Watch: PM Narendra Modi's iconic speech at Silicon Valley

Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressed more than 350 business leaders on Saturday evening as he continued his US West Coast tour, promoting the ability of Internet connectivity to help lift people out of poverty and connect users to education and health services. The 65-year-old Modi, the first Indian leader to visit the West Coast in more than 30 years, announced at a dinner that Google Inc would bring wireless Internet to more than 500 Indian railway stations "in a short time."

Modi, who boasts an 87 percent approval rating in India, also used the speech to sell technology executives on his "Digital India" initiative, which aims to connect thousands more Indian villages to the Internet, create more tech jobs and move more services online.

Watch the full speech of PM Modi