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India (nation)

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Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 7962 Collections and/or Records:

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The Maharaja of Mysore going to meet the Prince, 1906-01-29 - 1906-01-30

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/QM 8/152
Scope and Contents From the File: Contains prints. This appears to have been an official record of the Royal Tour. Each page has a heading for the place and date and most photographs are captioned, probably by a professional calligrapher. The Prince of Wales Feathers are on the cover and 'The Royal Tour of India 1905-1906' on the spine. Locations and periods covered are: Bombay, 9 November- 14 November, 1905; Udaipur, 18 November - 29 November, 1905; Jaipur, 21 November-23 November, 1905; Lahore, 28 November-1...
Dates: 1906-01-29 - 1906-01-30
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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The Maharaja pays his visit to the Residency, 1905-11-24 - 1905-11-27

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/QM 8/40
Scope and Contents From the File: Contains prints. This appears to have been an official record of the Royal Tour. Each page has a heading for the place and date and most photographs are captioned, probably by a professional calligrapher. The Prince of Wales Feathers are on the cover and 'The Royal Tour of India 1905-1906' on the spine. Locations and periods covered are: Bombay, 9 November- 14 November, 1905; Udaipur, 18 November - 29 November, 1905; Jaipur, 21 November-23 November, 1905; Lahore, 28 November-1...
Dates: 1905-11-24 - 1905-11-27
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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The Maharajah, 1933

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 20/2/10/102
Scope and Contents

85 x 132. The Maharajah, with a plane in the background, probably at Jodhpur.

Dates: 1933
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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The Maharajah's Palace at Srinagar, 1899 - 1901

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3022V/21
Scope and Contents

210 x 150 mm. The ladies quarters below the flagstaff. The Maharajah's brother's new house beyond the creek to the right. His "family" houseboat in the foreground.

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).
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The Maharajah's state barge in the Chenar Bagh, 1899 - 1901

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3022V/22
Scope and Contents

210 x 150 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).
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The Maharajas rough riders, 1906-01-29 - 1906-01-30

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/QM 8/155
Scope and Contents From the File: Contains prints. This appears to have been an official record of the Royal Tour. Each page has a heading for the place and date and most photographs are captioned, probably by a professional calligrapher. The Prince of Wales Feathers are on the cover and 'The Royal Tour of India 1905-1906' on the spine. Locations and periods covered are: Bombay, 9 November- 14 November, 1905; Udaipur, 18 November - 29 November, 1905; Jaipur, 21 November-23 November, 1905; Lahore, 28 November-1...
Dates: 1906-01-29 - 1906-01-30
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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The Maharajas State elephant, 1905-11-21 - 1905-11-23

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/QM 8/31
Scope and Contents From the File: Contains prints. This appears to have been an official record of the Royal Tour. Each page has a heading for the place and date and most photographs are captioned, probably by a professional calligrapher. The Prince of Wales Feathers are on the cover and 'The Royal Tour of India 1905-1906' on the spine. Locations and periods covered are: Bombay, 9 November- 14 November, 1905; Udaipur, 18 November - 29 November, 1905; Jaipur, 21 November-23 November, 1905; Lahore, 28 November-1...
Dates: 1905-11-21 - 1905-11-23
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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The Mahasutti, 1905-11

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/QM 13/21
Scope and Contents From the File:

Contains photographs, 290 x 215 mm., mounted on card in a black leather-bound album with 'Views of Udaipur' and the Udaipur arms on the cover. The photographs have hand-written captions. Subjects comprise a portrait of the Maharana of Udaipur and architectural views in the state.

Dates: 1905-11
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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The mail car, 1932

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y302M/89
Scope and Contents

50 x 77 mm.

Dates: 1932
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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The mail car, 1932

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y302M/88
Scope and Contents

78 x 53 mm.

Dates: 1932
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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The main road, 1933

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y302M/44
Scope and Contents

110 x 60 mm.

Dates: 1933
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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The main staircase in the South Block of the Secretariats

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/QM 27/7
Scope and Contents

350 x 195 mm.

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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The Malabar Point, Bombay, 1874 - 1910

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3022J/5
Scope and Contents

265 x 200 mm. No. 1035.

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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The Mall, from Talbot House [Simla], 1860 - 1869

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3022E/22
Scope and Contents

298 x 241 mm. View looking eastwards along the Mall, Simla's main street, towards bungalows perched on the hillside among the pines. Talbot House was the Bourne and Shepherd studio in Simla in the 1860s. For a view of the building, see Edward J. Burk, 'Simla past and present' (Calcutta, 1904), p , 152. Bourne no. 1807.

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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The Mall, Mussoorie, 1890 - 1901

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3022HH/21
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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The Mall, north side of Camel’s Back [Mussoorie], 1860 - 1869

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3022I/15
Scope and Contents

98 x 110 mm. View of a steep wooded hill. Photograph by Bourne, no. 1610.

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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The Manining Pass, elevation 18,600 ft, 1866

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3022C/28
Scope and Contents 297 x 234 mm. One of Bourne's most famous photographs, taken at the top of the pass and looking down over the snow covered slopes below, with a line of porters struggling up the hill with their loads. The Spiti River can be seen in the valley in the far distance. For many years this picture held the record as the highest point at which a photograph had successfully been taken. Bourne, himself riding a yak, set off with his retinue of eighty porters from the village of Mani and camped for the...
Dates: 1866
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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The Marbara Rabind Dorani, 1908

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 7/984
Scope and Contents

Half-plate. (Wife of Aurungzeba) seen from the entrance gateway. All the domes are marble. In foreground two students of the Agri Horticultural School attending to flowers in pots. (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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[The Marble Hall, Government House, wrongly captioned] The Ball Room, 1918

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3022AA/7
Scope and Contents 276x220mm. View looking N. to S. along the Marble Hall, which forms a junction with the Throne Room: the canopy and throne can be seen through the archway at the end of the room. The print is incorrectly captioned both in the album and in Massey. The two rooms are of similar proportions and design (for a photograph of the Ball Room, see Curzon i, p.110), although the Ball Room has a higher ceiling. The Marble Hall was the principal state room in the building and consists of a central nave...
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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The ‘Marble Rocks’ near Jabalpur, 1860 - 1879

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3022S/23
Scope and Contents

240 x 179 mm. View looking along the Narbada River towards the dak bungalow overlooking the gorge. For a note on the Marble Rocks, see Y3022CC. Photographer unknown, but possibly Samuel Bourne’s ‘The bungalow, Marble Rocks, from up the river, Jubbulpore’ (no. 1684).

Dates: 1860 - 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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The Martinière Boys’ School, Lucknow , 1902 - 1910

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3022Q/22
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240 x 150 mm. As Constantia, it was built to the designs of Claude Martin, a former French officer who later served the East India Company

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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The mausoleum of Akbar, the upper marble sarcophagus, Secundra, 1860 - 1869

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3022D/37
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294 x 233 mm. View showing the open upper storey of Akbar's tomb at Sikandra, five miles NW of Agra. An arched colonnade runs round the perimeter of the terrace, backed by screens of marble trellis work. The tomb itself stands on a platform in the centre of the courtyard (the actual body, following normal practice, being contained in a plainer tomb in a vaulted chamber in the basement). Bourne no. 1252.

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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The Mecca Gate, Aurangabad, 1908

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 7/983
Scope and Contents

Quarter-plate (landscape format).

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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The Medicine Wallah, 1905 - 1906

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/QM 9/17
Scope and Contents

Probably Lieutenant Colonel (Sir) R. Havelock Charles, I.M.S., Surgeon to the Prince of Wales. [Exact location untraced].

Dates: 1905 - 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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[The memorial on the site of the Bibigarh well, Cawnpore, into which the bodies of massacred women and children were thrown by mutineers in July 1857], 1874

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 21/1/28
Scope and Contents

158 x 208 mm. In 1948, after India's independence, the monument and its surrounding screen were moved to the churchyard of the Cawnpore Memorial Church (p. 263).

Dates: 1874
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).