Wednesday, October 12, 1949
Congresswoman and Vice Regent for Ohio Frances Payne Bolton joined the Indian Prime Minister, Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru, on a tour of Mount Vernon the day before the prime minister was to speak in front of the House of Representatives. Left to right: Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru, his daughter Indira Nehru, Congresswoman and Vice Regent for Ohio Frances Payne Bolton, and Indian ambassador Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit (also the prime minister's sister).
The visit was part of a multi-week goodwill tour of the United States, Nehru first met with President Harry S. Truman and then with Congress. India proclaimed itself neutral in the developing Cold War and America officials sought to remain on close terms with the nation which had just emerged from British colonial rule.