India's First Independence Day

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

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 .

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