New Delhi, 26 novembre 1976
1 page in-4, enveloppe cachetée de cire rouge

Belle lettre de la Première ministre de l'Inde au " dernier amour " d'André Malraux écrite trois jours après la mort de celui-ci : " The news of André Malraux's passing is indeed sorrowful. My father and I regarded him as a personal friend, a friend of India, indeed a friend to humanity. […] His last visit in 1974 was made memorable by the ceremony of the Jawaharlal Nehru Award, the highest honour we can confer.[…] "
Papier et enveloppe à l'en-tête de la " Prime Minister's House " ; cachet en cire rouge de l'ambassade d'Inde à Paris, partiellement conservé.

Typed, signed letter, in English, to Sophie de Vilmorin
A beautiful letter from India's Prime Minister to André Malraux's last love written three days after his death.
Paper and envelope carry the Prime Minister's House's heading; red wax seal from the Indian Embassy in Paris, partially preserved.