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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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Entrance to the Palace, 1905-11

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/QM 13/4
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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Entrance to the Rajah of Mysore's Palace, 1880 - 1889

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3022L/110
Scope and Contents

258x208mm. View looking along the driveway and across lawns towards the Palace.

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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[Equestrian statue of Sir James Outram, Chowringhee], 1918

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3022BB/26
Scope and Contents 291x215mm. View of the spirited equestrian statue of Sir James Outram (1803-1863) by John Henry Foley (1818-1874), which stands on the Maidan near the junction of Chowringhee Road and Park Street. The statue was unveiled by Lord Napier of Magdala in 1874 and has the following inscription carved on its granite pedestal: Sir James Outram/ Lieut. General G.e.B. &c., Baronet./ His life was given to India./ In early manhood he reclaimed wild races by winning their hearts./ Ghazni, Kelat, 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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Erecting girders on the Atrai Bridge, N.B.S.R., 1870 - 1879

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3022S/35
Scope and Contents

211 x 141 mm. Showing a girder being moved into position between masonry piers. The girder is supported along its length by scaffolding mounted on barges. See also Y3022S/20, 47, 48.

Dates: 1870 - 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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Escape from Singapore 1942, 1995-12

 File
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 103/15/18
Scope and Contents

This is an account of Brundle's work on defence projects, his experiences during the fall of Singapore, and his escape which took him to India, where he served as an engineer in the Indian Army (38 pages).

Dates: 1995-12
Conditions Governing Access: For conservation reasons, this collection must be read on Cambridge Digital Library or Master Microfilm Reel 8239.
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[Esplanade Cross Road, Bombay], 1890 - 1899

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3022GG/9
Scope and Contents

246 x 197 mm. View from the grounds of Holy Trinity Church looking NE along Esplanade Cross Road. In the left foreground is the start of Breach Candy Road, with the Robert Money Institution on the corner beyond. Behind on the far side is the Bible Society’s Depot with the tower of the Free Church visible in the background.

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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Esplanade E., old tank filled in, now the Tramway Co.'s Esplanade junction. (Before shelter was built), 1912

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3022BB/9
Scope and Contents

291x173mm. View N.W. across the Maidan from Chowringhee Road looking towards Government House in the distance. The old Dhurrumtollah Tank is now the tramway junction, with the Curzon Gardens laid out beyond. Esplanade Mansions can be seen under construction at the site of Scott Thomson's Corner (see Y3022AA/61), and the Foreign and Military Secretariat dominates Esplanade Row, (Massey p.97).

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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Esplanade Road, Bombay, 1908

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 7/961
Scope and Contents

Quarter-plate. On the left the National Bank, further on the left the Bombay Club. Hornby Road to right.

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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Esplanade Row, Calcutta, 1874 - 1910

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3022J/11
Scope and Contents

205 x 135 mm. No. 3109.

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).
 Fonds

Essays of Robert Cust

 Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 13
Scope and Contents A collection of essays titled 'Secular subjects: Prose. Eton College 1836. Haileybury College 1841-2, furlough from India 1857. Robert Needham Cust'. The volume includes an essay on the progress and results of maritime discovery, particularly in the West, 67 pages, with manuscript notes by Cust made in 1886; notes on law lectures, 1841-1842, East India College, c. 100 pages; and 'Prose studies on secular subjects prepared during my furlough 1856-1857', c. 130 pages, with material on...
Dates: 1836 - 1886
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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European ladies carried in jampans, 1902 - 1910

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3022Q/92
Scope and Contents From the Series:

An album, labelled on the spine, containing prints of various sizes. The numbering is sequenced from 1 to 131, but 101 is omitted. 14 of these prints are loose (118-131) , and are kept in a separate envelope in the album. Some of the prints are good quality professional work. Some of the photographs are captioned in ink; in other cases the titles have been derived from duplicate copies in Davies' other Indian album or from other photographs of the same scenes.

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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[Evening function, Great Eastern Hotel, Calcutta], 1955 - 1960

 File
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/MM 21
Scope and Contents

Album of uncaptioned photographs. Photographer is Vichnu Narayan,

Dates: 1955 - 1960
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).
 Unknown

"Every Dog His Day", 05 Oct 1946

 Unknown
Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 5/9/136-199
Scope and Contents Speech notes for WSC's speech (5 October 1946, Conservative Party conference, Blackpool) entitled "Every Dog His Day" on subjects including: criticism of the Labour government; the need for a concerted opposition to Communism; foreign policy; the deterioration of relations with the Soviet Union; post war reconstruction; the electoral system; taxation; housing; the coal industry; agriculture; nationalisation; foreign policy and Indian independence; and the need for increased Conservative...
Dates: 05 Oct 1946
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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[Examples of animal-drawn vehicles], 1905

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/QM 14/54
Scope and Contents

125 x 90 mm.

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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[Examples of animal-drawn vehicles], 1905

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/QM 14/55
Scope and Contents

125 x 90 mm.

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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[Examples of animal-drawn vehicles], 1905

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/QM 14/56
Scope and Contents

125 x 90 mm.

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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[Examples of animal-drawn vehicles], 1905

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/QM 14/57
Scope and Contents

125 x 90 mm.

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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Exhibition of Semaphore Drill at Military Sports, 1905-12

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/QM 17/46
Scope and Contents From the File:

Contains prints, 290 x 235 mm (mounted on card) with printed captions are in a black leather bound album with 'Royal Visit to Gwalior, December 1905' on the cover; the Prince of Wales Feathers, the Arms of Gwalior and the Maharaja's signature 'M. Scindia Gwalior 1905' in metal are attached to the front cover.

Dates: 1905-12
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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Exit of the Jhelum [Baramula], 1864

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3022I/43
Scope and Contents

286 x 234 mm. View from where the river leaves the plain and enters the mountains.
Photograph by Bourne, no. 998.

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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Exterior of Darbar Shamiana, 1905

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/QM 12/79
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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Exterior of Darbar Shamiana, 1905

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/QM 12/90
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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Exterior of Darbar Shamiana, 1905

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/QM 12/91
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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Exterior of Llama Monastery, 1908-01 - 1908-02

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 4/519
Scope and Contents

Half-plate. Men wearing costumes of Devil Dancers. The priests were away at another Temple, but I got out the masks and dresses from the upper storey and persuaded two men to put them on. Against the wall I have placed two three-jointed telescope trumpets. (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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Exterior of the Caves of Elephanta, 1908

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 7/959
Scope and Contents

Half-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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Exterior of Zenana, Agra, 1907

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30469A/114
Scope and Contents

88 x 130 mm. A coloured postcard sent from India to the Ungers, German East Africa, post-marked 1907.

Dates: 1907
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).