April 19, 2026 10:24 am (IST)
Follow us:
facebook-white sharing button
twitter-white sharing button
instagram-white sharing button
youtube-white sharing button
Pushback from smartphone makers: Centre drops Aadhaar app pre-install plan — report | Meta eyes first wave of layoffs on May 20: Report | TCS breaks silence on Nida Khan: ‘No HR role, no power’ in Nashik case | ‘Panic reaction’: Rahul Gandhi on women’s bill, says PM Modi ‘wants to send a message’ | Adani Group shares rise as Gautam Adani becomes Asia’s richest, overtakes Mukesh Ambani | TCS Nashik ‘conversion’ case accused seeks anticipatory bail citing pregnancy | IT raids TMC candidate Debasish Kumar’s premises ahead of Bengal polls | Bengal SIR: Supreme Court allows voters restored by tribunal till April 21 and 27 to vote | 'Women won't spare you': PM Modi warns Opposition over resistance to quota bill | Vijay booked in 3 cases over poll code violation ahead of Tamil Nadu polls

No need for my biography in textbooks: Modi

| | May 30, 2014, at 05:00 pm
New Delhi, May 30 (IBNS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday said his name should not be included in school textbooks.

"Am reading in the news that some states want to include Narendra Modi's life struggles as a part of their school curriculum," tweeted Modi.

"I firmly believe that the life story of living individuals should not be included as a part of the school curriculum," he said.

"India has a rich history of several stalwarts who made India what it is today. Young minds should read about these greats & emulate them," Modi posted on micro-blogging site Twitter.

Modi's tweets came after reports suggested that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government in Madhya Pradesh is likely to include a chapter on Modi in school textbooks.

"School textbooks already have chapters on biographies of freedom fighters and even Prime Ministers who have done well. So a biography of Mr Modi in textbooks will inspire students, as he has had a humble beginning as a tea vendor and now he has become the Prime Minister," Madhya Pradesh school education minister Paras Jain had told NDTV.

Support Our Journalism

We cannot do without you.. your contribution supports unbiased journalism

IBNS is not driven by any ism- not wokeism, not racism, not skewed secularism, not hyper right-wing or left liberal ideals, nor by any hardline religious beliefs or hyper nationalism. We want to serve you good old objective news, as they are. We do not judge or preach. We let people decide for themselves. We only try to present factual and well-sourced news.

Support objective journalism for a small contribution.