Calcutta, Darjeeling & Bihar (1947)

Part of India on Film: 1899 - 1947
This collection of newly digitised films is part of the BFI's contribution to the UK-India Year of Culture 2017, in partnership with the British Council. View more films on BFI Player player.bfi.org.uk/collections/... (UK only)
Excerpt from "Calcutta, Darjeeling & Bihar (1947)"
Rare amateur footage of East India.
Sir John Laing, heir to the Laing construction firm, was a deeply religious man. Several amateur films were taken documenting his missionary trips to South Asia. This film covers missions in parts of East India and is a valuable visual record of people and places visited by Sir John (sometimes seen in the film).
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[@TaalpatarShepai]

[@BodhisatwaSinha]

😌😔

[@Krishnendu792]

@jadon joshua not more than you

[@nou4605]

@jadon joshua This is literally 70 years ago dum*** . New York and London weren't any less filthy back then

[@neerajce]

@jadon joshua not filthy like your mind.

[@neerajce]

@jadon joshua deplorable conditiona caused by British Colonialism.

[@suranjangupta9439]

When Calcutta used to be more developed than now!

[@akashambrose]

Because of British

[@hhhmo7328]

@@akashambrose bc of less population fool

[@sabyasachirimpa]

Today Tilottama Kolkata looks like mini London ❤️😍

[@sanchitverma6013]

@@hhhmo7328 look at china dumbo

[@yashdeepthorat1723]

And when millions were dying in famines..

[@kendrickdamn2345]

KZbin is the closest thing, we have, to the time traveling machine

[@jatin2866]

Past-Travelling Machine

[@venzie3156]

@@jatin2866 exactly!!

[@bigtable]

Nah

[@kendrickdamn2345]

@@bigtable you got something better?

[@bigtable]

@@kendrickdamn2345 Yes

[@streetfighter1853]

Cleanliness is the foundation of a developed country. A country that has a population who care less for cleanliness will never be a developed country. If you are clean, you are a disciplined and an organised person.

[@arkopro30]

While I lived in Europe I felt so but I was very surprised to see lot of dirt inside the house. My guess unless society is accountable to its people one can find lot of hidden poverty and that is certainly true in case of UK .

[@shantanukumardas3609]

As u mentioned in the above comments all those things were missing in the largest part of the population...all they are lurking is to earn money by anyhow...compltely careless and always try to cheat and fraud innocent people's...

[@jonathanharker6940]

Well said. It's a concept that Indians cannot grasp. Shameful people.

[@jonathanharker6940]

@Ranjit Tyagi Indians cannot keep blaming other factors for their lack of cleanliness and hygiene. Their disregard for organization and cleanliness shames the nation in front of the entire world. The worst culprits are the corrupt politicians and the poor leadership of the country. Infrastructure and cleanliness must be given priority if India is ever to escape its third world tag.

[@somerandomdude4546]

@Ranjit Tyagi population excuse is just shit china with almost the population of India is on the verge of being a super power so population is not the factor, it's the corrupt beurocrates of the country

[@ashwenojha]

Safe to say Calcutta and Bengal have both regressed in the last 70 years.

[@StarSprangledBanner]

Safe to say? In 1942-1943, 2 million Bengalis died from starvation in the Bengal famine.

[@rishi7629]

No cow-mommy's child. 1947 Kolkata people had no proper electricity, water supply or jobs... Full on casteism. Rampant epidemic & famines. Hindu-muslim riots every month.

[@sunritroykarmakar4406]

no lol. too many british lovers here

[@dodada-6050]

@Ranjit Tyagi 💩🤦🤦🤦

[@RaveSharrma]

@@rishi7629 so you mean to say not much has changed; right?

[@smarteservices7]

That was real "Swachcha Bharat"..

[@royalcaliber7833]

2:15

[@nupurdas4081]

"Swachcha Bharat" by British and not by Indian 2:15

[@thanos8948]

if bharat was ever swachh my name is not thanos

[@thanos8948]

@ଜୟ ଜଗନ୍ନାଥ hey man, any proof that it was clean?

[@iamadityashekhar]

@@thanos8948 Ask your dad to prove that he's really your dad!

[@jssj527]

Can't imagine hoogly's water was so clean back then that one can actually see the fish in it.....

[@NJ-xd6hw]

I want to go in that time plzzz god .....this virus ruin our life .....😭😭😭😭😭

[@sajalroy3467]

It is not hoogly river water but a pond in parshwa nath temple of the jains where you could see the fish.

[@thecerebralassasin1504]

@aqua box because there was no plastic at that time

[@thecerebralassasin1504]

@aqua box development took place at both of the cities by destroying water and nature

[@thecerebralassasin1504]

@aqua box its bitter truth of india

[@akbrahma7739]

The reason why British led India looked so clean and disciplined is simple, the British led India was an Apartheid society like South Africa. The White dominated regions like Park Street in Kolkata, was clean with wide streets, good sewage system, whereas the Indian Bengali dominated region of Shyambazar lacked such services. Moreover the government was run by military governor generals who ruled with an iron hand, punishment was severe, so if any one threw trash or spat on the road, he would probably be beaten and fined very high. Which is why people didn't break laws, today there are some places in Kolkata, where cops get beaten for asking young men to wear a mask and helmet. Our politicians don't give a rat's ass about cleanliness or about us.

[@doctorgamez2410]

At least someone watching this has a brain. Thank you.

[@RaveSharrma]

@Cheems Doge *democracy may be? 🤔

[@gottalovesaurav]

White people build beautiful things

[@rodrozil6544]

@Cheems Doge it all depends on leader not the system

[@NileshKumar-nr2vj]

It's the same even today, areas of govt building are clean, and where rich people live. Our society is very much "apartheid" even today. One can do a caste survey of low lying areas of cities, and areas around dumping grounds

[@Rathore12438]

I am sure many of these kids in the video are alive today....living somewhere old and meak counting their days....time moves on..

[@eyexha]

I find the kids, most endearing part of the video, too.

[@ShubhajitRoy]

😮

[@kisntforkhalid]

My grandmother was 9-11 of age in 1947 now she's pretty old And my mother's father was born in July 1947 lmao

[@Iconic221]

@@kisntforkhalid and you?

[@kisntforkhalid]

@@Iconic221 oh I'm 20 lol

[@SILOPshuvambanerjee]

Can't believe my eyes, Darjeeling was so clean Love from Darjeeling

[@boomborgoyari5781]

Now its trash everywhere.

[@rohanxx9921]

Its opposite now trash

[@IndianRepublic_1947]

@@zerofucksgiven1217 lol what do you think the video puts the real picture of darjeeling or any place its of select few places and darjeeling is still quite beautiful.

[@vtopia.1679]

well, it's because if you littered, you'd be punished and fined a lot. 1940s India was not exactly the ideal place to live, especially after the war.

[@user-jr3ez1rp8p]

@@IndianRepublic_1947 bro, Gangtok jaa ke dekho tab Darjeeling ko beautiful and clean bolna

[@rango6224]

Imagine how beautiful was our country a thousand years ago

[@bikashsharma4267]

Priceless videos. It touched my heart and soul. I was born in Kolkata, went to boarding schools in Kalimpong (st. Joseph Convent) and Darjeeling (Mt Hermon School). Have so many family and friends in Bihar and Bengal. True about everything. Our grandfathers used to tell us of the advancements, renaissance center of Modern Indian thinking. Clean and educated. No blaming the politicians, its me and us who have destroyed it. Rampant dis-regard for nature. There is hope. The newer generations are much more aware then we ever were.

[@yesitssurreal8941]

They filmed it for us, What can we gift to our future generations?

[@HOWCANIMISSYOU]

That how toxic people are on internet.

[@riderbsally7893]

@yes it's surreal Over population, pollution, climate change, global warming, heaps of waste & a few deadly viruses made inside a lab.

[@satpalkhalsa7933]

Tiktoks 😂😂😂😂

[@sharathgowtham2157]

We could have filmed it on our own even if they hadn't ruled us 😒

[@axel3895]

Corona vaccine

[@HeavyLikesSandwich]

What i love about this era was that there was no plastic garbage strewn everywhere unlike today.

[@HeavyLikesSandwich]

@Impersonal Immigrant bro geniuses like you doesn't deserve KZbin bro 🙏🏼

[@souravsahoo1582]

@Impersonal Immigrant lol everything exist then except internet and smartphones lol

[@plastic6796]

Because plastic wasn't used much in those times

[@avikgope4156]

4:13 shown Pareshnath Temple at Gouri bari, where I living. Feeling nostalgic!

[@joydeepbhattacharjee0747]

if my grandfather alive ... he must enjoy this video.... Miss u grandpa

[@aryanmishra7626]

Rip

[@princeofwales4634]

No problem beta... I am watching it from above...

[@ankitchauhan3801]

@@princeofwales4634 koi sharam hai?

[@berrybarcaccia2613]

He died alongwith your english skills RIP

[@ankitchauhan3801]

@@berrybarcaccia2613 are you mad or what?

[@hemant88h]

India in 1947 was so incredible ! No busy streets , no noise , no pollution , clean surroundings..... JAI HIND , JAI BHARAT , LUV YOU !!

[@osirisblue2087]

This video can be summarised in two words "Clean India"

[@artworks-tk3cr]

No bro, colonial exploited India

[@johnnyy1186]

@@artworks-tk3cr better than nowadays filthy india

[@kshorts609]

Yes and I think 1947 india is better than today's India in the name of cleanness. Agree.

[@user-gd7nk4re6u]

@@johnnyy1186 it's lot stronger richer and proud....so you stfu biatch..

[@osirisblue2087]

@@kshorts609 Totally agree with you👍🏼

[@abhisek2091]

Calcutta was so beautiful back then

[@meyergaelle8108]

Ya for short time after British keft Congress came India stayed to become poor caruption dirty politics no jobs everything became bad that's lots of educated indians ran ti uk overseas

[@Polash0007]

@@meyergaelle8108 then feku destroying everything no jobs only gundaraj

[@subhasiskumardhar6342]

@@Polash0007 aitmkckcsb

[@rah8985]

Jyoti Basu's 23 yrs and TMC 's 10 yrs is what has left WB in such a bad condition today. Jyoti basu systematically destroyed the economy of Bengal from 1977 . My father used to work in Calcutta from 1981 - 1985 and has seen it first hand how commies destroyed the rich WB .

[@yogeshpandey1612]

admit it, no one can beat british in bureaucracy. they let many institutions that we use in modern india like railways, universities , judicracy and civil services. freedom was just metaphorical india never got freedom from it's poverty and hardship

[@nishantupadhyay8879]

beautiful landscapes.. trees and greenery everywhere, unlike the present India where there is only pollution, congestion and population!

[@ItsMe-vn2gi]

@Red Buster let's go

[@meetankush]

You're a contributor to all three. Have you taken any steps to address them?

[@nishantupadhyay8879]

kumar ankush, much more steps than you would take in your whole life!

[@meetankush]

@@nishantupadhyay8879 yeah, we saw that. Complaining looks like the biggest contribution you've made. Keep going.

[@Bengalinationalist]

You have seen nothing yet,come to bangladesh 😊☺️

[@muntazeerhussain9379]

Everyone here is saying about how clean India was...but if we want to make India like this again then we can.

[@tapananilsamant2283]

Watching 12 min video and drawing lifelong conclusions on British rule. Welcome to the comment section of honorable Intellectuals.

[@lucelenthawk3543]

shame this doesn't have more likes. Pseudo intellectualism at its best in this comments section

[@stan4457]

Yeaa. For them cleanliness of region justifies the ruling.

[@ashwenojha]

It's drawing conclusion on what we as Indians have done in the last 70 years :) . No one is justifying the rule, just highlighting a difference.

[@tapananilsamant2283]

@@ashwenojha highlighting difference by watching 12 min video? Please understand the point. 1.by reading one whatsApp status people will prove how strong karna was. 2.By reading one article on defence people will start commenting on how should be the next defence buget. 3.Never made it to school team but will comment on how tendulkar should play the straight drive. Problem is these people have taken over the internet.

[@ashwenojha]

@@tapananilsamant2283 a lot of people have clearly pointed out that kolkata was more poised to be amongst the best cities in India when the british left due to its exisiting infrastructure at the time. All things aside, one thing they cared (forced) for is cleanliness, which has certainly disappeared from today's city. It is a big mess to say the least. Now isn't that down to us? :)

[@mrinalmukund1]

Just look at the smiles on people's faces.. I mean today we feel that we have such an advanced technology and so many luxuries, but just see how happy people used to be back then.. And a modern day man enjoying an extravagant life style can never experience that.. They had nothing but they were happy, and today we have so much but we are miserable.. A modern day man is trapped in the race of life so deeply that life is no longer a source of joy for him and this is sad..

[@squ34ky]

People do smile today. It's your attitude that makes you blind to it. Stop idealising the past.

[@jayakrishnan26]

Shut up dramebaz

[@avirooptalapatra2796]

I am happy

[@dinkin_flicka14]

How do you know the were happy? Did you go back in time and talk to them?

[@Victoria-pv5vn]

Only goes to show that India was better handled under the colonial rule..am amazed by the cleanliness and how refreshing india looked back in the day..

[@a.chaudhary2571]

This was only selective areas. Few streets after that place, people were dying in famine and diseases like cholera. Just a fucking propaganda video.

[@angad3286]

I saw my grandfather as a kid, learning from his grandfather as I used to learn from him.

[@arpanbose1089]

Which one is ur grandfather...please let us see by indicating the timing

[@comradeleppi2000]

Wow notify the time

[@Preetmeet29]

No phone , no pollution, no traffic disturbance 😊

[@godlessheathen6425]

Just people going to sleep hungry and dying of easily preventable diseases. Such beautiful times, right?

[@hansrajdeka4266]

No populated

[@Ry_ine]

No ill mindedness either

[@ragas2845]

Calcutta was like Berlin. What a mess it is in now. India is regressing instead of progressing. Sad but true.

[@cringekiller348]

Lol no Only Kolkata

[@Akash_Yadav752]

This is the scenario you would observe globally not in India only ! Regressing is the part of progressing however one needs to have future vision .

[@earth2k66]

Bruh, do you even know the electricity penetration rate at that time? How many industries were there? How many people were allowed to complete their higher studies? Jobs? Income? If having only 5 clean roads in a "footage" is development, then it's clear why India is developing such slow.

[@byron-ih2ge]

this is the underdeveloped stage , the underdeveloped and developed stages of a country r always beautiful but the developing industrial stage is dirty and thats what we r in today

[@hriday1341]

@@byron-ih2ge the British government was just hiding the reality . When poverty was around 90% they showed this images, when poverty is around 18% ,they are now traveling around the slums.

[@prazzal6974]

When I see my darjeeling ..... ❤️❤️❤️❤️...Though the beauty still there but it will get faded away years and years in future

[@mr.zackry6251]

Pre independent india India was more clean.

[@themaverick7707]

Mr. Zackry no polythene back then.

[@maximuscunnilingus4879]

Mr. Zackry क्योंकि अंग्रेजों ने हम संस्कारी भारतीयों को tight करके रखा था।

[@nishantupadhyay8879]

and more beautiful&environmental friendly as well!

[@pari1585]

Population kam tha

[@MrSivansuresh]

Mr. Zackry Population of India was 300 million at 1940-50s. Within 70 years, Indians have produced 1 billion extra Indians due to availability of medical facilities and food. Now, population of India is 1.3 billion. More and more villagers are moving into cities and living in slums.

[@jaiseecharran]

In 2011, Gopio, had a convention India. It was attended by POI (people of Indian background) from 141 countries. Each one had the same story of how their ancestors were relocated in different countries. It was so emotional for me to walk on the same "mud dam" that my ancestors walked to join the small boats to take them to the ocean going ships from Kolkata.

[@Inzar-Animations]

Nature is so pure and untouched. Why can’t we live like this? I wonder what it felt like traveling around the world 🌍 🌎 back then . ❤️

[@ericastier1646]

There is something about film photography even on video that is so appealing that is missing in digital, i don't care whether 4k or 20k. Film places you inside the video.

[@BlackPanther-cb7je]

The simplicity and the cleanliness...... amazing

[@picomaginesouls4384]

The serenity of this place is so beautiful!!

[@kumard007]

I am from bihar and this video really lived it

[@pranitaborah9965]

This much cleanliness today plus our Power today india would have been a better place to live

[@nischuAnchan]

People after this video praising Britishers for architectural buildings in heart of city Meanwhile 2 streets across :people dying of famine, Britishers punishing people for not paying tax, other atrocities .

[@syedmohammadaanasfarukh890]

Subcontinent is full of British stooges.

[@Gamer-uf1kl]

Famine was not simply because of cruelty of the british. It was because India was at war with Japan.

[@bajajsarvesh]

All the ruling kings before british did the same....And even after independence people are committing suicide ...Be it congress or bjp all r same...Punishing for not paying tax...People dying of atrocities...Politicians and there accomplice building huge empires while common man dies.

[@sreeram4964]

@@Gamer-uf1kl indian media ght yave fought for Britain. Then why are only indians starving? When British officials were having feasts.

[@sreeram4964]

@@smilingbuddha6923 there wouldn't be an India man. We would have been split into Mughal, Maratha, Kashmir, Travancore etc

[@paonekumar6841]

Cleanliness shows love towrds country. -by unknown

[@vellagang678]

Darjeeling and Kalimpong are still very beautiful even though many places tourism have ruined the cleanliness of Darjeeling

[@rairai5068]

Darjeeling looks so serene ❤

[@dictator8439]

I am missing our cultural dress 😭😭😭😭

[@dextor0000]

Life was hell in 1947 .... Literacy rate was 12 % Poverty was 70 % There was trauma of partition, very few industries, most worked on farms, millions of refugees were pouring from Bangladesh and Pakistan, people were starting from scratch. One man had to feed his wife and 5 kids, many couldn't afford college, everyone was walking even cycle was luxury, people ate mutton may be twice a month, no chicken. Only source was entertainment was may be a radio and movies twice a year. If you were a woman and your husband beats you, you just shut up and listen, less than 5 % women worked in offices. Outside city no marriage without dowry. If you are dalit, it was even worse. Even if there was there was dalit atrocity act, crime against Dalits were very common and no offenders got punished. In the 50s we were not food sufficient, had to import medicines. Outside India our image was poor, we were land of beggars and snake charmers. I don't even want to talk about how taboo intercaste marriages were.

[@Gmmmw13]

But still people think that old india was better

[@fidelcatsro6948]

British administration and courts were more efficient back then than they are today...todays India only Cows get justice

[@Gmmmw13]

@@fidelcatsro6948 they took 45 trillion from us. Yes it was efficient for us I guess

[@ra6894]

@@fidelcatsro6948 that because cows are productive, can never betray it's own country unlike humans earlier and these days.

[@Malfoy-bk8tm]

Lol, yes, apparently having a college degree and doing a mindless 5 to 7 job for a corporation is the epitome of human existence, the point is not how much worse off they were materially but if they led their lives with deep conviction and meaning not meandering nihilism and existential angst. People not just in India but all around the world led much more meaningful, fulfilling lives than they do today, with their technology and online delivered bug meat dinner while bingeing netflix. But I guess that is completely lost on nincompoops like you.

[@swapnilghodvinde7501]

Water is so clean and clear.

[@doctorgamez2410]

2:12

[@IndianRepublic_1947]

Have you time travelled to test the water? Water in the drain near my house looks clean too.

[@flamencoguitarist2024]

Darjeeling looking like a crown princess... her crown, the mighty Kanchenjunga

[@StarHorseLover2012]

Breathtaking views from 7:40 to 9:15

[@paavankaur6041]

This shows how badly india and indians must have been treated since independence.

[@fartman3254]

Right, we are the enemy of ourselves.

[@paavankaur6041]

@Rahul I never blamed indians, i said how we indians and our country have been treated means we were treated badly inspite of the hard work we have been doing for ourselves and our country to grow better but its the government anf leaders to blame. This is what that text means.

[@hajersingh4959]

Darjeeling wasn’t part of India at 1947

[@paavankaur6041]

@Rahul i agree with your point that it is us who vote for them, but more than that they become leader because of their power and money. They offer free stuff coz they know people in our country do not even get basic necessity, they make fake promises nd never fulfill them because they know if they do what will they promise for next time, how will they get more power and money. Also, i have to say not all of them are like this but those who are clean end up disappeared because of those with power, because of some leaders the independence of india was delayed by many years coz they were fighting for power. The constitution of india is weak because our governement is weak, people do not follow the laws coz they are not equal for everyone, our governement officers are one of the first to destroy laws and not follow them, people are not heard by the government. Cases takes years and generations to get solved and get justice.

[@paavankaur6041]

@Rahul i have to agree with you in that case, its definitely about greed and those people or groups are to be blamed, and i am shocked to know that they give mixer grinder and stuff like that. Oh my god, how will our country get over these things.

[@14dhat16]

Wow. I'm so shocked as to how clean India was. And people dressed decently too. And look at the amount of cars and different modes of transportation. My goodness...was this is all because of the British ruling? If yes, they really did help India a lot. What a disgrace and shame it is to see this country in the shambles it is today.

[@echee4423]

Hailing from Darjeeling! All i can say is not much has changed since then, glad we still have the greenery alive😊

[@Spaghetti_policy]

I wish I was alive to it back then. I am a USA citizen and I personally think India is the most awesome country on the Earth. I wish nothing but well to India. 🕉🙏😷❤️🇺🇸🇮🇳

[@ANKET47]

Trust me, this is just propaganda. Just search about Bengal famine to get the true picture

[@royalbengaltiger4416]

অপূর্ব কল্লোলিনী ❤️ আমার প্রাণের শহর

[@mdnadsy]

All those centuries before 21st century were so beautiful

[@kmsm832]

Had I seen this beauty in previous birth!! My generation misses this nature and simplicity.

[@Roe-hj2lx]

This was the exact year my grandfather was born in Kalimpong and now he's no more. He would have loved this.

[@IndjanTraveler]

Great quality footage👍

[@punamthapa7222]

Life was so simple yet serene back then. Gone are those days and here we stand in an era of technology yet peacelessness ... Darjeeling use to be "Queen of Hills" but now it's just "Queen of Garbage" and so is the nation.

[@artdecotimes2942]

its that technology that made it peacelessness.

[@punamthapa7222]

@@artdecotimes2942 true that! 🙃

[@entropysermons1876]

Well the rest of the nation isn't so bad

[@godlessheathen6425]

Wow such simple life where people were dirt poor and most people didn't get 2 meals a day. People died of easily preventable diseases.

[@shadowChrist0]

Bruh.. the trees, the nature, the air, the vibe😮❤️

[@sagaronline265]

so fascinating to see those time,people,roads,vehicles.amazing video.

[@shashwatdixit8307]

Would love to se someone make a 'THEN and NOW' out of this video

[@IndianRepublic_1947]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/d2mzm2aXh7GonJo take a look at now then

[@Ak-ud4dt]

I LOVE HOW EVERY 1 USED TO WEAR KHADI THEN

[@iamadityashekhar]

Everyone in traditional dresses and none will judge them😍 and now it's like these cities have became Western

[@sayanbiswas9129]

"None will judge them"? British judged all the time. And still today, people wearing western clothes showing too much skin are much more judged than those wearing traditional ones. I don't know about south Delhi or Mumbai though.

[@iamadityashekhar]

@@sayanbiswas9129 Western dresses are awful.. But still anyone wants to wear toh uski marji bhaiya pehno hmara Kya jaata hai dikhao jitna dikhana hai

[@L12crox]

@@iamadityashekhar Traditional Western clothing is nice. Europe has had some great dressing throughout its history; from the medieval ages to the mid 20th century. Only in the last few decades has it become souless garbage.

[@iamadityashekhar]

@@L12crox I agree earlier clothes from Europe looked great. Now America has took over.

[@L12crox]

@@iamadityashekhar Yeah, it's really sad to see.

[@kunalbisht9910]

Considering the resources, India’s population capacity is 55 crores. But in 2021, India is bearing 138 crores of population.

[@polrobinson1515]

Even though , everyone is marrying during lockdown

[@deepanshu564]

Ikr, and here are people in comment section blaming modernization But can't use condoms themselves

[@rahulganguly7275]

@@polrobinson1515 Muslims are giving birth 20 children

[@saipimol]

UP Bihar are the one to blame UP the size of Germany but Germany population is around 80millions and UP has like 250 million....the same trend happening in Bihar

[@ANMOLSINGH-rs1vc]

@AOD bengal fertility rate 1.6 bimaru tfr 3.2 gutter pradesh 3 doent look like they aren't gonna leaving fucking India

[@rahulkeithbrown2292]

Dr. Graham's Homes still has the authenticity look. hail D.G.H

[@sar983]

I AM STUDYING IN DGH,KALIMPONG

[@timeslog]

Wonderful, liked it very much, love to see more

[@smitprmr]

Nobody used phones back then. It looks so beautiful. ❤

[@anjananaturelover2083]

Thank you for this. We've come a long way since. And many miles more to go. Move we will. Wish we still had those beautiful cars ( vintage) in Calcutta/ Kolkata though😊 . Every city has its own share of charms and disgrace,but it's still dear to the inhabitants. 🇮🇳🙏

[@popcorn3773]

Better than now... Old is always gold ❤

[@niyaranhoro8298]

At that time there was no plastic. Every where neat and clean.

[@RahulRungta1]

Oh.. this is mesmerizing! Kolkata - As beautiful as ever! Thanks for sharing

[@latinirba4953]

So beautiful. Esp the trams. Need to bring them back!

[@niranjanv6489]

Wish I had a time travelling machine would go staright there from the hell of today's society..June-2021.

[@Ibrahim-ph4jn]

अच्छे दिन तो अब आये है और तुम पिछे जाना चाहते हो

[@anshul6168]

Yes go be a Britishers' slave in 1920 You people are any way disgrace to the freedom fighters of our country

[@rithwickronaldxess6843]

@@anshul6168 bro He's talking about post independence

[@anshul6168]

@@rithwickronaldxess6843 Post independence was not a very good period for India. US has imposed sanctions and we had food shortage . Avg life expectancy was less than 40 years . Most people died of hunger as India was not self sufficient in agriculture at that time He is just an idiot who deosnt knwo a thing about past

[@rithwickronaldxess6843]

@@anshul6168 yeah you are right I can't agree more

[@ranvijaymehta]

Nice good to see in 2021 .. thanks for the upload

[@ashwinikumar3483]

Can't believe kolkata was so beautiful and clean back then

[@a.chaudhary2571]

These places are old cities now. New areas are neat and clean now in kolkata. All depends on population. It was less population back then.

[@dew969]

Oh Kolkata......what have u done to yourself😢

[@ayanfeelingood]

@Red Buster ahh... here we go again...

[@sayanbiswas9129]

It's much much better now. Mega structures like +50 storied buildings & flyovers, wider roads, abundance of street lights, abundance of food with cuisines from all parts of India & abroad, multinational companies setting up offices, much stronger public transportation and what not. All this modernisation yet it hasn't lost it British era touch either with monuments & buildings like Indian Museum, Raj Bhavan, all those in dharmatala, Park Street Cemetery etc. Overall, it's more beautiful now but yes it's not perfect.

[@sayanbiswas9129]

@aqua box yeah but no British ones are more than 6 storey high. And roads are of same quality as any other modern city of the world.

[@fidelcatsro6948]

Calcutta replied via whatsapp: You asking me? who asked you to vote for a teaseller?

[@jaywarne678]

People looked so cultured and disciplined

[@Ry_ine]

Innocent too. But society was highly conservative

[@massiveknowledge877]

Waooo…so..beautiful..our country..was..on that time..I am getting emotional!🥰🥰

[@almond3963]

True. We should be happy that a lot of ppl were poor, starved and died ☺

[@massiveknowledge877]

@@almond3963 you extract negativity from this so no comment.

[@nikhilhembrom8952]

When calcullta and bengal used to be richest region of india

[@Scatman051]

Thank You BFI............... your efforts are Monumental to say the least.

[@dhanrajshetty9762]

This video looks like remastered or restored. Great job

[@harshitraj7570]

India has regressed exponentially after independence

[@youropiniondoesntmatter6354]

India is in the process of rising. The current state is enough motivation for today’s generation to not make the same mistakes which our previous generation had made, knowingly or unknowingly. Jai Hind

[@youthindian1593]

Maximum people had died who are in this video...so sad..one day we will also....

[@fidelcatsro6948]

so better do somethign good before we die..

[@amrahShsakaA]

This is gold

[@pradiptamondal1396]

Amazing 👏Wounderful,,,,,Speechless😍😍😍😍 ❤❤❤❤❤

[@faddy7298]

4:46 that rickshaw was really hard. Hats off to those rickshaw mans.

[@abhisheksinghshekhu]

Beautiful India and clean India..no plastic😍

[@sudipbiswas7185]

Just incredible through out journey 1947...🙏🙏🙏🙏

[@ankurbhattacharya9856]

Those mountains have seen everything magadh to British india and still observing

[@kishlaykumar557]

It was so nice to watch this

[@zinoksangtam]

can't believe all this people are now buried somewhere we'd never know.

[@fidelcatsro6948]

most of them are burned into ashes as deposits in the rivers..

[@143varunsherke2]

I can already feel the population difference 😖

[@fidelcatsro6948]

yes because todays India even a child wants to get married quickly...

[@bichi999]

My Dadu was there somewhere..Calcutta

[@shantanukumardas3609]

Yes Ismail even i also noticed that during that time the water looks almost transparent..no sewerage water and no muddy water it looks...but it's unfortunate that lack of mismanagement and complete ignorance we had lost its beauty...which is the crown of india once now it's a death rotting overwhelming with people sewer....

[@rudrarishi2523]

Yes I too observed about water clarity and fish.

[@prateeksinghal7688]

I wish i could leave this shithole for once and for all !!

[@doctorgamez2410]

2:12 would like a word

[@doctorgamez2410]

@@prateeksinghal7688 then leave? It’s up to you lol

[@commanderofkesariyaknights]

Same is the case with Delhi, Karachi of that time. Roads look better made, wider, cleaner. People just don’t understand the negative consequences of exponential effects of population density. Malthusian paradox is real.

[@jyotirmoysarma317]

Classic cars looks amazing

[@mahfah7911]

Absolutely love this channel for posting this. Is it original in color or was it enhanced

[@fidelcatsro6948]

because the british preserved it..

[@kapildevroy256]

Very nice. Old memories Thanks to camera man

[@anirbandey303]

OMG! Can't believe my Kolkata was this beautiful once!!!

[@Artivule]

Now our kolkata have become sht...

[@user-jr3ez1rp8p]

@Youth India Even today Kolkata is intellectual capital. Most woke feminist, anti-hindu are from Kolkata

[@sanjivoberoi5361]

Oh beautiful India. Some simple instrumental music would be lovely. Such a calamity that India now lies corrupted and ruined through greed and selfishness.

[@2108p]

This clips are such a treasure ❤️❤️❤️

[@camouflage1136]

City looks more clean than today. Such a pity to see it's present condition...

[@almond3963]

Agreed. The ppl should also be kept poor and starved just like how we had in the British india

[@-_--ex5lt]

When freight equalization act wasn't a thing. When people of Bihar weren't ashamed of speaking their own language and when Bengal was the richest state in whole India. Hindi imperialist robbed everything from the East.

[@Elixir6]

Communist ideology rob all the good out of Bengal. But bengali's will never going to learn they deserve to live in that shithole

[@metaworse4360]

Exactly, This Demonic Union looted and destroyed Bihar(including jharkhand) & Bengal.

[@user-ov3ml3oj9k]

True