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On November 24, 1983, Mother Teresa was presented with the insignia of the Honorary Order of Merit by Queen Elizabeth II at the Presidential Palace in Delhi.

 
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There were widespread protests against Prime Minister Indira Gandhi ordering the army to march into the Golden Temple in Amritsar, the highest place of worships for the Sikhs. The community was vociferous in its condemnation of Operation Blue Star in 1984.

 
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The original footage of Prime Minister Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru's visit to Pondicherry. (No audio)

 
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The seige of the Golden Temple in 1984 is still fresh in the memory of Indians. This feature brings you glimpses of the event that preceded the Indian army's Operation Blue Star to flush out Khalistani terrorists from the much-revered religious place of the Sikhs. The operation was carried out on the orders of the then PM, Mrs. Indira Gandhi.

 
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Prince Charles visited Bombay in 1980. On a tour to Film City, actress Padmini Kolhapure pecked the king-in-waiting on his cheek while welcoming him. The kiss created a furore in the Indian media and is still remembered by many as one of the most famous kisses by an Indian.

 
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2 min 45 sec 
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At Wagah, the only road-border crossing between India and Pakistan, the evening guards at both the countries' ends engage in a ceremony called 'the lowering of the flags'. It seems to foreigners an aggressive and bizarre ritual of brinkmanship. This extraordinary cross-border entertainment, which exists since 1947, is a reminder of the drama spilling over into real war.

 
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Rajiv Gandhi's election had won for the Congress a victory greater than it had ever before. It was his personal appeal and not the party's that got the voters flocking to the booths. The victory represented a continuity and a change at the same time in a fundamental society that once voted on basis of castes, but which now chose to vote individually.

 
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2 min 22 sec 
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In 1975, an Indian high court declared Indira Gandhi's election invalid on grounds of alleged malpractices in an election petition filed by Janata Party leader Raj Narain. In this video, Indira Gandhi defends the charges imposed on her government.

 
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The official reception of the Indian team after it won the 1983 Cricket World Cup in England turned into chaos as the crowd present rushed to give the cricketers a heros' welcome.

 
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Archival footage of the death ceremony of Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru, carried out at Shantivan on the banks of the river Yamuna on May 27, 1964.

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