Photographs: What are some rare photographs of Indian history?

1. This image of Tagore and Einstein brings geniuses from worlds apart together. 
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2. A man climbs up an electric pole to see the last rites of Gandhiji's funeral.

3. Indira Gandhi with Benazir Bhutto and Zulfikar Ali Bhutto (her father).
4. Rajiv Gandhi weds Sonia Gandhi.
5. Tagore is greeted by Helen Keller.
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6. The last surviving picture of Bhagat Singh while he was jailed.
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7. The Beatles during their time at Maharishi Mahesh Yogi's ashram at Rishikesh in India
8. Lokmanya Tilak was cremated in the sitting legs crossed position (padmasana), a distinction given only to saints.
9. The Times of India building at Elphinstone Circle in 1898.
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10. The uniform of the Indian Army soldiers in 1850.
11. A spectacle shop cum watch repair shop in Lahore, then still a part of India, in 1946.
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12. Kapil Dev and Sunil Gavaskar with the trophy after winning the 1983 Cricket World Cup. Wonder what Gavaskar is checking for inside the cup!
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13. Indian ambulances lined up in Chennai in the 1940s
14. An Air India airhostess aiding a passenger on a Delhi-Bombay flight in 1946.
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15. Kumbh Mela in 1954.
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16. Nehru and Indira Gandhi on the Moscow Subway in 1955.
17. Mahatma Gandhi during his time in South Africa in 1900.
18. Lord Mountbatten salutes the Indian National Flag.
19. The first Indian lady pilot, Sarla Thakral, at 21 years of age.
20. APJ Abdul Kalam with his college friends.
21. Anna Hazare during his days in the Indian Army.

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Some more photos :)

A rare picture of India’s First Prime Minister Jawahar Lal Nehru metting Great Scientist Sir Albert Einstein in 1949 at  Princeton, USA
Satyagrahis Demostrating Against British Rule
On Farewell Day ,lady Mountbatten and Governor-General.C. Rajagopalachari 
Buildings on the south-east side of Lal Dighi, Calcutta, lit at night for the 1912 British royal visit by King George V and Queen Mary.
Khan Abdul Gaffar Khan(Frontier Gandhi) and Mahatma Gandhi in Peshawar, 1920.
Kedarnath, 1882
The First Indian Cricket Team Tour To England – 1886
Subhash Chandra Bose
Last Picture of Father of the Nation Mahatma Gandhi
Indira Gandhi, Charlie Chaplin And Jawaharlal Nehru In Bürgenstock, Switzerland, 1953
And Last One – Death Sentence Judgement Poster Of Bhagat Singh, Sukhdev, Rajguru And Others(1930)
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Sachin Tendulkar And Vinod Kambli
pranab mukherjee in young

Here are more pic by Pirush Sihna 

Subhash Chandra Bose and Hitler
​Chandrasekhar Azad Dead

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