President Zulfikar Ali Bhutto and Prime Minister Indira Gandhi after signing the Shimla Agreement in Himachal Pradesh (1972)

President Zulfikar Ali Bhutto of Pakistan pays Prime Minister Indira Gandhi of India a farewell call after signing the Shimla agreement. The location in of the signing, is Himachal Pradesh’s Raj Bhavan, a colonial era building known as the Barnes Court.

Barnes Court, initially the private residence of Sir Edward Barnes, Commander-in-Chief of the British Indian Army in 1832, eventually became the official residence of the Lieutenant Governor of Punjab in 1886. Eventually it became the Raj Bhavan of Himachal Pradesh. Source and learn more.

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1972

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Pakistan President Zulfikar Ali Bhutto paid a farewell Call on Indian Prime Minister Indira Gandhi at Simla on July 2,1972. (AP Photo) Jul 2, 1972 1:30 PM