Photos: UK PM Boris Johnson in Gujarat

Johnson arrived in Gujarat — PM Modi's home state and the ancestral home to half of the United Kingdom's British Indians — where he is meeting business leaders and taking a cultural tour of the historic Ahmedabad city. He is on a 2-day India visit.

British PM Boris Johnson arrives at the Sarda Vallabhbhai Patel International airport in Ahmedabad. (AP photo)

He was received by CM Bhupendra Patel, governor Acharya Devvrat and other state officials.

Prime Minister of the United Kingdom Boris Johnson visits Sabarmati Ashram in Ahmedabad, and tries his hands on 'charkha'.

Boris Johnson places a garland around the neck of a statue of Mahatma Gandhi at Sabarmati Ashram in Ahmedabad. (AP photo)

Boris Johnson, right, receives a book from Gujrata chief minister Bhupendra Patel. (AP photo)

Boris Johnson, right, is shown a copy of Guide to London, which was written by Mahatma Gandhi but never published, at the Sabarmati Ashram. (AP photo)

Boris Johnson, center, walks along with India's environmental educator Kartikeya Sarabhai, fourth left, and the chief minister of Gujarat state Bhupendra Patel, third left, during his visit at the Sabarmati Ashram. (AP photo)

Johnson writes in the visitors' book at the Sabarmati Ashram. (AP photo)

Boris Johnson looks over the Sabarmati river during his visit at the Sabarmati Ashram also known as Gandhi Ashram in Ahmedabad. (AP photo)

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Boris Johnson meets Gautam Adani, the chairman of Adani Group, in Ahmedabad. (Photo: ANI)