Personal Life
Modi was born to a middle-class family in Vadnagar in Mehsana district of what was then Bombay State, India. Modi is a vegetarian. During the Indo-Pak war in the mid sixties, even as a young boy, he volunteered to serve the soldiers in transit at railway stations. As a young man, he joined the Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad, a student organisation and was involved in the anti-corruption Nav Nirmāṇ ("Reconstruction") Movement. After working as a full-time organiser for the organisation, he was later nominated as its representative in the Bharatiya Janata Party. As a teenager Modi used to run a tea stall with his brother. Modi completed his schooling in Vadnagar. He earned a masters degree in political science from Gujarat University. His opponents allege that he is married to Jashodaben Chimanlal Modi, however Modi denies this. He has no children from her.
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