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Desperate people board a train headed for Pakistan from New Delhi in the days before independence, in 1947. Refugee trains were often ambushed as they made their way across India, leaving thousands dead / INCREDIBLE PHOTOS of Mahatma Gandhi, one of the influential figures of the 21st century, have been restored into glorious colour to mark the 70th anniversary of his untimely death. Pictures show Gandhi laughing along with crowds of joyous Indian civilians after India was granted independence from Britain in 1947, while another rare colourised photo shows the partition of India and a meeting between Gandhi and Louis Mountbatten, a British naval officer and statesman. The stunning photographs were colourised by electrician Royston Leonard (55), from Cardiff, Wales, who has spent hours painstakingly bringing the photos back to life / Royston Leonard / mediadrumworld.com
2018-01-28
Royston Leonard / mediadrumworld/EAST NEWS
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