Lalit Modi Birthday, Real Name, Age, Weight, Height, Family, Facts, Contact Details, Wife, Children, Bio & More
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PERSONAL INFORMATION
REAL NAME
Lalit Kumar Modi
BIRTHDAY
BORN ON DAY
Monday
NEXT BIRTHDAY ON
Saturday
BIRTHPLACE
New Delhi
AGE
59 Years 1 Months 22 Days
NATIONALITY
PROFESSION
ZODIAC
SAGITTARIUS
ALSO NOTED FOR
Cricket Administrator
Physical Stats
CHEST
N/A
BICEPS
N/A
WAIST
N/A
HEIGHT
N/A
WEIGHT
N/A
Lalit Modi Family Members
BROTHER(S) NAME
SISTER(S) NAME
Lalit Modi Marriage, Affairs and Children
AFFAIR
Sushmita Sen
SPOUSE
Minal Modi (1991-)
Child(ren) of Lalit Modi and Minal Modi
Aliya (Daughter)
Fame & Address
DEBUT
Modi Entertainment Networks (1993)
FAMOUS FROM/AS
Modi Entertainment Networks
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Official Website
www.lalitmodi.com
Education, Net Worth & More
SCHOOLING FROM
Bishop Cotton School, Shimla
COLLEGE
St Joseph's College, Nainital
NET WORTH
$1 Million
More Information
Career of Lalit Modi
He started Modi Entertainment Networks (MEN) in 1993 and signed a 10-year joint venture with Walt Disney Pictures to broadcast there programmes in India which include Fashion TV. He started an online lottery business named as Sixo in Kerala in 2002. He was appointed Vice-President of the BCCI in 2005. He started the Indian Premier League (IPL) in 2008 which is based on Twenty20 format.
Some Lesser Known Facts About Lalit Modi
- Does Lalit Modi takes alcohol? NA.
- Is Lalit Modi in the habit of Smoking? NA.
- Indian Premier League
He and his friends made rule in order to benefit only his own relatives like Suresh Chellaram who is his brother-in-
law and Gaurav Burman who is his step-daughter Karima's husband who had the right of digital, mobile and internet
information of IPL.
- Kochi Tuskers Kerala controversy
He introduced two new clauses in the invitation to tender (ITT) one was that the bidding party must have a net worth of at least USD 1 billion and should provide a bank guarantee of USD 100 million. This restricted the bidding only for Adani Group and Videocon Group. Sahara Group and Jagran Group complained to the BCCI President Shashank Manohar about the fact. When IPL receives only two bids the organization removes the first clause for net worth and reduces the guarantee amount to USD 10 million.
In March 2010, he and Indian National Congress leader and External Affair Minister Shashi Tharoor were assigned to bringing together the various companies for the association of investors led by Rendezvous Sports World (RSW). They stated that they donot have any interest in franchise however Tharoor's close friend (and later wife) Sunanda Pushkar was one of the sweat equity holders. Modi disclosed the name of Kochi's stakeholders via a tweet within a few days after signing of the agreement. RSW threatned him for suing for disclosing confidential information of the organisation. At last, Tharoor had to resign as a minister for his involvement in fraud.
On 25 April 2010, BCCI suspended Modi on 22 charges which includes bid rigging, awarding contracts to his friends, selling franchises to members of his family, betting and money laundering. He moved to London after he was suspeded.
- Role in Rajasthan politics
He was a close associate of former Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje. In her tenure, the Jaipur Development Authority framed a rule in which they had the authority to reclassify the agricultural land and its use for non-agricultural purposes. He was alleged in that policy which benefited several big builders from Delhi. After the 2008 Rajasthan election, the new chief minister Ashok Gehlot accused him of acting as an "extra-constitutional authority" during the campaign. In January 2009, there was an FIR against him by a Samajwadi Party activist for forgery and he had to spend several hours at Police station.
- Once arrested with a charge of traffic cocaine, assault, and second-degree kidnapping. The Durham County court, North Carolina sentenced him two-year prison. He got the permission to return to India because of his bad health.
- He also worked as the President of International Tobacco Company Limited.
- His wife Minal Modi is nine years older than him and also has a daughter from her previous marriage.
- He does not allow an IAS officer Mahendra Surana to watch a match at the Sawai Mansingh Stadium as he considered him an associate of the Rungta faction of RCA. He repeated his same behavior with IPS officer R.P. Srivastava.
- He slapped a constable when he was entering in Modi's box at the Sawai Mansingh Stadium. This became a huge issue and worked as a spark to lit a fire of protests by the city's constabulary.
- His grandfather Gujar Mal Modi was the founder of the Modi Group and the town of Modinagar.
- His family moved to Nainital because there was a threat of kidnapping, he joined St Joseph's College in Nainital. Once he was rusticated as he sneaked out from the school to watch a movie without any permission.
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