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85 Fleet Street, London EC4: Press Association Photos

The Queen gives Mother Teresa the Honorary Order of Merit, New Delhi. [Royal Tour of India, 1983] 24 - 24 Nov 1983

17.8 x 23.9 cm (image) | RCIN 2002817

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HM The Queen presenting Mother Teresa of Calcutta (Anjezë Gonxhe Bojaxhiu) (1910-97) with the insignia of an Honorary Member of the Order of Merit. The presentation took place at the Rashtrapati Bhavan, New Delhi on 24 November 1983, during Her Majesty’s visit to India on the occasion of the Seventh Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting.
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Search the collection Mother Teresa (Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu) (1910-97)

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monochrome photograph

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17.8 x 23.9 cm (image)
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visual works
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Asia
India
Delhi [India]
New Delhi
Genealogy and Heraldry
Orders (honour)
Order of Merit (Great Britain)

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