Prime Minister Modi was invited to meet the Queen during her visit to the UK in 2018.
New Delhi:
Prime Minister Narendra Modi tweeted in tribute to Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II, who passed away today at the age of 96.
“I had memorable meetings with Queen Elizabeth II during my visits to the UK in 2015 and 2018. I will never forget her warmth and kindness,” Prime Minister Modi wrote on Twitter.
“During one meeting, she showed me the handkerchief that Mahatma Gandhi gave her at her wedding. I will always cherish that gesture,” he tweeted.
I had memorable meetings with Queen Elizabeth II during my visits to the UK in 2015 and 2018. I will never forget her warmth and kindness. During one meeting, she showed me the handkerchief that Mahatma Gandhi gave her at her wedding. I will always cherish that gesture. pic.twitter.com/3aACbxhLgC
– Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) September 8, 2022
Prime Minister Modi was invited to meet the Queen during her visit to the UK in 2018.
His royal welcome included a special event hosted by Prince Charles, his immediate successor as King, according to centuries-old ritual.
Charles’ coronation, an elaborate ceremony steeped in tradition and history, will take place in the same historical setting, as it has for centuries, on a set date.
The handkerchief the Prime Minister refers to is a hand-woven cotton lace scarf with a central motif of “Jai Hind”.
It was sent by Mahatma Gandhi as a gift at Queen Elizabeth’s wedding to Prince Philip in November 1947.
Reports say the Mahatma personally spun the yarn and that Lord Louis Mounbatten, then Governor-General, brought it to England.
According to his daughter, Pamela Hicks, it was Lord Mountbatten who suggested the gift.
When Mahatma Gandhi said that he wanted to mark the event with a gift, but had nothing to give because he had given away his fortune, Lord Mounbatten suggested that he could weave something on it. loom, Pamela Hicks told The Daily Telegraph.
Queen Elizabeth reigned for 70 years, becoming the longest-serving British monarch, surpassing even her great-grandmother Queen Victoria.
She wrote: Thank the nation in a letter, When it comes to how to mark your 70 years as Queen, there is no guidebook to follow. It was really a first.”
