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| Picture No | 10578584 |
| Date | 1950 |
| Description | Republic of India declared, 1950 |
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The new republic of India is born-president Doctor Rajendra Prasad, taking the oath at Government House in Delhi. The scene in the Durbar Hall resembled the installation of a Viceroy, but all the royal symbols had been removed.
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| Source | Front cover of The Illustrated London News 1950, 4th February page 157. |
| Credit | © Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans |
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