Homai Vyarawalla | Wiki | Bio |
Homai Vyarawalla | Wiki | Bio | Homai Vyarawalla was born on December 9, 1913. She was commonly known by her pseudonym – Dalda 13. She was awarded the Padma Vibhusan, the second highest civilian award. She clicked some memorable photographs between 1938 and 1970.The pictures of first tricolour-hoisting after Independence, the death of Mahatma Gandhi, the then Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru releasing a pigeon and others have become part of national archives. Homai Vyarawalla ,Born on December 13, 1913 in a middle-class Parsi family in Navsari,Gujarat. She lived in many places because of her father’s traveling theatre company. After moving to Bombay, she studied at Bombay University and later at Sir JJ School of Art. Her father was an actor with a Parsi-Urdu theatre. Vyarawalla began her photography career in 1938. She learnt photography from Maneckshaw Vyarawalla whom she married in 1941. They later shifted to Delhi. AT the outbreak of W...
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