These 30 Intriguing Pictures Are Some of the Rarest Photographs Ever Captured in India

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

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2. Indira Gandhi, Charlie Chaplin And Jawaharlal Nehru in Bürgenstock, Switzerland, 1953

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3. The last time Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose was arrested by the British police

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4. Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar with his wife Dr Savita Ambedkar, helper Sudama and their pet dog

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5. Poster of the death sentence judgment Of Bhagat Singh, Sukhdev, Rajguru and others, 1930

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6. Sir C V Raman explaining the Raman Effect to his students in 1930

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7.  Three legends, Sir Maurice Gwyer, Rabindranath Tagore, and Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan, coming out from Sinha Sadan at Shantiniketan

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8. Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose with Adolf Hitler in Berlin in Germany, 1942

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9. Lord Mountbatten swears in Jawaharlal Nehru as the first Prime Minister of free India at the ceremony held on August 15, 1947

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10. Dr. Rajendra Prasad with President's Bodyguards (PBG) on the streets of Chandni Chowk, Delhi

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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

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12. A library with books being divided into India and Pakistan during Partition in 1947

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13. First day (December 9, 1946) of the Constituent Assembly

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14. Earliest known photograph of the Taj Mahal taken by Dr. John Murray of the East India Company in the 1850s

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15. The ruins of Sikandar Bagh Palace in Lucknow with the skeletal remains of rebel sepoys in the foreground, 1858

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16. Marriage of Yuvaraja Kantirava Narasinharaja Wadiyar to Yuvarani Kempu Cheluvammanniyavaru Urs in Mysore, 1910

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17. Howrah Bridge under construction, 1930s

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18. Madras (Chennai) Central Railway Station, 1925

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19. The Bangalore Palace in the 1890s

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29. Maharani Gayatri Devi, Princess of Jaipur, on her wedding day

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30. Professor M.S. Narasimhan demonstrating the first Indian digital computer to Jawaharlal Nehru at Tata Institute of Fundamental Research (TIFR)

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