Time Travelling in Delhi

A film tracing Delhi's past, to make sense of its present, through the lens of narratives and visual memories as shared and seen by the residents of Delhi.
This film uses sourced archival footage along with Centre's repository of oral history interviews and archival photographs of Delhi. This 7 minute film is a glimpse into changes the city of Delhi has witnessed in about last hundred years in terms of experience of partition, landscape, transportation and so on.
A film by the Anoushka Mathews and Reebu Tandon produced at the Centre for Community Knowledge, Ambedkar University Delhi.

[@raghavatci535]

Roads were spotlessly clean... i see we hv got educated, but lost civic sense

[@hunkgarg5610]

We didnt hv cars bikes buses at that time.. Not much commercialisation

[@d701d]

Less consumerism

[@mayankaranya]

There was not mass migration to cities and population explosion that time . Today delhi bear load of 2 crore population back then it was somewhere around 25 lakhs .

[@excitableboy7031]

Fuck off, nobody litters in connaught place

[@aaryagathani]

There was no plastic back then. Population was less and people were poor so they RRR

[@anshsharma6389]

Yamuna Was Very Clean At that Time, Sadly Not Today 🥺

[@NamanGrover99]

😭 right

[@steveglen3354]

I wish I could go back in time and tell my great grandfather to buy land in Delhi 😂

[@hm-rj7ji]

Everyone thinks the same brother😂😂

[@Flyingkitty1234]

Back during that time I think land is expencive

[@prateekkatiyar9532]

Fir tere baap ki shadi teri mammi se na hui hoti

[@abhishektandon8373]

Delhiwala here ,lol

[@harshthakur1]

@@Flyingkitty1234 back then no one had money to do so

[@kuls43]

Mumbai has always been hub for India but Delhi has come across a long way. From almost nothing to equally major hub of India alongside with Mumbai.

[@adityakothiyal3]

Almost nothing hahah dumb fuck mughal emperor rule here , britishers rule here and now also.. Delhi ka takht s desh chlta h...

[@Sanjeevthedelhiboy]

Abe jo bhi ho Mumbai per Delhi land h to Mumbai aaand samja

[@adityakothiyal3]

@Lalo yes just like u

[@ashwanikumarpasi5152]

@@adityakothiyal3 you forgot Indraprasth empire.

[@nischaymiglani2617]

@@ashwanikumarpasi5152 he forget hastinapur empire also.

[@Just_Kaushik]

Those people on that time can't even imagine that they will be telecaste through one small android gadget one day 😌. Those time RIP. Never gonna come back.

[@abrarrazi3909]

Better then today CCTV camera.

[@vegitouchiha2499]

When he said about yamuna i got a smile on my face automatically.

[@Haribollll]

I loved the part where everyone mostly traveled by cycling

[@bhawnasingh3147]

Only a few people could afford one.

[@ryoo548]

You can start the trend again.

[@shivambhatnagar5358]

Aaj Dilli ko narak bana ke rakh diya hai !! Being a 90s person, I can only dream of clean roads, clean Yamuna ji, no mountains of garbage, no pollution.

[@user-pk2cb1rs4b]

sahi kaha

[@amolmi4832]

No phones, no dirt no more population,,, onlly peace🙂

[@himanshuganji6354]

Truee

[@parveensinghjadawat6253]

6 lakh murder in 7 days....aap ki peace ki definition galat h bhai

[@amolmi4832]

@@parveensinghjadawat6253 uska reason hai ki tb koi bhi jhatu news channels nhi hote the bkchodi failaane me jha jo cheej hoti vhi khatm jojati... And peace still... Okk dear😂

[@Funwithmeme42]

@@amolmi4832 जहा मुस्लिम होंगे वहां peaceful भी नहीं हो सकता है.

[@amolmi4832]

Suno Pakistan is more peaceful than india okk

[@aforadventurer631]

That time delhi is better than Today delhi Clean street and road Not overcrowded

[@bullyversal5313]

I'm happy atleast humne bachpan toh acche se jee liya compared to today's children 😂

[@user-pk2cb1rs4b]

sahi kaha😅

[@zesty7908]

Absolutely...

[@sagaronline265]

when u were born,where?

[@AnkooshMusic]

Sahi khaa

[@safeerarshad]

Har past generation vale ko current generation k lie yehi lagta hai 😂

[@shshankking]

My nana is living in CP, Tolstoy marg for over 50 years now.. Even more..

[@himalayanwanderer6096]

aaj yamuna river ka jo haal hai wo baya karta hai ki hum indians ne virast ko kya se kya bana diya .... Asli virasat kya khajana ye jungle & rivers hi hai jo humne khatam kar diye.

[@naweed9040]

Sahi baat hai dost😭 Jai hind

[@venkyakasram1]

Just Beautiful!!! Thank you for this gem

[@prateeks553]

Wish those days could return!! When delhi used to be a simple progressive city... When there used to a clean sky, No traffic problems, No Crowd But today delhi is suffering due to immigration, Delhi is now world's 2nd most populated city. Too much immigration and urbanization is destroying delhi.

[@anujsethi7845]

Because of bimaru States.. Up and Bihar people coming because they don't have jobs in their own state

[@abhinavsingh362]

There no described original inhabitants of Delhi

[@Anjusharm17]

​​@@anujsethi7845 bahen ke lode tu khud Pakistan Lahore se aaya hua hai ye pata hai gandu

[@pipipupu5104]

​@@anujsethi7845even punjabis also come in Delhi and destroy it lol

[@sahilkumar-nz5td]

Thanks sir, I like these kind of old videos . ❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@tushar_k.]

Video is 4 yrs old But most of the comments are recent.

[@tarsheen69]

Oh Wow!!! What a beautiful memories of older and beautiful Delhi. My papa used to tell me about coming to Okhla Barrage for fishing and how clean the Yamuna River was. Even during my college time in 1987, I witnessed that Yamuna was still clean enough to have fun activities near its banks. Thank you so much for sharing such rare video footage. Highly appreciated.

[@shiva9314]

very nice way to dipict delhi.we are listening from those who experienced all this

[@mukeshgoyal]

That rainbow gave me goosebumps

[@shaliniv470]

Hay bhagwan kash fir se Connaught Place aisa ho jaaye khaali khaali aur crowd se free

[@shaliniv470]

@Ranjit Tyagi aap Chandigarh se hai mai chennai se

[@busypandey]

Matt jao whaa apne aap khali ho jayega😂😂

[@creativeone2771]

Best collection I have ever seen, also like to seen more

[@retiree100]

I can relate to this completely, my life span.

[@chewinggum5550]

Great! Glad to hear

[@SHAHMRUGESH]

Salute India,Good Video

[@tosifansari3594]

purani delhi me hmara purana tanga ab bhi khda he pr chlta ni ab

[@anildhawan588]

Ram Manohar hospital sey sader bajar tak jab tangey chaltey tein hum school key bachey us per latak jatey teiy .hamara school Rama Krishna metro red light key pass ta on1966

[@PankajKaushik]

@@anildhawan588 ji bahot khushi hui apka purani yado ko padh kr.

[@ManuSharma-ux6zy]

One of the best documentary....

[@beinghomosapien4100]

Very very BEAUTIFUL...

[@dakshsharmatheroaster59]

I want these days

[@Lohitpant]

Delhi has always had a diverse culture. Nothing of its own all about its residents and surroundings. Thats why its called Mini India.

[@tttkumar8394]

Wow how peaceful ...🤩

[@bakhtiarnasir9482]

I am impressed to see all this.My elders were there before partition.

[@anildhawan588]

Our elder,s were also came from Pakistan

[@adityanegi2927]

Delhi was so clean and beautiful 😍

[@nischaymiglani2617]

At that time there wasn't industrialization in delhi and also Delhi population was very less. But now due to overpopulation and huge industrialization filled Delhi with dirt and filth which pollutes whole delhi.

[@Ank1t.Yadav_]

Even there voice sounds like delhi.....

[@indianadambhai8703]

Old is gold Vaah superb

[@sanjaykota9191]

thnk you verry much....jai hind

[@soumnag7388]

How lovely it would have been to live in those times

[@k24067]

Of all the things i strongly appreciate how women felt safe back then

[@bhawnasingh3147]

Forget women, people would not leave their homes after 6/7 pm. Dacoits were rampant then.

[@doctorgamez2410]

😂😂Tum log saala kuch bhi bol jaate ho

[@sharmilakumari9096]

I am very happy to see

[@utkarshdixit669]

may god give you a great health sir

[@faddyequbal]

Woww.!! Amazing video. My heart lies in this city. #Dil walo ki dilli

[@ShariqueNArzu]

3:01 hear style 👌👌👌 What a look man 😍👌👌

[@alsamadqureshi3406]

So nice to see this

[@icygamingguy-]

guys, please look at the history as histroy . we already had enough. We can either love each other now or just keeping fighting because our people did mistakes in past.

[@ayadav77]

Look at the level of people here. Could you really hope for that?

[@ayadav77]

Point Proven!

[@aneeqakhan9846]

True words.... Sahi kaha h bilkul

[@Ank1t.Yadav_]

My grandfather moved here when he was 16 or something with nothing and here im 18 yo writing this comment

[@KaushalSharma-yo2yu]

Time is very fast

[@informaticstube5640]

Now we are divided, britishers finally succeeded. Our nation was united and thread of our relations never separated until britishers came to divide and conquer.

[@niranjandesai6766]

Actually india was divided into small kingdoms before British came. All of them fought each other giving British the advantage. But that's not a problem. The problem was that Mughals, Islamic rulers stayed in india and used indian revenue on Indian land. While British took wealth into their nation.

[@johnyossarian9031]

@@niranjandesai6766 typical Marxist bs. The Islamic rulers weren't as benevolent as you make them out to be.

[@rafiakhan8037]

thats great india after just independence

[@pipipupu5104]

Yes wish the population exchange could have happend in a correct way

[@yaanubhav]

Wonderful

[@IngeeEng]

Wonderful vintage footage of Delhi..I vividly remember Delhi was such a beautiful place to visit till the 70's as well..Saw movies at uphaar theatre and had a good time at the capital...Thanks for taking me on this nostalgic trip.

[@GK-ui8fv]

Yellow font for subtitles is not visible at all at number of places.

[@nevereverigoteyesonyou8377]

Still better than white font...😂

[@jkdjremixer390]

Old clips kaha se mili

[@thefilmstory1455]

Many of my relatives migrated from Lahore to Calcutta in '47. The stories have passed on, and still do horrify me. It petrifies me how they left their house, their jewelry, and their Lahore, all at the fate of one night. Heinous tales of violence against women, beheading, and whatnot was all that covered those 3 months of communal hatred. Radical Muslim men killed a lot, radicals. We've stood on communal peace and harmony for centuries. Hope all religions thrive in that India, which was one. If we weren't Divided, the fate of this nation would've been something else. One Day. P.S: No hate towards any religion. It just was the fate of all Hindus and Sikhs in Lahore, in the whole of North-West Frontier Province in fact, and so that was it. Peace :)

[@jkdjremixer390]

Etni purani video clip kaha se mili

[@UncountableKnowledge]

2020 me kon dekh raha hai

[@Rishik_Jha]

The new year music at the end made me tear up

[@XxAryaxX]

Ok

[@muralikartik6813]

Reminds me of the episode where Jerry in Tom and Jerry goes to new York...😂

[@samialikhan9414]

Which ad do you see fellows

[@bullyversal5313]

I see so many people fighting in the comment section... I would advise you all to mute the video and then see it in silence and you will feel something else :) Iss video ko dekh kar mujhe 10th ki cbse Hindi book ki story "bade bhai" ki yaad aa gyi.. good ol days..

[@rachitsingh2420]

I think...I am falling for a city.

[@akshaychaturvedi5656]

Yamuna river so clean.👍

[@theeccentricwriter4657]

ive passed that bridge almost every day in my life, but still cant imagine it clean

[@harishchandra6822]

WOW!

[@Abhishektomar1271]

Feeling bad for yamuna river😕

[@EntertainmentHUB751]

O My God. ❤️🙏🏻

[@Ranjani-Sri-Vlogs]

Wow

[@HindiChristiansongss]

Pray for India

[@manoj519]

Good thing is that after Delhi Riots so many people watching this......

[@_garg]

How we have degraded our River and respect for ladies. Shame on us!!

[@bhaumik718]

Respect for ladies and gents both have degraded.. 🙄🙂 .. I think u are not aware of misandry by Indian courts on men 🙂

[@RubiKUBECuber]

so glad my great great grandfather were delhities.

[@nirajmenghi5391]

Excellent

[@meetagill4242]

Very nice 🌹❤️

[@jkdhawan3636]

Humare bhi grandsons aur granddaughters, humare time ke video dekh ke royenge aur kahenge ki vo jamana acha tha.

[@tint19]

Why does this film have footage's of other places. Specially the footage's from aftermath of riots, that's Calcutta. Those clips are from BFI archives.

[@ToturedInsaan]

History of one side

[@arjamandchoudhary8581]

:) the conversations this whole chat is involved in, is why history will never teach this country what to do about future.

[@chanchalkumarsingh5442]

वाह क्या बात है..... 1947 मै भी मुस्लिम ही पीड़ित बता रहे है........ हिन्दू और सिख के जीवन का कोई मोल ही नहीं था.

[@mantechvlogs5902]

Koi bhi jawab nahi de raha tha aap aye dhanyawad.in goro ki najar me bas mulla mare fir pakistan bangladesh me mulla kaha se aye or bharat me bhi 40% hone ko aye hai.

[@vishugarima143]

@@mantechvlogs5902 hinduyo me ekta hoti to aisa nahi hpta mera bhai etihas gawah hai hinduyo ko marna manjur hai lekin ekta pasand nahi hai jai shree ram

[@milank4602]

Abe tere hindu ki to🖕

[@kajalgurjaradventure]

Right

[@newgenvashisht6639]

@@milank4602 Abey terei 🖕🖕

[@sahilofficialmarathidj1362]

I know the days when my grandfather came to Bombay (Mankur ) it was like swamp grandpa has a photo of it today it's crowded place in mumbai

[@SurajTakzaria]

Can i use this footage for a commercial project?

[@lekhaarya816]

Yes u can

[@SiddharthSinghLaw]

Such a beautiful film. It's so good to see Delhi and its residents in those days. Certainly, it was far better than today.

[@najamnusrat5325]

Same blood all peoples Indian Pakistani why angry country thousand years together😮

[@arifsaifi5247]

सब जंगल था पर मोहब्बत महल जैसी और आज महल जैसी घर है पर मोहब्बत जंगल जैसी

[@neerajarora8997]

Dehli Kai baar ujdi Kai baar basi,aiz like a dream

[@rkfilms_india]

Hi Team, kindly change the color of text from yellow to blacl or something dark. It is unreadable

[@satyaanakbali]

Yeah you do it

[@RAJENDRASINGH-os1vw]

Guzra hua zamana aataa nahi daubara Hafiz khuda tumhara 🌹🕊️🌷🥰

[@langur25681]

I miss My fav city

[@surajonespin]

Ha maine bhi dekha tha jab main chota tha Connaught place (C.P) ....GHODA GAADI OR HARLEY DAVIDSON WALA SAWARI UTHANE WALA.....MAJE THAE WOHBTOME

[@statestudioediting3252]

भाई ऐसा लग रहा है विडियो देखने के बाद जैसे इस वक्त में हम भी थे

[@rohitk9859]

Rigjt

[@newdelhinights]

Shaayad desh ke liye qurbaani di thi.

[@rajivtewari6643]

Blue sky in delhi??

[@vinayhooda5231]

NYC video

[@udaybhankanaujiya]

Very nice

[@iraja5410]

What abhut Razakar and Kabaily Why do you mention only RSS

[@ashfaqullahkhan1887]

Because the member of RSS say themselves that we are victims they kiiled and looted us but it had happened from both sides

[@FalguniSinha2002]

Classy days

[@rishibedi5437]

Jai Hind🇮🇳

[@a.kyoutuber3879]

Who is narrating the story?

[@gaurhavdahiya467]

गांधी को तो 1945 में ही स्वर्ग चले जाना चाहिए था. आज भारत बहुत शांत और समृद्ध होता.

[@namita6580]

Gandhi Nehru ko paida hi nahi hona chaye tha....

[@namita6580]

@@nishiyadav5152 Gandhi aur Nehru .. Indira aur sonia.... Rahul aur priyanka.... Kanhiya... Ravish kumar.. Swara bhaskar.. owaisi.. Zakir naik jaisey logon ka reservation ho chuka pehle hi Narak me.... Tu wahi jaa.. Tery favrt ke saath.... 🧐

[@GAURAVYADAV-jn9vl]

@@nishiyadav5152 ye SB Gandhi k Karan he ho rha h

[@faisalahmed9125]

@life is death, death is life soul, We must not use bad words for the people who are not with us now. I am an Indian and I really respect Gandhi ji and Atal ji equally. Atal ji was a personality who never given any hate speech.

[@dineshsharma3647]

Ha aaj jab sab chije tumhe mil gayi hai to Gandhi bura hi hoga ....wo waqt dusra tha aur aj pura alag . Us time khaane k liye bhi bahar k countries p dependent the ...tum wahi log ho jo ghar m bolte ho maa baap ne kiya hi kya h .

[@dhruvdutta2808]

Yeh toh aisi keh raha hain jaisa partition sirf hindus ki wajha sa hua na ke jinnha ke wajha sa jhoot bolna sa sachai nahi badalti

[@vikrantgoswami8594]

❤❤

[@imransharif443]

Nice video

[@iraja5410]

Aaj Delhi kitna aage nikal gya Lahore se dono ek jese the 1947 ke time

[@yogindertickoo]

Nothing much has changed. Yamuna is dirtier now.

[@dhatrishdixit6004]

I mean everything has changed flyovers , metros, cars , buildings ,etc

[@yogindertickoo]

@@dhatrishdixit6004 you can change all that! but people are still the same! :) Very little change in the thinking I find in the new generation. But very little.

[@Hitu2002]

Delhi se badiya toh bc Africa ke country ke capital hi badiya ha itni bekar capital kisi country ki ni ha

[@rajkumarkataria6708]

Best

[@ravishndtv.]

Those dayzz...