Prime Minister Narendra Modi Takes Charge Tuesday May 27,2014

Prime Minister Narendra Modi left Gujarat Bhawan early on May 27,2014 Tuesday morning for his South Block office, where he laid rose petals and bowed before a photograph of Mahatma Gandhi. He then sat at his table and signed papers.

His first tweet of the day was a tribute to India's first Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru, who died on May 27, 50 years ago.

Narendra Modi held a series of meetings with the heads of state of South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation, or SAARC Nations.

Among the leaders Narendra Modi held bilateral meetings were -

• Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai
• Maldives President Yameen Gayoom
• Sri Lanka's Mahinda Rajapaksa
• Bhutan Prime Minister Tshering Tobgay
• Mauritius PM Navin Ramgoolam
• Nepal Prime Minister Sushil Koirala and 
• Bangladesh Speaker Shirin Chaudhury. 

But Narendra Modi's most crucial engagement of the day was the bilateral meeting he held with Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif at around 12.45 pm.  on Tuesday May 27,2014