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Photo 531(36)
Title
G.B. Shannon, Deputy High Commissioner for the United Kingdom in Calcutta, at the inauguration of the direct telephone link with London, 30.12.55. Photographer: Tarafdar, Amiya.
Date
30 Dec 1955
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Genre: Historical Events. Caption continues: ' L to R: P.J. Rodgers, Director-General of the Overseas Communications Service; G.B.S; Sri Jagjivan Ram, Minister for Communications, Govt of India [and] Dr H.C. Mookerjee, Governor of West Bengal'. Subjects = communications; telephones.

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Shannon Collection: Views and portraits, Calcutta. Photographer(s): Pandit Studio.

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G.B. Shannon, Deputy High Commissioner for the United Kingdom in Calcutta, at the inauguration of the direct telephone link with London, 30.12.55. Photographer: Tarafdar, Amiya.