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Born and raised in [[Vadnagar]], a small town in northeastern [[Gujarat]], Modi completed his secondary education there, and is said to have helped his father sell tea at the local railway station. He was introduced to the RSS at age eight.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Nag|first=Kingshuk|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ETnOBAAAQBAJ|title=The NaMo Story: A Political Life|date=1 March 2013|publisher=Roli Books Private Limited|isbn=978-93-5194-015-9|location=|pages= 23–24|language=en|author-link=Kingshuk Nag}}</ref> Modi left home after finishing high-school in part due to [[child marriage]] to [[Jashodaben Chimanlal Modi]], which he publicly acknowledged only many decades later. Modi travelled around India for two years and visited a number of religious centres before returning to Gujarat. In 1971 he became a full-time worker for the RSS. During the [[The Emergency (India)|state of emergency]] imposed across the country in 1975, Modi was forced to go into hiding. The RSS assigned him to the BJP in 1985 and he held several positions within the party hierarchy until 2001, rising to the rank of general secretary.{{Efn|Sources stating that [[Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh|RSS]] had a deep impact on the political heriarchy of the [[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]], specially in the case of Narendra Modi.<ref name="Asrar">{{cite web|url=https://www.ndtv.com/elections-news/narendra-modis-political-journey-from-rss-worker-to-bjps-pm-candidate-534530|website=[[NDTV]]|title=Modi's journey from a RSS worker to BJP's PM|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=Nadeer|date=15 August 2015}}</ref><ref>{{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|access-date=13 January 2021|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|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=Rise of Pracharak|website=[[India Today]]|access-date=13 January 2021}}</ref>|name=|group=}} | Born and raised in [[Vadnagar]], a small town in northeastern [[Gujarat]], Modi completed his secondary education there, and is said to have helped his father sell tea at the local railway station. He was introduced to the RSS at age eight.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Nag|first=Kingshuk|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ETnOBAAAQBAJ|title=The NaMo Story: A Political Life|date=1 March 2013|publisher=Roli Books Private Limited|isbn=978-93-5194-015-9|location=|pages= 23–24|language=en|author-link=Kingshuk Nag}}</ref> Modi left home after finishing high-school in part due to [[child marriage]] to [[Jashodaben Chimanlal Modi]], which he publicly acknowledged only many decades later. Modi travelled around India for two years and visited a number of religious centres before returning to Gujarat. In 1971 he became a full-time worker for the RSS. During the [[The Emergency (India)|state of emergency]] imposed across the country in 1975, Modi was forced to go into hiding. The RSS assigned him to the BJP in 1985 and he held several positions within the party hierarchy until 2001, rising to the rank of general secretary.{{Efn|Sources stating that [[Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh|RSS]] had a deep impact on the political heriarchy of the [[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]], specially in the case of Narendra Modi.<ref name="Asrar">{{cite web|url=https://www.ndtv.com/elections-news/narendra-modis-political-journey-from-rss-worker-to-bjps-pm-candidate-534530|website=[[NDTV]]|title=Modi's journey from a RSS worker to BJP's PM|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=Nadeer|date=15 August 2015}}</ref><ref>{{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|access-date=13 January 2021|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|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=Rise of Pracharak|website=[[India Today]]|access-date=13 January 2021}}</ref>|name=|group=}} | ||
Modi was appointed Chief Minister of Gujarat in 2001 due to [[Keshubhai Patel]]'s failing health and poor public image following the [[2001 Gujarat earthquake|earthquake in Bhuj]]. Modi was elected to the legislative assembly soon after. | Modi was appointed Chief Minister of Gujarat in 2001 due to [[Keshubhai Patel]]'s failing health and poor public image following the [[2001 Gujarat earthquake|earthquake in Bhuj]]. Modi was elected to the legislative assembly soon after. His policies as chief minister, credited with encouraging economic growth, have received praise.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Joseph|first=Manu|author-link=Manu Joseph|date=15 February 2012|title=Shaking Off the Horror of the Past in India|work=[[The New York Times]]|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/16/world/asia/16iht-letter16.html|url-status=live|access-date=19 May 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170312085254/http://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/16/world/asia/16iht-letter16.html|archive-date=12 March 2017|issn=0362-4331}}</ref> His administration has been 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.<ref name="Buncombe" />}} | ||
Modi led the BJP in the [[2014 Indian general election|2014 general election]] which gave the party a majority in the Indian [[lower house]] of parliament, the [[Lok Sabha]], the first time for any single party since 1984. Modi's administration has tried to raise foreign direct investment in the Indian economy and reduced spending on healthcare and social welfare programmes. Modi has attempted to improve efficiency in the bureaucracy; he has centralised power by abolishing the [[Planning Commission (India)|Planning Commission]]. He began a [[Swachh Bharat Mission|high-profile sanitation campaign]], initiated a controversial [[2016 Indian banknote demonetisation|demonetisation of high-denomination banknotes]] and weakened or abolished environmental and labour laws. | Modi led the BJP in the [[2014 Indian general election|2014 general election]] which gave the party a majority in the Indian [[lower house]] of parliament, the [[Lok Sabha]], the first time for any single party since 1984. Modi's administration has tried to raise foreign direct investment in the Indian economy and reduced spending on healthcare and social welfare programmes. Modi has attempted to improve efficiency in the bureaucracy; he has centralised power by abolishing the [[Planning Commission (India)|Planning Commission]]. He began a [[Swachh Bharat Mission|high-profile sanitation campaign]], initiated a controversial [[2016 Indian banknote demonetisation|demonetisation of high-denomination banknotes]] and weakened or abolished environmental and labour laws. | ||