Prime Minister Narendra Modi presented President Donald Trump a folio containing an original commemorative postal stamp that had been issued by India in 1965.

"The stamp had been issued in 1965 to mark the death centenary of President Abraham Lincoln. The stamp honoured the memory of a great American President and symbolised closeness of the ideals for which Lincoln stood and which drove Bapu (Mahatma Gandhi)," the PM said.

"Both leaders believed in the basic goodness of the common citizen, and in emancipation of the downtrodden. Both President Lincoln and Mahatma Gandhi led from the front, with indomitable courage against the forces of reaction and outmoded beliefs," Modi said.

PM Modi also presented to the President a wooden chest with intricate inlay pattern that is a specialty of Hoshiarpur in Punjab.

For First Lady Melania Trump, the PM presented a hamper containing a traditional, handcrafted Himachali silver bracelet, tea and honey from Kangra valley. Hand-woven shawls from Jammu and Kashmir, and Himachal Pradesh were also presented to the First Lady.

Trump gave Modi a guided tour of President's residence quarters in White House including Lincoln bedroom. He showed the PM a copy of President Lincoln's famous Gettysburg address and the desk on which he wrote it. -- Agencies