PM Modi Honours Lal Bahadur Shastri, Plants Tree in Uzbekistan Presidential Palace

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Prime Minister Narendra Modi paid tribute to former Indian Prime Minister Lal Bahadur Shastri during his visit to Uzbekistan. Modi and Uzbek President Shavkat Mirziyoyev jointly planted a tree in the grounds of the Presidential Palace in Tashkent. The tree-planting was carried out under India's 'Ek Ped Maa Ke Naam' initiative, a campaign encouraging people to plant trees in honour of their mothers. The gesture held symbolic significance as Tashkent is the city where Shastri passed away in 1966, shortly after signing the Tashkent Declaration.

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