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Aug 9, 2021

Sydney Cricket Ground (SCG), India Vs Australia Match 1947

Source: https://collection.sl.nsw.gov.au

Tanga (carriage) Ride - 1945

Photographer: N. Herfort
Source: https://collection.sl.nsw.gov.au

Group of Tangas (carriage) - Circa 1945

Photographer: N. Herfort
Source: https://collection.sl.nsw.gov.au

Indian People Waiting on a Railway Station Platform - 1945

Photographer: N. Herfort
Source: https://collection.sl.nsw.gov.au

Cycle Riders in Delhi - Circa 1945

Photographer: N. Herfort
Source: https://collection.sl.nsw.gov.au

Nov 22, 2017

Calcutta Communal Riot or Great Calcutta Killings - August 1946

Direct Action Day (16 August 1946), also known as the Great Calcutta Killing, was a day of widespread riot and manslaughter in the city of Calcutta (now known as Kolkata) in the Bengal province of British India.

The region most affected by the violence was the densely populated sector of the city bounded by Park Circus and Lower Circular Road on the south, CIT Road on the east, Vivekananda Road on the north and Strand Road on the west. Official estimate put the casualties at 4,000 dead and 100,000 injured. Other sources put the death toll at 7,000–10,000. Some authors have claimed that most of the victims were Hindus. However, others indicate appreciably more Muslims were killed than Hindus.

Skirmishes between the communities continued for almost a week. Finally, on 21 August, the Muslim Laegue govt was dismissed and Bengal was put under Viceroy's rule. 5 battalions British troops, supported by 4 battalions Indians and Gurkhas, were deployed in the city. Lord Wavell alleged that more British troops ought to have been called in earlier, and there is no indication that more British troops were not available.The rioting reduced on 22 August. More on Wikipedia

Corpse of a man seen through a wheel of a cart on its way to be cremated after bloody rioting between Hindus and Muslims

Corpses lying among pieces of wood in preparation for cremation after bloody rioting

Corpses lying in a cart on their way to be cremated after bloody rioting

Men adding wood & straw to funeral pyres in preparation for cremation of many corpses after bloody rioting

Men unloading corpses from truck in preparation for cremation after bloody rioting

Severed foot in a wooden box during cleanup of corpses after bloody rioting

Vulture feeding on a corpse lying abandoned in a doorway after bloody rioting

Vultures feeding on corpses lying abandoned in alleyway after bloody rioting

Vultures feeding on corpses lying abandoned in alleyway after bloody roiting

Vultures sitting on the roofs of a building while corpses lie below, abandoned in alleyway after bloody rioting

Source: Life Archive Hosted by Google
Photographer: Margaret Bourke-White

Nov 20, 2017

Dr. Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar chief architect of the Indian Constitution - 1946

Photographer: Margaret Bourke-White

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Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar (Marathi: डॉ.भीमराव रामजी आंबेडकर [14 April 1891 — 6 December 1956), also known as Babasaheb, was an Indian jurist, political leader, Buddhist activist, philosopher, thinker, anthropologist, historian, orator, prolific writer, economist, scholar, editor, revolutionary and a revivalist for Buddhism in India. He was also the chief architect of the Indian Constitution. Born into a poor Mahar, then Untouchable, family, Ambedkar spent his whole life fighting against social discrimination, the system of Chaturvarna — the categorization of Hindu society into four varnas — and the Hindu caste system. He is also credited with providing a spark for the conversion of hundreds of thousands of Dalits with his Ambedkar(ite) Buddhism. Ambedkar has been honoured with the Bharat Ratna, India's highest civilian award. (More from Wikipedia)