Tuesday, January 13, 2009

Rare pictures of pre and post INDEPENDENCE

Aug. 15, 1947: Mountbatten swears Nehru in as Prime Minister of India

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1971: Indira Gandhi reviews the troops, in the context of military and diplomatic preparations for the Bangladesh War.

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Ghandhiji Addressing people

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Direct Action Day: Calcutta, Aug.16, 1946.

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Nehru and Ghandhiji at AICC meeting, July 1946

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Mountbatten arrives at Delhi airport; received by Nehru and Liaquat Ali. March 25, 1947

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1948: The news of Ghandhiji assassination hits the streets. A stunned crowd gathers in Calcutta.

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1948: Crowds in New Delhi wait for a glimpse of Ghandhiji's funeral procession.

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A Library being divided at the time of partition.

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