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Three years ago, when she visited New Delhi, Jackie Kennedy, 35, stayed with Indira Gandhi, 47, daughter of Jawaharlal Nehru. Now it was Jackie's turn to welcome Mrs. Gandhi. In Manhattan's boxed-glass Union Carbide Building, they inaugurated a photographic government exhibit, "Nehru, His Life and Times," before a black-tie bazaar of 1,700 notables, including the U.N. Secretary-General, U.S. Vice President, New York Governor, both New York Senators, and five former ambassadors to India...
Candidate Pandit won easily, 110,-548 to 52,528. It is expected she will soon join her niece and Nehru's daughter, Indira Gandhi, in the Cabinet of Prime Minister Lai Bahadur Shastri...
...eight times a grandmother, and Governor of Maharashtra state, Mme. Pandit has been chosen by the Congress Party as their candidate in next month's by-election to fill the parliamentary seat of her late brother. When elected, she is expected to join her niece, Mrs. Indira Gandhi, in the Cabinet...
Almost all posts in the somewhat lackluster Cabinet were filled by holdovers from Nehru's day, including such familiar leaders as Defense Minister Y. B. Chavan and Railways Minister S. K. Patil. The most important newcomer is Nehru's gifted daughter, Indira Gandhi, who became Minister of Information, may later be promoted to Foreign Minister. That post, as well as the Ministry of Atomic Energy, Shastri kept for himself for the time being...
...office Shastri would immediately have to start thinking about the hard business of running a government. As he huddled with advisers on the makeup of his new Cabinet, it seemed likely that the Foreign Ministry might go to Indira Gandhi, while the defeated Desai was almost certain to be offered a portfolio, even if not the top one he demands. Another likely minister: S. K. Patil...