12 Indian Documents And How They Looked Before India Got Independence

History is a fascinating subject. After all, it teaches you about past events and the people responsible for them. India has seen drastic changes in almost everything, from being a British colony to being ruled by the British people to gaining Independence. All these are still preserved because of our ancestors in the form of documents, forms, receipts, passports, etc.

Someone on Reddit posted some documents from pre-independence India, which led to the discovery of more documents from that period.

1. The Bengal Film Journalists’ Association, Calcutta, issued a Certificate of Merit to the film Ram Shastri for the Best Hindi Picture of the Year 1944.

 Indian Documents during Pre-Independent

2. A handwritten report card of high school from pre-independence India in 1936

 Indian Documents during Pre-Independent

3. A British Indian passport

British Indian Passport

4. Maps from the time when India was pre-independent

 Indian Documents during Pre-Independent

 Indian Documents during Pre-Independent

5. A version of the telegram form from the pre-independence India

 Indian Documents during Pre-Independent

6. An 1890s telegram

 Indian Documents during Pre-Independent

7. Train tickets during the British rule

 Indian Documents during Pre-Independent

 Indian Documents during Pre-Independent

8. A postcard

 Indian Documents during Pre-Independent

9. A stamp paper

 Indian Documents during Pre-Independent

10. Telegraph stamps

 Indian Documents during Pre-Independent

11. Indian telegraph receipt 1912

 Indian Documents during Pre-Independent