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A policeman of the 5th Indian Division, serving in Syria during World War II
A policeman of the 5th Indian Division, serving in Syria during World War II, directed military traffic on the Daraa-Damascus highway in 1941.

President Shukri al-Quwatli in New Delhi with President Rajendera Prassad in 1957
New Delhi - January 7, 1957. From left to right: Unknown, President Rajendera Prassad, President Shukri al-Quwatli, Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru

President Shukri al-Quwatli on an official state visit to India in 1957
From left to right: Huda al-Quwatli, daughter of the Syrian President, Shukri al-Quwatli, First Lady Bahira al-Dalati, Prime Minister Jawaherlal Nehru.

President Shukri al-Quwatli and the First Lady of Syria with the Indian President Rajendera Prassad in 1957

President Shukri al-Quwatli on a state visit to India in December 1957
Quwatli (fifth from left) stands before the Taj Mahal with his wife Bahira al-Dalati, the First Lady of Syria, and Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru.

Indian Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru in Damascus in 1961 visiting the home of MP Suhail al-Khury
Behind Nehru stands his daughter Indira Gandhi and Colette, Suheil’s daughter who went on to become an MP in her own right and one of Syria’s foremost novelists