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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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Panorama of Ootacamund c 1905, 1905

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3022FF/1
Scope and Contents 5 joined prints measuring in total 1447 x 207 mm. A panoramic view of Ootacamund and the surrounding country from Elk Hill, just above Bombay House. The photograph is taken from a similar viewpoint to Y3022EE. In this view the area of the lake to the east of the Willow Bund has been filled in and the ground taken over by part of the racecourse and tennis courts. This work was undertaken between 1896 and 1899. The town itself has grown considerably in this period between the two photographs,...
Dates: 1905
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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Panorama of Ootacamund [i.e. Udagamandalam] by A.T.W. Penn

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3022EE
Scope and Contents A panoramic view of Ootacamund (also known as Udagamandalam) made from four jointed prints, measuring a total of 1074 x 205 mm. The prints are linen backed and contained in boards stamped with the title. The view is taken from Elk Hill looking northwards and encompasses the lake at the west, the centre of the town and the outlying bungalows running to the head of the valley in the east. Points of interest in the view include: Ooty Lake, at this period with its eastern end still...
Dates: 1870 - 1879
Conditions Governing Access: 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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Panorama of Sagor, Palace and Cenotaph, Ulwar, 1874 - 1910

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3022J/55
Scope and Contents

265 x 200 mm. No. 1853.

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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Panorama of Simla

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 86
Scope and Contents

The panorama is approximately 3810 x 534 mm. in size. An accompanying note indicates that it was painted from sketches in Rugby during the 1860s. As the panorama includes Christ Church, completed in 1854, the sketches may have dated from after the death of Lady Tennant's husband.

Dates: 1865
Conditions Governing Access: 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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Panorama of Street view, Jeypur, 1874 - 1910

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3022J/61
Scope and Contents

Adjoining prints, 260 x 195 mm. and 255 x 195 mm., forming a panorama. Nos. 1769-1770.

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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Panorama of the City from the ..., 1874 - 1910

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3022J/6
Scope and Contents

192 x 245 mm. Half of panoramic pair (adjoining page probably lost). Nos. 1044-1045.

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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Panorama of the sea prospect of Fort St. George

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 82
Scope and Contents

A panorama watercolour on paper, mounted on coarse linen, 31.57 x 152.4 cm. in size. Fort St. George was built on the shores of the Bay of Bengal at Madras by the East India Company in 1644. Notable places are identified, and there is a key at the foot of the picture. The panorama is undated, but probably originates from the mid-18th century.

Dates: 1750
Conditions Governing Access: 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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Panoramic view of Calcutta from the Ochterlony Monument, 1860 - 1869

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3022E/8
Scope and Contents

320 x 186 mm. View looking SW from the Ochterlony Monument, across the Maidan and towards Fort William and the River Hooghly. See also Y3022AA/3. Bourne no. 1715.

Dates: 1860 - 1869
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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Panther, 1875 - 1880

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3022H/36
Scope and Contents

284 x 190 mm. View of a dead leopard lying in undergrowth. Photograph by A.T.W. Penn no. 710.

Dates: 1875 - 1880
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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Papers and photographs of Reginald Pringle

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 75
Scope and Contents

A wide range of papers relating to Pringle's time in India and photographs taken in India and other countries.

Dates: 1900 - 1980
Conditions Governing Access: 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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Papers of Sir Cyril Pickard

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 68
Scope and Contents

Correspondence and articles regarding the Commonwealth, particularly India and Pakistan, with material concerning Sir Morrice James and Major A.F.M. Morsin Ali. There are accompanying letters relating to the transfer of the collection to the R.C.S., 1997.

Dates: 1967 - 1990
Conditions Governing Access: 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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Papers of the Bombay Club

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 78
Scope and Contents

Volumes of minutes, complaints and suggestions, with related correspondence and other papers.

Dates: 1867 - 1977
Conditions Governing Access: 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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Papers of the Colonial Office Visual Instruction Committee

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 10
Dates: 1907 - 1972
Conditions Governing Access: 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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Parade state of the troops present at Royal Review Parade, 1906

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 89/35/3/2
Scope and Contents From the Series:

A collection of programmes, invitations, menus, photographs and other material issued in connection with the Royal Visit to India during 1905-1906.

Dates: 1906
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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Parashuramrao, Shrimant (also known as Bhavsahib Patwardhan) (1924), 1911

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3022O/86
Scope and Contents

98 x 173 mm. Chief of Jamkhandi (Bombay) 1903-24. Full length standing 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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Parbhus Bombay 15150, 1850 - 1879

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3022A/117
Scope and Contents

200 x 250 mm.

Dates: 1850 - 1879
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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Parsee 15145, 1850 - 1879

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3022A/112
Scope and Contents

200 x 250 mm.

Dates: 1850 - 1879
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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Parsee Ladies 15163, 1850 - 1879

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3022A/130
Scope and Contents

200 x 250 mm.

Dates: 1850 - 1879
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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Parsee Lady and child 15158, 1850 - 1879

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3022A/125
Scope and Contents

200 x 250 mm.

Dates: 1850 - 1879
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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Parsee Tower of Silence, Bombay, 1890 - 1899

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3022GG/13
Scope and Contents 270 x 200 mm. View of one of the Towers of Silence, a low walled building with a ramp leading up to the square entrance. A number of vultures sit on top of the wall and several more have been inexpertly touched in to the print as if hovering above the burial place. The five towers, where the Parsee leave their dead to be eaten by vultures, are situated just beyond the Tulsi Reservoir on the Malabar Ridge. For a description of the interior of the towers, see James Mackenzie Maclean, ‘A guide...
Dates: 1890 - 1899
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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Parsees [Two women and a child] 15178, 1850 - 1879

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3022A/145
Scope and Contents

200 x 250 mm.

Dates: 1850 - 1879
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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Parsees waiting at Fire Temple, 1905

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/QM 12/24
Scope and Contents From the File:

Contains prints, of various sizes, mounted in an album bound in red half-leather inscribed on the front cover 'Photographs: Royal Tour in India: Bombay and Indore. Raja Deen Dayal and Sons. State Photographers' and with the Prince of Wales Emblem above. All prints have typed captions.

Dates: 1905
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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Parsees waiting at Fire Temple, 1905

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/QM 12/25
Scope and Contents From the File:

Contains prints, of various sizes, mounted in an album bound in red half-leather inscribed on the front cover 'Photographs: Royal Tour in India: Bombay and Indore. Raja Deen Dayal and Sons. State Photographers' and with the Prince of Wales Emblem above. All prints have typed captions.

Dates: 1905
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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Parsnath Temple, Khajraha, 1874 - 1910

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3022J/34
Scope and Contents

135 x 200 mm. No. 1882.

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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Part of the Dhal Canal, 1899 - 1901

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3022V/47
Scope and Contents

78 x 108 mm.

Dates: 1899 - 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).