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PHOTOS: What was Modi up to in Singapore

November 25, 2015 10:34 IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi wrapped up his two-day visit to Singapore on Tuesday evening. From signing key agreements to having dinner at the popular Indian vegetarian restaurant Komala Vilas, here are the top moments of his visit.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi interacting with the school children at the Indian National Army Memorial Marker, in Singapore. Photograph: PTI


Prime Minister Narendra Modi pays homage at the memorial of Indian National Army in Singapore. He’s the first Indian PM to do so at the memorial rebuilt in  1995 by the National Heritage Board of the Singapore government to observe the 50th anniversary of the end of World War II. Photograph: Kamal Singh/PTI


PM Narendra Modi relaxes with investors at the Marina Bay Sands after addressing the India-Singapore Economic Convention. Delegates from more than 300 companies from both countries attended the convention during which Modi announced strategic FDI reforms. Photograph: MEAIndia/Flickr


Modi addressing the Indian community at the Singapore Expo, in Singapore. Photograph: Kamal Singh/PTI


Modi presents a reproduced map of the island of Singapore, dating back to 1849, to his Singaporean counterpart Lee Hsien Loong, in Istana, Singapore. Photograph: PTI


Modi given a tour of the Institute of Technical Education headquarters in Ang Mo Kio with Singaporean Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong. At the last stop, both Prime Ministers helped complete two pairs of bookends. One pair bore the image of a lion, while the other carried an image of the India Gate in New Delhi. Both Lee and Modi each signed one bookend before exchanging it with each other. Photograph: Kamal Singh/PTI


It’s selfie time. After feasting on vadas and chai, at Komala Vilas, an Indian restaurant on Serangoon Road in Singapore’s ‘Little India’, Singaporean PM Lee Hsien Loong, his wife and Modi took a selfie. Photograph: PTI


Prime Minister Narendra Modi with his Singapore counterpart Lee Hsien Loong during a Ceremonial welcome in Singapore on Tuesday. Photograph: Kamal Singh/PTI