Monday, May 31, 2021

Sikhs and Pashtuns in World War-1

1-Photograph of Camel Corps two Sihks mounted in fighting order.Photograph taken by Felice Beato on the Nile Expedition to relieve Khartoum.
2-Sikhs, three old Havildars. Centre man just gone on pension after 44 years' service, his first medal is Afghanistan 1889-80. The other two are still serving.
3-Indian Officers' Club
4-Sikhs, draft ready to join an active battalion
5- Sikh recruits at school
6-SIkhs, raw recruits
7-Sikh recruits on a raft made on inverted earthenware pots
8- A ride of Pathun recruits just prior to being passed into the ranks
9-Pathan recruits ride jumping
10- Pathan recruit
11- Sikh sepoys, non-commissioned and Indian Officers in uniform and mufti
12- Pathans, Khattack dance
13-Three Sikh Indian officers
14- Sikhs regimental school
15-Sikh Indian officers in uniform and mufti
16- Jat Sikh recruit

 17-Sikhs musketry instruction

Remeber Inayat Hussain Bhatti on His Death Anniversary





























 

Thursday, May 27, 2021

The Fascinating India

0-Snake charmers in Agra, Near to the Taj Mahal - India 1939
1-High fashion In the 1940s, Punjabi men and women wore a variety of imported material, the kind that was traded at Amritsar. From here, the fabrics made inroads into other towns of Punjab
1935 Photo sacred cattle of India pulling a covered wag



A woman presses animal dung onto a stone wall to dry it for use as fuel.
c1890's PHOTO INDIA CEYLON MEN IN BOTANICAL GARDEN
c.1880's PHOTO INDIA A SERVANT FROM AGRA
c.1880's PHOTO INDIA AN EKKA - HORSE & CART
c.1880's PHOTO INDIA BAZAAR Cloth Store
c.1880's PHOTO INDIA BAZAAR OF A COPPER SMITH
c.1880's PHOTO INDIA BENGAL MAN WITH MONKEY
c.1880's PHOTO INDIA BUFFALOES WALLOWING
c.1880's PHOTO INDIA CAMEL CARRIAGE
Chester Williams (left), Executive Secretary of the National Students Federation, interviewing Indian poet and philosopher Rabindranath Tagore
Group Photograph of Workers Repairing Road
Hindu children picking through the burned ruins of a rickshaw in the wake of the destruction caused by communal riots on Wellesly St. in the city
India Etnological Photo Junagadh Musicians 1935
India Etnological Photo Portrait Man with Hooka 1935
India Etnological Photo Udaipur Warrior 1935
Indian Villagers Performing in 1930
Indian Women in 1936 Nazi Germany Olympics Cigarette Card
Kailash Temple of Ellora, Maharashtra
Maharajah of Gwalior - November 1936
Mohamed Ali, Bengal Min. of Health w. worker surveying the Hindu mother & child who have taken refuge fr. the Muslim riots at the Lady Bradbourne College relief station furn by the Muslim League
Photograph Of Traders & Buyers Dehli Market India
Sikh Guard at Tajmahal
Snake charmer at Gateway of India, Bombay (Mumbai) - India, 1939



 The Taj Mahal, Agra