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Mahatma Gandhi
Rajasekharan Parameswaran, oil portrait painted in 2011; photograph dated 2 June 2014 in the Commons record, uploaded in 2019. Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0; uploader identity confirmed by VRT ticket 2017092710002266. Complete supplied 4,000 × 2,802 frame, including canvas edges and signature, proportionally reduced to 1,200 × 841 WebP without enlargement, cropping or retouching. This is a later artwork, not a lifetime photograph. The image remains available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
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B. R. Ambedkar
Rajasekharan Parameswaran, oil portrait of B. R. Ambedkar, 2025. Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0; permission confirmed by VRT ticket 2026051010000502. Complete supplied 2,756 × 3,885 frame, including signature, proportionally reduced to 1,135 × 1,600 WebP without enlargement, cropping or retouching. This is a later artwork, not a lifetime photograph. The image remains available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
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Jamsetji Tata
Original photographer, photographic sitting date and postcard publisher unknown; PaperJewels.org, “Sir J. N. Tata”, a 1910 collotype postcard reproducing a portrait, via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 4.0). The 1910 publication date follows Tata’s 1904 death and is not an exposure date. Paper Jewels explicitly permits commercial reuse with credit. Complete supplied 781 × 1200 postcard, including the printed historical caption, converted to WebP without cropping, enlargement, retouching or restoration. The postcard’s “Sir” caption is reproduced as part of the object, not adopted as a verified biographical title. No endorsement implied.
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N. R. Narayana Murthy
St. Gallen Symposium; Universitätsarchiv St.Gallen | HSGN 028/01586 | CC BY-SA 4.0. N. R. Narayana Murthy at the 31st ISC Symposium, 2001, via Wikimedia Commons; permission recorded under VRT ticket 2022040610006103. Complete supplied frame auto-oriented according to its EXIF tag, proportionally reduced to 933 × 1400 and converted to WebP without cropping, enlargement, retouching or restoration. This image remains under CC BY-SA 4.0; no endorsement implied.
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Rabindranath Tagore
William Rothenstein, 1912 drawing of Rabindranath Tagore, reproduced as the frontispiece of the 1913 Gitanjali. Published in 1913; public domain in the United States because publication predates 1931. The named English artist died in 1945, beyond the UK life-plus-70-year term. Archived 14 December 2019 full-page Commons scan, 2870 × 4335, proportionally reduced to 1059 × 1600 and converted to WebP. Entire supplied page, signature, margins and marks retained without cropping, retouching, restoration or enlargement. Historical artwork, not a photograph.
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Satyajit Ray
Dinu Alam, Satyajit Ray in New York, dated 1981 in the photographer’s Commons record; CC BY-SA 4.0. The record’s description and embedded date metadata disagree. Later context portrait, not a Pather Panchali production still. Complete 649 × 980 photograph, including the background figure, converted to WebP at its original dimensions without cropping, retouching, restoration or enlargement; this version remains CC BY-SA 4.0.
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Jawaharlal Nehru
Abbie Rowe, National Park Service, 7 November 1961; Nehru seated at left with President John F. Kennedy in the Oval Office. US federal employee’s official work, public domain under 17 USC 105. Wikimedia Commons original upload of 2 February 2015, 786 × 1,000 pixels; complete supplied frame retained at native dimensions in WebP, including background figures and room. No cropping, enlargement or retouching.
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Indira Gandhi
Abbie Rowe, National Park Service, 7 November 1961. Left to right: Jacqueline Kennedy, Jawaharlal Nehru, Indira Gandhi and John F. Kennedy at the White House; Indira was not yet prime minister. US federal employee’s official work, public domain under 17 USC 105. Complete 1,000 × 785 supplied frame, including background person and physical print crease, retained at native dimensions in WebP without cropping, enlargement or restoration.
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Sarojini Naidu
John Butler Yeats, 1896 drawing of Sarojini Naidu, reproduced in The Golden Threshold (1916 New York/London edition; first published 1905). Artist died in 1922: source-country life-plus-70 term has expired; the reproduction was published before 1931 and is public domain in the United States. Original Commons upload of 10 April 2014 selected, preceding the restored 2021 version. Complete supplied drawing, margins, signature and scan marks retained; 1,275 × 1,746 reduced proportionally to 1,168 × 1,600 WebP, without cropping or retouching.
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Sushma Swaraj
Chetankhanna1502, own photograph at Raisina Dialogue, New Delhi, 1 March 2016. Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0; single original upload of 19 November 2017. Complete 5,472 × 3,648 supplied frame, including podium, water glass and background, proportionally reduced to 1,600 × 1,067 WebP without cropping, enlargement or retouching. This image remains available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
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Ratan Tata
Lightyears20, “Great Lakes RatanTata”, 3 December 2006, own photograph via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0. Ratan Naval Tata stands at the lectern on the left; another participant and the event banner remain visible. Complete supplied 1006 × 584 frame converted to WebP without cropping, enlargement, retouching or restoration. This image remains under CC BY-SA 3.0; no endorsement implied.
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Azim Premji
Copyright World Economic Forum / photograph by Dana Smillie, Azim H. Premji at the India Economic Summit, New Delhi, 17 November 2008, via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 2.0. Commons records VRT permission ticket 2008032810015671 and a Flickr licence review. Complete supplied 680 × 1024 frame converted to WebP without cropping, enlargement, retouching or restoration. This image remains under CC BY-SA 2.0; no endorsement implied.
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Shiv Nadar
British High Commission, New Delhi / UK in India, Shiv Nadar receiving the UKTI Business Person of the Year Award with Sir Richard Stagg, 12 October 2009, via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 2.0; Flickr licence reviewed 22 December 2013. Nadar is on the right and Stagg on the left; the person behind them remains in the complete frame. Proportionally reduced from 1983 × 1804 to 1400 × 1274 and converted to WebP without cropping, enlargement, retouching or restoration. This image remains under CC BY-SA 2.0; no endorsement implied.
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Mukesh Ambani
World Economic Forum, Mukesh Ambani at the India Economic Summit, New Delhi, 2 December 2007, via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 2.0; VRT permission ticket 2008032810015671. Complete supplied 800 × 533 frame, including the name card, glass and adjacent seating, converted to WebP without cropping, enlargement, retouching or restoration. This image remains under CC BY-SA 2.0; no endorsement implied.
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Mulk Raj Anand
Amarjit Chandan, Mulk Raj Anand in London, 1982, Amarjit Chandan Archive. CC BY-SA 4.0, permission confirmed in Commons VRT ticket 2021062810007131. Complete supplied 749 × 1181 photograph converted to WebP at its original dimensions; no crop, enlargement, retouching or restoration. This version remains CC BY-SA 4.0. Later author portrait, not an image of Bakha or a 1935 publication event.
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Ravi Shankar
Alexandra Ignatenko, Ravi Shankar performing in Delhi, 1 March 2009. CC BY-SA 3.0, permission confirmed in Commons VRT ticket 2009111910019079. Complete supplied 744 × 678 photograph, including the sitar and stage objects, converted to WebP at its original dimensions without cropping, enlargement, retouching or restoration. This version remains CC BY-SA 3.0. Later concert photograph, not Monterey 1967 or the 1971 concerto premiere.
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S. H. Raza
Chetan Nikam, S. H. Raza at the Delhi Art Summit, 21 January 2011, own photograph, CC BY-SA 4.0. Complete supplied 3008 × 2000 frame, including the surrounding people and inscribed book, proportionally reduced to 1600 × 1064 and converted to WebP. No crop, enlargement, retouching or restoration; this version remains CC BY-SA 4.0. Artist context photograph, not a reproduction of a Bindu painting.
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Girish Karnad
Pushkar V (Commons user Pushkarv), Girish Karnad, 28 October 2010, own photograph, CC BY 3.0. Complete supplied 2592 × 3024 frame, including chair, table, book, bottles and glass, proportionally reduced to 1371 × 1600 and converted to WebP without cropping, enlargement, retouching or restoration. Later author photograph, not a Tughlaq production still.
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Narendra Modi
Prime Minister’s Office, Government of India, via PIB photograph 161731, 24 June 2024. Modi addresses the media before the first session of the 18th Lok Sabha, with ministers beside him. GODL-India; source and licence acknowledged, no endorsement implied. Commons original upload 25 June 2024, 2,200 × 1,323; complete supplied frame proportionally reduced to 1,600 × 962 WebP without cropping, enlargement or retouching.
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Manmohan Singh
Samantha Appleton, official White House photograph P112409SA-0145, 24 November 2009. Manmohan Singh at left and Barack Obama at right listen to the anthem during the state arrival ceremony. US federal employee’s official work, public domain under 17 USC 105. Commons upload 26 November 2009; entire 4,096 × 2,731 frame reduced proportionally to 1,600 × 1,067 WebP without cropping, enlargement or retouching.
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Atal Bihari Vajpayee
Paul Morse, official White House photograph, 24 September 2003: George W. Bush with Atal Bihari Vajpayee during United Nations meetings in New York. US federal employee’s official work, public domain under 17 USC 105. Commons upload 15 May 2018; complete 514 × 355 supplied frame retained at native dimensions in WebP without cropping, enlargement or retouching.
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Sonia Gandhi
US Department of State, 19 July 2011: Hillary Clinton at left is greeted by Sonia Gandhi in New Delhi. Official US federal employee’s work, public domain under 17 USC 105; Flickr government-work licence reviewed 19 December 2014. Complete 2,357 × 2,168 supplied frame reduced proportionally to 1,600 × 1,472 WebP without cropping, enlargement or retouching.
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Pratibha Patil
Vrajendranandana Das / ISKCON Communications India, CC BY-SA 3.0; copyright permission confirmed by Wikimedia VRT ticket 2012041510004723. Pratibha Patil, second from left, receives a Russian Bhagavad Gita translation at Rashtrapati Bhavan. The caption dates the meeting 27 February 2012; the file’s date field says 28 February. Commons upload 15 April 2012; complete 2,752 × 1,835 frame reduced proportionally to 1,600 × 1,067 WebP. No cropping, enlargement or retouching; this WebP remains under CC BY-SA 3.0.
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Droupadi Murmu
Prime Minister’s Office, Government of India, via PIB photograph 207458, 20 April 2026. Droupadi Murmu at left, South Korean president Lee Jae-myung at centre and Narendra Modi at right at Rashtrapati Bhavan. GODL-India; no endorsement implied. Commons upload 25 April 2026, source reviewed 5 May 2026. After two original-download 429 responses, the exact record’s observed 960 × 939 full-frame preview was used at native dimensions. WebP conversion only; no cropping, enlargement or retouching.
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Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw
David Shankbone, Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw at the Time 100 Gala, 4 May 2010, own photograph via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 3.0. Complete supplied 1913 × 2476 frame proportionally reduced to 1082 × 1400 and converted to WebP; no cropping, enlargement, retouching or restoration. No endorsement implied.
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Anu Aga
Nsnehasingh, Anu Aga speaking at a conference, own photograph uploaded to Wikimedia Commons on 19 August 2014, CC BY-SA 4.0. The backdrop bears 2010; the exposure date is unresolved and the upload date is not asserted as the event date. Complete supplied 720 × 483 frame converted to WebP without cropping, enlargement, retouching or restoration. Image remains CC BY-SA 4.0; no endorsement implied.
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Roshni Nadar Malhotra
US Embassy New Delhi, “Ambassador Richard Verma visits Shiv Nadar University, Vidyagyan School, India Today Media Institute and CNN-IBN (May 8, 2015)”, Flickr photograph 20053138941, CC BY-ND 2.0. Roshni Nadar Malhotra sits at the left and Ambassador Verma at the right. Complete source-supplied 1024 × 683 preview converted to WebP solely as a technical format change; no crop, enlargement, colour change, retouching or restoration. The photograph remains CC BY-ND 2.0. Commons’s separate public-domain assertion is not relied upon; no endorsement implied.
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Anand Mahindra
Nikitamnm, Anand Mahindra, 1 February 2007, own photograph via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0. Complete supplied 780 × 798 frame converted to WebP without cropping, enlargement, retouching or restoration. Image remains CC BY-SA 3.0; no endorsement implied.
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Nandan Nilekani
World Economic Forum, Nandan Nilekani at the India Economic Summit, New Delhi, 3 December 2007, via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 2.0; VRT permission ticket 2008032810015671 and Flickr licence review of 13 February 2009. Complete supplied 800 × 533 frame, including nameplate, microphones and backdrop, converted to WebP without cropping, enlargement, retouching or restoration. Image remains CC BY-SA 2.0; no endorsement implied.
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Deepak Parekh
St. Gallen Symposium / Universitätsarchiv St.Gallen, HSGN 028/01958, Deepak S. Parekh at the 39th St. Gallen Symposium, 2009, CC BY-SA 4.0. Complete source-supplied 1280 × 856 preview from the 2464 × 1648 record converted to WebP; original download was rate-limited twice. No crop, enlargement, retouching or restoration. Image remains CC BY-SA 4.0; no endorsement implied.
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Lata Mangeshkar
Bollywood Hungama, Lata Mangeshkar at a Saregama album launch, 20 October 2010. CC BY 3.0; Commons VRT permission ticket 2008030310010794 and source review recorded. Complete supplied 473 × 439 photograph converted to WebP at the same dimensions, without cropping, enlargement, retouching or restoration. Later career photograph, not the 1963 performance.
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A. R. Rahman
Bollywood Hungama, A. R. Rahman opening music studios at Whistling Woods International, 15 March 2007. CC BY 3.0; Commons VRT permission ticket 2008030310010794 and source review recorded. Complete supplied 350 × 297 photograph converted to WebP at the same dimensions, without cropping, enlargement, retouching or restoration. Later event photograph, not a Roja recording session.
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Arundhati Roy
Jaypee (Commons user Journojp), Arundhati Roy at a public meeting in Jalandhar, Punjab, 17 October 2010, own photograph, CC BY-SA 4.0. After two original-download HTTP 429 responses, the record’s actually supplied complete 500 × 750 preview was converted to WebP at the same dimensions. No crop, enlargement, retouching or restoration; this version remains CC BY-SA 4.0. Later author photograph, not an illustration of the novel.
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Amrita Pritam
Amarjit Chandan, Amrita Pritam at Heathrow Airport, London, circa 1971, Amarjit Chandan Archive. CC BY-SA 4.0; permission confirmed in Commons VRT ticket 2021062810007131. After two original-download HTTP 429 responses, the record’s actually supplied complete 500 × 500 preview was converted to WebP at the same dimensions. No crop, enlargement, retouching or restoration; this version remains CC BY-SA 4.0. Later author photograph, not a 1947–1948 event image.
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M. F. Husain
Art Alive Gallery, Sunaina Anand and Ina Puri with M. F. Husain at Dubai Art Fair 2008. CC BY-SA 3.0; permission confirmed in Commons VRT ticket 2009090410008247. After two original-download HTTP 429 responses, the record’s actually supplied complete 330 × 247 preview was converted to WebP at the same dimensions. No crop, enlargement, retouching or restoration; this version remains CC BY-SA 3.0. Group context photograph, not a reproduction of an Indian Civilization painting.
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Shabana Azmi
Ifthekhar Omer, Shabana Azmi speaking at BRAC University’s eleventh convocation, Dhaka, Bangladesh, 5 December 2016, own photograph, CC BY-SA 4.0. After an original-download HTTP 429 response, the record’s actually supplied complete 1280 × 853 preview was converted to WebP at the same dimensions. No crop, enlargement, retouching or restoration; this version remains CC BY-SA 4.0. Later public-event photograph, not an Ankur film still.
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Arvind Kejriwal
DelhiiteRock, Arvind Kejriwal in Bangalore.JPG, 27 July 2013, at AAP Karnataka’s inauguration; Wikimedia Commons upload 13:22 UTC, 28 October 2013, description revision 1173553847. Kejriwal stands with a microphone at left. CC BY-SA 3.0; complete supplied 1,024 × 768 frame converted to WebP at native dimensions, with metadata retained/re-encoded, without cropping, enlargement or retouching. This later photograph does not show the 2011 movement; no endorsement implied.
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J. Jayalalithaa
Prime Minister’s Office, Government of India, via Press Information Bureau photograph 68312/CNR70983, 7 August 2015: Narendra Modi at left meets J. Jayalalithaa at right in Chennai. GODL-India, with the PIB and PMO reproduction policies providing corroborating grants; source and licence acknowledged, no endorsement implied. Commons upload 17:02 UTC, 26 August 2018, description revision 1070454488. Complete 2,200 × 1,685 frame reduced proportionally to 1,600 × 1,225 WebP with metadata retained/re-encoded, without cropping, enlargement or retouching.
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Mayawati
Anjilajatav, Bahen Mayawati ji.jpg, Wikimedia Commons; record describes a 2024 Lok Sabha election event and supplies 1 May 2024 as its date. Upload 10:50 UTC, 5 July 2024; description revision 1181022183. Mayawati is the cream-clad figure at left of the central presentation. CC BY-SA 4.0; complete supplied 1,170 × 1,582 frame retained at native size as WebP, including its camera watermark, without cropping, enlargement or retouching. Exposure date is the uploader’s record, not independently authenticated EXIF; no endorsement implied.
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Mamata Banerjee
Biswarup Ganguly, 8 December 2011, Mamata Banerjee at the Infocom exhibition in Kolkata; Wikimedia Commons file Mamata Banerjee - Kolkata 2011-12-08 7538.JPG, upload version 07:07 UTC, 9 December 2011, description revision 1139490031. CC BY 3.0. After two HTTP 429 responses for the 4,288 × 2,848 original, the record’s actually linked complete-frame 960 × 638 preview was acquired and retained at that size as WebP, with supplied metadata. No crop, enlargement, orientation correction or retouching; no endorsement implied.
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Lal Bahadur Shastri
Prime Minister’s Office, Government of India: photograph supplied on its Lal Bahadur Shastri profile, file shashtri2.jpg, checked 23 October 2026. PMO’s website copyright policy permits accurate reproduction with prominent source acknowledgment; no third-party copyright is identified on the record. Complete supplied 150 × 237 frame retained at native dimensions and converted to WebP without cropping, enlargement or retouching. Photographer and exposure date are not supplied.
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A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
Eric Draper, official White House photograph d-1124, 2 March 2006. A. P. J. Abdul Kalam at left foreground with Laura Bush and George W. Bush at the state dinner in New Delhi. US federal employee’s official work, public domain under 17 USC 105. Complete 514 × 342 supplied frame retained at native dimensions and converted to WebP with metadata, without cropping, enlargement or retouching.
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Uday Kotak
Ministry of Finance, Government of India / Press Information Bureau, photograph by Manoj Kumar (EXIF), PIB photo 93007: Uday Kotak, Arun Jaitley and Gerry Grimstone, New Delhi, 7 November 2016. PIB accurate-reproduction permission; Commons also records GODL-India. Complete source-supplied 960 × 768 preview converted to WebP without cropping, enlargement, retouching or restoration, after two original-download rate limits. Government source acknowledged; no endorsement implied.
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Harsh Mariwala
Ministry of Finance, Government of India / Press Information Bureau, photograph by P. S. Kanwar (EXIF), PIB photo 38126: Harsh Mariwala with Pranab Mukherjee, Jaipal Reddy and Irene Muloni at the India-Africa Hydrocarbons Conference, New Delhi, 9 December 2011. PIB accurate-reproduction permission; Commons also records GODL-India. Complete source-supplied 960 × 627 preview converted to WebP without cropping, enlargement, retouching or restoration, after two original-download rate limits. Government source acknowledged; no endorsement implied.
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Naina Lal Kidwai
Richter Frank-Jurgen / Horasis, Naina Lal Kidwai at the Horasis Global India Business Meeting, Liverpool, 23 June 2014, CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons; Flickr licence reviewed 29 April 2015. Complete supplied 3280 × 4928 frame proportionally reduced to 932 × 1400 and converted to WebP; no cropping, enlargement, retouching or restoration. Image remains CC BY-SA 2.0; no endorsement implied.
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Gautam Adani
Gautam Adani, credited rights holder on Wikimedia Commons; portrait uploaded 3 May 2012, CC BY 3.0, confirmed by VRT ticket 2012050310007269. Photographer and exposure date are not independently identified. Complete supplied 392 × 525 frame converted to WebP without cropping, enlargement, retouching or restoration. No endorsement implied.
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Sunil Bharti Mittal
World Economic Forum / swiss-image.ch, photograph by Monika Flueckiger: Sunil Bharti Mittal at the Innovative India session, Davos, Switzerland, 25 January 2008, CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons. Complete supplied 550 × 369 frame converted to WebP without cropping, enlargement, retouching or restoration. Image remains CC BY-SA 2.0; no endorsement implied.
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Venu Srinivasan
World Economic Forum, photograph by Matthew Jordaan: Venu Srinivasan at the India Economic Summit, New Delhi, 8 November 2009, CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons; Flickr licence confirmed 24 August 2011. Complete supplied 1659 × 2008 frame proportionally reduced to 1157 × 1400 and converted to WebP; no cropping, enlargement, retouching or restoration. Image remains CC BY-SA 2.0; no endorsement implied.
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Shah Rukh Khan
Bollywood Hungama, Shah Rukh Khan at the 61st Britannia Filmfare Awards, 2016. CC BY 3.0; Commons VRT ticket 2008030310010794 and source review dated 4 November 2016. Complete supplied 715 × 1080 photograph converted to WebP at native dimensions, without cropping, enlargement, retouching or restoration. Later event portrait, not a DDLJ film still; the record’s precise capture date is not relied upon.
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Amitabh Bachchan
Bollywood Hungama, Amitabh Bachchan hosting an NDTV–Dettol Banega Swachh India Cleanathon, photograph uploaded in December 2014; exact capture date unspecified. CC BY 3.0; Commons VRT ticket 2008030310010794 and source review dated 23 December 2014. Complete supplied 348 × 357 frame converted to WebP at native dimensions, without cropping, enlargement, retouching or restoration. Later public-event portrait, not a Deewaar still.
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Aishwarya Rai Bachchan
Bollywood Hungama, Aishwarya Rai Bachchan celebrating her birthday with the media, 1 November 2013. CC BY 3.0; Commons VRT ticket 2008030310010794 and source review dated 15 May 2014. Uses the archived initial upload of 14 May 2014 at 06:36, the complete 585 × 882 frame, rather than the later cropped versions. Converted to WebP at native dimensions without cropping, enlargement, retouching or restoration; original watermark retained. Later event photograph, not an Iruvar still.
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Vikram Seth
Amrhelweh, Vikram Seth in India, 8 January 2015, own photograph, CC BY-SA 4.0. Complete 3264 × 2448 original reduced proportionally to 1280 × 960 WebP with available EXIF retained. No crop, enlargement, retouching or restoration; this version remains CC BY-SA 4.0. Seth appears in the left foreground with two other people behind him; later context photograph, not a scene from the novel.
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Zakir Hussain
Sven.petersen, Zakir Hussain performing with Remember Shakti in Munich, July 2001, own photograph. Photographer explicitly released it worldwide into the public domain on Commons, 3 May 2008. After two original-download HTTP 429 responses, the record’s actually supplied complete 960 × 720 preview was converted to WebP at the same dimensions, without cropping, enlargement, retouching or restoration. Later Remember Shakti performance, not the original band’s 1975 concert.
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Ruskin Bond
Jim Ankan Deka (Commons user Ankanjim), Ruskin Bond speaking at the launch of Hip Hop Nature Boy and Other Poems, Landmark, Forum Mall, Bangalore, 6 June 2012, own photograph, CC BY-SA 3.0. Complete supplied 1000 × 729 photograph converted to WebP at native dimensions with available EXIF retained, without cropping, enlargement, retouching or restoration; this version remains CC BY-SA 3.0. Later author photograph, not an illustration of Rusty or the 1950s room.
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Pranab Mukherjee
US Department of the Treasury, 6 April 2010: Pranab Mukherjee at left with Timothy Geithner in New Delhi. Official US federal government work, public domain in the United States; Flickr record 4496752631 and Commons upload 1 July 2012, description revision 959829356. Complete 2,389 × 2,336 supplied frame reduced proportionally to 1,600 × 1,565 WebP, with metadata retained/re-encoded, without cropping, enlargement or retouching. No endorsement implied.
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Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan
Harry Pot / Anefo, Nationaal Archief, collection photograph 913-0707, 19 October 1961: Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan stands centre-left at the Tropenmuseum. CC0 1.0. Complete 2,593 × 2,625 supplied frame reduced proportionally to 1,580 × 1,600 WebP with metadata retained/re-encoded, without cropping, enlargement or retouching. Other attendees and the original frame edges remain visible.
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P. V. Narasimha Rao
Prime Minister’s Office, Government of India, official Narasimha Rao profile photograph rao2.jpg, checked 23 October 2026. PMO’s copyright policy permits accurate reproduction with prominent source acknowledgment and excludes identified third-party material; none is identified on this profile record. Complete supplied 150 × 237 photograph retained at native dimensions as WebP with metadata, without cropping, enlargement or retouching. Photographer and exposure date are not supplied.
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Meira Kumar
Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs, Government of India, via PIB photograph 34571/CNR37560: Meira Kumar at the left podium in Panama, 16 April 2011. GODL-India as recorded by Commons; PIB’s accurate-reproduction policy supplies a corroborating grant, requiring source credit and excluding third-party material. After exactly two HTTP 429 responses for the original, the record’s actually linked complete 960 × 640 preview was acquired and retained at native size as WebP with supplied metadata. The camera’s 1 January 2000 date is inconsistent with the caption; the caption supplies the event date. No crop, enlargement or retouching; no endorsement implied.
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Rajiv Gandhi
Prime Minister’s Office, Government of India, official Rajiv Gandhi profile photograph rajiv2.jpg, checked 23 October 2026. PMO’s copyright policy permits accurate reproduction with prominent source acknowledgment and excludes identified third-party material; none is identified on this profile record. Complete supplied 150 × 237 photograph retained at native dimensions as WebP with metadata, without cropping, enlargement or retouching. Photographer and exposure date are not supplied.
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Sumitra Mahajan
Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs, Government of India, via PIB photograph 68005/CNR70676: Sumitra Mahajan at the far-left podium during the Speaker’s Research Initiative workshop, Parliament House Annexe, New Delhi, 23 July 2015. GODL-India as recorded by Commons; PIB’s accurate-reproduction policy supplies a corroborating grant, requiring source credit and excluding third-party material. After exactly two HTTP 429 responses for the original, the record’s actually linked complete 960 × 587 preview was acquired and retained at native size as WebP with supplied metadata. No crop, enlargement or retouching; no endorsement implied.
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Pawan Munjal
Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports / Press Information Bureau, photograph by Shivraj, Photo Division, Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, Government of India; PIB 26195: Pawan Munjal at right signing the Commonwealth Games partnership MoU with Suresh Kalmadi, New Delhi, 11 December 2009. PIB accurate-reproduction permission. Complete supplied 960 × 650 preview converted to WebP after two original-download rate limits; no cropping, enlargement, retouching or restoration. Source acknowledged; no endorsement implied.
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Baba Kalyani
World Economic Forum, photograph by Matthew Jordaan: Baba N. Kalyani at the India Economic Summit, New Delhi, 8 November 2009, CC BY-SA 2.0; Flickr source 4084395153, licence confirmed 24 August 2011. Complete supplied 960 × 1685 same-version preview proportionally reduced to 798 × 1400 and converted to WebP after two original-download rate limits. No cropping, enlargement, retouching or restoration. Image remains CC BY-SA 2.0; no endorsement implied.
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Pankaj Patel
President’s Secretariat, Government of India / Press Information Bureau, PIB photo 182571: Pankaj R. Patel at left receives the Padma Bhushan from President Droupadi Murmu at Rashtrapati Bhavan, New Delhi, 28 April 2025. PIB accurate-reproduction permission. Complete official 1066 × 1600 frame proportionally reduced to 933 × 1400 and converted to WebP without cropping, enlargement, retouching or restoration. Photographer not identified in the selected record. Source acknowledged; no endorsement implied.
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Vijay Shekhar Sharma
Horasis / Richter Frank-Jurgen: Vijay Shekhar Sharma at centre with two other participants at the Horasis India Meeting, Segovia, Spain, 24 June 2019, CC BY-SA 2.0; Flickr source 48205976266, confirmed by licence review 10 June 2020. Complete 5616 × 3744 frame proportionally reduced to 1600 × 1067 and converted to WebP without cropping, enlargement, retouching or restoration. Image remains CC BY-SA 2.0; no endorsement implied.
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Vinita Bali
Great Lakes Institute of Management: Vinita Bali at right with Bala V. Balachandran at the institute, 15 August 2010, CC BY-SA 2.0; Flickr source 5009411868, published 20 September 2010, licence reviewed 26 December 2012. Complete supplied 1024 × 681 frame converted to WebP without cropping, enlargement, retouching or restoration. Photographer not individually identified. Image remains CC BY-SA 2.0; no endorsement implied.
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Mallika Srinivasan
Prime Minister’s Office / Press Information Bureau, Photo Division, Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, Government of India; PIB 10364: Mallika Srinivasan at right receives a business award from Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, Mumbai, 6 October 2006. PIB accurate-reproduction permission. Complete 1472 × 1083 frame converted to WebP without cropping, enlargement, retouching or restoration. Photographer not individually identified. Source acknowledged; no endorsement implied.
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Gulzar
Sanjay Vaidya, Gulzar at Bhaidas Hall, Mumbai; description identifies a 2013 event, uploaded 13 March 2018. CC BY-SA 4.0. Uses the initial 600 × 900 upload, archived before the June 2020 replacement, with its complete border, watermark and copyright credit retained. Converted to WebP at native dimensions with available metadata retained; no cropping, enlargement, retouching or restoration. This version remains CC BY-SA 4.0. Later portrait, not an Ijaazat film still.
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Khushwant Singh
President’s Secretariat / Press Information Bureau, Government of India, Khushwant Singh receiving the Padma Vibhushan from President A. P. J. Abdul Kalam, Rashtrapati Bhavan, New Delhi, 23 March 2007; PIB photograph 12700. Reproduced under PIB’s permission for accurate, prominently credited reproduction of its own material. Copyright retained; no public-domain claim. After two original-download HTTP 429 responses, the record’s supplied complete 960 × 893 preview was converted to WebP at the same dimensions, retaining available metadata and the whole group. No cropping, enlargement, retouching or restoration. Later award photograph, not a depiction of the novel’s events.
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Shreya Ghoshal
Bollywood Hungama, Shreya Ghoshal at Bappa Lahiri and Taneesha Verma’s sangeet ceremony, 16 April 2012. CC BY 3.0; Commons VRT ticket 2008030310010794. Complete 585 × 882 original converted to WebP at native dimensions with available metadata retained, without cropping, enlargement, retouching or restoration. Later event photograph, not a Devdas recording-session photograph or film still.
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Bhimsen Joshi
Ministry of Home Affairs / Press Information Bureau, Government of India, Additional Secretary A. E. Ahmad presenting the Bharat Ratna to Bhimsen Joshi in Pune, 10 February 2009; PIB photograph 22012. Joshi is seated near the centre-right in a red shawl; the complete group is retained. Reproduced under PIB’s permission for accurate, prominently credited reproduction of its own material; copyright retained, not public domain. After two original-download HTTP 429 responses, the record’s supplied complete 960 × 694 preview was converted to WebP at the same dimensions with available metadata retained. No cropping, enlargement, retouching or restoration. Award presentation, not a Sawai Gandharva performance; the President is not pictured.
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Bismillah Khan
Jonathansammy, Bismillah Khan in Leicester, 7 November 1993, own photograph released under CC BY-SA 4.0. Khan is seated near the centre in a grey shawl; the other people and the complete scanned frame are retained. Original 1742 × 1439 PNG reduced proportionally to 1280 × 1057 WebP with available metadata retained. No cropping, enlargement, colourisation, retouching or restoration; this version remains CC BY-SA 4.0. Later encounter photograph, not an image of the 1937 music conference or 1947 independence celebrations.
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Nandita Das
Bollywood Hungama, Nandita Das at the premiere of The Rat Race play. CC BY 3.0; Commons VRT ticket 2008030310010794, source reviewed 23 April 2012. The record’s description and date fields disagree about the event year, so no exact capture year is asserted. After two original-download HTTP 429 responses, the record’s supplied complete 500 × 750 preview was converted to WebP at the same dimensions with available metadata retained; background and other attendee retained. No cropping, enlargement, retouching or restoration. Later theatre-event photograph, not a Firaaq still.
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L. K. Advani
US Department of State, 20 July 2009: L. K. Advani at right welcomes Hillary Rodham Clinton at his New Delhi residence. Official federal government photograph, public domain in the United States; Commons description revision 1179554932, file uploaded 5 September 2011. Complete 3,965 × 2,567 supplied frame reduced proportionally to 1,600 × 1,036 WebP with supplied metadata retained/re-encoded; no cropping, enlargement or retouching. No endorsement implied.
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Nitin Gadkari
Gppande, via Wikimedia Commons, description revision 1260143677, image uploaded 9 February 2010. CC BY-SA 3.0; this WebP is shared under the same licence. Nitin Gadkari is the central foreground figure. The record flags its 1 June 2014 date as incorrect; original upload and camera metadata identify December 2009, so an exact exposure date is not asserted here. Complete 1,000 × 1,500 supplied frame retained at native dimensions with metadata; format conversion only, no crop, enlargement or retouching. No endorsement implied.
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Morarji Desai
Prime Minister’s Office, Government of India: official Morarji Desai profile photograph desai1.jpg, checked 23 October 2026. PMO’s copyright policy permits accurate reproduction with prominent source acknowledgment and excludes identified third-party material; none is identified on this profile record. Copyright is retained, not treated as public domain. Photographer and exposure date are not supplied. Complete 150 × 237 supplied frame retained at native dimensions as WebP with metadata; no cropping, enlargement or retouching.
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Nirmala Sitharaman
Tech Sgt. Vernon Young Jr / Archive: US Secretary of Defense, 3 December 2018: Nirmala Sitharaman at right meets James Mattis, whose head and shoulders occupy the left foreground, at the Pentagon. CC BY 2.0 as recorded and Flickr-reviewed on Commons; description revision 981033303. Original acquired after one HTTP 429 response. Complete 6,016 × 4,016 supplied frame reduced proportionally to 1,600 × 1,068 WebP with metadata retained/re-encoded; no cropping, enlargement or retouching. No endorsement implied.
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Smriti Irani
Ministry of Human Resource Development, Government of India / PIB photograph 56658, CNR 59398, 11 September 2014: Smriti Irani is the middle, third person in the complete five-person New Delhi press-conference frame. Commons description revision 1253116876 records GODL-India; PIB’s copyright policy also permits accurate credited reproduction of its own material and excludes third-party material. Original acquired after one HTTP 429 response. Complete 2,200 × 1,213 frame reduced proportionally to 1,600 × 882 WebP, with metadata; no cropping, enlargement or retouching. No endorsement implied.
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Vasundhara Raje
Government of India / PIB photograph 1204, CNR 5103, 25 June 2004: Vasundhara Raje at left meets Manmohan Singh at right in New Delhi. Commons description revision 742254258 records GODL-India; PIB’s copyright policy also permits accurate credited reproduction and excludes third-party material. After exactly two original HTTP 429 responses, the same record’s actually reported thumbnail_unscaled link supplied the complete original-size 900 × 606 frame, retained at native size as WebP with metadata. No cropping, enlargement or retouching; no endorsement implied.
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Kumar Mangalam Birla
Ministry of Railways / Press Information Bureau, photograph by Shivraj, Photo Division, Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, Government of India; PIB 22178: Kumar Mangalam Birla at right receives the JRD Tata Corporate Leadership Award from Lalu Prasad, New Delhi, 21 February 2009. The award itself is marked 2008. PIB accurate-reproduction permission; copyright retained. Complete 1900 × 1383 frame proportionally reduced to 1600 × 1165 and converted to WebP, with no cropping, enlargement, retouching or restoration. Source acknowledged; no endorsement implied.
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Adar Poonawalla
Rudolph.A.furtado: Adar Poonawalla in the foreground leaving the paddock with others behind him at the Indian Derby, Mahalaxmi Racecourse, Mumbai, 5 February 2023, CC BY 4.0. Complete supplied 960 × 960 same-version preview converted to WebP after two original-download rate limits. No cropping, enlargement, retouching or restoration; no endorsement implied.
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Sanjiv Goenka
World Economic Forum: Sanjiv Goenka at the Impatient India plenary, India Economic Summit, New Delhi, 9 November 2009, CC BY-SA 2.0. Flickr licence reviewed 22 July 2011; WEF permission also recorded under VRT ticket 2008032810015671. Complete 678 × 1024 source frame converted to WebP without cropping, enlargement, retouching or restoration. Photographer not individually named in the selected record; image remains CC BY-SA 2.0; no endorsement implied.
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Sangita Reddy
Ministry of Information and Broadcasting / Press Information Bureau: Sangita Reddy fifth from left, or third from right, on the India: Surging Ahead panel at Vigyan Bhawan, New Delhi, 27 May 2023. Complete official 804 × 449 frame converted to WebP under PIB accurate-reproduction permission; copyright retained. Photographer not identified. No cropping, enlargement, retouching or restoration; source acknowledged and no endorsement implied. Debjani Ghosh is third from left.
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Vani Kola
Fat32Ma: Vani Kola, 10 July 2020, own-work photograph, CC BY-SA 4.0. Complete supplied 960 × 718 same-version preview converted to WebP after two original-download rate limits; no cropping, enlargement, retouching or restoration. Existing supplied metadata retained where present; image remains CC BY-SA 4.0; no endorsement implied.
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Prathap C. Reddy
Ministry of Communications / Press Information Bureau, photograph by Hariom Mehra, Photo Division, Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, Government of India; PIB 68879: Prathap C. Reddy second from left at the Common Service Centres telemedicine launch, New Delhi, 25 August 2015. Complete supplied 960 × 534 same-version preview converted to WebP after two original-download rate limits. PIB accurate-reproduction permission; copyright retained. No cropping, enlargement, retouching or restoration; source acknowledged, no endorsement implied.
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Asha Bhosle
Krupasindhu Muduli, Asha Bhosle at Utkal Mandap, Bhubaneswar, Odisha, 12 October 2011. CC BY-SA 3.0. Complete 1920 × 2898 original reduced proportionally to 1060 × 1600 WebP with available metadata retained; no cropping, enlargement, retouching or restoration. This version remains CC BY-SA 3.0. Later event portrait, not an Umrao Jaan film still.
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Sudha Murty
Suyash Dwivedi, Sudha Murty at Jaipur Literature Festival, 15 January 2026. CC BY-SA 4.0. After two original-download HTTP 429 responses, the same record’s displayed complete 960 × 1440 preview was converted to WebP at native dimensions, retaining available metadata and the neighbouring person. No cropping, enlargement, retouching or restoration. This version remains CC BY-SA 4.0. Later festival portrait, not an illustration of an encounter in her book.
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Amitav Ghosh
Gage Skidmore, Amitav Ghosh at an event in Tempe, Arizona, 21 March 2017. CC BY-SA 3.0. Uses the complete original composition, not the separately extracted crop. After two original-download HTTP 429 responses, the record’s displayed complete 960 × 1278 preview was converted to WebP at native dimensions with available metadata retained. No cropping, enlargement, retouching or restoration. This version remains CC BY-SA 3.0. Later event portrait, not an image of the novel’s fictional events.
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Mira Nair
ZIFFphoto / Zanzibar International Film Festival, Mira Nair at ZIFF, 29 June 2013; Flickr licence reviewed on Commons on 10 June 2014. CC BY 2.0. After two original-download HTTP 429 responses, the record’s displayed complete 960 × 640 preview was converted to WebP at native dimensions with available metadata retained. No cropping, enlargement, retouching or restoration. Later festival photograph, not a Salaam Bombay! film still.
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Sonu Nigam
Vaikoovery, Sonu Nigam during a peace rally in Mumbai, 20 November 2011. CC BY 3.0, selected from the photographer’s dual-licence options. After two original-download HTTP 429 responses, the record’s displayed complete 960 × 1098 preview was converted to WebP at native dimensions, retaining available metadata, car window and badge. No cropping, enlargement, retouching or restoration. Later photograph, not a Kal Ho Naa Ho recording-session image or film still.
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K. J. Yesudas
Anees Kodiyathur / User:Aneezone, K. J. Yesudas singing, 2010. Original author upload on Malayalam Wikipedia, 8 March 2010; Commons transfer, 21 March 2010. Explicit CC BY-SA 3.0 licence, also offered under GFDL; no automatic GFDL-conversion claim. After two original-download HTTP 429 responses, the same record’s displayed complete 960 × 638 preview was converted to WebP at native dimensions, with the music stand and microphone retained. Available metadata retained; no cropping, enlargement, retouching or restoration. This version remains CC BY-SA 3.0. Later performance photograph, not a Chitchor film still.
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