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<p></p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2019}}<br /> {{refimprove|date=February 2013}}<br /> &#039;&#039;&#039;Gaganvihari Lallubhai Mehta&#039;&#039;&#039; (1900&amp;ndash;1974) was the [[ambassador]] of [[India]] to the [[United States]] from 1952 to 1958. He was awarded the [[Padma Vibhushan]] in 1959. He was refused service in a [[Houston]] airport restaurant because he was not white, leading [[John Foster Dulles]] to conclude that US segregation was hurting foreign relations. He was son of Sir [[Lallubhai Shamaldas]].&lt;ref&gt;&#039;&#039;G.L. Mehta: A Many Splendoured Man&#039;&#039; by his daughter, [[Aparna Basu|Dr. Aparna Basu]] (Concept Publishing, 2001)., [[Indianapolis Recorder]] {{dts|1955|08|27}}, [https://newspapers.library.in.gov/cgi-bin/indiana?a=d&amp;d=INR19550827-01.1.10][http://www.trumanlibrary.org/whistlestop/study_collections/achesonmemos/view.php?documentid=71-1_36&amp;documentYear=1952&amp;documentVersion=both]&lt;/ref&gt;<br /> <br /> {{s-start}}<br /> {{s-off}}<br /> {{succession box|title=[[Indian Ambassador to the United States]]|before=[[Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit]]|after=[[M.C. Chagla]]|years=1952-1958}}<br /> {{end}}<br /> <br /> ==References==<br /> {{Reflist}}<br /> <br /> {{Padma Vibhushan Awards}}<br /> {{Authority control}}<br /> <br /> {{DEFAULTSORT:Mehta, Gaganvihari Lallubhai}}<br /> [[Category:Ambassadors of India to the United States]]<br /> [[Category:Recipients of the Padma Vibhushan in social work]]<br /> [[Category:Indian diplomats]]<br /> [[Category:1900 births]]<br /> [[Category:1974 deaths]]<br /> <br /> <br /> {{India-diplomat-stub}}</div>

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