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27 January 2013

Pictorial India 1950


Yesterday was Republic Day a day which celebrates the date i.e. January 26, 1950, on which the Constitution of India came into force and India became a republic. Below is a pictorial representation of a series of photographs of certain aspects of India in 1950.


Pilgrims at Allahabad during Kumbha Melha

Operators at New Delhi Telephone Exchange

Ladies working Coal Mining Industry

Boatman on Jumna River with Taj Mahal

Oxcart at Howrah Bridge, Hooghly River, Calcutta

Buying fruit in New Delhi

Steam Locomotive on Darjeeling, Calcutta railway