New Delhi in the Cold War
The atlas holds 38 people and 59 moments here, from 1947 to 1991. The most recorded lives are Manmohan Singh, Rajiv Gandhi and Jawaharlal Nehru.
Notable people
Anwar Sadat
in 1974
1 moment here
Muhammad Anwar el-Sadat was an Egyptian army officer, Free Officer, politician, and president of Egypt from 1970 until his assassination in 1981.…
Atal Bihari Vajpayee
from 1951 to 1975
2 moments here
Indian statesman, poet, journalist and Bharatiya Janata Party leader who served as India’s prime minister in 1996 and from 1998 to 2004.…
Aung San
in 1947
1 moment here
Burmese independence leader, political organizer, and military commander. Aung San helped found the Burma Independence Army, led the anti-Japanese…
B. R. Ambedkar
from 1948 to 1956
2 moments here
Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar was an Indian jurist, economist, social reformer, politician, principal architect of India’s Constitution, and a leading…
Claude Simon
in 1975
1 moment here
French novelist, painter, photographer, viticulturist, Resistance participant, and 1985 Nobel Prize in Literature laureate.…
Dorothy Hodgkin
in 1967
1 moment here
English chemist and X-ray crystallographer Dorothy Mary Crowfoot Hodgkin determined major biomolecular structures including penicillin, vitamin B12,…
Edmund Hillary
in 1985
1 moment here
New Zealand mountaineer, explorer, diplomat, and philanthropist. Hillary became internationally known after reaching Mount Everest’s summit with…
Fidel Castro
in 1983
1 moment here
Cuban revolutionary and political leader who led the 26th of July Movement against Fulgencio Batista, became Cuba's prime minister in 1959, and later…
Gamal Abdel Nasser
in 1960
1 moment here
Egyptian army officer, leader of the 1952 Egyptian Revolution, and president of Egypt from 1954 until his death.…
Hastings Banda
in 1983
1 moment here
Hastings Kamuzu Banda was a Malawian physician and politician who led Nyasaland to independence and served as Malawi's prime minister and first…
Ho Chi Minh
in 1958
1 moment here
Vietnamese revolutionary and statesman, born Nguyễn Sinh Cung, who led the Việt Minh, proclaimed the Democratic Republic of Vietnam in 1945, and…
Indira Gandhi
from 1983 to 1984
2 moments here
Indira Priyadarshini Gandhi was an Indian stateswoman who served as prime minister from 1966 to 1977 and from 1980 until her assassination in 1984.…
Jawaharlal Nehru
from 1947 to 1964
4 moments here
Indian lawyer, anti-colonial nationalist and statesman who became independent India’s first prime minister, serving from 15 August 1947 until his…
Jimmy Carter
in 1978
1 moment here
James Earl Carter Jr. was an American naval officer, Georgia state senator and governor, the 39th president of the United States, and a…
John Lennon
in 1968
1 moment here
English musician, songwriter, artist and peace activist; co-founder of the Beatles. This chronology records documented physical presence at…
Lata Mangeshkar
in 1963
1 moment here
Indian playback singer and occasional composer whose career spanned eight decades. Born in Indore, she moved to Mumbai in 1945 and became a central…
Mahatma Gandhi
in 1948
2 moments here
Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi was an Indian lawyer, anti-colonial nationalist, political ethicist, and leader of mass nonviolent resistance.…
Manmohan Singh
from 1969 to 1991
6 moments here
Indian economist, academic, civil servant, finance minister and prime minister of India from 2004 to 2014.…
Martin Luther King Jr.
in 1959
2 moments here
American Baptist minister and civil-rights leader who advanced racial equality through nonviolent protest.…
Maurice Wilkins
in 1983
1 moment here
New Zealand-born British physicist and biophysicist whose career ran from solid-state physics and wartime atomic research to X-ray diffraction…
Mikhail Gorbachev
in 1986
1 moment here
Soviet and Russian politician who led the Soviet Union from 1985 until its dissolution in 1991.…
Octavio Paz
from 1962 to 1968
2 moments here
Mexican poet, essayist, editor, and diplomat whose international postings and teaching appointments connected Mexico City, the United States, Europe,…
Osho
in 1985
1 moment here
Indian guru and founder of the Rajneesh movement, born Chandra Mohan Jain. His documented life moved between central and western India, the United…
Rajendra Prasad
in 1950
1 moment here
Indian lawyer, independence leader, journalist and statesman who became the first President of India, serving from 1950 to 1962.…
Moments
- 1947 Delhi press conference en route to Britain Aung San
- 1947 Relocation after Partition Ram Narayan
- 1947 Tree planting in Mehrauli Sarojini Naidu
- 1947 Asian Relations Conference inauguration Jawaharlal Nehru
- 1947 Independence Day at the Red Fort Jawaharlal Nehru
- 1947 Tryst with Destiny address Jawaharlal Nehru
- 1947 Meetings with princely rulers Vallabhbhai Patel
- 1948 Assassinated at Birla House Mahatma Gandhi
- 1948 Begins final Delhi fast Mahatma Gandhi
- 1948 Marriage to Savita Ambedkar B. R. Ambedkar
- 1949 Return to Delhi after emergency landing Vallabhbhai Patel
- 1949 Music director at All India Radio Ravi Shankar
- 1950 First Republic Day parade Rajendra Prasad
- 1951 Jana Sangh secretary based in Delhi Atal Bihari Vajpayee
- 1956 Departure for Asian goodwill tour Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan
- 1956 Death at his Delhi home B. R. Ambedkar
- 1958 Meeting with Jawaharlal Nehru Ho Chi Minh
- 1959 Arrives in New Delhi Martin Luther King Jr.
- 1959 Meets Nehru at Teen Murti Bhavan Martin Luther King Jr.
- 1960 State visit to New Delhi Gamal Abdel Nasser
- 1961 Arrival for India tour Yuri Gagarin
- 1962 Ambassadorial residence in New Delhi Octavio Paz
- 1962 Month in Delhi V. S. Naipaul
- 1963 Republic Day performance of “Aye Mere Watan Ke Logon” Lata Mangeshkar
- 1964 Death in New Delhi Jawaharlal Nehru
- 1964 Delegation visit to India Sirimavo Bandaranaike
- 1966 Pilot training in Delhi Rajiv Gandhi
- 1967 Scientific tour of Delhi Dorothy Hodgkin
- 1968 Settles in Delhi after marriage Rajiv Gandhi
- 1968 Arrival for Rishikesh retreat John Lennon
- 1968 In New Delhi during the Tlatelolco massacre Octavio Paz
- 1969 Professor at Delhi School of Economics Manmohan Singh
- 1969 State visit to New Delhi Richard Nixon
- 1972 Chief Economic Adviser in New Delhi Manmohan Singh
- 1972 Delhi stopover and meeting with Indira Gandhi Sheikh Mujibur Rahman
- 1973 Legal practice at the Supreme Court Sushma Swaraj
- 1974 Photographed performing in New Delhi Ram Narayan
- 1974 New Delhi visit Anwar Sadat
- 1975 Hospital transfer during Emergency Atal Bihari Vajpayee
- 1975 Lectures in New Delhi Claude Simon
- 1975 Informal meeting with Indira Gandhi Sheikh Mujibur Rahman
- 1976 Finance Ministry secretaryship Manmohan Singh
- 1978 India state visit Jimmy Carter
- 1981 National farmers' rally Rajiv Gandhi
- 1983 Chairmanship of Non-Aligned Movement Indira Gandhi
- 1983 International Union of Elementologists conference Maurice Wilkins
- 1983 Non-Aligned Movement summit Fidel Castro
- 1983 Non-Aligned Movement summit Saddam Hussein
- 1983 Non-Aligned summit diplomacy Thomas Sankara
- 1983 Visit to New Delhi Hastings Banda