New Delhi, Feb. 22 -- Bihar Governor Arif Mohammed Khan described Prime Minister Narendra Modi as a "most misunderstood person" who has been "maligned very unfairly," asserting that history would judge his leadership far more favourably.

Addressing a gathering at a book launch chronicling PM Modi's 25-year political journey on Saturday, Khan reflected on his own change in perception about the Prime Minister.

He added that he had criticised then Chief Minister of Gujarat Narendra Modi in the aftermath of the 2002 Godhra unrest.

However, he said his perspective changed after he spent more than four months in Gujarat and engaged with people from various communities and understood their experiences firsthand.

"He is the most misunderstood...