Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrived in southern France’s Marseille and inaugurated a new Consulate General of India in the city with French President Emmanuel Macron on Wednesday. He also visited the Mazargues War Cemetery to honour the sacrifice of Indian soldiers who died fighting in the World Wars, before jetting off to the US for a two-day visit.
PM Modi Visited Marseille to Honour Indian Soldiers
This visit witness important programmes aimed at further connecting India and France. The Indian consulate which inaugurated will deepen people-to-people linkages. I paid homage to the Indian soldiers martyred in the First and Second World Wars,” he tweeted.
During British colonial rule, Savarkar had attempted an escape from captivity on July 8, 1910, while he was being transported on board the British ship Morea to India to stand trial.
He is known to have slipped out of the ship’s porthole and managed to swim ashore before being captured by the French authorities and then handed back into the custody of the British ship authorities. It triggered a major diplomatic row as Savarkar went on to be sentenced to life imprisonment at Cellular Jail in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands.
During British colonial rule, Savarkar had attempted an escape from captivity on July 8, 1910, while he was being transported on board the British ship Morea to India to stand trial.
He is known to have slipped out of the ship’s porthole and managed to swim ashore before being captured by the French authorities and then handed back into the custody of the British ship authorities. It triggered a major diplomatic row as Savarkar went on to be sentenced to life imprisonment at Cellular Jail in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands.
Some of important points made by PM Modi
Marseille is also a strategic telecommunications connection hub. Its location at the heart of the Mediterranean makes it the gateway for submarine cables linking Europe to Africa, West Asia and Asia. Submarine cables carry 99% of the world’s data traffic (internet and telephony).
