Jashoda Ben is an Indian teacher and the wife of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
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Jashodaben Narendrabhai Modi (age 67; as of 2019) was born in 1952 in Brahminwada, Bombay state (now Gujarat) as “Jashodaben Chimanlal Modi” (maiden name).
family, caste and husband
Jashodaben belongs to the Maud Ganchi (OBC) caste in Gujarat. Her father’s name was Chimanlal Modi (late). When she was two years old, her mother died. She has two brothers.
jodaben and her brother
Jashodaben married Narendra Modi in 1968.
Jashoda Ben’s Husband Narendra Modi
her marriage to Modi
Jasudaben was engaged to Modi a year before their wedding. In 1963, when Jasudaben was 11 years old, she married Modi. Modi and Jasudaben started living together (Gauna) when Modi was 16, and Modi turned 18 in 1968. According to her, Modi, who wanted to travel the world, left home after three years. Married for many years. Modi was separated from Jashudaben and wandered in the Himalayas; practicing sannyasa. Jasudaben, on the other hand, returned to his father’s house and devoted himself to his studies. It was only after Modi admitted in an affidavit that Jasudaben was his wife and said that Jashodaben had filed to contest the 2014 Lok Sabha elections in the Vadodara constituency that she came into the media’s attention.
Profession
Jashodaben completed his SSC in 1974 and completed his teacher training in 1976. She then worked as a teacher in a primary school in Banaskantha district of Gujarat from 1978 to 1990. In 1991, she moved to La Josana Village and retired.
dispute
Most of the time, her marriage to Modi is mentioned in a controversial manner as she was never officially recognized as Modi’s wife before he filed his nomination for the 2014 Lok Sabha elections.
fact
- After her marriage, she left her studies and moved in with Modi. However, she said in an interview that Modi had always wanted her to go back to school and complete her studies.
- After Modi practiced sannyas, he focused on his studies and completed his secondary school examination in 1972.
- Two years after her separation from Modi, she fell into grief again over the death of her father.
- Three years later, Modi returned to his hometown after completing sannyas. He planned to leave Jashodaben behind and go to Ahmedabad to work with his uncle.
- She said in the interview that she had no contact with Modi but wished him well.
- Jashodaben lives with her brother and his wife in Unjha, Gujarat.
- Before the 2014 Lok Sabha elections, she promised that she would not eat rice or anything made from rice until Modi became the Prime Minister of India.
- She was not interested in politics and even after Modi became the Prime Minister of India, she stayed away from politics and indulged in social work. After Modi won the 2014 Lok Sabha elections, she said,
Since it was mandatory, he admitted it. I’m glad he still remembers me after all these years. I was very happy after hearing this, why not? He has never publicly said that he is unmarried… I am his wife and will always be his wife. I am proud to have him as my husband. It is my greatest joy that he is now Prime Minister. I will go see him then. “
Jashodaben’s speech after Modi won the 2014 Lok Sabha elections
- She was not invited to Narendra Modi’s swearing-in ceremony as India’s prime minister.
- She is a strong supporter of the Bharatiya Janata Party. Jashoshaben is an ardent social worker who had participated in the Azad Maidan protests against slum demolition.
Jashoben protests against slum demolition
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