Pankaj Modi is a former officer of the Government of India. He worked as deputy director. He is the youngest brother of Narendra Modi, the 14th Prime Minister of India.
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Wiki/Biography
Pankaj Damodardas Modi was born in October 1959 (age 63 years; as of 2022) in Vadnagar, Gujarat, India. He worked as a clerk in the Information Department in Gandhinagar, Gujarat. Before retiring, he was promoted to deputy in 2014.
Physical Appearance
Height (Approx): 5′ 9″
Hair Color: Black
Eye colour: black
Family
Pankaj Modi was born in a family of grocery traders in Vadnagar, Bombay state (now Gujarat), India.
parents and siblings
His father Damodardas Moolchand Modi died in 1989 after battling bone cancer.
A picture of Damodardas Moolchand Modi
His mother Hiraben Modi died on 30 December 2022.
Pankaj Modi with his mother after voting
His eldest brother Soma Modi is a retired officer in the health department.
Pankaj Modi’s brother Soma Modi
His other elder brother Amrit Modi is a lathe machine operator.
Pankaj Modi’s brother Amrit Modi
His third elder brother, Narendra Modi, is the 18th Prime Minister of India. He has been elected to the post of Prime Minister twice; The first in 2014 and the second in 2019.
Pankaj Modi’s brother Narendra Modi
His fourth elder brother, Prahlad Modi, owns a shop in Ahmedabad, Gujarat.
Pankaj Modi’s brother Prahlad Modi
He has a sister named Vasantiben Hasmukhlal Modi.
Pankaj Modi’s sister Vasantiben Hasmukhlal Modi
wife and children
His wife’s name is Sitaben.
Pankaj Modi with his family
They have a son named Sachin Modi.
Sachin Modi, son of Pankaj Modi
religion and caste
He follows Hindu religion and often visits temples for worship. He belongs to the Modh-Ghanchi-Teli (oil tappers) community; Which is classified as OBC.
Pankaj Modi worshiping in Hindu temple
Address
Vrindavan Society in Raison Village, Gandhinagar, Gujarat, India.
Facts/General Knowledge
- After retiring from his government job, he moved with his family and mother from his government residence in Sector 22, Gandhinagar to his bungalow in Vrindavan Society in Raison village, Gandhinagar, Gujarat. In 2014, when Narendra Modi became the Prime Minister of India, he visited Pankaj Modi’s house to seek blessings from his mother on his birthday. Before her demise in December 2022, Narendra Modi often visited his mother and spent time talking to her.
Narendra Modi touched mother’s feet and took blessings
- In 2019, she visited the Meenakshi Amman Temple in Madurai, Tamil Nadu, along with former Lok Sabha Deputy Speaker and AIADMK leader M Thambi Durai.
Tamil Nadu: PM Narendra Modi’s brother Pankaj Modi (centre) visits Meenakshi Amman temple in Madurai today. Former Lok Sabha Deputy Speaker and AIADMK leader M Thambi Durai also accompanied him. pic.twitter.com/S9fuXD7Ol5
– ANI (@ANI) 4 August 2019
- In 2020, he visited New Delhi for the Gujarat Tableau on the occasion of Republic Day, which showcased the architectural and cultural heritage of Gujarat. When asked about the tableau of Gujarat in an interview, he said,
Our Gujarat tableau will showcase the architectural and cultural heritage of the state. The main piece will be the Rani ki Vav of Patan, and in front of it will be a statue of a rural woman wearing a Patola sari from the region. We are very happy and excited to represent our culture at Rajpath.
Pankaj Modi with his brother Narendra Modi in New Delhi in 2020
- He is also a social worker and attended the felicitation program of International Vaishya Mahasangh at Chitrakoot district headquarters in 2021.
- He is a supporter of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), the same political party to which his brother Narendra Modi belongs.
BJP logo
- After his mother passed away on 30 December 2022, he shouldered her corpse along with his brother and Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi.
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