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A priceless collection of photographs by press photographer Kulwant Roy from the 1930s to 1960s Press photographer Kulwant Roy's prints and negatives remained forgotten in boxes for over twenty-five years after his death, until their inheritor Aditya Arya, a photographer himself, began cataloguing them. In the process, he discovered a rare and valuable visual archive, including many unpublished pictures, of a momentous era in India's history. Some of the rare visual documentation includes the Muslim League meetings, INA trials, the signing of the Indian Constitution, as well as significant post-Independence milestones such as the building of the Bhakra Nangal Dam. Enriched by an insightful text, written by historian Indivar Kamtekar, this book is a collector's item for anyone who wishes to discover the multilayered dimensions behind India's 'tryst with destiny'.

About The Visual Archives of Kulwant Roy

Kulwant Roy’s career as a photographer started during his time in the Indian Air Force, and flourished as he rigorously documented Mahatma Gandhi during the nationalist climate of the 1940s. Roy created a wealth of historically significant images on his world tour in 1958 and sent the negatives back home only to find out that they never arrived. Dejected, he faded into obscurity leaving only crates of archival photos to his nephew, Aditya Arya, a contemporary Indian photographer.

Two decades passed before Arya finally opened the crates in 2007. Discovering a remarkable treasure trove of records on modern Indian history, Arya set off on the monumental task of digitizing and archiving these photographs.

StoryLTD brings you a limited edition series of Kulwant Roy’s iconic photographs that venture into the history-making of India, played out through iconographic moments in the country’s narrative.