New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi paid a flower tribute to Mahatma Gandhi’s breast in Rome on Friday.
He always visited Memorial Gandhi during his visit to foreign land.
In September 2014, when Modi visited the United States for the first time after taking over as prime minister, he offered a flower tribute to Mahatma Gandhi in Washington DC.
Once again in 2014, when Modi went to Australia in November, he launched the Statue of Mahatma Gandhi in Brisbane.
In a short speech on that occasion, the Prime Minister said, “On October 2, 1869, not only someone was born in Porbandar …
but the era was born”.
“PM Modi always emphasizes making the value of Gandhian an integral part of our lives.
He often heard to quoted Mahatma Gandhi’s teachings in his speech, not only when he spoke to citizens, but also when he spoke with the global community, both the United Nations or during his international visit , “said an official.
In 2015, Modi paid tribute to Gandhi during his visit to Mauritius too.
The same year, he launched the Statue of Gandhi in three different countries including Hannover, Germany (April), Bagtyarlyk Sports Complex in Ashgabat, Turkmenistan, and Bishkek, Krygyzstan (both in July).
In November 2015, when PM Modi visited England, he paid a rich tribute to the statue of Bapu, outside the British Parliament.
Former British PM David Cameron accompanied modi.
Mahatma Gandhi has spent several years in South Africa before he returned to India.
PM Modi, during his visit to South Africa in July 2016, visited the places related to Gandhi.
He paid tribute to Bapu in Johannesburg and Sarvodaya in the Phoenix settlement, which is Gandhi’s residence.
PM Modi also traces the trip of the Mahatma Gandhi train in South Africa.
He took a train from the Pentrich train station in Durban to Pietermaritzburg, given the 1893 incident when Mahatma Gandhi was thrown out of the train compartment because of his skin color.
During the visit of the Kenya Prime Minister in July 2016, he visited Nairobi University, where he remembered the teachings of Gandhi and paid him to him.
In July 2017, PM Modi visited Portugal where he and Portuguese PM Antonio Costa, paid homage to Mahatma Gandhi in Lisbon.
In February 2019, Modi and South Korean President Moon Jae-in launched the Statue of Gandhi at the University of Yonsei in Seoul.