Tara Devi with Maharaja Hari Singh
A William Carpenter lithochrome graph showing Sikh Governor, Imam ud Din, who was poisoned to death in 1847.
- A British Library painting showing Gulab Singh’s Jammu palace
A painting by James Duffield Harding showing Bijbehara village in 1847
A William Carpenter lithochrome graph showing Gulab Singh with his son in 1855
A painting by James Duffield Harding showing Gulab Singh’s Jammu Palace being guarded by his army in 1847.
A William Carpenter litho chronograph showing the life in Srinagar with Khanqah-e-Maula in background
This photograph shows the tree in Bhimber Rawalakot on which Gulab Singh hanged the rebels and kept them hanging for years
(This photograph was taken by Samuel Bourne in the 1860s as part of an album entitled ‘Photographs of India and Overland Route.
A statue of Gulab Singh at Amar Mahal Palace, Jammu
Sheikh Mohammad Abdullah
On way to Kashmir: This rare photograph shows Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru and Mrs Gandhi and her children crossing the Batote bridge in May 1948.
A September 24, 1949 photograph showing Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru and Sheikh Abdulah during the meeting of the Kashmir National Conference at Srinagar.
A November 1949 photograph showing Jawaharlal Nehru, Prime Minister of Indian making his first important speech in Lal Chawk. Duing the course of his speech he said “India will never let down Kashmir and the Indian Army will fight on till the last raider is driven out”.
An August 10, 1951 photograph showing women, children and invalids being taken to Gulmarg Dandis. These crude palanquins are borne upon the shoulders of four labourers.
Bakshi with Nehru and Dr Karan Singh at Raj Bhawan. Mrs Gandhi is also seen.
Mahatama Gandhi in Srinagar with Begum Akbar Jehan and her daughter Khalida Shah on August 1, 1947
OSD Bamzai/Nov.’51, A31m: Sheikh Mohammed Abdullah and Ghulam Mohammad Bakshi with Mrs. Ishwari Devi Maini and Mrs. Rajender Singh, women-members of the Kashmir Constituent Assembly. Photograph taken before the inauguration of the Assembly in Srinagar on October 31, 1951
Sheikh with Patel.
Armed forces force Kashmiri youth to erase graffitis on roads, a photograph taken in wake of 1953 arrest of Sheikh Abdullah.
One of the famous poems by Faiz Ahmad Faiz was basically for Kashmir
Marriage In Srinagar
In fact, Faiz’s marriage took place in Srinagar. The poet married Alys George, who later became Alys Kulsoom Faiz in Srinagar. The Nikkah ceremony took place in Pari Mahal, a Mughal heritage. They later stayed in the building that later became the M A Road Women’s College. Interestingly, Faiz’s host, M D Taseer, who was a college principal in Srinagar, was married to Alys’s sister Christobel.
Interestingly, the three persons who stood witness to the nikkah were Bakshi Ghulam Mohammad, Ghulam Mohammad Sadiq and Dr Noor Hussain. Two of them led Kashmir later.
Sheikh Mohammad Abdullah coming out of Jammu jail before returning to power.
Sheikh Abdullah with His Mother After Release From Jail
Faiz And Agha Shahid
Interestingly, the newspaper reported that Faiz later extended his “creative liberties” to the Kashmiri poet Agha Shahid Ali, who translated selected poems of his in The Rebel’s Silhouette.
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