Old Kashmir Images

1970 Nishat Bagh with famous Baradari at the gate, Srinagar Kashmir.

Antique Postcard Kashmir.
Antique Postcard Kashmir Of Dal Lake from Nishat Bagh Srinagar Kashmir When everyone mostly moved in boats.

Badiyar-Bala, 2nd Bridge, Habba Kadal, Srinagar, Kashmir.
Photograph has been taken upstream of Habakadal ( which can be seen in distant back ground). The upper two stories were dismantled at very last moment good sense prevailed on authorities that be & on existing lower floor a new floor was constructed by Intach. Now it is a cultural centre for exhibitions. However it was inaugurated with great fan fare & never again used for any exhibition.
The Rajput owner of this building was Roop Singh Puri followed by his son Kishen Singh & later Rattan Singh. Thanks to timely intervention of good citizens that portion of building stands restored.

1890s View Of River Jhelum In Srinagar Kashmir.
At the time departure of Henry Charles Keith Petty-Fitzmaurice, 5th Marquess of Lansdowne , The Viceroy of British India. The entourage of viceroy returned back through river Jehlum to Baramulla?
Photograph taken in 1890 by Royal Photograper of Maharaja Partap Singh named Dewan Alam Chand from Habakadal showing departure in Royal Barge & accompanied entourage of Lord Landsdown, The Viceroy of India from Srinagar towards Baramulla. Fateh Kadal can be seen in distant background. Just downstream of Haba Kadal the Moderrn building on right bank of Veth was owned by a family of Rajput Traders from Panjtarni Jammu. It was latter converted into Lal Ded Girls School. Lord Lamdsdown had visited Kashmir was to inaugurate Jehlum Valley Road from Kohala to Baramulla (which was later extended upto Srinagar in 1896). He also gave a kick start to Land Settlement of kashmir under Walter Lawerance.

Kashmiri Pandit women in the traditional dress.
A traditional trousseau which Kashmiri Pandit women used to wear so fondly before pre independence era in the valley. One of our great social reformers namely Kashyap Bandhu Ji undertook a hetculean task of educating the Kashmiri Pandit women folk for the switch over of this conservative dress and subsequently, a wave of renaissance swept away through the book and corner of the valley resulting in the change over of this dress with that of saree and blouse. But still there were many KP ladies who resisted, remained stead fast in their old dress consciousness and still continued with that age old dress. We can still come across with such Kashmiri Pandit ladies in Jammu who still adore this traditional and historical trousseau. Our respect for women of Kashmir.

UK's Royal Air Force personnel in Sonamarg, Kashmir in 1940s.
Sonamarg was one of a series of mountain camps established by the RAF Aircrew Mountain Centre, based at Srinagar, where aircrew were able to exercise and recuperate.