30 Images That will make you say "Wow" Great History

Aishwarya Rai Bachan with Sonia Gandhi

A Sikh with his Grandson

A young French boy introduces himself to Indian soldiers who had just arrived in Marseilles to fight alongside French and British forces in World War I, September 30, 1914

Baby Sanjay Dutt with Mother Nargis

Dr. Radhakrishnan with singer Mohammad Rafi

Earliest known photograph of the Taj Mahal taken by Dr. John Murray of the East India Company in the 1850s

Indian moneylender counting coins at the end of the day

Indian moneylender wife, preparing chapatis (a type of bread) at home as her pretty young daughter looks on

Indian moneylender with his ledger, preparing to receive a payback from his Sikh client, as his young daughter looks on

Indra Gandhi with Lata Mangeshkar

Krishnaraja Wadiyar III, Maharaja of Mysore. 1866.

Maharajah of Patiala, Yadavindra Singh wearing the famous Patiala Necklace. 1930s.

Maharani of Patiala wearing The Patiala ruby choker and Cartier necklaces along with other Art Deco jewels in 1931.

Mahatma, FrontierGandhi & Indira Gandhi.

Narendra Modi's wife Jashodaben Modi, right, is a retired teacher.

Narendra Modi

Naushad with Indra Gandhi

Portrait of Maharaja Madho Singh of Jaipur (1750-1768) by Ram Ji, Jaipur, north India, circa 1760-70.

Poster of the death sentence judgment Of Bhagat Singh, Sukhdev, Rajguru and others, 1930

Rabindranath Tagore with Albert Einstein in 1920s

Raja Savant Singh and Bani Thani. 1780

Sir C V Raman explaining the Raman Effect to his students in 1930

Surya Sen (22 March 1894 – 1 December 1934) was a Bengali freedom fighter (against British rule) who is noted for leading the 1930 Chittagong armory raid In Chittagong of Bengal in British India

The Maharani of Baroda at a party given at Vagenende Restaurant in Paris in June 1966, wearing a grey pearl and diamond bracelet

The meeting of Maharaja Mudhoji Bhosle sen sahib, Rajah of Nagpur and Maharaja Ishwari Sen Bahadur, Rajah of Mandi school of Ghulam 'Ali, Delhi, early 19th century

The queen in India

The queen with Indra Gandhi

The queen with Pandit Jawahar Lal Nehru

This picture was taken in 1942, during the restoration of the Taj Mahal in Agra, India, as a soldier tries to grab a goldfish from the pond

Three legends, Sir Maurice Gwyer, Rabindranath Tagore, and Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan, coming out from Sinha Sadan at Shantiniketan

Yusuf Meherally (R) with Jayaprakash Narayan

Jacques Cartier with Indian gemstone merchants, 1911, Cartier Archives. Since his first trip to India, in 1911, Jacques Cartier (1884-1942) had become familiar with the extravagant tastes of the maharajas.