Friday, October 19, 2018

  1. 1950s :: Fortified Wall (Revetment ) Made of Baked Bricks , Constructed In 2nd Century B.C For Defence of Ancient City of Kaushambi . Kaushambi Was Capital of Vatsa Janpada and Was an Important Centre During Mahatma Buddha's Period .
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    4. 1920 :: Ravana Dahan During Vijayadashami Festival In Quetta, Balochistan (Photo- Nigel Dobinson/ )
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    6. Ramayana Scene , 9th Century A.D , Prambanan Temple , Indonesia
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    8. Ram Raja Temple In Orcha, Only Temple Where Lord Ram Is Worshipped as King. Madhya Pradesh Police Daily Gives Gun Salute to Bhagwan Ram Before Puja
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    10. King Ravana Shaking Kailash Mountain of Lord Shiva Meenakshi Sundareshvara Temple, Madurai (Photo - )
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    12. 1950 :: Image of Lord Ram , Goddess Sita and Laxman In Original Copy of Indian Constitution
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    14. 1956 :: Dussehra Celebrations , Effigies of Ravana, Kumbhakarna and Meghnad at Ramlila Grounds , Delhi (Photo Division)
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    16. 1950s :: Dargah of Kwaja Moinuddin Chisti In Ajaymer . Ajaymer City Was Founded by King Ajay Pal Chauhan In 7th century A.D. Ajaymer Got Its Name From Ajay Meru
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    18. In 1947 Vikram Sarabhai Founded Physical Research Laboratory In Karnavati , Gujarat
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    20. 1880s :: Intricate Tracery In Form of Tree Stem And Branches In Sidi Sayyid's Mosque In Karnavati , Gujarat (Photo -British Library)
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    22. 1954 :: Kumbh Mela at Prayagraj ( Photo - LIFE )
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    24. 1952 :: Eleanor Roosevelt ( Wife of Former USA President Franklin D. Roosevelt ) Giving Lecture In Delhi
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  25. Oct 15
    26. Jean-François Allard , French Soldier and Trusted General of Maharaja Ranjit Singh . General Allard Trained Khalsa Army and Was Awarded The 'Bright Star of The Punjab' by Maharaja Ranjit Singh
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    Baijnath Temple, Kangra, Himachal pradesh with snow clad mountains in background.
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    30. Clay votive tablet with Buddhist triad (8th c), commissioned by an eminent eunuch of the Tang Dynasty. The inscription on the back calls it "An Indian Buddha Image." Hence it was likely based on a model brought back from India by the renowned monk & pilgrim Xuanzang in mid 7th c.
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    32. 8th Century A.D :: Monk Amoghavajra Composed Xiuyao jing 宿曜經, ( Lunar Mansions and Planets Sūtra ) In Chinese . Amoghavajra Became One of The Most Powerful Monk During Reign of Emperor Suzong of Tang Dynasty of
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    34. Ancient City of Ratnagiri Dating Back to 5th Century A.D , Near Jajpur , Odisha ( Photo - )
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    36. 1960s :: Young Abdul Kalam Assembling Test Rocket In Thumba
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    38. 5000 Years Old Gold Pendant From Harappa , Indus Valley Civilization ( Photo - National Museum Delhi )
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    40. 1845 :: Battle of Moodkee ( Mudki In Punjab ) Was Fought Between British Forces and Sikh Khalsa Army . British Troops Won But After Suffering Heavy Casualties
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    42. Bulls and Cart , 1st Century B.C , Bharhut , Madhya Pradesh
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    44. 1st Century A.D :: Bird Carved In Rock Crystal , Taxila ( Photo - )
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    46. 1st Century A.D :: Mara's Temptation of Gautam Buddha (Peshawar Museum )
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    48. King On an Elephant , Shunga Period , 2nd Century B.C ( National Museum , Delhi )
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    50. 2500 B.C :: Workmen's Platform Near Great Granary , Harappa
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    52. 1950s :: Audition of Girls In Bollywood
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    54. 1950s :: Screen Test of Girls In Bollywood
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    56. 1985 :: Journalist MJ Akbar Talking to PM Rajiv Gandhi
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    58. 1980s :: Aerial View of Golden Temple , Amritsar
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    60. Haveli of Sardar Jawala singh, husband of Jind Kaur’s eldest sister, Padhana village This haveli was damaged in1965 war before war the family lived here but had to leave for few years because of war & when they returned it was completely damaged beyond repair.
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  61. Oct 14
    62. Bhadrabahu Cave On Chandragiri Hill In Shravanabelagola Where Great Emperor Chandragupta Maurya Died In 297 B.C
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    64. Kanchan Gupta Retweeted indianhistorypics
    Let's see. Amit Bose went on to become a big gun at Nestle. Shovan Thakur is in Oz running TCS (?) Ops, Sanjoy Ghosh is an entrepreneur who never made money, Abhijeet and the other lad joined Indian Airlines, Gautam met with a terrible accident and now lives a vegetable's life.
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    St Xavier's College, Calcutta, Kids Hanging Out In 1980
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  65. Oct 14
    66. St Xavier's College, Calcutta, Kids Hanging Out In 1980
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    68. 1900 :: Swami Vivekananda (Second Row , Centre ) Travelling In Cable Car In Mount Lowe , Pasadena , USA
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    70. 11th century: :Elgandal Fort was established by the Kakatiya Dynasty and later occupied by the Qutub Shahi’s, Mughal’s and Nizam’s each improving its fortifications. In its heyday it was protected by a crocodile filled moat. cc.
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    72. Read today in Hindustan Times a very interesting article by Paramita Ghosh on our celebrations of 100 years of regaining the Independence
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    74. 2200 Years Old ( 2nd Century B.C) Sun Dial Adjusted to Latitude of City of Ujjain Was Found at Ai Khanoum , . City of Ai Khanoum Was Founded In 3rd Century B.C During Seleucid Empire
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    76. Hazuri Bagh Baradari is a white marble Baradari located in the Hazuri Bagh between Lahore fort and Badshahi Mosque It was built by Maharaja Ranjit Singh, in 1818 to celebrate his capture of the Koh-i-Noor diamond from Shuja Shah Durrani in 1813.
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    78. 1950s :: Audition of Young Actress In Bollywood
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    80. Your thoughts become your words. Your words become your behavior. Your behavior becomes your habits. Your habits become your values. Your values become your destiny. —Mahatma Gandhi
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    82. 1950s :: Audition of Girls In Bollywood ( Photo - )
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    84. 1950s :: Screen Test of Girls In Bollywood
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    86. 1905: :The original Town Hall in Warangal which is set within the Hamamkonda Public Gardens. cc.
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    88. Two travelling ivories: one from Begram, a woman standing on a makara (Photo © Thierry Ollivier), the other, goddess Lakshmi or Yakshi (?) recovered at Pompeii. Equally beautiful!
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    90. 1930s :: Bird's Eye View of Karachi
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    92. 1940s :: Vitaminised DALDA , Sold Only In Sealed Tins " From Where Does He Get All His Energy "
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    94. A good king of Gujarat: Between 1942-46, a thousand Polish children were given shelter by the Nawanagar maharaja. On the 100th year of Poland’s independence, many of them returned to relive that story. By Paro_ghosh
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    96. Goddess Durga as Mahishasurmardini , 8th Century A.D , Abhaneri Stepwell , Rajasthan ( Photo - )
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    98. 2nd Century A.D :: Condenser Found In Sirkap , Taxila
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    100. Dhruv Gangadharan Retweeted indianhistorypics
    It’s , the is testimony to how best we’d cherish our archives. Is the space where Marx spent years churning his matchless passages also the one that treasures the Bruhadeshwara Temple? - “mothership of the human mind” as aptly put it ♥️
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  101. Oct 12
    102. 200 Temples Dating Back 7th to 9th Century A.D In Bateshwar Near Morena , Madhya Pradesh . Temples Were Built During Gurjar-Pratihara Dynasty
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    104. 2nd Century B.C :: Fasting Buddha ( Lahore Museum )
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    Mahishasuramardini at Durga temple Aihole Karnataka
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    108. 1950s :: Film Audition of Girls In Bollywood ( Photo - )
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    110. 7th or 8th century Kishakeshwari Temple of Goddess Chamunda (Kali), made of chlorite, is architecturally brilliant and well carved from its outer surface. This temple is one of the most impressive temple of Kalinga architecture. Located at Khiching, Odisha.
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  111. Oct 11
    112. King Ajatashatru Visits Mahatma Buddha , 3rd Century A.D , Ikshavakus Dynasty , Nagarjunakonda , Andhra Pradesh ( Photo - ASI Museum , NagarjunaKonda )
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  113. Oct 11
    114. 3rd Century B.C :: Remains of Mauryan Era City of Pataliputra at Bulandi Bagh . Excavation Was Done by American Archaeologist David Brainard Spooner In 1912-13
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    116. 1904: :Ross Hill Chapel also know locally as Church of Mary Martha in Visakhapatnam succeeding an earlier chapel on the same site since 1850. The church/hill is named after the British army officer the land was purchased from to establish the church. cc. – at Ross Hill Chapel
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    118. 1975 :: Shri Jayprakash Narayan Leading March to Parliament
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    120. 5th Century A.D :: Gold Coin Showing Emperor Kumaragupta as an Archer ( Photo - )
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    122. 3rd Century B.C :: Inscription of Mauryan Dynasty In Mahasthan , (Now In Bangladesh) About Storage of Oil , Tree , Paddy & Coins
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    124. 1950s :: Gandhara Gallery In Lahore Museum
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    126. 1950s :: Gangavataran (Descent of The Ganges ) , 7th Century A.D , Pallava Dynasty , Mahabalipuram , Tamil Nadu
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    128. 1940s :: Archaeological Survey Class at Taxila
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    130. 1948 :: Tank Bund Road , Hyderabad ( Photo - LIFE )
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    132. Burial Cave of Iron Age , Kandanassery Near Thrissur , Kerala
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  133. Oct 10
    134. Gol Gumbaz , Bijapur , Karnataka . It Is The Mausoleum of Mohammed Adil Shah, Sultan of Bijapur Who Ascended to Throne In 1627 A.D
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    136. Ancient Cave In Dengfeng , Henan Province In Where Indian Monk Bodhidharma Did Meditation For 9 Years and Founded Shaolin Kung Fu by Teaching Monks
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    138. 1970s :: Mount Road , Madras
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    140. 1970s :: Car Parking at Flora Fountain , Bombay
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    142. Parinirvana of Mahatma Buddha , Ajanta Caves , Maharashtra
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    144. Brihadeshwara Temple , Tanjore It Was Built by Great Chola Emperor Raja Raja - 1 In 1010 A.D (Photo - British Library )
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    146. 3000 B.C :: Pottery From Indus Valley Civilization (National Museum Delhi )
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    148. 1943 :: Famine In Bengal
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    150. July 1970 :: Bengal Police Free to Enter University Campuses to Curb Naxalite Student Menace
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    152. 1880s :: Kedarnath Temple
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  153. Oct 10
    154. Goddess Durga as Mahishasur Mardini (Photo - Lahore Museum )
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