Tuesday, September 27, 2011

India 100 Years Back


India 100 Years Back  (Must see)


The daughter of an Indian maharajah seated on a panther she shot, sometime during 1920s.





A British man gets a pedicure from an Indian servant. 







The Grand Trunk Road , built by Sher Shah Suri, was the main trade route from Calcutta to Kabul. 



A group of Dancing or nautch girls began performing with their elaborate costumes and jewelry. 



A rare view of the President's palace and the Parliament building in New Delhi!





Women gather at a party in Mumbai ( Bombay ) in 1910. (It's the time to Disco)




A group from Vaishnava, a sect founded by a Hindu mystic. His followers are called Gosvami-maharajahs 



An aerial view of Jama Masjid mosque in Delhi , built between 1650 and 1658. 




The Imperial Airways 'Hanno' Hadley Page passenger airplane carries the England to India air mail, stopping in Sharjah to refuel. 













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