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  Narendra Damodardas Modi   ( Gujarati:   [ˈnəɾendɾə   dɑmodəɾˈdɑs   ˈmodiː]   ⓘ ; born 17 September 1950) [b]   is an Indian politician who has served as the 14th   prime minister of India   since May 2014. Modi was the   chief minister of Gujarat   from 2001 to 2014 and is the   Member of Parliament   (MP) for   Varanasi . He is a member of the   Bharatiya Janata Party   (BJP) and of the   Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh   (RSS), a   right wing   Hindu nationalist   paramilitary volunteer organisation. He is the longest-serving prime minister from outside the   Indian National Congress . Modi was born and raised in  Vadnagar  in northeastern  Gujarat , where he completed his secondary education. He was introduced to the RSS at the age of eight. His account of helping his father sell tea at the Vadnagar railway station has not been reliably corroborated. At age 18, ...