British Raj

  • July 16, 1945 - India's Viceroy Lord Wavell |

    Courtesy Time magazine, Time.com

  • Mar. 16, 1942 - Lord Linlithgow | The viceroy of India.

    Courtesy Time magazine, Time.com

  • Oct. 23, 1939 - Sir Cyril Newall. Included here as he was born at Mussoorie in India on 15 February 1886, the only son of a British army officer. He headed the Royal Air Force as t...

  • A young British boy pokes Rupa the elephant as others take a ride during a party to commemorate Queen Elizabeth's Diamond Jubilee celebration at the British High Commission, in New...

    AP Photo/Kevin Frayer

  • Seated group with tennis raquets. Unknown location, probably Kolkata. This is one of the 178 images recently discovered in the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monum...

    RCAHMS

  • Stick dancing with onlookers on the Maidan, Kolkata. This is one of the 178 images recently discovered in the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (...

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  • Muhurram procession with taziya through crowded street, Kolkata. This is one of the 178 images recently discovered in the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments o...

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  • Seated group of woman and children on the Maidan, Kolkata. The family are likely to be pilgrims to a festival from outside Bengal. This is one of the 178 images recently discovered...

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  • Group gathered around sweet seller on the Maidan, Kolkata. The group includes non Bengalis, possibly visiting for a festival. This is one of the 178 images recently discovered in t...

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  • View of Ordnance Building (now Military Accounts building), Esplanade Row East, Kolkata. Now the Foreign and Military Secretariat. The building was built with a wide verandah to gi...

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  • Amputee on trolley, Kolkata. The High Court is visible in the background. This is one of the 178 images recently discovered in the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Mo...

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  • Telegraph Office, Kolkata. Nicknamed the 'Dead letter office', BBD Bagh (Dalhousie Square) from Old Courthouse Street. Former 'General Electric Co (India) Ltd next door. This is on...

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  • Waterside with group of washermen at a dhobi ghat. Unknown location. This is one of the 178 images recently discovered in the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monumen...

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  • General Post Office with scaffolded dome, Kolkata. Scaffolding possibly for the erection of lights celebrating the British royal visit, 1912. This is one of the 178 images recently...

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  • Jain Temple complex, Kolkata. This is one of the 178 images recently discovered in the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS) in Edinburgh, w...

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  • Temple, obscured through trees, possibly Dakshineshwar Temple to the north of Kolkata from its water tank pond to the east. This is one of the 178 images recently discovered in the...

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  • Coach outside 'Moslem Printing Works', probably Kolkata. This is one of the 178 images recently discovered in the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotla...

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  • Tipu Sultan Mosque, Chowringhee Road, Kolkata. This is one of the 178 images recently discovered in the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS...

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  • Statue (in semi relief) of Hanuman (now enclosed), at the south entrance (Horse Gate) to the Jagganath Temple, Puri, Orissa. This is one of the 178 images recently discovered in th...

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  • Jagganath Temple, Puri, Orissa. South entrance (Horse Gate). This is one of the 178 images recently discovered in the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Sc...

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