KUMBHALGARH FORT, KUMBHALGARH.

The mighty forts of Rajputana, more than mere edifices of stone, punctuate the undulating landscape of this often-unforgiving land; nestled amidst hills, ravines and the desert, giving form to this historic geography, just as they act as milestones in the eventful history of the proud Rajput clans who built, inhabited and defended them. Kumbhalgarh, immortalized by its wall and the king who commissioned it, embodies this reputation. Perched 1,807 metres on the Aravallis northwest of Udaipur, it stands guard over the erstwhile kingdom of Mewar, the most senior and vaunted amongst the royal Rajput houses. Believed to be the patron of as many as thirty-two hill forts for the defense of the realm, Rana Kumbha (A.D. 1433-1468) defeated the combined forces of the Gujarat and Malwa sultans in A.D. 1440 and kept the latter captive for six months – achievements he commemorated with the exquisite Vijay Stambha at Chittorgarh. In a twist of fortunes, the story also goes that he vanquished an army from Delhi at Jhunjhunu. James Tod adds to this splendour, informing us of Kumbha’s talent as a poet, the king having composed an appendix to the ‘Git Govinda’! These exploits and the memorialized bastions of Kumbhalgarh echo as evocatively as any meandering tale of the nostalgic Charan bards of Rajputana.

KUMBHALGARH FORT, KUMBHALGARH, RAJASTHAN

Jhansi Fort (UP)

Jhansi Fort, was built in 1613 by the Bundela Rajput Chief and the ruler of Orchha Kingdom Raja Bir Singh Deo.

Tata Airlines Aircraft

Tata Airlines Aircraft at Willingdon Aerodrome, New Delhi, 1940. 

The aerodrome was renamed post-independence after a tomb nearby, any guess 

India on it's big day

The Partition of India of 1947 was the division of British India into two independent dominion states, India and Pakistan. The Dominion of India is today the Republic of India; the Dominion of Pakistan is today the Islamic Republic of Pakistan and the People's Republic of Bangladesh. The partition involved the division of two provinces, Bengal and Punjab, based on district-wise non-Muslim or Muslim majorities. The partition also saw the division of the British Indian Army, the Royal Indian Navy, the Indian Civil Service, the railways, and the central treasury. The partition was outlined in the Indian Independence Act 1947 and resulted in the dissolution of the British Raj, or Crown rule in India. The two self-governing countries of India and Pakistan legally came into existence at midnight on 15 August 1947.

Chedi, Our Bheestie

Gertrude Ellen Burrard (1860-1928)

  

National Army museum

Uk.

The historic Town of Dehradun is situated in the north Indian state of uttranchal.The artish husband reclled that the picture was painted out of doors.The garden formed background on the left.On the right was the corner pillar of our verandah. In 1909 Mrs Burrad gave the picture to miss Doria MacKinnon,on the occasion of her marriage. When the artist died in 1928,she kindly returned the picture to the Burrard family.