Indira Gandhi 3rd Prime Minister Of India Elephant Gift & Letter Of Gratitude for Sale

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Indira Gandhi 3rd Prime Minister Of India Elephant Gift & Letter Of Gratitude For Sale

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Indira Gandhi 3rd Prime Minister Of India Elephant Gift & Letter Of Gratitude:
$10000.00

Listed here is an extremely rare gift from Indira Gandhi, the Third Prime Minister of India. Indira hand delivered this gift to my father, thanking him for how hard he worked to accommodate her and her associates during their stay at one of the most famous hotels in New York at the time, “The Helmsley Palace”. Not only did she thank my father for how hard he worked to accommodate her and her associates, but she also thanked him for how much he exceeded his job title to insure not only her safety during the entirety of her stay, but also the safety of her associates she was with for the entirety of their stay. She greatly appreciated being able to “feel safe” during the entirety of her stay, which is very important to keep in mind here as Indira was assassinated almost one year to the day that she gave my father this gift and had written this letter (along with her associate ) to 1/2 owner and president of The Helmsley Palace, Leona Helmsley.

Indira gave this gift to my father on October 27, 1983 right before leaving “The Helmsley Palace”. The letter shown here was given to 1/2 Owner and President of the hotel the same day.

Indira was assassinated (on October 31 1984) just 1 year and 4 days after Indira hand delivered this special, rare, and one of a kind gift to my father.

This is an extremely rare item.

Indira Gandhi was not only just the third Prime Minister of India, but she was also the ONLY female Prime Minister of India to date, and a central figure in Indian Politics, as the leader of the Indian National Congress.

Indira was also the daughter of Jawaharlal Nehru, the very First Prime Minister of India and the mother of Rajiv Gandhi, which is who succeeded her in office as the country’s Sixth Prime Minister. Rajiv would go on to serve as India’s Sixth Prime Minister from 1984 (the date of his mother’s assassination) to 1989 when he lost the election to remain as Indias Prime Minister.

Unfortunate and tragic circumstances led Rajiv to his untimely death like his mother, as he would also be assassinated. Rajiv was assassinated just 6 months after he lost the election.

So this set here includes the following: the very rare, unique, and one of a kind “elephant” gift that Indira Gandhi hand delivered to my father as a token of her appreciation for going accommodating her and associates as a well as going beyond his job title to making sure that her and her associates felt safe for the entirety of their stay, a laminated card with the proper logo used by Indira and India with the card saying “With The Compliments of the Prime Minister of India”, a small envelope with my fathers name and job title that the laminated card came in, a small black stand for that laminated card to be displayed on, a letter written to Leona Helmsley from Indira and associates that was signed by Indira’s associate, and a small square rectangular case to put the elephant and laminated card in. (See photos for display)