UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson to start India tour tomorrow: What is special?

UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson will start his India visit from Ahmedabad tomorrow on 21st April and is set to become the first British Prime Minister to visit Gujarat.

UK PM Boris Johnson is scheduled for a 2-day visit to India between April 21 & 22. He will be meeting PM Narendra Modi on 22nd April in Delhi to discuss strategic defence, diplomacy and economic partnership.

On 21st April, Johnson may also visit Sabarmati Gandhi Ashram in Gujarat visit.

His India visit is important in the backdrop of Russian invasion of Ukraine that has led to some divergences in Delhi's and London's positions on the crisis.

PM Modi has been hosting foreign dignitaries outside the national capital Delhi, which was not used to be the norm earlier. Since 2014, when PM Modi assumed office, dignitaries from across the world have experienced firsthand the diversity of Indian hospitality in different parts of the country.