The chief guests with the Director, 1967

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This photograph was taken during the Eighth Institute Day of IIT Madras. It shows Sardarini Sant Sev Ujjal Singh (left), Prof. B. Sengupto (Director of IIT Madras, centre) and Sardar Ujjal Singh (Governor of Tamil Nadu, right).

Sardar Ujjal Singh served as the Governor of Punjab from 1 September 1965 to 27 June 1966 and Governor of Tamil Nadu from 28 June 1966 to 25 May 1971.

Sardar Ujjal Singh had visited IIT Madras the previous year as well. He had been invited for the inauguration of the ninth hostel in campus- Alakananda in 1966.

Collection:

Central Photographic Section Collection

Album Name:

Eighth Institute Day, 1967

Photograph ID:

001/0026/IMG_0796_1

Album ID:

0026

Date:

March 1967

Place:

Open Air Theatre (OAT)