Nelson Mandela taking the oath of office to become South Africa's first black President in Pretoria on May 10 1994. Photo: The Hindu Archives
Mandela died on December 5, 2013 at his home in Johannesburg, South Africa surrounded by his family. He was 95. Here are a collection of few glimpses from his life.
President Nelson Mandela waves back at the crowd during election campaign in Rustenberg on January 31, 1994.
Vice-President, K.R. Narayanan, meeting South African President, Nelson Mandela, in Pretoria on May 11, 1994. Photo: D.Sengupta
Nelson Mandela addressing at the Central Hall of Parliament in 1995. Photo: Shanker Chakravarty
South African President, Nelson Mandela, and Sonia Gandhi at the Rajiv Gandhi Golden Jubilee Memorial Lecture ceremony in New Delhi on January 25, 1995. Photo: The Hindu Archives
South African President, Nelson Mandela, stands next to Queen Elizabeth-II after she stepped ashore from the Royal Yacht Britannia at the official start of her first visit to South Africa since 1947, in Cape Town on March 20, 1995. Photo: The Hindu Archives
The then Prime Minister of India, H.D. Deve Gowda, with South African President, Nelson Mandela, at Hyderabad House in New Delhi on March 28, 1997. Photo: The Hindu Archives
US President, Bill Clinton, and South African President, Nelson Mandela, peer through the bars of the cell on March 27, 1998, in which Mandela spent 18 years while incarcerated by the former South African Government. Mandela showed the cell to Clinton during a tour of Tobben Island, the Penal colony, where he was held. Photo: The Hindu Archives
The then Prime Minister of India, Atal Bihari Vajpayee, being received by the President of South Africa, Nelson Mandela, on his arrival at the International Conference Centre to attend the inauguration of 12th Non Aligned Movement Summit at Durban (South Africa) on September 2, 1998. Photo: D. Sengupta
Former President of India, R.K. Narayan, presenting the Gandhi Peace Prize to Nelson Mandela at a function in Rashtrapati Bhawan. Photo: V Sudarshan.
Prime Minister, Manmohan Singh, with former South African President, Nelson Mandela, in Johannesburg in 2006. Photo: PTI
African National Congress leader, Nelson Mandela, at the second cricket Test match between India and South Africa at New Wanderers in Johannesburg, South Africa, on November 26, 1992. Photo: V.V. Krishnan
Published on December 6, 2013
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