India, Feb. 11 -- Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit Marseille in the last leg of his three-day visit to France.

On Wednesday, he will accompany French president Emmanuel Macron to the Mazargues War Cemetry to pay tribute to the Indian soldiers who died fighting in the First World War.

The Marseille trip is also designed to hold diplomatic summits with key allies outside Paris, just like Prime Minister Narendra Modi took him to Jaipur last year. Prime Minister Modi and Macron will inaugurate the newest Consulate General of India in Marseille. However, this port city has a significant link to India's freedom struggle. Prominent freedom fighter Vinayak Damodar Savarkar or Veer Savarkar, attempted a daring escape on July 8, 1910, whil...