World Photography Day Special – 25 Photographs of India

From the dawn of civilization, art has played an important role in narrating the events, culture and the lifestyle of the people, and the history of humankind. While books and records passed down the story behind the history and events leaving space for imagination, photography has carried the legacy to us untouched, like it happened yesterday. On this World Photography Day, let us peek into the historical moments captured in Indian history and experience some time travel

#1 Photo of an Indian mother and child

#2 This is how a library looked back then just went the Pakistan and Indian Sub-continent were partitioned.

#3 The Bangalore palace in 1890s

#4 Abdul Ghaffar Khan, aka Frontier Gandhi with Mahatma Gandhi in a single frame

#5 Swami Vivekananda at the Chicago speech

#6 Photo of Rabindranth Tagore and Albert einstein together

#7 Mohan Lal with his camera, 1875. Albumen Print.

#8 Circa 1915: Trams passing the grand facade of Victoria Railway Station in Bombay (now Mumbai)

#9 Raja Deen Dayal (1844-1905) was a legendary Indian photographer. This picture taken in 1899, the King of Hyderabad Nizam Mahbub Ali Khan and his party pose with tiger skins

#10 This is legendary photographer Deen Dayal’s picture of guests at a fancy dress ball taken in Hyderabad in February 1890.

#11 Lala Deen Dayal. Devadasis from a south Indian temple, c.1880. | Courtesy: The Rajeev Rawat Collection, Jaipur.

#12 A village market in Kolkata area, Krishnaghur, taken in 1875

#13 Photo of a vendor selling products in Chandni chowk in 1862

#14 Mohan Lal with his camera, 1875. Albumen Print

#15 Indira Gandhi, Charlie Chaplin And Jawaharlal Nehru in Bürgenstock, Switzerland, 1953

#16 The picture was taken when Netaji Subash Chandra Bose was arrested by the British

#17 Sir CV Raman explaining the Raman effect to his students in 1930

#18 Netaji Subash Bose with Adolf Hitler in 1942

#19 The picture of First day of the Constituent assembly (December 9,1946)

#20 I guess the thing for big fat Indian wedding never evades ?
Marriage of Yuvaraja Kanteerava Narasinharaja Wadiyar to Yuvarani Kempu Cheluvamma Niyavaru Urs in Mysore, 1910

#21 Namma Ooru Chennai’s Railway station when it was the Madharasapattinam

#22 Elephants used for loading supplies onto a plane during World war-II

#23 A man diving into a tank below – Fatehpur Sikri

#24 Inflating bullock-skin boats to cross the river — Banks of the Sutlej

#25 Shepherds tend their flock — Mount Abu

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Photographs are moments captured to cherish through the rest of our lives and beyond. With easy access to mobiles and cameras, photography has become part and parcel in our daily routine. On this world photography day, let’s all celebrate the photographers within us.

Cheers to you all from the Team TheUncommonBox!

The article is written by Arthy Ramkumar (@arthy_ramkumar)

This article is edited by Alisha and her Instagram id is @yeah_me_alisha
and Curated by Vaibhav and his Instagram id is @frameshade

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