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