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.
Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru welcomes foreign dignitaries. Officials arrive for the Republic Day parade at India Gate, New Delhi. Parade begins with tanks, cavalry , camels and battalions marching. Various states of India depict their cultural heritage. An aerial view of the ongoing parade.
Britain's Lord Mountbatten offers Indian leaders an unconditional plan for freedom in New Delhi, India. Members of All-India Congress headed by Mohammad Ali Jinnah and Jawaharlal Nehru hear British offer of dominion status.
Indian Prime Minister Lal Bahadur Shastri passes away, New Delhi. Large crowd gathers on the streets of New Delhi to pay last respects to Prime Minister Shastri. Prime Minister Shastri died in Tashkent, Uzbek Soviet Socialist Republic (present day Uzbekistan). Prime Minister's body being cremated on the banks of the Yamuna River. Minister of Information Indira Gandhi arrives to pay tribute to Shastri.
Pandit Jawahar Lal Nehru, the first Prime Minister of India dies in New Delhi, India. Flashback scene from 1947 as thousands of people assemble and listen to Nehru speak from the Red Fort as India achieves Independence. View of Nehru talking with U.S. President John F Kennedy while walking in a garden in the early 1960s. Indian national flag lowered to mourn for his death. A large crowd gathered to witness his funeral according to Hindu rituals. A woman joins hands towards the dead body of Nehru and weeps.
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