Wednesday, February 11, 2009

India 100 Years Ago : Amazing/Rare Pictures

ndia 100 Years Ago : Amazing/Rare Pictures













Track Inspection Van (1895)
India under British Rule | Rare Unseen Pictures Dated 1864 | Rare Pictures of Indian Civilization | Rare British Rule Images of Indian People Culture and Places

Ambulance at Chennai 1940
India under British Rule | Rare Unseen Pictures Dated 1864 | Rare Pictures of Indian Civilization | Rare British Rule Images of Indian People Culture and Places

Bank of madras 1935
India under British Rule | Rare Unseen Pictures Dated 1864 | Rare Pictures of Indian Civilization | Rare British Rule Images of Indian People Culture and Places

Car Showroom Chennai 1913
India under British Rule | Rare Unseen Pictures Dated 1864 | Rare Pictures of Indian Civilization | Rare British Rule Images of Indian People Culture and Places

Andaman 1917
India under British Rule | Rare Unseen Pictures Dated 1864 | Rare Pictures of Indian Civilization | Rare British Rule Images of Indian People Culture and Places

Karachi 1917
India under British Rule | Rare Unseen Pictures Dated 1864 | Rare Pictures of Indian Civilization | Rare British Rule Images of Indian People Culture and Places

Multi complex Departmental Store 1883
India under British Rule | Rare Unseen Pictures Dated 1864 | Rare Pictures of Indian Civilization | Rare British Rule Images of Indian People Culture and Places

Ford 1917
India under British Rule | Rare Unseen Pictures Dated 1864 | Rare Pictures of Indian Civilization | Rare British Rule Images of Indian People Culture and Places

Hoogly( Calcutta) 1915
India under British Rule | Rare Unseen Pictures Dated 1864 | Rare Pictures of Indian Civilization | Rare British Rule Images of Indian People Culture and Places


Chennai Market (Kothaval Chawadi) 1939
India under British Rule | Rare Unseen Pictures Dated 1864 | Rare Pictures of Indian Civilization | Rare British Rule Images of Indian People Culture and Places

Lahore 1864
India under British Rule | Rare Unseen Pictures Dated 1864 | Rare Pictures of Indian Civilization | Rare British Rule Images of Indian People Culture and Places


Chennai Library 1913 (college studensama)
India under British Rule | Rare Unseen Pictures Dated 1864 | Rare Pictures of Indian Civilization | Rare British Rule Images of Indian People Culture and Places

Chennai Marina beech 1913
India under British Rule | Rare Unseen Pictures Dated 1864 | Rare Pictures of Indian Civilization | Rare British Rule Images of Indian People Culture and Places

Mumbai 1894
India under British Rule | Rare Unseen Pictures Dated 1864 | Rare Pictures of Indian Civilization | Rare British Rule Images of Indian People Culture and Places

VT Station Mumbai 1894
India under British Rule | Rare Unseen Pictures Dated 1864 | Rare Pictures of Indian Civilization | Rare British Rule Images of Indian People Culture and Places

Mylapore-chennai -1939
India under British Rule | Rare Unseen Pictures Dated 1864 | Rare Pictures of Indian Civilization | Rare British Rule Images of Indian People Culture and Places

Ooty 1905
India under British Rule | Rare Unseen Pictures Dated 1864 | Rare Pictures of Indian Civilization | Rare British Rule Images of Indian People Culture and Places

Power Plant 1917
India under British Rule | Rare Unseen Pictures Dated 1864 | Rare Pictures of Indian Civilization | Rare British Rule Images of Indian People Culture and Places

Karachi Theatre 1917
India under British Rule | Rare Unseen Pictures Dated 1864 | Rare Pictures of Indian Civilization | Rare British Rule Images of Indian People Culture and Places



Nehru and Gandhi at AICC meeting, July 1946

Direct Action Day: Calcutta, Aug.16, 1946.

Mountbatten arrives at Delhi airport; received by Nehru and Liaquat Ali. March 25, 1947

Aug. 15, 1947: Mountbatten swears Nehru in as Prime Minister of India

TRAIN TO PAKISTAN; India 1947. Trains packed with refugees - Hindus and Sikhs headed for India, and Muslims headed for Pakistan - were convenient targets for gangs of killers on both sides of the border. Inadequately protected 'Refugee Specials' were typically stopped, and the occupants butchered, several times in the course of the journey.

The dead - Punjab, 1947

Ghandhiji Addressing people

1948: The news of Gandhi's assassination hits the streets. A stunned crowd gathers in Calcutta.

1948: Crowds in New Delhi wait for a glimpse of Gandhi's funeral procession.

1971: Indira Gandhi reviews the troops, in the context of militaryand diplomatic preparations for the Bangladesh War.

A Library being divided at the time of partition. My heart trembles to see this sight and it is tough to imagine the state of the nation at the moment when people needed to hold hands.
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