when did narendra modi went to jaffna
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrived on Saturday afternoon in Jaffna, the first Indian Prime Minister to set foot in this war ravaged town in Sri Lanka's Tamil-dominated Northern Province, a day after he urged the country's new leaders to give greater autonomy to its Tamil minority.
Modi flew in here by an IAF chopper after brief visits to the holy town of Anuradhapura where he offered prayers at the sacred Mahabodhi tree and Talaimannar where he flagged off a train service.
He is only the second foreign leader to visit the battle- scarred region. British Prime Minister David Cameron had visited Jaffna during a Commonwealth summit in Colombo in November 2013. Jaffna is about 400 km north of Colombo.
He was speaking at Jaffna Cultural Centre and Library in Sri Lanka.