To take forward the sport’s connection between the two nations, PM Modi also met the captains of Poland’s men’s and women’s kabaddi teams and shared photographs of the meeting on X. “Celebrating a vibrant sporting connection. In Warsaw, I met Michal Spiczko and Anna Kalbarczyk, who are noted Kabaddi players. This sport is actively followed in Poland. We discussed how to further popularise this sport in Poland, including ensuring more tournaments between Indian and Polish players,” PM Modi wrote on X.

One of the most significant moments of PM Modi’s Warsaw trip was his visits to the Dobry Maharaja Memorial, Kolhapur Memorial, and the Monument of the Battle of Monte Cassino -- sites that take one through the annals of the historical bond between India and Poland beyond any political and diplomatic elements.

While The Dobry Maharaja Memorial and Kolhapur Memorial were built as tributes to Jamsaheb of Nawanagar and the erstwhile princely state of Kolhapur, respectively, for providing shelter to Polish refugees during the Second World War, the Monument of the Battle of Monte Cassino commemorates the sacrifice and valour of soldiers from Poland, India and other countries who fought alongside each other in the Battle of Monte Cassino in Italy during World War-II.