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What Modi’s UK visit reveals and what it quietly ignores

Among other places, he will avoid Pentonville Prison, where Udham Singh was hanged in 1940 for assassinating Michael O'Dwyer, the former Lt Governor of Punjab.

Shyam Bhatia

Updated At : 06:56 AM Jul 24, 2025 IST

Scripted: PM Modi will not visit Brighton's Royal Pavilion, where Indian soldiers wounded in the First World War were segregated from white patients. iStock

THE red carpet is being unrolled. Invitations are being prepared. If all goes to plan, Prime Minister Narendra Modi will soon be photographed sipping tea with King Charles III, addressing a cheering diaspora crowd and signing the long-delayed UK-India trade deal that promises cheaper whisky in Delhi and smoother visa routes for Indian tech workers in Manchester.

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What Modi’s UK visit reveals and what it quietly ignores

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