| Indian troops during a military trainning drill in Assam - India-China War 1962 Hindu women walking around sacred tree - 1946 Photographer: Margaret Bourke-White |
| Hindu woman praying at sacred tree at the Temple - 1946 Photographer: Margaret Bourke-White Life archive states that this image was shot in Delhi. But we can clearly see that in the background one board with bengali letters on it. 'Pocketmar Hoite Sabdha' written in bengali which means beware of pickpockets. So this image is from Bengal and probably from Calcutta (Kolkata). |
| Two young Hindu women clad in their native dress, one carrying a bucket of water - 1946 Photographer: Margaret Bourke-White  |
| Portrait of a woman of the Hindu faith, wearing head dress & with ornamental ring in her pierced nose - 1946 Photographer: Margaret Bourke-White |
| Brahmin & son performing Hindu ceremony of changing the sacred thread - 1946 Photographer: Margaret Bourke-White  |
| Brahmin performing Hindu ceremony of changing the sacred thread - 1946 Photographer: Margaret Bourke-White |
| Two men touching a cow on a busy city street - 1946 Photographer: Margaret Bourke-White Life archive states that this image was shot in Delhi, but in my opinion this city is Calcutta (Kolkata). The two gentlemen dressed like bengali babus during '40s and in the middle of the image you can see that a poster is clearly visible and 'Haidar Ali' written in Bengali. |
| Dr. Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar at home - 1946  Photographer: Margaret Bourke-White |
| Abdul Ghaffar Khan, know as the Frontier Gandhi - 1946 Photographer: Margaret Bourke-White Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan (1890 - 20 January 1988) (Pashto, Hindi: ख़ान अब्दुल ग़फ़्फ़ार ख़ान) was a political and spiritual leader known for his non-violent opposition to British Rule in India. A lifelong pacifist, a devout Muslim,[1] and a close friend of Mahatma Gandhi, he was also known as Badshah Khan (also Bacha Khan, Pashto: lit., "King Khan"), and Sarhaddi Gandhi (Urdu, Hindi lit., "Frontier Gandhi"). |
| Dr. Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar chief architect of the Indian Constitution - 1946 Photographer: Margaret Bourke-White Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar (Marathi: डॉ.भीमराव रामजी आंबेडकर [14 April 1891 — 6 December 1956), also known as Babasaheb, was an Indian jurist, political leader, Buddhist activist, philosopher, thinker, anthropologist, historian, orator, prolific writer, economist, scholar, editor, revolutionary and a revivalist for Buddhism in India. He was also the chief architect of the Indian Constitution. Born into a poor Mahar, then Untouchable, family, Ambedkar spent his whole life fighting against social discrimination, the system of Chaturvarna — the categorization of Hindu society into four varnas — and the Hindu caste system. He is also credited with providing a spark for the conversion of hundreds of thousands of Dalits with his Ambedkar(ite) Buddhism. Ambedkar has been honoured with the Bharat Ratna, India's highest civilian award. |
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