“An old picture of two former Prime Ministers of India PV Narsimha Rao and Rajiv Gandhi among others is being widely shared on social media with claims that it is of Indira Gandhi’s funeral. However, we found that the claims are false.”
Social media posts
Claim dated 1 Apr 2019.
BBC Hindi rated thisFalse
In short
This claim spread on social media around 1 April 2019. BBC Hindi (India) looked into it and published its finding on 2 April 2019, 1 day later. Its rating was “False”.
Where the claim appeared
- Facebook posthttps://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=803583843336963&set=g.385865485080793&type=1&thea…
Links recorded by BBC Hindi. Some posts may have been deleted since.
This check was done by BBC Hindi, not by DoesItStand. We list it so you can find it. Their full evidence and reasoning are in their article.