Carterpuri
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Carterpuri is a village in Haryana
very close to Delhi
and Six km. off the main Gurgaon
road. This is a Yadav
dominated village and it's village Council chairman is Mr. Bhoop Singh Yadav.
American president when Jimmy Carter
visited the village in 1978. At the time it had been called Chuma Kheragaon but soon after was re-christened to its current name.
Mr. Carter, accompanied by his wife, Rosalynn Carter
, the U.S. Ambassador, Mr. Robert F. Goheen, the then Prime Minister, Morarji Desai
, then Chief Minister, Mr. Devi Lal, and many Cabinet Ministers spent over an hour in the village.
Till Mr. Carter was President, there was regular exchange of correspondence between the White House
and the Village Council. The U.S. Ambassador used to come with gifts on January 3 and women would prepare `halwa-puri' on that day.The haveli became a part of any American tourist's itinerary between 1978 and 1981.
Haryana
Haryana is a state in India. Historically, it has been a part of the Kuru region in North India. The name Haryana is found mentioned in the 12th century AD by the apabhramsha writer Vibudh Shridhar . It is bordered by Punjab and Himachal Pradesh to the north, and by Rajasthan to the west and south...
very close to Delhi
Delhi
Delhi , officially National Capital Territory of Delhi , is the largest metropolis by area and the second-largest by population in India, next to Mumbai. It is the eighth largest metropolis in the world by population with 16,753,265 inhabitants in the Territory at the 2011 Census...
and Six km. off the main Gurgaon
Gurgaon
Gurgaon is the second largest city in the Indian state of Haryana. Gurgaon is the industrial and financial center of Haryana. It is located 30 km south of national capital New Delhi, about 10 kilometers from Dwarka Sub City and 268 km south of Chandigarh, the state capital...
road. This is a Yadav
Yadav
Yādav refers to an umbrella group of traditionally non-elite pastoral communities, or castes, in India and Nepal which since the nineteenth and twentieth centuries has claimed descent from the mythological King Yadu as a part of a movement of social and political resurgence.The term 'Yadav' now...
dominated village and it's village Council chairman is Mr. Bhoop Singh Yadav.
American president when Jimmy Carter
Jimmy Carter
James Earl "Jimmy" Carter, Jr. is an American politician who served as the 39th President of the United States and was the recipient of the 2002 Nobel Peace Prize, the only U.S. President to have received the Prize after leaving office...
visited the village in 1978. At the time it had been called Chuma Kheragaon but soon after was re-christened to its current name.
Mr. Carter, accompanied by his wife, Rosalynn Carter
Rosalynn Carter
Eleanor Rosalynn Carter is the wife of the former President of the United States Jimmy Carter and in that capacity served as the First Lady of the United States from 1977 to 1981. As First Lady and after, she has been a leading advocate for numerous causes, perhaps most prominently for mental...
, the U.S. Ambassador, Mr. Robert F. Goheen, the then Prime Minister, Morarji Desai
Morarji Desai
Morarji Ranchhodji Desai was an Indian independence activist and the fourth Prime Minister of India from 1977–79. He was the first Indian Prime Minister who did not belong to the Indian National Congress...
, then Chief Minister, Mr. Devi Lal, and many Cabinet Ministers spent over an hour in the village.
Till Mr. Carter was President, there was regular exchange of correspondence between the White House
White House
The White House is the official residence and principal workplace of the president of the United States. Located at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW in Washington, D.C., the house was designed by Irish-born James Hoban, and built between 1792 and 1800 of white-painted Aquia sandstone in the Neoclassical...
and the Village Council. The U.S. Ambassador used to come with gifts on January 3 and women would prepare `halwa-puri' on that day.The haveli became a part of any American tourist's itinerary between 1978 and 1981.