Heeraben Modi, mother of PM Narendra Modi, passed away on Friday at the age of 99, two days after being hospitalized to Ahmedabad’s UN Mehta Hospital. PM Modi posted on Twitter, “A magnificent century rests at the feet of God.”
“In Maa I have always felt that trinity, which encompasses the journey of an ascetic, the symbol of a selfless Karmayogi, and a life committed to ideals,” PM said with a photo of the woman. “Work with intelligence, live life with purity,” she told him when they first met on her 100th birthday, he continued.
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On Wednesday, PM Modi’s mother—who turned 99 in June of this year—was admitted to Ahmedabad, Gujarat’s UN Mehta Hospital’s Institute of Cardiology and Research Center. The PM also paid a visit to his mother’s hospitalized condition.
Heeraben Modi was born in Vadnagar, Mehsana, Gujarat, on June 18, 1923. She has one daughter, Vasantiben Hasmukhlal Modi, and five sons: Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Pankaj Modi, Soma Modi, Amrit Modi, and Prahlad Modi. Pankaj Modi, the younger brother of the prime minister, and Heeraben Modi had a home in Raysan, a village close to Gandhinagar.
This year, on the occasion of her birthday, the Prime Minister said in his blog post titled “Mother”: “Today, I feel incredibly fortunate and glad to share that my mother, Smt. Heeraba, is turning 100. This year will mark the 100th anniversary of her birth. Last week would have been my father’s 100th birthday if he had been living.”
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In a blog post, PM Modi wrote, “As my mother’s centenary year begins and my father’s would have ended in 2022, it will be a significant year. I am certain that my parents are to blame for everything positive in my life and in my character. I’m overwhelmed with nostalgia as I sit in Delhi right now.”
