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.
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.
Hindus gather to hear Indian Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru's address on India's anniversary of Independence. Two hundred thousand Hindus gather in front of a fort in New Delhi to hear Prime Nehru's address on the occasion of India's ninth anniversary of her independence. During the course of his address the Prime Minister warns of a great threat to he world peace posed by the Suez Canal crisis. He tells of his yearning to act as a peacemaker in the dispute.
People worship and various customs of India. A man cuts hair of a child. A woman sits on his side. Hindu men and women perform worship in a Havanam. A barber shaves head of a child. People gathered watch. A man puts garland on the father and child. People worship in a temple. A statue of a God inside the temple. A man stands in front of the statue of God and prays. A shop of flowers outside the temple. Muslims perform namaz at a mosque. People gathered outside Sansad Bhavan in New Delhi. The Prime Minister of India Jawaharlal Nehru with other parliament members enter the Parliament house.
Prime Minister of India Jawaharlal Nehru greets the Duke of Edinburgh, Prince Philip on the Republic Day of India. A Republic Day parade is seen. Duke of Edinburgh visits the Bhakra Dam. Water flowing in River Sutlej.
Tourists walk around the Rajghat memorial complex in Delhi, India. View of a mosque. Indian dyers dry and fold a piece of colored cloth. Vehicles drive past on road. The dyers spread a long dyed cloth over field. Two young boys stand in the foreground.