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Sunday, December 16, 2012

Indo Pak 1971 War Declaration

Pakistani Army officer Lt. Gen Niazi signed the surrender papers on 16th December 1971.... 41 years ago on this day itself, 93,000 Pakistani soldiers under Niazi surrendered to a warrior of the Indian Army..Lt Gen. Jagjit Singh Arora..at the Eastern Front....as shown in the picture...this concluded the 1971 war ..and resulted in the formation of Bangladesh

Monday, December 10, 2012

Elephant with a golden Ambari at Baroda in 1895

The elephant was one of about 55 state elephants owned by the Gaekwar Sayaji Rao III (ruled 1875-1939), 12th Maharaja of Baroda

Saturday, December 8, 2012

Sunday, December 2, 2012

Howrah Bridge Under Construction


                                       In 1942, during the construction of Howrah Bridge at Kolkata....