more-inIsraeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is likely to promise help to develop a 143-year-old Jewish cemetery in Vadodara into a memorial and tourist attraction on Wednesday when he visits Gujarat along with Prime Minister Narendra Modi. On a six-day tour of India, the Israeli Prime Minister will be visiting Gujarat on Wednesday where he and Prime Minister Modi will hold a roadshow and visit Mahatma Gandhi’s Sabarmati Ashram. Historical significanceBut the development of the Jewish cemetery in Vadodara into a tourist attraction is of historical significance. Though there are no known Jew families in Vadodara (erstwhile Baroda) or any records about them now, the cemetery lies in an abandoned state. The Government of Israel has not only agreed to develop it but has also decided to strike a twin-city pact between Vadodara and the Israeli city of Ashkelon.

Source: The Hindu January 15, 2018 17:03 UTC