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Power and the Political Class

Prime ministers, dynasty, and the conduct of power after Nehru.

• 1964Prime Minister Lal Bahadur Shastri conducts an aerial inspection of flooded Najafgarh in New Delhi
• 1972Indira Gandhi, against the Himalayas, after signing the Shimla Agreement in Himachal Pradesh, India
• 1972President Zulfikar Ali Bhutto and Prime Minister Indira Gandhi after signing the Shimla Agreement in Himachal Pradesh
• 1978US President Jimmy Carter is welcomed to India with a Guard of Honour
• 1978Police officer fires warning shots to disperse violent protesters after former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi is arrested and expelled from Parliament
• 1982Maneka Gandhi and her son, Feroze Varun Gandhi, photographed two years after the death of her husband, Sanjay Gandhi
• 1983Indira Gandhi with Queen Elizabeth II during the Queen's second visit to India
• 1985Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi and wife, Sonia Gandhi, arrive in Delhi after their first state visit to the USSR
• 1985Naveen Patnaik at the Metropolitan Club in New York City celebrating a book release
• 1989VP Singh walking in the garden at his residence, with a lone follower
• 1996Atal Bihari Vajpayee moments after submitting his resignation as Prime Minister, 13 days after being sworn in