1968 to 1970 Photo Gallery by Peter & Jackie Main at pbase.com

1968 to 1970

These are scans of my father's slide photos that were taken between 1968 and 1970. We lived in a Canadian community in southern Rajasthan on the Chambal River about 40 miles from Kota near the Rajathan Atomic Power Project (R.A.P.P.). The families were all Canadian or British and all the men, except my father, were engineers building an atomic power plant that had been donated to India by Canada. My father was the teacher for all of the Canadian children at Townsite.

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Bainshrogar Crossing	Bainshrogar	Carrying Soil (that's me)	Carrying Water	Cattle Food
Char Sau Bis	Cloth Merchant	Construction Rec Hall 1	Construction Rec Hall 2	Construction Rec Hall 3
Cutting Grass	DC 3	Rana Pratap Sagar Dam - Gate Open (1969)	Departure	Dhobi Wallah
Dhud Wallah	From Readymoney Shop	Ghandi Sagar Gorge	Ghandi Sagar	Hallowe'en
Housing 2	Housing	Circa 1969 Kids at shop	Kota - Subsi Mundi	Lake Palace Hotel
Fabric Shop circa 1969	Charsabis's store circa 1969	Charsabis's store circa 1969	Market 10	Market circa 1969
Market circa 1969	Market 6	Market 7	Market 8	Market 9
Papaya Tree	Monsoon Before	Monsoon After	People	Market circa 1969

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Kishor		08-Sep-2024 15:06
Dear Peter, I wanted to express my heartfelt gratitude for sharing the old photos of Rawatbhata. It brought back a flood of memories and nostalgia for me. As someone who was born (1970) and brought up in (C5/397 quarter, phase-II) Rawatbhata, it was amazing to see the place where I spent my childhood through your lens. By God's grace, soon after completing my schooling in Rawatbhata, I was able to become an Engineer myself in RAPS, Rawatbhata - a truly fulfilling experience to be working in my own hometown. I'm currently living in H7-3, Township. My kids also have fond memories of Rawatbhata, having studied at AECS 4 during their school days. It's wonderful to see how Rawatbhata has played a significant role in shaping multiple generations of my family. Thank you once again for sharing these precious photos. They are truly a treasure for me and my family! Best regards, Kishor Singh 70kishorsingh@gmail.com

Guest		08-Dec-2014 21:48
Hi, thank you. I worked in the US Consulate in Bombay 1968-1970 and our oldest son was born there. Terry Leitzell

Guest		01-Dec-2010 01:56
Hi There Was intrigued by the name "Char Sau Bis", don't recall that shop(i lived in r'bhata 66-71), then realised the locals must have named it thus because in the Indian penal code IPC 420 (Char Sau Bis = 420)refers to cheating!, Cheers! Raghu Char

AJAY KUMAR MEENA		05-Sep-2009 12:45
i am AJAY KUMAR MEENA Age- Year i am fill very happy after seen all photo of my home town thanks who collect and keep this unforgettable memories of our RAWATBHATA thanks again with my salute "JAI HIND"

sahil koli		15-Aug-2009 07:28
nice to see rawatbhata's snap of previous time of my birth . by the my name is sahil iam was born in rawatbhata in 1985 and still living there. right now iam studying in medical college.

Ashwini Kohli		24-Apr-2009 08:54
Nice to see Akash Hiranjal writng a few lines. Hiranjal Sir was my music teacher and did train me to the basic playing of Spanish guitar for a few hindi film numbers. I lost my passion for it in the rush to make a living but even today whenever I hear "Kahin Deep Jale kahin dil" or I start humming SA SA RE RE Ga MA . Rawatbhata it's simply unforgettable.

Akash Heranjal		08-Mar-2009 19:21
Hi All, Firstly, Thanks to the person who has put these images and refreshed my memories. My childhood was in Rawatbhata. My father worked as a music teacher in Central School. All my childhood (1976 to 1989) was there. I am looking for my good old friends, Can anyone help? I am looking for Seemath Sharma, Manoj, Shamu where are you all. I have lost you.

Rohan Kapoor		01-Jan-2009 18:52
Hey! I am living in Township, Rawatbhata for last 22 years(1986-till date). Its like heaven to me. thanx for sharing those pics of my place and giving all others a look of how rawatbhata was few years back..

keertikesh		27-Jul-2006 14:47
Thats really nice.Thanks for making these photos freely available over net.

Guest		24-Apr-2006 01:02
Hi, My name is Michael Jakubowski and I lived there there from 1967-1971 while my father worked at RAPP. I think I recognize my brother from the Halloween picture.

NIKHIL SAXENA		12-Mar-2005 21:13
Hi, i'm Nikhil Saxena, i was born in rawat bhata in 1979,& stayed there till 1997, well my parents were there from 1965-2002, & it was very nice & refreshing to see all these pic, i also got some old pic & would like to upload it, i'm right now in merchant navy & working for Singaporean firm working as 2nd officer, &my parents r still there at kota,its a lot more to talk about but hope i should end all this here, well u can contact me on the above email id or nik_sax@yahoo.com, or call me on 0744-2437658, best regards, Nikhil Saxena

Guest		12-Mar-2005 20:40
I am living in Rawatbhata from last 16 years and resided in township for about 10 years... it was really good to see those snaps from the colony where I spended my childhood along with friends... as a child i always used to think "how would have been township (Town site)in 1968-1970 wheh the Canadians lived here" and finally I got almost all my curosities answered here on this site thanks for returning some of my wonderfull moments back to me... you guys are doing a great job ... all the very best... Vineet Pundir +91-9414184902.

Steven Caudill		02-Sep-2004 21:36
THis gallery is nice! I love seeing these old photos... and seeing a sample of what India looked like back then....

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