From famous personalities and historical landmarks to everyday life, here are 30 rare pictures that show a different perspective of Indian history. You probably won’t find them in any school textbook!
1. Rabindranath Tagore with Albert Einstein in 1920s
2. Indira Gandhi, Charlie Chaplin And Jawaharlal Nehru in Bürgenstock, Switzerland, 1953
3. The last time Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose was arrested by the British police
4. Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar with his wife Dr Savita Ambedkar, helper Sudama and their pet dog
5. Poster of the death sentence judgment Of Bhagat Singh, Sukhdev, Rajguru and others, 1930
6. Sir C V Raman explaining the Raman Effect to his students in 1930
7. Three legends, Sir Maurice Gwyer, Rabindranath Tagore, and Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan, coming out from Sinha Sadan at Shantiniketan
8. Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose with Adolf Hitler in Berlin in Germany, 1942
9. Lord Mountbatten swears in Jawaharlal Nehru as the first Prime Minister of free India at the ceremony held on August 15, 1947
10. Dr. Rajendra Prasad with President’s Bodyguards (PBG) on the streets of Chandni Chowk, Delhi
11. A young French boy introduces himself to Indian soldiers who had just arrived in Marseilles to fight alongside French and British forces in World War I, September 30, 1914
12. A library with books being divided into India and Pakistan during Partition in 1947
13. First day (December 9, 1946) of the Constituent Assembly
14. Earliest known photograph of the Taj Mahal taken by Dr. John Murray of the East India Company in the 1850s
15. The ruins of Sikandar Bagh Palace in Lucknow with the skeletal remains of rebel sepoys in the foreground, 1858
16. Marriage of Yuvaraja Kantirava Narasinharaja Wadiyar to Yuvarani Kempu Cheluvammanniyavaru Urs in Mysore, 1910
17. Howrah Bridge under construction, 1930s