Here are some old photos of India, sent to me by a friend. Quite amazing to see how our country has changed, its unrecognisable.
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.
A rare view of the President's palace and Parliament 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.
These images were part of e-mail forwards, and the copyrights lie with the owners of these images.
4 responses so far ↓
Vidya // November 13, 2008 at 4:27 pm |
There are some remote hilly regions where such bridges still exists.
great pictures, something to hold on to.
can I copy some , thought I’d ask before doing so.
muhammad nauman // May 4, 2009 at 7:02 am |
i m fonder to watch old pic of human civilization n now m feeling very pleasure after watching these informative pics.
ankush // September 4, 2009 at 7:02 pm |
hi
incase u have more of oldictures specially of delhi, pl mail me.
thanks
Vaisnavi // September 2, 2009 at 5:06 am |
These are wonderful pictuers!