Sushil Kumar Modi Age, Death, Caste, Wife, Family, Biography

Bio
Profession	Politician
Party	Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)
Political Journey	1974: became a Member of Bihar Pradesh Chaatra (Student) Sangharsh Samiti. 1977: appointed the State Secretary of Akhil Bhartiya Vidyarthi Parishad. 1977-1986: held different posts including that of State Organising Secretary, Bihar, All India Secretary, in-charge of UP and Bihar and then the All India General Secretary of Vidyarthi Parishad. 1990: successfully contested from Patna Central Assembly (now known as Kumhrar (Vidhan Sabha constituency)) and also became the Chief Whip of the BJP Bihar Legislature Party. 1995 & 2000: reelected from Patna Central Assembly. 1996-2004: remained the Leader of Opposition in the Bihar State Assembly. 2000: served as the Minister for Parliamentary Affairs in a short lived Nitish Kumar Government. 2004: became a member of Lok Sabha from the Bhagalpur constituency. 2005: elected as the leader of Bihar BJP Legislature Party and also took over as the Deputy Chief Minister of Bihar and was given the Finance Portfolio along with a number of other departments. 2010: continued to be the Deputy Chief Minister of Bihar. 2017: became the Deputy Chief Minister of Bihar for the third time. 2020: On 8 December, he became the Rajya Sabha member from Bihar to fill the vacant seat after the demise of Ram Vilas Paswan.
Physical Stats & More
Height (approx.)	5' 6" (168 cm)
Eye Colour	Black
Hair Colour	Salt & Pepper
Personal Life
Date of Birth	5 January 1952 (Saturday)
Birthplace	Patna, Bihar, India
Date of Death	13 May 2024
Place of Death	AIIMS, New Delhi
Age (at the time of death)	72 Years
Death Cause	Cancer
Zodiac sign	Capricorn
Nationality	Indian
Hometown	Patna, Bihar, India
College	B N College, Patna, Bihar Patna Science College, Patna, Bihar Patna University
Educational Qualifications	BSc from B N College, Patna Botany Hons from Patna Science College in 1973 MSc Botany (left the course) from Patna University
Family	Father- Moti Lal Modi Mother- Ratna Devi Brother- Not Known Sister- Not Known
Religion	Hinduism
Caste	Modi (Backward Class) [1]The Hindu
Hobbies	Doing Yoga, Reading, Writing
Controversies	• He was arrested 5 times during the JP Movement and the Emergency. • In 1974, he challenged the constitutional validity of Maintenance of Internal Security Act (MISA). • In 2004, he filed the Public Interest Litigation (PIL) in the Patna High Court against Lalu Prasad Yadav, which was later known as Fodder Scam. • Defamation case against Rahul Gandhi: In March 2023, he filed a defamation case against Rahul Gandhi at the court of Patna’s Chief Judicial Magistrate over Mr. Gandhi’s “Modi surname” remark in Karnataka’s Kolar while campaigning for Parliamentary elections in 2019 following which the court summoned Mr Gandhi to appear before it on 12 April 2023 to record his statement.
Favourites
Politician(s)	Atal Bihari Vajpayee, Narendra Modi
Leader(s)	Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, Jayaprakash Narayan
Girls, Affairs and More
Marital Status (at the time of death)	Married
Wife	Jessie George
Marriage Date	Year, 1987
Children	2
Money Factor
Net Worth (approx.)	1 Crore INR (as of 2014)

Some Lesser Known Facts About Sushil Kumar Modi

• He was born in a Marwari (Vaishya Bania) family in Patna, Bihar.

• In 1962, he joined the RSS (a right-wing Hindu Organization) as a member.

• During Sino-Indian War of 1962, he was appointed Commandment by the Civil Defence to train the students and civilians to teach them to parade and maintain their physical fitness.

• In 1968, Sushil Modi did a 3-year Officer Training Course (OTC), which is considered the highest RSS training course.

• After his matriculation, he became a Vistarak (a full-time worker) of RSS. Later, he became the In-charge of evening branches of RSS Patna Town.

• Modi’s family was involved with the business of readymade garments and wanted him to carry the business further. However, Modi had no interest in his family’s business and he always wanted to serve the people.

• In 1973, he was elected the General Secretary of Student’s Union of Patna University along with Lalu Prasad Yadav as the President of the Union that time.

• During the JP Movement and Emergency, Sushil Modi was arrested 5 times.

• On 30 June 1975, he was arrested and kept in the prisons of Darbhanga, Samastipur, Hazaribagh, Buxar and Bhagalpur. He remained in jail for 19 months continuously.

• He also launched a movement against foreign infiltrators in the bordering districts of Bihar.

• In 2000, he supported the formation of the State of Jharkhand.

• When he was active in Akhil Bhartiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP), he met his wife, Jessie George, in a train. She was from Kerala and belonged to the Christian Community. Initially, their families were against the marriage. However, they finally succeeded to convince their families and married in the year 1987.

• On 3 April 2024, he took to Twitter to announce that he would not contest the upcoming Lok Sabha elections due to health issues. He was later admitted to AIIMS in New Delhi, where he died after battling cancer on 13 May 2024.