Selected pictures covering

important visits to Pakistan by

late
Didi Nirmala Deshpande,
as head of various Indian
delegations, to promote peace and
harmony in
South Asia.

Seminar on
Pak-India Amity: Prospects and
Problems,
held in Karachi on 8-9 August
1997

Nirmala Didi seated on the stage at the

opening of the seminar, with late Professor
Karrar Hussain and Professor Dr. Manzoor
Ahmed

Group photo of the 11-Member Indian

Delegation together with activists of APA,
PIPFPD and PILER, with Didi, during the
seminar

Some of the Indian delegates at the main

gate of Quaid -e- Azams Mazar.

Convention organized by
Association of Peoples of Asia
(APA - Pakistan Chapter)
on 24.10.2003
at Hyderabad

Didi and her Indian colleagues being

warmly received by representatives of
Pakistan Chapter of APA on their arrival
at the entrance to the
city of Hyderabad.

Mir Sikandar Ali Talpur, President APA

presenting Sindhi Ajrak to Nirmala Didi
before the start of the convention.

In Delhi

President Dr. Abdul Kalam and

Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh
paying their respects to Nirmala Didi
at a function organised in Delhi by
National Forum for Communal
Harmony.

Nirmala Didi and Sherry Rehman at

a Pakistan-India Parliamentarians
meeting in Delhi.

In Lahore

Didi and the Interfaith Delegation from India on arrival at Wagah border

Didi at Lahore Press Club.

Addressing a meeting organised by

Anjuman Asiaye Awam Lahore

Didi attending ceremonies at the

mazar of Baba Bullay Shah at Kasur
along with the Interfaith Delegation
from India and Peace Activists of
Lahore.

Association of Peoples of Asia (APA India) and Akhil Baharat Rachnatmak

Samaj (ABRS) donate relief goods for Pakistani Earthquake victims.

Defying her bad health, Didi travels from Delhi to Waghah to ensure that the trucks
carrying relief goods for earth quake victims donated by APA, India do not face
immigration/customs problems. In these pictures Didi can be seen crossing the border in a
wheel chair and being welcomed by Peace Activists including Ch. Manzoor Ahmed
Former MNA, Mahar Safdar ,Muhammad Akbar and others

Nirmala Didis last journey from Shah

Jehan Road-Delhi to Sadhubelo-Sukkur

Karamat Ali and B.M.Kutty receiving the Urn containing Didis ashes at her Delhi
residence to be carried to Pakistan for immersion in River Indus

Paying homage at PILER Centre

Baby Nisa ,Anushae Alam, B.M.Kutty and Karamat

Ali with the urn containing Didis ashes, on the eve of
its departure for Sukkur.

At Shah Latifs Mazar before the ashes were taken to Sahobela

Didis ashes at Sadhubela

Nirmala Didis ashes being immersed in river indus at the steps of Sadhu Bela
Temple

Ceremony held at PILER Centre to unveil a

Plaque dedicating a PILER block to the
memory of Late Didi Nirmala Deshpande.
Chief Guest:
His Excellency Mr. T.C.A. Raghavan,
High Commissioner of India.