Jewish community has enriched India with their contribution: Modi
July 05, 2017  23:34
More highlights from Modi's Indian Diaspora in Israel. 

>> Last night we were chatting late after dinner. [Prime Minister Benjamin] Netanyahu gave me a photograph of Indian soldiers from World War Two who helped free Jerusalem

>> Jewish community has enriched India with their contribution in various fields

>> Mayors of various Israeli cities have also joined us today. Their love for India has drawn them here, I thank them

>> Not just in the military, people from Israel have excelled and scaled new heights in literature and film. People from the Jewish community are few in India, but their presence has been one of pride

Modi also shares some trivia. He says the All India Radio signature tune is composed by Walter Kaufmann, one of the many Jewish refugees who found a haven in India from the Nazi

>> "I remember India's financial capital Mumbai has had a Jewish mayor. In 1938, Elijah Moses was the mayor of the city when it was known as Bombay

>> Would also like to honour Shimon Peres. I was fortunate to meet him

>> Israel's innovation is manifest in the fact that as many as 12 Israelis have won Nobel Prize in various fields

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>> My Government's mantra is reform,perform and transform. Most recently GST was implemented in India
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