My Nation

शनिवार, जनवरी 21, 2006

बुधवार, नवंबर 23, 2005

Shaping India .......

Aug. 15, 1947: Mountbatten swears Nehru in as Prime Minister of India

TRAIN TO PAKISTAN; India 1947. Trains packed with refugees - Hindus and Sikhs headed for India, and Muslims headed for Pakistan - were convenient targets for gangs of killers on both sides of the border. Inadequately protected 'Refugee Specials' were typically stopped, and the occupants butchered, several times in the course of the journey.

The dead - Punjab, 1947

1971: Indira Gandhi reviews the troops, in the context of militaryand diplomatic preparations for the Bangladesh War.

Ghandhiji Addressing people

मंगलवार, नवंबर 22, 2005

Salt March to Break the Law:: A photograph from Ankola showing the non-violent civil disobedience movement

Satyagrahis squatting on the beach to break law

Subhash Chandra Bose Making a Radio Broadcast:: Picture Courtesy: All India Radio, Bangalore

Tagore and Gandhi:: The two leading thinkers of 20th century India

Veerapandia Kattabomman:: Kattabomman was a brave Indian chieftain, and was one of the first to resisted the British imperial interest in India

सोमवार, नवंबर 21, 2005

Indian Soldiers Being Executed by British Canons::The aftermath of India's First War of Independence, 1858

March of Satyagrahis in Goa::
Press clipping of protestors marching for Goa's freedom

Police Roughing-up the Satyagrahis::
A 1930 photograph shows non-violent protesters being beaten up

President's Message for Haripura Congress Convention::
Handwritten message by Subhas Chandra Bose to the delegates of the 1938 session of the Indian National Congress

गुरुवार, अक्टूबर 20, 2005

मंगलवार, अक्टूबर 18, 2005

Courtesy : Kamat's Potpourri and Other sources

India Shaping