Mahatma Gandhi's Funeral
“The banks of the Yamuna, January 31, 1948. Two million mourners surround Gandhi's funeral pyre at Raj Ghat. Foreground shows Nehru and Patel watching as the pyre is lit with sandalwood; midground reveals soldiers presenting arms and an Indian Air Force flyover; smoke rises beside the great river under a brilliant cold winter sky as a nation buries its father.”
