Prime Minister Narendra Modi presented President Donald J. Trump a folio containing an original commemorative postal stamp that had been issued by India 52 years ago in 1965 to mark the death centenary of Abraham Lincoln, the 16th President of the United States of America. Apart from honouring the memory of a great American President, the issue of this stamp also symbolized the closeness of the ideals for which Lincoln stood and those which drove Mahatma Gandhi. Both leaders believed in the basic goodness of the common man, and in emancipation of the downtrodden. And both leaders led from the front, with indomitable courage against the forces of reaction and outmoded beliefs. As it happened, both of them laid down their lives for the cause dearest to their hearts.
The Prime Minister also presented to the President a wooden chest with intricate inlay pattern that is a specialty of Hoshiarpur in Punjab. For the First Lady, the Prime Minister presented a hamper containing a traditional, handcrafted Himachali silver bracelet, tea and honey from Kangra valley, and hand-woven shawls from Jammu and Kashmir, and Himachal Pradesh.
PM presented @POTUS a folio containing an original commemorative postal stamp that had been issued by India in 1965. pic.twitter.com/TMSk3cIBm3
— PMO India (@PMOIndia) June 26, 2017
The stamp had been issued in 1965 to mark the death centenary of President Abraham Lincoln.
— PMO India (@PMOIndia) June 26, 2017
The stamp honoured the memory of a great American President & symbolized closeness of the ideals for which Lincoln stood & which drove Bapu. pic.twitter.com/VsMDnwsDX7
— PMO India (@PMOIndia) June 26, 2017
Both leaders believed in the basic goodness of the common citizen, and in emancipation of the downtrodden.
— PMO India (@PMOIndia) June 26, 2017
Both President Lincoln and Mahatma Gandhi led from the front, with indomitable courage against the forces of reaction and outmoded beliefs. pic.twitter.com/XaPZTdangT
— PMO India (@PMOIndia) June 26, 2017
The Prime Minister also presented to the President a wooden chest with intricate inlay pattern that is a specialty of Hoshiarpur in Punjab.
— PMO India (@PMOIndia) June 26, 2017
For @FLOTUS, PM presented a hamper containing a traditional, handcrafted Himachali silver bracelet, tea and honey from Kangra valley.
— PMO India (@PMOIndia) June 26, 2017
Hand-woven shawls from Jammu and Kashmir, and Himachal Pradesh were also presented to @FLOTUS.
— PMO India (@PMOIndia) June 26, 2017
