India’s first prime Minister, Jawaharlal nehru, daddling (R) surfing on Srinagar’s Nagin Lake in 1951. Seconds after the photo on the right was taken, the 62-year-old Nehru tipped into water. The pictures appear in photojournalist Sati Sahni’s just-released book, ‘Nehru’s Kashmir”
from TOI dated 30th Jan 2011.
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Previously: Rare photographs of Nehru
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Update: TOI dated 13th Feb 2011.
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