Kiren Rijiju At Madhavpur Fair: Union Law Minister Kiren Rijiju said that the influence of India’s culture is much bigger than the present physical boundaries of the country. Many people do not know that India’s sphere of influence was much larger than it is today. He said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi has started the cultural integration of the country. The Union minister was speaking at the inauguration ceremony of the Madhavpur fair in Gujarat’s Porbandar district.
‘Our influence extends to Afghanistan and Indonesia’
He further said, India’s cultural influence is much more than its present geographical area. India’s cultural influence has left its impact on a region from Kandahar (Afghanistan) and Takshashila (Pakistan) to Indonesia and beyond the Himalayas. Many people would not be aware that the size of India has been many times bigger than what we see on the map of India today. There are many reasons due to which we remained a limited India. We have had influence in Kandahar (Afghanistan), Takshashila (Pakistan), Indonesia and beyond the Himalayas." He said that we have been going beyond the Tibet-China border which has been established today till Mansarovar and Kailash.
PM Modi is connecting the country – Rijiju
He said that Narendra Modi after becoming the Prime Minister gave birth to the concept of Ek Bharat, Shrestha Bharat and started the work of connecting the rest of India culturally. People from the Northeast come in large numbers to participate in the Madhavpur fair, Rijiju said, which is an attempt to revive the old ties between the region and Gujarat.
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