1- A domestic Cheeta 1930-40
2-A young Indian spouse in wedding costume in India in 1930-1940.
2-The Harmandir Sahib (golden temple) of Amritsar is the spiritual and cultural centre of the sikhe community in India in the 40's
3-An Indian hitting a huge drum from a temple to call the people to pray in India in 1930-1940.
4-Children from lowest caste, called untouchables, washing themselves with available water.
5-Man twisting himself into a yoga position
6-Indian servants carrying a young British child in a palaquin at a popular summer resort
7-Men working in rifle factory.
7-Mohandas K. Gandhi (R) visiting with a lepe
8-Aristocratic British woman playing with her cocker spaniels in the garden of the viceroy's palace
8-Sign indicating different roads for vehicles and camels
9-Indians viewing the ruins at Lucknow after the British regained the city. (
10- The Taj Mahal at Agra, India. Constructed in 1632-54 out of love for Mumtaz Mahal, the favourite wife of Shah Jahan
11-An Kashmiri 'Zenana' house with intricately carved balconies in Srinagar, the region's capital on the shores of the Jhelum river
12-A snake charmer plays his pipe while surrounded by local villagers including young children near Moradabad, India, circa 1940
13-Elephants are loaded into railway trucks for transportation to their new homes in India, circa 1940. Wild elephants are given an initial training and then sent to all parts of India.
14-A young Tamil boy performs his annual penace during a Thaipusam festival in India, circa 1940. While chanting prayers a Brahmin priest pushes arrows into the boy's skin.
15-View of the Tomb of Sher Shah Suri in the town of Sasarem in Bihar state in India circa 1940. The five storey mausoleum, built in memory of Emperor Sher Shah Suri, was completed in 1545.
16-The Taj Majal, Agra, India', circa 1930s. Mausoleum in Agra commissioned in 1632 by Shah Jahan to house the tomb of his favourite wife, Mumtaz Mahal
A car is driven by some elephants through the streets in India in 1930-1940
Hindu devotee doing penance on a bed of spikes near the shrine of Kali, Calcutta, India.
Man wait for there turn 1930
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