Rare Photographs of Pandit Nehru

Rare Photographs of Pandit Nehru

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An incredible collection of rare old photographs of Pandit Nehru sent in by Man Mohan Munshi Ji. I had 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.

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Nehru with parents Moti Lal Nehru and Swarup Rani

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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Update.

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.

 

                                                         vipul koul