Jashodaben Narendrabhai Modi

Jashodaben Narendra Modi (née Chimanlal Modi; born 1951) is a retired Indian school teacher. She is the estranged wife of Narendra Modi, the Prime Minister of India. The couple were married in 1968 when she was about 17 and Modi was 18. A short time into the marriage, her husband, Narendra Modi, abandoned her. He did not acknowledge the marriage publicly until he was legally required to do so prior to the 2014 Indian general elections to the Lok Sabha. By 2015 Jashodaben Modi had retired from her teaching job. Early life, marriage, and career Jashodaben was born as Jashodaben Chimanlal Modi in 1951. Her mother died when she was two years old. Narendra Modi and Jashodaben had an arranged marriage in the custom of the caste of Vadnagar, starting with a family-arranged betrothal in their very early childhood. According to Narendra Modi's brother, the couple had undergone vivaaha, the religious ceremony of Marriage when Narendra Modi was 18 and Jashodaben was about 17. A marriage ceremony was held to begin their married life together when she was 17 and he was 18. Modi abandoned Jashodaben soon after the marriage.