20 Rare Indian Photos That Will Take You Back In Time

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This image of Tagore and Einstein brings geniuses from worlds apart together.

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A man climbs up an electric pole to see the last rites of Gandhiji's funeral.

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Indira Gandhi with Benazir Bhutto and Zulfikar Ali Bhutto (her father).
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Rajiv Gandhi weds Sonia Gandhi.
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Tagore is greeted by Helen Keller.
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The last surviving picture of Bhagat Singh while he was jailed.
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Lokmanya Tilak was cremated in the sitting legs crossed position (padmasana), a distinction given only to saints.
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The Times of India building at Elphinstone Circle in 1898.
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The uniform of the Indian Army soldiers in 1850.
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A spice food stall in Lahore, then still a part of India, in 1946.
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Kapil Dev and Sunil Gavaskar with the trophy after winning the 1983 Cricket World Cup. Wonder what Gavaskar is checking for inside the cup!
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Indian ambulances lined up in Chennai in the 1940s
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An Air India airhostess aiding a passenger on a Delhi-Bombay flight in 1946.
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Kumbh Mela in 1954.
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Nehru and Indira Gandhi on the Moscow Subway in 1955.
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Mahatma Gandhi during his time in South Africa in 1900.
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Lord Mountbatten salutes the Indian National Flag.
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The first Indian lady pilot, Sarla Thakral, at 21 years of age.
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APJ Abdul Kalam with his college friends.
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