27 – The first known girl rock band of India
My mother Anupa Nathaniel (right) with her closest friend Shalini Gupta, Delhi, Circa 1962 Image and Text contributed by Anisha Jacob Sachdev, New Delhi. This picture with my mother Anupa Jacob (nee...
View Article36 – The most dangerous man in Bombay Presidency
My Grandfather (sitting, left) Narasinhbhai Patel with family.. Anand, Kheda District, Gujarat. Circa 1940 Image and text contributed by Sandhya Mehta My maternal grandfather, Narasinhbhai was a...
View Article37 – As a magistrate he could impose a large fine of Rs.10
My Great Great Grandfather, Mukuntha Madhav Reddy Yekollu, Zamindar of Yelagiri. (far left, with hands folded) with associates from the region. Jolarpet, Tamil Nadu. Circa 1880 Image and text...
View Article45 – The first few men trained in Cipher for the Indian Army
My father, late Lt. Col. K Vasudevan Nair (left), then a Major, receiving Lt. Gen. I.D Verma, the Signal Officer in Chief, at the Military College of Telecommunication Engineering, Mhow, Indore, Madhya...
View Article46 – A teenaged couple’s fight for freedom
My Grandmother Chameli Devi Jain and Grandfather Phool Chand Jain, Delhi. Circa 1923 Image and text contributed by Sreenivasan Jain, Journalist, New Delhi Some text is paraphrased from the Book – Civil...
View Article62 – English love in the time of War
My Parents Ronald and Beryl Osbourne, at Kohat Pass (NW Frontier Province), Pakistan. April 1946 Image and Text contributed by John Reese-Osbourne, Australia I first learned of the Indian Memory...
View Article70 – A very fashionable civil surgeon, he was awarded the “Rao Bahadur” medal...
My wife’s great great grandfather, Rao Bahadur Pundit Shambhu Nath Misra, Civil Surgeon. Bulandshahr, United Provinces of Agra & Oudh. Circa 1920. Image and Text contributed by Paritosh Pathak This...
View Article93 – He designed motorbikes, served the British Army and worked in a circus...
My grandfather, Captain Glyndon Ralph O’Leary, fondly known as Mike. Location – probably Sibi, Balochistan Province (Now Pakistan). 1941 Image and Text contributed by Shaun Waller & Oonagh...
View Article118 – The only non-white students of the batch
My grandfather, Dr. Preetam Pal Singh (seated) with his college mates at the King Edward Medical College. Lahore (Now Pakistan) Circa 1933 Image & Text contributed by Sarah J. Kazi, London This...
View Article144 – The most infamous helicopter crash in our history
My grandparents Nalin and Sharada Nanawati. New Delhi. 1962 Image & Text contributed by Diya Nanawati, Mumbai My paternal grandfather Nalin Kumar Dhirajlal Nanavati was born in Rangoon, Burma in...
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