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Rare Images Of Indian
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1948 The
news of Gandhi's assassination
hits the streets. A stunned
crowd gathers in Calcutta |
1971
Indira Gandhi reviews the
troops, in the context of
military and diplomatic
preparations for the Bangladesh
War. |
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1972
Indira Gandhi with Leonid
Brezhnev, who was her closest
partner on the international
stage after the Bangladesh War. |
1972
Indira Gandhi with Pakistani
prime minister Zulfikar Ali
Bhutto, in Simla. This meeting
formalized the peace after
India's victory in the
Bangladesh War. |
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1977
Indira Gandhi, just before the
election that demonstrated the
public's resentment of the
Emergency |
1980
Indira Gandhi, after her victory
in the election that
demonstrated the public's
disillusionment with the Janata
Party government. |
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1989
Sex workers rescued by the
police in Bombay |
1990 The
Mandal Commission riots.
Policemen in Delhi rough up a
man protesting the plan to
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1992:
Technically, this procession in
New Delhi is celebrating
Mohandas Gandhi's birthday. The
cardboard cutout at the head of
the procession, however, is of a
different Gandhi: the recently
assassinated Rajiv. This image
sums up the continuing
iconization of the Nehru/Gandhi
family, and the Congress Party's
growing dependence on these
icons |
1995:
Women helicopter pilots train at
an air force facility near
Hyderabad. The integration of
women into "non-traditional"
(i.e., non-medical) areas of the
military began in the 1980's,
and accelerated in the 1990's |
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1995
Migrant workers in BombayThese
workers are essential to the
laborintensive sectors of the
economy Many are Muslims from
Bangladesh and have become the
targets of antiMuslim sentiment
and resentment of illegal aliens
especially in Maharashtra |
1948
Crowds in New Delhi wait for a
glimpse of Gandhi's funeral
procession |
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1995 The
same women air force officers
after hours. |
Ajim
Prem ji giving speach |
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TRAIN
TO INDIA 1947 |
The Dead
Punjab |
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