India (nation)
Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
Found in 7965 Collections and/or Records:
Item
Ceiling at Raisumand, 1905-11
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/QM 13/29
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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Ceiling of a Jain Temple Chittore[Chittorgarh] fort, 1874 - 1910
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3022J/77
Scope and Contents
265 x 200 mm. No. 1144.
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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Cemetery, 1931 - 1934
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y302M/71
Scope and Contents
80 x 55 mm.
Dates:
1931 - 1934
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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Central and East Asia, 1962
File
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 20/3/9
Scope and Contents
An undated 16 mm, black-and-white cinefilm, without sound. Written on the film can is ‘Bombay, Ceylon, Burma, Singapore, Karachi’.0 - 12sec. A view of a ship in full sail, as seen from another vessel.12sec - 22sec. Number of men dragging a small (fishing?) boat (an outrigger canoe) into the sea.22sec - 47sec. Youth climbing a tall palm tree, and coming back down.47sec - 49sec. Some people paddling along the shoreline.49sec - 55sec. Man wearing an ornate...
Dates:
1962
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Series:
With the exception of RCMS 20/3/1, the cinefilms may be viewed online with the University of Cambridge Streaming Media Service at:
http://www.sms.cam.ac.uk/collection/1532657
For copyright reasons, researchers wishing to view RCMS 20/3/1, (Colonial Cinemagazine 29, Colonial Film Unit, 1950) should make an appointment with the RCS Librarian to view the film in Cambridge University Library. Email:
rcs@lib.cam.ac.uk.
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Central and East Asia, 1931 - 1938
File
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 20/3/19
Scope and Contents
0 - 12sec. A view of a ship in full sail, as seen from another vessel.12sec - 22sec. Number of men dragging a small (fishing?) boat (an outrigger canoe) into the sea.22sec - 47sec. Youth climbing a tall palm tree, and coming back down.47sec - 49sec. Some people paddling along the shoreline.49sec - 55sec. Man wearing an ornate headdress, long necklace and tapping a drum-like instrument (?) whilst turning in circles.55sec - 59sec. River scene, with boats.59sec - 1...
Dates:
1931 - 1938
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Series:
With the exception of RCMS 20/3/1, the cinefilms may be viewed online with the University of Cambridge Streaming Media Service at:
http://www.sms.cam.ac.uk/collection/1532657
For copyright reasons, researchers wishing to view RCMS 20/3/1, (Colonial Cinemagazine 29, Colonial Film Unit, 1950) should make an appointment with the RCS Librarian to view the film in Cambridge University Library. Email:
rcs@lib.cam.ac.uk.
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Central Hindu College, Benares, 1908-01 - 1908-02
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 4/594
Scope and Contents
Half-plate (landscape format). Built through the exertions of Mrs Annie Besant: building presented to the Maharajah of Benares in 1899: 'For the education of Hindu youth in their ancestral faith and in true loyalty and patriotism.'
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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Central street, Jaipur, 1905
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/QM 14/11
Scope and Contents
From the File:
This album has a printed title page 'Souvenir of Jaipur' with the printer given as 'Ajmer: Scottish Mission Industries Company Ltd.' There is a 10-page printed introduction followed by a collection of excellent photographs of scenes and architectural features in Jaipur. Each page of letterpress and photographs has a decorative border, the album is bound in a lavishly tooled and inlaid vellum cover, and kept in a box. Unless otherwise indicated, the prints are approximately 220 x 210...
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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Central street, Jaipur, 1905
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/QM 14/12
Scope and Contents
From the File:
This album has a printed title page 'Souvenir of Jaipur' with the printer given as 'Ajmer: Scottish Mission Industries Company Ltd.' There is a 10-page printed introduction followed by a collection of excellent photographs of scenes and architectural features in Jaipur. Each page of letterpress and photographs has a decorative border, the album is bound in a lavishly tooled and inlaid vellum cover, and kept in a box. Unless otherwise indicated, the prints are approximately 220 x 210...
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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Champanagar, Bhagalpur: ploughing with oxen-drawn wooden plough, 1950 - 1970
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/CMS/2/4/40
Scope and Contents
164 x 115 mm. glossy print with 83 x 56 mm. negative.
Dates:
1950 - 1970
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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Chand Pol Bazaar, 1908-02 - 1908-03
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 6/901
Scope and Contents
Quarter-plate. Looking from the square called Amber Choupar.
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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Chand Pol Gate: Jaipur City, 1908-02 - 1908-03
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 6/899
Scope and Contents
Through the gate are seen thatched huts built against the outer wall of the City. (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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Chandra Bhanj Deo, Maharaja (1872-), 1911
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3022O/181
Scope and Contents
121 x 173 mm. Maharaja of Mayurbhanj, succeeded 1882. 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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Chandra Mahal, Old Palace, 1905
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/QM 15/77
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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Chapter 1, 1894-10-14 - 1896-12-22
File
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 356/1/1
Scope and Contents
20 sheets.
Dates:
1894-10-14 - 1896-12-22
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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Chapter 2, 1897-01-18 - 1897-10-05
File
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 356/1/2
Scope and Contents
15 sheets.
Dates:
1897-01-18 - 1897-10-05
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).
File
Chapter 3, 1897-12-05 - 1900-06-26
File
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 356/1/3
Scope and Contents
27 sheets.
Dates:
1897-12-05 - 1900-06-26
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).
Item
Charlie Flaxman, 1932 - 1933
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y302M/109
Scope and Contents
55 x 78 mm.
Dates:
1932 - 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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Chateau Kapurthala Mussoorie, Sept 1899, 1899-09
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3022HH/12
Scope and Contents
297 x 208 mm. Group portrait of European and Indian children standing on the steps of the Chateau Kapurthala, the European style palace of the Maharaja of Kapurthala at Mussoorie (see Y3022HH/24). A photograph presumably taken at some kind of children’s entertainment.
Dates:
1899-09
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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Chatter Manzil Palace, Lucknow, 1920 - 1929
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/PC India/67
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
Monochrome postcards. The geographical locations of the cards, together with their publishers, breakdown thus:1-9 Calcutta (various anonymous publishers)10-57 Agra (K. Lall and Co.)58-59 Benares (also known as Varanasi - Saeed Bros.)60-75 Lucknow (Omaid Singh and Sons)76-91 Delhi (Lal Chand and Sons, Dariba, Delhi)92-123 Lahore and Amritsar (Punjab Religious Book Society, Lahore)124-129 Burma130-135 Ceylon (now Sri Lanka) coloured (Plate and...
Dates:
1920 - 1929
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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Chaubattia, view of the snow from the Officers’ Mess, 1860 - 1869
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3022I/12
Scope and Contents
281 x 225 mm.
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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Chaudragiri, a palace built entirely of stone without the addition of wood, 1912
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3022RR/3
Scope and Contents
150 x 111 mm. View showing the ruins of the palace. The caption continues 'in which the Rajah of Vijianagaram (the descendant of him who was defeated by the Mohammedans at Tellacotta [i.e. Talikota]) signed to the English the stretch of land on which Madras now stands'.
Dates:
1912
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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[Chausath Khambe, Nizam-ud-din, Delhi. Wrongly captioned] Tomb of Mirza Jahangir, saint in Khursoo, 1880 - 1889
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3022L/13
Scope and Contents
234x186mm. View of the Chausath Khambe or 64 Pillared Hall, family tomb of Mirza Aziz Kukaltash, son of Azam Khan (one of the most influential nobles at the court of Akbar) and foster brother of Akbar. The mausoleum is a marble building 69 foot square with 5 grained marble arches on each side, the pillars connected by lattice-work marble screens, the top section of the arches being open. There are four entrances to the hall, one in the centre of each facade. This terrace-roofed building is...
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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Chawten Monument to Llama Douzook, 1908-01 - 1908-02
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 4/522
Scope and Contents
Quarter-plate. Near Darjiling, looking towards Kinchinjunga - which is however quite hidden in the clouds.
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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Cheetah
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/QM 6/416
Scope and Contents
From the File:
Contains prints varying in size from approximately 50 x 80 mm to 290 x 249 mm. Captions are handwritten by the Prince of Wales. This records the visit to India of the Prince of Wales (later King George V) and Princess Mary. The front cover is embossed with India 1905-6. Locations depicted include Bombay, Indore, Udaipur, Jaipur, Bikaner, Gajner, Lahore, Peshawar, Rawalpindi, Delhi, Agra, Gwalior, Lucknow, Calcutta, Burma, Madras, Hyderabad and Mysore. There are prints of the arrival of...
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).
Item
Cheetah
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/QM 6/417
Scope and Contents
From the File:
Contains prints varying in size from approximately 50 x 80 mm to 290 x 249 mm. Captions are handwritten by the Prince of Wales. This records the visit to India of the Prince of Wales (later King George V) and Princess Mary. The front cover is embossed with India 1905-6. Locations depicted include Bombay, Indore, Udaipur, Jaipur, Bikaner, Gajner, Lahore, Peshawar, Rawalpindi, Delhi, Agra, Gwalior, Lucknow, Calcutta, Burma, Madras, Hyderabad and Mysore. There are prints of the arrival of...
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).