United States First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy arrives on a visit to India. Scene of a gate. A hilly region. People on a bullock cart. A man takes a small child in lap. A child on a woman’s shoulder. Farmers in a field. Statues carved at Khajuraho temple (VW2C+QJQ, Airport Area, Khajuraho, Madhya Pradesh 471606, India). Decorated and carved gates. Colorful paintings on walls. Women play sitar and tabla. A traffic policeman gives directions to traffic and shows 'Stop' sign. Students and teachers in a college. Carpenter and a mechanic at work. Large crowd. National emblem of India on a gate. Guards on horses. Dr. Rajendra Prasad, President of India in a horse driven chariot in the Parliament premises. Air India plane lands at New Delhi airport. Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru and his daughter Indira Gandhi meet Jacqueline Kennedy, her sister Lee Radziwill and the American Ambassador to India, John Kenneth Galbraith. Galbraith talks to Prime Minister Nehru. Children clap. United States Embassy in India. Ambassador Galbraith and Jacqueline Kennedy in Embassy. Prime Minister Nehru talks with Jackie Kennedy in a garden. Jackie Kennedy buys a silk sari. A girl welcomes her with garland in Benares. A man answers her questions during visit to an art gallery. She meets Indira Gandhi. Mrs. Kennedy meets Indian artists and addresses the people present. Jackie Kennedy puts a garland on an elephant's neck as a ritual.
The American Embassy in New Delhi, India. American ambassador to India Ellsworth Bunker and his wife greeting various Indian leaders including Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru and Defense Minister Krishna Menon. Dignitaries on the podium at the opening ceremony of the United States Embassy (Shantipath, Chanakyapuri New Delhi - 110021 India). Dignitaries including Nehru tour the new embassy which embodies the elements of Indian architecture.
Two women on a horse cart go inside the city through a gate in Udaipur, Rajasthan. Paintings outside the houses. Streets of the city. View of Jag Niwas from City Palace of Udaipur (Old City, Udaipur, Rajasthan 313001, India). Maharana of Udaipur shakes hands with Jacqueline Kennedy and her sister Princess Lee Radziwill. John Galbraith and others with Jacqueline Kennedy in a boat. View of City Palace of Udaipur Rajasthan. Jacqueline Kennedy meets with Indian Prime Minister Nehru, Indira Gandhi and John Galbraith. Jacqueline Kennedy with dignitaries. Jacqueline Kennedy visits the Mahatma Gandhi Memorial (Behind Red Fort, New Delhi, Delhi 110006, India) in New Delhi. Indians offer orange flower garlands in the memorial.
Events around time of division of India into separate states of India and Pakistan. Lord Mountbatten declares India as a free country in Karachi and New Delhi. Crowd gathers at the India Gate to celebrate the freedom. Lord Mountbatten and Lady Mountbatten in jeep. Celebration in the cities. Mohammad Ali Jinnah addresses people. New flag of Pakistan flies on the flag pole. Officers and Mohammad Ali Jinnah salute. People walk on the street of free India. Jawaharlal Nehru addresses people. Indian flag on the flag pole.
Progressive aggression leading to the take over of Tibet and fleeing of the Dalai Lama to India in exile. Men raise the People's Republic of China flag on a mountain as armies of Communist China conquer Tibet. 1950: The Dalai Lama and Panchem Lama are brought to Peking in China. They are received by Chinese officials, presented with bouquets. A function at their arrival. 1955: African and Asian delegates at the Bandung Conference in Indonesia. China agrees to the 5 principles of peaceful co-existence. Delegates including Chinese Premier Zhou Enlai and Indian Prime Minister Pandit Jawahar Lal Nehru. 1956: The Dalai Lama and Panchem Lama are permitted to visit India to celebrate the 2500th birth anniversary of Lord Buddha. They are greeted by Pandit Nehru, Premier U Nu of Burma and other Indian officials an arrival. The Lamas with Indian officials seated for a meal on the ground in a hall. The Lamas are welcomed in a ceremony and Dalai Lama addresses the gathering. Tibet: China begins to impose Communist system on Tibetan borders. Construction work and forced labor. March 1959: Communist bombardment over Lhasa. The Potala monastery. Tibetans take up alms. Handcuffs and confinements. Demonstrations and protests outside the Chinese Embassy in Delhi. Former Prime Minister Of Tibet, Lukhangwa and other monks pay their respects at Mahatma Gandhi's samadhi (mausoleum) in New Delhi. Indian government officials and members of the international press reach Tezpur in Assam. They welcome the Dalai Lama. Photographers take pictures. The Dalai Lama addresses a gathering. Statues of Lord Buddha all over India and Asia. Tibetan monks pray. People sing Indian devotional song.
Men and women dressed in traditional costumes climb stairs of a temple in Delhi, India. They walk in the corridors. People walk bare foot in the temple. The Laxminarayan Mandir Hindu temple. Man clean floor with a broom in hand. A taxi drives on road leading to the India Gate. Tourists seated in an ambassador taxi.
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