People Inflating bullock-skin boats to cross the river Sutlej | Photo from 19031yr ⋅ Shenshi7k ⋅ r/oldindia
The Maharajah of Nawanagar, an Indian ruler who saved 640 Polish Jewish women and children during the Holocaust. [1942] (x-post /r/Judaism)4yr ⋅ punar_janam ⋅ r/oldindia
Optical Illusion of the Bull and the Elephant at the Airavatesvara Temple built by king Rajaraja Chola II of the Chola Empire between 1146 and 1172 CE4yr ⋅ punar_janam ⋅ r/oldindia
Old village Rurki, on which one of the most expensive real estates of India stands now, Sector-17 Chandigarh.4yr ⋅ drsleep007 ⋅ r/oldindia
A Marwari Wedding Reception in Singhi Park, Calcutta, West Bengal (c.1972). Photographer: Raghubir Singh5yr ⋅ Ajaatshatru34 ⋅ r/oldindia
The days when Madras still did not yet shake off its colonial rule(s). That is following lanes, walking on footpaths, and keeping clean.4yr ⋅ narayananh ⋅ r/oldindia
At Bihar Museum. The Didargang Yakshi of the Mauryan Period, 2nd Century CE.4yr ⋅ punar_janam ⋅ r/oldindia
World War I :: Indian Soldiers Fought In Battle of Somme . Battle of Somme Was The Bloodiest Battle In WWI , With 30,000 Casualties In The First Hour4yr ⋅ punar_janam ⋅ r/oldindia
Mughal Emperor Shah Jahan and his son by Rembrandt, 1656/58, Amsterdam [945x1024]5yr ⋅ punar_janam ⋅ r/oldindia
An ambulance driver from the Indian Army clenches his hands, indicating the intense pain in his leg which has been almost completely blown off, during the Korean War, 19518yr ⋅ shannondoah ⋅ r/oldindia
Air India flight attendant aiding a passenger on a Delhi-Bombay flight in 19467yr ⋅ K0NGO ⋅ r/oldindia
1981 :: APJ Abdul Kalam Receiving Padma Bhushan Award [x-post /r/IndiaSpeaks] [417X303]5yr ⋅ ILikeMultis ⋅ r/oldindia
1948 :: Mammoth Crowd of Mourners In Funeral Procession of Mahatma Gandhi [600X480]5yr ⋅ ILikeMultis ⋅ r/oldindia
Ivory throne presented to Queen Victoria by the Travancore King (1840s) [1748 x 2000]4yr ⋅ punar_janam ⋅ r/oldindia
The Taj Mahal, being covered up with jute during the Indo-Pakistani War of 1971.8yr ⋅ apunebolatumerilaila ⋅ r/oldindia
Portrait of Shivaji Maharaj and Guru Gobind Singh Ji In Original Copy of Constitution of India [x-post /r/IndiaSpeaks] [1082X531]5yr ⋅ ILikeMultis ⋅ r/oldindia
An exquisite 10th century sculpture of HariHara carved in sandstone. [Currently in the British Museum]5yr ⋅ punar_janam ⋅ r/oldindia
Fasting/Starving Buddha Sculpture Shows Greek Influence on Buddhist Art, Gandhara Period, 2nd Century AD [750x946]5yr ⋅ punar_janam ⋅ r/oldindia
Lala Lajpat Rai With Bal Gangadhar Tilak and Bipin Chandra Pal [600X424]5yr ⋅ ILikeMultis ⋅ r/oldindia
Newspaper ad in 1937,inviting people to visit Bombay from faraway places like Andheri and Bandra (x-post r/IndiaMain)7yr ⋅ arijitdas ⋅ r/oldindia
1950s :: Jain Temples On Shatrunjaya Mountain In Palitana, Bhavnagar , Gujarat [/r/IndiaSpeaks] [550X650]5yr ⋅ ILikeMultis ⋅ r/oldindia
1847 :: Lithograph of Sun Temple , Konark by Thomas Dibdin [x-post/r/IndiaSpeaks] [680X506]5yr ⋅ ILikeMultis ⋅ r/oldindia
Sikh soldiers of the Indian Army march with the Guru Granth Sahib, to attend a religious service while on campaign in Mesopotamia during WW1, 19188yr ⋅ namraka ⋅ r/oldindia
The Jewish Brigade Local Defense protected citizens of Bombay during WWII [x-post /r/india]8yr ⋅ apunebolatumerilaila ⋅ r/oldindia
Scene From Mahatma Buddha's Life In Original Copy of Constitution of India [679X302]5yr ⋅ ILikeMultis ⋅ r/oldindia
1952 :: Sultana Sayeed , India's No. 1 Woman Table Tennis Player [/r/IndiaSpeaks] [680X660]5yr ⋅ ILikeMultis ⋅ r/oldindia
1948 :: Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel Meeting Hari Singh (Maharaja of Jammu Kashmir) and Rulers of Other Princely States [/r/IndiaSpeaks] [680X657]5yr ⋅ ILikeMultis ⋅ r/oldindia
Indian pilots posing in front of an IAF Gnat, which saw extensive action over Goa during the 1961 Indo-Portuguese War [800x581]8yr ⋅ K0NGO ⋅ r/oldindia
Atal Bihari Vajpayee arrives at Parliament House in a bullock cart to protest against the increase in petrol and kerosene prices on November 12, 19738yr ⋅ shannondoah ⋅ r/oldindia
A young Indira Gandhi visiting Mohandas K. Gandhi [x-post /r/india]8yr ⋅ apunebolatumerilaila ⋅ r/oldindia
Earliest known photograph of the Taj Mahal. View of the Taj Mahal from the bank of the River Yamuna, Agra, by Dr. John Murray of the East India Company, 1850s9yr ⋅ namraka ⋅ r/oldindia
A Sikkimese woman carrying a British man on her back, West Bengal, India, c. 1900 (xpost /r/india)8yr ⋅ arijitdas ⋅ r/oldindia
Viceroy and Vicereine of India, atop the elephant Lakshman Prasad on their way to inspect the Delhi Durbar,1902 (xpost from r/IndiaMain)7yr ⋅ jerseyplains ⋅ r/oldindia
A neglected Taj Mahal after the fall of the Mughal Empire, Late 19th Century.10yr ⋅ namraka ⋅ r/oldindia
A young Romila Thapar (Indian historian) chairing a talk by Bertrand Russell (1955, London)8yr ⋅ shannondoah ⋅ r/oldindia
Photograph of Shaheed Udham Singh (second from left) being taken from Caxton Hall, London after the assassination of Michael O'Dwyer responsible for Jallianwala Bagh massacre. (Dated 13 March 1940)8yr ⋅ thurki ⋅ r/oldindia
A map of the southern part of India, published by the Jesuit, D'Anville and engraved by Delahaye , Paris,1737 (Nouvelle Carte D'une Grande Partie de la Presqu'Isle des Indes en deca du Gange )8yr ⋅ shannondoah ⋅ r/oldindia
An elephant at an Allied airfield in India loads an American C-46 during World War II.9yr ⋅ sunnydelish ⋅ r/oldindia
Maharani Gayatri Devi of Jaipur in the early 1940's - photo by Cecil Beaton9yr ⋅ shannondoah ⋅ r/oldindia
TIL Aden and Socotra in Yemen were administered as a part of Bombay Presidency until 19358yr ⋅ shannondoah ⋅ r/oldindia
Temple at Bhaniyar, Kashmir , published by Elisee Reclus (French Geographer) in his work L'Homme et la Terre8yr ⋅ shannondoah ⋅ r/oldindia
Indira Gandhi, Charlie Chaplin and Jawaharlal Nehru in Burgenstock, Switzerland, 1953 - [1016x704]9yr ⋅ namraka ⋅ r/oldindia
(1940s) Streets of Pre-Partition Peshawar with signs in Urdu and Hindu [670x658]9yr ⋅ BurgerBuoy ⋅ r/oldindia
An ISRO scientist transporting the nose cone of a rocket on a cycle.Thumba,Kerala,19689yr ⋅ shannondoah ⋅ r/oldindia
A letter by Nana Fadnavis in his own handwriting,declaring his assets (from the collection of Sir Charles Malet)8yr ⋅ shannondoah ⋅ r/oldindia
Indian indentured labourers in Trinidad and Tobago, circa 1890 - (Colorized)9yr ⋅ namraka ⋅ r/oldindia
Queen Elizabeth and Maharani Gayatri Devi of Jaipur pose after a tiger hunt in India, 1961 - [3000x2363]9yr ⋅ namraka ⋅ r/oldindia
xpost from pakistan - Jinnah's statement explaining the reason Muslims of India need an independent land - 6th December 19459yr ⋅ [deleted] ⋅ r/oldindia
(1873) Parsi Virbaiji School (B.V.S. Parsi High School), Karachi [890x712]9yr ⋅ BurgerBuoy ⋅ r/oldindia
Jawaharlal Nehru meeting Albert Einstein at Princeton, USA, 1949 - [1200x943] - More pics in the comments.9yr ⋅ namraka ⋅ r/oldindia
The Parsi team of 1886: The first ever cricket team from India to tour England9yr ⋅ kuttanpilla ⋅ r/oldindia
Elephants Loading Supplies in C-46 Planes during Second World War in India - Us Army Photograph, 194010yr ⋅ arijitdas ⋅ r/oldindia
An astrologer's shop in the mill workers' quarter, Parel, Bombay, 1947 - [944x641]9yr ⋅ namraka ⋅ r/oldindia
People crossing a bridge at the entrance to Hyderabad, 1880's - [2800x2069]10yr ⋅ namraka ⋅ r/oldindia
A distraught boy sits on the walls of a refugee camp in Delhi during the Partition of India, 1947 - [2799x2048]9yr ⋅ namraka ⋅ r/oldindia
Mohammad Ali Jinnah at his last Press Conference before leaving for Pakistan, New Delhi, August 19479yr ⋅ namraka ⋅ r/oldindia
The President's Bodyguard escorting Dr. Rajendra Prasad at the first Republic Day Celebrations, 1950 - [1580x1096]9yr ⋅ namraka ⋅ r/oldindia
Flora Fountain,Bombay 1880s. (What-it-looks-like-now pic in comments)10yr ⋅ fallingtopieces ⋅ r/oldindia
Rare pic of Bahadur Shah Zafar posing with Thomas Metcalfe and two attendants.10yr ⋅ [deleted] ⋅ r/oldindia
Lahore High Court in the 1880s. Before partition, this building served as the High Court of United Punjab in British India and still serves serves as the High Court of Punjab, Pakistan [1114x802]9yr ⋅ BurgerBuoy ⋅ r/oldindia
Death sentence judgement poster of bhagat singh, sukhdev, rajguru and others(1930) [x-post from /r/India]10yr ⋅ arijitdas ⋅ r/oldindia
Great Sikh Gun (taken at Ferozshah on the Night of December 21, 1845) in Government House - Calcutta (Kolkata) 1858-6110yr ⋅ arijitdas ⋅ r/oldindia
Square-rigged sailing ships moored in the Hooghly off the Maidan, Calcutta, 1890 - [976x663]10yr ⋅ namraka ⋅ r/oldindia
Rabindranath Tagore with Mahatma Gandhi and Kasturba Gandhi in Shantiniketan10yr ⋅ arijitdas ⋅ r/oldindia
Rare photo of King George V & Queen Mary attending Delhi Durbar while the young Indian princes are sitting behind with courtiers10yr ⋅ arijitdas ⋅ r/oldindia
Pt.Jawaharlal Nehru's visit to Mizoram (1953) accompanied by Indira Gandhi (white saree)10yr ⋅ fallingtopieces ⋅ r/oldindia
Tombs of Shah Alam II and Akbar II , Mehrauli , Delhi . Picture taken by by Robert and Harriet Tytler, 1858.9yr ⋅ shannondoah ⋅ r/oldindia
A rare view of the President's palace and the Parliament building in New Delhi.11yr ⋅ arijitdas ⋅ r/oldindia
Student of university of Madras (1948) - While studying late night, Students used to tie their hairs to a nail in the wall for keeping themselves wake up.11yr ⋅ arijitdas ⋅ r/oldindia
Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose and members of the Azad Hind Fauj -1940's (Rare photo)11yr ⋅ arijitdas ⋅ r/oldindia
A Rare group photo of the Tamil Cinema Actors including the famous Rajnikanth, Kamal Hasan & Prabhu Deva.11yr ⋅ arijitdas ⋅ r/oldindia
Painting by Dharm Das from a folio of the Chinggiskhannama illlustrating Khwarezmshah Jalal ad-Din Mingburnu fording the Indus to flee Genghis Khan9yr ⋅ shannondoah ⋅ r/oldindia
Bani Thani, an Indian painting of 18th Century which has been labeled as India's Mona Lisa. (Old India)11yr ⋅ arijitdas ⋅ r/oldindia
Queen Victoria and her Indian attendant the Munshi Hafiz Abdul Karim 1887. Munshi was derided as a jumped-up servant who refused to know his place in Queen Victoria's household. (Old India)11yr ⋅ arijitdas ⋅ r/oldindia
