This picture revealed so much -- particularly the much talked about relationship between Nehru and Edwina.

He used to visit countries and capture moments in his camera when these countries were passing through their historical journey.

He took the picture of Nehru announcing the assassination of Mahatma Gandhi which captured the agony of that tragic moment on January 30, 1948.

The pictures he took during the funeral of the Father of the Nation were works of art.

July 13, 1994. Cartier-Bresson whistles after the screening of a movie by British photographer-director Sarah Moon, Henri Cartier-Bresson, point d'interrogation.

Photograph: Eric Cabanis/AFP/Getty Images

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