India Collection (page 8)

Indian Cavalry Assault
The Indian cavalry charge against the weakened force of the East India Company at the Battle of Pollilur. British forces without reinforcements were surrounded and defeated

Yogi and Peacock
A yogi who keeps a tame peacock

Sir Curson Wyllie
Sir WILLIAM HUTT CURZON WYLLIE administrator in India, assassinated by a student Maden Llal Dhingra whom he had befriended

East India Co. Meeting
A meeting of the Dutch East India Company

West India Dock 1825
The West India Import Dock

Advert / Shillong India
Visit Shillong, India for a long holiday

The visit of Edward VII, the Prince of Wales to India
Arrival of H.M.S. Serapis in Bombay Harbour. The visit of Edward VII, the Prince of Wales to India

India / Calicut / Settlement
The European (Portuguese trading) settlement at Calicut

Gandhi Defies British
Seated on the Indian Elephant, whose tusks are blunted by the policy of non violence, Gandhi defies the violence of the British Lion

Injustice Nawab / Bengal
Be Just and Fear Not A cartoon on the British injustice to the Nawab of Bengal

Indian Sepoy / Anon Illus
Indian sepoy

Henry Havelock (Anon)
SIR HENRY HAVELOCK military commander, notably in India

Bartle Frere / Maull Cdv
SIR HENRY BARTLE FRERE British colonial administrator in India and Africa

Aga Khan Iii / India / Vf 04
AGA KHAN III originally SULTAN SIR MOHAMMED SHAH Indian Muslim leader, took part in conferences, including League of Nations

1879 / AFGHAN WAR
British artillery passes through the Kabul Gate at Jellalabad

Handley Page Hinaidi
Cruising at 120 km/h, this is a stately old lady of a bomber - yet it will remain in service with the RAF till 1933, and this scene in India seems quite appropriate

Bodhidattvas Tusks
The Bodhisattvas tusks. The Buddha in a previous life as the son of the Elephant chief

Hanuman and Rama
Rama put his trust in the ape Hanuman (son of the wind god) to find his abducted wife Sita. He gives Hanuman his signet ring to give to Sita for a sign

India / Kasauli 20C
Kasauli: general view of parade ground and barracks

India / Bombay C1840
Bombay: general view of the harbour

India / Bombay / Juma Musjid
Bombay: the Jumma Musjid and market

India / Bombay / Yacht Club
Bombay: Royal Bombay Yacht Club

India / Bombay / Malabar
Bombay: Malabar Hill Date: circa 1900

Tom Raw : in Litter
Tom Raw, a young officer newly arrived in India, travels up-country in a litter

Tom Raw : on Elephant
Tom Raw, a young officer newly arrived in India, mounts an elephant for the first time

Tom Raw : is Painted
Tom Raw, a young officer newly arrived in India, has his portrait painted

ZOROASTER Persian religious leader, founder of Zoroastrianism (Parsiism in India)

Country Hunt in India
Sporty Englishmen are accompanied by a motley pack of hounds as they seek to recapture the glory of the chase on an Indian plain

Military Siege India 17C
Indian General receives the key of a besieged town as a token of surrender

Thomas the Apostle 2
THOMAS DIDYMUS is famous for doubting the resurrection of Jesus; later he went as a missionary to Parthia and India, where he was pierced with lances near Madras

Emden Shells Madras
The German cruiser Emden bombards the oil tanks in the harbour of Madras, India, and causes substantial damage to shipping. But she, too, will be destroyed

East India House 1800
The headquarters of the powerful East India Company, Leadenhall Street : they had a museum here of their various acquisitions, which have now been dispersed to museums

White Girl in India 1901
A little white girl gives a scripture lesson to an Asian woman, with the aid of an illustrated bible

Indian Potters Wheel
A Indian potter moulding a vase or jug at his wheel, with assorted dishes, made earlier, all around him

Parsee Tower of Silence
The Parsees (= Persians) (worshippers of Zoroaster) flee Muslim persecution in Persia and settle in India; their dead are exposed naked on these Towers of Silence

India-Africa Trade
Trading vessels leaving India to trade with Africa

Sacred Cows, India
Sacred Indian cows

Indian Sweeper
A sweeper, Punjab

Indian Dirzi 1891
A dirzi (tailor) Punjab

Indian Grass Cutter
Grass cutter Punjab

Jainism / Preaching
SRI JINALABHA SURI preaching

West India Docks 1895
WEST INDIA DOCKS

India / Lucknow 1857
MARTINIERE

Curry&rice / Dressmakers
The Colonels lady with native dressmakers ironing and measuring for a new outfit

Curry&rice / Officer Rides
A young officer prepares to go riding. A servant puts the final touches to his uniform while another holds his pony which is far too small for him

Curry&rice / Soldier Rides
Lady and gentleman prepare to go riding on a British station

Curry&rice / British Judge
British Judge hearing a case

Map / Asia / East Indies
India and its neighbours : note that Burma is named India beyond the Ganges

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