Brown on mission to upgrade UK-India ties

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a deliverer not a talker and unfortunately some time in politics people don't appreciate that in the first round. Eventually they do and I am sure that will happen.

About Sarah Brown, Lord Paul said, "She is a source of great strength to him. She gets on with her work without any fanfare and she is one of the simplest 'first Lady' I have known."

Paul said both of them would value their visit to India. "Both are family people. They enjoy and love their children who are a source of great happiness to them. As a matter of fact, the thing they really miss abroad will be their children who will stay behind in the UK."

Lord Paul said Brown had "made history" by calling the Indian community leaders to 10, Downing Street just before leaving for India and the Indian community greatly appreciated his gesture.

"This is the first time, a British Prime Minister has spoken to Indian community leaders before going on a trip to India."

The British Prime Minister had earlier said that he had been brought up on stories of India's great history, its struggles, achievements and "essential greatness." An uncle in his family was a professor of electrical engineering at IIT and introduced him to India from his youngest days.

As Chancellor Gordon Brown visited India in January last year and returned hugely impressed. "I had a wonderful visit. India is, indeed, a very dynamic country which is moving ahead very fast," he had said.

Soon after landing in New Delhi, Brown will formally inaugurate from the Taj Mahal Hotel the Caparo Manufacturing Facilities in Greater Noida and his wife Sarah will launch the Caparo Cultural Centre, popularly known as Caparo Ayatti, coming up in a 24-acre land in Greater Noida.

The same day Prime Minister Manmohan Singh will host a dinner for the visiting leader.

Britain has backed India's quest for a G-8 membership and a permanent seat in the expanded UN Security Council saying that "it would be a rubber stamp on what India already is -- a major player at the top of the table".