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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
Country
India
Credit
UN Photo
