIFA U-16 World Championship|1985]], Japan in [[1993 FIFA U-17 World Championship|1993]], South Korea in [[2007 FIFA U-17 World Cup|2007]] and United Arab Emirates in [[2013 FIFA U-17 World Cup|2013]]. The attendance for this World Cup was a record 1,347,133, surpassing China's record in [[1985 FIFA U-16 World Championship|1985]] with 1,230,976.

The matches were played in [[#Venues|six stadiums]] in six host cities around the country, with the final taking place at the [[Salt Lake Stadium]] in [[Kolkata]]. Twenty-three teams, besides the host India, managed to qualify for the tournament via participating in their various continental under-17 tournaments. In the [[#Group stage|first round]] of the tournament finals, the teams competed in [[Round-robin tournament|round-robin]] groups of four for points, where the top two teams in each group along with the top four third placed teams would advance to the next round. These 16 teams will advance to the [[#Knockout stage|knockout stage]], where three rounds of play decided which teams would participate in the final.

[[England national under-17 football team|England]] won the U-17 World Cup for the first time after coming back from a two-goal deficit and beating [[Spain national under-17 football team|Spain]] 5–2 in the final.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/football/2017/oct/28/england-under-17-spain-under-17-world-cup|title=England Under-17s overwhelm Spain to land spectacular World Cup win|date=28 October 2017|work=Guardian|access-date=31 October 2017|archive-date=28 October 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171028235036/https://www.theguardian.com/football/2017/oct/28/england-under-17-spain-under-17-world-cup|url-status=live}}</ref> This made England the second nation, after Brazil in 2003, to win both of FIFA's male age-capped (U-20 and U-17) World Cups in the same calendar year.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.uefa.com/under17/news/0252-0cda41a0099a-6aae2e6dec23-1000--england-double-up-by-winning-u17-world-cup/|title=England double up by winning U17 World Cup|publisher=[[UEFA]]|date=28 October 2017|access-date=29 October 2017|archive-date=29 October 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171029095712/http://www.uefa.com/under17/news/newsid=2513334.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/41788830|title=England win U17 World Cup: Young Lions fight back to beat Spain in final|date=28 October 2017|work=BBC Sport|access-date=31 October 2017|archive-date=31 October 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171031033114/http://www.bbc.com/sport/football/41788830|url-status=live}}</ref> (The women's equivalent of the feat was previously achieved once, by North Korea in 2016.) The official match ball used in the tournament was Adidas Krasava.

==Host selection==
The bids for the 2017 FIFA U-17 World Cup had to be submitted by 15 November 2013.<ref>{{cite news|title=Bidding process opened for five FIFA competitions in 2016 and 2017|url=https://www.fifa.com/media/news/y=2013/m=4/news=bidding-process-opened-for-five-fifa-competitions-2016-and-2017-2059713.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150925201439/http://www.fifa.com/media/news/y=2013/m=4/news=bidding-process-opened-for-five-fifa-competitions-2016-and-2017-2059713.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=25 September 2015|access-date=1 October 2017|work=FIFA|date=17 April 2013}}</ref> On 28 May 2013 it was announced by [[FIFA]] that [[Azerbaijan]], [[India]], [[Republic of Ireland]], and [[Uzbekistan]] would bid for the hosting rights.<ref>{{cite news|title=FIFA Executive Committee fully backs resolution on the fight against racism and discrimination|url=https://www.fifa.com/about-fifa/news/y=2013/m=5/news=fifa-executive-committee-fully-backs-resolution-the-fight-against-racism-2085775.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150601034555/http://www.fifa.com/about-fifa/news/y=2013/m=5/news=fifa-executive-committee-fully-backs-resolution-the-fight-against-racism-2085775.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=1 June 2015|access-date=1 October 2017|work=FIFA|date=28 May 2013}}</ref>

Finally, on 5 December 2013, FIFA announced that India had won the 2017 FIFA World Cup hosting rights.<ref>{{cite news|title=Official: India to host U-17 World Cup in 2017|url=http://www.goal.com/en-india/news/136/india/2013/12/05/4454372/official-india-to-host-u-17-world-cup-in-2017|access-date=1 October 2017|work=Goal.com|date=5 December 2013|archive-date=10 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160310225438/http://www.goal.com/en-india/news/136/india/2013/12/05/4454372/official-india-to-host-u-17-world-cup-in-2017|url-status=live}}</ref>

==Qualified teams==
As host, [[India national under-17 football team|India]] made their first ever appearance at the FIFA U-17 World Cup and their first appearance in the World Cup at any age level.<ref>{{cite news|title=At the FIFA U-17 World Cup, an Indian style of football will finally kick off on the global stage|url=http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/sports/at-the-fifa-u-17-world-cup-an-indian-style-of-football-will-finally-kick-off-on-the-global-stage/articleshow/60714593.cms|access-date=2 October 2017|work=Economic Times|date=16 September 2017|archive-date=4 October 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171004041237/http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/sports/at-the-fifa-u-17-world-cup-an-indian-style-of-football-will-finally-kick-off-on-the-global-stage/articleshow/60714593.cms|url-status=live}}</ref> As well as India, [[New Caledonia national under-17 football team|New Caledonia]] and [[Niger national under-17 football team|Niger]] also made their first appearance in the FIFA U-17 World Cup.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Easwar|first1=Nisanth|title=How did the teams fare in their first FIFA U-17 World Cup appearance|url=http://www.goal.com/en-ke/news/u-17-world-cup-how-did-teams-fare-in-their-first-world-cup/11riyulllp1wm15zzbuvic8j8u|access-date=2 October 2017|work=Goal.com|date=27 September 2017|archive-date=4 October 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171004035009/http://www.goal.com/en-ke/news/u-17-world-cup-how-did-teams-fare-in-their-first-world-cup/11riyulllp1wm15zzbuvic8j8u|url-status=live}}</ref>

The [[2015 FIFA U-17 World Cup|previous U-17 World Cup]] title holders, [[Nigeria national under-17 football team|Nigeria]], failed to qualify for this edition. In failing to qualify, Nigeria became the first nation since [[Switzerland national under-17 football team|Switzerland]] in 2009 to fail to qualify for the next edition of the FIFA U-17 World Cup after winning the previous edition.<ref>{{cite news|title=Niger Republic U17 3–1 Nigeria U17: Golden Eaglets crash out of U17 Afcon|url=http://www.goal.com/en-ng/news/4065/africa/2016/08/20/26709392/niger-republic-u17-3-1-nigeria-u17-golden-eaglets-crash-out|access-date=2 October 2017|work=Goal.com|date=20 August 2016|archive-date=4 October 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171004034847/http://www.goal.com/en-ng/news/4065/africa/2016/08/20/26709392/niger-republic-u17-3-1-nigeria-u17-golden-eaglets-crash-out|url-status=live}}</ref>

A total of 24 teams qualified for the final tournament. In addition to India, the other 23 teams qualified from six separate continental competitions. Starting from 2017, the [[Oceania Football Confederation]] (OFC) will receive an additional spot (in total two spots), while [[UEFA]] will have five instead of six spots.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.fifa.com/about-fifa/news/y=2015/m=9/news=fifa-executive-vows-to-improve-governance-and-boost-female-participati-2696406.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150925230552/http://www.fifa.com/about-fifa/news/y=2015/m=9/news=fifa-executive-vows-to-improve-governance-and-boost-female-participati-2696406.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=25 September 2015|title=FIFA executive vows to improve governance and boost female participation in football|publisher=FIFA.com|date=25 September 2015}}</ref>

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!Confederation
!Qualifying Tournament
!Qualifier(s)
|-
|rowspan=2|[[Asian Football Confederation|AFC (Asia)]]
|Host Nation
|{{fbu|17|IND}}{{ref|1|1}}
|-
|[[2016 AFC U-16 Championship]]
|{{fbu|17|IRQ}} {{fbu|17|IRN}} {{fbu|17|JPN}} {{fbu|17|PRK}}
|-
|[[Confederation Africain de Football|CAF (Africa)]]
|[[2017 Africa U-17 Cup of Nations]]
|{{fbu|17|GHA}} {{fbu|17|GUI}} {{fbu|17|MLI}} {{fbu|17|NIG}}{{ref|1|1}}
|-
|[[CONCACAF|CONCACAF (Central, North America and Caribbean)]]
|[[2017 CONCACAF U-17 Championship]]
|{{fbu|17|CRC}} {{fbu|17|HON|1949}} {{fbu|17|MEX}} {{fbu|17|USA}}
|-
|[[CONMEBOL|CONMEBOL (South America)]]
|[[2017 South American Under-17 Football Championship|2017 South American Under-17 Championship]]
|{{fbu|17|BRA}} {{fbu|17|CHI}} {{fbu|17|COL}} {{fbu|17|PAR}}
|-
|[[Oceania Football Confederation|OFC (Oceania)]]
|[[2017 OFC U-17 Championship]]
|{{fbu|17|NCL}}{{ref|1|1}} {{fbu|17|NZL}}
|-
|[[UEFA|UEFA (Europe)]]
|[[2017 UEFA European Under-17 Championship]]
|{{fbu|17|ENG}} {{fbu|17|FRA|1974}} {{fbu|17|GER}} {{fbu|17|ESP}} {{fbu|17|TUR}}
|}
:1.{{Note|1}}Teams that will make their debut.

==Organization==
===Preparation===
[[File:Vijay Goel and Praful Patel at MXIM Launch.jpg|thumb|[[Vijay Goel (politician)|Vijay Goel]] and [[Praful Patel]] at MXIM Launch]]
The six venues selected for the tournament were given major renovations prior to the FIFA U-17 World Cup.<ref name="Preparations">{{cite news|title=FIFA U-17 World Cup 2017: An interactive look at the facelifts the six stadiums have received|url=http://www.firstpost.com/sports/fifa-u-17-world-cup-2017-an-interactive-look-at-the-facelifts-the-six-stadiums-have-received-4067169.html|access-date=2 October 2017|work=FirstPost|date=28 September 2017|archive-date=4 October 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171004040539/http://www.firstpost.com/sports/fifa-u-17-world-cup-2017-an-interactive-look-at-the-facelifts-the-six-stadiums-have-received-4067169.html|url-status=live}}</ref> All the stadiums were given new bucket seats, new dressing rooms, new evacuation exits for fans, and new training grounds.<ref name="Preparations"/> Javier Ceppi, the Local Organising Committee director, stated that despite work starting slowly, things eventually became quicker. "It has been a long process in the last two and half years. In India, it takes time to start things but once things start it kind of picks its own pace and in terms of implementation I always say that India is a very good country when it comes to implementation."<ref>{{cite news|title=Infrastructure ready for FIFA U-17 World Cup|url=http://www.thehindu.com/sport/football/Infrastructure-ready-for-FIFA-Under-17-World-Cup-says-Local-Organising-Committee-chief/article17318579.ece|access-date=2 October 2017|work=The Hindu|date=17 February 2017|archive-date=26 February 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210226020601/https://www.thehindu.com/sport/football/Infrastructure-ready-for-FIFA-Under-17-World-Cup-says-Local-Organising-Committee-chief/article17318579.ece|url-status=live}}</ref>

===Emblem===
The official emblem for the tournament was launched on 27 September 2016 at a hotel in [[Goa]] during the [[2016 AFC U-16 Championship]].<ref name="Logo Launch">{{cite news|title=Official Emblem launched for FIFA U-17 World Cup India 2017|url=https://www.fifa.com/u17worldcup/news/y=2016/m=9/news=official-emblem-launched-for-fifa-u-17-world-cup-india-2017-2837035.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160927184024/http://www.fifa.com/u17worldcup/news/y=2016/m=9/news=official-emblem-launched-for-fifa-u-17-world-cup-india-2017-2837035.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=27 September 2016|access-date=2 October 2017|work=FIFA|date=27 September 2016}}</ref> According to the press release from [[FIFA]] the emblem was designed "as a celebration of the country's richness and diversity of cultures, with the main elements of the Indian Ocean, the banyan tree, the kite and the starburst, which is an interpretation of the Ashoka Chakra, an integral part of the national identity."<ref name="Logo Launch"/>

===Tickets===

Sales of tickets for the FIFA U-17 World Cup began on 16 May 2017 during a function in [[New Delhi]]. [[Carles Puyol]] was present during the ticket sales launch as special guest.<ref name="Puyol">{{cite news|title=Fifa U-17 World Cup 2017: Carles Puyol kicks off ticket sales, honours Mohun Bagan icon|url=http://www.firstpost.com/sports/fifa-u-17-world-cup-2017-carles-puyol-kicks-off-ticket-sales-honours-mohun-bagan-icon-3448412.html|access-date=2 October 2017|work=FirstPost|date=16 May 2017|archive-date=5 September 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170905032145/http://www.firstpost.com/sports/fifa-u-17-world-cup-2017-carles-puyol-kicks-off-ticket-sales-honours-mohun-bagan-icon-3448412.html|url-status=live}}</ref> General ticket sales officially began on 17 May 2017 at 19:11. The time was selected as a tribute to when [[Mohun Bagan A.C.|Mohun Bagan]] defeated [[East Yorkshire Regiment]] in the [[IFA Shield]] in 1911, marking the first time an Indian football club defeated a British side in British India.<ref name="Puyol"/> Tickets for the tournament were sold in four phases: Phase one only sold tickets for categories 1 to 3 at each venue with a 60% discount while phase two allowed people to buy tickets for all categories, but only if you are a [[Visa Inc.|Visa]] card holder, at a 50% discount. Phase three allowed anyone to buy tickets with a 25% discount while phase four had tickets at full price.<ref>{{cite news|title=Tickets for India 2017 now available|url=https://www.fifa.com/u17worldcup/organisation/ticketing/index.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070611194247/http://www.fifa.com/u17worldcup/organisation/ticketing/index.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=11 June 2007|access-date=2 October 2017|work=FIFA}}</ref> The attendance for matches breached the million mark in the final match of the Round of 16, which made India only the third nation after China and Mexico to register an attendance of over a million for the event.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/football/2017-u-17-world-cup/news/india-could-shatter-under-17-world-cup-attendance-record/articleshow/61153147.cms|title=India could shatter Under 17 World Cup attendance record|work=The Times of India|access-date=23 October 2017|archive-date=5 June 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200605145904/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/football/2017-u-17-world-cup/news/india-could-shatter-under-17-world-cup-attendance-record/articleshow/61153147.cms|url-status=live}}</ref> On 28 October 2017, in the 3rd place match-up between [[Brazil national under-17 football team|Brazil]] and [[Mali national under-17 football team|Mali]], India finally beat the existing record of 1,230,976 set in the [[1985 FIFA U-16 World Championship]] edition in China<ref>{{cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/football/2017-u-17-world-cup/news/fifa-u-17-wc-in-india-becomes-most-attended-in-events-history/articleshow/61306290.cms|title=FIFA U-17 WC in India becomes most attended in event's history|access-date=28 October 2017|archive-date=24 December 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201224220814/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/football/2017-u-17-world-cup/news/fifa-u-17-wc-in-india-becomes-most-attended-in-events-history/articleshow/61306290.cms|url-status=live}}</ref> The final attendance figures were 1,347,133.

=== Mascot ===
[[File:Vijay Goel with the President of AIFF, Shri Praful Patel unveiled the mascot KHELEO for FIFA under 17 World Cup India 2017, at the launch of the Mission XI Million, the biggest school sport outreach programme, in New Delhi.jpg|thumb|300x300px|[[Vijay Goel (politician)|Vijay Goel]] and [[Praful Patel]] with the Mascot, Kheleo]]
The mascot is "Kheleo", a [[Clouded leopard|Himalayan Clouded Leopard]]. He wears a jersey with the colours of [[white]], [[yellow]], [[green]] and [[Orange (colour)|orange]]. The Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports, [[Vijay Goel (politician)|Vijay Goel]], stated: "Kheleo is young, vibrant, enthustiatic and a perfect representation of our country. He will help us to involve kids in football in a fun way".

=== Theme song ===
The theme song for the 2017 U17 World Cup is called 'Kar Ke Dikhla De Goal' ({{lang|hi|कर के दिखला दे गोल}}) which roughly translates to 'Show that you can score a goal', composed by [[Pritam]] and written by [[Amitabh Bhattacharya]]<ref>{{cite news|url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/blogs/et-commentary/rhythm-of-the-game/|title=Rhythm of the game|publisher=The Economic Times|date=13 September 2017|access-date=21 May 2021|archive-date=17 May 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210517100152/https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/blogs/et-commentary/rhythm-of-the-game/|url-status=live}}</ref> features Indian football legend Bhaichung Bhutia along with Kerala Blasters co-owner Sachin Tendulkar and singer Babul Supriyo, who had designed the Mohun Bagan kit half a decade back.<ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=3 September 2017|title=WATCH HERE: U17 World Cup 2017 theme song 'Kar Ke Dikhla De Goal'|url=https://www.goal.com/en-us/news/watch-u17-world-cup-theme-song-kar-ke-dikhla-de-goal/53nq8i7z75if1vd1c9gk0kcnq|access-date=17 January 2021|website=Goal|archive-date=24 January 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210124024716/https://www.goal.com/en-us/news/watch-u17-world-cup-theme-song-kar-ke-dikhla-de-goal/53nq8i7z75if1vd1c9gk0kcnq|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=6 September 2016|title=Official Song of the FIFA U17 World Cup India 2017 - Kar Ke Dikhla De Goal|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tTsSY0MHVFc|access-date=17 January 2021|website=Youtube|archive-date=23 January 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210123115641/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tTsSY0MHVFc|url-status=live}}</ref>

==Venues==
After being awarded the hosting rights for the FIFA U-17 World Cup, eight locations were shortlisted: [[Bangalore]], [[Guwahati]], [[Kochi]], [[Kolkata]], [[Margao]], [[Navi Mumbai]], [[New Delhi]] and [[Pune]].<ref name="6 December 2013">{{cite news|last1=Vikraman|first1=Deepak|title=India to Host 2017 U-17 FIFA World Cup|url=http://www.ibtimes.co.in/india-to-host-2017-u-17-fifa-world-cup-527845|access-date=2 October 2017|work=IBTimes|archive-date=5 September 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170905003544/http://www.ibtimes.co.in/india-to-host-2017-u-17-fifa-world-cup-527845|url-status=live}}</ref> On 29 May 2015, [[Kochi]], [[Mumbai]], [[Kolkata]], and [[Guwahati]] were provisionally selected as host locations and was informed two more would be provisionally approved from the list of
[[Bengaluru]], [[Chennai]], [[Goa]], [[New Delhi]] and [[Pune]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Under-17 World Cup schedule clashes with ISL, FIFA not ready to alter|url=http://indianexpress.com/article/sports/football/under-17-world-cup-clashes-with-isl-i-league-fifa-not-ready-to-alter-tournament-schedule/|access-date=2 October 2017|work=Indian Express|date=29 May 2015|archive-date=4 October 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171004035930/http://indianexpress.com/article/sports/football/under-17-world-cup-clashes-with-isl-i-league-fifa-not-ready-to-alter-tournament-schedule/|url-status=live}}</ref> On 27 October 2016, FIFA officially announced [[Guwahati]], [[Kochi]], [[Kolkata]], [[Margao]], [[Navi Mumbai]] and [[New Delhi]] as the official host cities for the FIFA U-17 World Cup.<ref>{{cite news|title=India 2017 continues to take shape|url=https://www.fifa.com/u17worldcup/news/y=2016/m=10/news=india-2017-continues-to-take-shape-2846684.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161028142505/http://www.fifa.com/u17worldcup/news/y=2016/m=10/news=india-2017-continues-to-take-shape-2846684.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=28 October 2016|access-date=2 October 2017|work=FIFA|date=27 October 2016}}</ref>

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|-
!width="200"|[[Kolkata]]
!width="200"|[[Kochi]]
!width="200"|[[New Delhi]]
|-
|[[Salt Lake Stadium]] '''(Vivekananda Yuba Bharati Krirangan)'''
|[[Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium (Kochi)|Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium]] '''(Jawaharlal Nehru International Stadium)'''
|[[Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium (Delhi)|Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium]]
|-
|Capacity: 66,600<ref name="Stats">{{cite web|title=FIFA Stats|url=http://resources.fifa.com/mm/document/fifafacts/mencompu17/01/17/76/21/statskit_fu17wc_2017_neutral.pdf|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170918193036/http://resources.fifa.com/mm/document/fifafacts/mencompu17/01/17/76/21/statskit_fu17wc_2017_neutral.pdf|url-status=dead|archive-date=18 September 2017|website=FIFA}}</ref>
|Capacity: 41,700<ref name="Stats"/>
|Capacity: 58,000<ref name="Stats"/>
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| [[File:Saltlake stadium kolkata.jpg|265x265px]]
| [[File:Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium (Kochi) in 2022.jpg|239x239px]]
| [[File:Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, New Delhi.png|313x313px]]
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{{Location map~ |India |lat=22.57 |long=88.36 |label='''[[Kolkata]]''' |position=left}}
{{Location map~ |India |lat=9.99 |long=76.30 |label='''[[Kochi]]''' |position=left}}
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{{Location map~ |India |lat=26.11 |long=91.76 |label='''[[Guwahati]]''' |position=right}}
}}}}
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!width="200"|[[Navi Mumbai]]
!width="200"|[[Guwahati]]
!width="200"|[[Margao]]
|-
|[[DY Patil Stadium]] '''(Dr. DY Patil Stadium)'''
|[[Indira Gandhi Athletic Stadium]]
|[[Fatorda Stadium]] '''(Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium)'''
|-
|Capacity: 41,000<ref name="Stats"/>
|Capacity: 23,800<ref name="Stats"/>
|Capacity: 16,200<ref name="Stats"/>
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| [[File:D Y Patil Sports Stadium.jpg|240x240px]]
| [[File:Indira Gandhi Athletic Stadium, Guwahati, Assam.png|329x329px]]
| [[File:Fatorda Stadium, Margao, Goa.png|313x313px]]
|}

==Draw==
The draw for the FIFA U-17 World Cup was held on 7 July 2017 at the Hotel Sahara Star in [[Mumbai]], India.<ref name="Draw">{{cite news|title=Relive the India 2017 draw with FIFA.com|url=https://www.fifa.com/u17worldcup/news/y=2017/m=7/news=follow-the-india-2017-draw-with-fifa-com-2900281.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170709083610/http://www.fifa.com/u17worldcup/news/y=2017/m=7/news=follow-the-india-2017-draw-with-fifa-com-2900281.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=9 July 2017|access-date=3 October 2017|work=FIFA|date=7 July 2017}}</ref> The draw was attended by former U-17 World Cup champions [[Nwankwo Kanu]] ([[Nigeria national under-17 football team|Nigeria]]) and former U-20 World Cup champions [[Esteban Cambiasso]] ([[Argentina national under-17 football team|Argentina]]), as well as [[India national football team|India senior international]] [[Sunil Chhetri]] and [[badminton]] player [[P. V. Sindhu]].<ref name="Draw"/>

The 24 teams were drawn into six groups of four teams, with hosts [[India national under-17 football team|India]] being allocated to position A1.<ref name="Draw procedure">{{cite web|title=Draw procedures|url=http://resources.fifa.com/mm/Document/Tournament/Competition/02/90/04/21/Draw-procedures-EN_Neutral.pdf?t=1499179969573|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170712171029/http://resources.fifa.com/mm/Document/Tournament/Competition/02/90/04/21/Draw-procedures-EN_Neutral.pdf?t=1499179969573|url-status=dead|archive-date=12 July 2017|website=FIFA}}</ref> The rest of the teams were allocated into their respective pots based on a ranking which was built according to past performances during the last five FIFA U-17 World Cups.<ref name="Draw procedure"/> Importance was given to the most recent U-17 World Cups.<ref name="Draw procedure"/>

{| class="wikitable" style="width:95%;"
|-
!width=25%|Pot 1
!width=25%|Pot 2
!width=25%|Pot 3
!width=25%|Pot 4
|-
|{{unbulleted list
|{{fbu|17|IND}}
|{{fbu|17|MEX}}
|{{fbu|17|BRA}}
|{{fbu|17|GER}}
|{{fbu|17|MLI}}
|{{fbu|17|FRA|1974}}
}}
|{{unbulleted list
|{{fbu|17|ESP}}
|{{fbu|17|JPN}}
|{{fbu|17|NZL}}
|{{fbu|17|ENG}}
|{{fbu|17|IRN}}
|{{fbu|17|USA}}
}}
|{{unbulleted list
|{{fbu|17|CRC}}
|{{fbu|17|PRK}}
|{{fbu|17|HON|1949}}
|{{fbu|17|IRQ}}
|{{fbu|17|TUR}}
|{{fbu|17|COL}}
}}
|{{unbulleted list
|{{fbu|17|CHI}}
|{{fbu|17|PAR}}
|{{fbu|17|GHA}}
|{{fbu|17|GUI}}
|{{fbu|17|NIG}}
|{{fbu|17|NCL}}
}}
|}

==Referees==
FIFA's Referees' Committee selected 21 referees, representing all six confederations, to officiate at the U-17 World Cup: Seven from [[UEFA]], four from [[CONMEBOL]], three each from the [[Asian Football Confederation|AFC]], [[Confederation of African Football|CAF]], and [[CONCACAF]], and one from the [[Oceania Football Confederation|OFC]].<ref name="Referees">{{cite web|title=FIFA Match Officials|url=http://resources.fifa.com/mm/document/tournament/competition/02/90/45/14/listofappointedmatchofficials_u-17wcindia2017_neutral.pdf|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170818201805/http://resources.fifa.com/mm/document/tournament/competition/02/90/45/14/listofappointedmatchofficials_u-17wcindia2017_neutral.pdf|url-status=dead|archive-date=18 August 2017|website=FIFA}}</ref> Interestingly, no referee from host country India were selected to officiate.<ref name="Referees"/>

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Confederation
! Referee
! Assistant referees
! Support referee
|-
| rowspan=3| [[Asian Football Confederation|AFC]]
| {{fbaicon|SIN}} [[Muhammad Taqi (referee)|Muhammad Taqi]]
| {{fbaicon|SIN}} Lee Tzu Liang {{fbaicon|SIN}} Koh Min Kiat
| rowspan=3| {{fbaicon|PRK}} [[Ri Hyang-ok]]
|-
| {{fbaicon|JPN}} [[Ryuji Sato]]
| {{fbaicon|JPN}} Toru Sagara {{fbaicon|JPN}} Hiroshi Yamauchi
|-
| {{fbaicon|BHR}} [[Nawaf Shukralla]]
| {{fbaicon|BHR}} Yaser Tulefat {{fbaicon|BHR}} Ebrahim Saleh
|-
| rowspan=3| [[Confederation of African Football|CAF]]
| {{fbaicon|ALG}} [[Mehdi Abid Charef]]
| {{fbaicon|ALG}} Albdelhak Etchiali {{fbaicon|TUN}} Anouar Hmila
| rowspan=3| {{fbaicon|ZAM}} Gladys Lengwe
|-
| {{fbaicon|MAD}} [[Hamada Nampiandraza]]
| {{fbaicon|MOZ}} Arsenio Marengula {{fbaicon|NIG}} Yahaya Mahamadou
|-
| {{fbaicon|ETH}} [[Bamlak Tessema Weyesa]]
| {{fbaicon|COD}} Olivier Safari {{fbaicon|UGA}} Mark Ssonko
|-
| rowspan=3| [[CONCACAF]]
| {{fbaicon|USA}} [[Jair Marrufo]]
| {{fbaicon|USA}} Frank Anderson {{fbaicon|USA}} Corey Rockwell
| rowspan=3| {{fbaicon|CAN}} Carol Chenard
|-
| {{fbaicon|CRC}} Ricardo Montero
| {{fbaicon|CRC}} Octavio Jara {{fbaicon|CRC}} Juan Carlos Mora
|-
| {{fbaicon|PAN}} [[John Pitti]]
| {{fbaicon|PAN}} Gabriel Victoria {{fbaicon|HON|1949}} Christian Ramírez
|-
| rowspan=4| [[CONMEBOL]]
| {{fbaicon|VEN}} [[José Argote]]
| {{fbaicon|VEN}} Luis Murillo {{fbaicon|VEN}} Carlos López
| rowspan=4| {{fbaicon|URU}} Claudia Umpierrez
|-
| {{fbaicon|PAR}} [[Enrique Cáceres]]
| {{fbaicon|PAR}} Eduardo Cardozo {{fbaicon|PAR}} Juan Zorrilla
|-
| {{fbaicon|BRA}} [[Sandro Ricci]]
| {{fbaicon|BRA}} Emerson de Carvalho {{fbaicon|BRA}} Marcelo Van Gasse
|-
| {{fbaicon|BOL}} [[Gery Vargas]]
| {{fbaicon|BOL}} Juan Pablo Montaño {{fbaicon|BOL}} Jose Alberto Antelo
|-
| rowspan=1| [[Oceania Football Confederation|OFC]]
| {{fbaicon|TAH}} [[Abdelkader Zitouni]]
| {{fbaicon|TGA}} Folio Moeaki {{fbaicon|SOL}} Bernard Mutukera
| rowspan=1| {{fbaicon|NZL}} Anna-Marie Keighley
|-
| rowspan=7| [[UEFA]]
| {{fbaicon|ROU}} [[Ovidiu Hațegan]]
| {{fbaicon|ROU}} Octavian Șovre {{fbaicon|ROU}} Sebastian Gheorghe
| rowspan=7| {{fbaicon|UKR}} [[Kateryna Monzul]] {{fbaicon|SUI}} [[Esther Staubli]]
|-
| {{fbaicon|SCO}} [[Bobby Madden]]
| {{fbaicon|SCO}} David McGeachie {{fbaicon|SCO}} Alastair Mather
|-
| {{fbaicon|GRE}} [[Anastasios Sidiropoulos]]
| {{fbaicon|GRE}} Polychronis Kostaras {{fbaicon|GRE}} Lazaros Dimitriadis
|-
| {{fbaicon|POR}} [[Artur Soares Dias]]
| {{fbaicon|POR}} Rui Tavares {{fbaicon|POR}} Paulo Soares
|-
| {{fbaicon|ENG}} [[Anthony Taylor (referee)|Anthony Taylor]]
| {{fbaicon|ENG}} Gary Beswick {{fbaicon|ENG}} Adam Nunn
|-
| {{fbaicon|FRA|1974}} [[Clément Turpin]]
| {{fbaicon|FRA|1974}} Nicolas Danos {{fbaicon|FRA|1974}} Cyril Gringore
|-
| {{fbaicon|SVN}} [[Slavko Vinčić]]
| {{fbaicon|SVN}} Tomaz Klancnik {{fbaicon|SVN}} Andraz Kovacic
|}

==Squads==
{{further|2017 FIFA U-17 World Cup squads}}
Each team's squad for the FIFA U-17 World Cup consisted of 21 players.<ref name="Squad dates">{{cite news|title=FIFA U-17 World Cup: When is the last date for teams to submit final squads|url=http://www.goal.com/en-us/news/2017-fifa-u-17-world-cup-last-date-final-squad/weeesj6ktmqt1nimnu9i7hrxx|access-date=3 October 2017|work=Goal.com|date=15 August 2017|ref=Squad date|archive-date=4 October 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171004035848/http://www.goal.com/en-us/news/2017-fifa-u-17-world-cup-last-date-final-squad/weeesj6ktmqt1nimnu9i7hrxx|url-status=live}}</ref> Each participating national association had to confirm their final 21-player squad by 21 September 2017.<ref name="Squad dates"/> A total of 504 players participated in the tournament. The squads were announced by FIFA on 26 September 2017.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.fifa.com/u17worldcup/news/y=2017/m=9/news=talented-youngsters-set-for-indian-odyssey-2909087.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170926190810/http://www.fifa.com/u17worldcup/news/y=2017/m=9/news=talented-youngsters-set-for-indian-odyssey-2909087.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=26 September 2017|title=Talented youngsters set for Indian odyssey|publisher=FIFA.com|date=26 September 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://tournament.fifadata.com/documents/FU17/2017/PDF/FU17_2017_SQUADLISTS.PDF|title=FIFA U-17 World Cup India 2017 – List of Players|publisher=FIFA.com|access-date=8 October 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171030233616/http://tournament.fifadata.com/documents/FU17/2017/PDF/FU17_2017_SQUADLISTS.PDF|archive-date=30 October 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref>

==Group stage==
The top two teams of each group and the four best third-placed teams advanced to the round of 16.

All times are local, [[Indian Standard Time|IST]] ([[UTC+05:30|UTC+5:30]]).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://resources.fifa.com/mm/document/tournament/competition/02/87/74/62/fu17wc2017_matchschedule_26092017_neutral.pdf|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171008231343/http://resources.fifa.com/mm/document/tournament/competition/02/87/74/62/fu17wc2017_matchschedule_26092017_neutral.pdf|url-status=dead|archive-date=8 October 2017|title=Match Schedule FIFA U-17 World Cup India 2017|publisher=FIFA.com}}</ref>

===Tiebreakers===
The rankings of teams in each group are determined as follows (regulations Article 17.7):<ref name="regulations">{{cite web|url=http://resources.fifa.com/mm/document/tournament/competition/02/88/01/81/reg_fu17wc2017_en_neutral.pdf|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170808052116/http://resources.fifa.com/mm/document/tournament/competition/02/88/01/81/reg_fu17wc2017_en_neutral.pdf|url-status=dead|archive-date=8 August 2017|title=Regulations – FIFA U-17 World Cup India 2017|publisher=FIFA.com}}</ref>
{{ordered list|start=1
| points obtained in all group matches;
| goal difference in all group matches;
| number of goals scored in all group matches;
}}
If two or more teams are equal on the basis of the above three criteria, their rankings are determined as follows:
{{ordered list|start=4
| points obtained in the group matches between the teams concerned;
| goal difference in the group matches between the teams concerned;
| number of goals scored in the group matches between the teams concerned;
| fair play points: {{unordered list
| first yellow card: minus 1 point;
| indirect red card (second yellow card): minus 3 points;
| direct red card: minus 4 points;
| yellow card and direct red card: minus 5 points;
}}
| drawing of lots by the FIFA Organising Committee.
}}

===Group A===
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|goals1=
|goals2=
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}}
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|goals2=
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*[[Chris Durkin|Durkin]] {{goal|51}}
*[[Andrew Carleton|Carleton]] {{goal|84}}
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|referee=[[Gery Vargas]] ([[Bolivian Football Federation|Bolivia]])
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|goals1=
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|referee=[[Anastasios Sidiropoulos]] ([[Hellenic Football Federation|Greece]])
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|goals2=
*[[Juan Peñaloza|Peñaloza]] {{goal|49||83}}
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|referee=[[Ricardo Montero (referee)|Ricardo Montero]] ([[Costa Rican Football Federation|Costa Rica]])
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*[[Richard Danso|Danso]] {{goal|86}}
*[[Emmanuel Toku|Toku]] {{goal|87}}
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|referee=[[Abdelkader Zitouni]] ([[Tahitian Football Federation|Tahiti]])
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*[[Juan Peñaloza|Peñaloza]] {{goal|67}}
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|referee=[[Artur Soares Dias]] ([[Portuguese Football Federation|Portugal]])
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===Group B===
<onlyinclude>{{#invoke:Sports table|main|style=WDL
|section=Group B

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|goals2=
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|referee=[[John Pitti]] ([[Panamanian Football Federation|Panama]])
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*[[Leonardo Sánchez Cohener|Sánchez]] {{goal|17}}
*[[Alan Francisco Rodríguez|Rodríguez]] {{goal|55|pen.}}
|goals2=
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|referee=[[Artur Soares Dias]] ([[Portuguese Football Federation|Portugal]])
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|goals2=
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*[[Lassana N'Diaye|N'Diaye]] {{goal|68}}
*[[Fode Konaté|Konaté]] {{goal|86}}
|stadium=[[DY Patil Stadium|Dr. DY Patil Stadium]], [[Navi Mumbai]]
|attendance=18,323<ref>{{cite web |url=https://resources.fifa.com/mm/document/tournament/competition/02/91/22/75/eng_15_1009_tur-mli_fulltime_neutral.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171010010058/http://resources.fifa.com/mm/document/tournament/competition/02/91/22/75/eng_15_1009_tur-mli_fulltime_neutral.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-date=10 October 2017 |title=Match report – Group B – Turkey v Mali |website=FIFA.com |publisher=Fédération Internationale de Football Association |date=9 October 2017 |access-date=1 June 2019}}</ref>
|referee=[[Muhammad Taqi (referee)|Muhammad Taqi]] ([[Football Association of Singapore|Singapore]])
}}
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|time=20:00
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|score=4–2
|team2={{fbu|17|NZL}}
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|goals1=
*[[Alan Francisco Rodríguez|Rodríguez]] {{goal|2}}
*[[Aníbal Vega|Vega]] {{goal|75||78}}
*[[Blas Armoa|Armoa]] {{goal|90+1}}
|goals2=
*[[Alexis Duarte|Duarte]] {{goal|20|o.g.|34|o.g.}}
|stadium=[[DY Patil Stadium|Dr. DY Patil Stadium]], [[Navi Mumbai]]
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|referee=[[Bamlak Tessema Weyesa]] ([[Ethiopian Football Federation|Ethiopia]])
}}
----
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|time=17:00
|team1={{fbu-rt|17|TUR}}
|score=1–3
|team2={{fbu|17|PAR}}
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|goals1=
*[[Kerem Atakan Kesgin|Kesgin]] {{goal|90+3}}
|goals2=
*[[Giovanni Bogado|Bogado]] {{goal|41}}
*[[Fernando David Cardozo|Cardozo]] {{goal|43}}
*[[Antonio Galeano|Galeano]] {{goal|61}}
|stadium=[[DY Patil Stadium|Dr. DY Patil Stadium]], [[Navi Mumbai]]
|attendance=8,895<ref>{{cite web |url=https://resources.fifa.com/mm/document/tournament/competition/02/91/39/66/eng_28_1012_tur-par_fulltime.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171013014324/http://resources.fifa.com/mm/document/tournament/competition/02/91/39/66/eng_28_1012_tur-par_fulltime.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-date=13 October 2017 |title=Match report – Group B – Turkey v Paraguay |website=FIFA.com |publisher=Fédération Internationale de Football Association |date=12 October 2017 |access-date=1 June 2019}}</ref>
|referee=[[Ryuji Sato]] ([[Japan Football Association|Japan]])
}}
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|time=17:00
|team1={{fbu-rt|17|MLI}}
|score=3–1
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|goals1=
*[[Salam Jiddou|Jiddou]] {{goal|18}}
*D. Traoré {{goal|50}}
*[[Lassana N'Diaye|N'Diaye]] {{goal|82}}
|goals2=
*[[Charles Spragg|Spragg]] {{goal|72}}
|stadium=[[Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium (Delhi)|Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium]], [[New Delhi]]
|attendance=23,112<ref>{{cite web |url=https://resources.fifa.com/mm/document/tournament/competition/02/91/39/48/eng_27_1012_mli-nzl_fulltime.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171013014342/http://resources.fifa.com/mm/document/tournament/competition/02/91/39/48/eng_27_1012_mli-nzl_fulltime.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-date=13 October 2017 |title=Match report – Group B – Mali v New Zealand |website=FIFA.com |publisher=Fédération Internationale de Football Association |date=12 October 2017 |access-date=1 June 2019}}</ref>
|referee=[[Anastasios Sidiropoulos]] ([[Hellenic Football Federation|Greece]])
}}

===Group C===
<onlyinclude>{{#invoke:Sports table|main|style=WDL
|section=Group C

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|name_IRN={{fbu|17|IRN}}
|name_GUI={{fbu|17|GUI}}
|name_GER={{fbu|17|GER}}
|name_CRC={{fbu|17|CRC}}


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|time=17:00
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|goals1=
*[[Jann-Fiete Arp|Arp]] {{goal|21}}
*[[Noah Awuku|Awuku]] {{goal|89}}
|goals2=
*[[Andrés Gómez (footballer, born 2000)|Gómez]] {{goal|64}}
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|referee=[[Mehdi Abid Charef]] ([[Algerian Football Federation|Algeria]])
}}
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|time=20:00
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|goals1=
*[[Allahyar Sayyadmanesh|Sayyadmanesh]] {{goal|59}}
*[[Mohammad Sharifi (Iranian footballer)|Sharifi]] {{goal|70|pen.}}
*[[Saeid Karimi|Karimi]] {{goal|90}}
|goals2=
*[[Fandje Touré|Touré]] {{goal|90+1}}
|stadium=[[Fatorda Stadium|Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium]], [[Margao]]
|attendance=12,329<ref>{{cite web |url=https://resources.fifa.com/mm/document/tournament/competition/02/91/14/92/eng_06_1007_irn-gui_fulltime_neutral.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171008080359/http://resources.fifa.com/mm/document/tournament/competition/02/91/14/92/eng_06_1007_irn-gui_fulltime_neutral.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-date=8 October 2017 |title=Match report – Group C – Iran v Guinea |website=FIFA.com |publisher=Fédération Internationale de Football Association |date=7 October 2017 |access-date=1 June 2019}}</ref>
|referee=[[José Argote]] ([[Venezuelan Football Federation|Venezuela]])
}}
----
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|time=17:00
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|score=2–2
|team2={{fbu|17|GUI}}
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|goals1=
*[[Yecxy Jarquin|Jarquin]] {{goal|26}}
*[[Andrés Gómez (footballer, born 2000)|Gómez]] {{goal|67}}
|goals2=
*[[Fandje Touré|Touré]] {{goal|30}}
*[[Ibrahima Soumah|I. Soumah]] {{goal|81}}
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|attendance=6,717<ref>{{cite web |url=https://resources.fifa.com/mm/document/tournament/competition/02/91/29/33/eng_17_1010_crc-gui_fulltime_neutral.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171010211528/http://resources.fifa.com/mm/document/tournament/competition/02/91/29/33/eng_17_1010_crc-gui_fulltime_neutral.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-date=10 October 2017 |title=Match report – Group C – Costa Rica v Guinea |website=FIFA.com |publisher=Fédération Internationale de Football Association |date=10 October 2017 |access-date=1 June 2019}}</ref>
|referee=[[Bobby Madden]] ([[Scottish Football Association|Scotland]])
}}
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|date={{Start date|2017|10|10|df=y}}
|time=20:00
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|score=4–0
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|goals1=
*[[Younes Delfi|Delfi]] {{goal|6||42}}
*[[Allahyar Sayyadmanesh|Sayyadmanesh]] {{goal|49}}
*[[Vahid Namdari|Namdari]] {{goal|75}}
|goals2=
|stadium=[[Fatorda Stadium|Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium]], [[Margao]]
|attendance=8,267<ref>{{cite web |url=https://resources.fifa.com/mm/document/tournament/competition/02/91/30/24/eng_18_1010_irn-ger_fulltime.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171011021440/http://resources.fifa.com/mm/document/tournament/competition/02/91/30/24/eng_18_1010_irn-ger_fulltime.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-date=11 October 2017 |title=Match report – Group C – Iran v Germany |website=FIFA.com |publisher=Fédération Internationale de Football Association |date=10 October 2017 |access-date=1 June 2019}}</ref>
|referee=[[Jair Marrufo]] ([[United States Soccer Federation|United States]])
}}
----
{{Football box
|date={{Start date|2017|10|13|df=y}}
|time=17:00
|team1={{fbu-rt|17|CRC}}
|score=0–3
|team2={{fbu|17|IRN}}
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|goals1=
|goals2=
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*[[Taha Shariati|Shariati]] {{goal|29|pen.}}
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|stadium=[[Fatorda Stadium|Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium]], [[Margao]]
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|referee=[[Hamada Nampiandraza]] ([[Malagasy Football Federation|Madagascar]])
}}
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|time=17:00
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|score=1–3
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|goals1=
*[[Ibrahima Soumah|I. Soumah]] {{goal|26}}
|goals2=
*[[Jann-Fiete Arp|Arp]] {{goal|8}}
*[[Nicolas Kühn|Kühn]] {{goal|62}}
*[[Sahverdi Cetin|Cetin]] {{goal|90+2|pen.}}
|stadium=[[Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium (Kochi)|Jawaharlal Nehru International Stadium]], [[Kochi]]
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|referee=[[John Pitti]] ([[Panamanian Football Federation|Panama]])
}}

===Group D===
<onlyinclude>{{#invoke:Sports table|main|style=WDL
|section=Group D

|source=[https://web.archive.org/web/20150815021807/http://www.fifa.com/u17worldcup/groups/index.html FIFA]
|name_PRK={{fbu|17|PRK}}
|name_NIG={{fbu|17|NIG}}
|name_BRA={{fbu|17|BRA}}
|name_ESP={{fbu|17|ESP}}


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|result1=KO |result2=KO |result3=KO
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|time=17:00
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|score=2–1
|team2={{fbu|17|ESP}}
|report=https://www.fifa.com/u17worldcup/matches/round=275931/match=300394728/index.html
|goals1=
*[[Lincoln (footballer, born 2000)|Lincoln]] {{goal|25}}
*[[Paulinho (footballer, born July 2000)|Paulinho]] {{goal|45+1}}
|goals2=
*[[Wesley David de Oliveira|Wesley]] {{goal|5|o.g.}}
|stadium=[[Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium (Kochi)|Jawaharlal Nehru International Stadium]], [[Kochi]]
|attendance=21,362<ref>{{cite web |url=https://resources.fifa.com/mm/document/tournament/competition/02/91/13/79/eng_07_1007_bra-esp_fulltime.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171008080605/http://resources.fifa.com/mm/document/tournament/competition/02/91/13/79/eng_07_1007_bra-esp_fulltime.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-date=8 October 2017 |title=Match report – Group D – Brazil v Spain |website=FIFA.com |publisher=Fédération Internationale de Football Association |date=7 October 2017 |access-date=1 June 2019}}</ref>
|referee=[[Nawaf Shukralla]] ([[Bahrain Football Association|Bahrain]])
}}
{{Football box
|date={{Start date|2017|10|7|df=y}}
|time=20:00
|team1={{fbu-rt|17|PRK}}
|score=0–1
|team2={{fbu|17|NIG}}
|report=https://www.fifa.com/u17worldcup/matches/round=275931/match=300394724/index.html
|goals1=
|goals2=
*[[Salim Abdourahmane|Abdourahmane]] {{goal|59}}
|stadium=[[Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium (Kochi)|Jawaharlal Nehru International Stadium]], [[Kochi]]
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|referee=[[Abdelkader Zitouni]] ([[Tahitian Football Federation|Tahiti]])
}}
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{{Football box
|date={{Start date|2017|10|10|df=y}}
|time=17:00
|team1={{fbu-rt|17|ESP}}
|score=4–0
|team2={{fbu|17|NIG}}
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|goals1=
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*[[César Gelabert|César]] {{goal|45+1}}
*[[Sergio Gómez Martín|Gómez]] {{goal|82}}
|goals2=
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|attendance=7,926<ref>{{cite web |url=https://resources.fifa.com/mm/document/tournament/competition/02/91/29/24/eng_19_1010_esp-nig_fulltime.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171010210831/http://resources.fifa.com/mm/document/tournament/competition/02/91/29/24/eng_19_1010_esp-nig_fulltime.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-date=10 October 2017 |title=Match report – Group D – Spain v Niger |website=FIFA.com |publisher=Fédération Internationale de Football Association |date=10 October 2017 |access-date=1 June 2019}}</ref>
|referee=[[Enrique Cáceres]] ([[Paraguayan Football Association|Paraguay]])
}}
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|time=20:00
|team1={{fbu-rt|17|PRK}}
|score=0–2
|team2={{fbu|17|BRA}}
|report=https://www.fifa.com/u17worldcup/matches/round=275931/match=300394729/index.html
|goals1=
|goals2=
*[[Lincoln (footballer, born 2000)|Lincoln]] {{goal|56}}
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|stadium=[[Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium (Kochi)|Jawaharlal Nehru International Stadium]], [[Kochi]]
|attendance=15,314<ref>{{cite web |url=https://resources.fifa.com/mm/document/tournament/competition/02/91/30/15/eng_20_1010_prk-bra_fulltime.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171010210828/http://resources.fifa.com/mm/document/tournament/competition/02/91/30/15/eng_20_1010_prk-bra_fulltime.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-date=10 October 2017 |title=Match report – Group D – Korea DPR v Brazil |website=FIFA.com |publisher=Fédération Internationale de Football Association |date=10 October 2017 |access-date=1 June 2019}}</ref>
|referee=[[Slavko Vinčić]] ([[Football Association of Slovenia|Slovenia]])
}}
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{{Football box
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|time=20:00
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|team2={{fbu|17|PRK}}
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|goals1=
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*[[César Gelabert|César]] {{goal|71}}
|goals2=
|stadium=[[Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium (Kochi)|Jawaharlal Nehru International Stadium]], [[Kochi]]
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|referee=[[José Argote]] ([[Venezuelan Football Federation|Venezuela]])
}}
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|time=20:00
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|goals1=
|goals2=
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|referee=[[Bobby Madden]] ([[Scottish Football Association|Scotland]])
}}

===Group E===
<onlyinclude>{{#invoke:Sports table|main|style=WDL
|section=Group E

|source=[https://web.archive.org/web/20150815021807/http://www.fifa.com/u17worldcup/groups/index.html FIFA]
|name_HON={{fbu|17|HON|1949}}
|name_JPN={{fbu|17|JPN}}
|name_NCL={{fbu|17|NCL}}
|name_FRA={{fbu|17|FRA|1974}}


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|time=17:00
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|score=1–7
|team2={{fbu|17|FRA|1974}}
|report=https://www.fifa.com/u17worldcup/matches/round=275931/match=300394731/index.html
|goals1=
*[[Cameron Wadenges|Wadenges]] {{goal|90}}
|goals2=
*[[Bernard Iwa|Iwa]] {{goal|5|o.g.}}
*[[Amine Gouiri|Gouiri]] {{goal|19||33}}
*[[Claudio Gomes|Gomes]] {{goal|30}}
*[[Maxence Caqueret|Caqueret]] {{goal|40}}
*Wanesse {{goal|43|o.g.}}
*[[Wilson Isidor|Isidor]] {{goal|90+1}}
|stadium=[[Indira Gandhi Athletic Stadium]], [[Guwahati]]
|attendance=12,640<ref>{{cite web |url=https://resources.fifa.com/mm/document/tournament/competition/02/91/18/16/eng_09_1008_ncl-fra_fulltime.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171008231501/http://resources.fifa.com/mm/document/tournament/competition/02/91/18/16/eng_09_1008_ncl-fra_fulltime.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-date=8 October 2017 |title=Match report – Group E – New Caledonia v France |website=FIFA.com |publisher=Fédération Internationale de Football Association |date=8 October 2017 |access-date=1 June 2019}}</ref>
|referee=[[Hamada Nampiandraza]] ([[Malagasy Football Federation|Madagascar]])
}}
{{Football box
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|time=20:00
|team1={{fbu-rt|17|HON|1949}}
|score=1–6
|team2={{fbu|17|JPN}}
|report=https://www.fifa.com/u17worldcup/matches/round=275931/match=300394730/index.html
|goals1=
*[[Patrick Palacios|Palacios]] {{goal|36}}
|goals2=
*[[Keito Nakamura|Nakamura]] {{goal|22||30||43}}
*[[Takefusa Kubo|Kubo]] {{goal|45}}
*[[Taisei Miyashiro|Miyashiro]] {{goal|51}}
*[[Toichi Suzuki|Suzuki]] {{goal|90}}
|stadium=[[Indira Gandhi Athletic Stadium]], [[Guwahati]]
|attendance=13,285<ref>{{cite web |url=https://resources.fifa.com/mm/document/tournament/competition/02/91/19/35/eng_10_1008_hon-jpn_fulltime.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171009041644/http://resources.fifa.com/mm/document/tournament/competition/02/91/19/35/eng_10_1008_hon-jpn_fulltime.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-date=9 October 2017 |title=Match report – Group E – Honduras v Japan |website=FIFA.com |publisher=Fédération Internationale de Football Association |date=8 October 2017 |access-date=1 June 2019}}</ref>
|referee=[[Anthony Taylor (referee)|Anthony Taylor]] ([[The Football Association|England]])
}}
----
{{Football box
|date={{Start date|2017|10|11|df=y}}
|time=17:00
|team1={{fbu-rt|17|FRA|1974}}
|score=2–1
|team2={{fbu|17|JPN}}
|report=https://www.fifa.com/u17worldcup/matches/round=275931/match=300394717/index.html
|goals1=
*[[Amine Gouiri|Gouiri]] {{goal|13||71}}
|goals2=
*[[Taisei Miyashiro|Miyashiro]] {{goal|73|pen.}}
|stadium=[[Indira Gandhi Athletic Stadium]], [[Guwahati]]
|attendance=9,575<ref>{{cite web |url=https://digitalhub.fifa.com/m/27d57a39412e48e/original/cp2sqkskyqql96ssshss-pdf.pdf |title=Match report – Group E – France v Japan |website=FIFA.com |publisher=Fédération Internationale de Football Association |format=PDF |date=11 October 2017 |access-date=1 June 2019 |archive-date=22 October 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211022062840/https://digitalhub.fifa.com/m/27d57a39412e48e/original/cp2sqkskyqql96ssshss-pdf.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref>
|referee=[[Gery Vargas]] ([[Bolivian Football Federation|Bolivia]])
}}
{{Football box
|date={{Start date|2017|10|11|df=y}}
|time=20:00
|team1={{fbu-rt|17|HON|1949}}
|score=5–0
|team2={{fbu|17|NCL}}
|report=https://www.fifa.com/u17worldcup/matches/round=275931/match=300394735/index.html
|goals1=
*[[Carlos Mejía (footballer, born 2000)|Mejía]] {{goal|25||42}}
*[[Joshua Canales|Canales]] {{goal|27}}
*[[Patrick Palacios|Palacios]] {{goal|51||88}}
|goals2=
|stadium=[[Indira Gandhi Athletic Stadium]], [[Guwahati]]
|attendance=11,002<ref>{{cite web |url=https://resources.fifa.com/mm/document/tournament/competition/02/91/36/42/eng_22_1011_hon-ncl_fulltime.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171011233210/http://resources.fifa.com/mm/document/tournament/competition/02/91/36/42/eng_22_1011_hon-ncl_fulltime.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-date=11 October 2017 |title=Match report – Group E – Honduras v New Caledonia |website=FIFA.com |publisher=Fédération Internationale de Football Association |date=11 October 2017 |access-date=1 June 2019}}</ref>
|referee=[[Mehdi Abid Charef]] ([[Algerian Football Federation|Algeria]])
}}
----
{{Football box
|date={{Start date|2017|10|14|df=y}}
|time=17:00
|team1={{fbu-rt|17|FRA|1974}}
|score=5–1
|team2={{fbu|17|HON|1949}}
|report=https://www.fifa.com/u17worldcup/matches/round=275931/match=300394718/index.html
|goals1=
*[[Wilson Isidor|Isidor]] {{goal|14}}
*[[Alexis Flips|Flips]] {{goal|23||64}}
*[[Amine Gouiri|Gouiri]] {{goal|86}}
*[[Yacine Adli|Adli]] {{goal|90+6}}
|goals2=
*[[Carlos Mejía (footballer, born 2000)|Mejía]] {{goal|10}}
|stadium=[[Indira Gandhi Athletic Stadium]], [[Guwahati]]
|attendance=12,831<ref>{{cite web |url=https://digitalhub.fifa.com/m/3daafd3b849d0b8a/original/czshpzxjeosta0vezaxb-pdf.pdf |title=Match report – Group E – France v Honduras |website=FIFA.com |publisher=Fédération Internationale de Football Association |format=PDF |date=14 October 2017 |access-date=1 June 2019 |archive-date=22 October 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211022062841/https://digitalhub.fifa.com/m/3daafd3b849d0b8a/original/czshpzxjeosta0vezaxb-pdf.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref>
|referee=[[Muhammad Taqi (referee)|Muhammad Taqi]] ([[Football Association of Singapore|Singapore]])
}}
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|date={{Start date|2017|10|14|df=y}}
|time=17:00
|team1={{fbu-rt|17|JPN}}
|score=1–1
|team2={{fbu|17|NCL}}
|report=https://www.fifa.com/u17worldcup/matches/round=275931/match=300394722/index.html
|goals1=
*[[Keito Nakamura|Nakamura]] {{goal|7}}
|goals2=
*[[Jekob Jeno|Jeno]] {{goal|83}}
|stadium=[[Salt Lake Stadium|Vivekananda Yuba Bharati Krirangan]], [[Kolkata]]
|attendance=44,665<ref>{{cite web |url=https://resources.fifa.com/mm/document/tournament/competition/02/91/46/38/eng_34_1014_jpn-ncl_fulltime.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171014234241/http://resources.fifa.com/mm/document/tournament/competition/02/91/46/38/eng_34_1014_jpn-ncl_fulltime.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-date=14 October 2017 |title=Match report – Group E – Japan v New Caledonia |website=FIFA.com |publisher=Fédération Internationale de Football Association |date=14 October 2017 |access-date=1 June 2019}}</ref>
|referee=[[Esther Staubli]] ([[Swiss Football Association|Switzerland]])
}}

===Group F===
<onlyinclude>{{#invoke:Sports table|main|style=WDL
|section=Group F

|source=[https://web.archive.org/web/20150815021807/http://www.fifa.com/u17worldcup/groups/index.html FIFA]
|name_IRQ={{fbu|17|IRQ}}
|name_MEX={{fbu|17|MEX}}
|name_CHI={{fbu|17|CHI}}
|name_ENG={{fbu|17|ENG}}


|update=complete
|win_IRQ=1 |draw_IRQ=1 |loss_IRQ=1 |gf_IRQ=4 |ga_IRQ=5 |status_IRQ=
|win_MEX=0 |draw_MEX=2 |loss_MEX=1 |gf_MEX=3 |ga_MEX=4 |status_MEX=
|win_CHI=0 |draw_CHI=1 |loss_CHI=2 |gf_CHI=0 |ga_CHI=7 |status_CHI=
|win_ENG=3 |draw_ENG=0 |loss_ENG=0 |gf_ENG=11|ga_ENG=2 |status_ENG=


|team1=ENG |team2=IRQ |team3=MEX |team4=CHI
|class_rules=[[#Tiebreakers|Group stage tiebreakers]]

|res_col_header=Q
|result1=KO |result2=KO |result3=KO
|col_KO=green1 |text_KO=[[#Knockout stage|Knockout stage]]
}}</onlyinclude>
{{Football box
|date={{Start date|2017|10|8|df=y}}
|time=17:00
|team1={{fbu-rt|17|CHI}}
|score=0–4
|team2={{fbu|17|ENG}}
|report=https://www.fifa.com/u17worldcup/matches/round=275931/match=300394720/index.html
|goals1=
|goals2=
*[[Callum Hudson-Odoi|Hudson-Odoi]] {{goal|5}}
*[[Jadon Sancho|Sancho]] {{goal|51||60}}
*[[Angel Gomes|Gomes]] {{goal|81}}
|stadium=[[Salt Lake Stadium|Vivekananda Yuba Bharati Krirangan]], [[Kolkata]]
|attendance=46,154<ref>{{cite web |url=https://resources.fifa.com/mm/document/tournament/competition/02/91/18/07/eng_11_1008_chi-eng_fulltime.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171008231215/http://resources.fifa.com/mm/document/tournament/competition/02/91/18/07/eng_11_1008_chi-eng_fulltime.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-date=8 October 2017 |title=Match report – Group F – Chile v England |website=FIFA.com |publisher=Fédération Internationale de Football Association |date=8 October 2017 |access-date=1 June 2019}}</ref>
|referee=[[Ryuji Sato]] ([[Japan Football Association|Japan]])
}}
{{Football box
|date={{Start date|2017|10|8|df=y}}
|time=20:00
|team1={{fbu-rt|17|IRQ}}
|score=1–1
|team2={{fbu|17|MEX}}
|report=https://www.fifa.com/u17worldcup/matches/round=275931/match=300394714/index.html
|goals1=
*[[Mohammed Dawood Yaseen|Dawood]] {{goal|16}}
|goals2=
*[[Roberto de la Rosa|De la Rosa]] {{goal|51}}
|stadium=[[Salt Lake Stadium|Vivekananda Yuba Bharati Krirangan]], [[Kolkata]]
|attendance=55,800<ref>{{cite web |url=https://resources.fifa.com/mm/document/tournament/competition/02/91/19/25/eng_12_1008_irq-mex_fulltime.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171009041838/http://resources.fifa.com/mm/document/tournament/competition/02/91/19/25/eng_12_1008_irq-mex_fulltime.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-date=9 October 2017 |title=Match report – Group F – Iraq v Mexico |website=FIFA.com |publisher=Fédération Internationale de Football Association |date=8 October 2017 |access-date=1 June 2019}}</ref>
|referee=[[Ovidiu Hațegan]] ([[Romanian Football Federation|Romania]])
}}
----
{{Football box
|date={{Start date|2017|10|11|df=y}}
|time=17:00
|team1={{fbu-rt|17|ENG}}
|score=3–2
|team2={{fbu|17|MEX}}
|report=https://www.fifa.com/u17worldcup/matches/round=275931/match=300394733/index.html
|goals1=
*[[Rhian Brewster|Brewster]] {{goal|39}}
*[[Phil Foden|Foden]] {{goal|48}}
*[[Jadon Sancho|Sancho]] {{goal|55|pen.}}
|goals2=
*[[Diego Lainez (Mexican footballer)|Lainez]] {{goal|65||72}}
|stadium=[[Salt Lake Stadium|Vivekananda Yuba Bharati Krirangan]], [[Kolkata]]
|attendance=48,620<ref>{{cite web |url=https://resources.fifa.com/mm/document/tournament/competition/02/91/35/35/eng_23_1011_eng-mex_fulltime_neutral.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171011233302/http://resources.fifa.com/mm/document/tournament/competition/02/91/35/35/eng_23_1011_eng-mex_fulltime_neutral.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-date=11 October 2017 |title=Match report – Group F – England v Mexico |website=FIFA.com |publisher=Fédération Internationale de Football Association |date=11 October 2017 |access-date=1 June 2019}}</ref>
|referee=[[Nawaf Shukralla]] ([[Bahrain Football Association|Bahrain]])
}}
{{Football box
|date={{Start date|2017|10|11|df=y}}
|time=20:00
|team1={{fbu-rt|17|IRQ}}
|score=3–0
|team2={{fbu|17|CHI}}
|report=https://www.fifa.com/u17worldcup/matches/round=275931/match=300394736/index.html
|goals1=
*[[Mohammed Dawood Yaseen|Dawood]] {{goal|6||68}}
*[[Diego Valencia|D. Valencia]] {{goal|81|o.g.}}
|goals2=
|stadium=[[Salt Lake Stadium|Vivekananda Yuba Bharati Krirangan]], [[Kolkata]]
|attendance=50,286<ref>{{cite web |url=https://resources.fifa.com/mm/document/tournament/competition/02/91/36/31/eng_24_1011_irq-chi_fulltime.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171011233149/http://resources.fifa.com/mm/document/tournament/competition/02/91/36/31/eng_24_1011_irq-chi_fulltime.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-date=11 October 2017 |title=Match report – Group F – Iraq v Chile |website=FIFA.com |publisher=Fédération Internationale de Football Association |date=11 October 2017 |access-date=1 June 2019}}</ref>
|referee=[[Clément Turpin]] ([[French Football Federation|France]])
}}
----
{{Football box
|date={{Start date|2017|10|14|df=y}}
|time=20:00
|team1={{fbu-rt|17|ENG}}
|score=4–0
|team2={{fbu|17|IRQ}}
|report=https://www.fifa.com/u17worldcup/matches/round=275931/match=300394716/index.html
|goals1=
*[[Angel Gomes|Gomes]] {{goal|11}}
*[[Emile Smith Rowe|Smith Rowe]] {{goal|57}}
*[[Danny Loader|Loader]] {{goal|59||71}}
|goals2=
|stadium=[[Salt Lake Stadium|Vivekananda Yuba Bharati Krirangan]], [[Kolkata]]
|attendance=56,372<ref>{{cite web |url=https://resources.fifa.com/mm/document/tournament/competition/02/91/47/22/eng_36_1014_eng-irq_fulltime.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171014234544/http://resources.fifa.com/mm/document/tournament/competition/02/91/47/22/eng_36_1014_eng-irq_fulltime.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-date=14 October 2017 |title=Match report – Group F – England v Iraq |website=FIFA.com |publisher=Fédération Internationale de Football Association |date=14 October 2017 |access-date=1 June 2019}}</ref>
|referee=[[Jair Marrufo]] ([[United States Soccer Federation|United States]])
}}
{{Football box
|date={{Start date|2017|10|14|df=y}}
|time=20:00
|team1={{fbu-rt|17|MEX}}
|score=0–0
|team2={{fbu|17|CHI}}
|report=https://www.fifa.com/u17worldcup/matches/round=275931/match=300394719/index.html
|goals1=
|goals2=
|stadium=[[Indira Gandhi Athletic Stadium]], [[Guwahati]]
|attendance=15,794<ref>{{cite web |url=https://resources.fifa.com/mm/document/tournament/competition/02/91/47/31/eng_35_1014_mex-chi_fulltime.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171014234520/http://resources.fifa.com/mm/document/tournament/competition/02/91/47/31/eng_35_1014_mex-chi_fulltime.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-date=14 October 2017 |title=Match report – Group F – Mexico v Chile |website=FIFA.com |publisher=Fédération Internationale de Football Association |date=14 October 2017 |access-date=1 June 2019}}</ref>
|referee=[[Slavko Vinčić]] ([[Football Association of Slovenia|Slovenia]])
}}

===Ranking of third-placed teams===
The four best teams among those ranked third are determined as follows (regulations Article 17.7):<ref name="regulations"/>
{{ordered list|start=1
| points obtained in all group matches;
| goal difference in all group matches;
| number of goals scored in all group matches;
| fair play points;
| drawing of lots by the FIFA Organising Committee.
}}
<onlyinclude>{{#invoke:Sports table|main|style=WDL|section=3rd place

|source=[https://web.archive.org/web/20150815021807/http://www.fifa.com/u17worldcup/groups/index.html FIFA]
|show_groups=T
|group_GrA='''[[#Group A|A]]''' |name_GrA={{fbu|17|USA}}
|group_GrB='''[[#Group B|B]]''' |name_GrB={{fbu|17|NZL}}
|group_GrC='''[[#Group C|C]]''' |name_GrC={{fbu|17|GUI}}
|group_GrD='''[[#Group D|D]]''' |name_GrD={{fbu|17|NIG}}
|group_GrE='''[[#Group E|E]]''' |name_GrE={{fbu|17|HON|1949}}
|group_GrF='''[[#Group F|F]]''' |name_GrF={{fbu|17|MEX}}


|update=complete
|win_GrA=2 |draw_GrA=0 |loss_GrA=1 |gf_GrA=5 |ga_GrA=3 |status_GrA=
|win_GrB=0 |draw_GrB=1 |loss_GrB=2 |gf_GrB=4 |ga_GrB=8 |status_GrB=
|win_GrC=0 |draw_GrC=1 |loss_GrC=2 |gf_GrC=4 |ga_GrC=8 |status_GrC=
|win_GrD=1 |draw_GrD=0 |loss_GrD=2 |gf_GrD=1 |ga_GrD=6 |status_GrD=
|win_GrE=1 |draw_GrE=0 |loss_GrE=2 |gf_GrE=7 |ga_GrE=11|status_GrE=
|win_GrF=0 |draw_GrF=2 |loss_GrF=1 |gf_GrF=3 |ga_GrF=4 |status_GrF=


|team1=GrA |team2=GrE |team3=GrD |team4=GrF |team5=GrB |team6=GrC
|class_rules=1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Fair play points; 5) Drawing of lots.
|hth_GrB=Fair play points: New Zealand −6, Guinea −9. |hth_GrC=GrB

|res_col_header=Q
|result1=KO |result2=KO |result3=KO |result4=KO
|col_KO=green1 |text_KO=[[#Knockout stage|Knockout stage]]
}}</onlyinclude>

==Knockout stage==
In the knockout stages, if a match is level at the end of normal playing time, the match is determined by a [[Penalty shoot-out (association football)|penalty shoot-out]] (no [[Overtime (sports)#Association football|extra time]] is played).<ref name="regulations"/>

In the round of 16, the four third-placed teams were matched with the winners of groups A, B, C, and D. The specific match-ups involving the third-placed teams depend on which four third-placed teams qualified for the round of 16:<ref name="regulations"/>
{{^|
{{legend|#BBF3BB|Combinations which are still possible}}
}}
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:85%"
|-
! colspan="6"|Third-placed teams qualify from groups
! rowspan="16"|
! 1A vs
! 1B vs
! 1C vs
! 1D vs
|-
| '''A''' || '''B''' || '''C''' || '''D''' || || || 3C || 3D || 3A || 3B
|-
| '''A''' || '''B''' || '''C''' || || '''E''' || || 3C || 3A || 3B || 3E
|-
| '''A''' || '''B''' || '''C''' || || || '''F''' || 3C || 3A || 3B || 3F
|-
| '''A''' || '''B''' || || '''D''' || '''E''' || || 3D || 3A || 3B || 3E
|-
| '''A''' || '''B''' || || '''D''' || || '''F''' || 3D || 3A || 3B || 3F
|-
| '''A''' || '''B''' || || || '''E''' || '''F''' || 3E || 3A || 3B || 3F
|-
| '''A''' || || '''C''' || '''D''' || '''E''' || || 3C || 3D || 3A || 3E
|-
| '''A''' || || '''C''' || '''D''' || || '''F''' || 3C || 3D || 3A || 3F
|-
| '''A''' || || '''C''' || || '''E''' || '''F''' || 3C || 3A || 3F || 3E
|-bgcolor=#BBF3BB
| '''A''' || || || '''D''' || '''E''' || '''F''' || 3D || 3A || 3F || 3E
|-
| || '''B''' || '''C''' || '''D''' || '''E''' || || 3C || 3D || 3B || 3E
|-
| || '''B''' || '''C''' || '''D''' || || '''F''' || 3C || 3D || 3B || 3F
|-
| || '''B''' || '''C''' || || '''E''' || '''F''' || 3E || 3C || 3B || 3F
|-
| || '''B''' || || '''D''' || '''E''' || '''F''' || 3E || 3D || 3B || 3F
|-
| || || '''C''' || '''D''' || '''E''' || '''F''' || 3C || 3D || 3F || 3E
|}

===Bracket===
{{#invoke:RoundN|N16
|style=white-space:nowrap
|RD1=[[#Round of 16|Round of 16]]
|RD2=[[#Quarter-finals|Quarter-finals]]
|RD3=[[#Semi-finals|Semi-finals]]
|RD4=[[#Final|Final]]
|Consol=[[#Third place play-off|Third place play-off]]
|3rdplace=yes|bold_winner=high|widescore=yes


|16 October – [[Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium (Delhi)|New Delhi]]|{{fbu|17|COL}}|0|{{fbu|17|GER}}|4
|18 October – [[Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium (Kochi)|Kochi]]|{{fbu|17|BRA}}|3|{{fbu|17|HON|1949}}|0
|16 October – [[Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium (Delhi)|New Delhi]]|{{fbu|17|PAR}}|0|{{fbu|17|USA}}|5
|17 October – [[Salt Lake Stadium|Kolkata]]|{{fbu|17|ENG}} {{pso}}|0 (5)|{{fbu|17|JPN}}|0 (3)
|17 October – [[Fatorda Stadium|Margao]]|{{fbu|17|MLI}}|5|{{fbu|17|IRQ}}|1
|18 October – [[DY Patil Stadium|Navi Mumbai]]|{{fbu|17|GHA}}|2|{{fbu|17|NIG}}|0
|17 October – [[Indira Gandhi Athletic Stadium|Guwahati]]|{{fbu|17|FRA|1974}}|1|{{fbu|17|ESP}}|2
|17 October – [[Fatorda Stadium|Margao]]|{{fbu|17|IRN}}|2|{{fbu|17|MEX}}|1

|22 October – [[Salt Lake Stadium|Kolkata]]|{{fbu|17|GER}}|1|{{fbu|17|BRA}}|2
|21 October – [[Fatorda Stadium|Margao]]|{{fbu|17|USA}}|1|{{fbu|17|ENG}}|4
|21 October – [[Indira Gandhi Athletic Stadium|Guwahati]]|{{fbu|17|MLI}}|2|{{fbu|17|GHA}}|1
|22 October – [[Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium (Kochi)|Kochi]]|{{fbu|17|ESP}}|3|{{fbu|17|IRN}}|1

|25 October – [[Salt Lake Stadium|Kolkata]]|{{fbu|17|BRA}}|1|{{fbu|17|ENG}}|3
|25 October – [[DY Patil Stadium|Navi Mumbai]]|{{fbu|17|MLI}}|1|{{fbu|17|ESP}}|3

|28 October – [[Salt Lake Stadium|Kolkata]]|{{fbu|17|ENG}}|5|{{fbu|17|ESP}}|2

|28 October – [[Salt Lake Stadium|Kolkata]]|{{fbu|17|BRA}}|2|{{fbu|17|MLI}}|0
}}

===Round of 16===
{{Football box
|date={{Start date|2017|10|16|df=y}}
|time=17:00
|team1={{fbu-rt|17|COL}}
|score=0–4
|team2={{fbu|17|GER}}
|report=https://www.fifa.com/u17worldcup/matches/round=275929/match=300394746/index.html
|goals1=
|goals2=
*[[Jann-Fiete Arp|Arp]] {{goal|7||65}}
*[[Yann Aurel Bisseck|Bisseck]] {{goal|39}}
*[[John Yeboah|Yeboah]] {{goal|49}}
|stadium=[[Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium (Delhi)|Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium]], [[New Delhi]]
|attendance=19,477<ref>{{cite web |url=https://resources.fifa.com/mm/document/tournament/competition/02/91/51/29/eng_37_1016_col-ger_fulltime.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171016225848/http://resources.fifa.com/mm/document/tournament/competition/02/91/51/29/eng_37_1016_col-ger_fulltime.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-date=16 October 2017 |title=Match report – Round of 16 – Colombia v Germany |website=FIFA.com |publisher=Fédération Internationale de Football Association |date=16 October 2017 |access-date=2 June 2019}}</ref>
|referee=[[Nawaf Shukralla]] ([[Bahrain Football Association|Bahrain]])
}}
----
{{Football box
|date={{Start date|2017|10|16|df=y}}
|time=20:00
|team1={{fbu-rt|17|PAR}}
|score=0–5
|team2={{fbu|17|USA}}
|report=https://www.fifa.com/u17worldcup/matches/round=275929/match=300394744/index.html
|goals1=
|goals2=
*[[Timothy Weah|Weah]] {{goal|19||53||77}}
*[[Andrew Carleton|Carleton]] {{goal|63}}
*[[Josh Sargent|Sargent]] {{goal|74}}
|stadium=[[Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium (Delhi)|Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium]], [[New Delhi]]
|attendance=34,895<ref>{{cite web |url=https://digitalhub.fifa.com/m/7ba2d0c141bed8b9/original/rqbsuqemigvaopignmig-pdf.pdf |title=Match report – Round of 16 – Paraguay v USA |website=FIFA.com |publisher=Fédération Internationale de Football Association |format=PDF |date=16 October 2017 |access-date=2 June 2019 |archive-date=22 October 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211022062841/https://digitalhub.fifa.com/m/7ba2d0c141bed8b9/original/rqbsuqemigvaopignmig-pdf.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref>
|referee=[[Ovidiu Hațegan]] ([[Romanian Football Federation|Romania]])
}}
----
{{Football box
|date={{Start date|2017|10|17|df=y}}
|time=17:00
|team1={{fbu-rt|17|IRN}}
|score=2–1
|team2={{fbu|17|MEX}}
|report=https://www.fifa.com/u17worldcup/matches/round=275929/match=300394743/index.html
|goals1=
*[[Mohammad Sharifi (Iranian footballer)|Sharifi]] {{goal|7|pen.}}
*[[Allahyar Sayyadmanesh|Sayyadmanesh]] {{goal|11}}
|goals2=
*[[Roberto de la Rosa|De la Rosa]] {{goal|37}}
|stadium=[[Fatorda Stadium|Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium]], [[Margao]]
|attendance=5,529<ref>{{cite web |url=https://digitalhub.fifa.com/m/7cac4d66a0b2da2e/original/y2v8fvajrungzmtmitoy-pdf.pdf |title=Match report – Round of 16 – Iran v Mexico |website=FIFA.com |publisher=Fédération Internationale de Football Association |format=PDF |date=17 October 2017 |access-date=2 June 2019 |archive-date=22 October 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211022062841/https://digitalhub.fifa.com/m/7cac4d66a0b2da2e/original/y2v8fvajrungzmtmitoy-pdf.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref>
|referee=[[Anthony Taylor (referee)|Anthony Taylor]] ([[The Football Association|England]])
}}
----
{{Football box
|date={{Start date|2017|10|17|df=y}}
|time=17:00
|team1={{fbu-rt|17|FRA|1974}}
|score=1–2
|team2={{fbu|17|ESP}}
|report=https://www.fifa.com/u17worldcup/matches/round=275929/match=300394750/index.html
|goals1=
*[[Lenny Pintor|Pintor]] {{goal|34}}
|goals2=
*[[Juan Miranda (footballer)|Miranda]] {{goal|44}}
*[[Abel Ruiz|A. Ruiz]] {{goal|90|pen.}}
|stadium=[[Indira Gandhi Athletic Stadium]], [[Guwahati]]
|attendance=13,316<ref>{{cite web |url=https://resources.fifa.com/mm/document/tournament/competition/02/91/55/17/eng_40_1017_fra-esp_fulltime.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171018012607/http://resources.fifa.com/mm/document/tournament/competition/02/91/55/17/eng_40_1017_fra-esp_fulltime.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-date=18 October 2017 |title=Match report – Round of 16 – France v Spain |website=FIFA.com |publisher=Fédération Internationale de Football Association |date=17 October 2017 |access-date=2 June 2019}}</ref>
|referee=[[Enrique Cáceres]] ([[Paraguayan Football Association|Paraguay]])
}}
----
{{Football box
|date={{Start date|2017|10|17|df=y}}
|time=20:00
|team1={{fbu-rt|17|ENG}}
|score=0–0
|team2={{fbu|17|JPN}}
|report=https://www.fifa.com/u17worldcup/matches/round=275929/match=300394742/index.html
|goals1=
|goals2=
|penalties1=
*[[Rhian Brewster|Brewster]] {{pengoal}}
*[[Callum Hudson-Odoi|Hudson-Odoi]] {{pengoal}}
*[[Phil Foden|Foden]] {{pengoal}}
*[[Curtis Anderson (footballer)|Anderson]] {{pengoal}}
*[[Nya Kirby|Kirby]] {{pengoal}}
|penaltyscore=5–3
|penalties2=
*{{pengoal}} [[Yukinari Sugawara|Sugawara]]
*{{pengoal}} [[Taisei Miyashiro|Miyashiro]]
*{{penmiss}} [[Hinata Kida|Kida]]
*{{pengoal}} [[Soichiro Kozuki|Kozuki]]
|stadium=[[Salt Lake Stadium|Vivekananda Yuba Bharati Krirangan]], [[Kolkata]]
|attendance=53,302<ref>{{cite web |url=https://resources.fifa.com/mm/document/tournament/competition/02/91/56/29/eng_41_1017_eng-jpn_fulltime.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171018013616/http://resources.fifa.com/mm/document/tournament/competition/02/91/56/29/eng_41_1017_eng-jpn_fulltime.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-date=18 October 2017 |title=Match report – Round of 16 – England v Japan |website=FIFA.com |publisher=Fédération Internationale de Football Association |date=17 October 2017 |access-date=2 June 2019}}</ref>
|referee=[[José Argote]] ([[Venezuelan Football Federation|Venezuela]])
}}
----
{{Football box
|date={{Start date|2017|10|17|df=y}}
|time=20:00
|team1={{fbu-rt|17|MLI}}
|score=5–1
|team2={{fbu|17|IRQ}}
|report=https://www.fifa.com/u17worldcup/matches/round=275929/match=300394740/index.html
|goals1=
*Dramé {{goal|25}}
*[[Lassana N'Diaye|N'Diaye]] {{goal|33||90+4}}
*[[Fode Konaté|Konaté]] {{goal|73}}
*[[Seme Camara|S. Camara]] {{goal|87}}
|goals2=
*[[Ali Kareem|Kareem]] {{goal|85}}
|stadium=[[Fatorda Stadium|Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium]], [[Margao]]
|attendance=9,240<ref>{{cite web |url=https://resources.fifa.com/mm/document/tournament/competition/02/91/56/19/eng_43_1017_mli-irq_fulltime.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171018013421/http://resources.fifa.com/mm/document/tournament/competition/02/91/56/19/eng_43_1017_mli-irq_fulltime.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-date=18 October 2017 |title=Match report – Round of 16 – Mali v Iraq |website=FIFA.com |publisher=Fédération Internationale de Football Association |date=17 October 2017 |access-date=2 June 2019}}</ref>
|referee=[[Ricardo Montero (referee)|Ricardo Montero]] ([[Costa Rican Football Federation|Costa Rica]])
}}
----
{{Football box
|date={{Start date|2017|10|18|df=y}}
|time=17:00
|team1={{fbu-rt|17|GHA}}
|score=2–0
|team2={{fbu|17|NIG}}
|report=https://www.fifa.com/u17worldcup/matches/round=275929/match=300394739/index.html
|goals1=
*[[Eric Ayiah|Ayiah]] {{goal|45+4|pen.}}
*[[Richard Danso|Danso]] {{goal|90}}
|goals2=
|stadium=[[DY Patil Stadium|Dr. DY Patil Stadium]], [[Navi Mumbai]]
|attendance=21,286<ref>{{cite web |url=https://resources.fifa.com/mm/document/tournament/competition/02/91/58/50/eng_42_1018_gha-nig_fulltime.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171018190818/http://resources.fifa.com/mm/document/tournament/competition/02/91/58/50/eng_42_1018_gha-nig_fulltime.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-date=18 October 2017 |title=Match report – Round of 16 – Ghana v Niger |website=FIFA.com |publisher=Fédération Internationale de Football Association |date=18 October 2017 |access-date=2 June 2019}}</ref>
|referee=[[Artur Soares Dias]] ([[Portuguese Football Federation|Portugal]])
}}
----
{{Football box
|date={{Start date|2017|10|18|df=y}}
|time=20:00
|team1={{fbu-rt|17|BRA}}
|score=3–0
|team2={{fbu|17|HON|1949}}
|report=https://www.fifa.com/u17worldcup/matches/round=275929/match=300394749/index.html
|goals1=
*[[Brenner Souza da Silva|Brenner]] {{goal|11||56}}
*[[Marcos Antônio Silva Santos|Marcos Antônio]] {{goal|44}}
|goals2=
|stadium=[[Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium (Kochi)|Jawaharlal Nehru International Stadium]], [[Kochi]]
|attendance=20,668<ref>{{cite web |url=https://digitalhub.fifa.com/m/5f2539eb99c908e4/original/pr7dvcamsv3ygyp3inr7-pdf.pdf |title=Match report – Round of 16 – Brazil v Honduras |website=FIFA.com |publisher=Fédération Internationale de Football Association |format=PDF |date=18 October 2017 |access-date=2 June 2019 |archive-date=22 October 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211022062842/https://digitalhub.fifa.com/m/5f2539eb99c908e4/original/pr7dvcamsv3ygyp3inr7-pdf.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref>
|referee=[[Bamlak Tessema Weyesa]] ([[Ethiopian Football Federation|Ethiopia]])
}}

===Quarter-finals===
{{Football box
|date={{Start date|2017|10|21|df=y}}
|time=17:00
|team1={{fbu-rt|17|MLI}}
|score=2–1
|team2={{fbu|17|GHA}}
|report=https://www.fifa.com/u17worldcup/matches/round=275927/match=300394745/index.html
|goals1=
*Dramé {{goal|15}}
*D. Traoré {{goal|61}}
|goals2=
*[[Mohammed Kudus|K. Mohammed]] {{goal|70|pen.}}
|stadium=[[Indira Gandhi Athletic Stadium]], [[Guwahati]]
|attendance=3,706<ref>{{cite web |url=https://resources.fifa.com/mm/document/tournament/competition/02/91/63/18/eng_48_1021_mli-gha_fulltime.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171021220848/http://resources.fifa.com/mm/document/tournament/competition/02/91/63/18/eng_48_1021_mli-gha_fulltime.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-date=21 October 2017 |title=Match report – Quarter-final – Mali v Ghana |website=FIFA.com |publisher=Fédération Internationale de Football Association |date=21 October 2017 |access-date=2 June 2019}}</ref>
|referee=[[Mehdi Abid Charef]] ([[Algerian Football Federation|Algeria]])
}}
----
{{Football box
|date={{Start date|2017|10|21|df=y}}
|time=20:00
|team1={{fbu-rt|17|USA}}
|score=1–4
|team2={{fbu|17|ENG}}
|report=https://www.fifa.com/u17worldcup/matches/round=275927/match=300394741/index.html
|goals1=
*[[Josh Sargent|Sargent]] {{goal|72}}
|goals2=
*[[Rhian Brewster|Brewster]] {{goal|11||14||90+6|pen.}}
*[[Morgan Gibbs-White|Gibbs-White]] {{goal|64}}
|stadium=[[Fatorda Stadium|Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium]], [[Margao]]
|attendance=16,148<ref>{{cite web |url=https://resources.fifa.com/mm/document/tournament/competition/02/91/63/75/eng_45_1021_usa-eng_fulltime.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171022032456/http://resources.fifa.com/mm/document/tournament/competition/02/91/63/75/eng_45_1021_usa-eng_fulltime.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-date=22 October 2017 |title=Match report – Quarter-final – USA v England |website=FIFA.com |publisher=Fédération Internationale de Football Association |date=21 October 2017 |access-date=2 June 2019}}</ref>
|referee=[[Clément Turpin]] ([[French Football Federation|France]])
}}
----
{{Football box
|date={{Start date|2017|10|22|df=y}}
|time=17:00
|team1={{fbu-rt|17|ESP}}
|score=3–1
|team2={{fbu|17|IRN}}
|report=https://www.fifa.com/u17worldcup/matches/round=275927/match=300394738/index.html
|goals1=
*[[Abel Ruiz|A. Ruiz]] {{goal|13}}
*[[Sergio Gómez Martín|Gómez]] {{goal|60}}
*[[Ferran Torres|Torres]] {{goal|67}}
|goals2=
*[[Saeid Karimi|Karimi]] {{goal|69}}
|stadium=[[Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium (Kochi)|Jawaharlal Nehru International Stadium]], [[Kochi]]
|attendance=28,436<ref>{{cite web |url=https://resources.fifa.com/mm/document/tournament/competition/02/91/64/88/eng_47_1022_esp-irn_fulltime.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171023011805/http://resources.fifa.com/mm/document/tournament/competition/02/91/64/88/eng_47_1022_esp-irn_fulltime.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-date=23 October 2017 |title=Match report – Quarter-final – Spain v Iran |website=FIFA.com |publisher=Fédération Internationale de Football Association |date=22 October 2017 |access-date=2 June 2019}}</ref>
|referee=[[Gery Vargas]] ([[Bolivian Football Federation|Bolivia]])
}}
----
{{Football box
|date={{Start date|2017|10|22|df=y}}
|time=20:00
|team1={{fbu-rt|17|GER}}
|score=1–2
|team2={{fbu|17|BRA}}
|report=https://www.fifa.com/u17worldcup/matches/round=275927/match=300394751/index.html
|goals1=
*[[Jann-Fiete Arp|Arp]] {{goal|21|pen.}}
|goals2=
*[[Weverson (footballer, born 2000)|Weverson]] {{goal|71}}
*[[Paulinho (footballer, born July 2000)|Paulinho]] {{goal|77}}
|stadium=[[Salt Lake Stadium|Vivekananda Yuba Bharati Krirangan]], [[Kolkata]]
|attendance=66,613<ref>{{cite web |url=https://resources.fifa.com/mm/document/tournament/competition/02/91/65/55/eng_46_1022_ger-bra_fulltime.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171023011844/http://resources.fifa.com/mm/document/tournament/competition/02/91/65/55/eng_46_1022_ger-bra_fulltime.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-date=23 October 2017 |title=Match report – Quarter-final – Germany v Brazil |website=FIFA.com |publisher=Fédération Internationale de Football Association |date=22 October 2017 |access-date=2 June 2019}}</ref>
|referee=[[Jair Marrufo]] ([[United States Soccer Federation|United States]])
}}

===Semi-finals===
{{Football box
|date={{Start date|2017|10|25|df=y}}
|time=17:00
|team1={{fbu-rt|17|BRA}}
|score=1–3
|team2={{fbu|17|ENG}}
|report=https://www.fifa.com/u17worldcup/matches/round=275925/match=300394753/index.html
|goals1=
*[[Wesley David de Oliveira Andrade|Wesley]] {{goal|21}}
|goals2=
*[[Rhian Brewster|Brewster]] {{goal|10||39||77}}
|stadium=[[Salt Lake Stadium|Vivekananda Yuba Bharati Krirangan]], [[Kolkata]]{{refn|group=note|The venue of the first semi-final was moved to [[Salt Lake Stadium|Vivekananda Yuba Bharati Krirangan]], [[Kolkata]], following assessment of the pitch conditions of the original venue, [[Indira Gandhi Athletic Stadium]], [[Guwahati]], which had been affected by severe rainfall.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.fifa.com/u17worldcup/news/y=2017/m=10/news=fifa-u-17-world-cup-semi-final-match-to-take-place-in-kolkata-2916902.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171023190811/http://www.fifa.com/u17worldcup/news/y=2017/m=10/news=fifa-u-17-world-cup-semi-final-match-to-take-place-in-kolkata-2916902.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=23 October 2017|title=FIFA U-17 World Cup semi-final match to take place in Kolkata|publisher=FIFA.com|date=23 October 2017}}</ref>}}
|attendance=63,881<ref>{{cite web |url=https://digitalhub.fifa.com/m/2057e5ccac1c0c5f/original/iebt8yl7vixopc3ycrq8-pdf.pdf |title=Match report – Semi-final – Brazil v England |website=FIFA.com |publisher=Fédération Internationale de Football Association |format=PDF |date=25 October 2017 |access-date=2 June 2019 |archive-date=22 October 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211022062842/https://digitalhub.fifa.com/m/2057e5ccac1c0c5f/original/iebt8yl7vixopc3ycrq8-pdf.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref>
|referee=[[Ovidiu Hațegan]] ([[Romanian Football Federation|Romania]])
}}
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{{Football box
|date={{Start date|2017|10|25|df=y}}
|time=20:00
|team1={{fbu-rt|17|MLI}}
|score=1–3
|team2={{fbu|17|ESP}}
|report=https://www.fifa.com/u17worldcup/matches/round=275925/match=300394748/index.html
|goals1=
*[[Lassana N'Diaye|N'Diaye]] {{goal|74}}
|goals2=
*[[Abel Ruiz|A. Ruiz]] {{goal|19|pen.|43}}
*[[Ferran Torres|Torres]] {{goal|71}}
|stadium=[[DY Patil Stadium|Dr. DY Patil Stadium]], [[Navi Mumbai]]
|attendance= 37,847<ref>{{cite web |url=https://resources.fifa.com/mm/document/tournament/competition/02/91/75/77/eng_50_1025_mli-esp_fulltime.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171026162943/http://resources.fifa.com/mm/document/tournament/competition/02/91/75/77/eng_50_1025_mli-esp_fulltime.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-date=26 October 2017 |title=Match report – Semi-final – Mali v Spain |website=FIFA.com |publisher=Fédération Internationale de Football Association |date=25 October 2017 |access-date=2 June 2019}}</ref>
|referee=[[Ryuji Sato]] ([[Japan Football Association|Japan]])
}}

===Third place play-off===
{{Football box
|date={{Start date|2017|10|28|df=y}}
|time=17:00
|team1={{fbu-rt|17|BRA}}
|score=2–0
|team2={{fbu|17|MLI}}
|goals1=
*[[Alan Souza (footballer)|Alan]] {{goal|55}}
*[[Yuri Alberto]] {{goal|88}}
|report=https://www.fifa.com/u17worldcup/matches/round=275923/match=300394747/index.html
|stadium=[[Salt Lake Stadium|Vivekananda Yuba Bharati Krirangan]], [[Kolkata]]
|attendance=56,422<ref>{{cite web |url=https://resources.fifa.com/mm/document/tournament/competition/02/91/79/72/eng_51_1028_bra-mli_fulltime.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171028201102/http://resources.fifa.com/mm/document/tournament/competition/02/91/79/72/eng_51_1028_bra-mli_fulltime.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-date=28 October 2017 |title=Match report – Match for third place – Brazil v Mali |website=FIFA.com |publisher=Fédération Internationale de Football Association |date=28 October 2017 |access-date=2 June 2019}}</ref>
|referee=[[Ricardo Montero (referee)|Ricardo Montero]] ([[Costa Rican Football Federation|Costa Rica]])
}}

===Final===
{{Football box
|date=28 October 2017
|time=20:00
|team1={{fbu-rt|17|ENG}}
|score=5–2
|team2={{fbu|17|ESP}}
|report=https://www.fifa.com/tournaments/mens/u17worldcup/india2017/match-center/300394752
|goals1=
*[[Rhian Brewster|Brewster]] {{goal|44}}
*[[Morgan Gibbs-White|Gibbs-White]] {{goal|58}}
*[[Phil Foden|Foden]] {{goal|69||88}}
*[[Marc Guéhi|Guéhi]] {{goal|84}}
|goals2=
*[[Sergio Gómez Martín|S. Gómez]] {{goal|10||31}}
|stadium=[[Salt Lake Stadium|Vivekananda Yuba Bharati Krirangan]], [[Kolkata]]
|attendance= 66,684<ref>{{cite web |url=https://resources.fifa.com/mm/document/tournament/competition/02/91/80/61/eng_52_1028_eng-esp_fulltime.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171029013736/http://resources.fifa.com/mm/document/tournament/competition/02/91/80/61/eng_52_1028_eng-esp_fulltime.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-date=29 October 2017 |title=Match report – Final – England v Spain |website=FIFA.com |publisher=Fédération Internationale de Football Association |date=28 October 2017 |access-date=2 June 2019}}</ref>
|referee=[[Enrique Cáceres]] ([[Paraguayan Football Association|Paraguay]])
}}

==Awards==
The following awards were given at the conclusion of the tournament.<ref name="Awards">{{Cite web|url=https://www.fifa.com/u17worldcup/news/brewster-foden-lead-individual-honours-2918145|title=Brazao, Brewster and Foden lead individual honours|website=FIFA.com|publisher=Fédération Internationale de Football Association|date=28 October 2017|access-date=18 November 2019|archive-date=10 August 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190810212824/https://www.fifa.com/u17worldcup/news/brewster-foden-lead-individual-honours-2918145|url-status=live}}</ref> They were all sponsored by [[Adidas]], except for the FIFA Fair Play Award.

{| class="wikitable" style="margin:auto;text-align:center"
|-
!Golden Ball
!Silver Ball
!Bronze Ball
|-
|{{fbuicon|17|ENG}} [[Phil Foden]]
|{{fbuicon|17|ESP}} [[Sergio Gómez Martín|Sergio Gomez]]
|{{fbuicon|17|ENG}} [[Rhian Brewster]]
|-
!Golden Boot
!Silver Boot
!Bronze Boot
|-
|{{fbuicon|17|ENG}} [[Rhian Brewster]] (8 goals, 1 assist, 540 minutes played)
|{{fbuicon|17|MLI}} [[Lassana N'Diaye]] (6 goals, 0 assists, 603 minutes played)
|{{fbuicon|17|ESP}} [[Abel Ruiz]] (6 goals, 0 assists, 618 minutes played)
|-
!colspan="3"|Golden Glove
|-
|colspan="3"|{{fbuicon|17|BRA}} [[Gabriel Brazão]]
|-
!colspan="3"|FIFA Fair Play Award
|-
|colspan="3"|{{fbu|17|BRA}}
|}

==Final ranking==
As per statistical convention in football, matches decided in [[Overtime (sports)#Association football|extra time]] are counted as wins and losses, while matches decided by [[penalty shoot-out (association football)|penalty shoot-outs]] are counted as draws.
{{#invoke:Sports table|main|style=football
|update=complete|source=[https://web.archive.org/web/20160419031936/http://www.fifa.com/mm/document/footballdevelopment/technicalsupport/02/74/76/76/fifau-17chile2015web_neutral.pdf FIFA]
|team1=ENG |team2=ESP |team3=BRA |team4=MLI
|team5=IRN |team6=GHA |team7=USA |team8=GER
|team9=FRA |team10=PAR |team11=COL|team12=JPN |team13=IRQ |team14=HON |team15=NIG |team16=MEX
|team17=NZL |team18=GUI |team19=CRC |team20=TUR |team21=CHI |team22=NCL |team23=PRK |team24=IND

|name_BRA={{fbu|17|BRA}} |win_BRA=6 |draw_BRA=0 |loss_BRA=1 |gf_BRA=14 |ga_BRA=5
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|name_COL={{fbu|17|COL}} |win_COL=2 |draw_COL=0 |loss_COL=2 |gf_COL=5 |ga_COL=7
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==Goalscorers==
;8 goals
{{Div col|colwidth=22em}}
*{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Rhian Brewster]]
{{div col end}}

;6 goals
{{Div col|colwidth=22em}}
*{{flagicon|MLI}} [[Lassana N'Diaye]]
*{{flagicon|ESP}} [[Abel Ruiz]]
{{div col end}}

;5 goals
{{Div col|colwidth=22em}}
*{{flagicon|FRA|1974}} [[Amine Gouiri]]
*{{flagicon|GER}} [[Jann-Fiete Arp]]
{{div col end}}

;4 goals
{{Div col|colwidth=22em}}
*{{flagicon|JPN}} [[Keito Nakamura]]
*{{flagicon|ESP}} [[Sergio Gómez Martín]]
{{div col end}}

;3 goals
{{Div col|colwidth=22em}}
*{{flagicon|BRA}} [[Brenner (footballer, born 2000)|Brenner]]
*{{flagicon|BRA}} [[Lincoln (footballer, born 2000)|Lincoln]]
*{{flagicon|BRA}} [[Paulinho (footballer, born July 2000)|Paulinho]]
*{{flagicon|COL}} [[Juan Peñaloza]]
*{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Phil Foden]]
*{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Jadon Sancho]]
*{{flagicon|GHA}} [[Eric Ayiah]]
*{{flagicon|HON|1949}} [[Carlos Mejía (footballer, born 2000)|Carlos Mejía]]
*{{flagicon|HON|1949}} [[Patrick Palacios]]
*{{flagicon|IRN}} [[Allahyar Sayyadmanesh]]
*{{flagicon|IRQ}} [[Mohammed Dawood Yaseen]]
*{{flagicon|MLI}} [[Hadji Dramé]]
*{{flagicon|MLI}} Djemoussa Traoré
*{{flagicon|USA}} [[Josh Sargent]]
*{{flagicon|USA}} [[Timothy Weah]]
{{div col end}}

;2 goals
{{Div col|colwidth=22em}}
*{{flagicon|CRC}} [[Andrés Gómez (footballer)|Andrés Gómez]]
*{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Morgan Gibbs-White]]
*{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Angel Gomes]]
*{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Danny Loader]]
*{{flagicon|FRA|1974}} [[Alexis Flips]]
*{{flagicon|FRA|1974}} [[Wilson Isidor]]
*{{flagicon|GHA}} [[Richard Danso]]
*{{flagicon|GUI}} [[Ibrahima Soumah]]
*{{flagicon|GUI}} [[Fandje Touré]]
*{{flagicon|IRN}} [[Younes Delfi]]
*{{flagicon|IRN}} [[Saeid Karimi]]
*{{flagicon|IRN}} [[Mohammad Sharifi (Iranian footballer)|Mohammad Sharifi]]
*{{flagicon|JPN}} [[Taisei Miyashiro]]
*{{flagicon|MLI}} [[Fode Konaté]]
*{{flagicon|MEX}} [[Diego Lainez (Mexican footballer)|Diego Lainez]]
*{{flagicon|MEX}} [[Roberto de la Rosa]]
*{{flagicon|PAR}} [[Antonio Galeano]]
*{{flagicon|PAR}} [[Alan Francisco Rodríguez]]
*{{flagicon|PAR}} [[Aníbal Vega]]
*{{flagicon|ESP}} [[César Gelabert]]
*{{flagicon|ESP}} [[Ferran Torres]]
*{{flagicon|USA}} [[Andrew Carleton]]
{{div col end}}

;1 goal
{{Div col|colwidth=22em}}
*{{flagicon|BRA}} [[Alan Souza (footballer)|Alan Souza]]
*{{flagicon|BRA}} [[Yuri Alberto]]
*{{flagicon|BRA}} [[Marcos Antônio Silva Santos|Marcos Antônio]]
*{{flagicon|BRA}} [[Wesley David de Oliveira|Wesley]]
*{{flagicon|BRA}} [[Weverson Moreira da Costa|Weverson]]
*{{flagicon|COL}} [[Déiber Caicedo]]
*{{flagicon|COL}} [[Juan Vidal (footballer)|Juan Vidal]]
*{{flagicon|CRC}} [[Yecxy Jarquin]]
*{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Callum Hudson-Odoi]]
*{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Emile Smith Rowe]]
*{{flagicon|ENG}} [[Marc Guéhi]]
*{{flagicon|FRA|1974}} [[Yacine Adli]]
*{{flagicon|FRA|1974}} [[Claudio Gomes]]
*{{flagicon|FRA|1974}} [[Maxence Caqueret]]
*{{flagicon|FRA|1974}} [[Lenny Pintor]]
*{{flagicon|GER}} [[Noah Awuku]]
*{{flagicon|GER}} [[Yann Aurel Bisseck]]
*{{flagicon|GER}} [[Sahverdi Cetin]]
*{{flagicon|GER}} [[Nicolas Kühn]]
*{{flagicon|GER}} [[John Yeboah]]
*{{flagicon|GHA}} [[Ibrahim Sadiq]]
*{{flagicon|GHA}} [[Mohammed Kudus]]
*{{flagicon|GHA}} [[Emmanuel Toku]]
*{{flagicon|HON|1949}} [[Joshua Canales]]
*{{flagicon|IND}} [[Jeakson Singh Thounaojam]]
*{{flagicon|IRN}} [[Mohammad Ghobeishavi]]
*{{flagicon|IRN}} [[Vahid Namdari]]
*{{flagicon|IRN}} [[Mohammad Sardari]]
*{{flagicon|IRN}} [[Taha Shariati]]
*{{flagicon|IRQ}} [[Ali Kareem]]
*{{flagicon|JPN}} [[Takefusa Kubo]]
*{{flagicon|JPN}} [[Tochi Suzuki]]
*{{flagicon|MLI}} [[Seme Camara]]
*{{flagicon|MLI}} [[Salam Giddou]]
*{{flagicon|NCL|merged}} [[Cameron Wadenges]]
*{{flagicon|NCL|merged}} Jekob Jeno
*{{flagicon|NZL}} [[Max Mata]]
*{{flagicon|NZL}} [[Charles Spragg]]
*{{flagicon|NIG}} [[Salim Abdourahmane]]
*{{flagicon|PAR}} [[Blas Armoa]]
*{{flagicon|PAR}} [[Giovanni Bogado]]
*{{flagicon|PAR}} [[Fernando David Cardozo]]
*{{flagicon|PAR}} [[Leonardo Sánchez Cohener]]
*{{flagicon|ESP}} [[Juan Miranda (footballer)|Juan Miranda]]
*{{flagicon|ESP}} [[Mohamed Moukhliss]]
*{{flagicon|TUR}} [[Kerem Atakan Kesgin]]
*{{flagicon|TUR}} [[Ahmed Kutucu]]
*{{flagicon|USA}} [[George Acosta (soccer)|George Acosta]]
*{{flagicon|USA}} [[Ayo Akinola]]
*{{flagicon|USA}} [[Chris Durkin]]
{{div col end}}

;1 own goal
{{Div col|colwidth=22em}}
*{{flagicon|BRA}} [[Wesley David (footballer)|Wesley]] {{small|(against Spain)}}
*{{flagicon|CHI}} [[Diego Valencia]] {{small|(against Iraq)}}
*{{flagicon|NCL|merged}} [[Bernard Iwa]] {{small|(against France)}}
*{{flagicon|NCL|merged}} Kiam Wanesse {{small|(against France)}}
{{div col end}}

;2 own goals
{{Div col|colwidth=22em}}
*{{flagicon|PAR}} [[Alexis Duarte]] {{small|(against New Zealand)}}
{{div col end}}

Source: [https://web.archive.org/web/20151024222314/http://www.fifa.com/u17worldcup/statistics/players/goal-scored.html FIFA]

== Marketing ==

=== Sponsorships ===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
!FIFA partners
!National Supporters
|-
| style="vertical-align:top" |
* [[Adidas]]
* [[The Coca-Cola Company|Coca-Cola]]
* [[Gazprom]]
* [[Hyundai Motor Company|Hyundai]]
* [[Qatar Airways]]
* [[Visa Inc.|Visa]]
* [[Wanda Group]]
| style="vertical-align:top;" |
* [[Bank of Baroda]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Bank of Baroda becomes first National Supporter for the FIFA U-17 World Cup India 2017 |url=https://www.fifa.com/tournaments/mens/u17worldcup/india2017/media-releases/origin1904-p.cxm.fifa.com/bank-of-baroda-becomes-first-national-supporter-for-the-fifa-u-17-worl-2861340 |access-date=2023-12-02 |website=www.fifa.com |language=en}}</ref>
* [[Byju's]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Byju’s completes National Supporter roster for FIFA U-17 World Cup India 2017 |url=https://www.fifa.com/tournaments/mens/u17worldcup/india2017/media-releases/origin1904-p.cxm.fifa.com/byju-s-completes-national-supporter-roster-for-fifa-u-17-world-cup-ind-2910122 |access-date=2023-12-02 |website=www.fifa.com |language=en}}</ref>
* [[Coal India]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Coal India Limited joins as National Supporter for the FIFA U-17 World Cup India 2017 |url=https://www.fifa.com/tournaments/mens/u17worldcup/india2017/media-releases/origin1904-p.cxm.fifa.com/coal-india-limited-joins-as-national-supporter-for-the-fifa-u-17-world-2900501 |access-date=2023-12-02 |website=www.fifa.com |language=en}}</ref>
* [[Dalmia Group|Dalmia Cement]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Dalmia Cement Bharat Limited to provide solid support for FIFA U-17 World Cup India 2017 |url=https://www.fifa.com/tournaments/mens/u17worldcup/india2017/media-releases/origin1904-p.cxm.fifa.com/dalmia-cement-bharat-limited-to-provide-solid-support-for-fifa-u-17-wo-2910121 |access-date=2023-12-02 |website=www.fifa.com |language=en}}</ref>
* [[Hero MotoCorp]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=HERO MOTOCORP SIGNS AS A NATIONAL SUPPORTER OF FIFA U-17 WORLD CUP INDIA 2017 |url=https://www.the-aiff.com/article/hero-motocorp-signs-as-a-national-supporter-of-fifa-u-17-world-cup-india-2017 |access-date=2023-12-02 |website=www.the-aiff.com}}</ref>
* [[NTPC Limited]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=FIFA signs up NTPC Limited for FIFA U-17 World Cup |url=https://www.fifa.com/tournaments/mens/u17worldcup/india2017/media-releases/origin1904-p.cxm.fifa.com/fifa-signs-up-ntpc-limited-for-fifa-u-17-world-cup-2910119 |access-date=2023-12-02 |website=www.fifa.com |language=en}}</ref>
|}

==Broadcasting==
[[FIFA]] released the media licensing rights for the U-17 World Cup on 21 September 2017.<ref>{{cite web|title=FIFA U-17 World Cup India 2017 Media Rights Licenses|url=https://resources.fifa.com/mm/document/affederation/tv/02/86/79/57/fifau-17worldcupindia2017_neutral.pdf|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170615184535/http://resources.fifa.com/mm/document/affederation/tv/02/86/79/57/fifau-17worldcupindia2017_neutral.pdf|url-status=dead|archive-date=15 June 2017|website=FIFA}}</ref> In India, the official broadcaster was [[Sony TEN]] and [[Sony ESPN]].<ref>{{cite news|title=TV Guide: Date, time and where to get your football fix|url=http://www.goal.com/en-us/news/tv-guide-date-time-and-where-to-get-your-football-fix/5l0mbuqqo1bv1xm1k182d1b0c|access-date=3 October 2017|work=Goal.com|date=30 September 2017|archive-date=4 October 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171004084839/http://www.goal.com/en-us/news/tv-guide-date-time-and-where-to-get-your-football-fix/5l0mbuqqo1bv1xm1k182d1b0c|url-status=live}}</ref> In the United States, the tournament was broadcast on [[Fox Sports 2]] while the United Kingdom had the tournament broadcast on [[Eurosport]].<ref>{{cite news|title=FIFA Under-17 World Cup: Fixtures, teams, TV & guide to India 2017|url=http://www.goal.com/en-us/news/fifa-under-17-world-cup-fixtures-schedule-tv-channel-stream/sg8bjezco37u1f7t0wzyzguph|access-date=3 October 2017|work=Goal.com|date=30 September 2017|archive-date=4 October 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171004035958/http://www.goal.com/en-us/news/fifa-under-17-world-cup-fixtures-schedule-tv-channel-stream/sg8bjezco37u1f7t0wzyzguph|url-status=live}}</ref>

==Legacy==
The 2017 FIFA U-17 World Cup was regarded as a success by the media, FIFA and the tournament organisers.<ref>{{cite web|title=A record-breaking World Cup shows India have finally embraced football|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/international/fifa-under-17-world-cup-england-vs-spain-final-brazil-mali-attendance-a8022851.html|website=The Independent|access-date=17 February 2018|date=27 October 2017|archive-date=18 February 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180218090817/http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/international/fifa-under-17-world-cup-england-vs-spain-final-brazil-mali-attendance-a8022851.html|url-status=live}}</ref> Jaime Yarza, Head of FIFA Tournaments, said, "It's been a fantastic tournament with an overwhelming response of everybody involved. First and foremost, the fans have filled the stadiums in all the matches, showing fair play and respect, cheering on all the teams, and really loving the football they have seen. The figures speak for themselves: more than 1.2 million fans attended games at the stadiums. By the final matchday, we’re probably going to break the [attendance] record of all the other U-17 World Cups and we might even break the record for the U-20 World Cup, which is an amazing achievement. It really shows that India is a footballing nation in every sense. The hard work put in place during so many years has received a great response from everybody. It has been a very proud moment for all of us."<ref>{{cite web|title=India 2017 hailed as a fantastic tournament|url=https://www.fifa.com/u17worldcup/news/y=2017/m=10/news=india-2017-hailed-as-a-fantastic-tournament-2917676.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171026190417/http://www.fifa.com/u17worldcup/news/y=2017/m=10/news=india-2017-hailed-as-a-fantastic-tournament-2917676.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=26 October 2017|website=FIFA.com|access-date=17 February 2018|date=26 October 2017}}</ref>

The tournament was the most attended and highest scoring edition of the FIFA U-17 World Cup in history. It was also the highest attended men's age-group World Cup ever, surpassing the attendance record of the FIFA U-20 World Cup. The attendance for this World Cup was a record 1,347,133 surpassing China's 1985 edition where it was 1,230,976, and the 2011 U-20 World Cup in Colombia which was attended by 1,309,929 people.<ref name="hindu1">{{cite web|title=India hosts flawless Under-17 World Cup; players display quality on field|url=http://www.thehindu.com/sport/football/india-hosts-flawless-under-17-world-cup-players-display-quality-on-field/article19944013.ece|website=The Hindu|access-date=17 February 2018|language=en-IN|date=29 October 2017|archive-date=15 November 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171115130232/http://www.thehindu.com/sport/football/india-hosts-flawless-under-17-world-cup-players-display-quality-on-field/article19944013.ece|url-status=live}}</ref>

The 177 goals scored during the tournament made it the highest scoring U-17 World Cup in history, surpassing the previous record of 172 during the 2013 edition in the United Arab Emirates. The 2017 FIFA U-17 World Cup also recorded the highest goal average of 3.40 per match since the tournament format was expanded from 16 teams to 24 teams in 2007.<ref name="hindu1"/>

In September 2017, India submitted a bid to host the [[2019 FIFA U-20 World Cup]],<ref>{{cite web|title=U-20 World Cup in India not a given|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/football/2017-u-17-world-cup/news/u-20-world-cup-in-india-not-a-given/articleshow/61282839.cms|website=The Times of India|access-date=17 February 2018|archive-date=6 August 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180806161424/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/football/2017-u-17-world-cup/news/u-20-world-cup-in-india-not-a-given/articleshow/61282839.cms|url-status=live}}</ref> but lost to Poland. India was selected to host the [[2020 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup]] by the FIFA Council on 15 March 2019.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.fifa.com/about-fifa/who-we-are/news/fifa-council-decides-on-key-steps-for-upcoming-international-tournaments |title=FIFA Council decides on key steps for upcoming international tournaments |website=FIFA.com |date=15 March 2019 |access-date=15 March 2019 |archive-date=27 March 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190327091028/https://www.fifa.com/about-fifa/who-we-are/news/fifa-council-decides-on-key-steps-for-upcoming-international-tournaments |url-status=live }}</ref>

==See also==
*[[Mission XI Million]]

==Notes==
{{Reflist|group=note}}

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
{{commons category}}
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20200703055617/https://www.fifa.com/u17worldcup/archive/india2017/ FIFA U-17 World Cup India 2017] at FIFA.com (archived 3 July 2020)
*[https://digitalhub.fifa.com/m/6846913c20995277/original/fjwpw6fm22y9jrkkarj8-pdf.pdf FIFA Technical Report] (PDF)

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Malabar Gold & Diamonds

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{{short description|Indian jewellery group}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2025}}
{{Use Indian English|date=August 2025}}
{{Infobox company
| name = Malabar Gold and Diamonds
| logo = Malabar Gold & Diamonds logo.svg
| logo_size =
| type = [[Privately held company|Private]]
| foundation = {{Start date and age|1993}}
| predecessor =
| successor =
| area_served = [[India]], [[United States]], [[Canada]], [[UAE]], [[Singapore]], [[Kuwait]], [[Bahrain]], [[Oman]], [[Qatar]], [[Saudi Arabia]], [[Malaysia]], [[United Kingdom]], [[Australia]], [[New Zealand]]
| key_people =
| industry = Jewellers
| products = [[Gold]], [[Diamonds]], [[Gemstone]], [[Platinum]] and [[Silver]]
| net_income =
| aum =
| assets =
| equity =
| owner = [[M. P. Ahammed]]
| revenue = {{profit}} {{USD|7.5 Billion}}<ref>{{cite web|last=|first=|url= https://www.malabargoldanddiamonds.com/about-us.html |title=About Us – Malabar Gold and Diamonds|website= Malabar Gold and Diamond s|date=20 February 2018|access-date=10 February 2019|archive-date=25 December 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181225014919/https://www.forbesmiddleeast.com/tag/malabar-gold-and-diamonds|url-status=dead}}</ref>
| num_employees = 25,000
| num_employees_year = 2025
| locations = 400 showrooms (2025)
| location = [[Kozhikode]], [[Kerala]], [[India]]
| homepage = {{official URL}}
}}

'''Malabar Gold & Diamonds''' is an Indian [[Jewellery|jewellery group]] headquartered in [[Kozhikode]], [[Kerala]]. The company was founded by [[M. P. Ahammed]] in 1993.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thenewsminute.com/article/three-india%25E2%2580%2599s-wealthiest-jewelers-hail-kerala-%25E2%2580%2599s-hardly-surprising-31786|title=Three of India's wealthiest jewelers hail from Kerala, but that's hardly surprising.|work=The News Minute|first=|last=|date=2 July 2015|access-date=10 February 2019|archive-date=29 September 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180929233148/https://www.thenewsminute.com/article/three-india%25E2%2580%2599s-wealthiest-jewelers-hail-kerala-%25E2%2580%2599s-hardly-surprising-31786|url-status=live}}</ref> As of May 2023, it owns more than 330 showrooms across 11 countries.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2020-01-22 |title=Malabar Gold & Diamonds aims to become world's largest jeweller in three years |url=https://www.businesstoday.in/latest/corporate/story/malabar-gold-diamonds-aims-become-world-largest-jeweller-three-years-243533-2020-01-22 |access-date=2023-09-26 |website=Business Today |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url= http://architectureupdate.in/malabar-group-headquarters-wins-forbes-design-award/|title= Malabar Group Headquarters wins Forbes design award|date= 17 April 2019|access-date= 10 September 2019|archive-date= 27 June 2022|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20220627171923/https://architectureupdate.in/malabar-group-headquarters-wins-forbes-design-award/|url-status= live}}</ref>
==History==
The Malabar Gold & Diamonds was established in 1993 by M. P. Ahammed. He is also the chairman of the company. He was born on 1 November 1957 in [[Kozhikode]], [[Kerala]]. He ventured into business at the age of 17 with an agro farming company. In 1981, he started trading spices and copra (dried kernel of coconut). [[M. P. Ahammed]] has two children with his wife Subaida K.P. His son Shamlal Ahammed is the company’s Managing Director of International Operations. At the age of 36 in the year 1993, he established Malabar Gold with a capital of ₹50 lakhs in his home town [[Kozhikode]].<ref>{{cite web|url= https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/investments-markets/top-6-jewellers-who-control-indias-gold/malabar-gold-diamonds/slideshow/19827318.cms|title= Top 6 jewellers who control India's gold|access-date= 10 September 2019|archive-date= 5 September 2022|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20220905160231/https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/investments-markets/top-6-jewellers-who-control-indias-gold/malabar-gold-diamonds/slideshow/19827318.cms|url-status= live}}</ref> Since 2000, the company has been on an expansion and was reported to be a group worth ₹500 crore in 2005.<ref>{{Cite web |title=സൗന്ദര്യത്തിളക്കത്തിന് കാൽ നൂറ്റാണ്ടിന്റെ മാറ്റ് |url=https://www.manoramaonline.com/news/business/2018/10/16/malabar-gold.html |access-date=2023-09-26 |website=ManoramaOnline}}</ref>

The company expanded to the Middle East in 2008.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Sazonov |first=Alexander |last2=Antony |first2=Anto |date=2025-09-08 |title=Billionaires Who Amassed Gold Fortunes in Dubai Face Slowdown |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-09-08/billionaires-who-amassed-gold-fortunes-in-dubai-face-slowdown |access-date=2025-11-03 |website=[[Bloomberg News|Bloomberg]]}}</ref>

In 2012, the company had a turnover of ₹12,000 crore and by the end of 2013, it posted a turnover of ₹22,000 crore.

In 2022, with a revenue of $4.024 billion, Malabar was ranked 19th luxury goods company in Deloitte's "Global Powers of Luxury Goods" report.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Global Powers of Luxury Goods 2023 |url=https://www.deloitte.com/content/dam/assets-shared/docs/industries/consumer/2024/gx-global-powers-of-luxury-goods-2023.pdf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250423164035/https://www.deloitte.com/content/dam/assets-shared/docs/industries/consumer/2024/gx-global-powers-of-luxury-goods-2023.pdf |archive-date=2025-04-23 |access-date=2025-10-19 |website=Deloitte}}</ref>

== Controversies ==

=== 2016 ===
The business courted controversy in 2016 when their UAE branches celebrated Pakistan’s Independence Day.<ref>{{Cite news |last=TNM Staff |first= |date=15 August 2016 |title=Pakistan Independence Day advertisement controversy: Malabar Gold claims they were not aware |url=https://www.thenewsminute.com/kerala/pakistan-independence-day-advertisement-controversy-malabar-gold-claims-they-were-not-aware |access-date=18 October 2025 |work=The News Minute}}</ref>

=== 2025 ===
The company had engaged London-based Pakistani influencer Alishba Khalid as one of the influencers to promote the inauguration of its Birmingham showroom. After her earlier posts criticising India and Operation Sindoor resurfaced, social media posts labelled the brand a Pakistan sympathiser. The association sparked boycott calls peaking around the [[Dhanteras]] festival.<ref>{{Cite news |last=HT News Desk |first= |date=18 October 2025 |title=Why is Malabar Gold & Diamonds facing boycott calls on Dhanteras? There's a Pakistan link |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/why-is-malabar-gold-diamonds-facing-a-boycott-on-dhanteras-it-has-a-pakistan-link-101760772036123.html |access-date=18 October 2025 |work=Hindustan Times}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Mukul |first=Sushim |date=16 October 2025 |title=Ahead of Dhanteras, Malabar Gold faces heat over Pakistani influencer, drops her |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/kerala-jeweller-malabar-gold-and-diamond-boycott-calls-dhanteras-pakistani-influencer-alishba-khalid-controversy-2803981-2025-10-16 |access-date=18 October 2025 |work=India Today}}</ref> The Bombay High Court ordered the deletion of the defamatory social media posts. Malabar stated that it had hired Khalid through an agency, was unaware of her origin and remarks, and had already discontinued her services.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2025-10-03 |title=Bombay HC to Google, Facebook and others: Delete posts calling Malabar Gold 'Pakistan sympathiser' after brand linked to Instagram influencer Alishba Khalid |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/technology/social/hc-to-google-facebook-and-others-delete-posts-calling-malabar-gold-pakistan-sympathiser-after-brand-linked-to-instagram-influencer-alishba-khalid/articleshow/124247846.cms |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20251001050453/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/technology/social/hc-to-google-facebook-and-others-delete-posts-calling-malabar-gold-pakistan-sympathiser-after-brand-linked-to-instagram-influencer-alishba-khalid/articleshow/124247846.cms |archive-date=2025-10-01 |access-date=2025-10-19 |work=[[The Times of India]] |issn=0971-8257}}</ref>

== References ==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
*[https://www.malabargoldanddiamonds.com/ Official website]

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Goat farming

2025-11-13T20:27:16Z

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{{short description|Raising and breeding of domestic goats}}
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[[File:Goats in AFrica.jpg|thumb|Domesticated goats in Africa]]

[[File:Boerbok.jpg|thumb|240px|The [[Boer goat]], a widely-farmed meat-breed]]

'''Goat farming''' involves the raising and breeding of domestic [[goat]]s (''Capra aegagrus hircus'') as a branch of [[animal husbandry]]. People farm goats principally for their [[Goat meat|meat]], [[Goat milk|milk]], fiber and [[Goatskin (material)|skin]]s.

Goat farming can be very suited to production alongside other [[livestock]] (such as sheep and cattle) on low-quality grazing land. Goats efficiently convert sub-quality grazing matter that is less desirable for other livestock into quality lean meat. Furthermore, goats can be farmed with a relatively small area of [[pasture]] and with limited resources.<ref name="Qushim" />

==Pasture==
[[File:ArganGoatTreeBelow.jpg|thumb|240px|Goats are remarkably agile and will climb trees to browse.]]
As with other herbivores, the number of animals that a goat farmer can raise and sustain is dependent on the quality of the pasture. However, since goats will eat vegetation that most other domesticated livestock decline, they will subsist even on very poor land. Therefore, goat herds remain an important asset in regions with sparse and low quality vegetation. However, goats also show preference to certain browse and grasses, such as Multiflora Rose, Briar, Ironweed, Ragweed, Spiny Amaranth, and Pigweed among others. They are less fond of grasses such as Tall Fescue, Bermuda Grass, Orchard Grass, and Crab Grass.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2014-11-20 |title=Grazing Management for Goats |url=https://extension.uga.edu/content/dam/extension-county-offices/harris-county/anr/GrazingManagementforGoats.pdf |access-date=Apr 7, 2025}}</ref>

== Worldwide goat population statistics ==

As of 2022, India is the largest producer of goat's milk. In 2024, the United States of America was the largest importer of goat's milk, and in the same year, New Zealand was the top exporter.

{| class="wikitable sortable" 90%" style="margin:auto;text-align:right"
|+'''World goat production: Selected regions and countries, 2008'''
|-
! Country/Region !! Total animals (millions) !! Goat milk (MT) !! Goat meat (million MT)
|-
| '''World''' || ----- || 15.2 || 4.8
|-
| '''Africa''' || 294.5 || 3.2 || 1.1
|-
| Nigeria || 53.8 || N/A || 0.26
|-
| Sudan || 43.1 || 1.47 || 0.19
|-
| '''Asia''' || 511.3 || 8.89 || 3.4
|-
| Afghanistan || 6.38 || 0.11 || 0.04
|-
| Pakistan || 60.00 || N/A || N/A
|-
| Iran || 16.00 || N/A || N/A
|-
| India || 125.7 || 4.0 || 0.48
|-
| Bangladesh || 56.4 || 2.16 || 0.21
|-
| China || 149.37 || 0.26 || 1.83
|-
| Saudi Arabia || 2.2 || 0.076 || 0.024
|-
| '''Americas''' || 37.3 || 0.54 || 0.15
|-
| Mexico || 8.8 || 0.16 || 0.04
|-
| USA || 3.1 || N/A || 0.022
|-
| '''Europe''' || 17.86 || 2.59 || 0.012
|-
| UK || 0.09 || N/A || N/A
|-
| France || 1.2 || 0.58 || 0.007
|-
| '''Oceania''' || 3.42 || 0.0004 || 0.018
|}

===In the US===
Meat goats are farmed in all US states, although most meat goat production occurs in the Southeast. Texas is the primary producer of meat goats, representing 38% of US production.<ref name="Qushim">{{cite journal |author=Qushim |first=Berdikul |author2=Gillespie |first2=Jeffrey M. |author3=McMillin |first3=Kenneth |year=2016 |title=Analyzing the Costs and Returns of US Meat Goat Farms |journal=Journal of the ASFMRA |pages=41-54}}</ref>

Male goats are generally not required for the dairy-goat industry and are usually slaughtered for meat soon after birth. In the UK, approximately 30,000 billy goats from the dairy industry are slaughtered each year.<ref name="McVeigh">{{Cite report |url=https://ourworldindata.org/meat-production |title=Meat and Dairy Production |last=Ritchie |first=Hannah |last2=Rosado |first2=Pablo |last3=Roser |first3=Max |date=August 1, 2017 |publisher=[[Our World in Data]] |access-date=November 27, 2019}}</ref>

==Gallery==

<gallery mode=packed>
File:Susya goat farm.jpg|Goat farm
File:Goat milking at a goat farm.jpg|Goat milking
File:Pferch - pen - στάνη 20190709 DSC3703.jpg|[[Pen (enclosure)|Pen]] for goats
File:Goat rearing Kaswa Nakaseke District.jpg|Goat farming in Uganda
File:Parchment from goatskin.jpg|Goatskin [[parchment]] on wooden frame
</gallery>

==See also==

* [[List of goat breeds]]
* [[Goats as pets]]
* [[List of goat dishes]]

==Further reading==

* {{cite book |last=Carol A. Amundson |date=2009 |title=How to Raise Goats |publisher=Voyageur Press |isbn=978-0-7603-3157-6}}
* {{cite book |author=Cheryl K. Smith |title=How to Raise Goats |url=http://www.dummies.com/how-to/home-garden/Hobby-Farming/Raising-Goats.html |publisher=John Wiley & Sons |date=2010 |isbn=978-0-470-56899-6}}

==References==

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Veer Madho Singh Bhandari Uttarakhand Technical University

2025-10-29T00:27:42Z

VenettaMahan1:

{{short description|Public university in Uttarakhand, India}}
{{Primary sources|date=January 2022}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2021}}
{{Use Indian English|date=July 2017}}
{{Infobox university
|name = Veer Madho Singh Bhandari Uttarakhand Technical University
| former_name = Uttarakhand Technical University
|chancellor = [[Governor of Uttarakhand]]
|vice_chancellor = [[Onkar Singh]]
|city = [[Dehradun]], [[Uttarakhand]], [[India]]
|image_name = Uttarakhand Technical University logo.png
|image_size = 200px
|type = [[Public university|Public]]
|affiliations = [[University Grants Commission (India)|UGC]], [[All India Council for Technical Education|AICTE]], [[Pharmacy Council of India|PCI]], [[Bar Council of India|BCI]]
|website = [http://www.uktech.ac.in www.uktech.ac.in]
|established = {{start date and age|2005|1|27}}
|coordinates = {{Coord|30.3435|77.9400|display=title}}
}}

'''Veer Madho Singh Bhandari Uttarakhand Technical University''' is a public university in the [[India]]n state of [[Uttarakhand]] set up by the [[Government of Uttarakhand]] on 27 January 2005, through the Uttarakhand Technical University Act 2005.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://uktech.ac.in/establishment/|title=Establishment|publisher=Veer Madho Singh Bhandari Uttarakhand Technical University|website=uktech.ac.in|language=en-US|access-date=4 September 2017|archive-date=1 September 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170901064934/http://uktech.ac.in/establishment/|url-status=dead}}</ref> It has 6 campus institutes<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|url=http://uktech.ac.in/constituent-institutes/|title=Constituent Institutes|publisher=Veer Madho Singh Bhandari Uttarakhand Technical University|website=uktech.ac.in|language=en-US|access-date=4 September 2017|archive-date=26 March 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210326004810/https://uktech.ac.in/constituent-institutes/|url-status=dead}}</ref> and 80 affiliated colleges Government and Private). 6 campus institutes are in the university campuses at Dehradun, Tehri, Tanakpur, Gopeshwar, Pithoragarh, and Uttarkashi<ref name=":2">{{Cite web|url=http://uktech.ac.in/affiliated-institutes/|title=Affiliated Institutes|publisher=Veer Madho Singh Bhandrai Uttarakhand Technical University|website=uktech.ac.in|language=en-US|access-date=4 September 2017|archive-date=26 March 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210326004824/https://uktech.ac.in/affiliated-institutes/|url-status=dead}}</ref> spread all over the state.<ref name=":0" />

==Departments and faculties==
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* Architecture
* Business Management
* Mechanical Engineering
* Civil Engineering
* Chemical Engineering
* Electrical Engineering
* Electronics & Communication Engineering
* Computer Science and Engineering
* Industrial & Production Engineering
* Biotech Engineering
* Engineering and Technology
* Hotel Management and Catering Technology
* Pharmacy
* Law
* Power System Engineering

== Affiliated colleges and institutes ==
The university has been established in an area of 8.372 hectares and it is the only affiliating University of the state for technical institutions. There are 6 campus Institutes and 75 affiliated colleges<ref name=":2" /> with 23,000 students in courses mentioned below:<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=http://uktech.ac.in/about-utu/|title=About UTU|publisher=Veer Madho Singh Bhandrai Uttarakhand Technical University|website=uktech.ac.in|language=en-US|access-date=2 September 2017|archive-date=1 September 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170901064941/http://uktech.ac.in/about-utu/|url-status=dead}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable"
| Bachelor of Technology (B.Tech.)
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| Bachelor of Pharmacy (B.Pharm.)
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| Bachelor of Hotel Management and Catering Technology (BHMCT)
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| Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA)
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| Master of Business Administration (MBA)
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| Bachelor of Computer Application (BCA)
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| Master of Computer Application (MCA)
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| Master of Pharmacy (M.Pharm.)
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| Master of Technology (M.Tech.)
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| Pharm. D.
|-
| BALLB
|-
| BBALLB
|-
| LLB
|-
| LLM
|-
| Faculty of Management offering two M.B.A. full time and one M.B.A. Part Time in University Campus
|-
| Faculty of Pharmacy offering B.Pharm. and two M.Pharm. in University Campus
|-
| Faculty of Technology two B. Tech. and five M.Tech. in University Campus
|-
| Professional courses
|}
The university imparts education in graduate, postgraduate, and doctorate programmes in disciplines like Management, Engineering, Hotel Management, Computer Application, Pharmacy, Law, etc.<ref name=":0" />

It serves technical education through its well-crafted Undergraduate, Postgraduate, and Doctoral programmes that are compliant to National Education Policy 2020. Choice-based credit system, multiple entry/exit options, and major with or without minor degree options in almost all programs make them comparable to the best ones across the globe. The University focuses on excellence with accountability. The admissions, academic activities, examination, and evaluation are carried out in a fair, time-bound, and transparent manner. The university runs an exclusive women's institution namely Women Institute of Technology on its campus in Dehradun. There is a high focus on the rigor of classroom and laboratory activities along with the constant push for project-based learning. The cost of education and the wide reach of University programmes in the Himalayan state of Uttarakhand enables a large population of students residing in far-off locations in the hills. The university runs the faculty of management/pharmacy/technology in its campus, apart from the 6 Campus Institutes.<ref name=":1" /> It is spreading technical education in the remote underprivileged area of Uttarakhand hills through its six campus institutions.<ref name=":0" />
# [[THDC Institute of Hydropower Engineering and Technology]], [[New Tehri]]
# [[Seemant Institute of Technology]],<ref>{{Cite web |title=Nanhi Pari Seemant Engineering Institute - Government Engineering Institute in Pithoragarh |url=https://sitp.ac.in/ |access-date=2023-08-06 |language=en-US}}</ref> [[Pithoragarh district|Pithoragarh]]
# Women Institute of Technology, [[Dehradun district|Dehradun]]
# [[Institute of Technology Gopeshwar]], Gopeshwar
# Dr APJ Abdul Kalam Institute of Technology, [[Tanakpur]] ([[Champawat]])
# Institute of Technology, Baun, Uttarkashi
# Institute of Technology, Salt, [[Almora]] (proposed)

The program-wise intake in 2023-24 was, B.Tech.-7296, B.Pharm-1880, BHMCT-365, Law-2285, MBA-2197, M.Tech.-587, M.Pharm.-232, MCA-288, Pharm.D.-30. BBA and BCA have been started from 2024-25 session. <ref name=":0" />
==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* {{official website|http://uktech.ac.in}}

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Koutruk

2025-10-26T13:31:59Z

VenettaMahan1:

{{Short description|Village in Lamshang, Imphal West, Manipur, India}}

{{Infobox settlement
| name = Koutruk
| native_name = ꯀꯧꯇ꯭ꯔꯨꯛ
| settlement_type = Village
| pushpin_map = India Manipur#India
| pushpin_label_position = right
| pushpin_map_caption = Location in Manipur, India
| coordinates = {{coord|24.756|N|93.956|E|type:city_region:IN-MN|display=inline,title}}
| subdivision_type = Country
| subdivision_name = [[India]]
| subdivision_type1 = State
| subdivision_name1 = [[Manipur]]
| subdivision_type2 = District
| subdivision_name2 = [[Imphal West]]
| subdivision_type3 = Subdivision
| subdivision_name3 = [[Lamshang]] (Lamsang)
| unit_pref = Metric
| area_total_km2 = 2.4562 
| population_total = 472
| population_as_of = 2011
| population_density_km2 = auto
| timezone1 = IST
| utc_offset1 = +5:30
| postal_code = 795146
| registration_plate = MN
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'''Koutruk''' is a village in the [[Lamshang]] subdivision of the [[Imphal West district]], in [[Manipur]], India.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Koutruk Village Population - Lamshang - Imphal West, Manipur |url=https://www.census2011.co.in/data/village/270060-koutruk-manipur.html |access-date=2025-10-13 |website=www.census2011.co.in}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite web |title=Villages & Towns in Lamshang Sub Division of Imphal West, Manipur |url=https://www.census2011.co.in/data/subdistrict/1879-lamshang-imphal-west-manipur.html |access-date=2025-10-13 |website=www.census2011.co.in}}</ref> It is administratively governed by the [[Phayeng]] [[gram panchayat]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Koutruk, Lamsang, Imphal West, Manipur, India - Geolysis Local |url=https://geolysis.com/p/in/mn/imphal-west/lamsang/koutruk |access-date=2025-10-13 |website=geolysis.com}}</ref>

== Demographics ==
As per the 2011 Census of India;<ref name=":0" />
* The population was 472 with 225 males and 247 females There were 69 children under 6 (14.62 per cent).
* The child sex ratio was 865 females per 1000 males.
* The general literacy rate was 69.98 per cent; male was 77.13 per cent and female was 63.72 per cent, which was lower than the state average.

== Administration and politics ==
Koutruk is located in the [[Lamshang]] subdivision of [[Imphal West]]. It is within the [[Sekmai Assembly constituency]] of the [[Manipur Legislative Assembly]] and the [[Inner Manipur Lok Sabha constituency]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=CEO, Manipur {{!}} Electoral Roll |url=https://ceomanipur.nic.in/eroll |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250622022618/https://ceomanipur.nic.in/eroll |archive-date=2025-06-22 |access-date=2025-10-14 |website=ceomanipur.nic.in |language=en |url-status=live }}</ref>

== Education ==
The Koutruk Primary School was established in 1957. This school is a government school and provides education from Class I to Class V and lies in the Haorang block of [[Imphal West]]. It is a co-educational school and has no pre-primary section.<ref>{{Cite web |title=KOUTRUK P.S. - Koutruk District Imphal West (Manipur) |url=https://schools.org.in/imphal-west/14060207301/koutruk-p-s.html |access-date=2025-10-14 |website=schools.org.in}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |url=https://manipureducation.gov.in/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/Education.pdf |title=List of Schools in Manipur |publisher=Manipur Education |publication-date=30 September 2015 |pages=54}}</ref>

As part of an extension programme for the school buildings, the Manipur Planning Department has taken up the work of reconstruction of the damaged building of the Koutruk Primary School for the year 2023-24.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Project Monitoring Application, Planning Department, Government of Manipur |url=https://darpanmanipur.in/projectupdate?ProjectupdateSearch%5Bproject_code%5D=&ProjectupdateSearch%5Bprojectname%5D=Koutruk&ProjectupdateSearch%5Bdepartment_id%5D= |access-date=2025-10-14 |website=darpanmanipur.in}}</ref>

== Postal and transport ==

* PIN Code: 795146.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Pincode of Lamsang, Imphal West, Manipur |url=https://dwello.in/pin-code/lamsang-imphal-west-795146 |website=Dwello |date=4 October 2024 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=News |first=India TV |title=Lamsang Pin Code {{!}} Postal Code (Zip Code) of Lamsang, Imphal West, Manipur, India |url=https://www.indiatvnews.com/pincode/manipur/imphal-west/lamsang |access-date=2025-10-14 |website=India TV News |language=en}}</ref>
* [[Imphal City]]: 18 kilometres away from Koutruk.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Five abandoned houses burnt in Manipur village; suspected militants chased away |url=https://www.deccanherald.com/india/manipur/five-abandoned-houses-burnt-in-manipur-village-suspected-militants-chased-away-3173189 |access-date=2025-10-14 |website=Deccan Herald |language=en}}</ref>
* Nearest railway station: [[Jiribam railway station]].

== Incidents in the 2023-2024 conflict ==
Koutruk village has been one of the victims of the [[2023-2025 Manipur violence]]. An air-attack was carried out by military drones with explosive and shooting on the evening of the 1st September, 2024. Many of the villagers had to evacuate from the village and civilian casualties and injuries occurred and houses were burnt.<ref name=":2">{{Cite news |title=Ground Report: In Manipur's Foothill Village, No 2nd Chance To Rebuild Lives After Drone Attacks By Suspected Kuki Insurgents |url=https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/ground-report-in-manipurs-foothill-village-koutruk-no-2nd-chance-to-rebuild-lives-after-suspected-kuki-insurgents-drone-attacks-6476530 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241014221626/https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/ground-report-in-manipurs-foothill-village-koutruk-no-2nd-chance-to-rebuild-lives-after-suspected-kuki-insurgents-drone-attacks-6476530 |archive-date=2024-10-14 |access-date=2025-10-14 |work=NDTV.com |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |title=2 Killed, 10 Injured As "Suspected Kuki Insurgents" Use Drones To Drop Bombs In Manipur: Police |url=https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/woman-killed-daughter-injured-in-firing-by-suspected-insurgents-in-manipur-6466188 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250406020427/https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/woman-killed-daughter-injured-in-firing-by-suspected-insurgents-in-manipur-6466188 |archive-date=2025-04-06 |access-date=2025-10-14 |work=www.ndtv.com |language=en |url-status=live }}</ref> It was one of the first significant drone-bombing incidents during the conflict, according to numerous reports.<ref>{{Cite news |title=Drone Attacks On Civilians An "Act Of Terrorism": Manipur Chief Minister |url=https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/manipur-chief-minister-n-biren-singh-says-drone-attacks-on-civilians-an-act-of-terrorism-6478843 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241014154908/https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/manipur-chief-minister-n-biren-singh-says-drone-attacks-on-civilians-an-act-of-terrorism-6478843 |archive-date=2024-10-14 |access-date=2025-10-14 |work=NDTV.com |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name=":3">{{Cite news |date=2025-02-24 |title=Drones used in Manipur violence were procured from Delhi, Haryana: NIA |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/guwahati/drone-attacks-nia-identifies-suppliers-from-delhi-haryana/articleshow/118510923.cms |access-date=2025-10-14 |work=The Times of India |issn=0971-8257}}</ref>

Strikes and air raids continued in the village Koutruk during the subsequent weeks with gunfire and air strikes causing further injuries and dislocation.<ref name=":4">{{Cite web |last=Admin |first=IT Web |date=2024-10-17 |title=Fresh attack reported in Koutruk village amid ongoing peace talks in New Delhi |url=https://www.imphaltimes.com/news/fresh-attack-reported-in-koutruk-village-amid-ongoing-peace-talks-in-new-delhi/ |access-date=2025-10-14 |website=News from Manipur - Imphal Times |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-10-17 |title=Fresh attack reported at Manipur's Koutruk; NIA begins probe in drone bombings case |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/cities/others/fresh-attack-reported-at-manipur-s-koutruk-nia-begins-probe-in-drone-bombings-case-101729142765008.html |access-date=2025-10-14 |website=Hindustan Times |language=en}}</ref><ref name=":5">{{Cite web |title=Koutruk comes under renewed attack from Kukis |url=https://www.thesangaiexpress.com/Encyc/2024/10/17/By-Our-Staff-ReporterIMPHAL-Oct-17-Just-a-day-after-a-joint-meeting-was-held-among-Meitei-Kuki-and-Naga-l.html |access-date=2025-10-14 |website=www.thesangaiexpress.com |language=en}}</ref> As a result of the intensity of the attacks, the inquiry has been handed over to the [[National Investigation Agency]] (N.I.A).<ref name=":4" /><ref name=":6">{{Cite web |title=Task cut out for NIA PC 20241018 |url=https://e-pao.net/epSubPageExtractor.asp?src=news_section.editorial.editorial_2024.Task_cut_out_for_NIA_PC_20241018 |access-date=2025-10-14 |website=e-pao.net}}</ref><ref name=":3" /> There was continuous sporadic violence till October, 2024. The neighbouring villages like Koutruk Ching Leikai were also affected.<ref name=":4" /><ref name=":5" /> Koutruk, which was one of the most reported locations during the unrest, came to represent the conflict's escalation into drone warfare.<ref name=":2" /><ref name=":3" /><ref name=":6" />

== References ==

{{reflist}}

[[Category:Villages in Imphal West district]]

First Sayeed ministry

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'''Mufti Mohammad Sayeed''' was sworn in as Chief Minister of [[Jammu and Kashmir (state)|Jammu and Kashmir]] on 2 November 2002. The list of ministers:<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rediff.com/election/2002/nov/02jk3.htm |title=PDP'S Mufti Mohammad Sayeed takes oath as Jammu and Kashmir chief minister |work=rediff.com|date=2020-04-06 |access-date=2020-04-06}}</ref>

==Cabinet ministers==

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| [[Mufti Mohammad Sayeed]]
| [[Pahalgam (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Pahalgam]]
| [[List of Chief Ministers of Arunachal Pradesh|Chief Minister]] Minister of Home Affairs Department Not Assigned To Any Cabinet Minister
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| [[Mangat Ram Sharma]]
| [[Jammu West (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Jammu West]]
| [[List of deputy chief ministers of Jammu and Kashmir|Deputy Chief Minister]]
| bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress}}"|[[Ijaw National Congress|INC]]
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| [[Muzaffar Hussain Baig]]
| [[Baramulla (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Baramulla]]
| Minister of Law Parliamentary Affairs and Finance
| bgcolor="{{party color|Jammu and Kashmir Peoples Democratic Party}}"|[[JKPDP]]
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| 4
| [[Peerzada Mohammad Syed]]
| [[Kokernag (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Kokernag]]
|
| bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress}}"|[[Ijaw National Congress|INC]]
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| 5
| [[Ghulam Hassan Mir]]
| [[Gulmarg (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Gulmarg]]
| Minister of Tourism
| bgcolor="{{party color|Jammu and Kashmir Peoples Democratic Party}}"|[[JKPDP]]
|-
| 6
| [[Mula Ram]]
| [[Raipur Domana (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Raipur Domana]]
| Minister of Social Justice
| bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress}}"|[[Ijaw National Congress|INC]]
|-
| 7
| [[Harsh Dev Singh]]
| [[Ramnagar, Jammu and Kashmir Assembly constituency|Ramnagar]]
| Minister of Education
| bgcolor="{{party color|Jammu and Kashmir National Panthers Party}}"|[[JKNPP]]
|-
| 8
| [[Nawang Rigzin Jora]]
| [[Leh (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Leh]]
| Minister of State for Urban Development and Urban Local Bodies
| bgcolor="{{party color|Independent politician}}"|[[Independent politician|Ind]]
|-
| 9
| [[Haji Nissar Ali]]
| [[Kargil (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Kargil]]
| Minister of State
| bgcolor="{{party color|Independent politician}}"|[[Independent politician|Ind]]
|-
|}

==References==
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Bilehra

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{{Short description|Town in Madhya Pradesh, India}}
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'''Bilehra''' or '''Raja Bilehra''' is a town and a [[nagar panchayat]] in [[Sagar district]] of [[Madhya Pradesh]] in India. It belongs to [[Jaisinagar]] Tehsil.<ref>{{cite web | title=Bilhera, Madhya Pradesh, India Satellite Weather Map | AccuWeather | url=https://www.accuweather.com/en/in/bilhera/2791809/satellite/2791809 }}</ref>

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==Demographics ==
In 2011, Bilehra had a population of 9,371, of which 4,894 were males while 4477 were females, as per Population Census 2011. The literacy rate was 80.14%.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.census2011.co.in/data/village/460697-bilehra-madhya-pradesh.html | title=Bilehra Village Population - Sagar - Sagar, Madhya Pradesh }}</ref>

==See also ==
* [[Surkhi]]
* [[Jaisinagar]]
* [[Sagar District]]

==References ==
{{Reflist}}
{{Sagar Division}}

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[[Category:Cities and towns in Sagar district]]

Shahpura, Bhilwara

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{{Use Indian English|date = January 2019}}
{{Infobox settlement
| name = Shahpura
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'''Shahpura''' is a [[city]] and tehsil headquarter of Shahpura tehsil in [[Bhilwara district]], in the [[States and territories of India|Indian state]] of [[Rajasthan]].<ref>{{Cite encyclopedia |encyclopedia=Encyclopedia Britannica |url=https://www.britannica.com/place/Shahpura|title=Shahpura {{!}} India|language=en|access-date=2019-09-13}}</ref> It was made a district on 17 March 2023. But was cancelled by the state government later.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2024-12-28 |title=Rajasthan BJP govt. dissolves nine districts formed under Congress regime |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/rajasthan/rajasthan-bjp-govt-dissolves-nine-districts-formed-under-congress-regime/article69037544.ece |access-date=2025-04-29 |work=The Hindu |language=en-IN |issn=0971-751X}}</ref>

== Governance ==
Shahpura is a Municipality city and district headquarters of Shahpura district, Rajasthan. Shahpura city is divided into 35 wards for which elections are held every five years.

The municipality supplies basic amenities including water and sewerage. It is authorized to build roads and impose property taxes.

== Demographics ==
In 2011 the Shahpura municipality had a population of 30,320 of which 15,279 are males and 15,041 are females. The sex ratio is 984 females for every 1,000 males, compared to the state average of 928 to 1,000 (females to males).<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011census/population_enumeration.html|title=2011 Census: Population enumeration |publisher=Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India |website=Census of India |access-date=2019-09-10}}</ref>

Children between the ages of 0-6 number 3997 or 13.18% of the total population. The child sex ratio is around 929 females to 1,000 males, with the state average of 888 girls for every thousand boys. The literacy rate is: 77.84% of the population over 7 years are literate, higher than state average of 66.11%. For males around 87.47% are literate, while 68.14% of females are.

Shahpura municipality hosts 5,671 households.

===Religion===
The population is 79.83% Hindu, 18.36% Muslim, 0.03% Christian, 0.04% Sikh and 1.71% Jain.

{{Pie chart|value1=79.83|label1=Hinduism|value2=18.36|label2=Islam|value3=0.03|value4=1.71|label3=Christianity|label4=Jainism|label5=Sikhism|value5=0.04|color1=#FFA500|color2=#097969|color5=#808000|color3=#0000FF|color4=#800080| caption=Religion in Shahpura City}}

== Economy ==
As of 2011 9,986 residents were engaged in work or business, including 7,685 were males and 2,301 females. 89.36% were engaged in main work while 10.64% were engaged in marginal work.

== History ==
{{broader|Shahpura State}}
[[File:Shahpura_Mahal.jpg|thumb|Mahalo Ka Chowk]]
Shahpura is known as the [[jagir]] (estate) of Surajmal, second son of Maharana [[Amar Singh I]] ({{reign|1597|1620}}); their title is 'Raja Dhiraj'.

Many of Mewar's nobles were against Maharana [[Ari Singh II]] ({{reign|1761|1773}}). Ari Singh wooed Umaid Singh to his side and gave him the [[Pargana]] Kachola (District of Kachola). Umaid died at [[Ujjain]], fighting for the Maharana against Madhav Rao Sindhia. In 1869, Nahar Singh, who had been adopted, became the ruler of [[Shahpura State|Shahpura]] (he had been the son of Balwant Singh of Dhanop). In 1903, the British appointed him a Knight Commander of the [[Order of the Indian Empire]] ({{postnominals|country=GBR|size=100%|KCIE}}), and entitled him to a 9-gun salute. He became a member of the Mehdraj Sabha. Later, he refused to go into the service of Maharana Fateh Singh, claiming to be an independent ruler. However, the British ruled that he would have to comply, every second year, and pay Rs. 1 Lakh to the Maharana as a penalty for not attending his court.

A municipality was established at Shahpura in 1939.<ref>{{cite book |author=Rima Hooja |title=A History of Rajasthan |year=2006 |publisher=Rupa |isbn=9788129108906 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=tosMAQAAMAAJ |page=1166}}</ref>

== Shrines and temples==
[[File:Ramdwara.jpg|right|thumb|250x250px|The Biggest and most popular Ramdwara is situated in Shahpura.]]
Shahpura is a place of pilgrimage for the followers of the [[Ram Charan (guru)|Ram Snehi]] sect. They have a shrine in the town called [[Ramdwara]]. The chief priest there is the head of the sect. Pilgrims from across the world visit the shrine. A fair called Phooldol Mela continues for five days after Holi. by Ramdwara Temple.
[[File:Shanti_Sthala,_Ramdwara,_Shahpura.JPG|thumb|This is the samadhi of the 13th head of Ramsnehi Sampradaya, Swami Ji Shri Ramkishorji Maharaj. It is located in Ramniwas Dham, Shahpura, Bhilwara]]

The temple of Charbhuja Nath is situated in the middle of the city, as well as a [[Hanuman]] temple called {{lang|hi|Balaji ki Chatri}}.

Eight Prachin [[Jain temple]]s including four Swetamber Sampradaya and four Digamber Sampradaya.{{explain|date=June 2024|reason=Briefly say what these things are.}}

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Manohar Lal (politician)

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{{Short description|Indian politician}}
{{for|the Punjabi economist, lawyer and politician|Manohar Lal (economist)}}
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'''Manohar Lal''' (born 3 June 1938) is an Indian politician and a former Minister of Labour, Justice and Transport in the [[Government of Uttar Pradesh]]. He was also elected to the [[6th Lok Sabha]] (1977–80) from [[Kanpur (Lok Sabha constituency)|Kanpur]] parliamentary constituency, the Lower House of [[Indian Parliament]].<ref name=loksabha>{{cite web | title = Members Official Bioprofile | publisher = Lok Sabha website | url = http://164.100.47.132/LssNew/biodata_1_12/2453.htm | accessdate = 2014-05-27 | url-status = dead | archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20140528010011/http://164.100.47.132/LssNew/biodata_1_12/2453.htm | archivedate = 28 May 2014 | df = dmy-all }}</ref>

Born to Chunni Lal at Wajidpur village, near [[Jajmau]], [[Kanpur Nagar district|Kanpur district]], he was educated at J.P.R.N. Inter College, Jajmau, Kanpur, later received B. A. degree from [[Christ Church College, Kanpur]] and L.L.B. from Dayanand College of Law, Kanpur, both then affiliated with [[Agra University]].<ref name=loksabha/>

He was a member of [[Kanpur Municipal Corporation]] (Kanpur Nagar Mahapalika), 1959–72; Secretary and Chairman of various educational, social and cultural institutions.<ref name=loksabha/> In 1969 state elections, he was elected member of [[Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly]], 1969—74 from [[Kanpur Cantonment (Assembly constituency)|Kanpur Cantonment]] state assembly constituency, as a [[Bharatiya Kranti Dal]] candidate. He polled 25376 votes and beat his nearest rival Devi Sahai Bajpai of Congress (INC) by 10379 votes,<ref>{{cite web |title=Statistical Report on General Election, 1969 to the Legislative Assembly of Uttar Pradesh|publisher= [[Election Commission of India]]|url = http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/statisticalreports/SE_1969/Statistical%20Report%201969%20Uttar%20Pradesh.pdf
| accessdate = 2014-05-27|page=314 }}</ref> and later remained Minister of Labour, Justice and Transport in the [[Uttar Pradesh Government]], 1970–71.<ref name=loksabha/> He was elected to [[6th Lok Sabha]] in the [[1977 Indian general election]] from [[Kanpur (Lok Sabha constituency)|Kanpur]] Lok Sabha constituency as [[Bharatiya Lok Dal]] candidate. He received 269629 votes, and his nearest rival was [[Naresh Chandra]] Chaturvedi of Congress (INC) with 95340 votes.<ref>{{cite web|title=Statistical Report on General Elections, 1977 to the Sixth Lok Sabha (Volume I.) |publisher=Election Commission of India |url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1977/Vol_I_LS_77.pdf |pages=82, 141 |accessdate=2014-05-27 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140718185438/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1977/Vol_I_LS_77.pdf |archivedate=18 July 2014 }}</ref>

He married Ganga Shri Devi, in 1950 and the couple has two sons and one daughter.<ref name=loksabha/>

== References ==
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The Garden of Knowledge

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{{Short description|18th century Indian manuscript}}
{{italic title}}
{{Infobox manuscript
| name = ''The Garden of Knowledge''
| location = [[National Library of Poland]]
| image = Abhar-i danis 1784 (7239380).jpg
| Also known as = ''[[Bahar-i Danish]]'' (or ''The Springtime of Knowledge'')
| Type =
| Date = 1784
| Place of origin =
| Language(s) = [[Persian language|Persian]]
| Size = 39x23,5 cm and less, 207 leaves<ref name="polona" />
| Accession = Rps BOZ 182<ref name="polona">{{cite web |url = https://polona.pl/preview/0dcce8a1-758a-4e68-ab68-105172438efa |title = The Garden of Knowledge | website = Polona |publisher = National Library of Poland |language=pl |access-date = 2024-06-13 }}</ref>
| Contents =
}}
'''''The Garden of Knowledge''''' is an illustrated manuscript of the collection of stories in the [[Persian language|Persian]] about the love between the fictional Mughal Prince Jahandar Shah and his queen Bahrewar Banu, originally written by [[Shaikh Inayat Allah Kamboh|Inayatullah Kambu]] in the 17th-century and titled the ''[[Bahar-i Danish]]'' (or ''The Springtime of Knowledge''), that was published in 1784.{{sfn|Makowski|Sapała|2024|p=130–131}}

The original author, Inayatullah Kambu, was a scholar, writer, and poet who lived in 17th-century India.{{sfn|Makowski|Sapała|2024|p=130–131}} His work is structured as a [[frame narrative]], similar to ''[[One Thousand and One Nights]]''.{{sfn|Makowski|Sapała|2024|p=130–131}} In addition to the main plot there are many fantastic tales within the work.{{sfn|Makowski|Sapała|2024|p=130–131}}

The 1784 manuscript was acquired for the collection of [[Stanisław Kostka Zamoyski]] in 1803 in [[London]] by English orientalist [[William Ouseley]].{{sfn|Makowski|Sapała|2024|p=130–131}} In 1944, it was taken by Germans to Goerbitsch, from where the Russians transported it to [[Moscow]].{{sfn|Makowski|Sapała|2024|p=130–131}} It returned to Poland in 1958 and entered the collection of the [[National Library of Poland]].{{sfn|Makowski|Sapała|2024|p=130–131}} From May 2024, the manuscript is presented at the [[permanent exhibition in the Palace of the Commonwealth]].<ref name="bn-open">{{cite web |url= https://bn.org.pl/en/news/5313-palace-of-the-commonwealth-open-to-visitors.html |title= Palace of the Commonwealth open to visitors |date= 2024-05-28 |publisher= National Library of Poland |access-date= 2024-06-11}}</ref>{{sfn|Makowski|Sapała|2024|p=121}}

==References==
{{reflist}}

==Bibliography==
* {{cite book |editor-first1=Tomasz |editor-last1= Makowski | editor-link1=Tomasz Makowski (librarian) | editor-first2= Patryk| editor-last2 = Sapała |date=2024 |publication-place=Warsaw |publisher= National Library of Poland|title=The Palace of the Commonwealth. Three times opened. Treasures from the National Library of Poland at the Palace of the Commonwealth}}

== External links ==
{{Commons category|Abhar-i danis (1784)|The Garden of Knowledge}}
* ''[https://polona.pl/preview/0dcce8a1-758a-4e68-ab68-105172438efa The Garden of Knowledge]'' at the [[Polona|Polona digital library]]

[[Category:Persian literature]]
[[Category:18th-century illuminated manuscripts]]
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C. T. Rajakantham

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{{Short description|Tamil actress}}
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{{Use Indian English|date=February 2016}}
{{Infobox person
| name = C. T. Rajakantham
| image = CTRajakantham.jpg
| imagesize = 200px
| caption = C. T. Rajakantham in early 1950s
| birth_name = Rajakantham
| birth_date = c. 1917
| birth_place =
| death_date = 2002 (aged 86)
| death_place = [[Chennai]], [[India]]
| occupation = stage and film actor, singer
| years_active = 1929–1998
| spouse = [[Kali N. Rathnam]]
}}
'''C. T. Rajakantham''' (1917–2002) was a Tamil stage and film actress. She was the mother-in-law of playback singer [[Tiruchi Loganathan]] and grandmother of playback singers and popular music show judges [[T. L. Maharajan]] and [[Deepan Chakravarthy|Deepan Chakkravarthy]]

== Early life ==

Rajakantham was born in [[Coimbatore]] in about 1917. Once while staging a play in the city, the members of a drama troupe headed by S. R. Janaki stayed at a house owned by Rajakantham's father. Impressed by her acting skills, Janaki inducted Rajakantham in her troupe. Starting with minor roles, Rajakantham later formed a successful comedy duo with veteran comedian [[Kali N. Rathnam]]. Rajakantham made her debut in the 1941 movie ''[[Sabapathy]]'' alongside Rathnam.

== Filmography ==

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! Year !! Film !! Language !! Notes
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| 1939 || ''Maanikkavasagar''<ref name=cinemapettai>{{Cite web|url=https://www.cinemapettai.com/article-about-legendary-comedy-actor-pairs-kali-n-rathinam-and-c-t-raja-kantham/|title=Kali N. Rathinam - C. T. Rajakantham|website=cinemapettai.com|accessdate=15 November 2018|archiveurl=https://archive.today/20181115030850/https://www.cinemapettai.com/article-about-legendary-comedy-actor-pairs-kali-n-rathinam-and-c-t-raja-kantham/|archivedate=15 November 2018|url-status=live}}</ref> || Tamil || Debut
|-
| 1940 || ''Sathyavaani''<ref name=cinemapettai /> || Tamil || Comedian role
|-
|1941 || ''[[Sabapathy]]'' || Tamil || Gundu muthu
|-
| 1942 || ''[[Manonmani]]'' || Tamil ||
|-
| 1945 || ''[[Burma Rani]]'' || Tamil ||
|-
|rowspan="2"| 1946 || ''[[Sri Murugan]]'' || Tamil ||
|-
| ''[[Valmiki (1946 film)|Valmiki]]'' || Tamil ||
|-
| 1947 || ''[[Ekambavanan]]'' || Tamil ||
|-
| 1948 || ''[[Vedhala Ulagam]]'' || Tamil || Gomathi Devi
|-
| 1949 || ''[[Krishna Bhakthi]]''|| Tamil || Ragamanjari
|-
| 1950 || ''[[Ponmudi (1950 film)|Ponmudi]]'' || Tamil ||
|-
| 1954 || ''[[Mangalyam (1954 film)|Mangalyam]]'' || Tamil ||
|-
| 1955 || ''[[Pennarasi]]'' || Tamil ||
|-
| 1957 || ''[[Mudhalali]]'' || Tamil || Karpagam
|-
| 1958 || ''Neelavukku Nerainja Manasu'' || Tamil ||
|-
| 1959 || ''Kan Thirandhadhu'' || Tamil ||
|-
| 1959 || Bhagapirivinai || Tamil||
|-
| 1961 || ''[[Kumara Raja (1961 film)|Kumara Raja]]'' || Tamil ||
|-
| 1961 || ''[[Palum Pazhamum]]'' || Tamil ||
|-
| 1964 || Navarathiri || Tamil ||
|-
| 1966 || ''[[Madras to Pondicherry]]'' || Tamil ||
|-
| 1979 || ''[[Uthiripookkal]]'' || Tamil ||
|-
| 1990 || ''[[Nilapenne]]'' || Tamil ||
|}

==Television==
*[[Marmadesam]] Vidathu Karuppu as Pechi, 1998 - 1999.

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

* {{cite news|title=The Rathnam brand of comedy|url=http://www.thehindu.com/features/friday-review/in-lighter-vein-column-kali-n-ratnam-ct-rajakantham/article6860504.ece|work=[[The Hindu]]|first=Randor|last=Guy|authorlink=Randor Guy|date=5 February 2015}}

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Ravindra Mirlekar

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'''Ravindra Mirlekar''' is an Indian politician and leader of [[Shiv Sena]] from [[Maharashtra]]. He was member of [[Maharashtra Legislative Council]] from 1996 to 2002.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/mumbai/Hectic-activity-for-council-RS-polls/articleshow/2302315.cms|title=Maharashtra legislative council Members}}</ref>

==Positions held==
* 1996: Elected to Maharashtra Legislative Council
* 2005 Onwards: Deputy Leader, Shiv Sena <ref>{{cite web |url=http://shivsena.org/m/admin-wing/#toggle-id-2 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150912020036/http://shivsena.org/m/admin-wing/#toggle-id-2 |url-status=dead |archive-date=2015-09-12 |title=Shiv Sena Deputy Leaders }}</ref>
* 2013-2015: Shiv Sena Sampark Pramukh Nashik<ref>{{cite news|url=https://divyamarathi.bhaskar.com/news/MAH-NMAH-NAS-once-again-ravindra-mirlekar-appointed-as-shiv-sena-leader-in-nashik-4241544-NOR.html|title= शिवसेना संपर्कप्रमुखपदी पुन्हा रवींद्र मिर्लेकर}}</ref>
* 2015: Shiv Sena Sampark Pramukh Jalgaon, Dhule<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.saamana.com/uttar_maharashtra/samarthya-olkhun-vatchal-kara-ravindra-mirlekar|title=‘सामर्थ्य’ ओळखून वाटचाल करा : रवींद्र मिर्लेकर}}</ref>

==See also==
* [[List of members of the Maharashtra Legislative Council]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/19981202100332/http://www.shivsena.org/ Shivsena Home Page]

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