Recently, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) launched the Service Week ( Seva Saptah) from September 14 to 20 on the occasion of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s birthday, ie on September 17. During this week, numerous social initiatives were planned across the nation by the BJP.
Narendra Modi is the 14th and the current Prime Minister of India who was born on 17th September 1950 to a family of grocers in Vadnagar, Mehsana district, Bombay State. He was born to Damodardas Mulchand Modi.
Narendra Modi—India’s best PM so far
Most people in India feel that Narendra Modi is the best PM that the country has seen so far. And, as per the Mood of the Nation Poll 2019 conducted by the India Today Group, his popularity surpasses that of former Prime Ministers Indira Gandhi, Atal Bihari Vajpayee, and Jawaharlal Nehru.
Narendra Modi is a great orator and known for his extempore in public life. He stormed into power in 2014 by winning the Lok Sabha election with huge mandate. Previously, he was the Gujrat CM from 2001 to 2014. Narendra Modi is also the sitting MP from Varanasi, a member of the BJP and RSS— a Hindu nationalist volunteer organisation.
Narendra Modi—Early and Political Life
Narendra Modi completed an M.A. degree in political science from Gujarat University. He joined the pro-Hindu Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) organisation in the 1970s and set up a unit of the RSS’s students’ wing, the Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad. Narendra Modi rose steadily in the RSS hierarchy, and his association with the organisation greatly benefited his political career.
Narendra Modi joined the BJP in 1987, and a year later he was made the general secretary of the Gujarat branch of the party. He was instrumental in strengthening the party’s presence in the state in succeeding years. In 1990, Modi was one of the BJP members who participated in a coalition government in the state, and he helped the BJP attain success in the 1995 state legislative assembly elections. In March the party formed the first-ever BJP-controlled government in India. However, the BJP’s control of the state government was quite short-lived.
Narendra Modi Biopic
PM Narendra Modi is a Bollywood biographical drama film that showcases the Prime Minister’s remarkable wisdom, courage, patience, and dedication to his people in real life. The movie is directed by Omung Kumar, and written by Anirudh Chawla and Vivek Oberoi. It is jointly produced by Suresh Oberoi, Sandip Ssingh, Anand Pandit, Acharya Manish under the banner of Legend Studios. The film’s plot is obviously based on the life of Narendra Modi. This Bollywood film stars Vivek Oberoi as Narendra Modi, Manoj Joshi as Amit Shah, Boman Irani as Ratan Tata, Barkha Sengupta as Jashodaben, Aanjjan Srivastav as Atal Bihari Vajpaye, and Zarina Wahab as Hiraben Modi.
Narendra Modi’s Lifestyle includes Yoga
Narendra Modi’s lifestyle includes Yoga and according to him, Yoga is a free gift to keep our body healthy and fit. Yoga helps us to achieve a balance between mind, body, and intellect. PM believes that helps us to achieve a balance between mind, body, and intellect and also helps us to attain spiritual mental and physical wellness. For him, it is not just a method to exercise. With the practice of yoga, an individual can easily achieve good emotional and physical health.
Major Initiatives by Narendra Modi
Here are some major initiatives taken by Narendra Modi government.
Narendra Modi launched the ‘Make in India’ campaign, a type of Swadeshi movement, to encourage companies to manufacture their products in India.
Digital India, another big initiative by Narendra Modi, has paved a way for the future and brought millions of citizens in the mainstream economy.
Narendra Modi launched the Swachh Bharat Abhiyan at Rajpath in New Delhi on 2nd October 2014, to fulfill Mahatma Gandhi`s vision of Clean India.
The NITI (National Institution for Transforming India) Aayog is a policy think tank of the Government of India, which is established with the aim to achieve Sustainable Development Goals and to enhance cooperative federalism by encouraging the involvement of State Governments of India in the economic policy-making process using a bottom-up approach. Prime Minister Narendra Modi also announced Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana (PMJDY), one of the biggest financial inclusion initiatives in the world, on 15th August 2014 for the liberation of the poor from a vicious cycle.
Some Interesting Facts About Narendra Modi
Here are some interesting facts about our PM Narendra Modi.
As a child, Narendra Modi always dreamt of serving in the Indian Army. He wanted to study in the Sainik school near Jamnagar but couldn’t join because there was no money to pay the fees.
Narendra Modi decided to leave home and traveled across India at the age of 17. During his travel, he came across various cultures of India and met different people. He also visited the Himalayas and spent almost two years as a sanyasi with the yogis.
Another interesting fact about Modi is that when he joined RSS, his first job was to mop the floor at the RSS Headquarters in Ahmedabad.
He is a great follower of Swami Vivekananda and he has read some books on Swami Vivekananda page-to-page.
In the year 2005, USA denied a visa to Narendra Modi citing his failure to curb the communal riots in 2002 in Gujarat.
Narendra Modi’s father was a tea-seller at the Vadnagar Railway Station in Gujarat, and young Narendra Modi often lent his hands in selling tea at the station.
Narendra Modi is a techno-savvy leader. He remains active on social media platforms including Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Google+, Linkedin, and other forums.
The India Content website has a huge stock of Narendra Modi pictures. You will find many images Narendra Modi from various meetings, press conferences, events, including his archive photos on the website. The pictures are available in three sizes-small, medium and large—on the India Content website.
You can purchase various other content images from the https://www.indiacontent.in
