New Delhi in the Space Age
The atlas holds 45 people and 79 moments here, from 1958 to 2024. The most recorded lives are Manmohan Singh, Sushma Swaraj and Rajiv Gandhi.
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.…
A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
from 2002 to 2007
3 moments here
Indian aerospace engineer, science administrator, author, and the eleventh president of India.…
Ariel Sharon
in 2003
1 moment here
Israeli military officer and politician. Sharon was born in Kfar Malal in Mandatory Palestine, served in major Israeli military campaigns from 1948…
Asha Bhosle
in 2008
1 moment here
Indian playback singer and actress whose career in Indian film and popular music spanned more than eight decades.…
Atal Bihari Vajpayee
from 1975 to 2018
5 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.…
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…
Hugo Chávez
in 2005
1 moment here
Hugo Rafael Chávez Frías was a Venezuelan army officer and politician who led the failed February 1992 coup attempt, became president of Venezuela in…
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.…
Jacques Chirac
from 1998 to 2006
2 moments here
French statesman who served as prime minister (1974–1976; 1986–1988), mayor of Paris (1977–1995), and president of France (1995–2007).…
Jawaharlal Nehru
in 1964
1 moment here
Indian lawyer, anti-colonial nationalist and statesman who became independent India’s first prime minister, serving from 15 August 1947 until his…
Jiang Zemin
in 1996
1 moment here
Jiang Zemin was a Chinese electrical engineer and politician who served as General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party from 1989 to 2002,…
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…
Khaleda Zia
from 1992 to 2006
2 moments here
Bangladeshi politician who was prime minister of Bangladesh in 1991–1996 and 2001–2006, chaired the Bangladesh Nationalist Party from 1984 until her…
Lata Mangeshkar
from 1963 to 2001
2 moments 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…
Li Keqiang
in 2013
1 moment here
Chinese politician and economist who rose from rural labour in Anhui through the Communist Youth League, led Henan and Liaoning, served as vice…
Manmohan Singh
from 1969 to 2024
8 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.…
Moments
- 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
- 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
- 1992 SAARC visit to New Delhi Khaleda Zia
- 1995 Political visit to New Delhi Vladimir Zhirinovsky
- 1996 State visit to New Delhi Jiang Zemin
- 1998 Republic Day visit to New Delhi Jacques Chirac
- 1999 Address to the nation during Kargil conflict Atal Bihari Vajpayee
- 2000 Meeting with President Clinton Atal Bihari Vajpayee
- 2001 Bharat Ratna investiture Lata Mangeshkar