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Old 15th May 2021, 07:12   #211
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Re: Cars of Rashtrapathi Bhavan - wheels for a nascent Nation / Republic

[quote=karlosdeville;5063229 What was the occasion here any idea?[/QUOTE]
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I don't think I see Sardar Vallabhai Patel though :(
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Old 15th May 2021, 07:24   #212
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This may have been posted before. Illustrated Weekly of India, 1957.
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Old 17th May 2021, 06:14   #213
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Prince Charles, Delhi, 1980.
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Old 17th May 2021, 07:03   #214
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Queen's visit, picture from a private album
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Queen at Calcutta
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Old 17th May 2021, 08:18   #215
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Re: Cars of Rashtrapathi Bhavan - wheels for a nascent Nation / Republic

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Prince Charles, Delhi, 1980.
Whole variety of the Presidential garage at that time is in the pic I guess. The Grosser, Impalas, W123s and Cadillacs.

Looks like the protests when a foreign dignatory comes seems to have been the style then too.

Can't make out the placards clearly, still, 'stop harrasment of Indians in Britain' and something about abortion?
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GOI Official car, cant recognize the people in the pictures

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GOI Official car, cant recognize the people in the pictures
I believe this is a function in Kerala. Likely the Governor's car. Perhaps Ajit Prasad Jain who was Governor from 1965-66.

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GOI Official car, cant recognize the people in the pictures
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From the same event. Likely a 1962 Impala (Bel Air ?).

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Visit of Ho Chi Minh, 1958

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Visit of Ho Chi Minh, 1958
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The side view.
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Pandit Nehru surveying affected areas Pune after the Panshet dam burst.

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A lineup of new 1940 Buick and Oldsmobile cars used in the Viceroy's Bombay visit.

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President VV Giri in Madras, 1969 with what looks to be a 1965 Chevy

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S Radhakrishnan visiting Salem in July 1965, riding in a Chrysler convertible - it could be one of two similar cars in service, and thankfully both survive.

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Re: Cars of Rashtrapathi Bhavan - wheels for a nascent Nation / Republic

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S Radhakrishnan visiting Salem in July 1965, riding in a Chrysler convertible - it could be one of two similar cars in service, and thankfully both survive.
Could be the cream one that resides in Bombay now.
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