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At a glance: Educational qualifications of Narendra Modi and his ministers

New Delhi: The questions raised over the educational qualifications of HRD minister Smriti Irani have created a big controversy in India. A debate has erupted as to whether ministers need to be highly educated especially in

PTI Updated on: November 27, 2014 10:17 IST




Narendra Modi - Masters in Political Science from Gujarat University


Narendra Damodardas Modi is the 15th Prime Minister of India. Modi led his party, BJP, to a spectacular victory in 2014 Lok Sabha elections. For the first time in last 30 years, a single party got a clear majority in the lower house of the parliament.

Narendra  Modi also served as the Chief Minister of Gujarat from 2001–14. He was also a full time pracharak of the RSS.

Modi was born on 17 September 1950 to a family of grocers belonging to the backward Ghanchi-Teli (oil-presser) community, in Vadnagar in Mehsana district of erstwhile Bombay State (present-day Gujarat).

Modi had also sold tea on Railway platform in his childhood days . His journey from tea seller to ‘Prime Minister of India' is truly remarkable.

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