From Yoga to bear hugs, best moments from Narendra Modi’s 2015 diary

US President, Barack Obama and US First Lady Michelle Obama was warmly welcomed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in India.

Obama was the first ever US President who was invited as the Chief Guest at the Republic Day parade.
During the US President's visit the evident comradrie, bear hugs and 'chai pe charcha' glued attention of the world, as Obama and Modi bonded well in a short span of time, their bond has even been dispalyed beyond the Republic Day event to other events where they have met many a time this year. (Source: PIB)

Prime Minister Narendra Modi congratulating Mufti Mohammad Sayeed after swearing-in as Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister, at Jammu University. J&K Governor N.N. Vohra and other dignitaries are also seen.

The two parties, BJP and PDP came to a consensus on difficult issues after a long a difficult process over two months. (Source: PIB)

Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressing the British Parliament, in Westminster, London. His speech, a first by an Indian leader, received a standing ovation from the British parliamentarians. (Source: PIB)

Prime Minister Narendra Modi and British PM David Cameron chat after paying homage at the statue of Mahatma Gandhi, in Parliament Square in London. This was the first visit by an Indian PM to the UK since 2006. (Source: PTI)

Prime Minister Narendra Modi met Queen Elizabeth II over lunch for the first time during his much-anticipated visit to the UK that saw Britain and India ink deals worth 9-billion pounds. The intimate setting of a lunch with her had been stressed upon as an indication of the closeness of the ties between India and the UK. (Source: AP)

Prime Minister Narendra Modi presented transcript of Parliamentary debates on Land Boundary Agreement (LBA) to Prime Minister of Bangladesh, Sheikh Hasina, in Dhaka, Bangladesh. Chief Minister of West Bengal, Mamata Banerjee was also present on the occasion.

From 1947 till 2015, the unresolved problem of enclaves and adverse possession had been a source of constant friction. It was hoped that the Indira-Mujib LBA in 1974 would settle both these problems but, for a variety of reasons, it took four decades to resolve all the pending issues and for the Indian Parliament to finally ratify the agreement. (Source: PIB)

Prime Minister Narendra Modi meeting the Pakistani PM Nawaz Sharif, in Ufa, Russia on July 10, 2015. Though the NSA-level talks agreed upon during this meet did not follow through, both nations had agreed that India and Pakistan hold a collective responsibility to ensure peace and promote development. (Source: PIB)

German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Prime Minister Narendra Modi during the Ceremonial Reception of her at Rashtrapati Bhawan. Prime Minister Narendra Modi and German Chancellor Angela Merkel met twice this year— once when he visited Germany in April 2015 to flag off India’s participation as a partner country in the Hannover Messe 2015 and again in October, when Modi hosted Merkel in Bengaluru, India's Silicon Valley. (Source: Express photo by Praveen Jain)

PM Narendra Modi taking selfie with HE Sheikh Nahyan bin Mubarak Al Nahyan and HE Dr. Anwar Gargash at the Shiekh Zayed Grand Mosque. Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to the United Arab Emirates scored big on three fronts – terror, trade and outreach to the blue-collared Indian expatriate community. (Source: PIB)

In politically astute move during his UAE visit, PM Modi visited the Indian workers’ camp in Abu Dhabi and addressed the community in Dubai to invoke the pride in India, and the UAE government allotted a land for a temple – as a gesture to reach out to the new Indian government. (Source: PIB)

PM Narendra Modi with the Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi, Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan during his visit to UAE in August this year where India & UAE decided to coordinate efforts to counter radicalization and misuse of religion by groups among other things. (Source: PIB)

The International Yoga Day, where PM Narendra Modi walked to join the crowd of nearly 36,000 yoga enthusiasts on Rajpath in Delhi, leaving behind on stage several confused people, including his own Minister for AYUSH, Shripad Naik. The Prime Minister had earlier announced that he won't be performing Yoga on Rajpath. India set two Guinness World Records — for the most individuals, and individuals from the largest number of nationalities — in performing the exercises at a single venue. (Express Photo By Amit Mehra)

Narendra Modi at the handing over of homes, at Ilavalai North-West Housing Project site, in Jaffna, Sri Lanka.

Modi was the first Indian Prime Minister and the second international leader after Premier David Cameron, who visited the Tamil-dominated Jaffna in Sri Lanka. PM Modi handed over 27,000 new homes to Tamils who became homeless during the civil war. (Source: PIB)

Prime Minister Narendra Modi visited France in April 2015 and held wide-ranging talks with French President Francois Hollande where India and France signed 17 agreements, including on the stalled nuclear project in Jaitapur in Maharashtra. (Source: PIB)

Prime Minister Narendra Modi along with veteran BJP leaders LK Advani and Motilal Vohra after paying tribute to 140th birth anniversary of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patelat Parliament House in New Delhi. (Source: Express photo by Amit Mehra)

Prime Minister Narendra Modi exchanges greetings with Congress Vice-President Rahul Gandhi during a function to celebrate NCP chief Sharad Pawar's 75th birthday at Vigyan Bhawan in New Delhi on Thursday. (Source: PTI)

Former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh met Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the two discussed issues related to the economy and foreign policy.

Modi had invited the former PM over tea and later tweeted a photo and said, “Very happy to meet Dr. Manmohan Singh ji & welcome him back to 7RCR." (Source: PIB)

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi was the first head of government to visit the Facebook campus in Menlo Park. Modi at FB Townhall said that cities of the future would be settled around optical fibre networks, and not rivers or highways. Modi, however, struggled to control his emotions after Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg asked him about this mother. (Source: PTI)