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| Narendra Modi Chief Minister of Gujarat |
Modi completed his schooling in Vadnagar and graduated in Political Science from Gujarat University. He was the student leader of Akhil Bhartiya Vidyarthi Parishad (All India Students Council).
Narendra Modi's American visa to attend Asian-American Hotel Owners Association meeting in March 2005 was revoked by U.S. Government on the grounds of violations of religious freedom.
Under Narendra Modi's stewardship, massive communal violence broke out between Hindu and Muslims in February 2002 leading to the death of over a thousand people, the majority of them Muslims. The communal violence flared up after the Sabarmati Express train incident in Godhra in 2002 in which 58 Hindus lost their lives
Under Narendra Modi's stewardship, massive communal violence broke out between Hindu and Muslims in February 2002 leading to the death of over a thousand people, the majority of them Muslims. The communal violence flared up after the Sabarmati Express train incident in Godhra in 2002 in which 58 Hindus lost their lives
His political career started after he joined the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), a Hindu nationalist organization in 1967. He was involved in the “Nav Nirman” (Reconstruction) movement. He joined the Bhartiya Janata Party in 1980. He was appointed as the General Secretary of the Gujarat State BJP unit in 1988. He became the Chief Minister of Gujarat in October 2001.
He led the BJP to win the 2002 Gujarat Legislative Assembly elections with 126 seats in the 182-member assembly. He was appointed again as the Chief Minister of Gujarat on December 22, 2002.
BJP led by Narendra Modi won 117 out of 182 seats in the 2007 Gujarat Legislative Assembly Elections. He became the Chief Minister of Gujarat for the third time on December 25, 2007.
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