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India State Dinners: President Truman Greets Visitors

India State Dinners: President Truman Greets Visitors

Photographer: Abbie Rowe
Date of Work: October 11, 1949
Medium: Photo
Credit: National Park Service, Abbie Rowe, Courtesy of Harry S. Truman Library

President Truman greets Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru, Indira Gandhi, and Ambassador Vijaya Pandit, of India, upon their arrival at the Washington National Airport. October 11, 1949.

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