Sunday, August 2, 2020

17 Iconic Images From heritage Times



A photograph of Jannat-ul-Baqi, the graveyard in Medina where several family members & companions of the Prophet Mohammad are buried, clicked by H.A Mirza of Delhi in February 1906.


Ardeshir Godrej responded to Gandhi's call of Swadeshi & launched soap. Trademarked as 'Chavi' & branded as No. 2 & No. 1 leaders endorsed the soaps as substitutes to European.


Businessman Abdul Habeeb Yusuf Marfani Donated 1 Crore Rupees to Azad Hind Bank In Rangoon, now Yangon Myanmar.


Dr. Prasad with Husain Ahmad Madn

During the Non-Cooperation Movement of Gandhi Ardeshir Godrej started producing soaps as part of the Swadeshi campaign. The 1st soaps completely free from Animal Fat.



Famous Urdu poet, Sahir Ludhianvi, sipping tea as another great poet of Punjabi, Shiv Kumar Batalvi, lies on the floor in this photograph from 1972. Cigarettes & ash-tray can also be spotted.


Founder of Cipla Khwaja Abdul Hamied, of Aligarh, married Luba Derczanska, a Lithuanian Jewish girl.


Hajj In The Time Of Imperialism  The formidable Begums, the Hajj, the memoirs.

Hindustan Republican Association under its new name of Hindustan Socialist Republican Army (HSRA) after the death of its founder



It was 6th January 1960, during the 3rd Test against Australia at Bombay, a 20-year-old Abbas Ali Baig was kissed by a young woman. She kept on kissing his face repeatedly


Lady Evelyn Murray  The first British-Muslim woman to perform Hajj


Mir Sultan Khan was one of the world's top Chess players in the early 1930s. A servant from British India,


Ottoman built several hospitals dedicated solely for the poor, women, children, and mentally challenged individuals of their territory.


Sultana Jafri, Ismat Chughtai, Vishwamitra Adil, Ali Sardar Jafri, Krishan Chander, Mahendranath, Mumtaz Husain, Rajinder Singh Bedi & (in the front) Sahir Ludianvi & Habib Tanvir.


The Begum of Hyderabad in Jeddah on her way to perform Hajj-1932.


The Falling Soldier, photographed by Robert Capa during the Spanish Civil War in 1936 shows the moment of a bullet's impact on a loyalist soldier

This photograph shows baseball players playing with their masks on in 1919.

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