1966 Indian newspaper found in the Alps mountain region of France
It may be difficult to believe, but an Indian newspaper was found in the melting snow of the Mo Blanc glacier in the Alps mountain region of France, that too in 1966.
It is believed that this newspaper may have fallen in the area from an Air India aircraft which crashed on January 24, 1966. In this accident, all 117 people aboard the plane were killed.
On the front page of this newspaper, there is news of Indira Gandhi becoming Prime Minister, even today, the credit of being the only woman Prime Minister of India is in the name of Indira Gandhi.
In fact, a man running a local restaurant has found dozens of newspapers in the National Herald and Economic Times.
Timothy Motin Chamonix runs a restaurant in the Sky Resort Area. He told the news AFP, “Newspapers are drying up but are in good condition. You can read it.”
After the newspapers dry up, Timothy will display them in his restaurant among the items he has recovered so far after the accident.
The most valuable item was recovered in 2013, and that is the box of valuables. There were stones like emerald, sapphire and ruby in it, the estimated cost of this box was estimated at between one lakh 47 thousand dollars and two lakh 79 thousand dollars.
Mountain glaciers are melting as global temperatures rise. In the last September itself, the authorities had issued a warning that some parts of Mo Blan Gardens could collapse at any time.
Indira Gandhi, the daughter of India’s first Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru, was herself Prime Minister of India for 15 years. For the first time she was Prime Minister from 1966 to 1977, for 11 years. Emergency was also imposed in it between 1975 and 1977.
After this, he returned as Prime Minister of India in January 1980 after being out of power for three years. To overcome Sikh extremists in the state of Punjab, he resorted to Operation Blue Star. Later he was shot and killed by two of his own Sikh security guards.
