India (nation)
Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
Found in 7957 Collections and/or Records:
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Sir Walter Lawrence receiving gifts from Parsees, 1905
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/QM 12/23
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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Sir William Peel's statue, Eden Gardens, 1880 - 1899
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3022L/71
Scope and Contents
240x189mm.
Dates:
1880 - 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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Sir Winston Churchill's letters to Lady Churchill, 1931-02
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CSCT 2/23
Scope and Contents
Two letters on subjects including: Clementine's visit to the United States; rumours of Randolph Churchill's engagement [to Kay Halle]; support from the Conservative Party and Rothermere press for Churchill's views on India; the forthcoming [Indian Empire Society] meeting at the Albert Hall, [London]; a visit to Chartwell [Kent] by Charlie Chaplin; water supplies for the garden at Chartwell.
Dates:
1931-02
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
With the exception of the staff wages books in CSCT 9/1, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
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Sir Winston Churchill's letters to Lady Churchill, 1935-01 - 1935-04, 1935-09 - 1935-12
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CSCT 2/25
Scope and Contents
Mainly "Chartwell Bulletins" [while Clementine was on a cruise aboard the Rosaura, to the Dutch East Indies, later Indonesia], on subjects including: work at Chartwell [Kent], particularly the use of the mechanical digger in the grounds and garden, work on the lake and island, and the installation of additional bookcases in Churchill's bedroom and the drawing room; progress of his film script for Sir Alexander Korda on the Silver Jubilee of King George V; the India Bill, family finances; the...
Dates:
1935-01 - 1935-04; 1935-09 - 1935-12
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
With the exception of the staff wages books in CSCT 9/1, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
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Sir Winston Churchill's letters to Lady Churchill, 1945-02 - 1945-09
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CSCT 2/34
Scope and Contents
Subjects include: the Yalta Conference, February 1945; the value of Clementine's tour of the Soviet Union for Anglo-Russian relations; revelations about the Nazi concentration camps; Jack [John S Churchill]'s heart attack; the whereabouts of Clementine's nephew Giles Romilly, being kept as a hostage by the Germans; the collapse of the German forces; the Potsdam Conference, July 1945; worries about Churchill's health on his way to Yalta; his depression about the future of India; the hostile...
Dates:
1945-02 - 1945-09
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
With the exception of the staff wages books in CSCT 9/1, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
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Siraspur Canal Bungalow, Boxing day 1938, 1938-12
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 20/2/12/125
Scope and Contents
155 x 100 mm. Group photograph.
Dates:
1938-12
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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Sirdah Bisham Singh, Vakiel, 1908-02 - 1908-03
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 6/873
Scope and Contents
Half-plate.
Dates:
1908-02 - 1908-03
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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Sirdah Bisham Singh, Vakiel, 1908-02 - 1908-03
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 6/874
Scope and Contents
Half-plate.
Dates:
1908-02 - 1908-03
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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Sirdah Jivala Singh, and Sirdah Kishan Singh, 1908-02 - 1908-03
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 6/871
Scope and Contents
Half-plate. Notice manner in which beard is twisted and curled up under the ears. (Fisher).
Dates:
1908-02 - 1908-03
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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Sirdar Ragbhirs Sing, 1908-02 - 1908-03
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 6/870
Scope and Contents
Half-plate. Chief Justice, Nabha. [On horseback].
Dates:
1908-02 - 1908-03
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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Sister Joan Simpson in Kashmiri dress, 1900 - 1939
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/CMS 34/61
Scope and Contents
Colour.
Dates:
1900 - 1939
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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Sister Rumbolds and staff, Hiranpur Hospital, 1900 - 1930
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/CMS 34/67
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
82 x 82 mm. glass slides with limited, largely undated captions.
Dates:
1900 - 1930
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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Site of Scott Thomson's Corner, now Esplanade Mansions, 1918
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3022AA/61
Scope and Contents
27Sx209mm. View from the junction of Government Place East and Esplanade Row, with the newly built Esplanade Mansions standing on the site of Scott Thomson's Corner. This flamboyant residential block was built by the firm of Martin & Co. in c.1911-12: the 1912 edition of Thacker's 'Bengal Directory' records the area as demolished and the following year lists the presence of the block. These directories were generally prepared for the press towards the end of the year preceding...
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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Site of the Black Hole, Calcutta, 1918
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3022AA/26
Scope and Contents
205x146mm. View showing the spot at the N.E. corner of the Post Office where the site of the Black Hole incarceration of 1756 is commemorated. A plaque on the wall recounts the details of the incident, and an area in front (paved with black marble in 1901 at the direction of Lord Curzon) is fenced off with iron railings. According to J.Z. Holwell, 146 men and women were forced into the tiny guardroom on the night of 20 June 1756, only 23 of whom survived to emerge the following day. This...
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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Sitting room, Lallgarh Palace, 1905
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/QM 15/45
Scope and Contents
From the File:
Contains prints the majority of which are circa 290 x 215 mm., but 4-6, 9-18, 20-27, 51-55, 91-94, and 96-98 are approximately 140 x 100 mm. Nos. 4-27, 51 are scenes of the Royal Visit in November 1905, 19-26 being triumphal arches. The other subjects are the Maharajah and his family (1-3), Lallgarh Palace (28-50), Gujner (52-64), the Old Palace (65-82, 85), Bikaner City (83-84, 891-98 and Bikaner forces (89-90). There are printed captions: the collection is in a richly bound album...
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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Sitting room, Lallgarh Palace, 1905
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/QM 15/46
Scope and Contents
From the File:
Contains prints the majority of which are circa 290 x 215 mm., but 4-6, 9-18, 20-27, 51-55, 91-94, and 96-98 are approximately 140 x 100 mm. Nos. 4-27, 51 are scenes of the Royal Visit in November 1905, 19-26 being triumphal arches. The other subjects are the Maharajah and his family (1-3), Lallgarh Palace (28-50), Gujner (52-64), the Old Palace (65-82, 85), Bikaner City (83-84, 891-98 and Bikaner forces (89-90). There are printed captions: the collection is in a richly bound album...
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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Situpati, Raja, 1911
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3022O/137
Scope and Contents
118 x 176 mm. Raja of Ramnad (Madras); succeeded 1873; ruled 1888-. Three quarter 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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Six part panorama of Bombay Part 1 15041, 1850 - 1879
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3022A/8
Scope and Contents
246 x 198 mm. View looking north over the rooftops of Bombay from the tower of St Thomas’ Cathedral. In the centre of the print, running north, is Bazar Gate Street, with the NE corner of the Maidan visible at the top left of the photograph. This print forms the central portion of a six part panorama of the city from the cathedral extending 180°. Y3022A/12, 13, 8, 10, 11, 9 provide a continuous view from west to east.
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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Six part panorama of Bombay Part 2 15042, 1850 - 1879
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3022A/9
Scope and Contents
250 x 200 mm. View looking ESE from the Cathedral tower, with the Green in the foreground and shipping at anchor in the harbour beyond.
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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Six part panorama of Bombay Part 3 15043, 1850 - 1879
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3022A/10
Scope and Contents
251 x 199 mm. View looking NE from the Cathedral tower over the rooftops and towards the harbour. Cross Island is visible in the distance. The section of harbour seen here was largely reclaimed for docks in the following years.
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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Six part panorama of Bombay Part 4 15044, 1850 - 1879
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3022A/11
Scope and Contents
251 x 200 mm. View looking east from the Cathedral tower, over the Green and towards the Town Hall and Harbour. The Town Hall is in the centre of the print and facing the Cathedral across the Green. Designed by Colonel Thomas Cowper of the Bombay Engineers and financed partly by subscription and partly by government funding it was built between 1820 and 1833. Behind the Town Hall parts of Bombay Castle are to be seen while to the left is the Mint, designed by Major John Hawkins of the Bombay...
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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Six part panorama of Bombay Part 5 15045, 1850 - 1879
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3022A/12
Scope and Contents
251 x 200 mm. View looking west from the Cathedral tower, over the rooftops and towards Black Bay. Church Lane runs across the picture in the foreground with the junction with Church Gate Street at the right. In the centre middle distance is Outer Church Gate Street with the Esplanade beyond. Photograph reproduced in Edwardes, vol 2, p1 173 and there dated 1864.
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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Six part panorama of Bombay Part 6 15046, 1864
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3022A/13
Scope and Contents
251 x 200 mm. View looking NW from the Cathedral tower. Church Gate Street runs into the print at the bottom left hand corner and forms a junction with Cowasjee Place Street. Looking over the roof tops the open space of the Maidan can be seen, a triangular area bounded by Esplanade, Waudby and Esplanade Cross Roads. At the furthest corner of the Maidan, the Money Institution can be identified, at this period unsurrounded by other buildings (compare with Y3022GG/9).Beyond the Maidan are the...
Dates:
1864
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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Skating rink, interior and exterior, Mussoorie, 1890 - 1901
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3022HH/23
Scope and Contents
Postcard view by T.A. Rust.
Dates:
1890 - 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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Skeleton tour of Their Royal Highnesses The Prince and Princess of Wales, 1905
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 89/35/1/17
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:
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).