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134 – The last European principal of a forest college
My parents, brother and I at age three, at the Madras Forest Academy, Coimbatore. Tamil Nadu. 1940 Text and Image contributed by Chris Longrigg, UK My father J.H Longrigg (seated in Black) was brought...
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137 – The only valuable he saved while fleeing to India in 1947
My father, Anand Prakash Bakshi as a child with his parents. Rawalpindi. (now Pakistan). Circa 1935 Image and Text contributed by Rakesh Anand Bakshi, Mumbai On October 2, 1947, during partition, my...
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138 – The Bicycle Soldiers of World War I
My grandfather S.L Stonely (sitting right-most) Dalhousie, Himachal Pradesh. Circa 1916 Image and Text contributed by Peter Curbishley, United Kingdom This is an image of British soldiers, their wives...
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139 – Impressions of a Memsahib
My great-grandmother, May Stokes. Vallam, Tanjore District, Tamil Nadu. Circa 1895 Image and Text contributed by Teresa Stokes, Ireland My great grandmother, May Forence Stokes (nee Fuller) was born in...
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140 –“No one ever told me my own story.”
My Parents. Gurdial Singh and Rajkumari Berar. p. Mainpuri, Lucknow, United Province. December 29, 1939. Image and Text contributed by Soni Dave, Delhi This picture was taken on December 26, 1939, the...
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143 – Celebrating the end of war at the Great Eastern Hotel, Calcutta
My grandparents, mother and her then boyfriend. The Great Eastern Hotel. Calcutta, West Bengal. 1946 Image and Text contributed by Jonathan Charles Cracknell, London, UK Just as India was heading...
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147 – A decade after partition, they returned to claim their hidden treasure
My grandparents, uncles and aunts on the day of my parent’s marriage. Jullandhar (now Jalandhar), Punjab. 1958 Image and Text contributed by Amita Bajaj, Mumbai My grandfather Dr. Gurbaksh Singh Nayar,...
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148 – Picnic at Juhu Beach
Our family and friends at the Juhu Beach. Bombay. 1941 Image & Text contributed by Rumi Taraporevala/ Sooni Taraporevala This photograph of our family was taken by my youngest kaka (uncle) Shapoor...
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150 – Wilhelmina and her cookbook from India
My great, great, great grandparents, Joseph and Wilhelmina. South Parade, Bangalore. Circa 1860 Image and Text contributed by Jenny Mallin, Berkshire, England. “Rai, jeera, huldi..” she would whisper...
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151 –“He was and still is, by all means, my hero”
My parents, Tarun Coomar & Indira Bhaduri. Bhopal, Central Province (now Madhya Pradesh). Circa 1940 Image and Text contributed by Jaya Bachchan, Mumbai This photograph of my parents Taroon Coomar...
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160 – The Purana Qila Incident
Standing in the middle, my grandfather George O’Brien. Delhi. Circa 1947 Image and text contributed by Simon Digby, UK My grandfather, George O’Brien, was born in Meerut in 1900. His grandparents had...
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161 – The Devadasi who became a Maharani
My maternal grandparents, the Maharaja & Maharani of Dewas, my mother, uncle and great grandmother. Bombay. Circa 1931 Image and text contributed by Cory Walia, Mumbai This picture is of my mother,...
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167 – The man who compiled the first English to Hindi & Marathi dictionaries
My great grandfather, Sukhsampat Rai Bhandari. Ajmer, Rajasthan. Circa 1955 Image & Text contributed by Myra Khanna / Rachana Yadav, Gurgaon This is the probably the only photograph we have of my...
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168 – From Karachi to Bombay
My mother Indra’s parents, siblings, and cousins. Karachi (now Pakistan). Circa 1930 Image and Text contributed by Roma Mehta, Taipei This is one of my favourite photographs of my mother Indra’s...
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169 – Hiding out in the forests of Assam-Burma-East Bengal border
My grandfather Suresh Chandra Mukherjee (extreme right) with his brothers. Assam-Burma-East Bengal Border. Circa 1943 Image & Text contributed by Shravani Dang, New Delhi This photograph taken in...
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170 – Mixed marriages of the Indian Subcontinent and Africa
My wife’s aunt & uncle. Circa 1930s-1940s. Kenya [Composited with colour at a later date]Image & Text contributed by Krishan Lal, Kenya (with help from his son Dileep Nagpal) This image is of...
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175 – The Maharanis of Travancore
The Maharanis of Travancore. Sethu Parvathi Bayi (left) and Sethu Lakshmi Bayi (right). Travancore (now central and Southern Kerala, India). c. 1905 Image contributed by Jay Varma, Text by Manu S....
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176 – The 100 year old photograph lost, found and lost again
My great great grandparents. Hyderabad State, (now Telangana, India) Circa 1910. Image and Text contributed by Dr. Vishnu Sharma Kesaraju, Boston, USA This photograph may have been taken in Warangal,...
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178 –“My family were pioneers of photography in the Subcontinent”
My grand-uncle, Maharaja Birendra Kishore Manikya in his studio at Ujjayanta Palace, Agartala, Tripura. Circa 1910 Image and Text contributed by Vivek Dev Burman, Agartala & Kolkata While clearing...
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179 – The accomplished matriarchs of a family
My grandmother, Manorama Rao, Madras (now Chennai). 1939 Image and Text contributed by Rekha Rao, Hyderabad This is a photograph of my paternal grandmother Manorama Rao when she graduated and topped...
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