Homai Vyarawalla: The Beacon of Photojournalism

HOMAI VYARAWALLA: THE BEACON OF PHOTOJOURNALISM

Homai Vyarawalla was India's first woman photojournalist and was monumental in covering the British transfer of power during India's independence.

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Vyarawalla was born in 1913 in Gujarat to a Parsi family

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She graduated from St. Xavier's College, Mumbai and then went on to study at JJ School of Art in Mumbai.

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In college she met Manekshaw Vyarawalla, who introduced her to photography and they would later get married

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Rehana Mogul at the JJ School of Arts in 1940s, pictured by Homai Vyarawalla

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Gandhi with Abdul Gaffar Khan at the meeting where the partition was decided in 1947, pictured by Homai Vyarawalla

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Jinnah at his last press conference before leaving for Pakistan in August 1947, pictured by Homai Vyarawalla

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Jawaharlal Nehru with Edwina Mountbatten, pictured by Homai Vyarawalla

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The First Republic Day Parade on 26 January 1950 in Delhi, pictured by Homai Vyarawalla

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Queen Elizabeth at a fashion show in Delhi in 1961, pictured by Homai Vyarawalla

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Indira Gandhi with her sons Rajiv and Sanjay at the first Asian Games in 1951, pictured by Homai Vyarawalla

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Jackie Kennedy with Indira Gandhi in 1962 in Delhi pictured by Homai Vyarawalla

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Vyarawalla's career lasted for more than three decades and she was awarded the Padma Vibhushan in 2011 for her indelible contribution to the field of photojournalism

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