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India's new Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit the White House Monday for the first of two days of meetings with U.S. President Barack Obama.

The new Indian leader took on rock star status Sunday at a reception in New York as a throng of Indian Americans cheered Mr. Modi during his first U.S. visit.

More than 18,000 Indian Americans gave the new prime minister a rousing reception as he spoke from a rotating stage at Madison Square Garden.

Mr. Modi assured the Indian expatriates that his government "will not do anything" to let them down. The Indian leader said there "is an atmosphere of hope and enthusiasm" in his country.