Royalty Ambassador India Signed Document Royal British Occupation Middle East US for Sale

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Royalty Ambassador India Signed Document Royal British Occupation Middle East US:
$37.46

LOT-G263. For your consideration is an authentic hand-signed letter on laid paper from the Ambassador of India to US Senator Guy M. Gillette, c.1953. Document is signed by G.L. Mehta, Ambassador of India. Letter is on official Embassy of India letterhead and is signed and dated January 12, 1953.Original document measures 8.5\" x 11.0\". Watermarked. Condition is original. Signatures / autograph is manuscript hand-signed in black fountain pen ink. Guaranteed authentic.

Gaganvihari Lallubhai Mehta (1900–1974) was the ambassador of India to the United States from 1952 to 1958. He was awarded the Padma Vibhushan in 1959. He was refused service in a Houston airport restaurant because he was not white, leading John Foster Dulles to conclude that US segregation was hurting foreign relations. He was son of Sir Lallubhai Shamaldas.