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
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.…
Muhammadu Buhari
in 2015
1 moment here
Nigerian army officer, military head of state from 1983 to 1985, and elected president of Nigeria from 2015 to 2023.…
Nguyễn Phú Trọng
in 2013
1 moment here
Vietnamese politician and political theorist who served as General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam from 2011 until his death in 2024, and…
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…
Pervez Musharraf
in 2005
1 moment here
Pakistani military officer and politician who served as Pakistan’s chief executive after the 1999 coup and as president from 2001 to 2008.…
Pranab Mukherjee
from 2012 to 2020
5 moments here
Indian politician and statesman who served as the 13th President of India from 25 July 2012 to 25 July 2017.…
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
in 1974
1 moment here
Indian sarangi player who established the sarangi as a solo concert instrument in Hindustani classical music.…
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.…
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…
Shinzo Abe
from 2007 to 2014
2 moments here
Japanese politician who served as Prime Minister of Japan from 2006 to 2007 and from 2012 to 2020.…
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…
Sridevi
in 2013
1 moment here
Indian actress Sridevi (Shree Amma Yanger Ayyapan) worked in Tamil, Telugu, Hindi, Malayalam, and Kannada cinema from childhood through 2018.…
Sushma Swaraj
from 1973 to 2019
6 moments 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…
Vladimir Zhirinovsky
in 1995
1 moment here
Vladimir Volfovich Zhirinovsky (1946–2022) was a Russian politician, founder and long-time leader of the Liberal Democratic Party of Russia.…
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
- 2002 Filed presidential nomination A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
- 2002 Sworn in as president A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
- 2003 State visit to New Delhi Ariel Sharon
- 2004 Bird-flu press address Sushma Swaraj
- 2004 Authorization to form government Manmohan Singh
- 2005 Meeting with Manmohan Singh Hugo Chávez
- 2005 Meeting with Manmohan Singh Pervez Musharraf
- 2006 State visit to New Delhi Jacques Chirac
- 2006 State visit to New Delhi Khaleda Zia
- 2007 Pravasi Bharatiya Divas address A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
- 2007 India visit with Manmohan Singh Shinzo Abe
- 2008 Padma Vibhushan investiture Asha Bhosle
- 2009 Hospitalization at AIIMS Atal Bihari Vajpayee
- 2012 Presidential oath of office Pranab Mukherjee
- 2013 Padma Shri investiture Sridevi
- 2013 First foreign trip: India Li Keqiang
- 2013 Wreath-laying at Raj Ghat Nguyễn Phú Trọng
- 2014 Republic Day chief guest Shinzo Abe
- 2014 Assuming the External Affairs portfolio Sushma Swaraj
- 2014 Meeting Wang Yi Sushma Swaraj
- 2015 National Tourism Awards address Pranab Mukherjee
- 2015 India-Africa Forum Summit Muhammadu Buhari
- 2015 Kidney transplant at AIIMS Sushma Swaraj
- 2017 Farewell address as president Pranab Mukherjee
- 2018 Death at AIIMS Atal Bihari Vajpayee
- 2019 Bharat Ratna investiture Pranab Mukherjee
- 2019 Death at AIIMS New Delhi Sushma Swaraj
- 2020 Death at Army Research and Referral Hospital Pranab Mukherjee
- 2024 Death at AIIMS Manmohan Singh