Sunday, December 25, 2022

17 Rare Images From India

 Vintage Images from India



A Maharaja in a processional scene, Jodhpur, Marwar, North India, circa 1810



a Mughal portrait of the Emperor Akbar the Great (r. 1556-1605) with his children Jahangir and Prince Murad, Mughal India, late 16th century



A Sikh painting of a Nautch and musical performance being watched by various Sikh noblemen outside a royal tent , India, 20th century



Bird's eye view of the Chutter Manzil, Lucknow, from the bridge -



Bishan Singh, North India 1865



BRITISH INDIAN ARMY Elephant Battery in 1900


British In Sikh Army



British In Sikh Army



Karauli Royal family Maharaj Kumar Surendra Pal Deo Bahadur of Karauli



Khatri nobleman in Kitab-i Tasrih al-Aqvam by Col. James Skinner (1778–1841)



Photograph of a Hindu Khatri man of Hazara c. 1868-1872



Raja Sri Sham Singh Bahadur, Raja of Chamba. b. at the Rang Mahal, Chauntra, Chamba



Shriman Adhiraj Thakur Sahib Sawant Singh II, 13th Thakur of Bagru, under Jaipur (b. 1841, r. 1863 - 1906)



The Banqueting Hall. Lucknow -



The entrance gate - Secundra Bagh. Lucknow -



The Separation, India, Punjab, possibly Lahore, ca. 1840-60Gouache



The well at Cawnpore - with the Memorial Church in the distance-



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Victoria Park 1967 



Wreckage of one of the four Indian Vampire aircrafts, which were shot down on 1st September 1965 by Pakistani F-86 sabres flown by Sarfaraz Ahmed Rafiqui & Imtiaz Bhatt



Women's National Guard Punjabi Dress, Pakistan Quarterly (1950



Winter 1955. Ustad Alauddin Khan attending music conferece in Dhaka accompanied by artist Jainul Abedin at Bordhoman House.


Tomb of Mughal princess Bibi Pari at Lalbagh fort, Dhaka, Bangladesh.



This picture show an urs ceremony at Golra Sharif being presided over by the Sajjada Nashin, i.e. Syed Ghulam Mohiyuddin Gilani. Both his sons can also be seen.



The handprinting of material in the bazaar quarter



The Armenian Community Dhaka celebrating Armenian Christmas, 6 January 1952



The AIME Conference in 1906, held at the Ahsan Manzil palace of the Dhaka Nawab Family, laid the foundation of the Muslim League.


Syed Ghulam Mohiyyuddin Gilani, Babuji Golra Sharif coming out of train at Rawalpindi Railway Station


Subhas Bose in Dalhousie with Miraben, Dr and Mrs Dharamvir 1937



Students of the Urdu department of Dhaka University paying homage to the martyrs of the Language movement on February 21, 1953.



Star_Mosque,_Dhaka,_(1967)



St Joseph Convent catholic high school, Karachi



Sir Ganga Ram, a famous Punjabi philanthropist.


Sir Abdullah Haroon (1872-1942)


Signing of a German-Pakistani air traffic agreement in the Federal Foreign Office, Bonn.


Shrine of Vijayanandsuri Atmaramji Gujranwala.


Rani Ananda Kumari with her adopted son, Kumar Ram Narayan Roy, during the puja ceremony marking his investiture at Bhawal Estate in 1919. Photograph developed at Coronation Studio, Dhaka.



Punjabi Dress as nurse's uniform, Pakistan Quarterly (1950



President of Pakistan Ayub Khan visiting Kaptai dam in East Pakistan



Pir Meher Ali Shah



Pir Meher Ali Shah with Khawaja Muhammad din Sialvi of Sial Sharif



Picture of Peer Syed Shah Abdul Haq Gilani, chotay lala jee Golra Sharif, in his teens


Photograph of the tombs of the Talpur Mirs at Hyderabad in the Sindh province now in Pakistan, taken by an unknown photographer, c.1900




peer Meher Ali Shah in old age



Pakistani workers operating looms during the industrical revolution. Lyallpur (Faisalabad, Pakistan)



Pakistani solidiers riding on one of the jeeps left behind by retreating Indian forces after the Battle of chammb


Pakistani soldiers pose for a photograph on a knocked out Indian M4A4 Sherman during a Battle in the 1965 War with India

Pakistani soldiers hoisted the flag of Pakistan over chamb after capturing the area from Indian forces in 1971.


Pakistani soldiers and M4A1E6 Sherman tank join a battle during the Indian Invasion of Pakistan around Lahore District.



Pakistan Air Force Supermarine Attacker Aircraft.


Naach Ghar film shooting 1962.


Muhammad Ali jinnah Speech at a public meeting at Dhaka on March 21, 1948



Mualana Shibli Noamani (1857 - 1914)



MS in Psychology students at Dacca University 1969


Monhammed Nayim Farouq -- most wanted.


Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi touring Bela, Bihar, India, a religious riot stricken village in March 1947. Shown with him is Badshah Khan



Megiddo Division in Battle of Megiddo (1918) WW1. Army School of education India (1935-36) Winners of the Kashmir Cup tournament( Hockey



Maulana Altaf Hussain Hali



Masuma Khatun 1970 election coverage on Pakistan Television



Mass uprising 1969 Dhaka



Maran Chand Ghosh's Sweetshop in Nawabpur Road, Dhaka (1967)



Major General Nathu Singh talking to a group of refugees from West Pakistan during partition of India



Major General Iftikhar Khan of the Pakistan Army



Lalbagh fort. Dhaka (1967)


Hussaini Dallan, Dhaka (1967)


Humayun Azad standing wearing the convocation dress of Dacca University, East Pakistan (now Bangladesh).


Haldeman, President Richard Nixon's Chief of Staff, Filming the President's Arrival in Pakistan



Gulistan Cinema Hall on Jinnah Avenue 1963



Ghenta Ghar Lyallpur Pakistan 1943



Gateway of the Rose Garden mansion at Tikatuli, Dhaka, Bangladesh.



Faculty of Arts building University of Dhaka



Elephant loading in Chittagong port 1960



Eid Prayer at Dhaka Stadium in 1965



Egg seller girl Dhaka in 1965



Dhirendranath Datta addressing a meeting at the Fina Arts Institute, Dhaka ( 1957).



Dhaka Mohammedan Sporting Club Limited in 1952 before Bangladesh's Independence. This picture was most probably taken before a Dhaka League game.



Dhaka Medical College and Hospital 1940s



Daniel Dunham teaching architecture at EPUET in 1962



Children watching Bioscope show Dhaka 1960s



Bridge in Dhanmondi



Bibi Mariam Cannon in Dhaka, East Pakistan, late 1950s



Awami League Office 1970



Apollo 11 Astronauts' Dhaka tour in 1969



AK Fazlul Huq and his cabinet, 1937



Ahmed Raza Khan Barelvi



Activist Matiur Rahman Mallik



Abdul Monem Khan laying the foundation stone of Jhenaidah Cadet College in 1963


A printed copy of letter written in Urdu language by Sir Muhammad Iqbal to Pir Meher Ali shah requesting him information about Ibn Arabi concept of Space and Time.




a photo of Hakim Ajmal Khan



A Pakistani flag can be seen hoisted on the Kishangarh Fort, Rajasthan.



A fiscal revenue stamp issued by the Khanate of Kalat in the year 1919.



A convoy of evacuees of India from West Pakistan in 1947



1965 Indo-Pak War DestroyedMasjid-



1954 east bengal cabinet



1st anniv. of the union with Pakistan