Every-Day Life in India, Illustrated from Original Photographs by Rev. A. D. Rowe, M. A. - 1881

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There is an India of the books and there is a real India, and so different are the two that the student of the one would scarcely recognize the other, if without a guide he should suddenly find himself in a Hindu village. Many of the popular books on India have been written by European travellers, who necessarily had to confine their observations to the cities and larger towns, where they saw but little of real, undisguised Hindu life. A European traveller in India is in the greatest danger of getting false impressions. A Hindu is never himself in the presence of a foreigner. He is shy, secretive, and an adept at doing and saying what he thinks will please you. Along the routes of travel, moreover, Hindu life has become somewhat Europeanized and has lost much of its native simplicity.

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Two Indian Holy Men (Sadhu) with Musicians

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Famous Bollywood Couple Hema Malini and Dharmendra in Romantic Mood - c1970's

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Colour Portrait of Hema Malini, an Indian actress, director and producer - c1970's

Hema Malini (born 16 October 1948) is an Indian actress, director and producer, Bharatanatyam dancer-choreographer, a politician. Making her acting debut in Sapno Ka Saudagar (1968), she went on to appear in numerous Bollywood films, most notably those with actor and future-husband Dharmendra and with Rajesh Khanna. She was initially promoted as "Dream Girl", and in 1977 starred in a film of the same name. During this period, she established herself as one of Hindi cinema's leading actresses, noted for both her comic and dramatic roles, her beauty, and her accomplished classical dancing.
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Vintage Photograph of Hindi Movie Actress Hema Malini

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50 Most Popular Old Indian Photos of 2012

1. Hindi Movie Actress Madhubala in Her Room - Photographed by James Burke in 1951
2. Hyderabad 1880s
3. Various Photographs of Subhas Chandra Bose - 1940
4. Various Rabindranath Tagore Photographs
5. Nizam's procession in Old Hyderabad, taken in 1880s
6. Portrait of Sarojini Naidu - Delhi 1946
7. Hyderabad Vintage Photographs Collection
8. Old Howrah Bridge, Calcutta, c 1920s
9. Mumbai (Bombay) - 1950
10. Indian Village Life - 1962
11. Various Photograhs of Jagannath Temple, Puri - 1890's
12. Delhi Durbar of 1903
13. India in Second World War - Part 1
14. International Athlete Paan Singh Tomar with his family before he turned Baagi (Dacoit)
15. Sun Temple of Konark from Archaeological Survey of India Collections - 1890 - Part 2
16. Queen Elizabeth II during her tour of the Indian subcontinent in 1961
17. Vintage Photographs of Cochin and Ernakulam - Kerala 1940's to 1960's
18. Calcutta Communal Riot or Great Calcutta Killings - August 1946
19. Colour Photo of Rabindranath Tagore from Albert Kahn Collection
20. Colour Photos of Himalayas by James Burke - 1963
21. Bengal famine of 1943 Part - 1
22. Madhubala Glamour Photoshoot by Life Magazine Photographer James Burke - 1951
23. Portrait of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel - 1946
24. Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose and Adolf Hitler - Germany 29 May 1942
25. Maharaj Kumari Lalitarni Devi of Burdwan (b.1911 - d.1947), Daughter of Sir Bijay Chand Mahtab, Maharaja Bahadur of Burdwan
26. Hindi Movie Glamour Queen Madhubala in Different Moods - Photograhed by James Burke in 1951
27. Tiger Shoot on River Chambal - 1952
28. Lal Bahadur Shastri - Second Prime Minister of India - June 1964
29. Sri Ramakrishna Paramahamsa
30. Maharani of Jaipur Gayatri Devi - 1940's
31. Rabindranath Tagore Portraits
32. Jagannath Temple - Puri Orissa Part - III
33. The Kapoor Family of Bollywood
34. Hindu Women Bathing in the Yamuna river before worship at the Birla Temple - Delhi 1946
35. Various British Raj photos - (1904 - 1906)
36. Punjab - Some Old Images
37. Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose Reviewing the Troops of Azad Hind Fauj - 1940's
38. Entrance to Golden Temple, Amritsar - 1870
39. Mahatma Gandhi standing outside 10 Downing Street - London United Kingdom - 1930
40. Moulana Abul Kalam Azad, Congress Leader of Indian Independence Movement - 1946
41. Jagannath Temple - Puri Orissa Part - I
42. Three Vintage Photographs of Taj Mahal
43. Vintage Photograph of Char Minar - Hyderabad 1880's
44. Indian Nautch (Dancing) Girls - Various
45. Portrait of Dimple Kapadia - c1960-70's
46. Bangalore Street Scene - c1910
47. Vijayaraje Scindia, Maharani of Gwalior - 1940's
48. Calcutta ( Kolkata ) 1945: An American Military Photograph Album - Part 1
49. Two Great minds together - Rabindranath Tagore and Albert Einstein - 1930
50. Lord Curzon's Visit To Hyderabad - 1903