India Collection (page 3)

Lord Kitchener making a presentation to an Indian trooper
Field Marshal Horatio Herbert Kitchener, 1st Earl Kitchener, (1850 - 1916), a British Field Marshal, diplomat, and statesman, hands a colonial Indian cavalry soldier a medal

Poster advertising Imperial Airways, boasting of 28 new Empire Flying Boats which travel at 200 miles per hour. Flights serving Europe, Africa, India, the Far East and Australia

Indian State Railways poster advertising travel to Muttra (now known as Mathura) in the Agra division of British India, and in particular to the Krishna Temple on the site of the legendary birthplace

Worshipping the God of Smallpox, India
Under the Hindu faith, if you want protection against getting smallpox, pray to Shitala, the Goddess of Smallpox

Poster advertising Imperial Airways to India
Poster advertising Imperial Airways flights to India, with an aerial view of a city and a river

Poster advertising the British India Line to East Africa
Poster advertising cruises on the British India Line to East Africa. Departures are from London and Marseilles to Mombasa, Tanga, Zanzibar, Dar Es Salaam and Beira

The Victoria Terminus, Bombay, opened in 1929 by the Governor of Bombay, Sire Frederich Sykes. The train station served the main lines of the Great Indian Peninsular Railway

India Sanawar
Girls at play in the Lawrence Military Asylum at Sanawar, near Kasauli (Kussowlie) a school for British children : Hilary Evanss father was principal here in the 1930s

Edward VIII Hunting
EDWARD VIII, When Prince of Wales, photographed in India with some of the Bag after a successful days Pig Sticking (hunting wild boar)

Raj Fashions Late 1910S
Raj clothing. The men wear cool pale coloured suits and slim ties. The ladies wear white, ankle-length dresses with soft ruffles or broderie Anglaise

Indian Nautch Girl
A nautch girl of Hindostan. (Nautch means simply dance) with accompanying musicians

Indian Dancing Girl / 1840
A Bayadere. Indian dancers performed for entertainment and for religious purposes. Some were attached to temples

Victory of Buddha
The victory of Buddha

Polo Game in India
A group of Indian and, one presumes, British polo players line up on the field in India

India / Sikh War / Multan
British forces capture 2 Sikh standards during hand-to-hand fighting in Mooltan (Multan)

Guns at Maiwand
BATTLE OF MAIWAND Saving the guns : though the British force was defeated by the Afghans, they were able to retreat to Kandahar in relatively good order

Taj Mahal Hotel Bombay
The Taj Mahal Hotel, Bombay

Sita Finds Rama
SITA finds RAMA (seventh avatar of Vishnu) among the lotus blooms : at first he suspects her of infidelity, but the pair are reunited and live happily ever after

Military / East India Co
NAPOLEONIC ERA East India Company Volunteer

Ww1 Sikh Soldier
A Sikh soldier from upper India, fighting with the Allies in World War One

Woman spinning - India
Woman spinning on a traditional hand-made wheel, India

The astronomers waiting for the eclipse
The eclipse expedition in India to observe the total eclipse of the sun. Mr. Norman Lockyer is shown seated a little to the left beneath the umbrella

Poster advertising Imperial Airways, with flights between Europe, Africa, India, the Far East, Australia, the USA and Bermuda

Royal Chattris, Orchha, India
The Royal Chattris (14 cenotaphs or tombs carved out of stone) of former rulers, in Kanchana Ghat on the banks of the river Betwa at Orchha, Madhya Pradesh Province, India

Taj Mahal Hotel, Bombay (Mumbai)

KOH-I-NOOR OR MOUNTAIN OF LIGHT Given to Queen Victoria by the East India Company after the Indian Mutiny

India / Sikh War / Multan
Bombay European Fusiliers storm the fort at Mooltan (Multan) at the Khoonee Boorj

India / Sikh War / Multan
General Courtlands men in the trenches at Mooltan (Multan)

1857 Mutiny / Officers
INDIA : British officers at the time of the Mutiny use native transport to rejoin their regiment

West India Docks 1810
The West India Docks in the great age of English trade - vessels lining the quays as far as the eye can see. Imports from the West Indies were especially important

Sikh Warrior on Horse, India 1847 Date: 1847

Sayajirao III Gaekwad, Maharaja of Baroda
Sayajirao III Gaekwad (Shrimant Gopalrao Gaekwad) (1863-1939) The Maharaja of Baroda from 1875 to 1939, and a notable reformer

SS Viceroy of India - P&O Line - India Mail and Passenger Service. Date: circa 1910s

In Praise of the British Empire - Physical representations of the British territories of Canada, India, New Zealand, South Africa and Australia give thanks to King George V

Bomb damaged building, West India Docks, WW2
A warehouse building with its top floor and roof damaged by an incendiary bomb, North Quay, West India Docks, East London, during the Second World War. Date: 1940s

Kathleen Scott sculpting statue of Edwin Montagu
Kathleen, Lady Scott, Baroness Kennett pictured in her London studio at work on her ten-foot statue of Edwin Montagu (former Secretary for India) destined for Calcutta

Yogi on bed of nails - Serampore, West Bengal, India. Date: 1925

Maharaja Bhupinder Singh of Patiala, Indian ruler
Bhupinder Singh (1891-1938), ruling Maharaja of the state of Patiala from 1900 to 1938. He is perhaps the most famous Maharaja of Patiala, best known for his extravagance, and for being a cricketer

Three Sikh men, India. Date: 1843

The Gymkhana Regatta, Naini Tal (Nainital), India - a hill station in the Indian state of Uttarakhand. Date: circa 1910s

The home of snooker - The Ottacamund Club, Southern India
Playing snooker at the Ootacamund Club, Ootacamund (known as Snooty Ooty) in the Nilgiri Hills, Tamil Nadu, Southern India, where snooker originated on the billiard tables during the Raj

The Tomb of Sufi Saint Nizamuddin Auliya
Nizamuddin Dargah complex, in Nizamuddin West, Delhi, India. The Well near the Tomb of Muhammad Nizamuddin Auliya (or Awliya) (12381325) - also known as Hazrat Nizamuddin

Greetings postcard, Mhow, Madhya Pradesh, India
Multiview greetings postcard from Mhow, a British Army cantonment (now Dr Ambedkar Nagar), Madhya Pradesh, India. Date: circa 1910

View of the hill station of Coonoor, Tamil Nadu, India, with St Anthonys Church in the middle distance, and beef and mutton stalls on the left. Date: circa 1910s

Taj Mahal Hotel, Bombay, India
Taj Mahal Hotel, Bombay (Mumbai), India. Date: circa 1925

Military staff college, Quetta, Balochistan, British India (now in Pakistan). Date: circa 1920

Freemasons Hall, Quetta, Balochistan, British India
Freemasons Hall (McMahon Lodge), Quetta, Balochistan, British India (now in Pakistan). Date: circa 1910s

Saint Francis Xavier (1506-1552) in Goa (India)
Saint Francis Xavier (1506-1552), Spanish missionary, through the streets of the Portuguese colony of Goa (India) in 1542. French engraving, 1850. Colored

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