Apr 28, 2012

Katary Falls from Below - Tamil Nadu 1860's


Katary Falls is in 10 km from coonoor on the way to Upper Bhavani,Kundha,Manjore, The Nilgiris, Tamil Nadu. Katary Falls is 3rd largest falls in the Nilgiris and the height of the falls is about 180 feet.(Wikipedia)

Photographer: Edmund David Lyon
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View of Nainital Lake - Uttarakhand India 1867


Photographer: Samuel Bourne
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Group of Fakirs - India 1863


Photographer: Shepherd and Robertson
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Group Portrait of Six Tribal People - India 1863


Photographer: Photographer: Shepherd and Robertson
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Snowy Range of Himalaya on Chantullia - India c1880's


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House on Plantation - Ceylon (Sri Lanka) c1880's


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Railway Engine Running on a Hill - Ceylong (Sri Lanka) c1880's


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Dhul Canal of Kashmir c1880's


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Apr 22, 2012

Muslim worshipers praying at sunset - India May 1946



Photographer: Margaret Bourke-White
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Portrait of K. M. Pannikar - 1946




Sardar Kavalam Madhava Panikkar (or K. M. Panikkar) (June 3, 1895[1] – December 10, 1963) was an Indian scholar, journalist, historian, administrator and diplomat. He was born to Puthillathu Parameswaran Namboodiri and Chalayil Kunjikutti Kunjamma in the Kingdom of Travancore, then a princely state in the British Indian Empire on June 3,1895.

He entered political life in the service of the Indian princes, becoming secretary to the chancellor of the Chamber of Princes (organization of rulers of the princely states). He also served as the foreign minister of the state of Patiala and as foreign minister and later as chief minister of the state of Bikaner (1944–47).

After India gained its independence, he was entrusted with greater responsibilities as ambassador to China (1948–52), Egypt (1952–53), and France (1956–59). He was a member of the States Reorganisation Commission.Regarding State Reorganization K.M Panicker said "The newly fashioned units,it is true, have a self conscious coherence, but they are willing, thus equipped, to work as parts of a whole that is India" Late in life, he returned to academia and was vice-chancellor of the University of Mysore until his death.

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Photographer: Margaret Bourke-White
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Indian Communist Party leader S. V. Perulekar speaking to a crowd of aborigines villagers of the Untouchables caste, while standing under a banyon tree - Zari India 1946


Photographer: Margaret Bourke-White
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Communist party Leader Gadivari giving a Red salute as she speaks before a crowd of Indian aborigines villagers of the Untouchables caste, while standing under a banyon tree - Zari India 1946






Photographer: Margaret Bourke-White
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Portrait of Nagendrenath Mukhopadyay, a Brahmin Hindu member of Congress Party - May 1946


Photographer: Margaret Bourke-White
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Sarojini Naidu (R), Congress Party Leader with her House Guests the Maharani of Nabha & her Daughter Kabuala Devi - May 1946


Photographer: Margaret Bourke-White
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