Modi first PM to visit Poland in 45 years
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on August 22 arrived in Poland on a two-day visit. On his arrival, PM Modi was accorded a ceremonial welcome at the Warsaw airport. It is the first visit by an Indian Prime Minister in 45 years. (Photo/Agencies)
PM pays tributes at various sites in Poland
During his visit to the Polish capital Warsaw, PM paid tributes at various sites and monuments. Prime Minister said that humanity and compassion are vital foundations of a "just and peaceful world" as he paid homage at various memorials. (Photo/Agencies)
PM lays wreath at Jam Saheb memorial
Shortly after reaching Warsaw on August 21, Prime Minister Narendra Modi laid a wreath at Jam Saheb of Nawanagar memorial in Warsaw, a place that commemorates shared history between India and Poland. (Photo/Agencies)
Memorial honours Maharaja Jam Saheb for sheltering Polish refugees in WWII
The memorial is dedicated to Jam Saheb Digvijaysinhji Ranjitsinhji, a former Maharaja of Nawanagar (now Jamnagar). In 1942, the Maharaja established the Polish Children's Camp in Jamnagar for refugee Polish children who were brought out of the USSR during World War II. (Photo/Agencies)
PM pays tribute at Monument to Battle of Monte Cassino
Thereafter, Prime Minister Narendra Modi laid a wreath at the Monument to the Battle of Monte Cassino in Warsaw. (Photo/Agencies)
Monument commemorates Polish victory at Battle of Monte Cassino, 1944
The monument commemorates the victory of the soldiers of the Second Polish Corps at the Battle of Monte Cassino during the Second World War in 1944. The Second Polish Corps conquered the hill and the monastery on it. More than 900 Polish soldiers were killed in this battle. (Photo/Agencies)
Modi praises Kolhapur royal family as he pays home at Kolhapur memorial
Prime Minister Narendra Modi praised the royal family of Kolhapur, which put "humanity above everything else" to ensure a life of dignity for the Polish women and children as he paid homage at the memorial for the Valivade-Kolhapur camp. (Photo/Agencies)
Valivade village sheltered 5,000 Polish refugees during WWII
Valivade village near Kolhapur town in Maharashtra was where over 5,000 Poles had lived, integrated, and worked for several years before returning to their motherland. The majority of them had arrived either by land or sea route after evacuations from Polish camps at the height of the Second World War. (Photo/Agencies)
PM pays respect at Tomb of the Unknown Soldier
Prime Minister Narendra Modi laid a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Warsaw, on his second day of Poland visit. Modi will be in Ukraine for around seven hours on Friday in the second leg of his two-nation trip. (Photo/Agencies)
Tomb honours Poland's fallen soldiers
The Tomb of the Unknown Soldier is a monument to the fallen soldiers in Poland's thousand-year history. The grave houses a Nameless Soldier who defended Lviv from the Bolsheviks in 1920. (Photo/Agencies)
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