State Visit to India

  • <span class="title">Meeting the Prime Minister</span><br/>As a part of their State Visit to India, the Governor-General Hon Anand Satyanand and Mrs Susan Satyanand, met the Prime Minister of India, Dr Manmohan Singh in New Delhi on 9 September 09, 2008. Photo: Government of India.
  • <span class="title">Meeting the External Affairs Minister</span><br/>The Indian Government's Minister of External Affairs, Shri Pranab Mukherjee, met the Governor-General, Hon Anand Satyanand, and Mrs Susan Satyanand in New Delhi on 9 September 2008.
  • <span class="title">Gandhi Memorial</span><br/>As a part of their State Visit to India, the Governor-General, Hon Anand Satyanand, and Mrs Susan Satyanand laid a wreath at the Samadhi of Mahatma Gandhi at Rajghat, in Delhi on 9 September 2008. Photo: Government of India.
  • <span class="title">Guard of Honour</span><br/>As a part of his State Visit to India, the Governor-General, Hon Anand Satyanand received a formal State Welcome, which included inspecting the Guard of Honour at the ceremonial reception, at Rashtrapati Bhavan, in New Delhi on 9 September 2008. Photo: Government of India.
  • <span class="title">Meeting the Vice-President</span><br/>As a part of his State Visit to India, the Governor-General, Hon Anand Satyanand met the Vice President of India, Shri Mohd. Hamid Ansari, in New Delhi on 9 September 2008. Photo: Government of India.
  • <span class="title">State Welcome</span><br/>The President of India, Smt. Pratibha Devisingh Patil and the Prime Minister, Dr Manmohan Singh at the ceremonial reception of the Governor-General, Hon Anand Satyanand, and Mrs Susan Satyanand, at Rashtrapati Bhavan, in New Delhi on 9 September 2008. Photo: Government of India.
  • <span class="title">Meeting the media</span><br/>The Governor-General, Hon Anand Satyanand, the President of India, Smt. Pratibha Devisingh Patil and the Prime Minister of India, Dr Manmohan Singh interacting with the media at the ceremonial reception, at Rashtrapati Bhavan, in New Delhi on 9 September 2008. Photo: Government of India.
  • <span class="title">Meeting the Overseas Indian Affairs Minister</span><br/>The Indian Government's Minister of Overseas Indian Affairs and Parliamentary Affairs, Shri Vayalar Ravi met with the Governor-General, Hon Anand Satyanand, in New Delhi on 10 September 2008.

The Governor-General, Hon Anand Satyanand, and Mrs Susan Satyanand, made the first State Visit by a New Zealand Governor-General to India in September 2008, visiting New Dehli, Mumbai and Hyderabad.