During the run-up to the general election there was wide-ranging scepticism regarding future of the strategic bilateral relation under Modi 's premiership as in 2005 he was , while Chief Minister of Gujarat , denied a U.S. visa during the Bush administration for his alleged poor human rights records . However sensing Modi 's inevitable victory well before the election , the US Ambassabor Nancy Powell had reached out to him as part of greater re-approachment from the west . Moreover , following his 2014 election as the Prime Minister of India President Obama congratulated him over telephone and invited him to visit the US . U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry visited New Delhi on 1 August to prepare the grounds for Modi 's first ever US visit as Prime Minister . In September 2014 , days before visiting the US in an interview to CNN ’s Fareed Zakaria , Modi said that " India and the United States are bound together , by history and culture " but acknowledged that there have been " ups and downs " in relations . Modi travelled to US from 27 – 30 September 2014 , beginning with his maiden address in the United Nations general assembly followed by attending a gala public reception by the Indian American community in New York 's Madison Square Garden before heading Washington , D.C. for the bilateral talk with Obama . While there , Modi also met several American business leaders and invited them to join his ambitious Make in India program in a bid to make India a manufacturing hub . Later President Obama greeted Modi by calling him a " Man of Action " during their brief interaction at the Gala dinner hosted by Myanmar 's President on the eve of ninth East Asia Summit this was their second meeting since Obama hosted a rare dinner for Modi at the White House on 29 September 2014 . On 9 December 2014 US Senate confirmed Richard Rahul Verma as the US Ambassador to India , the first Indian American to hold the office , signalling the Obama administration 's will to elevate the relation with India to a newer height . He assumed office in the US Embassy in New Delhi on 19 December 2014
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