PM Narendra Modi today paid rich tribute to soldiers at the Arlington Cemetery in Washington D.C. The US Secretary of Defence, Ashton Carter was also present.
Shri Modi laid a wreath at Space Shuttle Columbia Memorial. Astronaut Sunita Williams and family members of late Indian Astronaut Kalpana Chawla were also present at the occasion.
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Honouring sacrifice, saluting valour. Formal engagements begin with a solemn ceremony at @ArlingtonNatl pic.twitter.com/6mF13EJElL
— Vikas Swarup (@MEAIndia) June 6, 2016
PM @narendramodi lays a wreath at Space Shuttle Columbia Memorial at @ArlingtonNatl pic.twitter.com/MtGs6JQV4v
— Vikas Swarup (@MEAIndia) June 6, 2016
In the presence of astronaut Sunita Williams and Kalpana Chawla's family pic.twitter.com/sPJbrQxdPU
— Vikas Swarup (@MEAIndia) June 6, 2016
In memory of the crew of Space Shuttle Columbia. pic.twitter.com/D3lO9fO7Pw
— PMO India (@PMOIndia) June 6, 2016