Kamat Database of Indian People

Historic Photo Archive

Private collection of Mohan D. Nadkarni/Kamat's Potpourri
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
Common & Uncommon People

Portrait of M. R. PaiPortrait of Ramdas M. PaiPortrait of Kasturi Mohan PaiPortrait of Eric OzarioPortrait of N. Purushothama MallayaPortrait of Ratnavarma HeggadePortrait of Manjayya HeggadeBaje Krishna Kamat of SringeriArtist Mukta Venkatesh at the age of 100Portrait of Sachdev NagarkarThe Upanayanam Ceremony for Madiman BrothersPicture of Rukmabai KamatPicture of Mukta Sidenur with son Rajesh
Picture of Shankara KantuPicture of Uday Ganapati ShanbhagBusinessman Jaivant Desai with wife Sudha DesaiBabysitter Tara MestaPicture of Madhukar Narasimha DesaiPublisher Ramakanth JoshiBhimsen Joshi Rendering a KhayalBhimsen Joshi (on left) with India GandhiChitra VisweswaranNaushad Ali with Anita Sen, Sushilarani Baburao PatelBhalachandra B. Burde of KumtaB. Ratnakar (on right) with his family, Bangalore, 1982Colleagues Sadar, Udayadri, MSP Prabhu, and Jyotsna Kamat
Twin Sisters Mani and Manas ShanbhagS.M. Krishnarao, and B.S. ShastriBedu Gowda of Honavar, 1982Priest Appa Bhat (on right) of HonavarVithal Rao Hodake, and his son-in-law, Ramanna KamatM.Y. GhorpadeTeacher R.S. ShanbhagPicture of Anand Desai, circa 1975Picture of Uma KantuPostman Ramzanji from JobnairHousehold Help Siddamma, MysoreMrs. and Mr. Goruru Ramaswamy IyengarCan you Speak Up Please
Poet K.S. Narasimha Swamy and his WifePoet K.S. Narasimha Swamy and his WifePortrait of Sheikh Gulab, 1976Kannada Novelist Yeshavant ChittalPortrait of Kamalabai DhareshwarA. Ramesh RaoA. Ramesh RaoAnant Timmappa Pai, HonavarK. VaradachariPortrait of Amita KantuPicture of Anand Desai and Indira DesaiAnnasaheb KarveAtal Bihari Vajpayee
P.M. Audi Keshavalu NaickerB.M.ShivaramajahB.R. VadappiBasti Vaman ShenoiPortrait of Prof. B.G.L. SwamySocialist Leader Bhai KotwalPicture of Bhairathi MestaPortrait of Bhaskeri Rama Vasudev KamatBhikku Vasudev kamatBhikku Vasudev Kamat with Grandson RadhakrishnaBhulabhai J. Desai (1877-1946)Bhupendra Nath BasuBilgi Vasudev Shanbhag
M. D. Joshi, circa 1937Chief Coach Joginder Singh SainiDancer D. Keshava and his Swiss wife EstherDaughter of BhaktamitranManjamma Jogathi of BellaryMr. and Mrs. Devidas GandhiFamily of Doreswamy IyengarEducationist N.T. HegdeEducationist V.G. HanamasagarFreda BediJairamdas Doulatram, Congressman from SindhFreedom Fighter and Scholar K. M. MunshiGhanashyamdas Birla (1894-1983)
Gardner KalipadGokulbhai BhattZoo Worker Rajan feeding Sumati the GorillaGorur Sheshamma Ramaswamy IyengarCongressman H. P. MehtaHosad Vithal NayakIndra ShradhanandIslamic Elders of BhatkalJayashri Kasaravalli DiwakarJournalist Mukerji of GorakhpurK. F. NarimanLawyer K.M. KamatAn Old Photograph
Kannada Researcher K.R. GaneshaArtist K. Venkatappa (1886-1965)Portrait of a Kalyani Pandurang PrabhuKamalakar Desai of KalasaReformer Kamalamma DasappaA Meeting of Kannada Humorists...Kathak Dancer Maya RaoMembers of Kekre FamilyKeremane Shivaram HegdeK. Srinivas Pai and Wife Padmavati PaiKrishna Kanta Handique (1898 -1982)Kumar Debendra Lal KhanLakshman Rao Kulkarni and Wife
Lal Bahadur Shastri -- former prime minister of IndiaCloth Merchant Laxman KamatM.S. NatrajanM.S. NatrajanManjula Narasimhan at the tank of SibiPortrait of Maruti MadimanMeera and Ashok Basrurkar, New Delhi, 1985Mrs.Shanta Kaikini, GokarnMrs.Shanta Kaikini, GokarnPortrait of Dr. Mukta SidenurMukund Shanbhag of KodkaniTrade Union Leader N. M. JoshiNandan (Soyiro) Prabhu
Narayan Bhaskar Khare (1884-1970)Picture of Nilkod Bal KamatPerin CaptainPicture of R. SeshasastryPicture of Uma GolikeriP.R. TippeswamyPicture of Purushottam Bhat and Gajanan PrabhuMusician R. Visweshwaran at a RecitalRajeev TaranathProf. Ramachandra SharmaScholar Ramachandra Shastri SuriRamakrishna Bua Waze (1871-1945)Rangoli Artist Ravindra More
Kids of Car Street, HonavarYou are hereSediyapu Krishna BhatShamba Joshi CouplePoetess Shashikala VeerayyaswamyPortrait of Sheikh GulabDr. Shivaram Karanth. An versatile genius.Sundar BasrurkarSuresh BasrurkarNovelist T. R. Subba Rao (Ta.Ra.Su)Rangoli Artist Trimbak Joshi of ThaneTV Anchor Shailaja SantoshUma Nehru
Portrait of Umesh KamatPicture of V. G. BhatPicture of V.SitaramiahSinger Vasanti nayakMusician Veene JayammaVishnu das magesh shirali, 1907-1984Vishnu das magesh shirali, 1907-1984Portrait of Vrinda Mundkur Dilip Kumar

 

 

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