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Name of the Collection S.P.K. Gupta
Folder/Categories Subject Files, 1925-2016
Sub-folder/Sub-category D. USSR (and Post-USSR), USA and India, 1956-2016
File No. /Acc. No. 9
Abstract Material on Rajiv Gandhi’s visit to the Soviet Union. The file contains transcript of interview given by Rajiv Gandhi to the Soviet TV titled ‘Friendship and Cooperation in the Name of Peace and Progress’; M.S. Gorbachev’s interviews to PTI; interview of Rajiv Gandhi to TASS as carried by PRAVDA titled ‘Factor of Stability and Peace’; press roundup of 21 May 1985 and 23 May 1985; Joint Indo-Soviet Statement; copy of speech given by M.S. Gorbachev at dinner in the Great Kremlin Palace on 21 May 1985; information about press party accompanying the Prime Minister of India and other programme details of his visit. Includes, articles titled ‘Continuity and Change’ by L. Zhegalov & A. Usvatov; ‘India: Visible Changes’ by V. Shurygin; ‘USSR-India, Spiritual Attachment’ by S. Bulantsev and ‘Michael S. Gorbachev about India and Soviet-India Relations’. Also, includes a pamphlet titled Together we shall make India Strong and Great by Rajiv Gandhi and drafts of PTI features titled ‘Indo-USSR’ and ‘Indo-Soviet Relations: Enduring Ties’
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Keywords Rajiv Gandhi; Visit; Soviet Union; Transcript; M.S. Gorbachev; PTI; TASS; PRAVDA; Indo-Soviet; Great Kremlin Palace; L. Zhegalov; A. Usvatov; V. Shurygin; S. Bulantsev; Indo-USSR
Start Date “Period From” 1984
End Date “Period To” 1986
Extent 116 pp.
Item type/Format Typed & Printed/ Photocopy
Language English
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Donor S.P.K. Gupta
Donation Date 2022
Custodian Archives of Contemporary India, Ashoka University, Sonipat, Haryana
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