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Photograph of Captain Anant Singh with Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru of India at a charity cricket match in New Delhi. The photograph accompanies a letter sent by Captain Singh regarding his desire to work for Senator Kennedy’s 1960 presidential campaign. Verso reads: “Capt. Anant Singh with the Prime Minister of India, Mr. Jawaharlal Nehru, at a charity cricket match played in New Delhi. Capt. Anant Singh was a member of the Organising Committee which was constituted to raise funds for the Prime Minister’s Fund." Prime Minister Nehru (left) and Captain Singh (right).

President John F. Kennedy meets with delegates from the Gandhi Peace Foundation in New Delhi, India, to discuss nuclear disarmament. Left to right: former member of the Indian delegation to United Nations General Assembly, Benegal Shiva Rao; former Minister of Information and Broadcasting of India, Ranganath Ramachandra Diwakar; President Kennedy; former Governor-General of India, Chakravarti Rajagopalachari; unidentified. Oval Office, White House, Washington, D.C.

President John F. Kennedy meets with delegates from the Gandhi Peace Foundation in New Delhi, India, to discuss nuclear disarmament. Left to right: former member of the Indian delegation to United Nations General Assembly, Benegal Shiva Rao; former Minister of Information and Broadcasting of India, Ranganath Ramachandra Diwakar; President Kennedy; former Governor-General of India, Chakravarti Rajagopalachari; unidentified; U.S. Chief of Protocol, Angier Biddle Duke. Oval Office, White House, Washington, D.C.

Special Assistant to the President Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr., and Director, Food for Peace, George S. McGovern with an unidentified man in a village schoolhouse south of Madras, India. The unidentified man is pointing to a photograph of President John F. Kennedy which is enshrined beneath a photograph of Mahatma Gandhi. Arthur Schlesinger sent the photograph to President Kennedy with a letter dated February 15, 1962. The following is stamped on the verso of the photograph: "Ref. No: , Photo Lab, USIS, Madras."

United States Ambassador to India John Kenneth Galbraith walking through an underground mine in India. Special Assistant to the President Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr., sent the photographs to President John F. Kennedy with a memorandum dated July 18, 1961. The following is stamped on the verso of the photograph: "Ref. No. 009820, Photo Lab, USIS (India)."

United States Ambassador to India John Kenneth Galbraith walking with unidentified mine workers through an underground mine in India. Special Assistant to the President Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr. sent the photographs to President John F. Kennedy with a memorandum dated July 18, 1961. The following is stamped on the verso of the photograph: "Ref. No. 009819, Photo Lab, USIS (India)."

President John F. Kennedy visits with members of Parliament of India. Left to right: journalist and Member of Parliament, Raghunath Keshav "R. K." Khadilkar; Secretary of the Lok Sabha (House of the People), Maheshwar Nath "M. N." Kaul; Leader of the Praja Socialist Party in the Lok Sabha, Surendranath Dwivedy; Member of the Rajya Sabha (House of the States), Gopal Swarup "G. S." Pathak; Member of Parliament and President of the All India Federation of Educational Associations, Professor Diwan Chand "D. C." Sharma; President Kennedy; U.S. Department of State escort officer and former American Consul General in Madras, India, Dr. Thomas W. Simons (in back); Deputy Chairperson of the Rajya Sabha, Violet Alva; unidentified (in back); Ambassador of India, B. K. Nehru (in back, mostly hidden); Speaker of the Lok Sabha and leader of the delegation, Sardar Hukam Singh. Oval Office, White House, Washington, D.C.

President John F. Kennedy visits with members of Parliament of India. Left to right: journalist and Member of Parliament, Raghunath Keshav "R. K." Khadilkar; Secretary of the Lok Sabha (House of the People), Maheshwar Nath "M. N." Kaul; Leader of the Praja Socialist Party in the Lok Sabha, Surendranath Dwivedy; Member of the Rajya Sabha (House of the States), Gopal Swarup "G. S." Pathak; Member of Parliament and President of the All India Federation of Educational Associations, Professor Diwan Chand "D. C." Sharma; President Kennedy; U.S. Department of State escort officer and former American Consul General in Madras, India, Dr. Thomas W. Simons (in back); Deputy Chairperson of the Rajya Sabha, Violet Alva; unidentified (in back, partially hidden); Ambassador of India, B. K. Nehru (in back, partially hidden); Speaker of the Lok Sabha and leader of the delegation, Sardar Hukam Singh. Oval Office, White House, Washington, D.C.

President John F. Kennedy meets with Ambassador to the United States from India, Braj Kumar Nehru, in the Oval Office, White House, Washington, D.C. Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs Phillips Talbot (left) looks on. White House Secret Service Agent, Gerald “Jerry” Blaine, stands in background at right.

President John F. Kennedy meets with Ambassador to the United States from India, Braj Kumar Nehru, in the Oval Office, White House, Washington, D.C. Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs Phillips Talbot (left) looks on.

President John F. Kennedy meets with Ambassador to the United States from India, Braj Kumar Nehru, in the Oval Office, White House, Washington, D.C.

President John F. Kennedy meets with Ambassador to the United States from India, Braj Kumar Nehru, in the Oval Office, White House, Washington, D.C. Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs Phillips Talbot (left) looks on.

President John F. Kennedy, First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy, and Prime Minister of India Jawaharlal Nehru at a dinner given by Prime Minister Nehru in honor of President Kennedy. Indian Embassy, Washington, D.C. [Ink bleed-through on original file print]

Dinner in honor of President John F. Kennedy given by Prime Minister of India Jawaharlal Nehru. (L-R) Indira Gandhi; Shobha Nehru, wife of Indian Ambassador to the United States B.K. Nehru; unidentified woman; President Kennedy; First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy; Prime Minister Nehru; Rose Kennedy; and Ambassador B.K. Nehru. Indian Embassy, Washington, D.C.

Dinner in honor of President John F. Kennedy given by Prime Minister of India Jawaharlal Nehru. (L-R) Shobha Nehru, wife of Indian Ambassador to the United States B.K. Nehru; Indira Gandhi; President Kennedy; First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy; Prime Minister Nehru; Rose Kennedy; and Ambassador B.K. Nehru. Indian Embassy, Washington, D.C.

Prime Minister of India Jawaharlal Nehru (white hat) departs the White House following a meeting with President John F. Kennedy (at right, with back to camera). Also pictured: Indian Ambassador to the United States, B.K. Nehru (behind President Kennedy); United Press International (UPI) photographer, James K. W. Atherton (far left). West Wing Entrance, White House, Washington, D.C.

President John F. Kennedy meets with a group of newspaper executives from several Asian countries in the Conference Room (Fish Room), White House, Washington, D.C. The group includes: Sian Aw and Choi-Sang Shum (Hong Kong); Upendra Acharya, Bapalal K. Doshi, Vadekara M. Nair, G.N. Sahi, and Shantilal A. Shah (India); Yuichiro Isobe and Eiji Noguchi (Japan); Ten Soon Khoo (Malaya); M.G.A. Khatib, Habib Rahman, and Muhammad Safdar (Pakistan); and Osmundo Abad-Santos, Oscar Lopez, and Joaquin P. Roces (Philippines).

President John F. Kennedy meets with a group of newspaper executives from several Asian countries in the Conference Room (Fish Room), White House, Washington, D.C. The group includes: Sian Aw and Choi-Sang Shum (Hong Kong); Upendra Acharya, Bapalal K. Doshi, Vadekara M. Nair, G.N. Sahi, and Shantilal A. Shah (India); Yuichiro Isobe and Eiji Noguchi (Japan); Ten Soon Khoo (Malaya); M.G.A. Khatib, Habib Rahman, and Muhammad Safdar (Pakistan); Osmundo Abad-Santos, Oscar Lopez, and Joaquin P. Roces (Philippines).

President John F. Kennedy meets with Morarji Ranchhodji Desai, Finance Minister of India. (L – R): President Kennedy (in rocking chair); Morarji Desai; C. Douglas Dillon, Secretary of the Treasury; unidentified person. Yellow Oval Room, White House, Washington, D.C.