An incredible collection of rare old photographs of Pandit Nehru sent in by Man Mohan Munshi Ji. I have contributed three images – one that i found in ‘Letters From a Father to His Daughter: Being the Brief Account of the Early Days of the World Written for Children’ and two photographs taken by Homai Vyarawalla that I found in a Catalogue for a Photo Exhibition organized in year 1999 by Press Trust of India celebrating 50 years of its existence.
Update: I am adding some more rare photographs, mostly taken from a picture book on Nehru published in 1964 just after his death. Also I am adding photographs from some other resources too. By the time I am done, this is going to be the single biggest archive of Nehru Photographs on the web. Enjoy!
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| Yagnopveet (Sacred Thread) ceremony of Jawaharlal Nehru |
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| As a cadet at Harrow |
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| Bar at Law |
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| Behind Bars with Brother-in-Law Ranjit Pandit |
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| After marriage with Kamala in 1916 |
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| With daughter Indira Priyadarshani in 1918 |
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| Kamala Nehru, Jawahar Lal Nehru and their daughter Indira. Found it in ‘Letters From a Father to His Daughter: Being the Brief Account of the Early Days of the World Written for Children.’ |
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| At London with Lord Wavell, Congress and Muslim League leaders, 1946 |
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| In conference with Lord Mountbatten, Congress and Muslim League Leaders . 1947 |
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| Utterly sad and exhausted looking Nehru Votes for partition, 1947 |
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| With Winston Churchill who remarked that Nehru had overcome two of greatest Human failings – “Fear and Hatred” |
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| At London with Vijay Lakshmi Pandit,Indira Gandhi,Feroz Gandhi , Krishna Menon and others |
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| Nehru with Albert Einstein |
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| with Khrushchev |
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| Riding a yalk in Bhutan, 1956 |
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| Encouraging trainees at Himalayan Mountaineering, Darjeeling 1957 |
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In 1969 1962 with Jacqueline Kennedy. By Homai Vyarawalla. |
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| At Delhi’s Palam Airport alongside an ironic signboard. By Homai Vyarawalla. |
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Pandit Nehru on board the first BOAC jet plane, on a 45-minute flight to Nanda Devi. Nehru is seen lighting the cigarette of the then Deputy High Commissioner’s wife Mrs Simon. Shot by Homai Vyarawalla .
Apparently, the plane burst in midair on it’s second flight. Year, based on the year of the accident, probably 1953.
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Dilip Kumar, Dev Anand and Raj Kapoor with Mr. Nehru. 1958 by Kewal Mehra.
The story of how I came across it here. |
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The following photographs are taken from a rare picture book on Pandit Nehru published in 1964 by Bennett, Coleman and Co. Ltd after Nehru’s death. I managed to get my hands on the book from an ebay seller.
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| Throwing a pillow at some inattentive colleague during the debate, Avadi Congress, 1955. |
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| Pandit Nehru on his Birthday in U.S.A. , 1961 |
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| At a children’s gathering in Bombay, 1954 |
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| Showing his skill with cane at a performance by traditional swordsmen |
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| Carrying a Samurai Sword. Visit to a Japanese Film Studio, 1957 |
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| Squatting on the threshold to the Banteay Srei temple in Indo-China, 1954 |
…more than 50 images to be uploaded soon.
