Wednesday, December 23, 2009

Rare Photos of World War II

Eisenhower with Paratroopers at Battle of Normandy

War Slaves

War Slaves


Nuclear bombing of Nagasaki

Tuesday, December 22, 2009

Rare photos of World War II


Attack on USS Franklin
Chinese child soldier Burma 1944

Operation Strangle by United States Office of War Information

Hitler and Mussolini

German troops at the 1935 Nuremberg Rally

Monday, July 6, 2009

Pre Independence India - III

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

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

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

Friday, July 3, 2009

Pre Independence India - II

Women gather at a party in Bombay

A rare view of the President's palace and the Parliament


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

Thursday, July 2, 2009

Pre Independence India

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




A British man gets a pedicure from an Indian servant



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