Picture taken on September 17, 1959 of Indian prime minister Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru (R) and Dalaï Lama in Buddhist salutation. Indian statesman and prime minister (1947-64) Nehru joined the Indian Congress Committee in 1918, he was influenced by Gandhi and was imprisoned several times by the British. In 1947 he became India's first prime minister and minister of external affairs. (Photo by - / PUNJAB / AFP) (Photo credit should read -/AFP/Getty Images)