Narendra Modi is the current and 15th Prime Minister of India. He was born in 1950 in Gujarat and belongs to the Bharatiya Janata Party. As a child, he helped his father run a tea stall and was an average student with interest in debate. During the 1975 Emergency, he went underground to avoid arrest for his opposition to Indira Gandhi. He later worked for the BJP and RSS and was elected Chief Minister of Gujarat in 2001. As Chief Minister, he improved Gujarat's infrastructure and social indicators like literacy and health. In 2014, he became the first Prime Minister born after India's independence.