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title: "How did Narendra Modi become a prime minister of India?"  
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# How did Narendra Modi become a prime minister of India?



## Answers

### Answer by Ummay Salma

## NARENDRA DAMODARDAS MODI IN POLITICS:

- ***Narendra Damodardas Modi** was born on 17th’September’1950 is an Indian Politician and current Prime Minister of India since 26th’ May’2024. Modi entered politics in 1975 as the general secretary of the “Gujarat Lok Sangharsh Samiti”, an RSS Committee.*
- *In 1987 Modi organized the* [*BJP’s*](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/view/tags/hyderabad) *Campaign in the Ahmedabad Municipal Election and led a great hand in the party’s victory. Thus, appointed as the [Organizing](https://www.mindstick.com/articles/310791/all-you-need-to-know-about-organizing-before-moving) Secretary of the BJP’s Gujarat.*
- *In 1990 he was named as the member of its National Election Committee.*

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- *There was a lapse of time in 1992 from politics as he was establishing a [school](https://www.mindstick.com/articles/311528/advantages-of-an-ib-boarding-school-in-the-same-city) in Ahmedabad.*
- *His comeback was in 1994 as a Party Secretary, his plan was considered to be the reason of BJP’s win in the State [Assembly](https://www.mindstick.com/articles/119/assembly) Election, 1995.*
- *On 3rd’[October](https://www.mindstick.com/news/2486/whatsapp-banned-over-23-million-indian-accounts-and-8-1-million-users-in-october)’2001, Modi replaced Patel as the Chief Minister of* [*Gujarat*](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/view/tags/gujarat)*.*
- *Modi completed 2,063 consecutive days as Chief Minister of Gujarat in 2007.*
- *During the campaigning of 2012, he reached large number of people through the developing technologies.*
- *In 2013, Gujarat reported to be the highest Indian State for “Economic Freedom”.*
- *In September, 2013 Modi represented BJP’s candidate for Prime Minister at the fore of Lok Sabha Election.*
- *Bharatiya Janata Party won a landslide in the 2014 Lok Sabha Election, Modi sworn in as **the Prime Minister of India on 26th’ May’2014.***
- *His **second term was started in 2019** and he became the fourth longest serving Prime Minister of India in December, 2020.*
- *He sworn in as India’s **Prime Minister for the third time** **on 9th’June’2024** succeeding another major victory in 2024 Parliamentary elections.*

*Narendra Modi being successful as the Prime Minister of India led many movements for the [development](https://www.mindstick.com/blog/359/iphone-development-introduction) of the Nation such as Sanitation Campaign (Swatch Bharat Abhiyan), initiated demonetization of banknotes, introduced Goods and Services Tax, [Digital](https://www.mindstick.com/articles/85590/how-to-create-a-productive-digital-workspace) India Program, NITI Aayog, Pradhan Mantri Dhan Yojna, many more programs and schemes for the improvement of [lifestyle](https://www.mindstick.com/articles/311459/tips-and-tools-for-a-healthy-lifestyle), betterment of employment opportunities, increasing, promoting [education](https://www.mindstick.com/articles/85754/investing-in-higher-education) and so on.*


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