Expo, film on Nehru and Sukarno

Expo, film on Nehru and Sukarno

JAKARTA: A three-day historical exhibition and film about
former Indian prime minister Nehru and former president Sukarno
will open on Saturday at the National Archives Building on Jl.
Gajah Mada 111, West Jakarta.

The exhibition of over 60 photographs, personal letters and
newspaper articles from 1947 to 1950 show how the two nations
supported each other during their struggles for independence.
They record the visits of Sukarno to India, when India achieved
independence, and Nehru to Indonesia, and also how the two
leaders sought to build the Nonaligned Movement through the Asia
Africa Conference in Bandung in 1955.

The pictures of Asia's most important historical figures,
including former vice president Mohammad Hatta former Indian
prime ministers Mahatma Gandhi and Indira Gandhi, will be
presented in the exhibition.

There will also be a short documentary film.--JP