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How many times was Modi prime minister
Narendra Modi has become Prime Minister of India three times, winning elections in 2014, 2019, and 2024. He first assumed office on May 26, 2014, after leading the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) to a decisive majority victory with 282 seats in the Lok Sabha, marking the first time since 1984 that a single party had won an outright majority. This ended three decades of coalition governments in India and represented a watershed moment in Indian politics. Modi was re-elected in 2019 with an even s
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Who won 2 Nobel Prizes
Marie Curie is the most famous person to have won two Nobel Prizes in different scientific fields—she received the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1903 (shared with her husband Pierre Curie and Henri Becquerel) for their work on radioactivity, and the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1911 for her discovery of radium and polonium. Her achievement is particularly remarkable not only because she won in two different sciences but also because she was the first woman to win a Nobel Prize and remains th
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Who refused a Nobel Prize
Jean-Paul Sartre, the French existentialist philosopher and writer, famously refused the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1964, becoming the first person to voluntarily decline the award. Sartre stated that he had consistently declined all official honors throughout his life and believed that accepting the Nobel Prize would compromise his integrity as a writer and intellectual. He explained that writers should not allow themselves to be transformed into institutions and that accepting such awards
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Why is 2 October famous
October 2 is famous in India as it marks the birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi, born on October 2, 1869, in Porbandar, Gujarat. The day is celebrated as Gandhi Jayanti, a national holiday in India, honoring the father of the nation and his philosophy of non-violence (Ahimsa) and truth (Satya). Gandhi led India's independence movement against British colonial rule through peaceful civil disobedience and inspired civil rights movements worldwide, including Martin Luther King Jr.'s efforts in
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Who was the first lady prime minister of India's birthday
Indira Gandhi, India's first female Prime Minister, was born on November 19, 1917, in Allahabad (now Prayagraj), Uttar Pradesh. She was born into the politically prominent Nehru family—her father Jawaharlal Nehru became India's first Prime Minister after independence, and her grandfather Motilal Nehru was a renowned lawyer and leader of the Indian National Congress. Growing up in such a politically charged environment during the independence movement profoundly shaped her worldview and
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Which Prime Minister died at the age of 99
Morarji Desai holds the distinction of being the longest-lived Indian Prime Minister, passing away at the age of 99 years and 8 months on April 10, 1995. He served as India's fourth Prime Minister from 1977 to 1979, leading the Janata Party government that came to power after defeating Indira Gandhi's Congress Party in the aftermath of the Emergency period. Desai was already 81 years old when he became Prime Minister, making him the oldest person to assume that office in Indian history. His l
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Who was the last female prime minister
As of February 2026, Indira Gandhi remains both the first and the last (and only) female Prime Minister of India. She served in this role from January 1966 to March 1977 and again from January 1980 until her assassination in October 1984. Despite India being one of the earliest countries to have a female head of government, no other woman has held the position of Prime Minister in the nearly 40 years since Indira Gandhi's death. This represents a significant gap in female representation at th
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Who was the youngest ever PM
Rajiv Gandhi was the youngest person to become Prime Minister of India, assuming office at the age of 40 on October 31, 1984, following his mother Indira Gandhi's assassination. Unlike most Indian politicians of his generation, Rajiv Gandhi did not come from a traditional political background—he was a commercial airline pilot for Indian Airlines and only entered politics in 1981 after his younger brother Sanjay Gandhi died in an airplane crash. His rapid rise to the highest political of
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Do prime ministers retire
Prime Ministers in India do not have a formal "retirement" from the office in the traditional sense because the position of Prime Minister is not a permanent appointment but rather a political role dependent on electoral mandates and parliamentary confidence. A person serves as Prime Minister only as long as they command the majority support in the Lok Sabha (House of the People) and choose to continue in the role. When a Prime Minister leaves office—whether due to electoral defeat, res
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Why isn't 27 a prime
The number 27 is not prime because it has divisors other than 1 and itself—specifically, 27 = 3 × 3 × 3, or 3³. Since 27 can be evenly divided by 3 (27 ÷ 3 = 9) and by 9 (27 ÷ 9 = 3), it fails the definition of a prime number, which requires having exactly two distinct positive divisors. The number 27 is composite and is particularly notable as a perfect cube, being the cube of 3. What makes 27 clearly non-prime is its multiple factors: the divisor
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Which primes are alive
The concept of "alive" primes isn't standard mathematical terminology, but it might refer to several possible contexts. In recreational mathematics and programming, "living primes" or "survivor primes" sometimes describe primes that remain prime even when you repeatedly remove digits from either end—these "survive" the digit-removal process while maintaining primality. For example, 3797 is prime, and removing digits leaves 379, 37, and 7, all of which are also prime, making it "alive" t
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Do all prime numbers end in 1
No, prime numbers do not all end in 1—they can end in 1, 3, 7, or 9 (when looking at primes greater than 5). The only prime number ending in 2 is 2 itself, and the only prime ending in 5 is 5 itself. All other primes must end in 1, 3, 7, or 9 because numbers ending in 0, 2, 4, 6, or 8 are divisible by 2 (making them even and thus composite, except for 2), while numbers ending in 5 are divisible by 5 (making them composite, except for 5 itself). This pattern emerges from basic di
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Why can a prime only defeat a prime
This question appears to reference a game, puzzle, mathematical concept, or possibly a metaphor rather than standard mathematical theory. In standard number theory, there's no principle stating "a prime can only defeat a prime." However, this phrasing might refer to several possible contexts: certain mathematical games where prime numbers have special rules, factorization challenges where primes interact uniquely, or perhaps a reference to popular culture (games, books, or puzzles) that assig
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What is the smallest prime number
The smallest prime number is 2, which is also the only even prime number. By definition, a prime number is a natural number greater than 1 that has exactly two distinct positive divisors: 1 and itself. The number 2 satisfies this perfectly—it's only divisible by 1 and 2, making it prime. What makes 2 particularly special is that it's the only even prime: all other even numbers are divisible by 2, automatically giving them at least three divisors (1, 2, and themselves), which disqualifie
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क्या शून्य z से संबंधित है
गणितीय संदर्भ में, हां, शून्य (0) z से संबंधित है यदि आप "z" का मतलब पूर्णांक (integers) के समुच्चय से ले रहे हैं, जिसे अंतरराष्ट्रीय गणित में "Z" (ज़ेड) प्रतीक से दर्शाया जाता है। पूर्णांक समुच्चय Z में सभी धनात्मक संख्याएं ({1, 2, 3, ...}), सभी ऋणात्मक संख्याएं ({-1, -2, -3, ...}), और शून्य (0) शामिल होते हैं। यह प्रतीक "Z" जर्मन शब्द "Zahlen" से आया है, जिसका अर्थ "संख्याएं" होता है। शून्य पूर्णांक समुच्चय का एक महत्वपूर्ण सदस्य है क्योंकि यह धनात्मक और ऋणात्मक संख्याओं के बीच संतु
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Is Modi a good prime minister of India
Assessing whether Narendra Modi is a "good" Prime Minister is deeply subjective and generates passionate debate across India's political spectrum. Supporters credit him with strong economic initiatives like the Goods and Services Tax (GST) implementation, digital payment infrastructure expansion through initiatives like Digital India and UPI, infrastructure development including new highways and railways, improvements in ease of doing business rankings, direct benefit transfer schemes that re
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Who was prime minister for 49 days
Charan Singh served as Prime Minister of India for approximately 170 days (not 49) from July 28, 1979, to January 14, 1980, making his tenure one of the shortest in Indian history. However, if we're looking at extremely brief tenures, Atal Bihari Vajpayee served for just 13 days in 1996, and H.D. Deve Gowda served for about 10 months in 1996-97. There hasn't been a Prime Minister who served exactly 49 days, though Charan Singh's tenure was notably brief and tumultuous. He came to power after
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Who are the 6 legendary Assassins
The concept of "six legendary assassins" is not a standardized historical classification, as different sources may identify different individuals based on various criteria such as impact, methods, or historical significance. However, among the most notorious and historically impactful assassins are Gavrilo Princip, whose assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand in 1914 triggered World War I; John Wilkes Booth, who assassinated President Abraham Lincoln in 1865; Lee Harvey Oswald, accused of
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Who was the PM during Kargil war
Atal Bihari Vajpayee was the Prime Minister of India during the Kargil War, which took place from May to July 1999. Vajpayee had assumed office as Prime Minister in March 1998, leading a Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led coalition government. The Kargil conflict began when Pakistani soldiers and militants infiltrated across the Line of Control (LoC) into the Kargil district of Jammu and Kashmir, occupying strategic mountain positions on the Indian side of the border. The intrusion was discover
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Who is the god of Assassins
In various mythologies and fictional contexts, different deities are associated with assassination, death, or secretive killing, though there is no single universally recognized "god of assassins." In the popular Assassin's Creed video game franchise, characters reference concepts from multiple historical traditions, but the games are fictional and blend various mythologies. In actual historical mythology, ancient cultures had deities associated with death, stealth, and vengeance rather than