1930 Archives - Page 6 of 6 - INDIAN MEMORY PROJECT

A medical college’s sports committee

The Sports Committee of Grant Medical College, Bombay, Maharashtra. 1935

The Sports Committee of Grant Medical College, Bombay, Maharashtra. 1935 Image and Narrative contributed by Krishna Algotar and Dr M. J. Algotar, Ex.Professor & Head, Department of Surgery, & Ex Vice-Dean, Grant Medical College This photograph is from my collection of the medical college I worked in. The lady sitting in front is 'Mai Ambedkar', Mrs. Savita Ambedkar, wife of Dr. BabasahebAmbedkar. Grant Medical College is one of the oldest medical colleges of India and was started in 1845.

Matrimonial picture of a school girl

My grandmother, Rohini Thejappa Palan (nee Talwar), Bombay, Maharashtra. Circa 1939

My grandmother, Rohini Thejappa Palan (nee Talwar), Bombay, Maharashtra. Circa 1939 Image and Narrative contributed by Manorath Palan, Mumbai My Grandmother Rohini Palan studied at the Raja Ram Mohan High School at Girgaum. This picture was taken at a studio there. It is probably the same picture as the one I hear my Great-grandfather had shown of his daughter (my grandmother), to prospective grooms and fix her alliance, right after she returned from school. She lived a healthy and active life without any illness or old age related disorder. She passed away peacefully at the age of 88 in 2006.

An old Tea Estate

Our present home, our Tea Estate, Guwahati, Assam. Circa 1935

Our present home, our Tea Estate, Guwahati, Assam. Circa 1935 Image and contributed contributed by Ashok Trivedi, Guwahati " This is where we live in Assam, in this house . Over the last few years we have made a few structural changes. This particular picture was given to us by a lady who lived here in her teens. Her father used to look after the gardens. She visited us again at the age of 85+ in 2005."

Bangladeshi Family portrait

My great grandmother and family. Dhaka, East Bengal ( Now Bangaladesh). Circa 1934

My great grandmother and family. Dhaka, East Bengal ( Now Bangaladesh). Circa 1934 Image and Narrative contributed by Saugato Datta, London This photograph was taken at a photo Studio in Dhaka. The woman in the upper-right corner (dark blouse, sari and dangling earrings) is my grandmother Smritikona Basu (nee Majumdar) (1919-1995). To her left, in the middle is her older sister, Sadhana Basu and then their cousin whose name I don't know. The man is Sadhana's husband, Manindranath Bose, who was a lecturer in Dhaka University. After partition of Indian and Bangladesh, he migrated to Bihar and became a professor and later a principal of a college in Begusarai. The baby is Sadhana's oldest son (Samir Bose, 1933 -). He is now a retired Professor of Physics at the Notre Dame University, South Bend, Indiana. The old lady is my great-great-grandmother, Swarnalata Majumdar. My guess is she would have been born around 1880. They all lived at my great great Grandmother Swarnalata's house in Tikatuli, old Dhaka.

They went to receive the groom, but returned empty handed

Mr & Mrs H.E Chowfin on their wedding day. Lahore, (Now Pakistan). December 28, 1938.

Mr & Mrs H.E Chowfin on their wedding day. Lahore, (Now Pakistan). December 28, 1938. Image and Narrative contributed by Madhypriya Sinha Mr Chowfin was part Chinese and part Indian. When the strapping Pathans from the bride's family went to the station to receive the groom, they returned empty handed claiming that the groom's family never arrived, there were however, many Chinese people hanging about at the station.

All translations are machine generated, hence they are not 100% accurate.