Thursday, November 6, 2008

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 nautch 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 .

See what the India was at 1835..... Forward it to all Indian


3 comments:

Dav DiDi said...

My eye widen when I see the first picture ..

Anonymous said...

Very good......

Dav DiDi said...

Nice photo .. looks very classical...