Ahmedabad: Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s mother Heera Ben Modi (99) passed away. He died at the UN Mehta Institute of Cardiology and Research Center in Ahmedabad at 3.30 am today. He was admitted to the hospital on Wednesday morning after his health deteriorated. As soon as the news of the death came to light, the Prime Minister returned to Ahmedabad. Remembering her mother, the Prime Minister wrote on Twitter that a glorious century will now rest at God’s feet.
“I have always felt in Amma that trinity of a monk’s journey, the symbol of a selfless karma yogi and a life of commitment to values. I still remember when I met her on her 100th birthday, she said one thing – act intelligently, live cleanly,” Modi tweeted.
Heeraben Modi was born on June 18, 1922 in Mehsana, Gujarat. Damodardas Moolchand, a tea seller, married Modi at a young age. Prime Minister Narendra Modi is the third of the six children of Damodardas Moolchand Modi and Heeraben. Soma Modi is the eldest son. Other sons are Amrit Modi, Prahlad Modi and Pankaj Modi. Only daughter Vasantiben. Before her husband’s death, Heeraben Modi lived in the family’s ancestral home in Vadnagar. After her husband’s death, she moved to her younger son Pankaj’s house.
The Prime Minister, who has often spoken about his bond with his mother, visited him when he was in Gujarat to campaign for the recent Gujarat assembly elections. Footage of the Prime Minister talking to his mother and drinking tea was also circulated on social media. When his mother turned 100 last June, Modi visited her house in Gandhinagar and performed a foot puja.
Before the 2014 Lok Sabha election results were announced, Modi visited his mother and took her blessings. During his visit to the US in 2015, Modi became emotional when he spoke about his mother while visiting the Facebook headquarters. After Modi took office as Prime Minister, Amma Heeraben visited the Prime Minister’s official residence only once. It was in 2016. On that day, Modi had posted pictures of his 90-year-old mother being carried in a wheelchair through the garden of her official residence. In November 2016, pictures of her standing in an ATM queue in support of her son’s decision to ban old currency notes also surfaced.
Even before casting his vote in the 2019 Lok Sabha elections, Modi visited his mother and sought her blessings. Heeraben, who had cast his vote in that election, greeted the media outside his house after the Modi-led BJP’s landslide victory in the election.
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