Key Highlights
- The air above New Delhi seemed to crackle with anticipation, a blend of organised political fervour and genuine public curiosity for a figure whose nation was India's most crucial strategic partner. THE ARRIVAL: A CHOREOGRAPHY OF POWERThe Brass Band suddenly started playing.
- From the haze above Palam Airport, the massive Ilyushin-62 descended.
- As its wheels kissed Indian soil, the crowd erupted in applause. advertisementThen he appeared — Leonid I.
- Brezhnev, General Secretary of the Communist Party, the heart of Soviet power, one of the most powerful persons in the world.
- Beside him stood then Indian Prime Minister Indira Gandhi, resolute, regal, and precise in gesture.