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The father, son and their gun
My father, Syed Mohammed Abbas Rizvi and grandfather, Syed Haider Abbas Rizvi. Rourkela, Orissa. Circa 1960 Image and Narrative contributed by Rizvi Amir Abbas Syed. This picture was taken in the...
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A teenager couple’s fight for freedom
My Grandmother Chameli Devi Jain and Grandfather Phool Chand Jain, shortly after their marriage. Delhi. Circa 1923 Image and Narrative contributed by Sreenivasan Jain, Journalist, New Delhi Some text...
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A Tiger hunter who became a tiger conservationist
My father, Captain Prabhakar Raj Bahuguna with a Taxidermically treated Tiger. Tehri Garhwal, Uttar Pradesh (Now Uttarakhand) 1953 Image and narrative contributed by Sangeeta Bahuguna, Mumbai This...
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The Anglo Indian men who escorted millions of refugees to safety
(Left to Right) My grandfather Bundy Nixon, 2 bearers – one sitting & one standing, my Uncle, Norman, Rob (an Australian Gurkha officer) and my father, Leslie. Pagdhal, Hoshangabad District,...
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Love in time of War
My Parents Ronald and Beryl Osbourne, at Kohat Pass (NW Frontier Province, now Pakistan). April 1946 Image and Narrative contributed by John Reese-Osbourne, Australia I first learned of the Indian...
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The Forest Ranger of Jeypore, Orissa
My father, F Shankar Alva (right) with game, a Bison. Jeypore, Koraput (now Orissa) 1928 Image and Narrative contributed by Jayakar Alva, Bengaluru My father Shankar Alva graduated in B.Sc from the...
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He designed motorbikes, served the British Army and worked in a circus with...
My grandfather, Glyndon Ralph O’Leary, fondly known as Mike. Location – Probably Sibi (Now Pakistan). 1941 Image and Narrative contributed by Shaun Waller & Oonagh Waller, UK These are the...
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Wilhelmina and her cookbook from India
My ancestors Joseph and Wilhelmina. South Parade, Bangalore. Circa 1860 Image and Narrative contributed by Jenny Mallin, Berkshire, England. “Rai, jeera, huldi..” she would whisper under her breath...
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Mixed marriages of the Indian Subcontinent and Africa
My wife’s aunt & uncle. Circa 1930s. Kenya [Composited with an colour background at a later date] Image & Narrative contributed by Krishan Lal, Kenya with help from his son Dileep Nagpal This...
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The Indian man in the concentration camp
Cancellation of the look-out notice for A.C.N. Nambiar. 25 March 1938. UK Image courtesy Bombay Special Branch ArchivesNarrative points contributed by Vappala Balachandran, Former Special Secretary,...
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Guarding our families and land
My uncles Daljit, Jaswant, Harpal, with me as a child. Muktsar, Punjab. 1990 Image and Narrative points contributed by Dr. Harman Singh Gill, Rajasthan This photograph is from the late 1990 at my...
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The Indian man in the concentration camp
Cancellation of the look-out notice for A.C.N. Nambiar. 25 March 1938. UK Image courtesy Bombay Special Branch ArchivesNarrative points contributed by Vappala Balachandran, Former Special Secretary,...
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The Creative Police Officer
My father Gajanan Vishwanath Kale. Poona (now Pune), Maharasthra. 1960 Image and Narrative points contributed by Anil Gajanan Kale, Pune IMP Research Intern : Priyanka Balwant Kale, Pune Taken in...
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The Gifted Surgeon of Poona
My Grandfather Dr. Mukund Shahade. Chikodi, Belgaum District, State of Mysore (now Karnataka). 1949 IMP Research Intern : Priyanka Balwant Kale, Pune Image and Narrative Points contributed by Aneesh...
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Grandfather of the pictures
My maternal grandfather, Sudhir Kumar Rakshit (walking left) with a business head from Demag Cranes AG (Germany), and a colleague, Dr. Bhattacharjee. Düsseldorf, Germany. 1937 Image and Narrative...
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