Historic photographs of pre - independence india..

Abhijit Korgaonkar (Final Student) (1243 Points)

26 July 2011  

Here are some of pics of Indian History.. the last one is worth watching.. dont miss it..

 

The daughter of an Indian maharajah seated on a panther she shot, sometime during 1920s

A British man gets a pedicure from an Indian servant.

The Grand Trunk Road , built by Sher Shah Suri, was the main trade route from Calcutta to Kabul...

A group of Dancing or notch girls began performing with their elaborate costumes and jewelry...

A rare view of the President's palace and the Parliament building in New Delhi...

Women gather at a party in Mumbai ( Bombay ) in 1910.

A group from Vaishnava, a sect founded by a Hindu mystic. His followers are called Gosvami-maharajahs...

An aerial view of Jama Masjid mosque in Delhi , built between 1650 and 1658...

The Imperial Airways 'Hanno' Hadley Page passenger airplane carries the England to India air mail, stopping in Sharjah to refuel...

 

 
The below letter is what INDIA was as per Lord Macaulay on his statement on 2nd February 1835. 
It shows what the British thought of India and how they managed to rule us.

 

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