Prime Minister’s visit to Ireland

PM's visit to Ireland

Que: Prime Minister Narendra Modi was on official visit to Ireland recently. Which of following Prime Minister visited the same country before?

a. Indira Gandhi

b. Rajiv Gandhi

c. Jawahar Lal Nehru

d. Lal Bahadur Shastri

Ans : c

Related facts:

  • September 23, 2015 the Prime Minister Narendra Modi was on a day trip of Ireland.
  • It is notable that an Indian Prime Minister visited to Ireland after 59 years.
  • Earlier,Prime Minister Pt. Jawaharlal Nehru had visited Ireland in 1956.
  • The diplomatic relations between India and Ireland was established in 1947.
  • India and Ireland have traditionally had cordial and friendly relations going back to the time of our freedom movement. The present visit will provide an excellent opportunity to bolster economic relations between the two countries.
  • September 23, 2015 the Prime Minister Narendra Modi had a bilateral talk with the Prime Minister of Ireland Enda Kenny.
  • Both leaders discussed the possibilities of working together in the multilateral fora on global challenges including climate change, poverty alleviation, sustainable development goals, environment and disarmament.
  • After the talks, both leaders agreed to work together on climate change, poverty alleviation, sustainable development objectives, including environmental and disarmament with global challenges on multilateral forums.
  • Ireland’s Prime Minister presented Ireland cricket team jersey and a ‘Hurling kit’ to Narendra Modi. ‘Hurling’ is one of the popular games of Ireland.
  • PM Modi interacted with the Indian community in Fritz william Hall, Dublin.
  • The students of the John Scottish, a local school in Ireland who also teach the Vedic language ‘Sanskrit’, welcomed the PM Narendra Modi by reciting ‘Sanskrit shlokas’.
  • The number of Indian community in Ireland is approximately 26,000.
  • Prime Minister departed to New York from Ireland’s capital Dublin on the same day.

Reference

http://www.mea.gov.in/outoging-visit-detail.htm?25837/Statement+by+Prime+Minister+at+the+Joint+Press+Briefing+with+Prime+Minister+of+Ireland