Carterpuri
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Carterpuri village
(Daulatpur Nasirabad village) | |
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Village | |
  Carterpuri village Location in Haryana, India  Carterpuri village Carterpuri village (India) | |
| Coordinates: 28°30′25″N 77°02′34″E / 28.5069642°N 77.0427737°E | |
| Country |  India |
| State | Haryana |
| Region | Haryana |
| District | Gurgaon |
| Founded by | Late Mohar Singh Yadav |
| Elevation | 223 m (732 ft) |
| Languages | |
| • Official | Hindi |
| Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
| PIN | |
| Vehicle registration | HR-26 |
| Website | haryana |
Carterpuri (formerly Daulatpur Nasirabad) is a village in Gurgaon district of Haryana, India. Presently Carterpuri Nambardar is Manohar lal. This village is very close to Bijwasan in South Delhi and is around 6 km away from Gurgaon railway station. In January 1978, the then US President Jimmy Carter along with his family visited the village with then Chief Minister of Haryana Devi Lal.[1]
The village was originally known as Daulatpur Nasirabad village. In 1978, it was renamed as Carterpuri in honour of the 39th United States President Jimmy Carter on the advice of then Indian Prime Minister Morarji Desai. Carter's mother had previously visited the village in the late 1960s as a member of the Peace Corps. President Carter visited the village on 3 January 1978 and donated money as well as a television set.[2][3][4][5]
While Jimmy Carter was the United States president, there was a regular exchange of correspondence between the White House and the Village Council. The U.S. Ambassador came with gifts on 3 January and women would prepare 'halwa-puri' on that day. The haveli became a part of any American tourist's itinerary between 1978 and 1981.[citation needed]
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