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About the Author

Narendra Damodardas Modi was born on 17 September 1950 to a Gujarati Hindu family of Other Backward Class (OBC) background^[45][46] in Vadnagar, Mehsana district, Bombay State (present-day Gujarat). He was the third of six children born to Damodardas Mulchand Modi (c. 1915–1989) and Hiraben Modi (1923–2022).^[47][b][48]

Modi had infrequently worked as a child in his father’s tea business on the Vadnagar railway station platform, according to Modi and his neighbours.^[49][50][51]

Modi completed his higher secondary education in Vadnagar in 1967; his teachers described him as an average student and a keen, gifted debater with an interest in theatre.^[52] He preferred playing larger-than-life characters in theatrical productions, which has influenced his political image.^[53][54]