Narendra Modi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi is the current Prime Minister of India, having taken office on May 26, 2014. He is a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), a right-wing Hindu nationalist organization. Modi was born on September 17, 1950, in Vadnagar, a small town in the Mehsana district of Gujarat, India. His family was part of the Modh-Ghanchi-Teli (oil-pressing) community, which is classified as an Other Backward Class by the Indian government. He spent his childhood helping his father run a tea stall and later worked as a full-time organizer for the RSS. Modi began his political career in the early 1980s, working for the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), which at the time was a relatively small party with a limited presence in Indian politics. He quickly rose through the ranks of the party and was appointed the Chief Minister of Gujarat in 2001, a position he held until 2014. During his tenure as Chief Minister, Modi...