Megawati meets Swaraj, recalls story behind her name

April 23, 2015 20:22

Megawati Sukarnoputri, the former Indonesian president and the daughter of country's first President Sukarno, today told External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj the story behind her name.

Swaraj met Megawati, 68, an old friend of India, and discussed efforts to strengthen bonds between the two countries. During their conversation, she recalled how the late Biju Patnaik, former Chief Minister of Odisha, gave her name Megawati.

The Indonesian leader told Swaraj that Patnaik had visited Indonesia to meet her father Sukarno when she was born. She said it was raining heavily so Patnaik suggested the name Megawati (daughter of clouds). "For me Indonesia is India," she told Swaraj.

Swaraj presented her the first translated edition of the book 'The Indian Woman' into Indonesian language Bhasha. Megawati had served as first and only woman president of the predominantly Muslim country from July 23, 2001 to October 20, 2004.

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