Gopal Gandhi looks back at the first President's swearing-in

July 24, 2012 14:55

A bumpy RAF plane from Calcutta brought to Delhi the first Indian to take the oaths of office in India's Government House, as Rashtrapati Bhavan was then called.

Chakravarti Rajagopalachari, Governor of West Bengal, had been pressed by Prime Minister Nehru and Deputy Prime Minister Patel to accept the appointment of Governor General of India, succeeding Lord Mountbatten. On April 11, 1948, Nehru wrote to Rajaji: "I do hope you will not disappoint us. We want you here to help us in many ways''

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