Cheetahs return to India after 70-year absence

A special aeroplane with a picture of tiger in Namibia

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PM Narendra Modi in conversation with Friends of Cheetah at Kuno National Park in Madhya Pradesh.

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PM endorsing the translocation process of the cheetahs

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The Namibian cheetah in its new abode

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Modi watches a Namibian cheetah as it is released

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Prime Minister Narendra Modi clicks photographs of the cheetahs inside a special enclosure

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PM shares a light moment with Friends of Cheetah

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Modi poses with dignitaries and officials in Madhya Pradesh

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It is the Prime Minister's birthday today- and he couldn't have chosen a more auspicious occasion to embrace cheetahs which had gone extinct for seven decades. Here are some exclusive snaps from the event at Madhya Pradesh's Kuno national park.