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Nehru, Jawaharlal (1889 – 1964) & the 1948 Commonwealth conference

An extraordinary, historic signed 12″ X 17″ group photograph (image size 11″ X 14″)by Jawaharlal Nehru and other commonwealth leaders, pictured together at the 1948 Commonwealth Prime Minister’s Conference. Boldly signed below the image by all those pictured: Jawaharlal Nehru, Liaquat Ali Khan, Peter Fraser, Clement  Attlee, Herbert Evatt, William Lyon McKenzie Smith, Don Stephen Senayake, Eric Louw and Sir Godfrey Huggins. Attractively matted and framed, and in very fine condition. Formerly the property of Liaquat Ali Khan (1895 – 1951), first Prime Minister of Pakistan.

This conference was held in London in October 1948. It was the first meeting to be attended by the Prime Ministers of the recently independent Asian states of India, Ceylon and Pakistan.

A rare and desirable item.