“This is the first time since I’ve been in the White House that we have received a woman Chief of State. Add to this the particular alchemy of the Nehru name and the size of the Indian country as an Asian democracy and you have a day alive with drama.”
— Lady Bird Johnson, in A White House Diary, New York: Dell Books, 1971, pg 411. Photo: LBJ Library C1563-6, public domain. This photo was taken on the North Portico of the White House, at the State Dinner for Prime Minister Indira Gandhi on 3/28/1966.
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Letter from India
Lillian Carter, mother of President Jimmy Carter, wrote this letter to Mrs. Walter Spann while she was a Peace Corps volunteer in India. Mrs. Carter was 70 years old at the time.8/15/68.
Source: presidentialtimeline.org
Fifty years ago, Jacqueline Kennedy went on a goodwill trip to India and Pakistan. Here’s the First Lady at the Taj Mahal, Agra, India. March 15, 1962.
Photo gallery - Jacqueline Kennedy in India and Pakistan
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Jacqueline Kennedy and Indira Gandhi
In March 1962, First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy visited India. Here she is with Indira Gandhi in New Delhi, India. 3/14/62
-from the Kennedy Library
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Jacqueline Kennedy in New Delhi, India
First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy with American Ambassador to India John Kenneth Galbraith at the U. S. Chancery, New Delhi. 3/12/12
Source: jfklibrary.org
Lillian Carter, Peace Corps Volunteer and mother of President Jimmy Carter, works as a nurse in a hospital. India - 1968
This is kind of, well, magical.
Magic Moments is a 1963 short motion picture on Jacqueline Kennedy’s visit to India. Highlights include the First Lady with her sister, Princess Lee Radziwill; atop an elephant; watching classical Indian dance; and stops in New Delhi, the Taj Majal, and Jaipur.
Produced by the Films Division of the Government of India, now part of the public domain.
Happy birthday to all who share this day with Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis!
