PM Narendra Modi today paid rich tribute to soldiers at the Arlington Cemetery in Washington D.C. The US Secretary of Defence, Ashton Carter was also present.
Shri Modi laid a wreath at Space Shuttle Columbia Memorial. Astronaut Sunita Williams and family members of late Indian Astronaut Kalpana Chawla were also present at the occasion.
Honouring sacrifice, saluting valour. Formal engagements begin with a solemn ceremony at @ArlingtonNatl pic.twitter.com/6mF13EJElL
— Vikas Swarup (@MEAIndia) June 6, 2016
PM @narendramodi lays a wreath at Space Shuttle Columbia Memorial at @ArlingtonNatl pic.twitter.com/MtGs6JQV4v
— Vikas Swarup (@MEAIndia) June 6, 2016
In the presence of astronaut Sunita Williams and Kalpana Chawla's family pic.twitter.com/sPJbrQxdPU
— Vikas Swarup (@MEAIndia) June 6, 2016
In memory of the crew of Space Shuttle Columbia. pic.twitter.com/D3lO9fO7Pw
— PMO India (@PMOIndia) June 6, 2016
