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India (nation)

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Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 7957 Collections and/or Records:

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Mahbub College : Secunderabad, 1908

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 7/980
Scope and Contents

One of these boys, 5 years old, named Rag Hanauth Rao recited to me Little deeds of kindness in English. (Fisher).

Dates: 1908
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Mahendra Bikram Singh, Raja, 1911

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3022O/165
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96 x 139 mm. Raja of Bhinga in 1911. Three quarter length seated portrait.

Dates: 1911
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Mahendra Man Singh, Maharaja, 1911

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3022O/164
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124 x 173 mm. Maharaja of Bhadawar in 1911 (as minor). Full length seated portrait.

Dates: 1911
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Mahomed Bagh House, Lucknow, 1880 - 1889

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3022L/58
Scope and Contents

271x211mm. View looking across the tennis court towards a summerhouse and a whitewashed, thatched building. Situated in the cantonment in the south part of the city, the Mahomed Bagh housed the General's residence and the Officer's Club.

Dates: 1880 - 1889
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Mahratta Building, 1908-01 - 1908-02

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 4/582
Scope and Contents

Half-plate.

Dates: 1908-01 - 1908-02
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Main Block. Spencer's Hotel, 1918

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y302L/5
Scope and Contents From the Fonds: This is a private album, measuring 260 x 230 mm, containing photographs of various formats taken by an amateur, supplemented by landscapes bought from commercial studios. Most images are captioned in white ink and captions have been recorded as found. They may include language which is offensive, inaccurate or inappropriate. The captions have been retained to reflect the context of the collection's creation. A number of photographs are missing, although their captions remain. The...
Dates: 1918
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Main Docks, Bombay, 1908

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 7/952
Scope and Contents

Quarter-plate (landscape format). Showing turning Breach seen from the harbour.

Dates: 1908
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Main entrance of Bharatpur Fort, 1880 - 1885

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3022K/10
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205 x 143 mm. View looking along the moat towards the bridge and the Chau Burj. The entrance is in the form of a pointed archway with bastions on either side. Numbered '1884'.

Dates: 1880 - 1885
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Main Entrance to the fort, Gwalior, 1874 - 1910

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3022J/44
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265 x 200 mm. No. 1307.

Dates: 1874 - 1910
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Main gateway to the Taj, from outside, 1902 - 1910

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3022R/230
Scope and Contents From the Series: An album, labelled on the spine, containing prints of various sizes. The prints are of two types; large professional photographs, chiefly of Benares, Delhi, and Agra, and smaller amateur prints. presumably by Davies, relating both to these places and to Kashmir - river and mountain scenes. These are chiefly on left hand pages, with professional photographs on the right, and are captioned. Towards the end of the album, after a series of Agra scenes, there is a group of interesting...
Dates: 1902 - 1910
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Main gateway to the Taj from the inside, 1902 - 1910

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3022R/232
Scope and Contents From the Series: An album, labelled on the spine, containing prints of various sizes. The prints are of two types; large professional photographs, chiefly of Benares, Delhi, and Agra, and smaller amateur prints. presumably by Davies, relating both to these places and to Kashmir - river and mountain scenes. These are chiefly on left hand pages, with professional photographs on the right, and are captioned. Towards the end of the album, after a series of Agra scenes, there is a group of interesting...
Dates: 1902 - 1910
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Major B.B. Grayfoot I.M.S. Civil Surgeon at Satara, on the left, 1900

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3022V/72
Scope and Contents 210 x 150 mm. The caption also includes 'Lieut Col Rowney, RAMC i/c Welsh Regiment. In Jan. 1900. I relieved Major Grayfoot as Civil Surgeon of Satara, taking over charge of station, hospital, jail, native establishment, police and district dispensaries, for 6 months, living with Col. Rowney. Taken front of our bungalow. Blenman Buhot Grayfoot (1860-1916) joined IMS in 1886 and died in Egypt in World War I. William Rowney (1854- ) was in the RAMC from 1881 until retiring as Lt. Col....
Dates: 1900
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Making Army boots, Cawnpore, 1908-01 - 1908-02

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 4/635
Scope and Contents

Quarter-plate (landscape format). Handsewn - most Mohommedan workers.

Dates: 1908-01 - 1908-02
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Making carpets in Agra Gaol, 1908-02

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 5/705
Scope and Contents

Half-plate (landscape format). Russian pile carpet.

Dates: 1908-02
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Making carpets in Agra Gaol, 1908-02

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 5/706
Scope and Contents

Half-plate (landscape format). Russian pile carpet.

Dates: 1908-02
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Making carpets in Agra Gaol, 1908-02

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 5/707
Scope and Contents

Half-plate (landscape format). Russian pile carpet.

Dates: 1908-02
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Making the warp, 1908-01 - 1908-02

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 4/631
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Half-plate (landscape format). Bell rings when the warp is 50 yds [i.e. yards] long : the warp is then taken off on to a beam (roller) and transferred from the warpmill to the loom. (Fisher).

Dates: 1908-01 - 1908-02
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Malabar, a Cheruma girl, 1901

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3022P/70
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Three quarter length portrait of a Cheruma hill girl posed beside a tree. The Cheruma are low caste inhabitants of Malabar, mainly engaged in agricultural occupations.

Dates: 1901
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Malabar, a Cheruma home, 1901

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3022P/186
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Showing an isolated thatched house standing among palm trees in a field.

Dates: 1901
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Malabar, a creek, 1901

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3022P/156
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View looking along a palm-shaded creek.

Dates: 1901
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Malabar, a fishing village, 1901

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3022P/105
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View looking along a path towards tree-shaded thatched houses.

Dates: 1901
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Malabar, a fishing village, 1901

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3022P/172
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Showing the thatched houses of a waterfront village, with a coconut plantation in the background.

Dates: 1901
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Malabar, a hut, 1901

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3022P/136
Scope and Contents From the Fonds: An album containing prints measuring 69 x 95 mm, with handwritten captions. The captions have been used as titles and may contain offensive, inappropriate or outdated terms. They have been retained to reflect the context of the collection's creation. The flyleaf is inscribed 'To Lieut. Colonel G.S. Walker, I.M.S. with compliments and thanks from the photographer. 1901.' George Lemon Walker (29.7.1849-31.5.1901) was born in Kingston, Ontario and served in the Madras Medical Service...
Dates: 1901
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Malabar, a Koshawa girl, 1901

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3022P/51
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Half-length portrait of a low-caste Koshawa girl.

Dates: 1901
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Malabar, a Moplah, 1901

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3022P/6
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Three quarters length portrait of a Moplah man. Moplahs (Mappillas) are a Muslim community in Madras. They are divided into castes.

Dates: 1901
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).