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
Rajiv Gandhi
from 1966 to 1987
5 moments here
Rajiv Gandhi was an Indian aircraft pilot and politician who served as prime minister of India from 1984 to 1989.…
Ram Narayan
from 1947 to 1974
2 moments here
Indian sarangi player who established the sarangi as a solo concert instrument in Hindustani classical music.…
Ravi Shankar
in 1949
1 moment here
Indian sitarist and composer Ravi Shankar (1920–2012) was a leading exponent of Hindustani classical music whose performances, teaching, recordings,…
Richard Nixon
in 1969
1 moment here
Richard Milhous Nixon was an American lawyer, naval officer, congressman, senator, vice president, and the 37th president of the United States.…
Saddam Hussein
in 1983
1 moment here
Iraqi Ba'athist politician who served as Iraq's president from 1979 until his overthrow in 2003.…
Sarojini Naidu
in 1947
1 moment here
Indian poet, nationalist, women’s-rights advocate, president of the Indian National Congress, and first governor of the United Provinces.…
Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan
in 1956
1 moment here
Indian philosopher, academic, diplomat, and statesman. Radhakrishnan taught at leading Indian and British universities, served as vice-chancellor of…
Sheikh Mujibur Rahman
from 1972 to 1975
2 moments here
Bangladeshi political leader, founding president of Bangladesh, and prime minister. His documented life moved from childhood and schooling in Bengal…
Sirimavo Bandaranaike
in 1964
1 moment here
Sri Lankan stateswoman and three-time prime minister of Ceylon/Sri Lanka. Born Sirima Ratwatte in Ratnapura, she became the world’s first woman…
Sushma Swaraj
in 1973
1 moment here
Indian lawyer, politician and diplomat. Swaraj served in the Haryana government, represented constituencies in Parliament, was Chief Minister of…
Thomas Sankara
in 1983
1 moment here
Burkinabé army officer and revolutionary political leader who became president of Upper Volta after the 4 August 1983 coup and led Burkina Faso until…
Vallabhbhai Patel
from 1947 to 1949
2 moments here
Indian lawyer, Indian National Congress leader, independence activist, and statesman. Known as Sardar Patel, he organized major civil-disobedience…
V. S. Naipaul
in 1962
1 moment here
Vidiadhar Surajprasad Naipaul was a Trinidad-born British novelist, essayist, and travel writer.…
Yuri Gagarin
in 1961
1 moment here
Soviet pilot and cosmonaut Yuri Alekseyevich Gagarin became the first human to travel into outer space and to orbit Earth on Vostok 1 on 12 April…
Moments
- 1984 Assassination at prime-ministerial residence Indira Gandhi
- 1984 Boat Club rally Rajiv Gandhi
- 1985 Deputy chairmanship of Planning Commission Manmohan Singh
- 1985 Arrival as High Commissioner in New Delhi Edmund Hillary
- 1985 Return to India via Delhi Osho
- 1986 State visit to New Delhi Mikhail Gorbachev
- 1987 Meeting with Zia-ul-Haq Rajiv Gandhi
- 1990 Return from Geneva to India Manmohan Singh
- 1991 Finance-minister swearing-in Manmohan Singh