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Modi (surname)
Modi is a surname in India, most commonly found among people from states of Rajasthan, Gujarat, Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Haryana, Madhya Pradesh, Jharkhand, and Uttar Pradesh. The surname Modi doesn't belong to any particular community. It is distributed among various religions as well. It is used in Hindu, Muslim and even Parsi community. Notable people with the surname include: * Asit Kumarr Modi (born 1966), founder and director of Neela Tele Films * Bhupendra Kumar Modi (born 1949), chairman of Spice Global * Gujarmal Modi (1902–1976), Indian industrialist and philanthropist, founder of Modinagar * Hitesh Modi (born 1971), Kenyan cricketer * Homi Mody (1881-1969), Parsi businessman * Hormusjee Naorojee Mody (1838–1911), Indian businessman * Ishwar Modi (born 1940), an Indian sociologist * Jashodaben Modi (born 1952), wife of Narendra Modi * Jivanji Jamshedji Modi (1854–1933), Indian Zoroastrian priest * Kal Penn (born 1977), stage name of Kalpen Suresh Modi, American a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rajasthan
Rajasthan (; lit. 'Land of Kings') is a state in northern India. It covers or 10.4 per cent of India's total geographical area. It is the largest Indian state by area and the seventh largest by population. It is on India's northwestern side, where it comprises most of the wide and inhospitable Thar Desert (also known as the Great Indian Desert) and shares a border with the Pakistani provinces of Punjab to the northwest and Sindh to the west, along the Sutlej- Indus River valley. It is bordered by five other Indian states: Punjab to the north; Haryana and Uttar Pradesh to the northeast; Madhya Pradesh to the southeast; and Gujarat to the southwest. Its geographical location is 23.3 to 30.12 North latitude and 69.30 to 78.17 East longitude, with the Tropic of Cancer passing through its southernmost tip. Its major features include the ruins of the Indus Valley civilisation at Kalibangan and Balathal, the Dilwara Temples, a Jain pilgrimage site at Rajasthan's only hi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ishwar Modi
Ishwar Modi (12 December 1940 - 23 May 2017) was an Indian sociologist and a pioneer of leisure studies in India. His work in this field has been widely reviewed in both India and abroad. He completed his master's degree in sociology and PhD from University of Rajasthan, Jaipur. He also worked for his PhD under the title ''Leisure, Mass Media and Social Structure'' (1985) at the Centre for the Study of Social Systems, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, with a distinguished scholar Professor Yogendra Singh before joining the Department of Sociology at the University of Rajasthan as assistant professor of sociology (September 1974). Modi received the Lifetime Achievement Award in 2015 from the Indian Sociological Society, which is the highest and most coveted award given by the Society to honour Indian Sociologists who have made profound and exceptional contributions in the field of sociology and thereby enriched the discipline of sociology and enhanced the capability and r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Samir Modi
Samir Modi (born 15 December 1969) is an Indian businessman, and the younger son of K.K. Modi and Bina Modi. He is an executive director at Modi Enterprises, which was founded by his grandfather, Gujarmal Modi, in 1933. He is also an executive director of Godfrey Phillips India and a director of Indofil Industries Ltd. He participated in launching various initiatives for the Modi Group, including ModicareColorbar Cosmeticsand Twenty Four Seven convenience stores. Education Modi studied at the all-boys boarding school, The Doon School in Dehradun. He then received a bachelor's degree from Hindu College, University of Delhi Career Modi began his business career in 1992 as a management trainee for Philip Morris in the US where he promoted Marlboro brand cigarettes. After various stints in the Modi Group's businesses, he launched a network-marketing arm, Modicare, in 1996. The venture began with 12 products and 300 distributors. In 2003, he took over the cosmetics business in M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Salifou Modi
Salifou Modi (born 12 October 1962) is a Nigerien Army divisional general who is the vice president of the National Council for the Safeguard of the Homeland, the military junta of Niger. He served as the chief of staff the Armed Forces of Niger from 2020 to 2023. On 1 June 2023, he was appointed Ambassador to the United Arab Emirates. Career Modi served as a member of the Supreme Council for the Restoration of Democracy from 2010 to 2011 and later became the military attache for Niger in Germany until 2020 when he replaced Corps General Ahmed Mohamed as Chief of Staff. His appointment came after a deadly attack by extremists that killed 89 Nigerien soldiers. Following the 2023 Nigerien coup d'état, he was identified as the vice president of the National Council for the Safeguard of the Homeland The National Council for the Safeguard of the Homeland (; , CNSP) is the ruling military junta of Niger, following the 2023 Nigerien coup d'état which overthrew Ouhoumoudou Ma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rusi Modi
Rustomji Sheriyar Modi (11 November 1924 – 17 May 1996) was an Indian cricketer who played for the India national cricket team from 1946 to 1952. Modi belonged to Parsi community. His test career started at Lord's in India's first test in England in their tour of England in 1946. He made his debut in a three-day match (22–25 June 1946), which is best recognised for Sir Alec Bedser's eleven-wicket haul on debut. Incidentally, this test also marked the test debuts of Vijay Hazare and Vinoo Mankad, who would go on to be recognised players for India. Rusi Modi was evidently an accumulator of runs, this fact being evident from his test average of 46 and a first-class average of 53, which also weighed a lot on paper when seen alongside his 20 centuries in the latter respect. He also bowled some medium-pace and even grabbed a five-wicket haul, his only one in all formats of cricket he played in. First-Class Career Modi started his first class career with a century on debut at ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Piloo Modi
Piloo Mody (14 November 1926 – 29 January 1983) was an Indian architect and politician and one of the founding members of the Swatantra Party. Elected to the 4th and 5th Lok Sabhas, he served in the Rajya Sabha from 1978 until his death. Personal life A member of the Parsi community Piloo Mody was one of the sons of Sir Homi Mody. He was educated at The Doon School, Dehradun. After School he attended Sir J. J. College of Architecture and the University of California, Berkeley, from where he graduated with a master's degree in architecture. Zulfikar Ali Bhutto, who went on to become Prime Minister of Pakistan in the 1970s, was his college roommate and the two were close friends. He was married to an American, Lavina Colgan Mody, who was a fellow architect student at Berkeley on 3 January 1953. He had 2 brothers, Kali Mody, a pioneer of credit card operations in India and Russi Mody, a former chairman of the Tata Iron and Steel company Limited. Work as architect After his sti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nirav Modi
Nirav Deepak Modi (born 27 February 1971) is a Belgian businessman and fugitive who was charged by Interpol and the Government of India for criminal conspiracy, criminal breach of trust, cheating and dishonesty including delivery of property, corruption, money laundering, fraud, embezzlement and breach of contract in August 2018. Modi is being investigated as a part of the $2 billion fraud case of Punjab National Bank (PNB). In March 2018, Modi applied for bankruptcy protection in Manhattan, New York. In June 2018, Modi was reported to be in the UK where he reportedly applied for political asylum. In June 2019, Swiss authorities froze a total of US$6 million present in Nirav Modi's Swiss bank accounts along with the assets. Biography Early life Nirav Modi was born in Palanpur, Gujarat, and grew up in Antwerp, Belgium. His family has been in the diamond business for several generations. When he was 19, he and his father Deepak Modi moved to Mumbai to work in his uncle's b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Narendra Modi
Narendra Damodardas Modi (; born 17 September 1950) is an Indian politician serving as the List of Prime Ministers of India, 14th and current Prime Minister of India since 2014. Modi was the List of chief ministers of Gujarat, Chief Minister of Gujarat from 2001 to 2014 and is the Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha, Member of Parliament from Varanasi (Lok Sabha constituency), Varanasi. He is a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), a right-wing Hindutva, Hindu nationalist paramilitary volunteer organisation. He is the longest serving prime minister from outside the Indian National Congress. Modi was born and raised in Vadnagar in northeastern Gujarat, where he completed his secondary education. He was introduced to the RSS at age eight. He has reminisced about helping out after school at his father's tea stall at the Vadnagar railway station. At age 18, Modi was married to Jashodaben Modi, Jashodaben Chimanlal Modi, whom he ab ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Murugappa Channaveerappa Modi
Murigeppa Channaveerappa Modi (4 October 1916 – 11 November 2005) was an Indian ophthalmologist and eye surgeon. Qualifications Modi was an Ayurvedic Eye surgeon who performed a record half-a-million (more than five-lakh) eye surgeries. He travelled to remote villages and towns of India to hold mass eye camps. He was known for his dexterity as a surgeon and diagnostic acumen.He Studied DAM from Kankanwadi Ayurvedic College Belagavi, Karnataka. Early life and education He was born in Bilagi in Bagalkot district, But his early education was in Jamakhandi at P B Highschool Jamakhandi.He is an alumnus of KLE's Shri B M Kankanawadi Ayurved Mahavidyalaya Belgaum formerly which was taken by KLE Society in 1993 ."Born of humble parentage – a Kannadiga from Bijapur district – Modi threw away a lucrative career in private practice after attending Gandhiji's historic prayer meeting at Bombay on August 8, 1942 where the Quit India resolution was passed. That meeting changed his life. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lalit Modi
Lalit Modi (born 29 November 1963) is an Indian businessman and former cricket administrator. He was the founder, first chairman and Commissioner of the Indian Premier League (IPL), and ran the tournament for three years until 2010. He also served as the Chairman of the Champions League during 2008–10. He was the Vice President of the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) during 2005–10. He has also served as the president of the Rajasthan Cricket Association (2005–09 and 2014–15), and as the vice president of the Punjab Cricket Association. As a close associate of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Vasundhara Raje, Modi once held considerable political clout in Rajasthan. During Raje's first term as the Chief Minister, he was called "Super Chief Minister" by the opposition and the media. In 2010, Modi alleged that the Indian National Congress minister Shashi Tharoor held indirect free equity in the Kochi Tuskers Kerala IPL franchise, ultimately leading to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Krishan Kumar Modi
Krishan Kumar Modi (27 August 1940 – 2 November 2019), also known as K. K. Modi, was an Indian businessman and the President of Modi Enterprises. Among his three children is Lalit Modi. Background Modi was born in August 1940 in Patiala, the eldest son of Rai Bahadur Gujarmal Modi and his second wife Dayawati Modi. Rai Bahadur Gujarmal Modi was the founder of the Modi Group. He started his first sugar factory in 1933 and gradually built up a vast business empire by venturing into various industrial sectors in the period before and after independence. The young K.K. Modi thus grew up in exciting times, when his father was building the family fortunes, and the country was grappling with major social and political changes. Career In 1959, at the age of just 19, Krishan Kumar accompanied his uncle Kedaarnath Modi (Gujarmal's step-brother) to several European countries, to explore the possibility of purchasing the latest textile machinery to produce higher quality cloth. Managing ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Karishma Modi
Karishma Modi is an Indian model, actress, and television anchor. Modi won the Femina Look of the Year in 1999 and was awarded 'Miss Talented' at the Elite Model Look '99 in France. Modi is the founder of the Punyakarma Foundation, an NGO which works for the development of under-privileged children. She has been a panelist at the Mrs. India International since 2016. Television 2000- Rishtey(zee tv series) episode 141 as sherry. * 2013 - 2014 Hum Ne Li Hai- Shapath as Senior Inspector Kashish * 2015 Adaalat ''Adaalat'' () is an Indian television courtroom drama anthology series about a defence attorney, K.D. Pathak, portrayed by Ronit Roy. First season of the show premiered on Sony on 20 November 2010 and ran for five years, ending on 11 July ... - The Evil Twin as Advocate Anita D' Souza References External links ''Karishma Modi''''Indbazaar – Karishma Modi'' Female models from Gujarat Indian actors Living people 1980 births {{India-actor-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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