India, March 11 -- Prime Minister Narendra Modi began his two-day visit to Mauritius on Tuesday. Modi's ties with the island nation can be traced back to 1998, when he first went to the country as a Bharatiya Janata Party leader who did not hold any public office.

'Modi Archive' on X highlighted the history between PM Modi and Mauritius, often referred to as 'Mini India', with archival pictures and information.

The X account wrote, "India and Mauritius share a deep bond of history, ancestry, culture, language, and the Indian Ocean. As Prime Minister @narendramodi revisits Mauritius, it feels like a homecoming to 'Mini India'."

From October 2-8, 1998, Modi, then a BJP national general secretary, attended the International Ramayana Confe...