New Delhi, Dec 4  :  Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday paid tribute to former president R. Venkataraman and former prime minister I.K. Gujral on their birth anniversaries and said they were "influential" in shaping India's history.

 
"Shri R. Venkataraman and Shri I.K. Gujral were influential in shaping India's history," Modi said in a statement issued here.
 
"Tributes on their birth anniversary".