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July-September 2018
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PEOPLE
TALK
Shri M N Mehta presented his memoir
'The Call of the Peacock' to Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi
during his visit to Uganda
of the Government of India and a large business delegation. This was the first visit by an Indian Prime Minister in 21
years. Prime Minister Modi's program included an address to the Ugandan Parliament, which was telecast live in
India and many African countries.
A business event jointly organised by the Private Sector Foundation of Uganda (PSFU) and Confederation of Indian
Industries (CII) was addressed by both the Principals. Prime Minister Modi also addressed a large gathering of Indian
Community in Uganda at a special event organised for this purpose. He also announced a Shs780 billion line of
credit for electricity transmission and agriculture projects in Uganda.
During this visit our Mehta family - Shri M N Mehta, Smt Sunayana Mehta, Mr Jay Mehta, Mrs Juhi Mehta,
Ms Jahnavi Mehta, Mr Hemnabh Khatau, Mr S C Sharma and Mr Suresh Kothari got an opportunity to meet Shri
Modi. On this occasion Shri M N Mehta presented his memoir ‘The Call Of The Peacock’ to Shri Narendra Modi.
At the invitation of His
Excellency Yoweri Kaguta
Museveni, President of the
Republic of Uganda,
Hon. Prime Minister of India
Shri Narendra Modi
undertook a two days State
Visit to Uganda from 24 - 25
July 2018. He was
accompanied by a high-level
delegation of senior officials