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The Republic at Work

Cities, faith, industry, science and catastrophe — the republic outside politics.

• 1952An old man sits on a bench during his morning walk along the Marine Drive, Bombay
• 1956The Panchen Lama and Dalai Lama set up their film cameras before entering the Elephanta Caves in Bombay, India
• 1964–67ISRO launching an early Nike-Apache Sounding Rocket from Thumba, Kerala
• 1965Farmer stands amidst and inspects his bumper crop of wheat in Punjab
• 1971Children walk through the flooded ruins of Bhadrak, Orissa after the 1971 Cyclone
• 1977Worker operates crane at a Heavy Electrical Plant, built with Soviet support in Haridwar, India
• 1984Cars parked on Sansad Marg, New Delhi, burning during the riots after the assassination of Prime Minister Indira Gandhi
• 1984Evacuated residents in makeshift refugee shelters during the Union Carbide Disaster in Bhopal
• 1985Irish Soldiers carry a victim of the Air India Flight 182 Bombing after the plane went down off the coast of Ireland
• n.d.A woman stands in front of sculptures in the Elephanta Caves