June 1, 2007

Rare photographs of India

Nehru and Gandhi at AICC meeting, July 1946






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




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




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




A Library being divided at the time of partition. Heart trembles to see this sight and it is tough to imagine the state of the nation at the moment when people needed to hold hands.

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