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 (...

    RCAHMS

  • 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...

    RCAHMS

  • 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...

    RCAHMS

  • 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...

    RCAHMS

  • 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...

    RCAHMS

  • 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...

    RCAHMS

  • 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...

    RCAHMS

  • 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...

    RCAHMS

  • 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...

    RCAHMS

  • 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...

    RCAHMS

  • 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...

    RCAHMS

  • 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...

    RCAHMS

  • 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...

    RCAHMS

  • 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...

    RCAHMS
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  • Breaking The Stereotype
    How the Bengalis began to react to the constant denigration by the British with a concerted effort to raise their self-esteem in both mind and body.
    Dec 14, 2015
    | Ronojoy Sen
  • 'You Are A Total Communalist...'
    Thus spake Pandit Nehru to Sardar Patel, adding: ' I will never accept your recommendation,’ in response to his suggestion that the army be sent to end the terror-regime in Nizam's Hyderabad.
    Nov 05, 2013
    | L.K. Advani
  • Daily legshow at the Wagah-Attari border
    'Pakistan Is A Fake And Artificial Country'
    'I do not believe that there are two nations, there is only one nation, that is India, and Pakistan is part of India. Pakistan was created in pursuance of the wicked British policy of divide and rule and the bogus Two Nation Theory'
    Mar 05, 2013
    | Markandey Katju
  • The Empire Strikes Back
    Until Britain is prepared to recognise what happened during the colonial project and how it was justified, Britain, like the countries it occupied, will remain blighted by imperialism.
    Oct 10, 2012
    | George Monbiot
  • Memories In A Shoebox
    A hitherto unknown collection of photographs capturing life and times of 1912 India is discovered in a shoebox in Edinburgh.
    May 08, 2012
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  • Dark Hearts
    The myth of benign imperialism, of the empire as the civilising mission, whose overriding purpose was to teach the natives English, table manners and double-entry book-keeping draws its power from a remarkable British ability to airbrush and disregar
    Apr 25, 2012
    | George Monbiot
  • Kurseong Diary
    For a place that was founded by the Brits and is steeped in Raj history, Kurseong has surprisingly few churches -- just two of them, in fact. British planters in the Darjeeling hills discouraged the clergy from proselytizing the tea garden workers...
    Aug 04, 2006
    | Jaideep Mazumdar
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