PM Narendra Modi racks up the medals wherever he goes. Top honours in Ghana, July 2. Then Trinidad & Tobago, July 4. Brazil on July 8. Namibia on July 9. His total: 27 international awards. Here's listing a few of them...
Most of these awards are for leadership or diplomacy. When he went to Moscow last July, President Vladimir Putin decorated him with The Order of St Andrew the Apostle.
Katerina N Sakellaropoulou, president of Greece, honoured PM Modi with the Grand Cross of the Order of Honour in August 2023.
Saudi Arabia conferred the King Abdulaziz Sash on the Indian prime minister in April 2016.
From Palestine, Modiji collected The Grand Collar of the State of Palestine in February 2018.
Order of the Nile or Kiladat El Nil came Modi's way in June 2023 from Egypt.
The United States honoured PM Modi with the Legion of Merit in December 2020. Ambassador to the US, Taranjit Sandhu, accepted it on his behalf since India was locked down for COVID-19.
Nigeria joined the club presenting India's PM with the Grand Commander of the Order of the Niger in November 2024.
Bhutan handed out its Order of the Druk Gyalpo to Modi in March 2024. He received it from Bhutan's King Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck.
When Modi went to Kuwait in December 2024 he was conferred the Order of Mubarak Al-Kabeer from Sheikh Meshal Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah.
Sri Lanka honoured the Indian prime minister with the Sri Lanka Mitra Vibhushana in April 2025.