Celebration of an Apatani election victory

This Apatani man is Padi Yubbe speaking at the celebration of his famous election victory : In February 1978, MLAs were elected as Members of the Legislative Assembly in Itanagar, the capital of the then, Union Territory of Arunachal Pradesh : Padi Yubbe, from the Padi clan, one of the richest and m...

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Full title: Celebration of an Apatani election victory [electronic resource] English.
Format: Photo           
Language: English
Published: [S.l.] : [s.n.], 1978.
Series: SOAS Digital Library.
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Summary: This Apatani man is Padi Yubbe speaking at the celebration of his famous election victory : In February 1978, MLAs were elected as Members of the Legislative Assembly in Itanagar, the capital of the then, Union Territory of Arunachal Pradesh : Padi Yubbe, from the Padi clan, one of the richest and most influential in local society, was elected not only as an MLA but also as speaker of the Legislative Assembly : the invited guests, according to Christoph von Fürer-Haimendorf, numbered 500, including Nyishis and Hill Miris from villages within the Speaker's constituency : Dozens of speeches were given by Apatanis, Hill Miris and Nyishis, but only Padi Yubbe spoke partly in English.
Language: English
Published: [S.l.] : [s.n.], 1978.
Subjects:
Series: SOAS Digital Library.
FURER.
RSA.
PHOTOS.
Access: © 1978, The Estate of Christoph von Fürer-Haimendorf. The Estate is currently (2015) represented by Nicholas Haimendorf, son of Christoph von Fürer-Haimendorf. ----- Creative Commons (by-nc-nd). -- This image may be used in accord with Creative Commons license Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs.
Place of Publication: India -- Arunachal Pradesh -- Lower Subansiri District -- Old Ziro -- Apatani River valley.