Gursharan Kaur visits gurudwara, school in Tehran
August 29, 2012  15:04
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's wife Gursharan Kaur had a foot-tapping time at a gurudwara and Kendriya Vidyalaya in Tehran today.

The school children, including a Bangladeshi and an Iraqi girl, left the audience including Kaur mesmerised with their songs and dance sequences. The Prime Minister's wife was seen tapping her feet and clapping softly, enjoying every moment of her over one and half hours.

The Indian governnemt extended a grant of Rs two crore to the school. During the second half of the 20th century till the 1979 revolution here, the school used to have more than 350 students on its roll and was affiliated to Punjab University and later with CBSE.

After the revolution, many Indian families left Tehran and from about 350 Indian families, only just 60-65 families were left.
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