How India prepared for Donald Trump's visit

Snapshots of fans, critics and the security detail it took to ready for the US President

Feb 28, 2020, 16:09 IST3 min
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In this photo taken on February 17, 2020, farmer Bussa Krishna (L), 33, offers special prayers to the statue of US President Donald Trump, at his residence in Jangaon district in Telangana ...
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Students painted on canvas faces of US President Donald Trump, his wife Melania (C), and India"s Prime Minister Narendra Modi (L) in the street in Mumbai on February 21, 2020, ahead of the ...
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In this photo taken on February 22, 2020, artist Sudarsan Pattnaik (L) bends near his sand sculpture representing US President Donald Trump and his wife Melania along with a message "Welcom...
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Workers planted and installed new flowers in front of the Taj Mahal in Agra on February 22, 2020, ahead of US President Donald Trump"s visit to India.
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Security personnel patrol walked on a wall of the Mehtab Bagh, a garden complex lying north of the Taj Mahal in Agra on February 22, 2020, ahead of US President Donald Trump"s visit in Indi...
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Monkeys sat on roads and climbed walls in a residential area outside Taj Mahal on February 23, 2020 in Agra, India. Authorities had made elaborate security arrangements in the city ahead of...
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Workers placed a US national flag under a billboard displaying a picture of US President Donald Trump outside the Sardar Patel stadium in Ahmedabad on February 23, 2020, in preparations ahe...
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Workers wash a road with water near Kheria Airport in Agra on February 23, 2020, ahead of US President Donald Trump"s first official visit to India.
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Hindu priests performed rituals during prayers organised by Hindu Sena, a far-right Hindu group,  seeking blessings from Gods to unite India and the United States of America against radical...
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Indian school children wore masks of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and US President Donald Trump and posed for a picture while shaking hands at Bright Academy school in Siliguri on Fe...
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US President Donald Trump speaking during "Namaste Trump Rally" at Sardar Patel Stadium in Motera, on the outskirts of Ahmedabad, on February 24, 2020.
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