Mumbai, Sept. 17 -- As Prime Minister Narendra Modi celebrates his 75th birthday on Wednesday, the nation came together to shower him with warm wishes and messages, including special greetings from legendary cricketers Sunil Gavaskar and Kapil Dev.

Gavaskar recalled his first meeting with PM Modi at RIL Chairpersont Mukesh Ambani's residence, saying, he was in the second row, but still PM Modi spotted him, stretched out his hand, and greeted him warmly, "Gavaskar ji, kaise hai aap?"

"The first time I met him was at Mukesh Ambani's house when he had come at the inauguration of the HN Reliance Hospital. What was very heartening at that particular evening was that I was standing behind in the second row, but he (PM Modi) saw me, and he put...