Dadi Nani Foundation

Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru's Tryst with Destiny speech at the midnight of August 14, 1947 to India's Constituent Assembly (precursor to Parliament).

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Mein Ban Ki Chidiya (Achut Kanya - 1936)

Baabul Mora, Naihar Chhooto Hi Jaaye (Street Singer - 1938)

Dukh Ke Ab Din Bitat Nahi (Devdas - 1936)

Baba Mun Ki Ankhe Khol (Dhoop Chaon - 1935)

K.L. Saigal sings Ek Bangla Bane Nyaara from the film President (1932).

A tour of the Indian city of Jaipur in the 1930's.

A tour of the Indian city of Bombay (now Mumbai) in the 1930's.

A snapshot of life in a village in the Punjab - from the production of mustard oil to the shoeing of a bullock.

A silent black & white film sequence of the Taj Mahal, taken by Theodore Richard, an educator and religious administrator who filmed his travels around the world in 1924-25. The film clip is from the Human Studies Film Archives, Smithsonian Institution collection of historical moving images.