In a rock star reception like the one he had received at Madison Square Garden last year, Modi also asked the crowd for a “certificate” of his performance in the 16 months he has been in power. He said the world now acknowledges that the 21st century belongs to India, to loud cheers. “Sometime ago India was striving to join with the world, but today the times have changed and the world is thirsting to join with India,” he said.

Mr Modi also said he will give his every moment and every particle of his body in working for India’s betterment. Asking the rapturous crowd for a certificate of his 16 months in power, he said, “Did I live up to my promises, working day and night, and the responsibility that I have undertaken...Have I lived up to that?” to loud cheers and chants of “Modi, Modi”.

Mr Modi, who said he was visiting the West Coast after 25 years, said he was seeing a “vibrant picture” of India in the large Indian tech community that lives and works here. He praised the “nimble fingers” of the Indian tech experts who “have made the world acknowledge India” with their competence, innovations.