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Rewind: Clinton and Calcutta

Hillary Clinton, who lost the US presidential election to Donald Trump on Wednesday, had come to Calcutta as secretary of state in May 2012. Some moments from the visit

TT Bureau Published 12.11.16, 12:00 AM

Hillary Clinton, who lost the US presidential election to Donald Trump on Wednesday, had come to Calcutta as secretary of state in May 2012. Some moments from the visit

Hillary Clinton, awestruck at the sight of the Victoria Memorial, being greeted by Swapan Chakravorty, then secretary and curator of the monument; (above) Hillary leaves the Memorial, US ambassador Nancy Powell in tow. The secretary of state wrote in the visitor’s book: “It was a privilege to visit the national treasure.”

Chief minister Mamata Banerjee greets Hillary Clinton at Writers’ Buildings; (above) Hillary and television journalist Barkha Dutt at La Martiniere for Girls

 

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