New Delhi in the Space Age
The atlas holds 11 people and 14 moments here, from 1958 to 2014. The most recorded lives are Martin Luther King Jr., Indira Gandhi and Shinzo Abe.
Notable people
Martin Luther King Jr.
in 1959
2 moments here
American Baptist minister and civil-rights leader who advanced racial equality through nonviolent protest.…
Indira Gandhi
from 1983 to 1984
2 moments here
Indira Priyadarshini Gandhi was an Indian stateswoman who served as prime minister from 1966 to 1977 and from 1980 until her assassination in 1984.…
Shinzo Abe
from 2007 to 2014
2 moments here
Japanese politician who served as Prime Minister of Japan from 2006 to 2007 and from 2012 to 2020.…
Fidel Castro
in 1983
1 moment here
Cuban revolutionary and political leader who led the 26th of July Movement against Fulgencio Batista, became Cuba's prime minister in 1959, and later…
Yuri Gagarin
in 1961
1 moment here
Soviet pilot and cosmonaut Yuri Alekseyevich Gagarin became the first human to travel into outer space and to orbit Earth on Vostok 1 on 12 April…
Mikhail Gorbachev
in 1986
1 moment here
Soviet and Russian politician who led the Soviet Union from 1985 until its dissolution in 1991.…
Jimmy Carter
in 1978
1 moment here
James Earl Carter Jr. was an American naval officer, Georgia state senator and governor, the 39th president of the United States, and a…
Jawaharlal Nehru
in 1964
1 moment here
Indian lawyer, anti-colonial nationalist and statesman who became independent India’s first prime minister, serving from 15 August 1947 until his…
Hugo Chávez
in 2005
1 moment here
Hugo Rafael Chávez Frías was a Venezuelan army officer and politician who led the failed February 1992 coup attempt, became president of Venezuela in…
Ho Chi Minh
in 1958
1 moment here
Vietnamese revolutionary and statesman, born Nguyễn Sinh Cung, who led the Việt Minh, proclaimed the Democratic Republic of Vietnam in 1945, and…
Li Keqiang
in 2013
1 moment here
Chinese politician and economist who rose from rural labour in Anhui through the Communist Youth League, led Henan and Liaoning, served as vice…
Moments
- 1958 Meeting with Jawaharlal Nehru Ho Chi Minh
- 1959 Arrives in New Delhi Martin Luther King Jr.
- 1959 Meets Nehru at Teen Murti Bhavan Martin Luther King Jr.
- 1961 Arrival for India tour Yuri Gagarin
- 1964 Death in New Delhi Jawaharlal Nehru
- 1978 India state visit Jimmy Carter
- 1983 Chairmanship of Non-Aligned Movement Indira Gandhi
- 1983 Non-Aligned Movement summit Fidel Castro
- 1984 Assassination at prime-ministerial residence Indira Gandhi
- 1986 State visit to New Delhi Mikhail Gorbachev
- 2005 Meeting with Manmohan Singh Hugo Chávez
- 2007 India visit with Manmohan Singh Shinzo Abe
- 2013 First foreign trip: India Li Keqiang
- 2014 Republic Day chief guest Shinzo Abe