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Boris lands in India, visits Sabarmati Ashram

Prime Minister Boris Johnson was received at the Ahmedabad airport by Gujarat Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel and Governor Acharya Devvrat. Senior state officials and ministers were also present to receive him. The British prime minister was greeted by troupes performing traditional Gujarati dances and music at the airport and along the road as his convoy headed for the hotel.

Boris lands in India, visits Sabarmati Ashram
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Boris Johnson tries his hands on a spinning wheel
Boris Johnson at the Sabarmati Riverfront
After paying floral tributes to Gandhi, Johnson also visited 'Hriday Kunj' where the Mahatma lived, and 'Mira Kutir' where Gandhi's English-born disciple Mirabehn or Madeleine Slade used to live.
“It is an immense privilege to come to the Ashram of this extraordinary man, and to understand how he mobilised such simple principles of truth and non-violence to change the world for the better":Boris’s message at Gandhi Ashram
Boris will announce a slew of commercial agreements and hold bilateral discussions with a focus on the UK and India's trade, investment and technology partnership.
Boris Johnson visits Sabarmati Ashram, tries his hands on 'charkha'
Boris and others at Sabarmati Ashram

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