(Pics) Narendra Modi's journey : from sangh worker to brand Namo
Modi's full name is Narendra Damodardas Modi and he 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 what was then Bombay Presidency and the state of Gujarat now.
Modi helped his father sell tea at Vadnagar railway station when a child and as a teenager he ran a tea stall with his brother near a bus terminus. India-Pakistan War Breaks out. Narendra Modi serves tea at Mehsana Railway Station to Jawans who are going and coming from the border.
He completed his schooling in Vadnagar, where a teacher described him as being an average student, but a keen debater who had an interest in theatre. That interest has influenced how he now projects himself in politics.
Modi's parents arranged his marriage as a child, in keeping with the traditions of the Ghanchi caste. He was engaged at the age of 13 to Jashodaben Chimanlal and the couple were married by the time he was 18. They spent very little time together and were soon estranged because Modi decided to pursue an itinerant life.
After Modi had received some RSS training in Nagpur, which was a prerequisite for taking up an official position in the Sangh Parivar, Gets more responsibility in the Sangh. Becomes ‘Vibhag Pracharak’ and asked to work in Vadodara and Central Gujarat in 1978.
Now The Bharatiya Janata Party was born and modi came into contact with Vasant Gajendragadkar and Nathalal Jaghda, leaders of the Jan Sangh who later founded the BJP's Gujarat state unit. Modi Becomes ‘Sambhag Pracharak’ and given additional region of South Gujarat and Surat as focus area in 1980.
BJP secures majority in Gujarat Assembly Elections, winning 121 seats. As Organisation secretary, Narendra Modi plays a very important role in 1995. Now modi Becomes National General Secretary (Organisation), a prestigious Party post held by stalwarts like Shri Kushabhau Thakre and Shri Sunder Singh Bhandari in the past in 1998.
BJP wins 2007 Gujarat Assembly Elections. Narendra Modi sworn-in as CM for 3rd time and Modi in 2007. Leads BJP to yet another victory in the Gujarat Assembly Polls. Becomes CM for 4th time in 2012.
Narendra modi's Named BJP’s Campaign Committee Chief for 2014 Lok Sabha Elections and modi Begins campaign for 2014 Lok Sabha Elections by addressing Bharat Vijay Rally in Udhampur.
