Indian Communist Leader K. Damodaran - Kerala, 1958

K. Damodaran ( February 25, 1912 – July 3, 1976) was a Marxist theoretician and writer and one of the founder leaders of the Communist Party in Kerala, India.
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Photographer : James Burke
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Jyoti Basu, Bhupesh Gupta and E. M. S. Namboodiripad (L to R), During a Meeting of Indian Communist Central Executive Committee Members - Kerala, August 1958

Photographer: James Burke
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Hindi Movie Actress Madhubala in White Sari - Photo shoot by James Burke in 1951

Madhubala (1933 - 1969) was one of the popular Hindi movie actresses of 1950's and 60's. She acted in various superhit and classic movies like Mahal (1949), Mr. & Mrs. '55 (1955), Howrah Bridge (1958), Chalti Ka Naam Gaadi (1958), Mughal-E-Azam (1960), Half Ticket (1962) etc.

These beautiful photographs were taken by James Burke for Life Magazine. The Life archive hosted by Google wrongly documented the date of these photographs as 1941, but probably these photos were taken in 1951.

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Indira Gandhi Became Prime Minister of India - 1966 Video Report

Message from British Politician Sir Stafford Cripps after failure of Cripps' mission in India - 1942 Video Report

The Cripps mission was an attempt in late March 1942 by the British government to secure full Indian cooperation and support for their efforts in World War II. The mission was headed by Sir Stafford Cripps, a senior left-wing politician and government minister in the War Cabinet of Prime Minister Winston Churchill. Cripps was sent to negotiate an agreement with the nationalist leaders Gandhi, speaking for the Hindus, and Muhammad Ali Jinnah, speaking for the Muslims. Cripps worked to keep India loyal to the British war effort in exchange for a promise of full self-government after the war. Cripps discussed the proposals with the Indian leaders and published them. Both the major parties, the Congress and the League rejected his proposals and the mission proved a failure. Cripps had designed the proposals himself, but they were too radical for Churchill and the Viceroy, and too conservative for the Indians; no middle way was found. Congress moved toward the Quit India movement whereby it refused to cooperate in the war effort, while the British imprisoned practically the entire Congress leadership for the duration of the war.
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Indian Beauty Queen Reita Faria was Crowned the Miss World Title in 1966 - Video Report

Reita Faria Powell (born c. 1945) was the first Indian and Asian to win the Miss World title in the year of 1966. She is the only beauty queen who qualified as a doctor during her reign.
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