The Murder of Muhammad Ghori, 1206 AD.

On his way back to Ghazni, his caravan rested at Dhamiak near Sohawa (near the city of Jhelum). He was assassinated on Mar 15, 1206, while offering his evening prayers.

(Pic:- From Hutchinson's History of the Nations, 1915.)

The Jallianwala Bagh Massacre
(A Thread)

On 13th April 1919 the Jallianwala Bagh massacre was carried out by the infamous Brigadier-General Reginald Dyer .

The Massacre was the result of the Anarchical & Revolutionary Crimes Act of 1919, famously known as the Rowlatt Act.

Royal Mughal women's favorite Insta pose. 🥰

Remembering #RakhalDasBandyopadhyay on his birth anniversary, the man who excavated Mohenjodaro for the first time in 1922.

Photo of RD Banerji - published in the Calcutta Municipal Gazette, 17 Nov 1928.

When gas lighting first appeared in India, it was of great excitement for common people. Every evening a man would come and manually light each lamp.

Street gas light being lit, Calcutta, 1930's.💡

Reminds me the story 'Panchlight', by Phanishwar Nath Renu. 📖

One of the most beautiful Painting of Vithoba or Vitthala I've seen so far.🥰
A form of Vishṇu worshipped at Pandharpur in Maharashtra. The current temple at Pandharpur is one of the oldest temple in Maharashtra.
British Museum

Birthday wishes to Jaya Bachchan ji. 🎂💐

#JayaBachchan epitomized middle-class virtues of the 70's. A gentle & a girl next door image which got her instant success and people still admire.❤️

PS:- The house where this song was shot is now the #Bachchans residence...Jalsa.🏘️

This photograph of Nutan from the 1960s. 📸❤️

What is she wearing?
A Gharara or Sharara ??? 🤔

Whatever it is, she always looked elegant in anything she wore.

अलमारी और मन को वक्त वक्त पे साफ़ करना जरुरी है,
अलमारी में सामान और मन में गलतफहमियाँ भर जाती है !!

'Be dangerous, darling, for the whole world rises and falls at your feet.'
— Mav Skye

Mohini (Vishnu´s female avatar) by Mahaveer Swami. 🖌️🎨
#SolarEclipse 🌑🌒🌓🌚

Manikarnika Ghat - 18th - 19th Century.

As Monidipa Bose - Dey (মণিদীপা) beautifully explains:-
'Like a journey along the river, where Death is only a ghat where one takes a brief break. Journey starts again with a new life, more ghats, and continues in its search for Moksha.'

While Chola sculptures are well known, the best sculptures of Pala era can give a run for money to any Chola era ones.
A direct forbearer of Gupta art, the idiom of the Pala art has a sublime elegance.
Sri Vishnu & Attendants, Pala era, 11th cent. Princeton Museum

Mughal Paintings that were part of Nadir Shah's loot in 1739.

1. Shahjahan entering his palace in Burhanpur.
By Abid, 1630-1631.
2. Aurangzeb in a Shaft of Light.
By Hunhar, ca. 1660.

Both currently at Smithsonian National Museum of Asian Art .

April 6th marks the birth anniversary of HEH Nawab Sir Mir Osman Ali Khan Bahadur Asaf Jah VII April 6, 1886-February 24, 1967 the #Nizam of #Hyderabad and he was one of the world's wealthiest people of all time!

Tawarikh Khwani تواریخ خوانی William Dalrymple S lrfan Habib एस इरफान हबीब عرفان حبئب Indian Art Syed Ubaidur Rahman

तुमसे छुट कर भी तुम्हें भूलना आसान न था,
तुमको ही याद किया तुमको भुलाने के लिए!
~ निदा फ़ाज़ली

Such a beautiful 18th Century miniature portrait of a woman from Iran. San Diego Museum of Art .

Irony is that, it's from the same place & culture where today a woman can't go outside without her head uncovered.

Sri Rama 🏹
Kerala, Chera Period, 11th Cent,
Bronze.

A rare sculpture of Rama from Kerala.
Kerala bronzes are among the most under-appreciated & least studied schools of Indian art bcos of so much attention to ornamentation is given.
More research is required.

This is what happens when Govt. imposes censorship. 🤦🏻‍♂️🤣

Nawab Wajid Ali Shah:-
Pic 1: Original
Pic 2: Censored version Salar Jung Museum .

Illustrator Dorothy Newsome. British illustrator. Had done many of these posters for Eastern Railways. However , am not sure she did all of them. The ones she did, has her signature at the bottom.

As The fierce Indian summers sets in. These Bamboo chicks have been in use to keep out the heat since time immemorial.
The chiks are made of Khas which had a lovely subtle fragrance.
Still prevalent in old #Lucknow & #Delhi .