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.
A map shows spread of Islam in Europe in 1683. A man performs a namaz in Delhi India. Muslims in a mosque perform namaz (Salat). The Jama Masjid Mosque (Jama Masjid Rd, Jama Masjid, Chandni Chowk, New Delhi, Delhi 110006, India) in Delhi, India with many people in front of it. They perform namaz (Salat) together.
Slate notes Muhammad's respect for ideas of Christians and Jews. Jews are seen reading from the Torah and in prayer. A Jewish Rabbi leads a prayer. View of Dome of the Rock at Temple Mount, Jerusalem. Other Muslim mosques: the Moti Masjid (Pearl Mosque, M64V+P7J, Lal Qila, Old Delhi, New Delhi, Delhi 110006, India), seen from the Diwan-e-Khas or Red Fort of Delhi, India. in the Lahore Fort or Shahi Qila (H8Q7+56P, Fort Rd, Walled City of Lahore, Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan), Punjab, British India. View of the courtyard of the Grand Mosque of Kairouan (M4J3+GMR, Rue de La Kasbah, Kairouan, Tunisia) in Tunis, Tunisia. Slate states that Islamic decoration is confined to Arabic script and geometric or floral designs. Architecture of a mosque shows columns, pillars, and arches at the side of a courtyard. As previously noted, the columns and the roof of the mosque are decorated only with Arabic script, floral and geometric designs. A decorative grill in a mosque.
Indian civilians during post-independence riots in Delhi, India. Exterior of Jama Masjid or the Main Mosque of Delhi, built by Mughals. A crowd assembled in front of the Jama Masjid Mosque (Jama Masjid Rd, Jama Masjid, Chandni Chowk, New Delhi, Delhi 110006, India). They bow in prayer. Smoke rising in the foreground. Burning buildings. Streets littered with dead bodies. A body is carried on a litter. A long line of Indians carrying their belongings walk through streets. A great crowd assembled in front of the Jama Masjid Mosque. Men, women, and children wait in a line for water ration. People in lines holding several utensils for water.
Soviet Union leader Nikita S. Khrushchev and Minister of Defense Nikolai A. Bulganin arrive in India by plane in Delhi, India. Indian Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru greets the Soviet dignitaries. The Qutb Minar (Seth Sarai, Mehrauli, New Delhi, Delhi 110016, India). Khrushchev and Nikolai A. Bulganin wave with hats to huge crowd from balcony.
Life of people and monuments in India. Exteriors of the Red Fort (Netaji Subhash Marg, Lal Qila, Chandni Chowk, New Delhi, Delhi 110006, India) in New Delhi. View of the pavilions in the courtyard. A temple in India. Entrance to a temple. Indian architecture. People bathe in the river. A man sings and others watch standing in a circle. A girl dances. An Indian priest sits in meditation. Men perform yoga as others watch.
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