In March 1962, the First Lady took a dazzling goodwill tour of India.
Backstory: First Lady Jackie Kennedy, at the urging of the U.S. Ambassador to India, John Kenneth Galbraith, embarked on a goodwill tour of India to help improve relations between the two nations. Stops on her trip included New Delhi, Fatehpur Sikri, the Taj Mahal in Agra, Benares (with a boat ride on the Ganges River), Udaipur, and Jaipur.
First Lady Jackie Kennedy gets a warm welcome after arriving at the airport in New Delhi.
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Meeting with Indian Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru at his home.
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Jackie was accompanied on the trip by her sister Princess Lee Radziwill of Poland.
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