A Database of Indian People

First Online: September 20, 2008
Page Last Updated: February 17, 2024

 

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Pictures of Indians



Educationist V.G. Hanamasagar
Bagalakote, Karnataka
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Freedom Fighters of India
Freda Bedi
Western educated educationist and social worker who joined Congress' call for freedom

Educationist N.T. Hegde
Hegde founded the Kanara College in Kumta in 1949
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Rajeev Taranath
Saod maestro Rajeev Taranath, Dharwad, 2001

Islamic Elders of Bhatkal
Researcher Suryanath Kamath (on left) with Muslim leaders of Bhatkal
Janata Database
The Janata Database
Family of Doreswamy Iyengar
Malleswaram, circa 1980

P.R. Tippeswamy
Patel Rudrappa Thippeswamy was an artist and folklorist of Karnataka
Portrait of PR Tippeswamy
B.G.L. Swamy
Portrait of Prof. B.G.L. Swamy

Portrait of Maruti Madiman
Rajajinagar, Bangalore, circa 1980
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B. Ratnakar (on right) with his family, Bangalore, 1982
Ratnakar served as the Chairman of Canara Bank, and Fairgrowth Financial Services Ltd.

Jayashri Kasaravalli Diwakar
Kannada Columinist , and Sister of Girish Kasaravalli
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Database of Indian People
Bilgi Vasudev Shanbhag

Publisher Ramakanth Joshi
Son of G.B. Joshi, Ramakanth Joshi runs the Manohara Grintha Mala Publishing House
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B.M.Shivaramajah
Shivaramajah was a lawyer in Nanjanagud. He was the father of Prof. Rajeshwari Chatterjee.

Narayan Bhaskar Khare (1884-1970)
Educated as a physician, Khare was a Congressman and political leader
Freedom Fighters of India
Freedom Fighters of India
Journalist Mukerji of Gorakhpur
Picture from Congress Souvenir, 1936

Shamba Joshi Couple
The Joshis were an intellectual couple of Sadhanakeri in Dharward
Mrs. and Mr. S.M. Joshi
Indian Musicians
Musician R. Visweshwaran at a Recital

Lakshman Rao Kulkarni and Wife
Dharwad
People of India
People of India
Portrait of Dr. Mukta Sidenur
1972, Bangalore

Congressman H. P. Mehta
Freedom Fighters of India
Prime Ministers of India
Atal Bihari Vajpayee
Vajpayee served as the Prime Minister of India, first for a term of 13 days in 1996, for a period of eleven months from 1998 to 1999, and then for a full term from 1999 to 2004.

Keremane Shivaram Hegde
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Freedom Fighters of India
Kumar Debendra Lal Khan

Rangoli Artist Trimbak Joshi of Thane
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Scholar Ramachandra Shastri Suri
Village of Karki, Uttara Kannada

Sediyapu Krishna Bhat
Bhat was a Kannada and Sanskrit scholar and lexicographer
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Indian Political Leaders
Lal Bahadur Shastri -- former prime minister of India

K. Varadachari
Congressman Varadachari fought for India's freedom. 1938 Portrait, Chandragiri
Freedom Fighters of India
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Mrs.Shanta Kaikini, Gokarn
Picture of Shanta Kaikini, wife of Gourish Kaikini, and mother of Jayant Kaikini, Gokarn, 2005

Mrs.Shanta Kaikini, Gokarn
Picture of Shanta Kaikini, wife of Gourish Kaikini, and mother of Jayant Kaikini, Gokarn, 2005
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Common and Uncommon People of India
Anant Timmappa Pai, Honavar
A.T. Pai, as he was commonly known was a merchant and distributor. For many years he owned the snack and newsstand next to the Honavar bus stand.

Hosad Vithal Nayak
Town of Honavar, 1967
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Freedom Fighters of India
Perin Captain
Mrs. Captain was a freedom fighter, 1930

Picture of Anand Desai and Indira Desai
Freedom fighter, merchant, Town of Sirsi
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Database of Indian People
Picture of Purushottam Bhat and Gajanan Prabhu
Town of Honavar, Year 2011

Meera and Ashok Basrurkar, New Delhi, 1985
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Portrait of Bhaskeri Rama Vasudev Kamat
Town of Honavar, circa 1930

Picture of R. Seshasastry
Young Sesha Sastry as a researcher of Hero-stones. circa 1980
Picture of Sesha Sastry
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Portrait of Amita Kantu
Town of Sirsi, circa 1978

Artist K. Venkatappa (1886-1965)
Artist Venkatappa , circa 1950
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Indian Musicians
Vishnudas Shirali, 1907-1984
At a young age he studied under starwards. Like D.V. Paluskar, with Omkarnath Thakoor and Narayan Rao Vyas, the recipient of Sangeet Nataka Academy award. He was director of music for Udaya Shankar's filmic dance extravaganza "Kalpana".

Vishnu das magesh shirali, 1907-1984
At a young age he studied under starwards. Like D.V. Paluskar, with Omkar nath thakoor and narayan rao vyas, the recipient of Sangeet nataka academy award. He was director of Music for udaya shankara's filmic dance extravaganza "Kalpana".
Women Freedom Fighters
Uma Nehru
A rare picture of Uma Nehru (Jawaharlal's cousin, and grandmother of Arun Nehru)

Portrait of Umesh Kamat
Cloth Merchant, Honavar, circa 1995
Portrait of a Merchant
Historic Photo Archive
Sawai Gandharva's Last Days
Savai Gandharva in his last years. To his left is Babu Rao Deshmuk, and his son in the right. Young Bhimsen Joshi is standing at the back

Mr. and Mrs. Devidas Gandhi
Devidas Gandhi was the Managing Director of "Hindustan Times", a very nationalistic newspaper during the freedom struggle
Freedom Fighters of India
Database of Konkani People
Basti Vaman Shenoi
Shenoi spreaheaded movements to preserve and develop Konkani language and culture. Mangalore, 2005

Mukund Shanbhag of Kodkani
Known as "Mukundanna", he was influenced by Gandhi, practiced several innovations and practiced Swadeshi.
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Singer Vasanti nayak
Nayak is a singer of Konkani light music, Bengaluru, 2001

Gardner Kalipad
Village of Plassey, 1969
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Sanskrit Classicist Handique
Krishna Kanta Handique (1898 -1982)
Handique edited Somadeva Suri's "Yashastilaka" Champu text of Rashtrakoota period

Reformer Kamalamma Dasappa
Widowed at a young age, Kamalamma worked for progress of Indian women and established "Mahila Seva Samaj" in Bangalore for betterment of women
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Database of Indian People
Picture of Nilkod Bal Kamat
Village of Nilkod near Honavar, 1967

Bhikku Vasudev kamat
Town of Honavar, 1967
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Members of Kekre Family
The Kekre Family provided housing to Kamat during his stay in Chindwada in Madhya Pradesh, 1976-77

Gokulbhai Bhatt
Gokulbhai Bhatt was a freedom fighter and a social worker from Rajasthan.
Freedom Fighters of India
G.D. Birla
Ghanashyamdas Birla (1894-1983)
Founder of the Birla conglomerate

Picture of Uma Golikeri
Daughter-in-law of Umabai Kundapur, Kumta
Uma Golikeri
Phamacist Nandan Prabhu
Nandan (Soyiro) Prabhu
Prabhu is co-owner of Tulasi Pharma in Honavar, 2009

Manjamma Jogathi of Bellary
Pictures of the mysterious Yellamma cult, 2000
Picture of a Devadasi
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Daughter of Bhaktamitran
Calcutta, 1970

Novelist T. R. Subba Rao (Ta.Ra.Su)
Picture taken in 1985 in Mysore just before his death
Kannada Novelist TaRaSu
Database of Indian People
An Old Photograph
Second from left is K.M. Kamat of Honavar

Chief Coach Joginder Singh Saini
National Institute of Sports, Shimla, 1985
Coach Joginder Singh Saini
Database of Indian Leaders
Trade Union Leader N. M. Joshi
Portrait by V.N. O'key

Annasaheb Karve
Portrait of Dhondo Keshav Karve by V.N.O'key
Database of Indian Leaders
Freedom Fighters of India
Bhulabhai J. Desai (1877-1946)
Desai was a leading lawyer of India of his time. Bombay circa 1935.

Socialist Leader Bhai Kotwal
Kotwal was shot dead by British in 1943 at Siddhagad during India's Freedom Struggle
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Gorur Sheshamma Ramaswamy Iyengar
Wife of Gorur Ramaswamy Iyengar, Bangalore, 1983

Picture of V.Sitaramiah
Kannada writer and scholar, Kumta, 1954
Database of Indian Scholars
Bharatanatyam Dancers
Dancer D. Keshava and his Swiss wife Esther
All India Radio invited audience program, 1986, Mysore

Ramakrishna Bua Waze (1871-1945)
Vaze Bua was a maestro of Gwalior gharana of Hindustani Classical Music
Indian Musicians
Hindustani Classical Musician Vrinda Mundkur
Portrait of Vrinda Mundkur Dilip Kumar
Mundkur trained under Feroz Dastur. She has given numerous performances in India and abroad.

Picture of Bhairathi Mesta
Town of Honavar, circa 1975
Common and Uncommon Indians
Database of Indian People
M.S. Natrajan
Natarajan was the husband of dancer Maya Rao.

Kathak Dancer Maya Rao
Bangalore, circa 1988
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Database of Indian People
M.S. Natrajan
Natarajan was the husband of dancer Maya Rao.

Kamalakar Desai of Kalasa
Honavar, circa 1967
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Database of Indian People
K. F. Nariman
Mumbai's Nariman Point is named after him

K. Srinivas Pai and Wife Padmavati Pai
Pai championed the use of Khadi and was known as Khaddar Srinivas Pai
Freedom Fighters of India
K. M. Munshi
Freedom Fighter and Scholar K. M. Munshi
Kanhaiyalal Maneklal Munshi founded the Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan

TV Anchor Shailaja Santosh
Udaya T.V. interviewer, Bangalore, 2000
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Teacher Vadappi
B.R. Vadappi
Vadappi served as a teacher in Karnataka High School and was an essayist of Kannada language, Dharwad, circa 1972

Manjula Narasimhan at the tank of Sibi
Town of Sibi, Karnataka , 1992
Manjula Narasimhan
Freedom Fighters of India
Indra Shradhanand

Cloth Merchant Laxman Kamat
Town of Honnavar, 1967
A Database of Indian People
Freedom Fighters of India
P.M. Audi Keshavalu Naicker
From Congress Archives, circa 1935

Musician Veene Jayamma
Mysore, circa 1985
M.H. Jayamma
A Database of Indians
Prof. Ramachandra Sharma
Sharmaji was a great Sanskrit and Vedic scholar.

Jairamdas Doulatram, Congressman from Sindh
Portrait by Vanguard Studio, Bombay, Circa 1935
Freedom Fighters of India
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Portrait of a Kalyani Pandurang Prabhu
Town of Honavar, Circa 1980

Portrait of Sheikh Gulab
Sheikh Gulab organized tribal troupes in Madhya Pradesh and preserved their folklore
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Database of Indian People
Kannada Researcher K.R. Ganesha

Suresh Basrurkar
New Delhi, 1985
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Zoo Worker
Zoo Worker Rajan feeding Sumati the Gorilla
Mysore Zoo, 1985

Sundar Basrurkar
New Delhi, 1985
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Citizens of Honavar Town
Lawyer K.M. Kamat
Town of Honavar, 1967

Bhikku Vasudev Kamat with Grandson Radhakrishna
Town of Honnavar, 1967
Bhikku Kamat
The Janata Database
Kids of Car Street, Honavar
Pradeep Kamat and Sadanand Shet, 1979

Ramesh Rao
Jaipur, 1967
Leaders of Congress Party
Bhupendra Nath Basu
President of Indian National Congress, 1914 Madras Convention

A. Ramesh Rao
Zoologist Rao was a collegue of K.L. Kamat, Jaipur, 1967
Zoologist Ramesh Rao
At a Poets Meet
Poetess Shashikala Veerayyaswamy
To the left are Jyotsna Kamat and A.R. Mitra

Picture of V. G. Bhat
V.G. Bhat was a modern Kannada writer and poet
Poet V.G. Bhat
Kannada Humor Writers
A Meeting of Kannada Humorists...
Clockwise from top left: Prabhushankar, C.K.N. Raja, Jyotsna Kamat, Ramanujam, Pachu, Venkataramappa. Mysore, circa 1984

Twin Sisters Mani and Manas Shanbhag
Occasion of Munji of Pradeep Kamat, Town of Honavar, 1982
Shanbhag Twins
Pandit Bhmsen Joshi
Bhimsen Joshi Rendering a Khayal

M.Y. Ghorpade
A nature photographer and Congress leader, Ghorpade built many institutions in Sandur
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A Database of Indian People
Teacher R.S. Shanbhag
Ram-Mohan Shyam-Sundar Shanbhag served as the head master of New English School in Honavar

Baje Krishna Kamat of Sringeri
Town of Sringeri, circa 1980
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Freedom Fighters of India
M. D. Joshi, circa 1937
Joshi founded the Swadeshi Electric Clocks in Bombay

Portrait of Manjayya Heggade
Heggade developed Dharmasthala as a great center of religious tolerance and pilgrimage
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Database of Indian People
Portrait of Ratnavarma Heggade
Heggade served as the Dharmadhikari at Dharmasthala

Bhimsen Joshi (on left) with India Gandhi
Bombay, Circa 1960
Bhimsen Joshi and Indira Gandhi
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Bhalachandra B. Burde of Kumta
Town of Kumta, circa 1980

Kannada Novelist Yeshavant Chittal
Dharwad, 1988
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A Database of Indian People
Portrait of Kasturi Mohan Pai
Pai is a reputed cardiologist, educationist and a social worker

Portrait of Ramdas M. Pai
Pai served as the president of the Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Year 2000
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A Database of Indian People
Portrait of Eric Ozario
Ozario is a musician, and Konkani activist. He founded the "Mand Shobhan" cultural institution.

Portrait of N. Purushothama Mallaya
Mallaya has been a crusader for promotion of Konkani language and literature
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A Database of Indian People
Mrs. and Mr. Goruru Ramaswamy Iyengar
See Also: Goruru Ramaswamy Iyengar

The Upanayanam Ceremony for Madiman Brothers
From left to right: Usha Madiman, Mihir Madiman, Samir Madiman, and Maruti Madiman
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A Champion of Consumers
Portrait of M. R. Pai
Mr. Pai is a foremost advocate of consumer rights in India.

Picture of Madhukar Narasimha Desai
Municipal Commissioner of Bombay, 1970
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Postman Ramzanji from Jobnair
Town of Jobnair, Rajasthan, 1968

Picture of Mukta Sidenur with son Rajesh
Town of Honavar, 1967
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Chitra Visweswaran
Distinguished Bharatanatyam dancer

Babysitter Tara Mesta
Jaipur, Rajasthan, 1968
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Businessman Jaivant Desai with wife Sudha Desai
Town of Sirsi, 1967

Picture of Uday Ganapati Shanbhag
Town of Ankola, 1967
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Picture of Shankara Kantu
Town of Sirsi, 1967

Naushad Ali with Anita Sen, Sushilarani Baburao Patel
Bombay, circa 1994-1996
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Picture of Uma Kantu
City of Jaipur, 1967

Household Help Siddamma, Mysore
City of Mysore, 1985
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"Can you Speak Up Please"
Portrait of V.R. Kamat of Sringeri, 1978

Poet K.S. Narasimha Swamy and his Wife
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Poet K.S. Narasimha Swamy and his Wife
Bangalore, 1983

Picture of Anand Desai, circa 1975
Indian Merchant in Black Gaberdine Cap, Town of Sirsi
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Picture of Rukmabai Kamat
Town of Honavar, 1967

Colleagues Sadar, Udayadri, MSP Prabhu, and Jyotsna Kamat
All India Radio, Bangalore, 1993
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Database of Indian People
Artist Mukta Venkatesh at the age of 100
Mysore, 2001

Portrait of Sachdev Nagarkar
Dr. Nagarkar owns the Nagarkar Dental Care in Rajajinagar, 2001
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Database of Indians
Portrait of Sheikh Gulab, 1976
Sheikh Gulab organized tribal troupes in Madhya Pradesh and preserved their folklore

S.M. Krishnarao, and B.S. Shastri
Goa, 1986
Scholars of Goa
Database of Indian People
Bedu Gowda of Honavar, 1982
Belonging to the Halakki tribal community, Bedu Gowda once carried K.L.Kamat on his shoulders to the doctor.

Priest Appa Bhat (on right) of Honavar
Appa Bhatmam assisting vatu Pradeep Kamat, 1982
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Vithal Rao Hodake, and his son-in-law, Ramanna Kamat
Town of Haveri, 1986

Portrait of Kamalabai Dhareshwar
Bangalore, 1979
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Stories of Common and Uncommon People of India

 

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