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Did Narendra Modi earn BA and MA degrees?

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“Narendra Modi earned a Bachelor of Arts (BA) and a Master of Arts (MA) degree.”
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Confidence: High Checked on October 24, 2026

Summary

Narendra Modi completed a Bachelor of Arts degree (awarded in 1979 after passing the exam in 1978) and a Master of Arts in political science from Gujarat University (earned in 1983). These qualifications have been confirmed by official government profiles and multiple news reports.

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pmindia.gov.in
  • Know the PM | Prime Minister of India

    In his initial years, he worked ... the Bharatiya Janata Party organization at National and State level. Shri Modi completed his MA in political science from Gujarat University. Narendra Modi is a ‘People’s Leader’, dedicated to solving their problems and improving their ...

pib.gov.in
  • Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi addresses the Rajya Sabha

    The Prime Minister shared an interesting anecdote from Shri Harivansh's first visit to America in 1994. According to PM Modi, when asked what he wanted to see in that developed country, Shri Harivansh expressed his desire to visit universities to understand what kind of education and culture enabled such progress.

simple.wikipedia.org
  • Narendra Modi - Simple English Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

    He was later elected as the prime minister in May 2014. He is a member of the right-wing-Bharatiya Janata Party. He is the first Indian prime minister to be born after the country's independence from the British Empire in 1947. Narendra Modi was born into a Gujarati family in Vadnagar. As a child, he used to help his father, who ran a tea stall at Vadnagar railway station. Later, he and his brother ran a tea stall of their own at a bus terminus. In 1978, Modi received a B.A. degree ...

en.wikipedia.org
  • Narendra Modi - Wikipedia

    He remains a controversial figure ... violence, which have been cited as evidence of a majoritarian and exclusionary social agenda. Narendra Damodardas Modi was born on 17 September 1950 to a Gujarati family of Other Backward Class (OBC) background and Hindu faith in Vadnagar, ...

  • Ministry of Education (India) - Wikipedia

    In 1985, the Rajiv Gandhi government changed its name to the Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD). Under the newly drafted National Education Policy 2020 (NEP 2020), by the Second Modi Ministry, the Ministry of Human Resource Development was renamed back to the Ministry of Education.

manofdeterminedintentions.com
timesnownews.com
  • CJP's Dipke Renews Degree Challenge to PM Modi Amid Scrutiny Over His Own Credentials | Times Now

    Then-Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and the AAP had sought his academic records under the RTI Act, citing alleged discrepancies between his BA and MA certificates. In response, then-BJP president Amit Shah and Union minister Arun Jaitley held a press conference releasing copies of Modi's degrees from Delhi University (1978) and Gujarat University (1983) and asked Kejriwal to apologise for what they called baseless claims.

telegraphindia.com
inventiva.co.in

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