PM Modi To Visit Gandhi Statue, Lincoln Memorial In Maiden Visit To U.S.

WASHINGTON: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will pay floral tributes to the Gandhi Statue and visit the historic Lincoln Memorial and the recently established memorial for Martin Luther King Jr in the American capital.

On his maiden visit to the U.S. as the Prime Minister, Modi will also visit the 9/11 memorial in New York in an important symbolic gesture to tell the Americans that India is with them in the war against terrorism.

An official announcement in this regard has not been made yet.

Sources familiar with the planning of the Prime Minister's trip to the U.S. told PTI that a visit to the 9/11 memorial in New York, paying floral tribute to the Gandhi Statue in front of Indian Embassy in Washington; going to the Lincoln Memorial and Martin Luther King Jr memorial in the American capital is a near certainty.

The Gandhi Status in front of the Indian Embassy near DuPont Circle in Washington was dedicated on 16 September, 2000 during a State Visit of then Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee in the presence of the then U.S. President Bill Clinton.

The iconic bronze statue was designed by eminent Indian Gautam Pal and was gifted to the U.S. Government by India.

Dedicated to the nation way back in 1922 in honour of the 16th American President Abraham Lincoln, the Lincoln Memorial is a national monument.

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