United Nations Photo

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Seminar and Exhibition on Low-Cost Housing and Community Improvement

2/1/1954 8:05:04 PM

Unique ID UN7486042

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Headline United Nations Seminar on Housing and Community Improvement

Caption Description A United Nations Regional Seminar on Housing and Community Improvement opened in New Delhi on 21 January and ended on 17 February 1954. In conjunction with the Seminar, the Indian Government organized an International Exhibition on Low-cost Housing, one of the major features of which was a ""model village"", properly planned for community life, in which none of the houses cost more than 5,000 rupees - the equivalent of a little more than 1,000 dollars. Included in the ""village"" was a replica of the hut in which Gandhi lived and worked.
H.E. Mr.Jawaharlal Nehru, Prime Minister of India as he visited the ""model village"", with U.N. technical assistance expert, Miss Jacqueline Tyrwhitt, who directed the Seminar.

Unique Identifier UN7486040

NICA ID 337730

Production Date 02/01/1954 8:05:10 PM

City/Location New Delhi

Country India

Credit UN Photo