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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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Gardens, Allahabad, 1880 - 1889

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3022L/62
Scope and Contents

548x194mm. (two prints joined). A panoramic view composed of two joined prints, looking northwest across Alfred Park, with the 147 foot tower of the Mayo Memorial Hall visible in the distance. In the foreground, occupying most of the print, is a circular area laid out with lawns, flowerbeds and plants, with the bandstand in the centre.

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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Gate at Amritsar, 1908-02

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 5/800
Scope and Contents

Quarter-plate (landscape format). To a large watertank called Santaram. [View of gate in wall with small shops, men and carts in street].

Dates: 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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Gate erected for the Prince and Princess of Wales visit, 1907-12

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 2/221
Scope and Contents

Quarter-plate. And still bearing the words Welcome to our future Emperor.

Dates: 1907-12
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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Gate of Golden Temple, Amritsar, 1905-12-11

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/QM 9/202
Scope and Contents From the File: Contains prints, of an approximate size of 80 x 100 mm, mounted on card, six to a page, in a padded black leather album inscribed on the cover India 1905-06 from C.C. and 'Photographs taken by Sir Charles Cust Bt. 1905-06' is written on the fly leaf in Queen Marys hand. Sir Charles Cust took this collection of amateur photographs while accompanying the Royal Party. Most of the photographs have elegant hand-written captiions, but these are not always very explicit - some portraying...
Dates: 1905-12-11
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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Gate of Palace Nathdwara, 1905-11

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/QM 13/27
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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Gate of the Hooseinabad, Lucknow, 1860 - 1869

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3022U/21
Scope and Contents

295 x 233 mm. Similar view to Y3022L/52. Duplicate at Y3022B/122. No. 1148.

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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Gate of the Taj, Agra, 1860 - 1869

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3022D/15
Scope and Contents

294 x 237 mm. View of the Great Gateway, the main entrance to the Taj Mahal and dated 1648. The structure is of red sandstone, inlaid with ornaments and inscriptions from the Koran and surmounted by 26 white marble cupolas. Bourne no. 1074.

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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Gateway Nosque [i.e. Mosque], near Delhi, 1905-12-12 - 1905-12-16

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/QM 9/85
Scope and Contents From the File: Contains prints, of an approximate size of 80 x 100 mm, mounted on card, six to a page, in a padded black leather album inscribed on the cover India 1905-06 from C.C. and 'Photographs taken by Sir Charles Cust Bt. 1905-06' is written on the fly leaf in Queen Marys hand. Sir Charles Cust took this collection of amateur photographs while accompanying the Royal Party. Most of the photographs have elegant hand-written captiions, but these are not always very explicit - some portraying...
Dates: 1905-12-12 - 1905-12-16
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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Gateway of Akbar’s tomb, Sikandra, 1902 - 1910

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3022R/228
Scope and Contents From the Series: An album, labelled on the spine, containing prints of various sizes. The prints are of two types; large professional photographs, chiefly of Benares, Delhi, and Agra, and smaller amateur prints. presumably by Davies, relating both to these places and to Kashmir - river and mountain scenes. These are chiefly on left hand pages, with professional photographs on the right, and are captioned. Towards the end of the album, after a series of Agra scenes, there is a group of interesting...
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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Gateway of Hooseinabad Bazaar, 1860 - 1869

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3022B/122
Scope and Contents

294 x 235 mm. Duplicate of Y3022U/21.

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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Gateway to Government House, Calcutta, 1874

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 21/1/20
Scope and Contents

100 x 133 mm. (p. 231).

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).
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Gateway to the Bara Imambara, 1902 - 1910

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3022Q/14
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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Gateway to the Moti Mahal, palace of the Maharaja of Bahrampur, 1902 - 1910

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3022Q/25
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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Gateway to the Taj, 1902 - 1910

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3022R/226
Scope and Contents From the Series: An album, labelled on the spine, containing prints of various sizes. The prints are of two types; large professional photographs, chiefly of Benares, Delhi, and Agra, and smaller amateur prints. presumably by Davies, relating both to these places and to Kashmir - river and mountain scenes. These are chiefly on left hand pages, with professional photographs on the right, and are captioned. Towards the end of the album, after a series of Agra scenes, there is a group of interesting...
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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Gateway to the Taj Mahal, Agra, 1874

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 21/1/38
Scope and Contents

202 x 135 mm. (p. 309).

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).
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[Gateway with elephants], 1935

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 20/2/15/101
Scope and Contents

100 x 55 mm. A large gateway at Delhi, with stone elephants on each side, and four people in the centre of the photograph.

Dates: 1935
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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Gauhati, Assam, 1983

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 365/5/21
Scope and Contents

508 x 394 mm. watercolour. It recreates one of the Assam Company tea store-houses established at Gauhati along the river route to north-east Assam during the 1840s. A government official converses with a company agent, while tea is being loaded onto a steamer in the background.

Dates: 1983
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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Gell Memorial Girls’ School, Ootacamund [Udagamandalam]: construction of new hostel, 1971, 1971

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/CMS/2/2/24
Scope and Contents

114 x 80 mm. glossy print with 155 x 155 mm enlargement.

Dates: 1971
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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Gell Memorial Girls’ School, Ootacamund [Udagamandalam]: construction of new hostel, 1971, 1971

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/CMS/2/2/25
Scope and Contents

114 x 80 mm. glossy print with 155 x 155 mm enlargement.

Dates: 1971
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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General idea for combined display [Gwalior Army march past], 1905

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 89/35/1/16
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).
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General Nicholson's Statue, 1908-02

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 5/750
Scope and Contents

Half-plate. Nicholson Park, Delhi. [General John Nicholson (1821-1857) served his military career in the 27th Bengal Native Infantry and commanded the main storming party in the assault on Delhi on September 14 1857. He was shot through the chest during this encounter, and buried in front of the Kashmir Gate. He was the inspirer of a sect in Hazara who worshipped Nikkul Soyn between between 1848-1858].

Dates: 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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General orders, inspection of review [Gwalior Army], 1905

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 89/35/1/32
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).
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General papers, 1978 - 1984

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 68/8
Scope and Contents

Correspondence and articles regarding the Commonwealth, notably India and Pakistan. Much of the material is devoted to the issue of the increased costs for students from overseas studying in British universities.

Dates: 1978 - 1984
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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General view, Benares, 1860 - 1869

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3022D/30
Scope and Contents

320 x 195 mm. View from the right bank of the Ganges looking NW across the river towards the city. The most prominent building is the Mosque of Aurangzeb known as the Minarets, which can be seen at the right. To the left of centre is the Ghusla Ghat, with the Manikarnika Ghat at the extreme left. A number of Indians are posed with cattle in the foreground. Bourne no. 1165.

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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General view from bank of Ganges, Benares, 1860 - 1869

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3022B/132
Scope and Contents

315 x 186 mm. Duplicate of Y3022D/30.

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).