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one simple photograph can tell u much more about historical figures or events than any book you might read or any charter you might analyze.
These 30 Intriguing Pictures Are Some of the Rarest Photographs Ever Captured in India
1. Rabindranath Tagore with Albert Einstein in 1920s Image
2.  Indira Gandhi, Charlie Chaplin And Jawaharlal Nehru in Bürgenstock, Switzerland, 1953

#photography #indiaphoto #Historicalphotos #india #leader Image
3. The last time Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose was arrested by the British police

#photography #indiaphoto #Historicalphotos #india #leader #NetajiSubhashChandraBose Image
4.  Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar with his wife Dr Savita Ambedkar, helper Sudama and their pet dog

#photography #indiaphoto #Historicalphotos #india #leader #ambedkarquotes #ambedkarqoutesinkannada Image
4.  Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar with his wife Dr Savita Ambedkar, helper Sudama and their pet dog

#photography #indiaphoto #Historicalphotos #india #leader #bhagatsingh #Bhgat Image
6. Sir C V Raman explaining the Raman Effect to his students in 1930

#photography #indiaphoto #Historicalphotos #india #leader #science #ScienceTwitter #ScienceAndTechnology Image
7. Three legends, Sir Maurice Gwyer, Rabindranath Tagore, and Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan, coming out from Sinha Sadan at Shantiniketan

#photography #indiaphoto #Historicalphotos #india #leader #tagore Image
8. Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose with Adolf Hitler in Berlin in Germany, 1942

#photography #indiaphoto #Historicalphotos #india #leader #NetajiSubhashChandraBose #NetajiSubhasChandraBose Image
9. Lord Mountbatten swears in Jawaharlal Nehru as the first Prime Minister of free India at the ceremony held on August 15, 1947

#photography #indiaphoto #Historicalphotos #india #leader #independence #IndependenceDay Image
10. Dr. Rajendra Prasad with President’s Bodyguards (PBG) on the streets of Chandni Chowk, Delhi.

#photography #indiaphoto #Historicalphotos #india #leader Image
11. A young French boy introduces himself to Indian soldiers who had just arrived in Marseilles to fight alongside French and British forces in World War I, September 30, 1914

#photography #indiaphoto #Historicalphotos #india #leader #Soldiers #soldier76 Image
12. A library with books being divided into India and Pakistan during Partition in 1947.

#photography #indiaphoto #Historicalphotos #india #leader #indiapakistan #PakistanShocksIndia #PakistanZindabad Image
13. First day (December 9, 1946) of the Constituent Assembly

#photography #indiaphoto #Historicalphotos #india #leader #Constitution #ConstitutionDay #ConspiracyTheories Image
14. Earliest known photograph of the Taj Mahal taken by Dr. John Murray of the East India Company in the 1850s

15. The ruins of Sikandar Bagh Palace in Lucknow with the skeletal remains of rebel sepoys in the foreground, 1858
#photography #indiaphoto #Historicalphotos #india ImageImage
16. Marriage of Yuvaraja Kantirava Narasinharaja Wadiyar to Yuvarani Kempu Cheluvammanniyavaru Urs in Mysore, 1910

17. Howrah Bridge under construction, 1930s

#photography #indiaphoto #Historicalphotos #india #History #sites #monumental #architecture ImageImage
18. Madras (Chennai) Central Railway Station, 1925

19. The Bangalore Palace in the 1890s
#photography #indiaphoto #Historicalphotos #india #History #railway ImageImage
20. A girls’ school in Jaipur, Rajasthan, 1870s
21. A railway engine on the Darjeeling Himalayan Railway line in the 1880s
#photography #indiaphoto #Historicalphotos #india #History #railway ImageImage
22.  Elephants loading supplies on C-46 planes in India during World War II

23. Zebra cart being used as a mode of transport in Calcutta in the 1930s

#photography #indiaphoto #Historicalphotos #india #History #AnimalOfTheDay
#AnimalCrossingNewHorizons ImageImage
24. Young Indian nationalists affixing the Boycott Sign on a foreign cart in the streets of Bombay,1930
25. The Great Gama and his brother Imam Baksh square off during an exhibition match held in front of the Red Fort in Delhi, 1940s
#photography #indiaphoto #Historicalphotos ImageImage
26. People enjoying a ferris wheel ride in Benares (Varanasi), 1960s

27. A street view of Charminar in Hyderabad in the early 1900s.
#photography #indiaphoto #Historicalphotos #india #History #banaras #architecture #architecturaldesign
#charminarsattaking ImageImage
28. Chandpal Ghat in Calcutta, 1910. (Bathers reached the river through tunnels under the railway line)
29. Maharani Gayatri Devi, Princess of Jaipur, on her wedding day

#photography #indiaphoto #Historicalphotos #india #History #vinrage #vintagephoto ImageImage
30. Professor M.S. Narasimhan demonstrating the first Indian digital computer to Jawaharlal Nehru at Tata Institute of Fundamental Research (TIFR)
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