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95 – An avid sportswoman who managed several teams during the Asian Games 1982
My mother, Parveen Kaur. Patiala, Punjab. 1975 Image and Text contributed by Manmeet Sahni, Maryland, USA This picture of my mother Parveen Kaur was taken at a photo studio in Patiala, Punjab after she...
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111 – One of the three earliest known Indians to have studied at the Royal...
My great grandfather, Vasu Deva Sharma. Berlin, Germany. Circa 1925 Image & Text contributed by Nyay Bhushan, New Delhi This is the only image of my great grand-father, Vasu Deva Sharma, in our...
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121 – Nehru signed his name in Devanagari script
Jawaharlal Nehru, my brother Bruce and I, at the Air Force Station, Adampur, Punjab, India. Circa 1955 Image and Text contributed by Brian Fernandez, Maharashtra This image has my three year old...
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123 –“When a Nobel Laureate opened his doors to us”
Madurai’s American College Batch of 1964 with Professor Dr. Richard P. Riesz and Sir. C.V Raman . Bangalore. Karnataka. 1965 Image & Text contributed by Chitra Chandrabalan, Bangalore When I first...
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125 – A trip to the Holy Land just before the historic Six-Day War
My grandmother, Kunjamma (standing fourth from right) with a travel group. Jerusalem. 1967 Image and Text contributed by Annie Philip, Mumbai My grandfather, T.T. Zachariah, was working with petroleum...
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142 – The morning walks at Princeton University
Albert Einstein and my father, Professor Dukhharan Nath Gurtoo. Princeton. New Jersey, USA. 1955 Image and Text contributed by Sudhir Gurtoo, Pune My father Prof. Dukhharan Nath Gurtoo was born in 1917...
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148 – Picnic at Juhu Beach
Our family and friends at the Juhu Beach. Bombay. 1941 Image & Text contributed by Rumi Taraporevala/ Sooni Taraporevala This photograph of our family was taken by my youngest kaka (uncle) Shapoor...
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149 – The chosen NCC cadet of Punjab Contingent
Shavinder Kaur, NCC Cadet, Punjab Contingent. New Delhi. 1967 Image and Text contributed by Shavinder Kaur, Mumbai. I was a 20 year old NCC Cadet (National Cadet Corps) of the Punjab Contingent and...
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150 – Wilhelmina and her cookbook from India
My great, great, great grandparents, Joseph and Wilhelmina. South Parade, Bangalore. Circa 1860 Image and Text contributed by Jenny Mallin, Berkshire, England. “Rai, jeera, huldi..” she would whisper...
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159 – Announcing the bride’s educational qualifications
(Left) My grandparents’ photograph taken shortly after their marriage. (Right) The Wedding invitation card. Poona, Maharashtra. 1941 Image and Text contributed by Aparna Pandey, Mumbai This is a...
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162 – The day all the states of India were reorganised
State Reorganisation Act. Legislative Assembly. Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh. November 1, 1956 Image and text contributed by Subhadra Murthy, Hyderabad / Telangana This photograph is from my family album...
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164 – He donated his personal wealth to save a country in crisis
My grandparents Jagajiban & Kanaka Sahu with their youngest son, Shwetabahan. Kesinga, Orissa (now Odisha). 1976 Image and text contributed by Samant Sahu, Mumbai This picture was taken at the...
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166 – The families that fled Tibet with the Dalai Lama
My grandfather Faizullah Baba with my uncles Abdullah and Majid. Darjeeling, India. Circa 1957 Image & Text contributed by Soheb Ahmed Baba, New Delhi The man in the photograph above is my...
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169 – Hiding out in the forests of Assam-Burma-East Bengal border
My grandfather Suresh Chandra Mukherjee (extreme right) with his brothers. Assam-Burma-East Bengal Border. Circa 1943 Image & Text contributed by Shravani Dang, New Delhi This photograph taken in...
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174 – Founder of the first Waldorf kindergarten in Karnataka
My mother, Lalitha Mandana. Madras (now Chennai), Tamil Nadu. 1958 Image and Narrative contributed by Jyotsna Mandana, Bengaluru This is a photograph of my mother, Lalitha Mandana (née Belliappa) and...
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179 – The accomplished matriarchs of a family
My grandmother, Manorama Rao, Madras (now Chennai). 1939 Image and Text contributed by Rekha Rao, Hyderabad This is a photograph of my paternal grandmother Manorama Rao when she graduated and topped...
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The twin cultural ambassadors of India
My grandfather S. Gurdial Singh (standing right) and his fraternal twin brother, S. Harminder Singh ( second from left) with staff from the Consulat général de France (Embassy of France). Connaught...
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188 – The identical twins were two of the earliest women photographers of India
My mother Manobina and aunt Debalina. Calcutta (now Kolkata), West Bengal. Circa 1940 Image and Narrative points contributed by Joy Bimal Roy, Mumbai This is an photograph of my mother Manobina Roy...
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The school teachers who went on a twelve-day satyagraha
My mother, K Jagadammal (right) with her peer and friend Jayshree Sawant (left), Bombay, Maharashtra. 1977 Image & Narrative contributed by Nishant Radhakrishnan, Mumbai This is a photograph taken...
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My grandmother’s private past
My great great grandmother Ethel and grandmother Joan. Calcutta. (now Kolkata). Circa 1945 Image and Narrative contributed by Zak Gifford, Qatar/UK This is a picture of my maternal grandmother Joan...
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