The Untouchables number some 160 million, about 15 percent of India’s people. Almost the only way an Untouchable can rise in Indian society is via a federal quota system.
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Water War in Viet Nam by Dickey Chapelle, 196
Dickey Chapelle’s coverage on ‘Water War in Vietnam’, on the South Vietnamese Army gunboats being often shot from the Mekong river banks by Vietcong machine guns and snipers, appeared in the National Geographic after her death.
Helicopters over South Viet Nam by Dickey Chapelle, 1962
Dickey Chapelle arrived in Vietnam in the early ’60s, and described her early experiences in “What’s a Woman Doing Here?” On an assignment for National Geographic, she embedded with the helicopter units waging an aerial battle over Vietnam.
The Road to the Moon Landings – Apollo 8 – National Geographic, 1969
The articles on Apollo 8 appeared in National Geographic several months after the missions but the magazine produced an in-depth story.
The Road to the Moon Landings – Lunar Orbiters – National Geographic, 1969
The Lunar Orbiters were five uncrewed missions launched between 1966 and 1967, to help select Apollo landing sites by mapping the Moon’s surface; 99.6 percent of the lunar surface was mapped.
The Road to the Moon Landings – Surveyor – National Geographic, 1966
From June 1966 through January 1968, NASA sent seven robotic spacecraft to the surface of the Moon as part of Surveyor Program. Its primary goal was to test soft landings on the Moon.
Discovery of Titanic, 1985-1987
Here are National Geographic’s coverage of the wreck of Titanic in the early years of its discovery in expeditions led by Robert Ballard.
National Geographic’s Edited Covers
. The year was 1982. That February, National Geographic’s cover showed the camel train in […]
Saving Madidi, 2000
In 1995, Bolivia agreed to establish 1.8 million hectares of cloud and tropical forest, lowlands and savannah as Madidi National Park. A National Geographic feature saved it from being flooded in 2000.
Honeyhunters by Eric Valli, 1988
Twice a year for nearly 12,000 years, men of Gurung tribe of central Nepal have braved the Himalayan foothills to harvest the honey of the world’s largest species of honeybees.