In this photo, we see US President Jimmy Carter on his first and only visit to India, slightly startled by an Indian officer from the Guard of Honour presenting his sword. Jimmy Carter was the third US President to visit India, and the first after the breakdown of the Indo-US relationship during the 1971 war.… [Source]
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Probably one of the least impactful US presidential trips to India, Jimmy Carter and Moraji Desai aren’t exactly the most groundbreaking leaders.
An extremely funny moment in this trip is when they renamed a village in the NCT to Carterpuri. The village has now been subsumed into modern day Gurgaon.
Here’s a bonus photo (although there are quite a few more actually good photos from the trip)
https://preview.redd.it/yglyh7fl895e1.jpeg?width=2048&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=aa1f8c2f7c45bb6afc02a985cfc01055499005d6
Why is he standing/walking like that?
Ah yes, Morarji Desai & Jimmy Carter.
Jimmy Carter being the most over-hated & underrated US President, & Morarji Desai being the most deservingly hated Prime Minister of India.