A short historical account of India at the beginning of the Twentieth Century.

1. Celebrated Man Singh palace, Gwalior, India. (Covered with curvings and enameled tiles) 1908

2. Bullocks are usually fitted with shoe to it's foot to avoid damage while working for its master. The picture is about that. Blacksmith is shoeing it. 1908

3. Palm Yard, Botanical Gardens, Calcutta 1908

4. Cottages of India's Summer Resorts, Lowrie's Hotel, Jakhu Hill, Shimla 1908

5. A parsi Schoolmaster and his class of Boys. - Island of Uran, N.W. toward, Bombay, India 1908

6. Akbar's Tomb, Sikandarah, India; (Kohinoor was once set in pillar beyond kneeling man) 1908

7. A poor cripple's Ox-Cart, Calcutta, India 1908

8. A colonnade in the Temple of Dilwarra, India 1908

9. A land of romance -State barge of H.H. the Maharaja awaiting H.H. Lady Curgon at Museum, Kashmir

10. A busy street in Delhi, India. 1908

11. Beautiful country around Dilwarra Temples, India 1908

12. A Rickshaw of the wealthy -At entrance to Christ Church - Simla, India. 1908

13. Bringing food to the sacred monkeys, near Jeypore (Orissa), India. 1908

14. An athlete native diving from top of 50ft. tower to tank below. Fatehpur Sikri, India 1903

15. A Hindu cemetery, India. 1908

16. Buddhist beggar with his praying machine; It's whirling offers prayer written inside; Darjeeling, India 1903

17. Corridor in Cloisters of the Tomb of Akbar, Sikandarah, India. 1908

18. An irrigating canal near Fatehpur Sikri, India 1908

19. An irrigating canal near Fatehpur Sikri, India 1908

20. Crossing Jhelum River by a bridge of three ropes, Garhi on Murree route, India to Cashmere. 1903

21. “ The educated classes of India may find fault with their exclusion from full political rights ... But it was by force that India was won, and it is for force India must be governed.” – London Times , Feb. 1, 1886. In 1900, India was part of the British Empire; but by the end of 1947 , India had achieved independence. Mahatma Gandhi was one of the pivotal figures, if not the main figure, in India’s history in the Twentieth Century.