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25 #Photographs that will transport you to Pre-Independent India. here r Some of the most astonishing photographs from India which shows.Various religion, caste,tribe,the merchants,traders, women of all ages, the farmers, rich and the poor all in masses.
1.mother & child

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 2. In the times of The British Raj

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3. Bombay Bicycle Club – India

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4. Hari Dasu – India

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5. Golden Temple of Amritsar, Punjab – c1860’s

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6. Family of Thomas de Souza, Bombay, India

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7. Poor Cripple Beggar’s Ox Cart and Men Standing behind – Calcutta (Kolkata)

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8. Kanchipuram Temple, India

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9. Porters, North Bengal – c1856

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10. White children, Indian carers

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11. Rabindranath Tagore with Brahmacharyashrama boys – Santiniketan 1903

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12. Hooghly River Bank after the Cyclone – Calcutta (Kolkata) 1867

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13. Professional Dancing (Nautch) girls in the streets of Old Delhi – India 1906

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14. Vintage Studio Photograph of Marwari Traders – Bombay (Mumbai)

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15. A Royal Family of India

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16. Meenakshi Amman Temple, Madurai, India

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17. Andaman Tribals Fishing – Circa 1870

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18. Fruit Shop in an Indian Bazaar

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19. Bridge in Srinagar – Kashmir

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20. People at the side of River Ganges – Benares (Varanasi)

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21. Charminar. Street view, Hyderabad

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22. Indian Theatrical Group, Mumbai

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23. Native Barber of Madras

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24. Studio Portrait of a Marathi Theatrical troupe – Bombay

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25. Group Photograph of Workers Repairing Road

Courtesy- 121clicks

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