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DateTitleSeries

1860s1 item

1860–1870Colonial era Dhobi irons various Clothes using a Charcoal IronColonial India and Independence

1930s1 item

24 February 1932Imperial Police arrests members of the Bombay Provincial Congress Committee after they refuse to disbandColonial India and Independence

1940s7 items

24 June 1943US Army Canadian Military Pattern Trucks ride alongside Camels in IndiaThe Wars
19 May 1945An elephant pushes a loaded railroad car onto the tracks in AssamColonial India and Independence
29 August 1945The India-China Wing of the US Air Transport Command flies a C-46 Commando across the Himalayas from India to ROC forces in Mainland ChinaThe Wars
17 May 1946Maharaja of Jaipur, Man Singh II, arrives in England by Flying Boat to attend the London Victory Day CelebrationsColonial India and Independence
9 September 1946Muslim League protestors wave black flags at members of the first Cabinet of the Interim Government of IndiaColonial India and Independence
18 March 1947British soldiers walk through Amritsar surveying the damage caused by riotingColonial India and Independence
2 October 1947Camel mounted soldiers of the 1st Battalion, Sikh Regiment on patrol in Gurgaon, IndiaThe Wars

1950s2 items

1952An old man sits on a bench during his morning walk along the Marine Drive, BombayThe Republic at Work
25 December 1956The Panchen Lama and Dalai Lama set up their film cameras before entering the Elephanta Caves in Bombay, IndiaThe Republic at Work

1960s6 items

8 December 1962US Ambassador John Galbraith watches Indian Troops testing an Anti-Tank WeaponThe Wars
1964–67ISRO launching an early Nike-Apache Sounding Rocket from Thumba, KeralaThe Republic at Work
10 September 1964Prime Minister Lal Bahadur Shastri conducts an aerial inspection of flooded Najafgarh in New DelhiPower and the Political Class
6 September 1965Indian troops securing areas in Kashmir at the end of Operation Grand SlamThe Wars
15 September 1965Indian Troops charge a Pakistani Post in the Khem Karan-Kasur Sector on the Lahore FrontThe Wars
October 1965Farmer stands amidst and inspects his bumper crop of wheat in PunjabThe Republic at Work

1970s7 items

1971Indian Air Marshal Dewan takes the Instrument of Surrender after it is signed by Pakistani Lt. Gen. NiaziThe Wars
5 November 1971Children walk through the flooded ruins of Bhadrak, Orissa after the 1971 CycloneThe Republic at Work
1972Indira Gandhi, against the Himalayas, after signing the Shimla Agreement in Himachal Pradesh, IndiaPower and the Political Class
2 July 1972President Zulfikar Ali Bhutto and Prime Minister Indira Gandhi after signing the Shimla Agreement in Himachal PradeshPower and the Political Class
26 March 1977Worker operates crane at a Heavy Electrical Plant, built with Soviet support in Haridwar, IndiaThe Republic at Work
1 January 1978US President Jimmy Carter is welcomed to India with a Guard of HonourPower and the Political Class
20 December 1978Police officer fires warning shots to disperse violent protesters after former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi is arrested and expelled from ParliamentPower and the Political Class

1980s8 items

September 1982Maneka Gandhi and her son, Feroze Varun Gandhi, photographed two years after the death of her husband, Sanjay GandhiPower and the Political Class
17 November 1983Indira Gandhi with Queen Elizabeth II during the Queen's second visit to IndiaPower and the Political Class
1 November 1984Cars parked on Sansad Marg, New Delhi, burning during the riots after the assassination of Prime Minister Indira GandhiThe Republic at Work
15 December 1984Evacuated residents in makeshift refugee shelters during the Union Carbide Disaster in BhopalThe Republic at Work
26 May 1985Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi and wife, Sonia Gandhi, arrive in Delhi after their first state visit to the USSRPower and the Political Class
24 June 1985Irish Soldiers carry a victim of the Air India Flight 182 Bombing after the plane went down off the coast of IrelandThe Republic at Work
3 December 1985Naveen Patnaik at the Metropolitan Club in New York City celebrating a book releasePower and the Political Class
1989VP Singh walking in the garden at his residence, with a lone followerPower and the Political Class

1990s1 item

1996Atal Bihari Vajpayee moments after submitting his resignation as Prime Minister, 13 days after being sworn inPower and the Political Class

n.d.1 item

n.d.A woman stands in front of sculptures in the Elephanta CavesThe Republic at Work