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Fidel Castro birth anniversary: Check out some rare photos of the Cuban revolutionary who defied US for 50 years

Today marks the 94th birth anniversary of Fidel Castro. Here are some of the rare photos of the Cuban revolutionary who defied US for 50 years.
Today marks the 94th birth anniversary of Fidel Castro. Here are some of the rare photos of the Cuban revolutionary who defied US for 50 years. (File Photo | AFP)
Today marks the 94th birth anniversary of Fidel Castro. Here are some of the rare photos of the Cuban revolutionary who defied US for 50 years. (File Photo | AFP)
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Cuban leader Fidel Castro (L), President of India Giani Zail Singh (C) and Indian Prime minister Indira Gandhi (R) pose for photographers at Palam airport, 06 March 1983 in New Dehli. Castro is in India to attend the Seventh Non-aligned summit. (File Photo | AFP)
Cuban leader Fidel Castro (L), President of India Giani Zail Singh (C) and Indian Prime minister Indira Gandhi (R) pose for photographers at Palam airport, 06 March 1983 in New Dehli. Castro is in India to attend the Seventh Non-aligned summit. (File Photo | AFP)
Picture taken in 1953 of Cuban leader Fidel Castro. (File Photo | AFP)
Picture taken in 1953 of Cuban leader Fidel Castro. (File Photo | AFP)
This 1959 file photo shows Cuban Fidel Castro (L), then 33 years old, chatting with ailing 31-year-old Ernesto Che Guevara, at his barracks in Havana, shortly after both led the revolution that overthrew the Batista regime. (File Photo | AFP)
This 1959 file photo shows Cuban Fidel Castro (L), then 33 years old, chatting with ailing 31-year-old Ernesto Che Guevara, at his barracks in Havana, shortly after both led the revolution that overthrew the Batista regime. (File Photo | AFP)
The guerrilla leader Fidel Castro (C) with a group of comrades in Los Palos, Havana province, in July 1953, during the preparation of the attack on the Moncada Garrison. Standing on the left: Antonio (Nico) Lopez and Abel Santamaria, on the right: Jose Luis Tasende and Ernesto Tizol. (Photo | AFP)
The guerrilla leader Fidel Castro (C) with a group of comrades in Los Palos, Havana province, in July 1953, during the preparation of the attack on the Moncada Garrison. Standing on the left: Antonio (Nico) Lopez and Abel Santamaria, on the right: Jose Luis Tasende and Ernesto Tizol. (Photo | AFP)
The guerrilla leader Fidel Castro (R), arrested by police, poses with a group of comrades, in July 1953, after the attack on the Moncada Garrison. The Moncada garrison house was attacked by a group led by Fidel Castro, 26 July 1953. (File Photo | AFP)
The guerrilla leader Fidel Castro (R), arrested by police, poses with a group of comrades, in July 1953, after the attack on the Moncada Garrison. The Moncada garrison house was attacked by a group led by Fidel Castro, 26 July 1953. (File Photo | AFP)
Picture taken in 1958 of Vilma Espin (2-L), then girlfriend and later wife of current Cuban acting President Raul Castro (L), and Fidel Castro, as they posed with other guerrillas in the Sierra Madre, Cuba. Espin died in Havana 18 June 2007 aged 77 after a long illness. (File Photo | AFP)
Picture taken in 1958 of Vilma Espin (2-L), then girlfriend and later wife of current Cuban acting President Raul Castro (L), and Fidel Castro, as they posed with other guerrillas in the Sierra Madre, Cuba. Espin died in Havana 18 June 2007 aged 77 after a long illness. (File Photo | AFP)
Undated handout picture released by Cuban website 'Cubadebate' on August 5, 2010, showing Fidel Castro talking with peasant girls in Sierra Maestra, Cuba. (File Photo | AFP)
Undated handout picture released by Cuban website 'Cubadebate' on August 5, 2010, showing Fidel Castro talking with peasant girls in Sierra Maestra, Cuba. (File Photo | AFP)
Undated handout picture released by Cuban website 'Cubadebate' on August 5, 2010, showing Fidel Castro in Sierra Maestra, Cuba. (File Photo | AFP)
Undated handout picture released by Cuban website 'Cubadebate' on August 5, 2010, showing Fidel Castro in Sierra Maestra, Cuba. (File Photo | AFP)
This 02 June 1959 file photo shows Argentine-born Cuban revolutionary Ernesto Che Guevara (R) at the wheel of a US-made car with his second wife Aleida March (L) on their wedding day in Havana a few months after he helped Fidel Castro overthrow the regime of dictator Fulgencio Bartista. (File Photo | AFP)
This 02 June 1959 file photo shows Argentine-born Cuban revolutionary Ernesto Che Guevara (R) at the wheel of a US-made car with his second wife Aleida March (L) on their wedding day in Havana a few months after he helped Fidel Castro overthrow the regime of dictator Fulgencio Bartista. (File Photo | AFP)
Undated handout picture released by Cuban website 'Cubadebate' on August 5, 2010, showing Fidel Castro (sitting) heaving his hair cut at El Naranjo, Sierra Maestra, Cuba. (File Photo | AFP)
Undated handout picture released by Cuban website 'Cubadebate' on August 5, 2010, showing Fidel Castro (sitting) heaving his hair cut at El Naranjo, Sierra Maestra, Cuba. (File Photo | AFP)
This 1963 file photo shows Argentine-born legendary revolutionary figure Ernesto Che Guevara (L) with Cuban leader Fidel Castro (R) in Havana's famous '1830' restaurant four years after he and Fidel Castro led the revolution that toppled Cuban dictator Fulgencio Batista. (File Photo | AFP)
This 1963 file photo shows Argentine-born legendary revolutionary figure Ernesto Che Guevara (L) with Cuban leader Fidel Castro (R) in Havana's famous '1830' restaurant four years after he and Fidel Castro led the revolution that toppled Cuban dictator Fulgencio Batista. (File Photo | AFP)
This 1959 file photo shows Cuban leader Fidel Castro (C) in a baseball uniform practicing pitching prior to a friendly game between revolutionary Cubans divided into two teams self-dubbed 'Barbudos' (the bearded ones) and 'Occidente' (the west) in Havana. (File Photo | AFP)
This 1959 file photo shows Cuban leader Fidel Castro (C) in a baseball uniform practicing pitching prior to a friendly game between revolutionary Cubans divided into two teams self-dubbed 'Barbudos' (the bearded ones) and 'Occidente' (the west) in Havana. (File Photo | AFP)
Picture dated 1959 shows Cuban leader Fidel Castro (R) next to a look-alike, Cuban actor Armando Roblan, impersonating Castro at Marti theatre, in Havana. Many Cuban people think Castro had a double. (File Photo | AFP)
Picture dated 1959 shows Cuban leader Fidel Castro (R) next to a look-alike, Cuban actor Armando Roblan, impersonating Castro at Marti theatre, in Havana. Many Cuban people think Castro had a double. (File Photo | AFP)
Picture dated 1959 of Cuban leader Fidel Castro (C) shortly after toppling dictator Fulgencio Batista during the revolutionary triumph, in Cienfuegos, 04 January 1959. (File Photo | AFP)
Picture dated 1959 of Cuban leader Fidel Castro (C) shortly after toppling dictator Fulgencio Batista during the revolutionary triumph, in Cienfuegos, 04 January 1959. (File Photo | AFP)
Photo taken in the 60's of then Cuban Prime Minister Fidel Castro (R) during a meeting next to Argentine guerrilla leader Ernesto Che Guevara. (File Photo | AFP)
Photo taken in the 60's of then Cuban Prime Minister Fidel Castro (R) during a meeting next to Argentine guerrilla leader Ernesto Che Guevara. (File Photo | AFP)
The Cuban rebel leader Fidel Castro, surrounded by the members of his leftist guerrilla movement '26th of July Movement', waves from a jeep 04 January 1959, entering Cienfuegos after the victory over the forces of Cuban dictator Fulgencio Batista. (File Photo | AFP)
The Cuban rebel leader Fidel Castro, surrounded by the members of his leftist guerrilla movement '26th of July Movement', waves from a jeep 04 January 1959, entering Cienfuegos after the victory over the forces of Cuban dictator Fulgencio Batista. (File Photo | AFP)
Handout picture of Cuban leader Fidel Castro (C) delivering a speech next to Camilo Cienfuegos (R) and Ernesto Che Guevara (L) in 1959 in Havana. (File Photo | AFP)
Handout picture of Cuban leader Fidel Castro (C) delivering a speech next to Camilo Cienfuegos (R) and Ernesto Che Guevara (L) in 1959 in Havana. (File Photo | AFP)
This 1960 file photo shows Cuban revolution hero Ernesto Che Guevara (L) and Cap. Antonio Nunez Jimenez (C) listening to Fidel Castro (R) at a work meeting in Havana. (File Photo | AFP)
This 1960 file photo shows Cuban revolution hero Ernesto Che Guevara (L) and Cap. Antonio Nunez Jimenez (C) listening to Fidel Castro (R) at a work meeting in Havana. (File Photo | AFP)
General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union Nikita Khrushchev (L) speeks with Prime Minister of Cuba Fidel Castro (R) during the United Nations Security Council, on September 22, 1960 in New-York. (File Photo | AFP)
General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union Nikita Khrushchev (L) speeks with Prime Minister of Cuba Fidel Castro (R) during the United Nations Security Council, on September 22, 1960 in New-York. (File Photo | AFP)
Fidel Castro, Cuban communist revolutionary and Prime Minister of Cuba and Nikita Khrushchev, President of the Council of the Soviet Union clasping hands raises in sign of victory on the stand at the Lenin's Mausoleum on May 01, 1963 in Moscow, USSR. (File Photo | AFP)
Fidel Castro, Cuban communist revolutionary and Prime Minister of Cuba and Nikita Khrushchev, President of the Council of the Soviet Union clasping hands raises in sign of victory on the stand at the Lenin's Mausoleum on May 01, 1963 in Moscow, USSR. (File Photo | AFP)
Cuban First Secretary of the Cuban Communist party and President of the State Council Fidel Castro (C) takes a picture next to Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev (R), on May 6, 1963, during a four-week official visit to Moscow. Castro resigned on February 19, 2008 as president and commander in chief of Cuba in a message published in the online version of the official daily Granma. (File Photo | AFP)
Cuban First Secretary of the Cuban Communist party and President of the State Council Fidel Castro (C) takes a picture next to Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev (R), on May 6, 1963, during a four-week official visit to Moscow. Castro resigned on February 19, 2008 as president and commander in chief of Cuba in a message published in the online version of the official daily Granma. (File Photo | AFP)
Cuban leader Fidel Castro interrupts his speech to help a child to climb onto the tribune, eluding the security guards, 20 November 1971. Castro is on a ten-day official visit in Chile. (File Photo | AFP)
Cuban leader Fidel Castro interrupts his speech to help a child to climb onto the tribune, eluding the security guards, 20 November 1971. Castro is on a ten-day official visit in Chile. (File Photo | AFP)
Picture dated September 1973 of Cuban president Fidel Castro (R) looking at a rifle during a visit in North Vietnam during the Vietnam war. (File Photo | AFP)
Picture dated September 1973 of Cuban president Fidel Castro (R) looking at a rifle during a visit in North Vietnam during the Vietnam war. (File Photo | AFP)
Picture taken in November 1974 in Havana of President Fidel Castro (R) and the Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat, during his visit to the island. (File Photo | AFP)
Picture taken in November 1974 in Havana of President Fidel Castro (R) and the Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat, during his visit to the island. (File Photo | AFP)
Cuban leader Fidel Castro (C) attends the Seventh Non-aligned summit in New Delhi, 06 March 1983, surrounded by Indian Prime Minister Indira Gandhi (L), Natwar Singh (R), secretary general of the seventh Non-aligned Summit and, in the background, OLP leader Yasser Arafat. (File Photo | AFP)
Cuban leader Fidel Castro (C) attends the Seventh Non-aligned summit in New Delhi, 06 March 1983, surrounded by Indian Prime Minister Indira Gandhi (L), Natwar Singh (R), secretary general of the seventh Non-aligned Summit and, in the background, OLP leader Yasser Arafat. (File Photo | AFP)
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