Want to know what PM Modi Gifts the Foreign Dignitaries?

Ever wondered what our prime minister gifts the Foreign Dignitaries or ever thought of the gift which Modi presented recently to the Israeli PM? Don’t worry we will give you a feel of that thought.

Gift 1(To Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu)

There were two sets of copper plates regarded as sacred relics in the Indian Jewish tradition, it was only the latest example of the careful thought he and his team appear to be putting into the gifting process.

Gift2 (To former US President Barack Obama)

During his maiden visit to the United States, Modi presented  Obama with a recording of a 1959 speech made by Martin Luther King Jr. when he visited India and a photograph of him at Rajghat. During Obama's 2015 visit to India, Modi presented him with a copy of a 1946 telegram from the US, wishing the Constituent Assembly success in its deliberations. For President Donald Trump, Modi took  a folio containing an original commemorative postal stamp issued by India to mark the death centenary of Abraham Lincoln.

Gift3 (To Tony Abbott, Australian PM; 2014)

During his 2014 visit to Australia, Modi gifted then Australian PM, Tony Abbott, with a copy of Australian lawyer John Lang's 1854 petition against the East India Company on behalf of Rani Lakshmibai.

Gift4 (a gift to Nepal)

During the visit to Nepal in 2014, Modi gifted a sapling of the Bodhi tree at Buddha Gaya to the country as a token of the two countries' shared Buddhist heritage.

Gift5 (a gift to Iran)

During his 2016 visit to Iran, Modi gifted Supreme Leader Sayyid Ali Khamenei a rare 7th century manuscript of the Holy Quran.

Gift5 (During the visit to Saudi Arabia)

During his visit to Saudi Arabia, he gave King Salman a gold-plated replica of the Cheraman Juma Masjid, believed to be the first mosque in India.

Gift6 (the most memorable one)

He gave to Pakistan's PM Nawaz Sharif; In 2014, Modi sent a shawl for Sharif's mother.

*Most people have a fallback option for gifts when they cannot think of something unique, and the PM seems to be no different. He has gifted copies of the Bhagavad Gita to Obama, Chinese President Xi Jinping and to Japanese PM Shinzo Abe, albeit with a small customised touch.