Friday, June 1, 2012

India 100 Years Back

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. (It's the time to Disco)
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. 








1 comment:

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

    Hey man nice pics, but can you correct the year...1650 and 1658 are wrong...must be a typo. They did not fly back then :-)

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