An old photograph of 1920s showing two friends Bisheswar Nath Munshi( retired as Secretary, Public Service Commission, J&K Govt.) and Kachorr. (?)
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Previously from this collection: Thre Kashmiri Friends
(Updated with info. sent in by Man Mohan Ji)
Man Mohan Ji has sent in this little quiz. Can anyone identify these items?
I am putting in my wild guess.
The first one looks like some sort of territorial insignia and the second one looks like fossilized remains of some animal ( perhaps an elephant, I read that their remains have in fact found in the region)
An archaeological engraving about 1 foot in diameter on a Schist rock
at Anjan, Nanga Pahar at an altitude of 9.000 ft of a southerly spur of
Pir Panjal Range radiating from Muni Mal Peak
Fossil of tusks and mandible of Stegodon Ganesha – an elephant with
huge tusks which along with other vertebrate animals roamed the
Himalayan foothills during Siwalik times.
A special from Man Mohan Munshi Ji. I remember that Kul Brahmins used to bring little photographs/painting of goddess on the day of Gour’trie (Gouri-tra-itr ?).
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In good old days while compiling the horoscopes of the family members of their Yajmans the Kul Brahmins(family Purohits) of Kashmiri Pandits themselves draw/paint pictures of the Hindu deities on the top of the Horoscopes which were not in book form but a huge length of paper rolled into a bundle.
Man Mohan Munshi Ji shares a unique photograph that he took back in 1968.
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Shishar ga’nt (Icicles) hanging from the roof of an ice cave of Mushran Glacier located south east and upstream of holy Amarnathji cave Shrine in Sind valley Kashmir.The photograph was taken from inside of the ice cave in 1968.
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!
Yagnopveet (Sacred Thread) ceremony of Jawaharlal Nehru
As a cadet at Harrow
Bar at Law
Behind Bars with Brother-in-Law Ranjit Pandit
After marriage with Kamala in 1916
With daughter Indira Priyadarshani in 1918
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.’
At London with Lord Wavell, Congress and Muslim League leaders, 1946
In conference with Lord Mountbatten, Congress and Muslim League Leaders . 1947
Utterly sad and exhausted looking Nehru Votes for partition, 1947
With Winston Churchill who remarked that Nehru had overcome two of greatest Human failings – “Fear and Hatred”
At London with Vijay Lakshmi Pandit,Indira Gandhi,Feroz Gandhi , Krishna Menon and others
Nehru with Albert Einstein
with Khrushchev
Riding a yalk in Bhutan, 1956
Encouraging trainees at Himalayan Mountaineering, Darjeeling 1957
In 1969 1962 with Jacqueline Kennedy. By Homai Vyarawalla.
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.
Throwing a pillow at some inattentive colleague during the debate, Avadi Congress, 1955.
Pandit Nehru on his Birthday in U.S.A. , 1961
At a children’s gathering in Bombay, 1954
Showing his skill with cane at a performance by traditional swordsmen
Carrying a Samurai Sword. Visit to a Japanese Film Studio, 1957
Squatting on the threshold to the Banteay Srei temple in Indo-China, 1954
