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dated February 17, 1956: Shah of Iran in Delhi

Their Imperial Majesties, the Shah and the Queen of Iran, were accorded a warm welcome at the Palam airport on February 16 by the President, Dr. Rajendra Prasad, and other Indian leaders. The Vice-President, Dr. S. Radhakrishnan, and Prime Minister Nehru were introduced by the President to Their Majesties. A salute of 21 guns was fired as His Imperial Majesty stepped out of a KLM Constellation which brought the guests and party for a three-week visit to India. A welcome song in Hindi by school girls and another in Persian by Iranian children greeted the King as he approached them. The Royal couple were profusely garlanded. Expressing his "sense of big pleasure on setting foot on the soil of our great neighbouring country," the Shah declared that he was "particularly proud of the fact that despite our living in an age of political revolution, wars and strifes, our two countries have invariably stood for peace and mutual understanding. We pray to Almighty God that our two countries may preserve intact the noble traditions of our ancestors for remaining culturally and spiritually united as we have been over thousands of years."

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