Historical Planet
Tuesday, 27 October 2015
Rabindranath Tagore – First Indian to win Nobel Prize ( 1913 )
MG Road Bangalore
This picture shows the glass being applied to the tallest building in the world, the Burj Khalifa, which stands at 2722 feet tall
The 105-storey Ryugyong Hotel under construction in the North Korean capital Pyongyang in 2008. It still hasn't opened
The twin Petronas Towers Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, can be seen mid-construction in 1995. The towers have 88 storeys each, and each stand 1,483 feet above street level
A vintage postcard of 1960s Istalif
The Sagrada Familia, a fixture of the Barcelona skyline and a major tourist site, had its first stone laid in 1882 however picture was taken in 1935, with decades of work left to do.
Thursday, 22 October 2015
These are the negatives for the incredible images, with the top right showing Titantic's sister ship, RMS Olympic
The snaps were taken at 12.15pm on May 31, 1911 by a Belfast businessman who was given close access to the doomed liner at the Harland and Wolff shipyard
The picture of the iceberg taken from passing German liner Prinz Adalbert has appeared in books about the disaster but an accompanying note which gives it credibility was virtually unknown until now
On the same day, the Titanic's sister ship, the RMS Olympic, that had been launched in October 1910, set off on her maiden trip to Liverpool
Never-seen-before photographs showing the launch of he ill-fated Titanic from a shipyard in Belfast
Linoenewald was the chief steward on the German liner Prinz Adalbert that passed the disaster scene on the morning of April 15. The Titanic had sunk at 2.20am on the same day.
After the official inquiry into the Titanic, pictured, disaster in which 1,523 people died, both items were framed and hung in the company's boardroom until they went out of business in 2002
Tuesday, 13 October 2015
A passenger points out Piccadilly Circus on an early Underground map. The modern graphic design of the maps was first drawn up by Harry Beck in 1933
A 'new-look' London Underground station in 1960 with its long escalators
1950s PIDC Building
After the eruption of Mount Tarawera.
After the eruption of Mount Tarawera.
Pilgrims doing Tawaf – there wasn’t such a big crowd
60-70 years ago, when reaching to Hajar Al-Aswad then wasn’t hard
There was a time when every Muslim could enter the Holy Kaaba
One of the entrances to Masjid Al Haram
Streets of Makkah during the mid-1950s – you can see very few cars in the street.
Wednesday, 7 October 2015
In 1960's Legendary Eagle Of The Sky - Group Captain Saiful Azam
Traffic View of Saddar Rawalpindi Cantt in 1950
1873 book The Wonderland of the Antipodes and other sketches of travel in the North Island of New Zealand by J Ernest Tinne
1873 book The Wonderland of the Antipodes and other sketches of travel in the North Island of New Zealand by J Ernest Tinne
Friday, 2 October 2015
What a beautiful One of the oldest pictures of Hajj – From 1889
Muzdalifa – between Mina Valley and Mount Arafat
Pilgrims in Arafat during the Hajj performed in early 1900s. As per islamic concepts, entire world will be gather here on Judgement day.
The crowds of the 1900s when Hajj was performed more than 115 years ago. Such a beautiful phtoto addition for History lovers.
Fantastic Closer picture of the area that surrounded the Khana Kaa'bah close to a hundred years ago – How did people perform Hajj in such heat
A Rare Photo of Khana Kaa'bah in 1902, when at that time there's only marble surrounding the Holy Kaaba
A Lovely Photo of Makkah in 1953, when surrounding hotels and places for Pilgrims to stay during Hajj can be seen surround the Holy Kaaba
Before the age of commercial airlines being affordable for all, Pilgrims used to travel by boat and ferry – Jeddah Port
Hajj Pilgrims travelling to the Kaa'bah in 1910
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