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Jashodaben Narendrabhai Modi (née Chimanlal Modi; [4] [5] born 1952) is a retired Indian school teacher. She is the estranged wife of Narendra Modi , the Prime Minister of India . The couple were married in 1968 when she was about 17 and Modi was 18.
Modi was born and raised in Vadnagar in northeastern Gujarat, where he completed his secondary education. He was introduced to the RSS at the age of eight. At the age of 18, he was married to Jashodaben Modi, whom he abandoned soon after, only publicly acknowledging her four decades later when legally required to do so. Modi became a full-time ...
Modi’s estranged wife Jashodaben Chimanlal, a retired schoolteacher in her 70s, lives in near obscurity with her relatives near Vadnagar (AFP via Getty)
Spouse of the Prime Minister of India. The spouse of the Prime Minister of India is the wife or husband of the prime minister of India. The prime minister's spouse does not have an officially defined role. According to protocol, they attend social functions and gatherings at home and overseas, but have no participatory role.
Jivraj Narayan Mehtaof the INCwas the inaugural chief minister. Narendra Modiof the BJPis the longest serving chief minister for twelve and a half years from 2001 to 2014. He resigned in 2014 to become the 14thprime minister of India. He was succeeded by Anandiben Patel who became the state's first woman chief minister.
Year of marriage uncertain. In the Indian Express interview Jashodaben says that she married when she was 17. If she was born in 1952, then the marriage was in 1969. Modi's official biography says that he traveled from age 17 for two years, so perhaps 1967-1969.
Modi (surname) Modi, alternatively spelled Mody is a surname in India, most commonly found among people from states of Rajasthan, Gujarat, Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Haryana, Madhya Pradesh, Jharkhand, and Uttar Pradesh. The surname Modi doesn't belong to any particular community. It is distributed among various religions as well.
This decision followed the government's withdrawal of an SPG detail for Modi's predecessor, Manmohan Singh. Additionally, under terms of the Special Protection Group (Amendment) Act, 2019, SPG security details for Modi's estranged wife, Jashodaben, and mother, Heeraben, were withdrawn that same year. The Act amended the SPG's legal mandate to ...