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  • A video claiming to show Prime Minister Narendra Modi's mother Heeraben Modi's transformation through the years is being shared on social media. What does the video show?: It shows six pictures, including a picture with PM Modi at the end of the clip. This comes after Heeraben Modi passed away on 30 December, at the age of 99. The truth: The first three pictures in the video are not of Heeraben Modi. If not her, then who?: We performed a Google reverse image search on each of these pictures and found out that these are three different women. First Image: A Facebook post from 2011 by one Maryala Srinivas, which carried the same image. The first image of the woman in the viral video was taken from this family photo. Srinivas had shared the image with a caption stating that it was his family photo, which included him with his mother, father, brother, and sister. In 2020, he had put up a post clarifying that the photo was his family photo and it didn't show former President Dr APJ Abdul Kalam's or Narendra Modi's family. SECOND IMAGE An article published by Hindi daily Navbharat Times carried the second image used in the viral video. This report was published on 30 December 2022 and identified the woman as PM Modi's sister Vasantiben. We looked for more visuals of Vasantiben Modi and found a video interview from 2017 shared by ABP News. The video showed Vasantiben in Vadnagar, Gujarat praising PM Modi. We also found a report by NDTV from 2014 which carried a different photo of Vasantiben. We also noticed that she was wearing the same outfit in both pictures. THIRD IMAGE We found a video interview published by NDTV in 2020 which identified the woman as Bhawana Somaaya, a film journalist, who had translated letters written by Modi to his mother for the book 'Letters to Mother.' The thumbnail of the video matched the screenshot used in the viral video. Conclusion: Three images of different women are being falsely shared as Narendra Modi's mother Heeraben Modi's photos from her younger days. (Not convinced of a post or information you came across online and want it verified? Send us the details on , or e-mail it to us at and we'll fact-check it for you. You can also read all our fact-checked stories .) (At The Quint, we question everything. Play an active role in shaping our journalism by becoming a member today.)
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