Mongolian president gifts horse ‘Tejas’ to Defence Minister Rajnath Singh

Mongolian president gifts horse ‘Tejas’ to Defence Minister Rajnath Singh

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Category : International Published on: September 10 2022

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  • Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, who was on a three-day visit to Mongolia, received a unique present from the East Asian country’s president.
  • Mongolia’s president Ukhnaagiin Khurelsukh gifted Singh a majestic horse, seven years after Prime Minister Narendra Modi received a similar gift from the leadership of this country.
  • Singh, who is the first Indian Defence Minister to visit Mongolia, named the majestic beast ‘Tejas’, after the Indian fighter aircraft.
  • In 2015, Prime Minister Modi received a special gift a brown racehorse from his then Mongolian counterpart Chimed Saikhanbileg during his historic visit to this country. The horse was named Kanthaka’.
  • Mongolia is known as the land of the horse, according to the American Museum of Natural History (AMNH).
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